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Grenades missing from GDF training base

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grenades missing from GDF training base

The Military Intelligence arm of the Guyana Defence Force is questioning several ranks, including three seniors, following the disappearance of several grenades at the army’s...

Miss Guyana India Worldwide delegates visit Palms

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana India Worldwide delegates visit Palms

Delegates of the Miss Guyana India Worldwide Pageant yesterday visited the Palms institution for the elderly. While there, they interacted with some of the institution’s residents, including...

A beacon in Nursery education

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A beacon in Nursery education

…Sybil Watson-Bollers is a ‘Special Person’ Pull Quote: “I taught children over the length and breadth of New Amsterdam. I am thankful that I did not only give them education,...

TUF ‘leaders’ for literal Nomination Day Run

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on TUF ‘leaders’ for literal Nomination Day Run

… first to present Candidate’s List would be accepted-Boodoo The leaders of The United Force (TUF) are at present set for a Nomination Day sprint should they not resolve the internal...

Haier dispatches first batch of netbooks

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The first batch of netbooks from Chinese contractor, Haier, is slated to arrive in Guyana this week. The Government Information Agency (GINA) stated that the netbooks will arrive on...

Dem boys seh…Is more madness again

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is more madness again

Election time people does use anything fuh talk. De other night de Goat man stand up in a truck that dem does use fuh carry cow to pound. And he talk to about ten people, all of dem who...

GECOM’s proposed Code of Conduct calls for accountability in campaign financing

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM’s proposed Code of Conduct calls for accountability in campaign financing

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News’ edition of October 21, 2011, the “Peeping Tom” columnist repeated (that which is being selectively and, dare I say, with agenda) a much peddled...

There’s a lesson for us in Gadaffi’s downfall

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There’s a lesson for us in Gadaffi’s downfall

Dear Editor, As I read unfolding news stories and watched amateurish, grainy video clips of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi’s capture by his countrymen, I tried to focus on the fear on his...

Is Sam Hinds a bridge to racial unity or a PPP doormat?

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Sam Hinds a bridge to racial unity or a PPP doormat?

Dear Editor, PPP presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Ramotar’s selection Mr. Sam Hinds as his prime ministerial running mate really does not inspire the same sense of change and hope...

This court case should be heard immediately

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This court case should be heard immediately

Dear Editor, I thought that when the Chief Justice, Mr. Ian Chang brought up President Jagdeo’s libel suit against me and the Kaieteur News exactly one year after the writs were...

Did Jagdeo/Ramotar write Nagamootoo of their intentions to ‘bulldoze’ him from the PPP?

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did Jagdeo/Ramotar write Nagamootoo of their intentions to ‘bulldoze’ him from the PPP?

Dear Editor, When Moses Nagamootoo blasted the current clique running the PPP and what they have done to destroy the legacy of Cheddi Jagan, he was speaking the truth. We all know of...

I commend our Foreign Affairs Minister for facilitating the issuing of Hajj visas

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I commend our Foreign Affairs Minister for facilitating the issuing of Hajj visas

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to express profound gratitude and appreciation to our Honorable. Mrs. Carolyn Allison Rodrigues – Birkett – Minister of Foreign Affairs for...

Prem Misir exaggerates President Jagdeo’s contribution to agriculture

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prem Misir exaggerates President Jagdeo’s contribution to agriculture

Dear Editor, Burnishing President Jagdeo’s image, Dr. Prem Misir engages in a misleading effort aimed at embellishing President Jagdeo’s contribution to Guyana’s agriculture. In...

Regional Super50 …Gayle force flattens CCC as Windies reject smashes 147 at Everest

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 …Gayle force flattens CCC as Windies reject smashes 147 at Everest

By Sean Devers Christopher Henry Gayle, the man Coach Otis Gibson says the West Indies team does not miss, missed very few of the 110 balls he faced yesterday at the Everest...

Regional Super50 cricket …Narine (6-48), Badree (4-34) wreak Leewards for 94

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 cricket …Narine (6-48), Badree (4-34) wreak Leewards for 94

Dynamic spin duo Sunil Narine and Samuel Badree shared all 10 wickets, setting up Trinidad & Tobago for a comprehensive five-wicket victory over co-defending champions...

Papo Haniff rolls back the years, leads Guyana Open Golf

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Papo Haniff rolls back the years, leads Guyana Open Golf

Known as perhaps the best golfer this country has ever produced, Trinidad and Tobago-based Papo Haniff led the field after the first day of competition in this year’s R1 Vodka Guyana Open Golf...

Guyana on course to recapture IGG track and field title

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana on course to recapture IGG track and field title

By Edison Jefford in Suriname In association with Warsila, YK Investments Pawn Shop and R&D Engineering Services Inc. Guyana dominated track and field and cycling yesterday to help...

Vaqueros begin to arrive for Rising Sun One day Rodeo

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vaqueros begin to arrive for Rising Sun One day Rodeo

Some Vaqueros from Hinterland Guyana have started to arrive as preparation continue for the only coastland Rodeo activity that is held in Guyana and set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima...

Karibee Rice Football Berbice… Cougars edge NA United; Pistons squeeze past Courtland

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karibee Rice Football Berbice… Cougars edge NA United; Pistons squeeze past Courtland

Competition in the Karibee Rice sponsored senior football tournament organised by the Berbice Football Association (BFA) continued recently, Cougars United and Pistons United both won...

USA pick 42-year-old captain & two 50-year-olds for WC qualifier

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on USA pick 42-year-old captain & two 50-year-olds for WC qualifier

As Goordial-John among Guyanese players ignored The USA Cricket Association has announced a 14-player squad for next month’s Women’s World Cup Qualifier that features...

Two day masters football competition on going in Berbice

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two day masters football competition on going in Berbice

Today is the final day of the two day Second Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Tournament which is being played at the All Saints Scot Church Ground Princess Elisabeth Road New...

All set for GFSCA Guyana Cup International Softball Tournament next weekend

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for GFSCA Guyana Cup International Softball Tournament next weekend

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association is all set to host its first international softball tournament on October 28, 29 and 30. Sixteen teams will take part in this three...

Bouts too close to call as BBBC presents ‘Thirst Park explosion’

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bouts too close to call as BBBC presents ‘Thirst Park explosion’

The battle lines are drawn; Troy Lewis and Iwan Azore are ready to prove once and for all who the better boxer is. They will get an opportunity to make this distinction next Saturday...

14th Annual Troy Humphrey Memorial cycle race meet set for Wednesday

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 14th Annual Troy Humphrey Memorial cycle race meet set for Wednesday

One of Guyana’s most lucrative cycle meet, held in memory of one of this country’s leading riders, the late Troy Humphrey will be held on Wednesday at the Country’s Mecca of...

New golf magazine for Guyana launched

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on New golf magazine for Guyana launched

Publishing Company, Corbin Media Group (CMG), the publisher of a number of world-class custom and consumer magazines, has teamed up with the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) to produce a glossy...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more