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Workshop aims to improve welfare, guidance and counselling in school system

Dec 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Workshop aims to improve welfare, guidance and counselling in school system

Designed to improve the services offered by the Welfare and Guidance and Counselling Officers in the public education system, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the International Labour...

GPL rectifies cause for power outage at Bartica

Dec 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPL rectifies cause for power outage at Bartica

The failure of the Potaro Road feeder breaker which occurred on Sunday around 04:30h, which resulted in power failure, was repaired and power was subsequently restored at Bartica at around 18:00...

Teen dies as pick-up turns turtle in Port Kaituma

Dec 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Teen dies as pick-up turns turtle in Port Kaituma

An 18-year-old was pronounced dead on arrival at the Port Kaituma Hospital after a pick-up vehicle in which he was travelling turned turtle early yesterday morning. The dead man has since been...

Clubs in final phases of preparations for 21st K&S

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Clubs in final phases of preparations for 21st K&S

Rainy season will not hamper flow of tournament With just a few days to go before the official opening of the 21st Kashif & Shanghai Football Extravaganza, the 20 participating clubs are into the...

Prizes for Inter-Block football winners at Timehri & Grove presented

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Prizes for Inter-Block football winners at Timehri & Grove presented

The prizes for the recently concluded Inter Block Football tournament organised by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport at Grove and Timehri were yesterday handed over to the coordinators of the...

Trophy Stall sponsor Veterans’ TT Championships

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall sponsor Veterans’ TT Championships

The Veterans’ Table Tennis (TT) Championships that will run concurrently with this weekend’s National Senior Table Tennis Championships received valuable support from the Trophy Stall at...

United Chargers are Champions

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on United Chargers are Champions

The United Chargers maintained their unbeaten run when they defeated the Pakistan Magic in the finals of the Cricket Council USA sponsored three-day 2010 US Open T20 Cricket Champions tournament last...

Simon, Pooranmall heads top 6 in Draughts decider

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Simon, Pooranmall heads top 6 in Draughts decider

The Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) held its final competition for the year last Sunday at the Brass Aluminum and Cast Iron Foundry Sports Clubs in West Ruimveldt to decide the top 6 players in...

East Coast villages in keen rivalry in ‘Overseas’ Barnwell organized day of sports

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on East Coast villages in keen rivalry in ‘Overseas’ Barnwell organized day of sports

Villagers along the East Coast Demerara corridor would be involved in stiff rivalry when the South Turkeyen Sports Committee hosts an Inter-Village day of sports at the Mahaicony Community Centre on...

D’Andrade finishes second in NACAC 10km

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade finishes second in NACAC 10km

Guyanese distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade finished second in Grenada on Sunday in the Grenada Athletic Association and North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)...

Weather fails to dampen Linden Day of Interaction

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Weather fails to dampen Linden Day of Interaction

Rain was unable to stop or even dampen the spirits of the participants in the final ‘Day of Interaction’ conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission and the...

Softball cricket set for takeoff as the GSL earns parent body status

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Softball cricket set for takeoff as the GSL earns parent body status

Determination the regular organization of competitions have earned the Guyana Softball League the right to oversee the affairs of local clubs and that body has recently been ordained as the national...

“I am not losing it, Khemraj!”

Dec 07, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “I am not losing it, Khemraj!”

Khemraj Ramjattan has replied to my contention that the AFC has been less than straightforward with the Guyanese people when it published a full page advertisement in this newspaper denouncing the...

Floodlights, Trophy Stall Angels & Better Hope Warriors are champs

Dec 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights, Trophy Stall Angels & Better Hope Warriors are champs

Despite it rained nearly all day on Sunday, the General Marine nationwide Softball competitions started at 10:30am. Despite a soggy outfield and water all around the boundary at the GCC Ground,...

I have no affiliation with Synergy Holdings Inc.

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I have no affiliation with Synergy Holdings Inc.

Dear Editor, I read with astonishment your headline in Kaieteur News of Monday December 6, 2010 “Cathy Hughes’ affiliation with Synergy Holdings no conflict of interest” and wish to inform you...

The CLO should clarify his statement

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The CLO should clarify his statement

Dear Editor, Mr. Francis Carryl in his letter (Kaieteur News, 22-11-2010) commented on my letter (Kaieteur News, 09-11-2010) and declared in his opening paragraph that he agrees that the Chief Labour...

WHERE DOES THE AFC STAND ON SYNERGY?

Dec 07, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE DOES THE AFC STAND ON SYNERGY?

If a party takes a position on a matter and then one of its members adopts a posture that is in contravention of that position, then the member can rightly be said to be in a conflict of interest...

ASL never claimed the order to stop works at OAI was tantamount to discrimination

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on ASL never claimed the order to stop works at OAI was tantamount to discrimination

Dear Editor, In an article in Sunday 5th December edition of Kaieteur News, derived mainly from a lengthy press release issued by Mr. Kit Nascimento of Public Communications Consultants Ltd (PCCL),...

The use of profanity and sexual innuendo in the classroom is inappropriate

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The use of profanity and sexual innuendo in the classroom is inappropriate

Dear Editor, I am utterly shocked by the report in the SN on December 3, that Evan Persaud, UG lecturer, admitted to using profanity and sexual innuendo in the classroom – and justifying his...

The ‘No Repetition’ policy was the outcome of extensive research, debate and consultation

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The ‘No Repetition’ policy was the outcome of extensive research, debate and consultation

Dear Editor, The recent swirl of opinions in the media highlights the fact that there is widespread misunderstanding regarding the Ministry of Education’s “No Repetition” policy. This attempt...

We need bold, new and better leadership to put Guyana back on the right track

Dec 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on We need bold, new and better leadership to put Guyana back on the right track

Dear Editor, I am responding to “Support for Ramkarran, Harding, Ramjattan as President” (Kaieteur News, December 5). I agree with the writer, we need bold, new and better leadership to put...

The death of trade unionism

Dec 07, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on The death of trade unionism

It must be that the trade unions are becoming redundant. Unless they are in negotiations with private organisations they simply seem to be unable to solicit any advantage for the workers who pay...

Cathy Hughes’ affiliation with Synergy Holding no conflict of interest

Dec 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cathy Hughes’ affiliation with Synergy Holding no conflict of interest

…will be asked to recuse self if AFC wins Govt. – Ramjattan The fact that a Central Executive Member of the Alliance for Change, Cathy Hughes has used her Public Relations company to work for...

Guyana spends USD$321M on imports in first quarter of 2010

Dec 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana spends USD$321M on imports in first quarter of 2010

In the first quarter of this year alone, Guyana has spent some US$321.76M on importing goods. This is according to a report on trade compiled by the Bureau of Statistics. At the top of our...

Boy, 10, hangs self

Dec 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, hangs self

Using a black and white tie belonging to his older brother, 10-year-old Christopher Owen Bernard, a grade six student of St Paul’s Primary yesterday plunged his family into deep shock when he hung...

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