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Addressing the threat of climate change

Mar 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Addressing the threat of climate change

– Minister of Agriculture “…We have not thrown our hands in the air or bowed our heads in despair. We have taken a bold and visionary role in addressing the threat of climate change.”...

East Bank’s property rates increase 300%

Mar 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank’s property rates increase 300%

An East Bank Demerara property which saw rates increased by 300 per cent will not have to pay since it is unauthorised. Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall, warned on Friday that he had not...

Kings, Bulls open with wins

Mar 21, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Kings, Bulls open with wins

Kings edged Retrieve Raiders in a thriller and Bulls trampled Block 22 Flames in the first two games to open the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Under-21 tournament at Mackenzie Sports Club...

Junior netballers intensifying preparations

Mar 21, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Junior netballers intensifying preparations

The National 16 and under Netball squad currently preparing for the Caribbean Developmental Championship which runs from April 8-18 in Barbados held another intense practice session yesterday, at the...

GT U-19 squad to practice tomorrow and Tuesday

Mar 21, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GT U-19 squad to practice tomorrow and Tuesday

Poor cricket mars final trial match National under-19 left-arm pacer Andre Stoll was the only real exception as ordinary cricket marred the final trail match to select the Georgetown for the Demerara...

Woman killed after car slams into culvert

Mar 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman killed after car slams into culvert

A 58-year-old woman was killed around 06:15 hrs yesterday after the car she was in slammed into a culvert on the main road leading into Diamond Housing Scheme. Cheryl David, of Nineteenth Street,...

Caught thief incurs the wrath of North East La Penitence residents

Mar 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Caught thief incurs the wrath of North East La Penitence residents

By Mondale Smith Following a series of house breakage, the commandment “Thou shall not steal” was forcefully brought home to a man in North East La Penitence yesterday. His teachers were...

Edwards takes 2 gold, Abdool, Jagnarine, Stoby & Rahim also strike gold

Mar 21, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Edwards takes 2 gold, Abdool, Jagnarine, Stoby & Rahim also strike gold

Story and photos by Franklin Wilson Guyana’s most celebrated Powerlifter ‘Big’ John Edwards competing in the men open 125kg and men’s masters 1B did not disappoint his fans and country as he...

Elton Dharry ready and rearing for up coming action

Mar 21, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Elton Dharry ready and rearing for up coming action

Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry’s contest with Wilmot Hutson will be the main attraction on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), in collaboration with the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association...

Freddie misinterprets Zakaria’s theory

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie misinterprets Zakaria’s theory

Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column of March 5, 20010, questioning my “familiarity” with Fareed Zakaria’s theory on ill-liberalist governance (dictatorship as...

GAPA has been resuscitated to misinform farmers and create confusion

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on GAPA has been resuscitated to misinform farmers and create confusion

Dear Editor, The article appearing in newspapers of 16 March, 2010, based on a press release from GAPA, describes the Guyana Agricultural Producers Association as a non-governmental group, when in...

Question for the AFC

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Question for the AFC

Dear Editor, I have a simple question for the AFC leaders Khemraj Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman. Are newspaper boys and girls in North America and Europe employees? These boys and girls, some of whom...

WHAT CONSTITUTES LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM? Part 1

Mar 21, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WHAT CONSTITUTES LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM? Part 1

Over the past week, the implementation of agreed Local Government Reforms as mandated by the Guyana Constitution remained a major issue of public concern particularly, since GECOM appeared set to...

The electoral system is flawed but it’s in the interest of the PPP to change it

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The electoral system is flawed but it’s in the interest of the PPP to change it

Dear Editor, When Freddie Kissoon use the term elected dictatorship, I personally felt it was too harsh since one cannot become an elected dictator unless they are rigged elections, and as far as I...

Who governs in power sharing?

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Who governs in power sharing?

Dear Editor, In my last letter (14-03-10), I attempted to show some weaknesses of power sharing and posited the view that sometimes we falsely believe that power sharing is a panacea for society’s...

GECOM, not the Govt., should be setting elections date to ensure a leveled playing field for all contesting parties

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on GECOM, not the Govt., should be setting elections date to ensure a leveled playing field for all contesting parties

Dear Editor, Permit me to proverbially kill two birds with one stone here. In a letter from Chairman of GECOM, Dr. Steve Surujbally, “Politicians should stop making uninformed comments about GECOM...

Bauxite workers are under siege by the lawless who run the corridors of our govt.

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Bauxite workers are under siege by the lawless who run the corridors of our govt.

Dear Editor, This is a quick response to comments made by Minister Manzoor Nadir (SN 20/3/2010), “Workers have applied to have bauxite union derecognised” (SN 20/3/2010). The issue before...

Lying in public life has become unexceptional and casually among our politicians

Mar 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Lying in public life has become unexceptional and casually among our politicians

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, (Manning admits error on UNC land gift) (SN March 16) that described a parliamentary incident in neighbouring Trinidad. I do this to draw attention to an...

World Storytelling Day & World Poetry Day

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on World Storytelling Day & World Poetry Day

– By Petamber Persaud (Yesterday, March 20, was World Storytelling Day. Today, March 21, is World Poetry Day. It is not without significance that these two days are so juxtaposed. Man’s first...

It looks like better wisdom prevailed

Mar 21, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It looks like better wisdom prevailed

By Sheila Holder, MP and AFC Vice-Chair The honourable Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has amended his motion threatening to sanction Members of Parliament by hauling them before the Parliamentary...

Criminals are simply not learning

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Criminals are simply not learning

By Adam Harris Every day I read about crime I get to thinking that people refuse to think about prison. I had a lively discussion with a Guyanese who has been living in Norway for more than 35 years...

Fascism takes shape in Guyana

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fascism takes shape in Guyana

My categorization of the Guyana Government as semi-fascist and an elected dictatorship goes back to around 2004. By that time, it was clear to me the PPP was shaping its administrative culture along...

The Lamaha Park murder

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Lamaha Park murder

Was this a random killing or part of a conspiracy? Night had already fallen when the taxi took me to ‘E’ Field, Sophia. I wasn’t happy about meeting somebody that I didn’t know in a community...

Federalism for Guyana

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Federalism for Guyana

Like “democracy”, federalism in its modern incarnation was the consequence of a particular polity dealing with a historical contingency – in this instance, Britain’s thirteen colonies in...

FLYING HIGH!

Mar 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FLYING HIGH!

The government will never get back into the airline business. It cannot. It has been pursuing an economic model and has benefited from debt relief and concessionary loans on the basis of increased...

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Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana

America does not fight for free

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Guyana must be wary of America. That much is clear. The United States has recently issued... more