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Distribution of school uniform vouchers commences

Jul 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Distribution of school uniform vouchers commences

The Ministry of Education, on Wednesday, commenced distribution of school uniform vouchers to parents as it strengthens the push to bolster students’ attendance throughout the country. The $400M...

Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre gets new recreational equipment

Jul 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre gets new recreational equipment

The children at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre will see their much deserved playtime activities at the centre improved by a set of new recreational equipment. Eon Caesar, Director of the...

Khan (8-70 & 41*) impress but Guyana on verge of defeat

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan (8-70 & 41*) impress but Guyana on verge of defeat

Former West Indies under-15 leg-spinner Amir Khan followed up his 8-70 with a fighting unbeaten 41 but Guyana ended the 2nd day of their 3rd round TCL regional under-19, 3-day cricket match in great...

National team beat Digicel X1 in 20/20 match

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National team beat Digicel X1 in 20/20 match

By Sean Devers Steven Jacobs hit an unbeaten half-century and shared in an unfinished 107-run 3rd wicket partnership with Assad Fudadin who made 47 not out, but they were on the losing side yesterday...

PRECAUTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRECAUTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN

Before it was sold to its present owners, the Pegasus Hotel was part of an international chain of hotels. The consortium that owned this chain eventually decided to sell it off and there could have...

The flu has struck and men are crying

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The flu has struck and men are crying

All over the country over the past few weeks I have been talking to people who sound as though they have either been doing something with their throat or they have something pushed up their nostrils....

These things should not happen in any country

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on These things should not happen in any country

I am not going to comment on President Jagdeo’s libel suit against me in any detail except to make three expressions. First, President Jagdeo has said disparaging things about me. I laughed each...

True democrats will want to be scrutinised

Jul 18, 2010 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on True democrats will want to be scrutinised

By Khemraj Ramjattan, AFC Chairman The pre-emptive strike made by Mr. Nandlall, Attorney-at-Law for President Jagdeo on the matter of the sale of the President’s house, that “the entire...

THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ETHNIC RELATIONS COMMISSION

Jul 18, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ETHNIC RELATIONS COMMISSION

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has studiously avoided the issue of its unconstitutionality in its emotional and unprofessional response, through one of its hirelings, to the essential issues...

Booker-Tate sells off EU refineries to US

Jul 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Booker-Tate sells off EU refineries to US

Tate and Lyle, a British company involved in the Caribbean sugar industry for decades, has sold its refinery operations to the US, the company has announced, bringing an end to an era during which...

Federalism vs. Decentralisation

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Federalism vs. Decentralisation

As the political climate heats up in the penumbra of the upcoming general elections, we hope that the contradictions of our overly decentralised governance structure will be on the agenda. We commend...

Two years later relatives losing confidence in police investigations

Jul 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two years later relatives losing confidence in police investigations

On July 19, 2008, Guyanese Christopher Anthony Griffith was a patron at the Hippo Bar on Bay Street, St. Michael, Barbados, when gunmen stormed the popular hangout spot. Within minutes of the attack,...

Two percent to Haiti not enough

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Two percent to Haiti not enough

By Sir Ronald Sanders A fake Internet website caused a stir for at least 24 hours when it purported to be a government of France website announcing that the Government “is repaying the historic...

Ask yourself this; are you loyal to your party or to your country?

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ask yourself this; are you loyal to your party or to your country?

A few months back I was disenchanted with the way the American political system was working. The two-party system incessantly fighting against each other and the well being of the people being lost...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The manner in which people fail to heed warnings is not astonishing. It simply highlights how stupid they are and it is this stupidity that caused so many of them to cause fatal accidents. In the...

Britany van Lange & Ronaldo Rodrigues shine; today is final day

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Britany van Lange & Ronaldo Rodrigues shine; today is final day

After two-days of intense battles, Britany van Lange and Ronaldo Rodrigues have been holding their own as the best swimmers in the land battle for places on Guyana team to the 2010 Goodwill Swimming...

King’s optimism still strong

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on King’s optimism still strong

Not someone to make bold predictions, local Group 4 champion Andrew King stayed true to form when quizzed by Kaieteur Sport about his chances of maintaining a firm grip on the division today when the...

Football managers tutored on techniques

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football managers tutored on techniques

Several football affiliates benefited from a team manager’s workshop organized by the Guyana Football Federation, conducted at the office of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), 17 Dadanawa Street...

MICHAEL GILKES INTERVIEWS SIR WILSON HARRIS

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on MICHAEL GILKES INTERVIEWS SIR WILSON HARRIS

Continued from last Sunday: MG: So you’re saying that you didn’t simply use them as fictional characters. You took the real men and drew out of them ideas and aspirations they unconsciously...

National Men’s Hockey team receives significant boost from Digicel

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Men’s Hockey team receives significant boost from Digicel

The Guyana Hockey Board received a significant boost from Digicel following the presentation of a cheque worth $800,000 which will go towards the national men’s team who’re currently preparing to...

Arise Sir Wilson, Part 2

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Arise Sir Wilson, Part 2

Novelist, poet, short fiction writer and essayist, Wilson Theodore Harris was born on March 24, 1921. He was the eldest of two children. When he was only two years of age, his father died and when he...

Hampton International Games Gold medalist clinches further sponsorship deal

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hampton International Games Gold medalist clinches further sponsorship deal

After a highly successful sojourn at the recently concluded annual Hampton International Games, staged in Trinidad and Tobago, aspiring athletic star Malcolm Walcott has clinched a hefty sponsorship...

Is the President making contingency plans for his retirement?

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the President making contingency plans for his retirement?

Dear Editor, I write to commend Mr. Emile Mervin on an excellent letter that raises some very troubling questions (“The govt.’s role in the revived Marriott hotel project demands sound...

Constant abuse of citizens by the Chief Public Servant is unhealthy and unconstitutional

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constant abuse of citizens by the Chief Public Servant is unhealthy and unconstitutional

Dear Editor, The Constitution of this country clearly sets out and protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of an individual. Under it a number of commissions are established to discharge their...

From Bethesda to Shanghai

Jul 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on From Bethesda to Shanghai

Dear Editor, As in any country, the opposition in Guyana loves only bad news. If a fire breaks out, you can be sure that you will get a ‘breaking news’ alert on your blackberry. If, however, a...

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