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Burnett preparations going well for Olympics

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Burnett preparations going well for Olympics

Marian Burnett preparations for the Olympic Games have been going well. The Guyanese track star, who has taken series of preparation runs to the European circuit ran to her third silver medal on the...

Berbice school teacher is lone Guyanese success at Umpires Exam

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice school teacher is lone Guyanese success at Umpires Exam

Well known Berbice headmaster Augustus Outar is the lone Guyanese to have successfully completed this years West Indies Cricket Umpires exam (WICUA) and has now joined the ranks of a fully qualified...

Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Tournament: Pepsi Hornets claim both titles

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Tournament: Pepsi Hornets claim both titles

By Rawle Welch A blunder by the experienced Walter George was what caused Yamaha Caribs (Men) the Banks DIH Sevens One-day Rugby title which was played yesterday at the National Park. George, who had...

Tony Deyal – OH MY DOORLING

Jun 09, 2008 knews Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal – OH MY DOORLING

Port of Spain has always been a hot town Like a pepper in a pot of rice and peas Waiting to burst and scatter, a trap For the unwary… The new Hyatt Hotel in Trinidad is in the old Port of Spain,...

Freddie Kissoon – Is Mr. Jagdeo controversial or dictatorial?

Jun 09, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 6

It was Ras Tom Dalgetty who argued publicly in the letter columns of the newspapers that looking at what we have for a government, it was better if the WPA had tried to work out a compromise with...

Peeping Tom – COMMENDATIONS ARE IN ORDER

Jun 09, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

The Peeper is no expert but the Peeper knows now for sure that had the government procured the sort of choppers that Captain Gerry Gouveia had been advising all along, Fineman and his gang would have...

Clinton can be compared to the PNCR

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, No one can tell those die-hard fans and supporters of Hilary Clinton that she did not even come close to winning the popular vote. Hilary Clinton voted for Michigan and Florida not to be...

Are the President and the entire Cabinet willing to take polygraph tests?

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Are the President and the entire Cabinet willing to take polygraph tests?

Dear Editor, It’s a sad day for this beautiful country when you read the daily newspapers. Imagine, the Customs fiasco, with officials being sacked because they failed polygraph tests. Well,...

The U.S. must prove the allegation against Guyana

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Five years ago, the American Government told the world that Sadam Hussein and Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. What a spectacle did Colin Powel present to the Congress of...

Guyana seed assistance to Jamaica

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana seed assistance to Jamaica

Dear Editor, The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) wants to draw attention to an article in the Sunday edition of the SN of 8th June, 2008, titled “Guyana gives Jamaica US$10,000 boost for rice...

Unenlightened enlightenment

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Unenlightened enlightenment

Dear Editor, I refer to the Sunday Stabroek Editorial of June 8, 2008, where it injected as its running theme the notion that the Office of the President is oblivious to enlightenment. It, however,...

Saving electricity

Jun 09, 2008 knews Editorial 1

As the price of crude oil rises inexorably towards the US$200 per barrel marker (with no upper limits in sight), it should surprise no one that the cost of generating electricity — which in our...

Government must ensure systems are in place for timely hearing of all cases

Jun 09, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I respond to Kwame McCoy’s letter under the caption “Criticisms of the judiciary are the cross-checks and balance of power” (Kaieteur News 06.04.08). Firstly, the state comprises...

Gunfight at Christmas Falls…‘Fine Man’ planned further massacres to avenge sister’s death

Jun 08, 2008 knews News 5

…diary reveals A heavily-armed Joint Services contingent was yesterday still hot on the trail of fugitive Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins and several other gunmen, who escaped following...

Derelict building comes crashing down, 24 homeless

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Derelict building comes crashing down, 24 homeless

A building believed to be more than 100 years old collapsed yesterday morning, leaving some 24 persons, among them several children, homeless. This newspaper understands that, at around 01:30 hours,...

Joint Services target Oliver Hinckson’s relatives, close friends

Jun 08, 2008 knews News 3

…conduct early morning raids at their homes The close family and friends of sedition accused Oliver Hinckson yesterday said that they are being victimized by members of the Joint Services. Early...

President Jagdeo to seek funding for regional farmers

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo to seek funding for regional farmers

President Bharrat Jagdeo will be approaching financial institutions on the possibility of establishing a special financing window for small states, explicitly recognising the characteristics related...

GBA president speaks out on judicial criticism

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GBA president speaks out on judicial criticism

Newly elected President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Teni Housty, has taken note of the recent response by the Office of the President regarding the issue of judicial criticism. In a release,...

Transportation exploitation slim during Carifesta, say Ministers

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Transportation exploitation slim during Carifesta, say Ministers

The likelihood of visitors being exploited by operators of public transportation during Guyana’s hosting of Cairfesta X will be greatly reduced, since according to Minister of Public Works, Robeson...

Sexual molestation, harassment reports being investigated

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sexual molestation, harassment reports being investigated

– Minister Baksh The Ministry of Education has expressed concern over several reports of alleged sexual harassment and molestation and has mounted its own investigations. Minister of Education,...

Govt. to slash subsidised electricity to Linden from July 1

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. to slash subsidised electricity to Linden from July 1

Yesterday, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and GPL Chairman Winston Brassington held a live programme on the two television stations in Linden to clarify the situation as relates to the impending...

There is a problem for vacation seekers

Jun 08, 2008 knews Editorial 1

Guyanese pay more for gasoline than most people in the United States. They do not work for United States dollars, which are traded at just over $200 in local currency to a single United States...

MURDER AND MYSTERY – Death and the Lotto winner

Jun 08, 2008 knews Murder and Mystery Comments Off on MURDER AND MYSTERY – Death and the Lotto winner

How could a killer get through the tiny window of the Khedoo’s residence? By Michael Jordan At around 01:45 hrs on Sunday, April 24, 2005 detectives at the Grove Police Station received a series of...

Distrust of police stems from lack of ethical standards

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Distrust of police stems from lack of ethical standards

The region’s police chiefs are convinced that a lack of ethical standards will continue to lead to distrust of police officers and the further erosion of public confidence. In addition, they...

A teenager struggles with hearing loss

Jun 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on A teenager struggles with hearing loss

…but wants to pursue a career in nursing By Yannason Duncan At first, whenever anyone called her, Carmen Marks would be unresponsive, creating a belief within everyone that she was intentionally...

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