October 2010

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Dropping traditions

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Dropping traditions

Where else in the world are people known to scrap observances that have become a tradition? We have been looking at observances in various parts of the world and we seem unable to find such instances...

Govt. should give an update on the sale of State assets by NICIL

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. should give an update on the sale of State assets by NICIL

Dear Editor, Since the CLICO debacle and the continuing revelations of the scandalous events surrounding the operations of this company, the President in his wisdom has stated that if there is to be...

Mr. Bisram is being less than candid with Guyanese taxpayers

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Bisram is being less than candid with Guyanese taxpayers

Dear Editor, Mr. Vishnu Bisram recently stated (in the letters column), Guyanese and Trinidadian governments ought to be applauded for addressing the issue head-on and finding a solution to the...

The “masturbation” goes on

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The “masturbation” goes on

It must be a very depressing population in Guyana. This works in favour of the elected dictators. When people are distressed that their country is run by hardened, insensitive, corrupt, authoritarian...

Lead horses impressive as October 24 event looms

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lead horses impressive as October 24 event looms

With four million reasons (dollars) and trophies at stake when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with Jumbo Jet Auto Sales hosts a grand one day horseracing meeting next Sunday...

Media faces GT&T in grudge match tonight

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Media faces GT&T in grudge match tonight

– GTA nationwide Super Sixes conclude A Media seven will clash with the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) in an exhibition match tonight at the Everest Cricket Club ground...

BCB congratulates Berbice Senior Inter-county Cricket Team

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB congratulates Berbice Senior Inter-county Cricket Team

The President and Executive of the Berbice Cricket Board has expressed congratulations to captain Assad Fudadin, Coach Adrian Amsterdam and team on their successful defence of the El Dorado 50 overs...

Regal Stationery male and female softball cricket continues this weekend

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Stationery male and female softball cricket continues this weekend

Action in the Regal Stationery & Computer Centre over-35 males 20/20 & females open 10/10 softball cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with Ministry of...

WHEN THE POWER IS GONE!

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN THE POWER IS GONE!

This morning he got up the usual time. He really did not feel like getting off bed, but this was nothing new; he always woke up feeling like that but knew that he had things to do and therefore could...

Motie-Kanhai and Perreira spin Lower Corentyne to title

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motie-Kanhai and Perreira spin Lower Corentyne to title

Lower Corentyne inspired by the spin duo of Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and Shawn Perreira defeated New Amsterdam/Canje by 57 runs to lift the Republic Bank sponsored Under-17 Inter Zone competition. The...

GWI observes Global Hand Wash Day 2010 with workshop and tour

Oct 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GWI observes Global Hand Wash Day 2010 with workshop and tour

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) joined the World in observing Global Hand Wash Day with a special event held in Berbice, Thursday. According to GWI, students of the Upper Corentyne Industrial...

Ravens dominate Pepsi Presentation

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens dominate Pepsi Presentation

Ravens Basketball Club took home all the major hardware Thursday night when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) held its presentation ceremony for both the League and Pepsi Street...

General Marine Female and Over-40 Softball action set for tomorrow

Oct 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Female and Over-40 Softball action set for tomorrow

Competition in the General Marine Female and Over-40 Softball cricket competition continues tomorrow with several matches at four venues. At the Police Ground Eve Leary from 9:00am – New...

House removes mandatory death sentence

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on House removes mandatory death sentence

By Gary Eleazar The National Assembly last evening made a historic move when it unanimously approved the removal of the mandatory use of the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. This was...

Barama closes plywood factory, lays off all 274 workers

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Barama closes plywood factory, lays off all 274 workers

…as boiler system damaged through ‘negligence’ The local construction industry is expected to face significant fallout with yesterday’s news that Barama Company Limited (BCL) has...

Father’s sister files for custody of younger sibling

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Father’s sister files for custody of younger sibling

Neesa saga continues… Neesa saga continues… A paternal aunt of Neesa Gopaul yesterday filed a motion in the High Court seeking sole custody of the murdered teen’s little sister. The motion...

Body with bullet to head linked to Linden murder

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body with bullet to head linked to Linden murder

Police are checking on a possible link between the murder of Linden resident Devon Simpson, who was found with a bullet wound to the head at Sophia, and the murder of Linden McPherson, who was slain...

Mentally challenged woman carries out arson threat

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally challenged woman carries out arson threat

– Plaisance house destroyed Neighbours pulled a two- year-old boy from a burning house after a 45-year-old mentally challenged woman allegedly made good on her promise, hours after she was...

Dem boys seh…Traditions dying

Oct 15, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Traditions dying

When a Minister or a big one go out to meet people de people does greet dem with garlands. Dem had one wid ants that dem put round a certain Minister. That shoulda send a message but de Minister go...

Irate parents detest conditions at Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Irate parents detest conditions at Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary

Protest action may be the likely course of action if the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary school is to return to normal operation. At least this is the belief of several parents of students attending the...

Wife beater jailed for three months

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wife beater jailed for three months

– Spouse placed on bond for hitting man with mop stick Arshad Kadir, 51, of Chesney Squatting Area, Corentyne, who told the court that he is a cane cutter, was yesterday sentenced to three...

Mark Vieira arrested after alleged attack on SUV

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mark Vieira arrested after alleged attack on SUV

– reportedly dumps tyres on East Bank roadway Police yesterday arrested a city businessman after he reportedly smashed the windows of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) belonging to a McDoom Village...

UG hosts tropical disease research development workshop

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UG hosts tropical disease research development workshop

—Hopes to secure funding to examine prevalence of three main infections With the intent of supporting the Ministry of Health in addressing the challenge created by the existence of tropical...

Porkknockers honoured with historic stamp launching

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Porkknockers honoured with historic stamp launching

While it was slated to take place on Porkknockers’ Day in August, last, the contributions of two outstanding gold and diamond miners were duly recognised yesterday when the Guyana Gold and Diamond...

Guyana, Japan to ink agreement for conservancy upgrade

Oct 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Japan to ink agreement for conservancy upgrade

– pontoons, excavators, sluices included Guyana and Japan are set to sign a major agreement today that could see an estimated $1.4B in grants to strengthen the East Demerara Water Conservancy...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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