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DeGroot lead cast of junior stars on winners row

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DeGroot lead cast of junior stars on winners row

Competition in the Toucan Industries Mash Junior Squash tournament continued Friday evening at the Georgetown Club Courts with leading Category A player Raphael DeGroot overcoming his opponent to...

‘Wize Up’ HIV/AIDS initiative impacting on society

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Wize Up’ HIV/AIDS initiative impacting on society

Since its official launch several weeks ago, the Wize Up HIV/AIDS Initiative has been impacting greatly in schools and other sections of society, according to Vizion Sounds officials. Officially...

GEM, Guyana’s Premier Lifestyle Magazine

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on GEM, Guyana’s Premier Lifestyle Magazine

by Petamber Persaud Publishing in Guyana is a precarious business; publishing a specialised magazine in Guyana is almost foolhardy. But the forces behind Guyana Entertainment Magazine (GEM) have...

All set for Mash in NA

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on All set for Mash in NA

All is set for today’s Mashramani celebrations in New Amsterdam. This is according to Chairman of the Region Six Mashramani Committee, Faizal Jaffarally. The float parade takes off at 12:00 hours...

Slumdog Cheapskate and Freddie

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Slumdog Cheapskate and Freddie

The Parrot is still in euphoria following the success of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony last week. The eight Oscars that the movie deservedly won have...

Richardson closer to becoming Guyana’s first MLS player

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Richardson closer to becoming Guyana’s first MLS player

Colorado Rapids acquire rights to ‘Jackie Chan’ in trade with Toronto FC Guyana’s most popular footballer Gregory ‘Jackie’ Chan Richardson is closer to signing on the...

The Baccoo speaks

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Madness continues on the roads because drivers feel safe about evading the police. They are going to create a major accident in a back street as they try to elude traffic lights and the police. One...

Horseracing had a reasonable year in 2008

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Horseracing had a reasonable year in 2008

But much more could be done for improvement The Guyana Horse racing Authority had a reasonable year of Horseracing, but there are still a number of things to be straightened out. Horseracing in...

Engaging Canada

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Engaging Canada

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the midst of a troubling global financial crisis, there is a little good news for the countries of the Caribbean. The region is to be one of the 20 “countries” of the...

DPP denies interfering in Sash Sawh murder PI

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on DPP denies interfering in Sash Sawh murder PI

– explains intervention Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, has refuted allegations that she tried to influence the way Magistrate Yohhanseh Cave was conducting the preliminary...

PPP urges responsibility in confronting financial crisis

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PPP urges responsibility in confronting financial crisis

– says call for resignation of Finance Minister “outrageous” The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is urging responsible action from all stakeholders as small countries like...

Untrue stories never cease – Lies from the Top

Mar 01, 2009 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Untrue stories never cease – Lies from the Top

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana OVERVIEW: One individual told me that with all the financial crisis and lack of an economic plan by the PPP government, at the end of the day it is the...

Teacher was unfairly disciplined – GTU President

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teacher was unfairly disciplined – GTU President

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Colwyn King, has said that the treatment meted out to the teacher at the centre of the Berbice High School flogging incident is unfair, as the entire...

Moral hazard

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Moral hazard

Whether we like it or not (and most of us do not like it at all) even the most diehard optimist has to accept that, with CLICO (Guyana) now placed under “judicial management”, even our backwater...

Grove thump Samatta Point 6-0, Bagotstown gain WO from Meadow Bank

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Grove thump Samatta Point 6-0, Bagotstown gain WO from Meadow Bank

Competition in the Fruta sponsored East Bank Football Association under-13 league resumed yesterday at the Grove ground with only one of three scheduled matches played. Grove Hi Tec continued their...

Badminton champs receive prizes

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Badminton champs receive prizes

-Kumar challenges Ramdhani to stimulate interest in B/ce The respective winners in this year’s National Sports Commission Mashramani Badminton Competition received their prizes on Friday from...

Region’s unregulated financial institutions root of most woes – Owen Arthur

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region’s unregulated financial institutions root of most woes – Owen Arthur

Unregulated or inappropriately regulated financial institutions and systems have proven to be the biggest source of instability in modern economies, and Caricom is not immune from the effect of such...

IS IT THE END FOR CLICO (GUYANA)?

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS IT THE END FOR CLICO (GUYANA)?

I was disappointed that the President took the lead in disclosing to the nation that the government had moved towards placing CLICO (Guyana) under judicial administration. I accept that, unlike the...

I almost died the other day

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on I almost died the other day

The past few days have been most intriguing, largely because I have been directly involved in the goings on with CLICO (Guyana). I took a conscious decision to prepare for the days when I would be...

Mythology on display in Berbice today

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mythology on display in Berbice today

I would like to take a different angle in the debate between Rajendra Persaud and Hamilton Green that is currently taking place in the two independent dailies. The issue between the two is who was...

Black Pearl beat Uprising 3-1, Beacon & Thomas dropped

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Black Pearl beat Uprising 3-1, Beacon & Thomas dropped

When rivalry continued yesterday in the Milo sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) under-21 league / knock-out competition, Black Pearl got the better of Uprising 3-1 at the Camptown ground...

Dog bites man’s lips

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dog bites man’s lips

After a temporary lull in the brutal dog attacks seen last year, the first such reported attack for 2009 took place yesterday morning, when a dog, said to be a mixture of pit bull and some other...

GCC register magnificent 20-run win over Malteenoes

Mar 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCC register magnificent 20-run win over Malteenoes

Malteenoes fans watched in disbelief as their team crashed to an embarrassing 20 runs defeat against GCC in the final of the Busta 20/20 Second Division Competition played yesterday at the DCC round...

New ‘B’ Division commander promises no-nonsense approach

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New ‘B’ Division commander promises no-nonsense approach

By Melissa Johnson The new Sheriff in town is making his mission clear. Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner, George Alexander Vyphius, said that he...

The Triatomine or Kissing Bug

Mar 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Triatomine or Kissing Bug

The Triatomine is a bloodsucking arthropod vector which has the ability to transmit the Chagas parasite, Trypanosoma Cruzi (T Cruzi), to humans and wild mammals. Chagas is a disease which the local...

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Pakistan targets West Indies’ vulnerability with spin-heavy squad for Test series

The PNCR and AFC are a blight on democratic politics

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have forfeited... more