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RHTYSC investment in youth paying great dividends

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC investment in youth paying great dividends

Sweep junior tournaments in Ancient County Over the past five years, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has concentrated a great deal of its energies on youth investment which...

Kashif and Shanghai have planted their feet sturdily into the game’s history

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai have planted their feet sturdily into the game’s history

Dear Editor, As has become the norm, the Kashif and Shanghai tournament was yet another success story; there is much for them to be smiling about, quite apart from sweet monetary gain which of course...

Banks must investigate disposal of plastic waste

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Banks must investigate disposal of plastic waste

Dear Editor, I have noted with interest Chairman Clifford Reis of Banks DIH who made a statement at their Annual General Meeting. He is reported to have said that Banks will phase out the soft drinks...

Is it a case of different strokes for different folks?

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it a case of different strokes for different folks?

Dear Editor, Arif Bulkan stated, (Kaieteur News, January 22) “Mr. Annan Boodram probably never knew he would trigger such strong and stirring responses from so many Guyanese to his letter (SN,...

Linden farmers welcome visits by Agri. Ministry

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden farmers welcome visits by Agri. Ministry

Dear Editor, The people and farmers of Linden welcome visits by the Agriculture Minister, Mr. Robert Persaud and staffers of the Ministry of Agriculture over the weekend to listen to concerns and to...

Where is the justice?

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the justice?

Dear Editor, A serious injustice was done to my 17-year-old son who the Suddie police are targeting while still at school, by restricting his learning despite of having already paid this year’s...

GTU’s biennial elections pregnant with possibilities

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTU’s biennial elections pregnant with possibilities

Dear Editor, This year the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) will hold its biennial elections. It is an opportunity pregnant with the possibilities of charting a new course that places decision-making...

The IAC would continue to devote its time to meaningful activities

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The IAC would continue to devote its time to meaningful activities

Dear Editor, Thank for publishing in your Friday, January 29 edition my response to Fredrick Kissoon’s article of Wednesday, January 27. I wish that you would afford me the same opportunity to make...

GUYANA IS IN THE U.S. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA IS IN THE U.S. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

The problem with the Guyana government has been its inability to articulate a foreign policy based on its national interests, including support for certain fundamental and inviolable principles. The...

A suggestion for President Jagdeo and CARICOM’s Dr. Carrington

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A suggestion for President Jagdeo and CARICOM’s Dr. Carrington

Dear Editor, With regards to the proposed Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) policy, I would like to suggest that the Government of Guyana approach the World Bank, IMF and IADB or even wealthy...

The fear of elected dictatorship in Guyana

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The fear of elected dictatorship in Guyana

I have seen fear in the eyes of the population when President Forbes Burnham ruled Guyana. My friends that I went to school with at UG and who graduated and took up jobs with the Burnham Government...

Climate Change Funds

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Climate Change Funds

The mining community is up in arms against the government’s proposals to institute some stricter guidelines over their industry. While the government has gone to some length to deny any linkages...

Bartica shuts down amidst protests

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica shuts down amidst protests

– residents, businesses call for special committee to suspend work An estimated 3,000 persons, decked in yellow, took to the streets of Bartica yesterday shutting down that community to protest...

Two remanded for taxi driver’s murder

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for taxi driver’s murder

Two men have been remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of 39-year-old, Bomeshwar Sukhdeo. The two, Balram Singh and Bharrat Narine, appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s...

Police hunt Berbice gang following robbery at Albion

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt Berbice gang following robbery at Albion

Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a gang who they believe is responsible for a spate of robberies on the Corentyne. The gang struck at Chesney Front, Albion, on Sunday night, robbing the...

Arsonist fails to torch Dorothy Bailey Municipal Health Centre

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Arsonist fails to torch Dorothy Bailey Municipal Health Centre

A security guard who reported for work on Sunday night discovered that a fire had been set in the lower flat of the Dorothy Bailey Municipal Health Centre on South Road. This newspaper was told that...

Sattaur’s absence from PAC lands GRA in ‘hot- water’

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sattaur’s absence from PAC lands GRA in ‘hot- water’

The absence of the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur, during yesterday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) drew the ire of that body as the five...

Dem boys seh… Bharrat says: Ya na gavarue Paruski

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bharrat says: Ya na gavarue Paruski

Communities and institutions does recognise de great people who come from them. Eddy Grant is the best thing that Plaisance produce but Plaisance don’t have to pay to get Eddy fuh visit. De man...

Skeletal remains found in New Hope backlands

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Skeletal remains found in New Hope backlands

The skeletal remains believed to be that of 49-year-old Davenand Singh was yesterday found some one and a half mile down in the New Hope backlands, East Bank Demerara. The discovery was made by the...

GWI to pump water from East Demerara Water Conservancy

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to pump water from East Demerara Water Conservancy

Dry season cause depletion at Lamaha Canal The Guyana Water Incorporated, GWI, is advising that due to the prolonged dry season affecting many parts of the country, there has been a significant...

High tides hurt South E’bo

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High tides hurt South E’bo

The lives of residents residing in villages comprising the southern (Cullen\Perseverance) half of the Essequibo Coast, were made uncomfortable, while others suffered major losses in cash crop. Many...

Sugar bonus arbitration on hold

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar bonus arbitration on hold

– as workers contemplate five and half days pay offer Sugar workers are contemplating a five-and-half-day production bonus pay as negotiating teams put arbitration proceedings on hold. A senior...

Benschop evicted from Bartica hotel

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Benschop evicted from Bartica hotel

Last Saturday, social activist, Mark Benschop, was requested to leave the Platinum Hotel Inn whilst in Bartica, because of the owner’s fear of offending politicians. According to Benschop, after...

Jagdeo lands in Russia

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo lands in Russia

President Bharrat Jagdeo winged out of Suriname to Russia Saturday after attending the special youth summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He told the Guyanese media in Suriname that he will...

Slain thief identified

Feb 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Slain thief identified

The man of mixed ethnicity who was killed last Sunday at Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park was identified by police as Kwesi D’Andrade of 17 ‘C’ Field Sophia. The man was shot when he...

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Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more