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Farmers get sheep, pigs as Agri Month winds down

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Farmers get sheep, pigs as Agri Month winds down

As Agriculture Month winds down, more than 100 small farmers countrywide received pigs, sheep and fish fingerlings as a boost to their capacity. Braving rains at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent...

CCC, Jamaica match washed out at Bourda

Oct 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on CCC, Jamaica match washed out at Bourda

Rain could deny Jamaica semi-final spot By Sean Devers Jerome Taylor returned to the Jamaica team after illness with 2 wickets in the opening over of his team’s 2nd round President’s Cup regional...

Missing fishermen found

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Missing fishermen found

…were forced to rob other boats By Brushell Blackman The fishermen who were abducted by pirates were released unharmed but not before they were forced to loot other boats along the waterway by the...

Trinidad, Windward match abandoned

Oct 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Trinidad, Windward match abandoned

Rain ensures teams one-point each Overnight and early morning rain on the West Coast of Demerara forced an abandonment of the Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands’ West Indies’ Cricket Board...

Alkins, Persaud and Federicks hit half centuries

Oct 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alkins, Persaud and Federicks hit half centuries

National U-19 vice captain Royston Alkins, Rovindra Persaud and Essequibo opener Norman Federicks hit half centuries as the South Essequibo Twenty/20 cricket competition continued last Sunday on the...

Local Over-35 ruggers clash with T&T counterpart today

Oct 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Local Over-35 ruggers clash with T&T counterpart today

Former Guyana and Guyana Defence Force winger Christopher O’Donoghue has been appointed Captain of the Guyana Over-35 team for the match against the Trinidad Enthusiasts Rugby Football Club today...

Town Clerk, City Treasurer sacked

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Town Clerk, City Treasurer sacked

Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall, yesterday told the media that he was deciding to accept the recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry, that Town Clerk Beulah Williams and Treasurer...

UK security project scrapped as Guyana dragged its feet

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on UK security project scrapped as Guyana dragged its feet

Dear Editor, Yet again funding to the Guyana government has collapsed as the UK scrapped a $1.6 billion Security Project. This time there was no time-lined application as was the case with the EEC...

The Government must set GAWU straight

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Government must set GAWU straight

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Errol O S Hanoman’s letter (SN 10-30-2009) on sugar captioned, “GAWU distorting grim realities of sugar, all sides must work together to keep industry alive” and...

Guyana gets US$24.8 million loan from IDB

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana gets US$24.8 million loan from IDB

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan to Guyana of US$24.8 million to improve roads. The Bank, in a press release, said that the funds will support a government programme to...

It would be very educational if our TV stations broadcast these programmes

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on It would be very educational if our TV stations broadcast these programmes

Dear Editor, The newspaper letters page is often swamped with the questions, where did we come from and what makes us human? The TV programme NOVA will provide us the most likely answer on Tuesday...

Let’s view recent fires with more caution before forming an opinion

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s view recent fires with more caution before forming an opinion

Dear Editor, We must view the spate of recent fires with a bit more caution before we form an opinion or even express one that could cast false aspersions on others, particularly, the victims who at...

Clarification on Freddie’s logical deduction

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Clarification on Freddie’s logical deduction

Dear Editor, I write to clarify Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s misapplication of the term logical deduction in his column captioned “Rohee’s deduction has permanently damaged his Government” (Oct 29)....

Demolitions: There will be no untouchables-Benn

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Demolitions: There will be no untouchables-Benn

Amidst criticisms, Government yesterday vowed to continue its demolition of illegal structures and said that there are “no untouchables, no sacred cows”. Speaking to reporters during a press...

Itabali children suffer lack of teachers

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Itabali children suffer lack of teachers

– Ministry to investigate The Ministry of Education is investigating the operations of the Itabali Primary School following complaints by parents of students there about the grossly inadequate...

Our humanity cannot be sustained if some of us profit while others suffer

Oct 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Our humanity cannot be sustained if some of us profit while others suffer

Dear Editor, The newspapers on Thursday all reported on the opening of the new bottling plant at DDL. This expansion seems to be a Guyana success story that all Guyanese should be proud about,...

Linden honours first mayor with conference centre

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden honours first mayor with conference centre

The Egbert Benjamin Exhibition and Conference Centre was officially handed over to the Mayor and Town Council of Linden on Thursday at a simple ceremony at the facility. Among those present at the...

Radio and dictatorship

Oct 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Radio and dictatorship

Life is indeed funny. I was having coffee at a well known Georgetown café with Mark Benschop yesterday morning when Benschop informed a number of European and American diplomats that he had started...

Violent crimes drop drastically over past year

Oct 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Violent crimes drop drastically over past year

Figures released from the Guyana Police Force have revealed that there has been a reduction in murders and other categories of serious crimes so far for this year as compared to last year. So far for...

The animals among us

Oct 31, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The animals among us

Illegality seems to know no bounds in Guyana. There seems to be no regard for law and order and certainly none for decency. A few weeks ago there was the incident that led to the arrest of some...

Keep your money; we will keep our self respect

Oct 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Keep your money; we will keep our self respect

What has happened with the Security Reform Project which was to be funded by the British Government should be a lesson for the Guyana Government who must now reassert the same rights to sovereignty...

Pirates shoot two, abduct two, in C/tyne River

Oct 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pirates shoot two, abduct two, in C/tyne River

By Brushell Blackman Pirates have yet again attacked fishermen plying their trade on the waters between Guyana and Suriname. On Wednesday evening, five crew members on a vessel ‘Prince Omar’ were...

Friend confesses to being mastermind

Oct 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Friend confesses to being mastermind

– Suspects ‘missing’ from police custody – relatives A close male friend of former Region Three Vice Chairman Ramnauth Bisram has reportedly confessed to helping to orchestrate...

Coast guards handed over to Army; file sent to DDP

Oct 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Coast guards handed over to Army; file sent to DDP

The three army ranks who were detained on Sunday last by police have been handed over to their colleagues in the GDF. Reports are that the men were released into the custody of the army sometime on...

Fire destroys house at East Canje

Oct 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire destroys house at East Canje

– Family suffers $$M in losses Fire of unknown origin yesterday completely destroyed a two-storey wooden house at Lot 60 West Canefield, East Canje, Berbice. Speaking to this newspaper, the...

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more