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The other side of the Hockey Festival

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on The other side of the Hockey Festival

Event is more than just ‘a competition’ By Edison Jefford It is either an acute vision or fortunate development that led the Guyana Hockey Board to integrate the cultural connotation of...

BCB secures sponsorship for 2010 competitions

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BCB secures sponsorship for 2010 competitions

Tenelec Inc. pumps $1.25 M into U-15 & Div. 1 50 overs tournaments The year 2010 is still one month away but Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has already secured sponsorship for two major competitions...

Mohamed’s Enterprise consistent support of K&S continues

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed’s Enterprise consistent support of K&S continues

Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Inc. on board again With 11 days to go to the kick off of the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament and the visit of the world’s Greatest Footballer...

Jamla Crawford’s 126 and 5 for 31 seal victory for No. 43 Scorpion

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jamla Crawford’s 126 and 5 for 31 seal victory for No. 43 Scorpion

The 2009 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board continued recently with Jamla Crawford turning in an outstanding allround performance...

West Indies U-19s go into camp in St Kitts

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies U-19s go into camp in St Kitts

Joseph’s injury being monitored By Sean Devers in Barbados A WICB source in Barbados told Kaieteur Sport that the West Indies 15-man squad and 5 stand bys will be encamped in St Kitts from...

Perreira leads RHT Farfan and Mendes to semis

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Perreira leads RHT Farfan and Mendes to semis

A brilliant all-round performance from Berbice Under-15 Shawn Perreira, led his team Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes to first innings points over young Achievers of West Berbice and a place in the...

GABA launches Super-Eight Ward tomorrow

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA launches Super-Eight Ward tomorrow

Event brings together best wards in Guyana The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will be launching the Nation-Wide Super-Eight Inter-Ward Championships tomorrow at the Facts and Roses...

‘Anger is one letter short danger’

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Anger is one letter short danger’

Dear Editor, The lives of 56 employees, their families, dependents and friends were shattered when dismissal letters were given to them by the management of BCGI- RUSAL Bauxite Company. If this...

Media must be fair and objective

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Media must be fair and objective

Dear Editor, I do not agree with columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon that Ravi Dev is a convert to the PPP cause (November 30) or that he would become a PPP cabinet member (December 2). Freddie offers no...

Is there a philosophical answer for this particular human failing?

Dec 03, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is there a philosophical answer for this particular human failing?

One of the mysteries of living in the real world has become a persistent curiosity of mine that I would like to see explained. The subject of sociology provides an answer and to date this is the most...

Mr. Faria’s attack on the newspapers is ill-informed and ill-founded

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Faria’s attack on the newspapers is ill-informed and ill-founded

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr. Norman Faria, captioned, “Why mention race of Guyanese of Chinese descent?” (GC 26/11). Mr Faria sometimes falls into unrealistic sentimentality in his...

Let’s continue to move Fair’s Rust, Linden forward

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s continue to move Fair’s Rust, Linden forward

Dear Editor, I seek to bring awareness and share information that is vital to our community development in Fair’s Rust, Linden. Fair’s Rust Community Development Council (FRCDC) is raising funds...

ON THE QUESTION OF A THIRD TERM

Dec 03, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ON THE QUESTION OF A THIRD TERM

Obsequiousness has always been a vital weapon in the armory of those who surround Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings. Even Caesar fell victim to political flattery, convinced that through him...

GuySuCo’s way forward

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s way forward

Dear Editor, From reading all the articles in the media about GuySuCo, one gets the impression that things are not right, and rather than getting better, if anything will only get worse. The latest...

How can a person who claims to be a pollster be so politically biased?

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on How can a person who claims to be a pollster be so politically biased?

Dear Editor, I have seen countless comments of a real political nature coming from the ‘pen’ of Mr. Vishnu Bisram in both newspapers (SN and Kaieteur News); comments so political that this man...

Small people making a big difference

Dec 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Small people making a big difference

Dear Editor, Thanks for publishing my letter regarding the deplorable state of the Rosignol Post Office. I am hopeful that those in authority will make the appropriate response. I wish to express...

Education is a necessary cost

Dec 03, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Education is a necessary cost

Everyone recognizes that education is the key to development. However, the pursuit of education is not cheap. It costs the Guyana Government a huge sum each year. Last year the sum was said to be...

Doctor who treated tortured teen acted unprofessionally

Dec 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Doctor who treated tortured teen acted unprofessionally

– medical council finds By Michael Jordan A Guyana Medical Council investigation has found that police surgeon, Dr. Mahandra Chand, acted unprofessionally while treating the tortured teenage...

Bus driver in Lethem fatal accident was unlicensed

Dec 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bus driver in Lethem fatal accident was unlicensed

– was reportedly trying to acquire bogus document By Michael Jordan and Latoya Giles Just three days before he perished with two passengers in a head-on collision at Lethem, Juliano D’Aguiar...

Dem boys seh … Don’t expect a raise

Dec 02, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Don’t expect a raise

Dem boys worried. Nuff people looking fuh a raise and as Christmas coming de raise getting bigger. De people who use to tek a car fare now looking fuh money to buy ham. Dem who use to get a raise to...

Hundreds pay homage to the victims of HIV/AIDS

Dec 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds pay homage to the victims of HIV/AIDS

As Guyana remembers the fallen, infected and affected… As has become traditional, hundreds assembled outside the National Cultural Centre last evening to support the annual event put on by...

Proposed authority of GRA to withhold licences meets resistance

Dec 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed authority of GRA to withhold licences meets resistance

Trouble again over lawyers’ taxes: Trouble is brewing over a proposed piece of legislation that can stop lawyers from practising unless their taxes are up-to-date. It is a second time in six years...

Family fears for life of Princes Street shooting victim

Dec 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Family fears for life of Princes Street shooting victim

– attacker seen at GPHC Dexter Mc Donald, called ‘Bat’, is critical and fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), even as...

Former national Boxing champion on sex charge

Dec 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Former national Boxing champion on sex charge

Michael Crawford, 52, of 9 Martin Luther Scheme, New Amsterdam Berbice was on Monday further remanded to prison by magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her for the second time on a...

Gunmen attack businessman’s driver

Dec 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen attack businessman’s driver

The driver of a city businessman yesterday narrowly escaped death during an attack by four gunmen at Charlotte Street, yesterday. This newspaper was told that the driver, 45-year-old Carl Husbands...

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Two more young cricketers benefit from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Does the PNCR really want to go down this road?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- By the time I reached the fourth cup of chamomile tea—don’t judge me, it’s calming—I... more