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GABA seeks corporate partnerships as overseas engagements loom

Jun 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA seeks corporate partnerships as overseas engagements loom

– Bristol lends significant support to 2012 programme The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is in the process of looking for corporate partnerships to aid their quest at securing medals...

Digicel Schools Football continues in various regions

Jun 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football continues in various regions

Play in the inaugural Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition continued on Friday with matches in various regions. Over in Region 2- Charity Secondary defeated Cotton Field Secondary 1-0 with...

Railway should not be used as an election year tease

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Railway should not be used as an election year tease

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese of my generation view any talk of a railroad with nostalgia, as we fondly remember the day of the train (as it was popularly known). Railways are a necessary component in...

“Time out” on the promises of European Union Partnership

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on “Time out” on the promises of European Union Partnership

By Sir Ronald Sanders In October 2008, when the 15 member countries of CARIFORUM (CF) individually signed a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the collective European Union (EU) of 27...

Zeitgeist and great expectations

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Zeitgeist and great expectations

For a number of years now, people, including UG students, would ask me why Guyana was confrontational with President Burnham and Mr. Jagdeo gets away with excesses that are unspeakable, and if they...

When will GECOM caterers be paid?

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will GECOM caterers be paid?

Dear Editor, This is a matter that deserves the attention/intervention of the relevant Government authority/official. Something is definitely wrong and totally out of place here: Would you believe...

The faith of this country rests totally in the hands of our young people

Jun 19, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The faith of this country rests totally in the hands of our young people

Address by Sheila Holder, MP and Prime Ministerial Candidate at the Party’s Youth event held at the Hotel Pegasus on Friday June, 17, 2011 *** I am honoured tonight to be in your company, to listen...

No sandalwood in Guyana

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on No sandalwood in Guyana

Dear Editor, On 17 June you reproduced (‘Forestry exports earnings down by US$2M’) from the fortnightly Tropical Timber Market Report 16-11 (1-15 June 2011) of the International Tropical Timber...

Where are the Juan Edghills to answer to Dev’s travesty

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are the Juan Edghills to answer to Dev’s travesty

Dear Editor, Thank you for your comments on Ravi Dev’s letter. I wish you allow my reply to show my disdain. While giving you and readers a lesson in the use of wheat flour in Hindu ceremonies, Dev...

Today some of us will be sorry

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Today some of us will be sorry

Many men are going to wake up this morning, if they have not already, and find that today is no different from yesterday or the days before. They are not going to find anything special, unless they...

Fix this and 80% of the solution has been found

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fix this and 80% of the solution has been found

Dear Editor, I find it strange that from a Human Resource perspective the makers and shakers at Guysuco are as blind to the absence of policies on human resources and more specifically strategic...

These mini bus operators are unscrupulous

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on These mini bus operators are unscrupulous

Dear Editor, I am just writing this letter to highlight the plight of the commuters who travel from Georgetown to Mahdia. A couple of years ago when the fuel price rose in Guyana, the mini bus...

Access to Information Bill

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Access to Information Bill

After years of hemming and hawing following sustained prodding and pushing by the opposition and other civil society groups, the government has tabled what it calls an “Access to Information...

The ghetto girls’ murders

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery 3

They were both in their late teens. They both lived in a squalid little street in the city. And within a year, they were both dead. It was around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 15, 1994, that the...

Food for thought

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Food for thought

It’s not that I was unaware of the old adage about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. I just figured having publicly left the political realm, my contribution on the “PNC food ban”...

Women should pride themselves on being decent

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Women should pride themselves on being decent

Dear Editor, Our women – particularly those between their teens and mid-forties should avoid wearing their pants down their buttocks. This immoral exposure could entice rapists. Some ladies wear...

Demand that the City Engineer remove this blockage

Jun 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Demand that the City Engineer remove this blockage

Dear Editor, On 17th March, 2011, the PRO of the Georgetown City Council gave reasons for the ineffective drainage of the City. The road drains between North Road and Regent Street- that is in front...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The madness is all consuming. A man sees his spouse and suddenly concludes that she is unfaithful. He is going to attack her while his neighbours simply stand and plead for him to stop. No one is...

THIS IS OBNOXIOUS!

Jun 19, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS OBNOXIOUS!

The decision of the government to farm out large tracts of public land to private developers for housing development is obnoxious. The latest development in this direction is taking in areas on the...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more