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Inter-ward invites IGG players to meeting

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter-ward invites IGG players to meeting

– scheduled to play this weekend The organisers of the HJTV and Lens Craft Inter-ward Basketball Championships have invited all Georgetown–based Inter-Guiana Games male and female players to a...

Mother of 13 among squatters for removal from private property

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother of 13 among squatters for removal from private property

An East Bank Demerara woman and her 13 children have until Saturday to demolish a property they erected on a plot of land at Friendship that is owned by a private company. Fareeda Angad had...

GSL Trophy Stall 15-overs s/Ball cricket : Action continue this Sunday

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GSL Trophy Stall 15-overs s/Ball cricket : Action continue this Sunday

Trophy Stall XI will face Bad Boys XI, (runners-up from Linden) and Regal XI will take on Sunrise SC, (Linden’s champions) at the Police ground, Eve Leary, from 10:00hrs on Sunday as play continues...

Gramoxone claims another

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gramoxone claims another

A 48-year-old farmer from Pomona Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, died on Tuesday at the Suddie Public Hospital after he had consumed a quantity of Gramoxone. According to information reaching this...

GABBFF holds Health clinic on Sunday at Bank of Guyana

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF holds Health clinic on Sunday at Bank of Guyana

The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) is urging the public, especially those involved in sport to attend a health clinic the association has organized from 15:00hrs on...

Five-wicket hauls for Permaul, Reid, 50s for Duke, Bramble

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Five-wicket hauls for Permaul, Reid, 50s for Duke, Bramble

The 2009 Tenelec Berbcie First Division 50-over cricket competition commenced last Sunday with three matches. Albion, Scotsburg United and West Berbice registered victories with five-wicket hauls...

Good Refrigeration Practices Training – Protecting Ozone Layer

May 21, 2009 knews News 1

Hydrometeorological Service, Ministry of Agriculture, recently completed a five-day training in Good Refrigeration Practices at the Government Technical Institute. This workshop, executed under the...

Albouystown/Charlestown thrash defending champs

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown/Charlestown thrash defending champs

– as defence smother North Ruimveldt By Edison Jefford Prominent basketball journalist, Vince Thomas once said: “when the stakes are raised, performances and players count for more as role...

Guyana open TCL Regional U-19 campaign against Leewards

May 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana open TCL Regional U-19 campaign against Leewards

– players begin 1st weekend camp on Saturday By Sean Devers Guyana will begin their 2009 TCL West Indies Under-19 three-day cricket campaign against the Leeward Islands from July 9-11 in...

Bourda vendors unwilling to pay increase until market is rehabilitated

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bourda vendors unwilling to pay increase until market is rehabilitated

Although some vendors are prepared to pay the recently imposed increase for the rental of their stalls, close to 100 of them operating at the Bourda Market are not willing to do so, and have...

Jagdeo should intervene in Barbados immigration ‘fiasco’

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo should intervene in Barbados immigration ‘fiasco’

Dear Editor, I am extremely disappointed that Guyana Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, has failed to comment on the statement made by Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, that he will throw out...

We must remain within the ambit of the law

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We must remain within the ambit of the law

Dear Editor, I have a few comments to make in respect to your editorial (Kaieteur News 19-05-09) captioned, “The Fruits of Disdain” I personally believe that you are not fully aware of the facts....

What is going on at Berbice High?

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What is going on at Berbice High?

Dear Editor, Berbice High School featured prominently in the news recently, when a teacher there gave a thrashing to some 28 students for not submitting an SBA assignment. This beating brought an...

Teachers at Friendship Secondary protest state of school

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teachers at Friendship Secondary protest state of school

Some teachers at the Friendship Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, are protesting the terrible condition of the school, and are urging their head teacher, and deputy head teacher to make...

The President did make promises he never kept

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The President did make promises he never kept

Dear Editor, I did say I’d end my exchange with Dr. Prem Misir in the letters column in light of no new material in his previous letter, but he somehow couldn’t resist the desire to spin and so...

US envoy calls for faster information sharing between America and CARICOM

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US envoy calls for faster information sharing between America and CARICOM

United States of America Ambassador to Suriname, Lisa Bobbie Shreider-Hughes, says that her country and CARICOM need to share information better and faster to combat transnational crimes such as...

Debt relief, gateway for Guyana’s development

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Debt relief, gateway for Guyana’s development

Dear Editor: I refer to Mr. Emile Mervin’s letter of May 19, 2009 in the Kaieteur News, with the caption ‘Wasn’t the President borrowing fresh loans while getting the PNC-incurred debt written...

Guyana gears for 43rd independence anniversary

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana gears for 43rd independence anniversary

Plans are in train for Guyana to usher in Guyana’s 43rd Independence Anniversary with much pomp and ceremony on May 25 at the National Park. Guyana gained its independence on May 26, 1966. The...

Traffic light begging must be stopped

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Traffic light begging must be stopped

Dear Editor, Reading an article in the Guyana Chronicle dated Monday, May 18th 2009, captioned “Those traffic lights beggars” comes a warning. I urgently urge Government officials and security...

A new level of ‘barefacedness’ in local politics

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A new level of ‘barefacedness’ in local politics

Dear Editor, It makes for quite interesting politics; when men, who for decades, were alien to the local politics have decided that its time they wave their magic wand and become leader of PNCR....

‘I suffered, therefore, I am’: Is that the Issue?

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘I suffered, therefore, I am’: Is that the Issue?

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on the insistence by some that indentureship was similar to slavery. I refer in particular to K. Misir’s letter – “Indentureship was a clever euphemism...

REDUCING DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY

May 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REDUCING DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY

The government’s desire to reduce damage to public property as a result of road accidents deserves our support and commendation. However, road accidents usually result in more damage to private...

Vendor shot outside Stabroek Market

May 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Vendor shot outside Stabroek Market

Police yesterday shot a Stabroek Market vendor in the arm after the man allegedly attempted to escape from custody. Twenty-five year-old Andre Allicock, of Lot 623 Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast...

Income tax threshold heartless and unjust

May 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Income tax threshold heartless and unjust

Dear Editor, The fixed tax threshold that makes no provision for dependant allowances is unconstitutional, heartless and wrong. I am forced by the law of necessity to address this human rights...

Moses finally drowns in the sea

May 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moses finally drowns in the sea

It had to happen to the Guyanese Moses. You go into the sea all the time to do what the Biblical Moses has done and one day you will be drowned. Last week, the Red Sea in Robb Street, known to all...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more