May 2011

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It’s ‘The Rampage’ and Boxing buffs are warned to expect abbreviated fights

May 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s ‘The Rampage’ and Boxing buffs are warned to expect abbreviated fights

Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen and Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport around 10:00hrs yesterday and had hardly rested before dispatching stern...

Still waiting for the excitement

May 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Still waiting for the excitement

– Reporter Neil Marks looks back at the 45th Independence anniversary celebrations For almost five decades, thousands of persons have flocked the National Park in Georgetown to witness the...

Regional fisheries ministers approve measures to save industry

May 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Regional fisheries ministers approve measures to save industry

Antigua – A draft Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy was unanimously approved at the Fourth Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Ministerial Council that concluded here last...

Golden Jaguars to face Bradley University of USA today

May 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars to face Bradley University of USA today

Barbados play St. Vincent & the Grenadines Following their clean sweep of the two-game International Friendly series against Barbados in Guyana on May 20th and 22nd in Linden and at the National...

Jagdeo challenges Guyanese to embrace next era of progress

May 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo challenges Guyanese to embrace next era of progress

In what was his last Independence Annversary address to Guyana, outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo challenged Guyanese to boldly embrace the next era of progress. A reflective Jagdeo, ahead of the...

Feminition: pure façade and an electoral dog and pony show

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Feminition: pure façade and an electoral dog and pony show

Dear Editor, My first problem with Feminition was not the fact that alcohol would be available there. No, it was actually with the cost of the event and what it purported to accomplish. I know, some...

Imlach’s fifty spur DCC to victory

May 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imlach’s fifty spur DCC to victory

Tevin Imlach shrugged off the disappointment of his surprise omission from the Georgetown under-15 team to score a classy 57 for DCC yesterday in latest action of the Georgetown Cricket Association...

We are not mere footnotes Mr. Kissoon

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are not mere footnotes Mr. Kissoon

Dear Editor, I never thought that one day my name would have been flanked between the likes of Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr), and Vishnu Bisram. Freddie bestowed me that honour when he designated us as,...

High Court orders Interim Committee to take charge of Kitty Masjid

May 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on High Court orders Interim Committee to take charge of Kitty Masjid

On Wednesday last, Justice Rishi Persaud ordered that an Interim Committee take over the total and full management and control of the Kitty Jamaat. The Committee comprises Norman Mc Lean, Raymond...

In unity there is strength

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on In unity there is strength

Dear Editor, I am at a loss wondering why certain PNCR stalwarts are absent and silent as we approach this most important election. The absence of Aubrey Norton, Vincent Alexander, Sherwood Lowe,...

The PPP has over the last 60 years politically and racially enslaved Indo Guyanese

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has over the last 60 years politically and racially enslaved Indo Guyanese

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Mr Vishnu BIsram’s letter, “One can’t bully his or her way into governance when rejected by the voters,” (Kaieteur News 05-20-11). Mr. Bisram on...

GTU salary agreement

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTU salary agreement

Dear Editor, In my letter to the press comparing the 2006-2010 with that of the 2011-2015 salary agreement signed between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education, I mentioned...

Hackett’s hat-trick gives Pele inaugural title

May 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hackett’s hat-trick gives Pele inaugural title

By Sean Devers A fair size crowd which included several parents watched as Ryan Hackett netted three goals to spearhead Pele to a 5-nil win against Fruta Conquerors in yesterday’s final of the...

Independence hopes

May 27, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Independence hopes

Yesterday we commemorated the 45th anniversary of our independence from Britain. What this means is that it is almost half a century since we had to start taking responsibility for our progress. Sure...

The PNC must fight back

May 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC must fight back

You can divide the rule of the PNC into three periods. The first one was a coalition from 1964-1968, so the PNC did not have total control. The third period was 1985-1992 under Desmond Hoyte. It was...

CXC head blasts regional ministries for failing education

May 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on CXC head blasts regional ministries for failing education

(Jamaica Gleaner) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Didacus Jules, has blamed the Ministries of Education in the region for the glaring failure in...

We need not repeat such display

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need not repeat such display

Dear Editor, The glaring display of foreigners attacking and disposing of the waste left in the streets in the aftermath of the Mash Day festivities was embarrassing to me. They seemed to be in the...

HOW WAS THIS MONEY USED?

May 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOW WAS THIS MONEY USED?

In March 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved two loans totaling some US$25M for the improvement of Guyana’s Justice System. According to the public information available, the...

Greene earns pro card after INBF wins

May 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene earns pro card after INBF wins

– Officially hangs up running shoes Former national sprint champion turned bodybuilder, Rawle Greene, who is now a resident of the United States of America, flexed his way to a professional...

Are the people in charge of Guyana doing the same?

May 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are the people in charge of Guyana doing the same?

Dear Editor, As I am presently visiting California, USA for a week, and moving all around, from San Diego to Los Angeles in Southern California, I have made a few notes which I would like to share...

She did everything for him

May 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on She did everything for him

This week has been yet another bloody one for the women of Guyana – and it is not even over yet. The violence and murders continue and the brutality escalates. One woman was slashed with a knife...

VAT to be reviewed, SWAT team established

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on VAT to be reviewed, SWAT team established

…power sharing can’t work- Ramotar The next government of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), under Donald Ramotar, will work to establish a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to...

Christopher Ram accepts Minister’s challenge to audit GuySuCo

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Christopher Ram accepts Minister’s challenge to audit GuySuCo

– Kaieteur News to foot the bill A challenge on Tuesday to open the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for a forensic audit, thrown out by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, has been...

Gunmen caught red-handed after tying up, robbing cripple

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen caught red-handed after tying up, robbing cripple

Two bandits are grateful that ranks from the Guyana Police Force turned up when they did, after they were chased down and caught by a group of angry residents from the East Coast Demerara village of...

Sithe Global refuses to answer more questions

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global refuses to answer more questions

Sithe Global, the company developing the Amaila Falls Hydro project, has refused to answer further questions about the project. This week, Senior Vice President James McGowan, via e-mail, said that...

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