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Helena Primary School prevail in Inter-School softball cricket competition

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Helena Primary School prevail in Inter-School softball cricket competition

Helena, Mahaica Primary School Boys and girls won over their respective opponents when the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) staged an...

Large scale corn production planned for Guyana

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Large scale corn production planned for Guyana

Brazilian team to work with local farmers; focus on feed production Stemming from the fact that it is sometimes difficult to obtain feed and other supplies for feeding livestock, Guyana is about to...

Row over Rose Hall town day to be settled soon

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Row over Rose Hall town day to be settled soon

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – There may soon be a resolution to the war brewing between the Rose Hall Interim Management Committee (IMC) and the Rose Hall Town Anniversary Committee. Both parties are...

The Jagdeo regime has been furthest from lean, clean and mean

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Jagdeo regime has been furthest from lean, clean and mean

Dear Editor, I thank another phantom writer one R. Constance for his letter (Kaieteur News dated July 3, 2010), captioned, “Why this great turn around?” For his information, I still...

The PPP is not scared of a coalition

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is not scared of a coalition

Dear Editor, It behoves me to point out to certain members of the public and the political instigators at large that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is not scared of a coalition in this...

GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE

This is a continuation of last Monday’s column entitled the ‘TIP of the Iceberg’, in which the US Department of State 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) on Guyana was placed under the...

Is Hinds’ story a hoax?

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Hinds’ story a hoax?

Dear Editor, I do not doubt that David Hinds was searched by CANU at the airport. To make this into a case of harassment, however, is truly making a mountain out of a molehill. I should tell you that...

CARICOM: A study in the failure of small people

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CARICOM: A study in the failure of small people

In 1958, the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean formed a federation. British Guiana opted not to join because its Premier Dr. Cheddi Jagan wanted an independent communist country in his...

Where is the ‘Dawn of a new era’ I voted for?

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the ‘Dawn of a new era’ I voted for?

Dear Editor, I grew up in a political family with different party affiliations. My father was a member of the PPP, and my brother a WPA activist. There were political arguments, of course, sometimes...

Some TV programmes are revolting

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some TV programmes are revolting

Dear Editor, Is this what family hour on television has become, lewd dancing, girls exposing their bodies and music videos with mature themes? I believe the programme aired on NCN Ch 15 in Berbice on...

1966 AND ALL THAT

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on 1966 AND ALL THAT

History generally repeats itself but sometimes it dons the garbs of fate and speaks ironically. The World Cup is full of both history and irony, and the fate that befell England in this World Cup...

Stop comparing Guyana with Cuba the realities are radically different

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop comparing Guyana with Cuba the realities are radically different

Dear Editor, First of all I must congratulate ‘Lady Jags’ for being the first Guyanese team to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament and I do wish them all the best as they continue to...

If you lose a pet – advertise!

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on If you lose a pet – advertise!

Dear Editor, On June 21, 2010, as I stopped my car near Oronoque and Lance Gibb Street, a school boy ran over and told me two small-breed dogs were running the streets and seemed to be lost. He...

CariCom Day: For what?

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CariCom Day: For what?

So once again, we’re commemorating – with a public holiday – this institution that was launched thirty-seven years ago – CariCom. With great foresight, the pioneering leaders of the...

Intense rains cause flash floods in Grove/Diamond

Jul 04, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Intense rains cause flash floods in Grove/Diamond

– pump, excavator deployed By Leonard Gildarie Heavy rains pounded coastal Guyana, flooding a number of East Bank Demerara villages early yesterday morning leaving shocked residents under as...

Suspect in cop’s killing identified

Jul 04, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Suspect in cop’s killing identified

Police Commissioner Henry Green has said that the Force has already identified one of the suspects in Friday night’s slaying of Police Constable Vickram Singh. Singh, 19, was shot dead while on...

Woman’s mutilated body found on seawalls

Jul 04, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman’s mutilated body found on seawalls

Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a woman whose mutilated body was found on the seawalls in the vicinity of the NIS Sports Club, at around 10:30 hrs yesterday. A police official said...

Dem boys seh…Fowl Cock get tread

Jul 04, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Fowl Cock get tread

Yesterday dem boys had to talk bout de secrecy and how everything is a secret. Even de government people keeping secret and that is why dem reporters trying to get a Freedom of Information Act. Wid...

US, British Embassies in Guyana were also targets

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US, British Embassies in Guyana were also targets

JFK terror plot… …defendants attempt to have oral testimony struck out As the trial against the two Guyanese, Abdul Kadir and Russell De Freitas for allegedly plotting to blow up a fuel...

Sonia Ghir secures NGSA top spot

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sonia Ghir secures NGSA top spot

Although she had migrated to Canada for just about one and a half year and missed one month of classes intended to prepare her for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), 12-year-old Sonia Ghir is...

ISA Islamic School produces number two NGSA top student, Tauhir Khan

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ISA Islamic School produces number two NGSA top student, Tauhir Khan

He has not decided what his profession will be as yet but there is a possibility that he will be eyeing a path in the scientific field. Twelve-year-old Tauhir Khan of 103 Earl’s Court, La Bonne...

Aspiring Lawyer, Victoria Najab, is number three at NGSA

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring Lawyer, Victoria Najab, is number three at NGSA

Victoria Najab’s preparation for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) was filled with days of attentive listening to her teacher, Sir Chandra, of the ABC Academy which she attended and late...

All is not right at Linden Hospital Complex

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on All is not right at Linden Hospital Complex

Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon has expressed dismay at several troubling issues that persist at the Linden Hospital Complex. According to Kissoon, the laundry room is not functioning. ‘It...

Favourable economic third quarter for Guyana projected

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Favourable economic third quarter for Guyana projected

The East Caribbean Business Forecast Report for the 2010 third quarter has placed Guyana as one of the few CARICOM countries to be in a favourable economic position for the third quarter of this...

Haag Bosch to open with synchronized closure of Mandela Dumpsite

Jul 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Haag Bosch to open with synchronized closure of Mandela Dumpsite

The final touches are being added to Haags Bosch since it is set to be closed by this month end; there should be a synchronized operation to close Mandela dumpsite while opening the new multi-million...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more