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Undercover Jamaican Agents in Guyana

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Undercover Jamaican Agents in Guyana

as CARICOM official looks to reduced role of DEA in Region Guyanese and their CARICOM (Caribbean Community) counterparts are being urged to step away from a dependency on the Drug...

EU hopes sugar money can go to modernize industry

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EU hopes sugar money can go to modernize industry

The European Union, which this year set aside 18.8 million Euros under its budget support programme for the sugar industry, hopes that the money could be channeled into upgrading factories and...

PPP to name PM candidate in Linden Sunday

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP to name PM candidate in Linden Sunday

Donald Ramotar will announce his running mate this Sunday at a rally in Linden. The incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is also contending that this rally will be...

Soesdyke man remanded for children’s murder

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke man remanded for children’s murder

Thirty-one-year-old food vendor, John Blanchard, has been remanded to prison after he was charged with the murders of his two children, Belika Blanchard and his five-year-old son Daniel...

Rice dealer shot twice by bandits in attempted robbery….

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rice dealer shot twice by bandits in attempted robbery….

-police investigating A Leonora businessman is counting his lucky stars after he was shot twice during a robbery attempt at Bushy Park, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, yesterday around...

Dem boys seh…People jumping ship again

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 5

Long time when dem big ship come into Georgetown, all dem gyal use to dress up and wait till dark to visit. Some of dem use to climb up like if dem was sailor. By day some of these same women...

THEY SAY I WAS A PNC

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on THEY SAY I WAS A PNC

DEAR EDITOR, I commence this article by using the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., an American hero who is being honoured and venerated in Washington, D.C. tomorrow, Sunday, October,...

Always be guided by the tenets of good journalism

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Always be guided by the tenets of good journalism

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the article appearing in Kaieteur News dated October 1, 2011 at page 14 under the caption “GPSU executives openly support David Granger.” In the said article...

Three months plus to resolve that suffering donkey’s situation is too long, regardless of who is responsible

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three months plus to resolve that suffering donkey’s situation is too long, regardless of who is responsible

Dear Editor, The purpose of my letter published in Stabroek, Kaieteur and Chronicle Newspapers in October 2011, was to highlight the stressful situation of an injured donkey that is...

Put biographical sketches of Presidential Candidates on the internet

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Put biographical sketches of Presidential Candidates on the internet

Dear Editor, November 28 is now the fateful day on which Guyanese will decide who they want to govern them for the next five years. As I understand it, about ten parties may be...

Brazil goes the way of truth and reconciliation

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brazil goes the way of truth and reconciliation

Dear Editor, We read with a great deal of interest the recent announcement that the Brazilian lower house (the Chamber of Deputies in the Congresso Nacional do Brasil) is putting in...

George Robinson will always be remembered

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on George Robinson will always be remembered

Dear Editor, Mr. George Robinson was outwardly reserved, complicated bundle of practicality, endearing modesty and self discipline. Goals and a practical viewpoint often characterize...

The time is now

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time is now

Dear Voters, After nineteen years of being misled, mistaken and misgoverned, we will finally get the long awaited opportunity to go to the polls on November 28th, 2011 to arrest the...

A ploy to attract a Linden crowd

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A ploy to attract a Linden crowd

Dear Editor: The wiles of the PPP/C in manufacturing seeming support across Guyana is by now common knowledge in almost every household in Guyana, and on the eve of what has been...

Dowlin replace injured Sarwan in Guyana team

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dowlin replace injured Sarwan in Guyana team

Batsman advised against fitness test yesterday By Sean Devers Stylish former Guyana and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan continues to be sidelined because of injury issues and was...

Digicel Open Golf Tournament…Adams positive ahead of today’s start

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Open Golf Tournament…Adams positive ahead of today’s start

With the Digicel Open Golf Tournament set to commence today, Carlos Adams, one of the players to confirm participation, speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday exuded confidence of doing well....

‘Windwards equipped for slow Guyana pitches’- Manager

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Windwards equipped for slow Guyana pitches’- Manager

Face GT today at DCC in practice match The Windwards Islands have won just two Regional-50 overs titles and none since 2000 despite being regular participants in semi-finals. But...

Trophy Stall U-17 top performers collect prizes

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall U-17 top performers collect prizes

Lanferman is MVP; Freeman best GK; Hector highest GS Inaugural champions of the Trophy Stall sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Under-17 League – Den Amstel...

Digicel Golf Classic to tee off today

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Golf Classic to tee off today

The stage is set for two days of intense golf when Guyana’s mobile telecommunications provider Digicel and the Lusignan Golf Club team up for the third Annual Digicel Golf Classic...

Guyana takes step toward Anti-Doping policy

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana takes step toward Anti-Doping policy

– Caribbean RADO conducts workshop Guyana has taken a step toward the development of an Anti-Doping policy in sports that will be channelled through a National Anti-Doping...

DANT’s XI ready to battle in Guyana

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DANT’s XI ready to battle in Guyana

Former Guyana Skipper Daesrath in Canadian side By Sean Devers Canadian businessman Andrew Persaud, the owner of DANT’s XI believes his team is ready to compete in the Guyana...

Tenelec Inc Berbice Cricket……Ogle (59), Mentore (51), Johnson (5-13) help West Berbice win

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc Berbice Cricket……Ogle (59), Mentore (51), Johnson (5-13) help West Berbice win

The Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Overs Cricket Competition continued last Sunday with three eight round matches and Ralph Ogle, who had earlier in the competition fell for 95,...

GTTA to host Inter-Organisation Tournament

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA to host Inter-Organisation Tournament

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), in its effort to promote table tennis and to create the framework for the development of the sport, will host its annual Inter-Organisation...

NBS 2nd Division Berbice Cricket starts tomorrow with 100 Teams

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd Division Berbice Cricket starts tomorrow with 100 Teams

The New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, gets cracking tomorrow with 47 first round matches. One hundred teams...

WCC/Lokram t/20 cricket… Moses, Coggins hit half centuries in opening round

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on WCC/Lokram t/20 cricket… Moses, Coggins hit half centuries in opening round

Half centuries from Nokta Moses and Nigel Coggins highlighted the opening round of the Wakenaam Cricket Committee / Thakur Lokram twenty/20 cricket competition which commenced...