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Total Fitness Gym to host fundraising walk on Sunday

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Total Fitness Gym to host fundraising walk on Sunday

Participants to walk from Grove to Square of the Revolution Total Fitness Gym located at Grove Front Road, East Bank Demerara will be hosting a fund raising/fitness walk on Sunday from the East Bank...

WPA congratulates Guyana cricket team on Twenty20 win

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WPA congratulates Guyana cricket team on Twenty20 win

The Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) has sent out congratulations to the successful Guyana Twenty20 cricket teams, who won the regional championship and have qualified for the Champions League in South...

Linden Bauxite Flyers CC, Fernleaf day of cycling set for Sunday

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Bauxite Flyers CC, Fernleaf day of cycling set for Sunday

Main race from Land of Canaan to Linden By Franklin Wilson With just a mere 9 months in existence, the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club (LBFCC) have been extremely proactive in realising their aim of...

Find a solution to this situation

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Find a solution to this situation

Dear Editor, University of Guyana students who live on the East Coast need to have a comfortable location for the nine cars, the University of Guyana gave permission to shuttle us into campus. As it...

THE ROTTING FISH

Aug 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ROTTING FISH

In South Africa, a top former law enforcement official has been sentenced to a fifteen-year jail term for graft (in his case, accepting bribes from organised crime). This will hopefully send a...

Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at weddings is a common practice

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at weddings is a common practice

Dear Editor, Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at social gatherings such as weddings is a common practice, and may be considered a convention. I will seize this opportunity to apprise Pandit Charanlall...

The two jokers in the pack!

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The two jokers in the pack!

Dear Editor, It is indeed an obvious reality that the once Garden City of Guyana has been reduced to a Garbage City, providing a haven and a proper habitat for the spread of diseases to which...

Politics of garbage, garbage of politics

Aug 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Politics of garbage, garbage of politics

There is no other tribalized nation in this world like Guyana. In no other country would you find a Prime Minister or President who won a UN environment award yet his capital city is the most fetid...

Worrying migration trends

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Worrying migration trends

Almost every flight out of Guyana is full and this is a remarkable thing for a country that has few people and is reputed to have no money. The cost of an airline ticket is the equivalent of three...

Something that bothers me

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something that bothers me

Dear Editor, As I understand it, a person appearing before a Magistrate charged with an offence – including murder, is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. Further I believe that some...

‘The truth is too simple for us’

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘The truth is too simple for us’

Dear Editor, As we emerge from another Emancipation Celebrations, it is necessary to ponder the nature or character of the freedom of the average Guyanese irrespective of race or place of residence....

President’s College celebrates 25th anniversary

Aug 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on President’s College celebrates 25th anniversary

President’s College is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and past students from Guyana and further afield are gearing for a reunion weekend. Alumni have come from North America, Europe and...

Another outrageous promise by President Jagdeo

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another outrageous promise by President Jagdeo

Dear Editor, The Guyanese people are being fed a diet of false promises since the current President assumed office. It is either the Guyanese people are downright stupid or are living in fear, for if...

We have fallen into a dark pit of a ‘living hell’

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have fallen into a dark pit of a ‘living hell’

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago thieves broke into my church building and stole all the fans. What amazed me is how people can stoop so low to break into a place of worship to steal by not having the...

Time to focus on what matters to the Guyanese people

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to focus on what matters to the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter “Leadership is earned by discipline, commitment and an ability to inspire and motivate” written by Dexter Sergeant (Kaieteur News 29/7/2010). Sergeant...

Fisherman dies at sea despite numerous distress calls

Aug 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman dies at sea despite numerous distress calls

A fisherman reportedly lost his life yesterday morning and persons are blaming the callous attitude of those in authority. Captain of fishing trawler Falcon 94, 51-year old Balkissoon Dyal, of Grove...

Killer held two years after Kitty murder

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Killer held two years after Kitty murder

After two years of waiting for justice, relatives of Keith Josiah yesterday reacted with shock at the capture of his killer. As the popular saying goes, ‘you can run but you can’t hide’, police...

This type of action deserves protest

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on This type of action deserves protest

Sale of Govt. shares in GT&T… – Robert Corbin While the opposition parties have long questioned Government’s rationale behind a move to sell the 20 per cent shares it owns in the Guyana...

Incomplete Cacique Hotel to get new road

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Incomplete Cacique Hotel to get new road

…$47.9M bid among tenders submitted The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday opened several sealed bids for various proposals, including the procurement of works for the...

Victoria – struggling to hold on to history

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victoria – struggling to hold on to history

By Neil Marks Under some of the tallest breadfruit trees you would find in the East Coast Demerara village of Victoria, a group of men “bubble” an ital pot – cook-up, with chunks of breadfruit...

Bulletin issued for Terry Kissoon

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bulletin issued for Terry Kissoon

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a bulletin for 33-year-old Terry Kissoon who they say is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Troy Smith which occurred on July 30, 2010, at...

Guyana exporting flour to Brazil

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana exporting flour to Brazil

– market for 100,000 bags annually Guyana has started to export flour to neighbouring Brazil, but officials of the country’s sole flour mill says that the condition of the Linden/Lethem road...

Dem boys seh …De ants nest got dem quiet

Aug 04, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …De ants nest got dem quiet

Is a lang time now that dem boys been asking nuff questions. Dem ask bout who gun pay fuh de stelling; dem ask who get a drawback fuh some of dem contract; and of course, dem always asking wha secret...

I’m still clinging to the belief that my son is alive – Salimoon Rahaman

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on I’m still clinging to the belief that my son is alive – Salimoon Rahaman

One year after 10-year-old disappeared in river mishap… It was on August 11, 2009 that Salimoon Rahaman last saw her only son Ricky Jainarine. Almost one year later, she yearns for answers that...

Guyana eyes international label for exported rice

Aug 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana eyes international label for exported rice

– revamped co-ops key to implementation By Leonard Gildarie Guyana is exploring the possibilities of introducing an internationally recognized labeling system for rice exports that will attract...

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