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Businessman’s wife was not arrested for refusing to sing statement

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman’s wife was not arrested for refusing to sing statement

– police The Guyana Police Force has stated that the wife of a businessman who was handed over to Brazilian authorities early last week was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain the...

The ‘Sheriff’ of East Ruimveldt Secondary

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on The ‘Sheriff’ of East Ruimveldt Secondary

Retired headmaster Samuel B. Moffatt is a ‘Special Person’ “You can’t build on sinking sand. I had a meeting with the Ministry of Education. I said. ‘You sent me there, I...

High Court halts CCWU’s election

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High Court halts CCWU’s election

A High Court judge has granted court orders halting today’s elections for a new executive of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU). The application for the injunction was filed by the...

Guyana one step closer to receiving money from Norway

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana one step closer to receiving money from Norway

The Forestry Commission is currently seeking an Independent Forest Monitor, to undertake the initial scoping mission in 2010 and a monitoring assessment in 2011, which are required before any money...

CUSH FIRES USA TO ICC WCL TITLE

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on CUSH FIRES USA TO ICC WCL TITLE

All-rounder ready for Guyana’s Campaign in S/Africa By Sean Devers It has been a wonderful year so far for the versatile Lennox Cush and the Guyanese all-rounder is hoping that his success...

Lumumba returned as Alpha boss, Ninvalle is his deputy

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lumumba returned as Alpha boss, Ninvalle is his deputy

The Alpha United Football Club held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday last at the Water Chris Hotel and Odinga Lumumba has been returned as head of the country’s number one football club....

“Guyana’s CLT-20 2010 Effort – A rough road to travel; a long, long way to go!”

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Guyana’s CLT-20 2010 Effort – A rough road to travel; a long, long way to go!”

By Colin Croft Many would think that I should get into the melee that is the Champion’s League fiasco, with the Guyana Cricket Board in one corner, the Guyana cricket team in the 2nd corner, the...

Burnett opts out of Commonwealth Games

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Burnett opts out of Commonwealth Games

-cites illness, unpreparedness as reasons By Edison Jefford Guyana’s international middle-distance runner, Marian Burnett, have opted out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in...

Toolsie Persaud doles out hefty sponsorship deal to athletic star

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud doles out hefty sponsorship deal to athletic star

Following his sterling performance at the Hampton Games in Trinidad and Tobago supported by a personal best time of 10:47secs in the 100M dash, star sprinter of the Enmore Athletics Club, Kenneth...

Cocaine Made Him Eat Dog Mess Yet He Can’t Let Go

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine Made Him Eat Dog Mess Yet He Can’t Let Go

By Michael Benjamin Scenario # One: A concerned mother tells her husband that she is upset about her son smoking marijuana. She is so upset that she takes a double dose of prescribed sleeping pills....

Health Ministry aims to triumph over malaria scourge

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry aims to triumph over malaria scourge

The ambitious target of reducing malaria from more than 40,000 cases per year by 2000 to less than 8,000 cases by 2012 has been charted into the local Ministry of Health’s agenda. Minister of...

GT&T says farewell to Joe Singh

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GT&T says farewell to Joe Singh

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has said goodbye to its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Major General (rtd), Joe Singh, who demitted office on July 31, after five years at...

Queen’s College records outstanding CSEC performance

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Queen’s College records outstanding CSEC performance

“It basically feels good that we are coming out on top once again,” said Queen’s College Senior Mistress, Candida Williams, as she commented on the outstanding performances exhibited by...

Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald

(Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald, June 30, 2010, Georgetown, Guyana. McDonald is a prizewinning poet, novelist, playwright, columnist and editor; he has to his credit six collections of...

Let’s not play cheap politics with a critical developmental strategy

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s not play cheap politics with a critical developmental strategy

Dear Editor, The announcement by President Jagdeo that the government will be expending some US$30 million for the purchase of computers to be distributed must be looked at with a jaundiced eye....

Killing the messenger

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Killing the messenger

Last week, to illustrate its report examining Venezuela’s failure to stem widespread violent crime, El Nacional, one of that country’s largest newspapers, published a photograph of bodies piled...

THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 2

Aug 22, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 2

Excerpts of Presentation by MR ROBERT H O CORBIN, MP, on Thursday August 7, 2008 in the National Assembly on the Motion Recognising the contribution of Mr. LFS Burnham to Guyana. “In painful...

172 countries should matter: Making the G20 listen

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 172 countries should matter: Making the G20 listen

By Sir Ronald Sanders The G20 should be the ‘T20’ – trustees not just of the 20 rich countries that sit at their meetings but also of the 172 nations that are denied a seat at their table. This...

Welcome to the Plantation, Part Two

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on Welcome to the Plantation, Part Two

Three Novels by David Dabydeen By Keith Jardim (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) These thoughts are the result, again, of the question: “Why, Mrs. Rutherford wanted to know, did I become an engineer?”...

A clear understanding of the LCDS and its implications is imperative

Aug 22, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A clear understanding of the LCDS and its implications is imperative

In view of the concerns presently being expressed by the Guyana Gold & Diamond Miners Association the AFC publishes today its position of the LCDS. “AFC Fact Sheet on the LCDS” The Low Carbon...

The opposition should be at the street corners

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The opposition should be at the street corners

By Adam Harris I have been called many things in my lifetime. Some of the terms have been most derogatory. The difference is that with the passage of time the very people who attached labels to me...

I support the separation of church and hate

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on I support the separation of church and hate

On July 28, famed author Anne Rice, who wrote “Interview With the Vampire” and “The Queen of the Damned,” posted the following on her Facebook page. “For those who care, and I understand if...

Inside Magistrate Chandra Sohan’s court

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Inside Magistrate Chandra Sohan’s court

I worked closely with the legal genius, J. O. F. Haynes, when we were both teachers in the Department of Political Science and Law at UG. I got to know a fine mind that was indeed impressive. He had...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

I did say that the police would score big after a robbery and they have because the future cannot change. However, there will be some shoddy investigation. Basic questions will not be asked and...

Continuity and Change

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Continuity and Change

The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Arya Samaj movement is a reminder, not only of the continuous changes that all social groups undergo, but also that some of those changes are the...

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