March 2012

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Deputy Mayor’s robbery…Gunman wears victim’s slipper to court

Mar 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Mayor’s robbery…Gunman wears victim’s slipper to court

One of the gunmen who allegedly broke into the home of Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and to the surprise of many; he was wearing...

RUSAL chairman quits

Mar 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on RUSAL chairman quits

-says company in deep crisis (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg quit on Tuesday as Chairman of UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, saying the heavily...

Henry Greene rape probe…DPP finally makes submissions to Chief Justice

Mar 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Henry Greene rape probe…DPP finally makes submissions to Chief Justice

Attorneys for embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene are expected to file their reply to submissions made by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, justifying her advice...

Linden’s bauxite dust creates boon conditions for pharmacists

Mar 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden’s bauxite dust creates boon conditions for pharmacists

…but torment for people with respiratory ailments Sales in medicinal drugs to alleviate the suffering of persons with certain respiratory conditions have doubled in recent times, according...

Hail up Karen de Souza and other great Guyanese

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hail up Karen de Souza and other great Guyanese

The US Embassy in Guyana has nominated Karen de Souza for International Woman of Courage. In Guyana, that choice should find approval from every Guyanese from every corner of this territory....

Dem boys seh…Bee Kay craw full till it can’t full no more

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bee Kay craw full till it can’t full no more

All de land from Georgetown to Lethem disappear. De land been even before Christ born but as soon as de Rat come dem land disappear. Couple friends get together and dem ask if dem can...

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

An unexpected event took place yesterday. A house went up in flames. For the owners and occupants this was a major un-anticipated disaster. But for a country as a whole, this unexpected event...

Assessing Assessments

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Assessing Assessments

The now old topic of “extra lessons” for schoolchildren is in the headlines once again. It had cropped up before in the last month but in a tangential and ancillary fashion: one child was...

Vivian Harris’ return clash ends in stalemate as opponent sustains gash over eye

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vivian Harris’ return clash ends in stalemate as opponent sustains gash over eye

Former World Boxing Association (WBA) super/lightweight champion, ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris’ attempt to rekindle his career suffered a minor setback after his opponent, former 2 times...

US collegiate star strengths female basketball team

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on US collegiate star strengths female basketball team

-local contingent departs today for Antigua By Edison Jefford United States-based collegiate basketball star, guard, Shauntelle Nelson, has become available to compete with Guyana’s...

Ansa McAl supports Junior Davis/Fed Cup tennis teams

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl supports Junior Davis/Fed Cup tennis teams

Guyana’s bid to send a junior tennis team for the first time to compete in the Under 16 Davis and Fed Cups in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic later this month received a timely boost...

Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter-Ward football fiesta kicks off next Friday

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter-Ward football fiesta kicks off next Friday

The traditional Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter-Ward football fiesta kicks off on Friday 23rd March with an exciting double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 6:30pm. As...

Battle of wits resumes as GASP stages Insurance Brokers Open scrabble tournament

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle of wits resumes as GASP stages Insurance Brokers Open scrabble tournament

Scrabble players will once more match wits when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the Insurance Brokers open tournament sponsored by Insurance Brokers Guyana Ltd,...

Third GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tourney…Exciting matches highlight first weekend play; E’bo’s Capoey Rising Stars into Super 16

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tourney…Exciting matches highlight first weekend play; E’bo’s Capoey Rising Stars into Super 16

The highly anticipated GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket competition bowled off last weekend at a number of venues around Guyana following a delay due to unusual rains. The...

Busy 2012 planned for B’ce Cricket

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busy 2012 planned for B’ce Cricket

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) by its outstanding performance is head and shoulders above all the other cricketing entities in Guyana and can be classified as the best sports...

Austin/George confident, but DeClou/Hardy circumspect as boxers increase preparations

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Austin/George confident, but DeClou/Hardy circumspect as boxers increase preparations

By Michael Benjamin If there is anything to be learnt from Barbadian, Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox’s demolition of former World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight champion, Wayne ‘Big...

Packed itinerary as NPCG hosts inaugural workshop

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Packed itinerary as NPCG hosts inaugural workshop

Director of Youth and Sport, Neil Kumar will deliver brief remarks when the National Paralympics Committee of Guyana (NPCG) hosts its inaugural workshop from March 15 – 17 at Olympic...

19 cricket clubs cash in on FFP (Guy) Inc. & BCB $2M donation in Berbice

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 19 cricket clubs cash in on FFP (Guy) Inc. & BCB $2M donation in Berbice

A total of nineteen cricket clubs in the Ancient County of Berbice on Saturday last received a combined $2 Million Dollars worth of items under a joint programme between the Berbice...

2011 NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Seeraj 84, Singh 63 & Munessar 5-15 propel Kim IL Sung into playoffs

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2011 NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Seeraj 84, Singh 63 & Munessar 5-15 propel Kim IL Sung into playoffs

Kim IL Sung Cricket Club of Corriverton registered an easy 166-run victory over Springlands to end their preliminaries unbeaten as well as champions of their zone to book their place in...

Programme released for the Norman Singh one day Horserace meet

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Programme released for the Norman Singh one day Horserace meet

The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with Winners Circle Pool Hall and Jumbo Jet Auto sales has released a programme for their one day horserace meet set for Sunday 1st...

The CSEC intervention – A most welcome initiative

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CSEC intervention – A most welcome initiative

DEAR EDITOR, Throughout the world, governments are attempting to address demands and pressures for improving the lives of their citizens. Internal and external demands on governments...

US pressure on India to cut commercial ties with Iran

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on US pressure on India to cut commercial ties with Iran

DEAR EDITOR, The US/Saudi/Pak support of the Taliban during the Cold War antagonized India. Delhi had little control over its backyard. Moreover, India’s effort to join the...

Hope for EZjet to continue flying

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hope for EZjet to continue flying

Dear Editor, After reading Mr. Lionel Lowe’s critical report “EZjet is required to report all proposed cancelled flights ten days in advance; passengers must be fully refunded”...

Budget Consultations

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Budget Consultations

Dear Editor, The exchanges between Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance and Mr. Carl Greenidge, former Finance Minister about whether or not there will be a meeting of the parliamentary...

Drainage problems in Georgetown can be solved

Mar 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Drainage problems in Georgetown can be solved

DEAR EDITOR, After the successful completion of over 40 drainage studies with accompanying cost effective design solutions of very complicated projects, considering various aspects of...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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