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UG senior lecturer granted British Chevening Fellowship Award

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UG senior lecturer granted British Chevening Fellowship Award

Director of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Guyana, Dr. Paulette Bynoe, has been granted a British Chevening Fellowship to pursue a developmental course on the Economics...

Ramsammy blasts some NGOs for taking home ‘huge salaries’

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ramsammy blasts some NGOs for taking home ‘huge salaries’

– collect large sums of cash, but do little charitable work for HIV/AIDS By Fareeza Haniff A number of Non -Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Guyana have come under fire from Minister of...

Tony Simon pedals to 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile win

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tony Simon pedals to 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile win

Reece, Blackman & Bentley capture junior, veteran & upright categories Tony Simon ended the 2009 cycling season with victory in the 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile road race held on the...

Williams (57 & 4-21) spurs MSC to victory

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Williams (57 & 4-21) spurs MSC to victory

Browne’s ton seals Police’s win National Under-15 Skipper Shaquille Williams hit an unbeaten 57 before returning to take 4-21 to spur Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to a comprehensive 46-run win...

FIFA RAP MA Referees Course ends on high

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on FIFA RAP MA Referees Course ends on high

Instructors course on today, Assessors on Tuesday & Wednesday By Franklin Wilson The first phase of a FIFA three-phase Referees Course, the first of its kind to be held in the world, concluded...

K&S makes known its Zero Tolerance of Violence Policy for 20th Anniversary Tourney

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on K&S makes known its Zero Tolerance of Violence Policy for 20th Anniversary Tourney

The Kashif and Shanghai Organization has issued its Policy on the issue of violence at football games noting that the organization is compelled to make it known that there would be a zero tolerance...

A constructive critique with some valid points

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A constructive critique with some valid points

Dear Editor, I write to applaud Freddie Kissoon for writing a very good column (Act I, Scene II, Enter Norway, Kaieteur News, November 20) in which he did not malign anyone’s character or attack...

Over the last two decades the private security industry has acquired a character of its own

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Over the last two decades the private security industry has acquired a character of its own

Dear Editor, The benefits to be derived from the enactment of private security legislation are multiple, while the factors which have led to the need for control of the industry are legitimate and...

Contracts signed for construction work

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Contracts signed for construction work

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Some $35 million is being expended in Region Six on the construction of streets and bridges for different localities in East Berbice/Corentyne. During the last two...

Breeze Shopping Spree offers early Christmas

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Breeze Shopping Spree offers early Christmas

It was an early Christmas for Sheila Smith of 28 Kersaint La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, who won $134,000 at the Breeze Shopping Spree at N&S Mattai’s Water Street. Other winners were...

The paradox of the Norway-Guyana MoU on reducing emissions of forest carbon

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The paradox of the Norway-Guyana MoU on reducing emissions of forest carbon

Dear Editor, The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Norway and Guyana “regarding Cooperation on Issues related to the Fight against Climate Change, the Protection of Biodiversity and the...

Scrabble players to contest Eid-Ul-Adha tournament

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players to contest Eid-Ul-Adha tournament

Members of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) will be in action this Friday November 27 when the GASP stages the Eid-Ul-Adha Open tournament. The venue is yet to be decided but GASP...

Construction of Pensioners’ Association building started

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Construction of Pensioners’ Association building started

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Government Pensioners’ Association Berbice Branch would soon have a building to call their own after numerous setbacks. The site for the structure is located east of...

‘Mad Dogs’ and dumpsites

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mad Dogs’ and dumpsites

Dear Editor, Why would any sane person want to name a dumpsite, The Mandela Dumpsite? Worse still, why place a dumpsite in such an urban area as South Georgetown. Both actions are downright...

When spinning becomes comical

Nov 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When spinning becomes comical

Over and over I made the point that if someone chooses to be a public relations protector for the Government, that person is going to endure impossible situations. Spinning for the Guyana Government...

Tourney open as Mayor’s birthday football continues Wednesday

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tourney open as Mayor’s birthday football continues Wednesday

Football buffs continue to be entertained with the quality of matches witnessed as the tournament organized to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mayor Hamilton Green continues at the Tucville...

The PNCR’s ‘camouflage’ strategy

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PNCR’s ‘camouflage’ strategy

Dear Editor, The scramble for power is an ugly sight in Guyana. Everything else takes second place in this insufferable ‘power’ stampede; creating in its scurrilous path a charade of unscrupulous...

LEXTING,TEXTING AND SEXTING

Nov 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on LEXTING,TEXTING AND SEXTING

It was in Barbados that I first encountered the use of “unfair” as a verb. Our office was next to the Wanderers ground and I often wandered across to watch cricket. One day, this player who...

‘Sugar’ returns in Ravens’ big win

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Sugar’ returns in Ravens’ big win

Melanie Patriots upset Maccabees Dyna’s Ravens joined Courts Pacesetters in the second round in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) First Division Knockout Tournament when the...

PNCR to resist hijacking of Georgetown City Council

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR to resist hijacking of Georgetown City Council

The political vendetta by the Peoples Progressive Party regime against the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is a disgrace and exposes the crass nature of both President Bharrat Jagdeo and the...

The Third Term Balloon

Nov 23, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Third Term Balloon

It would appear that the “Third Term Trial Balloon” for the Presidency just won’t be brought down. Obviously it is being kept up by forces much more buoyant than helium. First raised as a...

Modify the message of dub music for the sake of our youths

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Modify the message of dub music for the sake of our youths

Dear Editor, Music is one of the most common and often times, a misused media, through which messages are easily transferred from person to person. It may be used as a form of relaxation, expressing...

PLAYING FOR THE SAME TEAM

Nov 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PLAYING FOR THE SAME TEAM

Karl Marx said a long time ago that the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class. This is the class that controls political power in any country and exercises influence over the functions of...

Construction started on Family Court

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Construction started on Family Court

Efforts to promote family welfare were given a significant boost recently with the initiation of the construction of a new building to house a Family Court. This Cabinet approved project will be...

Five dead, seven injured

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Five dead, seven injured

Five persons died when the minibus in which they were travelling on the De Hoop Mahaica Public Road, East Coast Demerara slammed into the back of a truck last evening. Those killed are the driver of...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

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– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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