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THE CHINA SYNDROME

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE CHINA SYNDROME

The China Syndrome is the perhaps exaggerated idea that the meltdown of a nuclear power plant can cause reactor core products to flow downwards, melting the earth’s crust and reaching as far as...

During elections campaign the issue of race is underhandedly used

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on During elections campaign the issue of race is underhandedly used

Dear Editor, Race relations and racism is never an issue in everyday life in Guyana. At the end of the day, we are all Guyanese. We live side by side, we work together, we eat together, we laugh and...

Our current electoral system is designed to preserve the dominance of the PPP and PNCR

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our current electoral system is designed to preserve the dominance of the PPP and PNCR

Dear Editor, I have noted the attacks on the Alliance For Change (AFC) coming out of the decision taken by its National Executive Committee (NEC) against entering into a pre-election coalition with...

Create a better life

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Create a better life

Dear Editor, I recently saw the Freddie Kissoon Column (August 6, 2010). Let me start off by reproducing what I penned in a previous article, and then I will add the finishing touches. I present the...

PNCR leadership must improve on its language to achieve reconciliation and victory

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNCR leadership must improve on its language to achieve reconciliation and victory

Dear Editor, The evolving recognition for coalition building within and among the political opposition in Guyana is welcoming. I hold firm to the view that this goal is realisable; yet I hasten to...

A New Political Posture

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A New Political Posture

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of...

Three fishermen missing for a week

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three fishermen missing for a week

The search is on for three men who disappeared a week ago while fishing in the Atlantic. The men, 44-year-old Teserdeen Lochan, called ‘Paulin’ of Lot 70 Madawini, and brothers Jairam Surujpaul,...

‘Cobra’ linked to Plaisance attack

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cobra’ linked to Plaisance attack

– as second victim succumbs By Latoya Giles Police officials yesterday said that wanted bandit Tyrone “Cobra” Rowe is the suspected mastermind behind Thursday night’s bloodbath at...

Dem boys seh….Jackass getting hotel fuh sleep

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Jackass getting hotel fuh sleep

Guyana either got people who like dream or dem want to impress others. Imagine that Manny talking bout building a hotel pun Wakenaam to boost local tourism. When dem boys hear de news dem believe...

Farmer demanding $98M in unpaid rice money

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer demanding $98M in unpaid rice money

MRL sued again… Another rice farmer has sued the Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) and this time the embattled company is being asked to repay over $98M in outstanding monies. This latest court action...

Guyanese woman murdered in New Jersey

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman murdered in New Jersey

– Husband charged A Guyanese woman was murdered by her husband last Wednesday night at her Newark home in New Jersey. Dead is Yvette Pieters, 59, formerly of Victoria, East Coast Demerara, who...

Oil search closer to realisation in interior

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Oil search closer to realisation in interior

… as drilling company mobilises equipment The hunt for oil in Guyana’s hinterland is soon becoming a reality as the company that is undertaking the project has commenced mobilising its heavy duty...

Chicago Professor rewards Buxton’s top Grade Six performers

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chicago Professor rewards Buxton’s top Grade Six performers

A former Buxton resident who is now a Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago has maintained his promised to reward his fellow villagers for their outstanding achievements at the...

Our morale as a nation and respect for human life are slowly deteriorating

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our morale as a nation and respect for human life are slowly deteriorating

Dear Editor, Our society is fast becoming like those we see in cowboy movies, or the Wild West, or even in those where the mafia control a state or town – sometimes an entire country. In those...

GFF All Stars set to battle Cray Wanderers today in London

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF All Stars set to battle Cray Wanderers today in London

Coach Dover confident his side can upset the hosts History will be made today in London when a Guyana football team plays a full fledge football game against an English side. The Guyana Football...

DDL pumps $1M into GABA League

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL pumps $1M into GABA League

– Street Series also in the making Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) with its Pepsi brand on Friday pumped $1M into the continuation of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)...

Suriname throws out challenge to Guyana

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname throws out challenge to Guyana

-Bringing in a Corvette to break the 10 seconds barrier Constantly growing in popularity among local motor racing fans, the September 12 Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Drag Race Meet is...

“Making History a Second Time”

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Making History a Second Time”

By Colin Croft According to everyone, I should be celebrating, since Guyana won the inaugural Caribbean T-20, beating Barbados by one wicket, with one ball to spare. If you really like cricket,...

55 junior cricketers to attend 2nd BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy

Aug 08, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on 55 junior cricketers to attend 2nd BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy

The Berbice Cricket Board from the August 9 to 14 would be hosting it’s 2nd Bank of Nova Scotia Cricket Academy at the Albion Community Centre. The academy would attract the top 55 young crickets...

Garbage situation negatively impacting tourism – Manniram Prashad

Aug 08, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Garbage situation negatively impacting tourism – Manniram Prashad

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad has noted that all of the hard work that has gone into promoting Guyana as a tourist destination may be undone by the condition of the...

Taxpayers’ monies being spent to buy votes – Ramjattan

Aug 08, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Taxpayers’ monies being spent to buy votes – Ramjattan

Chairperson of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan is critical of the manner in which the administration is spending taxpayers money and he made no qualms about expressing his views recently...

Hardware suppliers dish out new products

Aug 08, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Hardware suppliers dish out new products

-$75,000 portable A/C a hot seller for Gafoor The country’s first ever International Building Expo, a three-day event which was launched Friday and set to conclude today, was an eye-opening...

THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 1

Aug 08, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 1

August 6, 2010, marked the 25th Death Anniversary of Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, Founder Leader of the People’s National Congress and first Prime Minister and first Executive President of the...

Urgent need to address copyright infringement – local bookseller

Aug 08, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Urgent need to address copyright infringement – local bookseller

“Counterfeiters have become more sophisticated” Education Minister Shaik Baksh has promised to commence an investigation into reports that copyright infringement has been impacting the operation...

Kiskadee Playgroup hosts Multi-task Training Workshop

Aug 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kiskadee Playgroup hosts Multi-task Training Workshop

Some of the best known resource personnel in the respective areas of Child Development and Day Care made presentations during the one-day Multi-task Training Workshop, which was held at the Kiskadee...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more