February 2013

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A definite sick and insensitive cartoon

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A definite sick and insensitive cartoon

Dear Editor, I have worked in the Media from 1983 onwards as a writer, Illustrator and cartoonist and I must add that I have spent a significant period of my life as a young man in West Ruimveldt. I...

11 years after mash day jailbreak…Special home to be built for heroine Roxanne Winfield

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 11 years after mash day jailbreak…Special home to be built for heroine Roxanne Winfield

By Dale Andrews Eleven years ago, Prison Officer Roxanne Winfield was staring down the road of death; doctors battled desperately while relatives prayed earnestly to save her life. She had...

China’s Growth “Secret”

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on China’s Growth “Secret”

While there may be quite a bit of disagreement in Guyana (especially among the politicians) about Chinese investment here, there is universal admiration for their economic success. We offer one...

Historical review of Linden…The “mining town’ celebrates one hundred years

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Historical review of Linden…The “mining town’ celebrates one hundred years

Part Two By Enid Joaquin It was easy to see how Bauxite discovery and its mining had changed both the economic and physical landscape of Mackenzie, over the years. More money was...

THAT TWENTY ONE DAY PROTOCOL

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THAT TWENTY ONE DAY PROTOCOL

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was in high spirits after it reportedly discovered a quantity of narcotics secreted amongst some lumber destined for Europe. The GRA was ecstatic by...

APOPEALYPSE NOW

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on APOPEALYPSE NOW

When I was a schoolboy we used to bet “Lent”. Betting Lent meant that if you were heard singing a calypso you could be “tapped” (an open palmed blow to the back of the head near...

N/A Rotary hosts World Peace and Understanding day dinner

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Rotary hosts World Peace and Understanding day dinner

The Rotary Club of New Amsterdam recently hosted a dinner in celebration of World Understanding and Peace Day. Appropriately, every year the anniversary of the founding of Rotary, 23...

Berbicians revel at regional Mash float parade and flag-raising

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians revel at regional Mash float parade and flag-raising

By Leon Suseran Berbicians lined the streets of New Amsterdam on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the town’s float parade, which started at Tacama Turn, Stanleytown shortly after 13:00...

The government’s actions after Jagdeo’s luggage searches may have pushed Delta to leave Guyana

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government’s actions after Jagdeo’s luggage searches may have pushed Delta to leave Guyana

Dear Editor, Several media sources have reported that former President Jagdeo was searched by Delta on two occasions late last year and that Jagdeo was upset over the treatment. The media has...

GTC/PM returns home after participating in the Yellow Bird 50 Anniversary Volleyball competition in Suriname

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTC/PM returns home after participating in the Yellow Bird 50 Anniversary Volleyball competition in Suriname

Samuel Whyte Top Guyana Volleyball club The Guysuco Training Centre/ Port Mourant (GTCPM) recently return from Suriname after taking part in the Yellow bird Volleyball Club 50th Anniversary...

Final in inaugural Banks Classic Berbice Basketball set for March 10 at Fyrish

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final in inaugural Banks Classic Berbice Basketball set for March 10 at Fyrish

The final in the inaugural Banks DIH Classic Inter club Basketball competition is slated to be played on Sunday March 10th at the Fyrish basketball court. The two teams in the final are...

Fourth annual Desmond Dorsette road race and family fun day set for March 24

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fourth annual Desmond Dorsette road race and family fun day set for March 24

The Dorsette family of Leeds, Corentyne Berbice will for the fourth year be sponsoring the annual Desmond Dorsette Memorial Road race classic and Family Fun day on Sunday 24th March 2013. Preparation...

Excitement continues as Coca Cola Beach Cup Championships conclude

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excitement continues as Coca Cola Beach Cup Championships conclude

Football fans have enjoyed more than six weeks of pulsating action and when activities reach its culmination, Silver Shattas will oppose Alikyu SC in the finals of the Coca Cola Beach Cup...

Berbice Cricket Board and Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club make charitable donations

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board and Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club make charitable donations

The Berbice Cricket Board and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on Thursday last made donation of cricket gear, educational materials, footwear and other items to three organisation under...

Guyoil continues support of Berbice Cricket Board countywide Coaching Programme

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil continues support of Berbice Cricket Board countywide Coaching Programme

The Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) under the Castrol brand on Wednesday continued its sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board countywide coaching programme for junior cricketers. The coaching programme...

All set for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet today

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet today

All is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with Banks DIH limited annual Mashramani one day mega horserace meet at the club’s entity at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice today. Over 95...

Governments want to control sport with little input – Professor Thompson believes

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Governments want to control sport with little input – Professor Thompson believes

Kaieteur Sports’ Edison Jefford caught up with distinguished Guyanese, Professor, Emeritus, Dr. Alvin Thompson, who was one of Guyana’s fastest junior sprinters in the late 1950s, and who is the...

Leonora, St. John’s, Uitvlugt & Zeeburg into semis

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leonora, St. John’s, Uitvlugt & Zeeburg into semis

The inaugural Fazia’s Collection / West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Under-17 Girls Inter Secondary School competition has reached the semifinal stage following some pulsating group action....

RHTYSC Cricket Teams donate Television set to Berbice Cricket Board

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC Cricket Teams donate Television set to Berbice Cricket Board

The Berbice Cricket Board’s Coaching Programme on Thursday last received a major boost when the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club donated a 24 inches television set values...

Scotia Bank pumps $330,000 into BCB Cricket Academy and Educational Programmes

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank pumps $330,000 into BCB Cricket Academy and Educational Programmes

The Bank of Nova Scotia on Thursday last continued its highly successful relationship with the Berbice Cricket Board by pumping $330,000 into the hosting of the 6th Annual Berbice Cricket Academy and...

“West Indies beating Zimbabwe is not the biggest challenge! WICB Presidential race is so tasty!”

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies beating Zimbabwe is not the biggest challenge! WICB Presidential race is so tasty!”

Colin E. H. Croft After Friday’s showing in the 1st One-Day International (ODI) against Zimbabwe, West Indies are overwhelming favourites to sweep this three-game ODI series, easily win the two...

The GCB must be the most stupid organization in the world

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on The GCB must be the most stupid organization in the world

Dear Editor, In dissecting the animosity between the Government-created Interim Management Committee and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) over a two year period, I was careful to mention that my...

Transfers of millions from GGMC to NICIL inappropriate

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Transfers of millions from GGMC to NICIL inappropriate

– Former Auditor General Hundreds of millions of dollars over the years have been transferred from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to repair roads in the interior, but all was...

Unwarranted attempts to disgrace Guyana Stores – Tony Yassin

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unwarranted attempts to disgrace Guyana Stores – Tony Yassin

Although his concerns are currently gaining the attention of the High Court, owner of Guyana Stores Limited, Mr. Tony Yassin, has slammed allegations that he is indebted to the Winston...

Marriott is a brazen corrupt exercise – Ramjattan

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott is a brazen corrupt exercise – Ramjattan

– says some will pocket billions of taxpayers’ money – Brassington refuses comment on investors Building a Marriott Hotel in Guyana is a brazen corrupt exercise designed to fatten the...

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The politics of appointment

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

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(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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