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Strategy will better manage forest exploitation – Persaud

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Strategy will better manage forest exploitation – Persaud

Issues and suggestions to better manage Guyana’s forest with alternative arrangements were yesterday discussed when the Forest Products Association, in collaboration with the Guyana Forestry...

Bishun (3-8) leads Guyana fight back

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishun (3-8) leads Guyana fight back

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union , Smalta, Pepsi, Demerara Power Company and Jamaica Pegasus Left-arm unorthodox spinner Totaram Bishun grabbed 3-8 from 9...

All Guyanese U-17 final set

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on All Guyanese U-17 final set

– Victoria Arjoon makes fourth straight final trip Defending Caribbean Under-17 champion Keisha Jeffrey stayed on course to retain her crown when she eliminated twin sister Kayla in the...

Teach Them Young — 33 years on, still going strong

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Teach Them Young — 33 years on, still going strong

NSC 8-week programme pedaled off at National Park yesterday By Franklin Wilson It has been Guyana’s longest surviving August (Summer) programme and certainly seems destined to clock another 33...

Pork consumption has stabilised – Min. Persaud

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pork consumption has stabilised – Min. Persaud

The Ministry of Agriculture is now reporting that pork sales have stabilised at some level, as no upward or downward movement has been observed. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Robert...

Guyana has no specific legal security for women in workplace – ITUC report

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has no specific legal security for women in workplace – ITUC report

Although women constitute a significant proportion of the workforce in Guyana, there is no specific legal protection against discrimination in the workplace. This is according to the International...

Historic U-15 Cricket Academy opens

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Historic U-15 Cricket Academy opens

-25 junior cricketers to benefit “It is groundbreaking, it’s pioneering, it’s historic and if you fail, it means that we’ve failed as well,” Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony told the...

East Bank Domino Association organises weekend tournament

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on East Bank Domino Association organises weekend tournament

Domino players along the East Bank would match skills when the East Bank Domino Association organises a tournament that utilizes the 2 in, 1 out, system, for teams specifically on the East Bank...

Goodwill Games swimming squad to be announced this week

Jul 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Goodwill Games swimming squad to be announced this week

Approximately one week subsequent to their departure to the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome Italy, Niall Roberts and Henk Lowe registered 24.37 seconds and 27.28 seconds, respectively in the...

Missing Banks DIH funds lands two in court

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Banks DIH funds lands two in court

Two former employees from BANKS DIH were yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Delroy Andrews, 19, of...

The unquestionable power of the media

Jul 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The unquestionable power of the media

DEAR EDITOR, The power of the media has once again manifested itself last week, after my letters about the blackout crisis in Berbice were published in both the SN and the Kaieteur News. The Guyana...

Boss accused of unwanted sexual advances

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Boss accused of unwanted sexual advances

Euclin Da Silva, 39, of 23 Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, on a charge of indecently assaulting Latoya Payne on July 5....

The dawn of a new era?

Jul 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The dawn of a new era?

DEAR EDITOR, Last week (July 5 to 11), while we were engrossed in the aftermath of Mr. Michael Jackson’s passing and anxiety over the future of West Indies cricket, two significant events occurred...

Report to be submitted on Friday, says Burrowes

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Report to be submitted on Friday, says Burrowes

After being completed and subsequently revised due to the detection of suspected fraudulent acts at City Hall, the report of the Commission of Inquiry may finally be ready for submission to Minister...

Stop the misinformation and narrow-mindedness now

Jul 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop the misinformation and narrow-mindedness now

DEAR EDITOR, Over 85 % of Guyana is covered with tropical forests; though we have been utilising this resource for centuries, the maximum export revenue to Guyana from forest utilisation has been...

Human rights deviance in the New Millennium

Jul 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Human rights deviance in the New Millennium

DEAR EDITOR, In response to the letter entitled “Restoring dignity of men and women” published (July 7, 2009, Kaieteur News), I question without regret Mr. Michel Sidibé’s intrigue in...

Challenging the President’s immunity

Jul 14, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Challenging the President’s immunity

There have always been challenges to the Constitution and it seems that there will be even more with the promised challenge to the immunity enjoyed by the President coming into question. The...

Agricola taxi driver charged for receiving stolen firearm

Jul 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola taxi driver charged for receiving stolen firearm

… from Bartica slaughter An Agricola taxi driver was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Sheldon Dorrick, 28, of Lot 146 Titus Street, Agricola, East Bank...

HISTORY SHOULD NOT REPEAT ITSELF

Jul 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HISTORY SHOULD NOT REPEAT ITSELF

So what is to be done about Kids First Fund? There has been a deafening silence so far from many quarters over the sequestration of the sick children and the parents and guardians who accompanied...

Fuel dealer found dead in car trunk

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel dealer found dead in car trunk

– wife detained The murder of a Good Hope businessman sent shockwaves through a section of the East Coast Demerara, just when it appeared that life in the volatile district was taking on some...

Honduras situation a lesson to Guyana

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Honduras situation a lesson to Guyana

– Corbin Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition and the Leader of the Peoples National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, warns that Guyanese should take cognisance of what has recently taken...

Govt. has not honoured collective agreements over past decade

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. has not honoured collective agreements over past decade

– ITUC report Over the past decade, collective agreements in many public services have not been honoured by the Government of Guyana. This is according to the International Trade Union...

Commonwealth parliamentarian urges greater inclusion of young people in decision making

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth parliamentarian urges greater inclusion of young people in decision making

By Gary Eleazar The Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dr William Shija, last evening urged the Parliamentarians present at the launch of the 34th Annual Regional...

GRPA Executive Director Frederick Cox passes away

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA Executive Director Frederick Cox passes away

Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA), Frederick Cox, passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. Mr. Cox had held the position of GRPA Executive Director for...

Dr Ramsammy’s revelation illustrates health system’s true nature

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Ramsammy’s revelation illustrates health system’s true nature

– Ramjattan “Why did he go overseas to cool out after his doctors told him to take a rest? With all the variety of places that Maniram Prashad boasts about which are healthy for tourists to...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more