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Squads named for Floodlights cricket matches at Crabwood Creek Sunday

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Squads named for Floodlights cricket matches at Crabwood Creek Sunday

The Floodlight A & B Squads from Georgetown and East Coast Demerara have named their sides that will travel to Crabwood Creek on Sunday, April 18, to play a series of fundraising softball matches...

Govt. mulls measures for public servants to work flexible hours

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls measures for public servants to work flexible hours

….even from home Government says it will be pursuing the introduction of measures to allow public servants to work flexible hours, even possibly operating from home. Speaking at a meeting at the...

Persaud set to defend feature race at Universal Auto & General Supplies Cycle Meet

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud set to defend feature race at Universal Auto & General Supplies Cycle Meet

Robin Persaud will defend the top spot at the 6th Annual Universal Auto & General Supplies Cycle Meet on Saturday at the Inner Circuit of the National Park. Persaud, who has been featuring in the...

Carnal knowledge accused remanded

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Carnal knowledge accused remanded

A 37-year-old man of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice, who is accused of having sex with his 13-year old step daughter on two occasions, was remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo...

Gems Production boosts life at Good Samaritan Home

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gems Production boosts life at Good Samaritan Home

Stanleytown, New Amsterdam – Senior citizens residing at the Good Samaritan Home in New Amsterdam yesterday benefited from a monetary gift from Gems Productions and Ron Robinson of the Theatre...

MYO, Cornelia Ida & Queenstown record wins

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO, Cornelia Ida & Queenstown record wins

When competition in the Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) 15 overs Inter-Jamaat softball cricket round-robin cricket competition continued on Sunday last at MYO Ground, Woolford...

Enthralling day of sports organized by Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enthralling day of sports organized by Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell

Former striker of the Santos FC, Mickey Layne turned back the hands of time, scoring the decisive goal against a team of past footballers from Thomas United FC when the two teams clashed in a...

Two fired as Lands & Surveys unearths scam

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two fired as Lands & Surveys unearths scam

Two officials of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) have reportedly been dismissed for wrongdoing as that agency move to strengthen its systems. Kaieteur News understands that the...

The arts are for the blind too

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The arts are for the blind too

Being blind would not prevent the members of the newly launched Visually Impaired Cultural Association of Guyana (VICAG) from being a part of the country’s cultural landscape. The Association was...

Amerindian communities likely to get up to $7M each this year

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian communities likely to get up to $7M each this year

– in addition to Presidential Grant Amerindian communities, under threat from El Nino and dwindling population, are to receive a major increase in a government grant that is earmarked to...

Pastor on carnal knowledge charge ‘lodges passport’

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor on carnal knowledge charge ‘lodges passport’

Pastor Shawn Maison, who heads a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara church and who is presently before the court on a carnal knowledge charge, has reportedly lodged his passport with the police after...

Unusual $200,000 expenses request raises eyebrows

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Unusual $200,000 expenses request raises eyebrows

…as UG students gear to boycott key meeting Students of the University of Guyana (UG) are set to take protest action during the next few days over conditions at the campus, but a $200,000 request...

Accused gas station robbers refused bail

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Accused gas station robbers refused bail

Two men accused of robbing an Esso Gas station on April 5, were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. The men, Sarwan Caesar, 33, and Loris Mussenden, 22, allegedly used...

PPP hacks and travellers are the worst utility thieves

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP hacks and travellers are the worst utility thieves

Dear Editor, We must thank your paper for being in the forefront of the fight against Government corruption and its exposure thereof. GW1 has been issuing calls for water conservation but it seems...

DDL records $808M profit

Apr 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DDL records $808M profit

… as company aims at ‘going green’ The rum business is good business, as evidenced by the 2009 financial report of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL). The company which is well known for its...

A flawed analysis of the education system

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A flawed analysis of the education system

Dear Editor, I am usually impressed with the level of professionalism reflected in editorial articles. They are most times characterized by a level of analysis which implies extensive research and...

The myth surrounding the upcoming polls

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The myth surrounding the upcoming polls

Dear Editor, I have stopped writing letters because of censorship and disbelief that politicians can be so incredibly deceptive and uncaring. However, recently, the psychological war against Africans...

Politics in T&T

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Politics in T&T

To the surprise of almost everyone, not quite halfway into his five-year term, PM Patrick Manning of T&T has called for snap elections in the twin-island republic. With its similar demographic...

THE RECOGNITION OF GAWU IN THE SUGAR BELT WAS NO ACT OF GENEROSITY

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RECOGNITION OF GAWU IN THE SUGAR BELT WAS NO ACT OF GENEROSITY

Forbes Burnham was never generous with those whom he felt were opposed to him. He was ruthless. He was ever ready to display his Machiavellian streak. Burnham never offered generosity to the Guyana...

There is a mindset that some want to deny

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a mindset that some want to deny

Dear Editor, Of course Guyanese East Indians may be characterised as possessing a “mentality” or “mindset”. That each of us possesses a “mentality” or “mindset” proper to the person...

Contextualizing mo fyaah/slo fyaah

Apr 14, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Contextualizing mo fyaah/slo fyaah

Mrs. Sheila Holder of the Alliance For Change (AFC) in a letter to the press last Sunday, titled “Taking to the streets is not the answer,” has not fully come to grips with the nature of PPP/...

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