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Linden release Junior All-Star team

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden release Junior All-Star team

By Edison Jefford The Linden Amateur Basketball Association has announced the names of their junior All-Star team that will take on Georgetown on the opening night of the Beepat Scorpions All-Star...

Floyd Carmichael prevails in GASP open scrabble tournament

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floyd Carmichael prevails in GASP open scrabble tournament

Floyd Carmichael enjoyed his best tournament to date and despite dropping the penultimate game to Moen Gafoor, rebounded to cart off the spoils when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP)...

Daly-Ramdyhan leaves for Spain

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daly-Ramdyhan leaves for Spain

ITF certified Level 1 tennis coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan left the country recently to attend a worldwide coaches conference which begun on October 29 and runs until November 5 in Spain. The current...

Local pugilists experience mixed fortunes in Barbados

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local pugilists experience mixed fortunes in Barbados

– Goodwill boxing card disrupted after ring incident The Guyanese boxing team that traveled to Barbados to engage boxers of that country in a goodwill boxing tournament Saturday evening last,...

GT take inaugural National Women’s F/Ball league title

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT take inaugural National Women’s F/Ball league title

Beat Region 9 1-nil to remain unbeaten In sweltering heat at the Lethem Community Centre ground, the dominant Georgetown lasses beat Region Nine 1-nil yesterday afternoon to take the inaugural...

The disintegration of the fabric of our civilisation

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The disintegration of the fabric of our civilisation

Dear Editor, I am not ashamed to say that the image of the injury to the lower torso of the 14-year-old Guyanese Youth on the front page of one of the two independent dailies caused me to...

You could be next

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on You could be next

Dear Editor, Imagine if you will, as a foreign national visiting Guyana , you happen upon some police men and become a suspect of a crime. A forced confession could be gotten out of you and your...

Colin Ming captures EU Golf title

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colin Ming captures EU Golf title

Experienced golfer Colin Ming stepped up his game to triumph in the European Union (EU) sponsored Medal Play handicap tournament last Saturday at Lusignan Golf Course just three weeks before the...

Despite the multi-million $$$ Doppler Radar weather reports still inaccurate

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite the multi-million $$$ Doppler Radar weather reports still inaccurate

Dear Editor, Perhaps it was several inches of rain which was dumped over Guyana last Saturday (31-10-09), but of course we did not receive such a prediction or report from the Ministry of...

AID and bad governance poor bedfellows for sustainable development

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on AID and bad governance poor bedfellows for sustainable development

Dear Editor, AID in the form of loans, grants, and debt relief provided close to no comfort for the bottom billion countries over the last 30 years; in fact, research at the Centre for Global...

Those responsible must be held accountable

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those responsible must be held accountable

Dear Editor, It was a ghastly sight to see the burns on the private parts of the teenager on the front page of Kaieteur News. The torture of the young man at the hands of police must be condemned in...

Torture of lad by police signals time for supporters of the PPP to call for government’s resignation

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Torture of lad by police signals time for supporters of the PPP to call for government’s resignation

Dear Editor, On reading KN’s news story, “Torture,” (October 31), featuring a 14-year-old lad whose lower torso bore gruesome burn marks allegedly at the hands of police officers who...

Calling for justice for this 14-year-old child

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calling for justice for this 14-year-old child

Dear Editor, As a mother I was shocked and saddened when I saw the photograph that was published in Kaieteur News of a 14-year-old child tortured by the policeþ at Leonora Police Station. I can...

Who approved such inhumane methods?

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who approved such inhumane methods?

Dear Editor, Was I in total shock with KN front page image of the brutalised 14-year teenager by investigative officers of the police force? No. I will agree with anyone that it was a barbaric method...

THE POLICE CANNOT INVESTIGATE THIS ONE!

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE POLICE CANNOT INVESTIGATE THIS ONE!

Twenty five lawyers have taken a first and important step in condemning the recent torture of a teenager while in Police lockups. This is a decisive step, I believe in Guyana, and commences a...

Chaitram got it wrong

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chaitram got it wrong

Dear Editor, In response to Mona Chaitram’s critique of my letter (27/10/09) .First of all, I want to ask Ms. Chaitram when last she visited Guyana and how long she spent? There is no doubt in my...

Torture in Hotel California

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Torture in Hotel California

There are some fantastic songs that even if they fall outside your favourite genre of music, you would still have a deep, aesthetic appreciation for their intrinsic value. There are too many to...

Corbin must resign

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corbin must resign

Dear Editor, It is only a beast that would look into the eyes of a terrified child and calculatingly inflict such an horrendous injury that shocks an entire nation. I cannot find words to describe...

THIS BULL BUSINESS

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THIS BULL BUSINESS

“They getting on awful, so ah bring back the bull.” — Lord Kitchener If you’re looking for an appropriate Revival Assembly for the male member of the species Bovinae, the...

LCDS Financing

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LCDS Financing

As we draw closer to the December Copenhagen meeting on Climate Change that will attempt to craft a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, we are receiving increasingly optimistic information that the...