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Govt. slams opposition for non-participation in Parliamentary Committee

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. slams opposition for non-participation in Parliamentary Committee

…as Legal Practitioners law amended Debated in December last and deferred to a Special Select Committee, the report for the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Bill was presented yesterday to the...

Hindu brothers and sisters urged to be more committed to good

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hindu brothers and sisters urged to be more committed to good

– as Deepavali is celebrated As Deepavali, commonly known as Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated today, an urgent call is being made for Hindu brothers and sisters in Guyana and...

Education Ministry hosts workshop to bolster interest in physics

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry hosts workshop to bolster interest in physics

Physics in the local education system was yesterday regarded as “a bird with an injured wing and the abandoned child” by renowned Physics Professor, Dr Lloyd Kunar. He was at the time presenting...

Boyce says athletes should be honest on fitness

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce says athletes should be honest on fitness

– Black believes selection process flawed President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce wants athletes and their coaches to be honest with the association on fitness so...

Special committee wraps up work

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Special committee wraps up work

– Small operators want duty-free vehicles, special areas Nine months of meetings between miners and government over proposed regulatory changes to the gold and diamond industry ended Wednesday...

The President needs to be informed of offering comment on matters that are engaging the attention of the court

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President needs to be informed of offering comment on matters that are engaging the attention of the court

Dear Editor, The report in your edition, captioned, “Jagdeo says DPP must pursue Sharma to ensure prosecution”, of Monday, October 25, 2010 is referred. I write to take strong objection to...

All-Star Basketball Weekend gets GABA, LABA support

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on All-Star Basketball Weekend gets GABA, LABA support

The upcoming All-Star Basketball Weekend, which is dubbed the Basketball Staff Party, yesterday received valuable support from the Georgetown and Linden sub-associations for basketball as preparation...

Powerful People

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Powerful People

Forbes Magazine, the poster boy for unbridled capitalism (“We are fascinated by power. We stand in awe of those who apply it adroitly — and in fear of those who abuse it. We lust for power....

RHTY&SC congratulates Hugh Ross

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates Hugh Ross

The Management and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would like to offer profound congratulations to Mr. Hugh Ross, a honouring member of the club on his historic achievement of...

The Hope/Dochfour project is being done in a transparent manner

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Hope/Dochfour project is being done in a transparent manner

Dear Editor, Mr. Charles Sohan does it again in his letter titled. “There is no transparency on Hope Canal project” (Kaieteur News Wednesday November 3, 2010). His string of nuisances continues...

National swimming pool functional but not handed over to ministry

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National swimming pool functional but not handed over to ministry

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has issued a statement on the current status of the newly-constructed Olympic-size Swimming Pool at Liliendaal. The release informed that the ministry wishes...

Actions not worth defending

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Actions not worth defending

Dear Editor, In the letter, “Defending the actions of a rice farmer” (Kaieteur News, 03/11/2010), responding to a letter by a teacher, Parbattie Jawahir, “Is this a case of a person being a law...

Barama needs to revisit whatever safety measures they currently have in place

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Barama needs to revisit whatever safety measures they currently have in place

Dear Editor, I read and have listened to various accounts of who is to be blamed for damage to a boiler at the Barama Plywood Factory. My initial response upon hearing of the company casting blame on...

GTU feels betrayed, says ministry violated MOU

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTU feels betrayed, says ministry violated MOU

– continues freeze on National Schools’ C/ships The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) feels that the suspected non-involvement of their officers in the investigation process surrounding the...

Some ministers are guilty of gross incompetence

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some ministers are guilty of gross incompetence

Dear Editor, One writer in his weekly commentary captioned his discourse, “It can only happen in Guyana” which was a terse referral to the gross ineptitude exhibited by some government ministers....

The local media is working under severe pressure and constraints

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The local media is working under severe pressure and constraints

Dear Editor, Everyone knows how challenging it gets at times for the Guyanese media to fulfill their mandate to disseminate information to the general public. While many of them have it good, others...

Religion and the darkness the lights of Diwali bring

Nov 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Religion and the darkness the lights of Diwali bring

One of life’s tantalizing, bewildering and exasperating mysteries will remain locked away, never to be revealed, even when human civilization reaches its last moment. It revolves around the...

Quintero controls yellow jersey

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quintero controls yellow jersey

Cuba-born Antonio Quintero, who now resides in the USA held on to the yellow jersey in this year’s Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / Ministry of Health (MoH) ‘Tour of Guyana’...

Laxity in our punishment for road crimes encourages lawlessness

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Laxity in our punishment for road crimes encourages lawlessness

Dear Editor, Four incidents over the last few days gives me an urgent reason to write another article on this subject. These are all road crimes which, if left to the present system of things would...

Businessman to the rescue of sports club

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Businessman to the rescue of sports club

The Bath Sports Club would be in better shape for cricket matches due to the generosity of the owner of Jumbo Jet Auto Sales, Nazrudeen Mohamed who made a roller available to the club at a huge...

Good coaching material for teams wishing to raise their game

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Good coaching material for teams wishing to raise their game

Dear Editor, The first one day international match played between Australia and Sri Lanka (Wednesday 03-11-10) will be remembered for a very long time. Copies of that match that highlights the...

GTTA National Schools’ Competition opens today

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA National Schools’ Competition opens today

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) National Schools’ Table Tennis Competition will commence today at the National Gymnasium, following Digicel’s sponsorship of the event. President of the...

Govt. made provisions for an additional $5,000

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. made provisions for an additional $5,000

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News, dated Wednesday 3rd November, 2010, under the ‘Peeping Tom’ column re: the three month conditional $25,000 per month stipend allocated by the Government of...

East Coast Umpires congratulate Duguid on his appointment

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Umpires congratulate Duguid on his appointment

The East Coast Cricket Umpires Association has offered congratulations to Nigel Duguid on his recent appointment to the regional umpires panel. A release from the East Coast body’s President...

Ashmant Satamand a huge favourite as GASP stages Diwali competition

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ashmant Satamand a huge favourite as GASP stages Diwali competition

Ashmant Satamand, the young scrabble player from Paradise Scrabble Club had walked way with the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) had staged its Novices championships...

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