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DDL wins another international award

Nov 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on DDL wins another international award

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), sole manufacturer of world renowned Demerara Rums, has been awarded the prestigious Trophy for the best Caribbean and American Distiller by the International Wine...

Kishore leads after Day One

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kishore leads after Day One

– defending champion Persaud in striking distance Defending champion Avinash Persaud stayed within striking distance of the leaders after Day One of a rain hit R1 Vodka Guyana Open Golf...

The Board of Directors at GuySuCo should be sacked

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The Board of Directors at GuySuCo should be sacked

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News (20-11-10) you have someone writing in strong and dare I say blind defence of the GuySuCo Board of Directors. This person stated that, “the current Board of Directors,...

Is phantom all over the place in that ‘jumbie’ regime?

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Is phantom all over the place in that ‘jumbie’ regime?

Dear Editor, The “phantom of the regime’s” November 19, 2010 commentary in response to my letter captioned, “A serious message sugar workers must consider”, is surely a pathetic attempt to...

Both Vishnu Bisram and Dr. Rose Asquith erred

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Both Vishnu Bisram and Dr. Rose Asquith erred

Dear Editor, Several comments on the exchange between Mr. Vishnu Bisram and Dr. Rose Asquith on the medical licence for Dr. Persaud stand out. I am impressed with Bisram’s polls and his many...

Neonatal resuscitation training, a success

Nov 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Neonatal resuscitation training, a success

– Thirty-seven graduate at Project Dawn Health Care Centre Tuesday marked an important occasion for 37 individuals who participated in a two-day neonatal resuscitation training course called...

Suriname draw first blood

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname draw first blood

The Guyana leg of the three-county Inter Guiana Games (IGG) commenced yesterday and Suriname drew first blood in the Chess tournament by getting past French Guiana by three and a half points to half...

Woman died from neck injuries, blunt trauma to head

Nov 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman died from neck injuries, blunt trauma to head

A post mortem performed Friday on the remains of Linden resident, Alexis Perreira, has confirmed that she was murdered, but the suspect in her death is now on station bail. Police sources said that...

The PPP and the PNC will eventually disappear from the Guyanese landscape

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP and the PNC will eventually disappear from the Guyanese landscape

Dear Editor, I read the PNC’s outline of its approved route to its presidential candidate’s nomination. Try as I may I can’t help but visualize how the wrongs of its past continue to haunt this...

Sweet Justice

Nov 21, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sweet Justice

We can now say that the crisis in the sugar industry has now become endemic. The ongoing one-week strike by GAWU, which has brought operations across the country to a grinding stop, is only the...

Burnt out resident expresses disgust with GPL

Nov 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt out resident expresses disgust with GPL

“I am fed up, having to seek lodging at my mother. I do not have a home and I am not close to owning one soon. And after being treated so unfairly by the Guyana Power Light and a section of the...

The Jagdeo regime’s retaliatory process: Identify, Isolate and Intimidate

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The Jagdeo regime’s retaliatory process: Identify, Isolate and Intimidate

Dear Editor, Government’s overt message to Kaieteur News columnist, Mr. Fredrick Kissoon, in the brief refusal/failure to clear the canal in front of his house was simple: we have identified you...

It’s now almost ritualistic that GAWU and GuySuCo will be at odds over wage increases each year

Nov 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s now almost ritualistic that GAWU and GuySuCo will be at odds over wage increases each year

Dear Editor, Another year rolls round and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is at odds with GuySuCo over wage increases resulting in major industrial action across the entire...

Berbice anxious as 3rd day washed out

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice anxious as 3rd day washed out

While Demerara, who crushed Essequibo inside 2 days in their last match in Essequibo, moved to top of the table with 16 points and the Rest team advanced to 7 after their abandoned 2nd round match at...

Red Thread, other organisations to host domestic violence rally

Nov 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Red Thread, other organisations to host domestic violence rally

As domestic violence becomes widespread due to societal tolerance, the inability of law enforcement agencies failing to act against offenders and given the penchant of friends, family members and...

Cartoons Sun. Nov. 21, 2010

Nov 21, 2010 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. Nov. 21, 2010

ONE YEAR LATER: THE LABOUR DISPUTE AT RUSAL BERBICE OPERATIONS

Nov 21, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ONE YEAR LATER: THE LABOUR DISPUTE AT RUSAL BERBICE OPERATIONS

Monday will mark one year since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BGCI), (RUSAL), in retaliation to strike action by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), issued suspension and...

The Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)

Nov 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)

There are many species of dogs across the world such as hounds, bulldogs, terriers, and the list goes on but not many are threatened with extinction. Such is the fate of the Bush Dog which is...

Improved shopping mall but vendors continue to dot the streets

Nov 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Improved shopping mall but vendors continue to dot the streets

…as Christmas looms By Michael Benjamin Christmas songs have already begun to rent the air even as the business community prepares for the influx of shoppers expected to converge in the capital...

West Indies Tour of Sri Lanka 2010 – “Reasons to be Cheerful!”

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Tour of Sri Lanka 2010 – “Reasons to be Cheerful!”

Colin E. H. Croft Ian Dury and the Blockheads’ 1979 new-wave hit tune – “Reasons to be cheerful – Part 3”, which, ironically, charted as high as No. 3, allows the West Indies many...

Chinese Take Away?

Nov 21, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Chinese Take Away?

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a Consultant and former Caribbean Diplomat) Problems have emerged in the Bahamas over the number of Chinese workers on a project funded in part by the...

Albert Baldeo’s City Council Run

Nov 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Albert Baldeo’s City Council Run

– A case study in courage By Vishnu Bisram in New York “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done...

$4M at stake at Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet today

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on $4M at stake at Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet today

Samuel Whyte With all systems in place, the final segment of the horseracing season begins today and the place to be is the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club, Alness Village on the Corentyne, Berbice,...

CYP hosts first ever ‘Students Leaders Round Table’

Nov 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CYP hosts first ever ‘Students Leaders Round Table’

The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)’s Caribbean Centre has successfully piloted a new initiative aimed at strengthening the voice of youths throughout the region – this time with a focus on...

Alpha United favoured to win

Nov 21, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United favoured to win

By Rawle Welch Alpha United must start as the clear favourite to cart off the $500,000 first prize on offer in this year’s NaMilCo Football Festival which is set to conclude today, at the Tucville...

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Guyana Beverages Inc. partners with GFF for Maid Marian Wheat Up Women’s Cup

Fastest growing economy and an empty stadium

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It’s a classic Guyanese tale, really. You live in the fastest growing economy in the... more