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UG Social Work students complete successful eight-week intervention

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG Social Work students complete successful eight-week intervention

Students of the final-year degree programme of Social Work at the University of Guyana were in the field for eight (8) weeks carrying out a project as one of the requirements for DSW 314 (Community...

Raj Singh DCB clears air on TV broadcast of meeting

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh DCB clears air on TV broadcast of meeting

Feels Bissoondyal Singh showing contempt for Court order By Sean Devers The Raj Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) feels that leader of the other DCB faction Bissoondyal Singh is...

Examine the reason for migration

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Examine the reason for migration

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space in your column to respond to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column, ‘Raphael Trotman needs a course in existentialist philosophy’ Let me begin by stating that...

Volleyball action set for Berbice today with second Division tournament

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball action set for Berbice today with second Division tournament

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) is staying true to its promise to be active for 2011. The association which was recently resuscitated will be holding its second tournament for the year...

Some contributions by persons of African descent to technological progress

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some contributions by persons of African descent to technological progress

Dear Editor, I suppose most people are aware that technological progress is as much a result of man’s interaction with his environment as it is of his inner capabilities. Long before recorded...

18 to vie for Chutney Monarchy this Saturday

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 18 to vie for Chutney Monarchy this Saturday

Eighteen (18) contestants will vie for the title of Chutney Monarch 2011 during the final for the National Mashramani Chutney Competition. The event is scheduled for Saturday, February 19 at the Anna...

AFC offers the way forward

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC offers the way forward

Dear Editor, On February 23, 2011, Guyana will celebrate 41 years of Republican status. We are told that the 23rd of February was chosen because this date coincides with the outbreak of the 1763...

The women in Italy found their voices, now for Guyana

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on The women in Italy found their voices, now for Guyana

One hundred thousand women (and by some counts, more) protested in the streets of various cities in Italy over the past weekend to demonstrate their frustration and distaste for Prime Minister Silvio...

Another suicide in East Bank Berbice

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another suicide in East Bank Berbice

Just one day after a nine-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself at Gangoo Creek, East Bank Berbice, another person from the area has now committed suicide. Dead is Doodnauth Ramjattan,...

GSPCA should develop a Volunteer Network

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GSPCA should develop a Volunteer Network

Dear Editor, On Jan 29, 2011, Guyana Times carried an article written by one T. Narain under the title “Animal Shelter needs to expand its services”. T. Narain, like many of us, hates to see...

Boy, 10, runs away after beaten by older relatives

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, runs away after beaten by older relatives

Last seen wearing a black three-quarter pants, a white armless jersey and a red and black haversack, is, missing 10-year-old Darswat Mannichan of 108 Block X Greater Diamond, East Bank Demerara....

Electricity and Water woes in Upper West Watooka

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Electricity and Water woes in Upper West Watooka

Dear Editor We are residents and members of a Farmers’ Group situated in Block ‘G’ Upper West Watooka. We are seeking an early response and action with respect to services requested from the...

Well known felon sentenced to three months

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Well known felon sentenced to three months

– stole basket of papaws Davis Persaud appeared yesterday before Geeta Edmond-Chandan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on a charge of simple larceny. He was unrepresented. The court was...

Guyanese Karate Master heads world organization

Feb 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Karate Master heads world organization

World renowned Canadian Guyanese karate personality, Master Frank Woon-A-Tai, 8th dan, recently announced the formation of his new world karate organization, the International Karate Daigaku (IKD)....

Guyana could learn from Vere Bird

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana could learn from Vere Bird

Dear Editor, The Right Honourable Mr.V.C.Bird ,the father of the nation of Antigua, once said, “gravel don’t travel”./ And what he meant was that as Prime Minister of Antigua ( for many years),...

No health services, closed police station among front burner issues in Mara

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No health services, closed police station among front burner issues in Mara

Along the Eastern bank of the Berbice River runs a plethora of small villages, many of which are farming communities that were a hive of activity under other political administrations. These...

Literacy to take centre stage at road parade

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Literacy to take centre stage at road parade

Under the theme “Literacy in Flight via Information Communication Technology”, the Ministry of Education Mashramani Costume Band will be taking to the streets this year in large numbers, and of...

The planned Inter-faith channel will make all religious organisations subservient

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The planned Inter-faith channel will make all religious organisations subservient

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mrs Patricia Gonzalez, captioned, “An open letter to President Jagdeo”. I would like to congratulate Mrs Gonzalez on a well-researched and well informed...

No widespread illegal commercial logging here

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No widespread illegal commercial logging here

– Agri Minister There is no widespread illegal logging in Guyana, officials say. Rather, there may be localized cases where persons would cut down a tree for personal use. Responding to...

DPP prosecuting, one witness testifies

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DPP prosecuting, one witness testifies

After weeks of delays into the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry for the much-publicised treason matter involving three accused, the first witness was called to give evidence in chief as...

Guyana link suspected in recent international drug bust

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana link suspected in recent international drug bust

Suriname authorities say that they have dealt the illegal drug trade in that country a hard blow with the arrest of four persons and seizure of almost 100 kilos of cocaine in the Netherlands....

DEMOCRACY AT WHAT PRICE?

Feb 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEMOCRACY AT WHAT PRICE?

The protests in Egypt are continuing. The protesters seem not to know what they want. When everyone expected that following the resignation of President Mubarak, the protesters would have gone home...

Man charged for urinating in public

Feb 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for urinating in public

Ramadhar Singh appeared yesterday before Magistrate Geeta Edmond-Chandan after being charged for urinating in Bourda Market, a public place. Singh’s address was given as 14-14 Norton Street,...

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