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Over 50 horses entered for tomorrow’s Anjue and Hamlet Park Meet

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Over 50 horses entered for tomorrow’s Anjue and Hamlet Park Meet

Systems are said to be in place, while over 50 racehorses have been entered for the Grand one day horserace meeting fixed for tomorrow at the Anjue and Hamlet Park’s race track at Mahaicony, East...

Single parent mother gets new home after fire

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Single parent mother gets new home after fire

“I feel as if a few of my numerous burdens have suddenly disappeared,” said Vilene Mc Leod, a Pomeroon mother of ten, after she became the owner of a Food for the Poor house, in the Onderneeming...

Underdog are ‘Waysiders’ Domino champions in Wakenaam

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Underdog are ‘Waysiders’ Domino champions in Wakenaam

Underdog with 79 games emerged champions of the ‘Waysiders’ domino competition played last weekend at Mustak’s Mohamed residence at Good success Wakenaam. Harry Narine marked 18, James...

Sampson stars as Sans Souci defeat Good Success in 20/20 final

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sampson stars as Sans Souci defeat Good Success in 20/20 final

Led by a fine allround performance by Essequibo 20/20 player Oyono Sampson, Sans Souci defeated Good Success by 65 runs in the final of a feature 20/20 cricket competition played last weekend at Good...

Health Ministry boosts stock of deworming medication

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry boosts stock of deworming medication

As the Ministry of Health continues with its deworming exercise in the country, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, as part of its commitment to that programme, has donated of 18,000 doses of...

Calls for ‘breakthrough’ at UN Forum on Forests

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Calls for ‘breakthrough’ at UN Forum on Forests

“We must achieve a breakthrough in this Forum,” Boen M. Purnama (Indonesia), new Chairman of the United Nations Forum on Forests, has emphasized in reference to its task of moving the landmark...

Cleon Grant Memorial Volleyball set for Sunday

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cleon Grant Memorial Volleyball set for Sunday

Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Grant family will tomorrow stage the fourth Annual Cleon Grant Inter Club Memorial Volleyball competition at the GTM court, at Lad...

Ivan Madray passes on

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ivan Madray passes on

Berbice Cricket Board extends sympathy Former British Guiana, Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman and leg break bowler Ivan Madray who played two Tests against Pakistan in 1957-58 played his...

Guyana Bar upbeat about time limit legislation

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Bar upbeat about time limit legislation

President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Teni Housty, says that GBA supports any effort aimed at enhancing the machinery through which justice is administered in Guyana. His comment came in the...

US Ambassador touts aid packages to Guyana

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US Ambassador touts aid packages to Guyana

United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Jones, said that the recently concluded Summit of the Americas was a very successful one but cannot say as yet what Guyana will benefit from it. Mr. Jones is...

Let better sense prevail

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Let better sense prevail

By Rawle Welch The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the management of female distance athlete Alika Morgan have both been caught in an entanglement caused by the apparent lapse they made to...

Divide and trade

Apr 25, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Divide and trade

There has been some publicity in the state media on the invitation proffered by President Obama during the side meeting of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas to the Heads of...

Courier services take flak for diminished service

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Courier services take flak for diminished service

In light of complaints against local courier companies, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, yesterday held a meeting to address the issues. Minister Prashad said that there...

We care and that is why we continue to fight to save the NBS

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We care and that is why we continue to fight to save the NBS

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Concerned Members of the New Building Society, I write in response to the statement of the directors of the Society carried in yesterday’s Kaieteur News. While...

Unity among unions to be emphasised on May Day – Duncan

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Unity among unions to be emphasised on May Day – Duncan

There is need for unions to forge a sense of unity if the rights of the working class population are to be adequately represented, said General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union, Carvil Duncan,...

Carnal knowledge accused walks free

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Carnal knowledge accused walks free

A 12-member jury yesterday unanimously found carnal knowledge accused, Kenroy Fraser, not guilty. After approximately one and a half hours of deliberation the jury returned to say that after...

If I had only known

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on If I had only known

DEAR EDITOR, Noise nuisance seems to be the order of the day in some areas. In Enterprise, on the East Coast of Demerara, residents know no peace and quiet, all day there is the sound of a ransome...

Globe Trust, Clico (Guyana) have something in common

Apr 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Globe Trust, Clico (Guyana) have something in common

There should be a commission of inquiry into CLICO (Guyana) and since the government supports an investigation, the onus is on the government and particularly the President of Guyana to use the...

We need to put this question of drainage in the proper context

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to put this question of drainage in the proper context

Dear Editor The letter written by Charles Sohan titled, “The City needs a plan of action quickly to deal with flooding” is useful, and provides helpful information for, the Council, citizens, the...

Decent, honest, hard-working Americans fought for freedom

Apr 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Decent, honest, hard-working Americans fought for freedom

I was appalled by a line in Peeping Tom’s article on Thursday in dealing with the Freedom of Information Act. The writer observed that; “Freedom of Information does not improve public access to...

Security measures at magistrates’ homes should be physical and electronic

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Security measures at magistrates’ homes should be physical and electronic

DEAR EDITOR, Let me first state that I am in support for any increase in security which will reduce the incidence in crime. However, I am following this story in the newspapers since it happened. In...

New approach to addressing mental health – Health Minister

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New approach to addressing mental health – Health Minister

A paradigm shift looms within the public health sector as it relates to the way mental health services are offered to the general public. According to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, mental...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more