February 20, 2010

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Opposition arguments out of context- Govt. Speakers

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition arguments out of context- Govt. Speakers

Government speakers, during the budget debates on Thursday evening last, slammed their opposition counterparts for making arguments out of context. Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn,...

Women’s World Cup Committee meets

Feb 20, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Women’s World Cup Committee meets

– Preparations right on track The Committee set up to ensure the smooth delivery of the Guyana leg of the 2010 CFU Women’s World Cup qualifying Phase met on Thursday, at the Guyana Football...

Exhibition showcases 20th century Guyana

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Exhibition showcases 20th century Guyana

A pictorial exhibition by Godfrey Chin is on at the Umana Yana, showcasing “Glimpses of Guyana’s Social and Cultural History in the Twentieth Century.” The exhibition remains open until...

Synthetic Track is “flagship infrastructure project”

Feb 20, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Synthetic Track is “flagship infrastructure project”

– says Minister Anthony in Budget Presentation By Edison Jefford Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has revealed that the erection of a Synthetic Athletics Track is the...

No room for lapses as tournament bowls on this weekend

Feb 20, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on No room for lapses as tournament bowls on this weekend

There will be no room for lapses when the inaugural Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company sponsored Nationwide 1010 knock-out softball cricket competition continues around the country. A number of...

Pastor denies molesting stepdaughter

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor denies molesting stepdaughter

– to turn self in today A Mahaica pastor yesterday denied that he ever sexually abused his 17-year-old stepdaughter, but has promised to turn himself in for questioning today. The Unity Church...

ICC WT20 WI 2010 ‘FREE’ UNDER-16 TICKETS SNAPPED UP

Feb 20, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ICC WT20 WI 2010 ‘FREE’ UNDER-16 TICKETS SNAPPED UP

All the free tickets for Under-16 fans to attend ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 matches are gone! That’s the word according to a release from the organisers. Tournament organisers yesterday...

Limiting the inescapable consequences of a scorching drought

Feb 20, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Limiting the inescapable consequences of a scorching drought

Dear Editor, The damage being inflicted on our country by this prolonged drought has to be seen to be appreciated. In the countryside, sweltering villages and farmsteads are turning brown as the...

Slingshot launches Mash costume band

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Slingshot launches Mash costume band

Until he is called to the grave, United States-based Guyanese entertainer, John ‘Slingshot’ Drepaul, says that he will keep tradition alive by producing a Mash band for the February 23...

Valiant efforts were made to reap successes in health sector – Dr. Ramsammy

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Valiant efforts were made to reap successes in health sector – Dr. Ramsammy

Even in the face of numerous challenges, the public health sector catered to more than 16,000 women who delivered their babies safely last year. This disclosure was made by Minister of Health, Dr...

I fully support that Godfrey Chin’s work should be preserved

Feb 20, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I fully support that Godfrey Chin’s work should be preserved

Dear Editor, Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s piece in yesterday’s KN on Godfrey Chin’s Nostalgias was excellently written; perhaps his best in years. I fully support Kissoon’s call that Chin’s work...

Spectacular Children’s Mashramani Road Parade unfolds today

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Spectacular Children’s Mashramani Road Parade unfolds today

After three days of heated competition at the finals of the Children’s Mashramani competition staged at the National Cultural Centre, it is time for the grand culmination of events with the annual...

Bauxite workers are not asking for handouts

Feb 20, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Bauxite workers are not asking for handouts

Dear Editor, The recent attacks on bauxite workers by President Bharrat Jagdeo and Mohamed Akeel, Labour Consultant to the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc., are unjustified. Bauxite workers have done...

Outstanding attendance as UG hosts Career Day

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Outstanding attendance as UG hosts Career Day

The University of Guyana, usually teeming with students pursuing academic excellence, was transformed into a cacophony of sounds and gaiety when several business organisations showcased their wares...

Where the PPP gets these spin doctors from?

Feb 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Where the PPP gets these spin doctors from?

The PPP Government and Mr. Jagdeo cannot deny that they want PR gurus. They spend lots of money to get these people and they get a school of incompetents of which Drs. Prem Misir and Randy Persaud...

White Fly management under protected cultivation system

Feb 20, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on White Fly management under protected cultivation system

Whiteflies have begun showing resistance to synthetic insecticides and are very serious shadehouse/greenhouse pests. Not only do they feed on plants, but they also produce honeydew, which detracts...

Bribe accused policemen on $50,000 bail

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bribe accused policemen on $50,000 bail

– get preferential treatment The two policemen who allegedly accepted a $20,000 inducement were yesterday placed on $50,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown...

Kudos for GPHC

Feb 20, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for GPHC

Dear Editor, I am still alive thanks to Drs. Motilall, Doobay, Ganshamsingh, Dai, Zhu, Rambarran, Bheri Ramsaran, Ram, Ramdass, Maraj, and others, who ensured me excellent hospitalisation at the...

WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS?

Feb 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS?

Violence in schools is a topical issue. And while there is violence, in one form or the other, in all schools, it is not a major problem in every school. Only a handful of schools in the country have...

Parents believe poor medical care caused son’s death

Feb 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parents believe poor medical care caused son’s death

The distressed parents of Stephon Hope who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is claiming that inadequate medical care contributed to their 13-year-old son’s death. Lately,...

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Tridents seal emphatic 6-wicket win to steal slight momentum from...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. BT (Kaieteur News) – Barbados Tridents pulled off a momentum-stealing 6-wicket win over table-leaders Guyana Amazon Warriors, who lost their second game of the...

How do you make a marriage work?

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(Kaieteur News) – During my next encounter with the Guru, I asked him a question that perhaps millions of people have themselves and others. “Guru,” I said, “how do you make a marriage work?” He looked at me and smiled. “First,” he said, “stop trying to make your spouse work.” I...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability – Pt 3

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(Kaieteur News) – Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is a lonely figure; worthy of pity. It’s extended. He is that saddest of leaders: a caricature for lost causes. Breach procurement laws and regs and there will be consequences. Not one attendee in that Arthur Chung Convention Centre suite blanched...

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Opposition arguments out of context- Govt. Speakers

Women’s World Cup Committee meets

Exhibition showcases 20th century Guyana

Synthetic Track is “flagship infrastructure project”

No room for lapses as tournament bowls on this weekend

Pastor denies molesting stepdaughter

ICC WT20 WI 2010 ‘FREE’ UNDER-16 TICKETS SNAPPED UP

Limiting the inescapable consequences of a scorching drought

Slingshot launches Mash costume band

Valiant efforts were made to reap successes in health sector – Dr. Ramsammy

I fully support that Godfrey Chin’s work should be preserved

Spectacular Children’s Mashramani Road Parade unfolds today

Bauxite workers are not asking for handouts

Outstanding attendance as UG hosts Career Day

Where the PPP gets these spin doctors from?

White Fly management under protected cultivation system

Bribe accused policemen on $50,000 bail

Kudos for GPHC

WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS?

Parents believe poor medical care caused son’s death

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