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PPP condemns ‘bogus poll’

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP condemns ‘bogus poll’

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned a “poll” conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Service Inc. The party sees the poll as the beginning of a campaign by...

Docol helps Red Cross Hinterland Project

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Docol helps Red Cross Hinterland Project

The Guyana Red Cross Hinterland community-based water and sanitation project has been given a boost by the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL). DOCOL has handed over one dozen 20 lbs cylinders of...

Florida church freezes account of Enmore Children’s Home

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Florida church freezes account of Enmore Children’s Home

– Administrator who raised concerns sent home Directors of the Hope Children’s Home at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, yesterday confirmed that the home’s bank account in Guyana was...

Wounded gunman remains hospitalised

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wounded gunman remains hospitalised

As the police continue their investigation into the shooting incident which left a gunman nursing gunshot wounds, they are yet to locate a second suspect. Up to press time yesterday the injured...

ERC engaged 160 communities in Consultations and Strategic Assessment

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC engaged 160 communities in Consultations and Strategic Assessment

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) witnessed high attendances and full participation of stakeholders countrywide at various Consultations which commenced on May 17, 2010. The Commission engaged...

Doctors not convinced of suicide

Jun 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Doctors not convinced of suicide

Controversy still surrounds the death of Evelyn Daniels, 63, who was found with her throat slashed on Monday at the Amerindian Hostel, on Princes Street. Earlier reports coming out from the Hostel...

Civic responsibility and reporting broken water main

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Civic responsibility and reporting broken water main

Dear Editor, Last Wednesday (02-06-10) afternoon I was walking across my village of Mocha-Arcadia when I observed that the six-inch water-main at the Burnham Boulevard ‘four-corner’ was gushing...

Broken criminal justice system needs fixing

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Broken criminal justice system needs fixing

Dear Editor, “Broken Criminal Justice System Denying Prisoners Their Rights.” This was the front page headline of the 28th May, 2010 and the article carried the comments of Her Honour Madame...

THE RUSAL/GB&GWU INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE: DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION BY PPP

Jun 06, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE RUSAL/GB&GWU INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE: DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION BY PPP

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION IN MINISTER OF LABOUR The debate in the National Assembly on Thursday last, (June 3, 2010), on a Motion of No Confidence in the Minister of Labour, Mansoor Nadir, exposed the...

Given the coalition trend in other countries can it be replicated here?

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Given the coalition trend in other countries can it be replicated here?

Dear Editor, Modern societies are built on science, not idle talk and inactions. In this regards social scientists strive to understand people and society by studying phenomena (i.e. observable...

Another good man lost to the expedience of political hegemony

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Another good man lost to the expedience of political hegemony

Dear Editor, When the two young police recruits, Paul Slowe and Winston Felix, at their swearing in ceremony pledged to “discharge the duties of their office without favour or affection, malice or...

RHTY&SC honours five more

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC honours five more

Five (5) outstanding Retired Educators with combined teaching experience of 160 years were honoured on Friday last by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) under the annual...

Fitness Paradise to host Health & Fitness Weekend

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Paradise to host Health & Fitness Weekend

Set for Arrowpoint Nature Resort July 24-25 Fitness Paradise Gym, located on the roof of Brandsville Hotel, is committed to lifting the bar when it comes to exercising and being health conscious. The...

The obsession for power and control over the weaker sex transforms men into beasts

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The obsession for power and control over the weaker sex transforms men into beasts

Dear Editor, The drama of death, horrific and brutal continues to unfold as though the script was written in the woman’s blood, inked by man, with a lethal pen. The question had been asked, “Will...

New models of governance

Jun 06, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on New models of governance

Poor countries are poor not because they lack resources; surely we in Guyana should know that. They are poor because their laws and institutions of governance are incapable of addressing the specific...

Ferreira-James appointed for FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Germany

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ferreira-James appointed for FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Germany

Leading Guyanese female football referee, Dianne Ferreira-James, who is now residing in the Bahamas, has been appointed to officiate in the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany. She is the...

Legion wins Independence Domino competition

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Legion wins Independence Domino competition

The Guyana Legion Domino team won the Independence Domino competition played on Friday night at the Legion’s Coglan House Headquarters on Carifesta Avenue. Playing against the Royals and NCN teams,...

An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part One

Jun 06, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part One

– By Petamber Persaud (Extract of a lecture delivered on Friday May 28, 2010, in the Conference Room of the National Library by yours truly under the auspices of GOPIO [Guyana chapter] to...

Adams guides All Star to win WNMC, MOT 10/10 softball title

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams guides All Star to win WNMC, MOT 10/10 softball title

Underdog claim Domino trophy National U-15 Vice Captain, Ricardo Adams blasted a fine half century as All Star defeated Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation X1 by 157 runs in the final of the...

Caribbean Credibility at stake in IWC Vote

Jun 06, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean Credibility at stake in IWC Vote

By Sir Ronald Sanders When people around the world think of whale-hunting nations, the Caribbean is the last place that crosses their minds. Yet, the governments of Suriname and the six independent...

Linden Over-40 defeat Savage Masters as tourney continues

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Over-40 defeat Savage Masters as tourney continues

Linden Over-40 scored a decisive victory over Savage Masters when play in the 4R Masters’ Cup and Females Softball cricket tournament continued on Sunday May 30 last. The eventual winners won the...

‘FIGURES TRAPPED AT THE FOREST’S EDGE’

Jun 06, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on ‘FIGURES TRAPPED AT THE FOREST’S EDGE’

Kenwyn Crichlow’s analysis of Alfred Codallo’s watercolour painting, FOLKLORE (1958). Kenwyn Crichlow is a distinguished Trinidadian-born artist and art educator. He is Coordinator of the Visual...

Stella Says…Score One for the Ladies!

Jun 06, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Stella Says…Score One for the Ladies!

I do not know if you have been keeping score, but I sure have. Team Ladies has been the underdogs in the game of life for…oh, a millennia or two (or three or four). So when I see a government call...

Young Warriors dominate Leguan zone in Essequibo Islands 10/10 softball cricket

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors dominate Leguan zone in Essequibo Islands 10/10 softball cricket

Cricket fans in region two turned out in large numbers to be a part of the action when the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with Banks DIH Ltd, the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC)...

THE SYNERGY STRATEGY – 2011 ELECTIONEERING GIMMICKRY

Jun 06, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE SYNERGY STRATEGY – 2011 ELECTIONEERING GIMMICKRY

When implemented, the Amaila hydro project would be the single most important piece of infrastructure on which Guyana would have embarked. The obscure company, Synergy Holdings Incorporated, was...

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The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more