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Consultation is not a referendum

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Consultation is not a referendum

Dear Editor The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) welcomes the commitment of the Guyana Government to host consultations on issues related to matters of law reform on...

Courtney Benn Contracting Services not building forensic laboratory

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Courtney Benn Contracting Services not building forensic laboratory

Dear Editor, I refer to your article in Kaieteur News dated March 25, 2012 in which you dealt with the matter of the Forensic Laboratory. I wish to state as follows:- 1) Our company has...

The use of fire by enforcers of the law.

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The use of fire by enforcers of the law.

Dear Editor, In 2009 we were appalled by the use of fire to inflict pain and suffering on the Guyanese child, Twyon Thomas. The photograph of this horrific abuse was sent to me; it invoked...

Roach fined by ICC for conduct breach

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roach fined by ICC for conduct breach

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his...

Work Force takes feature event at RCMTC one day charity Horserace Meet

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Work Force takes feature event at RCMTC one day charity Horserace Meet

It was an action packed day of racing when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) in collaboration with the Ituni and Phoenix Lodges held a grand...

CARIFTA Team in dire need of funding

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CARIFTA Team in dire need of funding

– need another $2.9m for full participation Guyana’s 2012 Junior CARIFTA Games athletics team is in dire need of funds if a full-fledged team is to represent Guyana at the April 6-9...

GMR&SC ‘Race of Champions’ Meeting…Vieira upbeat about his chances of doing well

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘Race of Champions’ Meeting…Vieira upbeat about his chances of doing well

Keen on regaining the status of champion, former Group 4 title holder Mark Vieira seems to be leaving no stone unturned in his quest to make it back to the top. Vieira, who has made...

BK Western Tigers, Pele, Rosignol United and Alpha win in GFF Super League

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BK Western Tigers, Pele, Rosignol United and Alpha win in GFF Super League

BK Western Tigers, Pele, Rosignol United and Alpha United defeated their opponents, while Den Amstel and Seawall played to a one all draw Sunday when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super...

Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter Ward Soccer tournament continues tomorrow

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter Ward Soccer tournament continues tomorrow

Several gripping encounters characterized the second night’s action when the Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter Ward Soccer tournament continued at the Georgetown football Club (GFC)...

BCB launches Norman Singh Memorial 20/20 tournament for West Berbice Clubs

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches Norman Singh Memorial 20/20 tournament for West Berbice Clubs

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) commitment to clubs in the West Berbice area continues to be fulfilled with the launching of a 20/20 tournament for the area when the Management of...

McKinnon wins GNRA Practical Pistol shoot

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on McKinnon wins GNRA Practical Pistol shoot

Smallbore vice captain Ryan McKinnon upstaged a competitive field to win last Sunday’s three-stage Practical Pistol Shoot at the Timehri ranges in the first competition for 2012...

It’s now Pauline London as Mandessa Moses’ opponent backs down for Friday Night clash

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s now Pauline London as Mandessa Moses’ opponent backs down for Friday Night clash

Ever since Mandessa Moses destroyed Alisha Marques with a vicious left hook she has had difficulties securing an opponent. The lanky fighter had surrendered her inaugural...

Guyana girls end Davis/Fed Cup on a high

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana girls end Davis/Fed Cup on a high

Guyana girls’ team of Nicola Ramdyhan and Aretta Dey saved their best tennis for the final matchup at the Junior Fed Cup which ended in Santo Domingo when they romped to a 2-1 victory...

RBAC to show at Falcon Games

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBAC to show at Falcon Games

– Fortune makes first attempt to qualify for Olympics Queen of the track, Alicia Fortune along with three other athletes, Cleveland Thomas, Stephan James and Joshua Griffith of...

BCB launches 3rd Annual NCN Under-15 Inter-zone Tournament

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches 3rd Annual NCN Under-15 Inter-zone Tournament

The state owned National Communication Network (NCN) on Thursday 22nd March, 2012 received their sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Under-15 Inter-zone Tournament for the third...

D’Andrade wins Trinidad’s International Half Marathon

Mar 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade wins Trinidad’s International Half Marathon

– sets personal record in his “best performance to-date” National distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade sent tongues wagging and invoked newspaper headlines like “Foreigners dominate…”...

President, team visit Amaila Falls road project

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President, team visit Amaila Falls road project

– May/June rains are biggest concern A Presidential team on Sunday visited site works of the Amaila Falls access road but there are fears that the delayed project may face fresh...

Talk of snap elections is a PPP ploy – AFC

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Talk of snap elections is a PPP ploy – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) held a series of meetings with West Berbice residents on Sunday. The meetings, which were aimed at thanking supporters and to listen to their current concerns ,...

Campbellville pit bull attack heading to court

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Campbellville pit bull attack heading to court

– as victim and owner disagree on settlement Last month’s pit bull mauling of a man on his way to Masjid seems certainly headed for the courts, as the parties involved have reached a...

Bank of Baroda officially opens Mon Repos branch

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Baroda officially opens Mon Repos branch

Over $40M has been spent by the Bank of Baroda to open its second branch in Guyana, at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The new branch, which is located at the bottom flat of the Mon...

IMC replaces Region One NDC

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on IMC replaces Region One NDC

…irregular meetings, lack of accountability cited The Port Kaituma, Arakaka, Matthews Ridge Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has been dissolved and an Interim Management Committee...

Gafsons boosts Deaf in Guyana-backed drumming group

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gafsons boosts Deaf in Guyana-backed drumming group

In further fulfilling its corporate responsibilities, Gafsons Industries Limited recently presented a second cheque to Sabine McIntosh of Deaf in Guyana (DiG) in support of the Diamond...

Discussions begin on corporal punishment ban in schools

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Discussions begin on corporal punishment ban in schools

Government has begun consultations to gather input into the possibilities of abolishing corporal punishment in the school system. Over the weekend, on national televisions, Education Minister...

Ambitious Science programme launched

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ambitious Science programme launched

– Fifth and sixth graders targeted An ambitious programme was launched yesterday, with an aim to generate interest among fifth and sixth grade primary school students in Science....

Visually-impaired father seeks assistance for daughter

Mar 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Visually-impaired father seeks assistance for daughter

A visually-impaired father is pleading with the public to assist him financially, in order to prevent his 11-year-old daughter from ending up in a similar condition. Paul Cottam of lot 127...

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Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more