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Lewis, Miller advance

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis, Miller advance

Play in the GBTI Open Tennis Tournament continued on Monday, at the Banks Hardcourts in Bel Air. In results of matches played: Men’s Singles- Kijana Lewis def multi-talented sportsman Johnathan...

Digicel’s John Barnes reflects on Tuesday’s action in the FIFA World Cup

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel’s John Barnes reflects on Tuesday’s action in the FIFA World Cup

Today’s matches started with a bit of a shock when Slovakia drew 1-1 against New Zealand – everyone expected Slovakia to win by at least three or four goals. While New Zealand didn’t play...

GTTA Independence tournament wraps up as Meusa wins Men’s singles title

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA Independence tournament wraps up as Meusa wins Men’s singles title

After spending years in the shadows, Paul Meusa made his returned to form clear Monday night when he won the Men’s Singles title to bring the curtains down on the Guyana Table Tennis...

Sweeping changes to West Dem cattle pastures underway

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sweeping changes to West Dem cattle pastures underway

– NDDP to be renamed Guyana Livestock Authority Efforts are being made to modernize the cattle industry which will see the formation and revitalization of cattle associations to ensure the...

Food for the Poor reaches out to several communities

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor reaches out to several communities

In keeping with its mandate to assist and help in the alleviation of poverty, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated has taken food supplies and clothing as well as toiletries and vitamins and in...

Mangrove restoration team visits Essequibo Islands

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove restoration team visits Essequibo Islands

Public awareness is continuing for the Mangrove Restoration Project, with the latest event being a visit to the Essequibo Islands by the Mangrove Restoration Project Team on Monday. The first stop at...

GPHC invites Calypsonian to address issue

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC invites Calypsonian to address issue

The management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is extending an invitation to popular calypsonian Derrick Mangal called ‘Bright Colours’ to report to the corporation’s...

Emphasis on clean and healthy environment

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Emphasis on clean and healthy environment

Aimed at guiding the attitudes and actions of youths toward the environment, the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) has streamlined a school-based programme which will target ECHO...

Nurses encouraged to play key role

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses encouraged to play key role

…as leadership for change programme is assessed By Sharmain Cornette Intended to assess the progress of a leadership for change programme being undertaken in Guyana, Nursing Consultant Paddie...

Go back to when people shouted ‘Enough is enough’

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Go back to when people shouted ‘Enough is enough’

Dear Editor, I’m an 18-year-old male, I’m writing for the first time. I grew up in Alberttown, in a middle class family; my mother is East Indian and my father is Black. I wasn’t giving the...

Lumberyard ‘touts’ hamper business

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lumberyard ‘touts’ hamper business

A lumber dealer in the city, who prefers to remain unidentified, has claimed that touts in the area where his business is situated are affecting his ability to attract customers. The businessman is...

High Court session opens in Berbice

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High Court session opens in Berbice

The June session of the criminal assizes of the Berbice High Court commenced yesterday with the traditional ceremonial opening which included the march past done by the Guyana Police Force led by...

There are questions surrounding that shooting death

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are questions surrounding that shooting death

Dear Editor, I would like take this opportunity to express my condolences to the family and friends of teenager Kelvin Fraser who was shot last week on the West Bank of Demerara. It is never an...

Chief Justice orders release of canter truck used during protest

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice orders release of canter truck used during protest

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ordered the release of the canter truck which was impounded by Police during protests over the fatal police shooting of Patentia schoolboy Kelvin Fraser. Chang, by...

Mission engaged to stymie nurses’ migration

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mission engaged to stymie nurses’ migration

A ground-breaking quest has been engaged to improve retention and reduce the incidence of nurses’ migration from the local health sector. It is anticipated that through an International Council of...

Selecting the Leader

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Selecting the Leader

Five years ago, amidst much hoopla (and some claim, extraterritorial help aside from the infamous Dick Harris poll) the Alliance For Change (AFC) was launched into the Guyana political landscape....

The killing of Kelvin Fraser reveals a dead society

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The killing of Kelvin Fraser reveals a dead society

On Monday afternoon, the funeral for Kelvin Fraser was held. While in the churchyard, we were told that the owner of the minibus that transported the protestors from Patentia to Georgetown was...

Lincoln Lewis defends his comments

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis defends his comments

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Labour Minister, Manzoor Nadir’s letter “Minister Nadir objects to Lincoln Lewis’ attacks” (KN, June 10). The Minister claims my statement that “the...

The government insists that it handed gifts to Berbicians

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government insists that it handed gifts to Berbicians

Dear EDITOR, Please allow me space in your paper to have my voice heard on the “gifts” we, as Berbicians, have received from this government. It is almost disgusting to listen to someone from the...

A LAND WHERE HISTORY VANISHES

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A LAND WHERE HISTORY VANISHES

When overseas-based Guyanese catch up to talk old talk, and whenever the talk is about Berbice, it is hard to avoid mention of New Amsterdam, for it is there that the main centres of commerce and...

Slash taxes, duties on hybrid car imports

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Slash taxes, duties on hybrid car imports

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I read a missive in the print media that called on the “Champion of the Earth” to show us his sincerity. I’d like to congratulate my countryman and renew the call...

Who paid for the poll is irrelevant

Jun 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who paid for the poll is irrelevant

Dear Editor, In reference to the Cadres poll and the senseless attack by Mr. Randy Persaud on SN , I would like to, first of all , congratulate Mr.Raphael Trotman and the AFC on their upward...

Regional Health Agency endorsed by int’l partners

Jun 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Health Agency endorsed by int’l partners

More than twenty-five international partners, on Monday last, endorsed the proposed Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) at a Partners’ Conference in Washington. The regional entity is expected...

If the Government gags the media, the people are next

Jun 15, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on If the Government gags the media, the people are next

My column has always been from an observer’s point-of-view. I have long been an observer of Guyana on many fronts, but especially concerning the social and political issues. I have written numerous...

US trafficking in persons report is ‘crap’ – Govt.

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US trafficking in persons report is ‘crap’ – Govt.

The government yesterday reacted angrily to Guyana being placed on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US government annual report on trafficking in persons. “We are friends with the US, but this kind of...

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Social media reporting is a double-edged sword

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more