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West Indies name 13-man squad for 1st Test against Bangladesh

Jul 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies name 13-man squad for 1st Test against Bangladesh

Adrian Barath, Narsingh Deonarine, Ravi Rampaul and Andrew Richardson included The West Indies selectors have named a 13-man squad for the First Digicel Test match against Bangladesh at the Arnos...

Judge’s order cited for success of Grade Six standout

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Judge’s order cited for success of Grade Six standout

A timely order by Justice William Ramlal is being hailed as the reason for the excellent performance of one of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) top achievers. On February 27 last,...

Stabbing victim reluctant to continue matter after ‘receiving threats’

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbing victim reluctant to continue matter after ‘receiving threats’

One day after his reputed wife was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital with stab wounds, ‘Khrisna’ without apparent consideration has reportedly ‘gone back to work at sea’. Initial...

Hospitality packages available for ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010

Jul 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hospitality packages available for ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010

deals cheaper than comparative offerings for ICC CWC 2007 Hospitality packages are already available for next year’s ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010, it was announced on Saturday. The packages...

Ms. Daly attacks the messenger and skirts the message

Jul 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Daly attacks the messenger and skirts the message

Dear Editor, While there is a substantial improvement in Ms. Daly’s writing (Kaieteur News, July 6th), she still remains who she is – a person that attacks the messenger and pretty much skirts...

Uneven development and uneven pace among poor nations

Jul 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Uneven development and uneven pace among poor nations

Dear Editor, I want to talk about the global financial crisis and the fact that there is an emerging global financial system. Grants, loans, conditionalities, in short, aid, have become a regular but...

Major construction creates uncertainty for small businesses

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Major construction creates uncertainty for small businesses

Not everyone in the New Diamond Housing Scheme is rejoicing that two commercial banks are being constructed in the community. Those who are not happy are the vendors and hire car drivers who will...

UG must emphasise teaching, not research

Jul 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on UG must emphasise teaching, not research

Dear Editor, I had hoped one of my more capable colleagues at the University of Guyana (UG) would have by now responded to the Kaieteur News editorial of June 29, 2009, titled, “Where is the...

Commonwealth to expand its scholarship programme

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth to expand its scholarship programme

The Commonwealth Secretariat is seeking to expand its Endowment Fund to facilitate the continuation of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Programme (CSFP). This was announced by Secretary...

Wismar man shot by Joint Services ranks

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar man shot by Joint Services ranks

The police are investigating a shooting incident, which occurred at about 22:00 on Sunday at a Joint Services roadblock at Amelia’s Ward, Linden. According to a police statement, 33-year-old James...

Restoring dignity of men and women

Jul 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Restoring dignity of men and women

Dear Editor, On 2 July 2009, the High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India made history by ruling that consensual sexual acts of adults in private should no longer be criminalized. In so doing, it took a...

President Jagdeo does it again

Jul 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo does it again

When left on their own, without advisors in the room, leaders can say very damaging and self-destructive things. I do like Vice-President Biden but I think he must have embarrassed President Obama...

Socialist training in Medicine

Jul 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Socialist training in Medicine

Dear Editor, Anyone familiar with Virgil’s Aeneid would be aware of Laocoon’s cry, “ Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” which properly translated means, “ I fear the Greeks even when they offer...

GWI hosts three-day contractors’ workshop

Jul 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI hosts three-day contractors’ workshop

With the aim of ensuring projects being undertaken by contractors within its related sector are of a high quality and standard, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is scheduled to commence a...

Daydreaming about future glory

Jul 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Daydreaming about future glory

What is wrong with the Alliance For Change? Are they living in some fairytale? Is dreaming their present pastime? Are they imagining things? I can understand that this party, which is yet since the...

Those deportations have opened our eyes

Jul 07, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Those deportations have opened our eyes

The CARICOM summit is over and the decisions are reported to be far-reaching. The contentious issue of the treatment of illegal immigrants was supposed to dominate the summit. However, the leaders in...

Jamaican PM worried about breakaway groups

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican PM worried about breakaway groups

CARICOM 30th Heads of Govt. meet… By Gary Eleazar Jamaican Prime Minister, Bruce Golding says that he, as well as several other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Leaders, are worried about the growing...

Refusing breathalyzer test could result in fine, jail time

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Refusing breathalyzer test could result in fine, jail time

Refusing to take a breathalyzer test that would be administered by a designated traffic rank without reasonable cause, could lead to fine of as much as $30,000 and failing to pay that could see the...

Mother sought for failing to pay ‘child support’

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mother sought for failing to pay ‘child support’

The shoe is on the other foot in a case in which a father of four is seeking an arrest warrant for his reputed wife, who has defaulted in her affiliation (child support) for their three children. The...

Jenelle Cox crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2K9

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jenelle Cox crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2K9

(By Alex Wayne) The 2009 Miss Guyana Universe Pageant hosted at the National Cultural Center on Saturday night, appeared to be well planned and orchestrated, minus a few minor glitches. While the...

Cops search Buxton for unmarked graves

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cops search Buxton for unmarked graves

Missing US citizen… Tipped off about unmarked graves in the Buxton backlands, police yesterday conducted an intensive search in the community for the body of missing American Kwame Jobronewet, and...

Sick baby dies after taken from hospital by mother

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sick baby dies after taken from hospital by mother

The police are trying to locate a 22-year old woman, following the death of her baby, whom she had allegedly taken from the hospital without a doctor’s permission. The nine-month-old boy...

36 years of unity celebrated today as region observes CARICOM Day

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 36 years of unity celebrated today as region observes CARICOM Day

Today the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will observe CARICOM Day on the heels of the recently concluded 30th Heads of Government meeting, where new initiatives were fashioned and reaffirmations to...

Revolver, stun guns found during Plaisance, C’ville raids

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Revolver, stun guns found during Plaisance, C’ville raids

Police have detained three men following the discovery of a .38 revolver and two stun guns during a raid at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and Campbellville at around 17:45 hrs on Thursday. According...

Bandits cart off guns, jewellery, cash during robbery

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cart off guns, jewellery, cash during robbery

– three detained Five bandits escaped with two firearms and an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery on Thursday night after invading a business couple’s Belvedere, Corentyne home. ...

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Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford named in ICC ODI Teams of the Year

Development requires more than oil revenues

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In one of the most impassioned pleas ever made, an evangelical Bishop Rev. Mariann Edgar... more