March 2013

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Haniff files injunction to stop GCB from voting at WICB elections

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haniff files injunction to stop GCB from voting at WICB elections

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) election has taken a new mode of campaign as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has filed yet another court action against their parent body, the...

King speaks with Michael Benjamin and exudes confidence of becoming GFF President

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on King speaks with Michael Benjamin and exudes confidence of becoming GFF President

Controversy reigns in the Berbice Football Association following the election of office bearers for that entity just under one week ago. Several clubs in that region are accusing the...

WBACABOFE/ WBAFEDCAR titles on the line as Eastman opposes Mullings in heated ‘Firestorm’ card

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WBACABOFE/ WBAFEDCAR titles on the line as Eastman opposes Mullings in heated ‘Firestorm’ card

By Michael Benjamin When Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman last entered the ring against Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy, just under a year ago, many of his fans had written him off...

DCB U-15 Competition without Upper Demerara

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB U-15 Competition without Upper Demerara

Dear Mr. Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper for me to write this sports letter. Reading yesterday (Friday) newspaper I see the President of the Demerara Cricket Board Raj...

Letters to the Sports Editor…Elcock responds to letter

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letters to the Sports Editor…Elcock responds to letter

Dear Sir, Kindly allow me to respond to one Mr. Anil Bhola to his article dated March, 22nd. Mr. Bhola could you please explain what happened to the Brighton Turf Club finances for the...

DCB corrects the GCA & ECCB once and for all

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB corrects the GCA & ECCB once and for all

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a most insolent letter appearing in the KN & GT on 3/22/13 purportedly penned by the heads of the GCA & ECCB. It has now reached a stage where...

Reece, Dick for Trinidad Easter cycle race meet

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reece, Dick for Trinidad Easter cycle race meet

Leading Guyana up and coming cyclists, Berbicians Neal Reece and Marica Dick of the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) will wing out of the country shortly to represent their club at the...

2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition …Khan’s 105 and 5 for 7 sees Springlands to big 260 run victory

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition …Khan’s 105 and 5 for 7 sees Springlands to big 260 run victory

– Progressive Youth bowled out for 18 The 2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice continued with some outstanding performances with...

“Zimbabwe done and dusted – Now on to greater things for West Indies”

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Zimbabwe done and dusted – Now on to greater things for West Indies”

Colin E. H. Croft Right! That is Zimbabwe done and dusted. West Indies should be pleased to have won every game of this tour. However, captain Darren Sammy, coach Ottis Gibson and...

Sod turned for CJIA’s US$150M expansion

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sod turned for CJIA’s US$150M expansion

-current terminal building to remain -Chinese contractor insists it is capability By Leonard Gildarie Government yesterday turned the sod for a US$150M expansion of the Cheddi Jagan...

Mining rights…UN backs Amerindians’ control of lands

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mining rights…UN backs Amerindians’ control of lands

A United Nations agency is urging Guyana to review the practice of granting mining permits and concessions in indigenous communities before obtaining consent from Amerindians who live there. The...

Trans Guyana and Tropical Aviation launch Corporate Jet service

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trans Guyana and Tropical Aviation launch Corporate Jet service

In celebration of the Ogle International Airport’s Regional Class Carrier Certification and the 100th Anniversary of Aviation in Guyana, Trans Guyana Airways in collaboration with the Cessna...

Miners say, Minister “sleeping” too long on Marudi mining resolution

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners say, Minister “sleeping” too long on Marudi mining resolution

Gold miners in the controversial Marudi mining district in Region Nine have expressed disappointment with the law pace in which their concerns are being dealt with. Almost a month after their...

Respected humanitarian, Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya, is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Respected humanitarian, Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya, is a ‘Special Person’

“I am not only thinking about just what is happening in my yard.” By Leon Suseran You will not find a more caring and thoughtful person than Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya. His name resounds...

Dem boys seh…Dem Minister like prison warden

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem Minister like prison warden

Nuff contract getting cheap. De Marriott contract price come down, de airport expansion contract get cheap and dem boys waiting fuh see what more gun get cheap. It got to be that somebody...

Venezuela is a lucrative market for Guyana’s rice

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela is a lucrative market for Guyana’s rice

The Governments of Guyana and Venezuela are currently wrapping up the 2013 agreement for the sale of Guyanese paddy and rice to the Spanish state. Apparently, a deal has been finalized but not...

Mega-stage in the making for Indian Arrival commemoration

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mega-stage in the making for Indian Arrival commemoration

After a 112-day voyage, 244 immigrants arrived in Guyana on May 5, 1838, marking the official entry of Indians to Guyana, which was then known as British Guiana. Efforts to import the immigrants from...

Govt. should review duty for electronic security-Tech Giant

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should review duty for electronic security-Tech Giant

Security firms and services gathered recently with Local tech giant, STARR Computers Inc. to underscore new technologies available to enhance security measures for clientele and society at large. At...

TIGI takes anti-corruption to Region Ten

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI takes anti-corruption to Region Ten

As part of its mandate to promote transparency, accountability and eradicating corruption the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) – national contact of Transparency International – in...

Bell 412 back in operation

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bell 412 back in operation

Guyana’s largest helicopter, the army’s Bell 412, is back up and running after years of being parked. Millions of dollars have been spent by government to bring back the chopper. Yesterday,...

The Carnegie School of Home Economics…Improving the quality of lives of those seeking a second chance

Mar 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Carnegie School of Home Economics…Improving the quality of lives of those seeking a second chance

The Carnegie School of Home Economics as it is now known was essentially birthed in the 19th century when several institutions were set up to educate the younger generation, primarily...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Like the rest of the country, a group of people is at a loss about the spate of road accidents. Most are so needless that one must now wonder whether people leave their homes with the intention of...

Export-led growth? Who will lead in the Caribbean?

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Export-led growth? Who will lead in the Caribbean?

By Sir Ronald Sanders A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have turned to...

Changing people or the system?

Mar 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Changing people or the system?

A very good friend of mine recently asked me that, having a column in the Kaieteur News, how come I haven’t been writing polemically on several issues the paper has been highlighting...

One thousand, seven hundred and one murders

Mar 24, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on One thousand, seven hundred and one murders

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, desperate to deflect disapproval of his stewardship of public security over the past six years, embarked on some criticism of his own. He told the recent...

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The great rediscovery

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(Kaieteur News) – There are few things more moving than a sudden conversion. Saul had his road to Damascus. St. Augustine heard a divine voice. And now thousands of overseas-based Guyanese are experiencing their own spiritual awakening. After decades of living in Brooklyn, Toronto, Miami,...

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,...

Local tolerance for bull-a beauty to behold

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese should get first prize for their tolerance for bull, their bottomless reservoir of docility. And humour. They have grown in those respects relative to their head-of-state. Whatever has taken over his head, the astonishing is what...

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