September 2009

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DeGroot holds weight advantage over Alfred

Sep 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DeGroot holds weight advantage over Alfred

Corinne DeGroot drew first blood when she weighed in at 117.6lbs to Shondell Alfred’s 114.8lbs going into their bantamweight clash in the S&S/HEP Promotions card for the WIBA bantamweight title...

‘Starving’ chain snatcher gets two years’ free lodging and board

Sep 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Starving’ chain snatcher gets two years’ free lodging and board

On Saturday, September 5, Sean Anthony, 28, of Fourth Avenue, Bartica, snatched a gold chain valued at $60,000 from Vanilla Thomas who was walking along King Street, Georgetown. The woman immediately...

Nationwide Softball Cricket Competition launched

Sep 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Nationwide Softball Cricket Competition launched

Over 160 teams across the country have registered for the Guyana Softball League /Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport / Carib Beer/Ansa McAl nationwide Cricket Tournament which is expected to...

WHAT IS EARNED SHOULD NOT HAVE CONDITIONS ATTACHED

Sep 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS EARNED SHOULD NOT HAVE CONDITIONS ATTACHED

There is an age-old adage which states that impediments should not be placed in the way of a man receiving what is rightly due to him. Thus, if someone has worked, he should be allowed to receive his...

Stone was stoned when he made that film

Sep 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stone was stoned when he made that film

What I find inexplicable about the American film maker, Oliver Stone, and the Caribbean economist, Professor Norman Girvan, is that despite all their panegyrics of Castro’s Cuba and Venezuela’s...

GDF awards twenty nine bursaries for 2009

Sep 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GDF awards twenty nine bursaries for 2009

David B. Ramroop, Keianna T. Simon, and Dale D. De Mendonca were the top three awardees when the Guyana Defence Force shared out 29 bursaries to children who successfully completed the National Grade...

Flying Stars gear to host event tomorrow

Sep 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Flying Stars gear to host event tomorrow

The Flying Stars Cycle Club will host the seventh annual Victor Macedo Memorial Cycle Race tomorrow, with the event scheduled to pedal off outside Macedo’s residence located at Lance Gibbs and...

Freed murder accused, deportee masterminded Hogstye gang

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Freed murder accused, deportee masterminded Hogstye gang

Three of the five men who police have nabbed in their latest interception of gangs in Berbice are well known characters, according to a source close to the investigation. One of the suspects was...

City Hall owed more than $600M in taxes

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on City Hall owed more than $600M in taxes

…over $400M accrued interest still outstanding Despite engaging desperate measures to reverse its cash-strapped state, the Mayor and City Council is yet to collect outstanding rates and taxes for...

Manickchand must remove McCoy from ROC – says PNCR Shadow Minister

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Manickchand must remove McCoy from ROC – says PNCR Shadow Minister

…Child Care unit seeks ‘Julius’ to provide assistance The Child Care and Protection Services Unit of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is currently actively seeking the...

Whale grounded on North West beach

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Whale grounded on North West beach

Valiant efforts on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Defence Force coupled with support from volunteers have so far failed to rescue a beached whale in Region One. Based on...

Burn victims on the road to recovery

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Burn victims on the road to recovery

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE Marlyn Lindi and her younger reputed husband, Paul Edghilo, the parents of the burnt Angoy’s Avenue girls remain in police custody as ranks continue their probe. Natashia...

Govt. did not allocate any house lots to PPP party-Ali

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt. did not allocate any house lots to PPP party-Ali

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, yesterday, said that the government has not allocated any land to the People’s Progressive Party. Ali was responding to a query by the Alliance for Change...

Three discharged, shooter remains critical

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three discharged, shooter remains critical

Three days after a shooting incident outside the National Gymnasium, three of the men shot during the fracas were discharged with the shooter still critical at a private hospital. The three...

Guyana continues to waive CET despite CCJ ruling

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana continues to waive CET despite CCJ ruling

…Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados objected to waiver It is now more than five weeks since the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Justice Michael A. de la Bastide, ruled against Guyana in the...

Pamenos edges Johnson, D’Andrade in Trinidad

Sep 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pamenos edges Johnson, D’Andrade in Trinidad

Guyanese duo on podium in Newsday 5k race Guyanese distance athletes Kelvin Johnson and Lionel D’Andrade came second and third respectively yesterday in the Newsday Newspapers 5km Road Race Run in...

Central Mackenzie, Back Scheme into semis

Sep 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Central Mackenzie, Back Scheme into semis

Despite Front Scheme Amelia’s Ward one-point win against Central Mackenzie/Retrieve and Kara Kara combined Wednesday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club court, it was the latter that advanced to the...

‘Bags full of confidential information’

Sep 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Bags full of confidential information’

Dear Editor, It is a lot of nonsense that Freddie Kissoon spouts in his columns, but it takes a lot to equal the following, “Mr. Jagdeo cannot be that myopic not to know that there are bags full of...

Torginol Paint sponsors tomorrow’s golf tourney

Sep 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Torginol Paint sponsors tomorrow’s golf tourney

Following an action-filled competition last weekend, local golfers will return to the Lusignan course for the Torginol Paint sponsored Stableford tournament tomorrow. More than 35 golfers are...

Education Ministry mounts exhibition

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Education Ministry mounts exhibition

…seeks to improve teachers’ capabilities In recognition of the fact that teachers are not utilising the teaching materials that are readily provided by the Ministry of Education, an exhibition...

GTM remains sound despite global crisis – Chairman

Sep 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GTM remains sound despite global crisis – Chairman

(By Brushell Blackman) The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited (GTM) recorded growth in a number of areas during the previous year, according to the report produced at the...

A marvelous exploit by Rudy Mitchell

Sep 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A marvelous exploit by Rudy Mitchell

Dear Editor, For me it was heartening to read “Mitchell chalks up 100th consecutive local victory”. While I did somewhat harbour the thought about one of his younger and determine rivals...

Ravens beat Walton Hall by 18 runs in final

Sep 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ravens beat Walton Hall by 18 runs in final

Ravens defeated Walton Hall by 18 runs to win the final of the Caricom Rice Mill 20/20 cricket competition played recently at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground on the Essequibo Coast. Ravens...

Linden fans in for a treat as Inter-Block football concludes

Sep 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Linden fans in for a treat as Inter-Block football concludes

The Linden leg of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football tournament is set to conclude tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground with a mouth watering clash that should bring...

Would LCDS funds be used wisely?

Sep 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Would LCDS funds be used wisely?

Dear Editor, With regards to low carbon development strategy as being advocated by our government, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK , in an op-ed piece in the New York Times (September 23) is...

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The transportation cash grant

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(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Unlimited benefits for former presidents – third go

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....

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