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Leguan resident joins local list of centurions

Jul 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Leguan resident joins local list of centurions

A female resident of Enterprise, Leguan has joined the local list of centenarians. The latest addition to the list is Ms. Theodora Idona Forde, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Dozens of...

Police need to come out from behind their barricades and confront criminals – AFC

Jul 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police need to come out from behind their barricades and confront criminals – AFC

The Alliance For Change has expressed outrage at the recent violent spate of robberies around the country. The party specifically noted the shooting to death of Akbar Ali of Logwood, Enmore, East...

GAPLF/Claude Charles Memorial Junior, Intermediate & Masters C/ships…Rahim, Immamdeen, Jagnarine and Moses set new records

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF/Claude Charles Memorial Junior, Intermediate & Masters C/ships…Rahim, Immamdeen, Jagnarine and Moses set new records

By Franklin Wilson The 2008 Guyana Amateur Power Lifting Federation/Claude Charles Memorial Junior, Intermediate and Masters Championships came off with a bang yesterday at the National Gymnasium...

PNCR gears to observe Burnham’s legacy

Jul 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PNCR gears to observe Burnham’s legacy

The PNCR will, on August 6, observe the 23rd anniversary of the death of its Founder Leader, Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. The usual wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Place of the...

Corporate support rolls in for GABBFF seniors on Aug. 10

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Corporate support rolls in for GABBFF seniors on Aug. 10

Giftland Office Max, Farfan & Mendes Ltd. on board Corporate support for the annual Mr. & Ms. Guyana Senior Body Building and Fitness Championships organised by the Guyana Amateur...

Digicel Caribbean Championship…Dominica is 3rd team in Guyana group, Aruba for group A

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Caribbean Championship…Dominica is 3rd team in Guyana group, Aruba for group A

Dominica is the 3rd team in group B of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Football Championship which is set for Guyana from August 6. Since the championship was launched in Curacao last week, it was not...

Body still awaiting identification

Jul 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Body still awaiting identification

SKELDON, CORENTYNE – The body of a man of African descent, which was found on the Number Sixty-Three Beach on the Corentyne at about 07:30 hours on July 21 last, is still awaiting...

Designate more one-way streets

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…revise speed limits on highways — Backer Following the passage of tougher laws for drivers, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) shadow Home Affairs Minister Deborah Backer...

Outstanding Grade Six students honoured

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ALBION, CORENTYNE – The Region Six five top performers at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examinations were honoured by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was...

CFU Under-17 Youth Cup…Guyana in group B with Grenada and Barbados

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on CFU Under-17 Youth Cup…Guyana in group B with Grenada and Barbados

Guyana will face Grenada in the first group B fixture tomorrow when the 2008 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) under-17 Youth Cup kicks off in Trinidad and Tobago. The group B teams are based in Tobago...

Injury study being conducted at CONCACAF and CFU Youth Tournaments

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Injury study being conducted at CONCACAF and CFU Youth Tournaments

The use of artificial turf could become the norm in football depending on the outcome of a FIFA-sanctioned study during three youth tournaments in Trinidad and Tobago this year. The purpose of the...

Region Six set for PPP Congress

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NEW AMSTERDAM , BERBICE – The People’s Progressive Party regional committees in Berbice are adding the final touches for the 29th Triennial Congress of the party, slated for August 2 and 3 at...

Black Bush Polder minibus robbed

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ADVENTURE, CORENTYNE – A minibus driver, his conductor and a passenger were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. The incident took place at about 13:00 hours on Saturday at the Adventure Access...

Sports has lost a stalwart

Jul 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports has lost a stalwart

John Emanuel Nestor M.S. a renowned public relations practitioner and sports administrator ‘left us’. He died on Friday, July 18th, a mere eleven days before his 94th birthday. Uncle John as he...

Rehabilitation work commences at Adventure Training College

Jul 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Rehabilitation work commences at Adventure Training College

ADVENTURE, CORENTYNE – Work on the rehabilitation of the Felix Austin Police College ‘B’ Division at Adventure on the Corentyne began last Monday. The estimated cost of the project is some...

Guyana needs a special candidate for president

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a special candidate for president

Dear Editor, I have been following articles by Peeping Tom and other letter writers in the Kaieteur News, brain storming the issue of the proposed Presidential candidate for the PPP for the 2011...

Mutual restraint is key to ensuring that the Separation of Powers doctrine is not violated

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Mutual restraint is key to ensuring that the Separation of Powers doctrine is not violated

Dear Editor, Prem Misir’s letter, published in the Kaieteur News, dated Sunday July 20, 2008, in which he asserts that Chabrol and the Guyana Press Association’s (GPA) actions violates the...

Deception and exploitation of cane harvesters

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Deception and exploitation of cane harvesters

Dear Editor, The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Robert Persaud, is spending US$181 million in the Berbice sugar estates, according to an article in SN on July 20, 2008 (“Minister urges...

The circumstances are as plain as day

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The circumstances are as plain as day

Dear Editor, I respond to Lurlene Nestor’s letter in Kaieteur News of 25-07-08, captioned, “Will these circumstances ever be revealed?” You asked how this convicted prisoner Edwin Niles came to...

A clarification of the properties of Bismuth

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on A clarification of the properties of Bismuth

Dear Editor, I write to clarify the explanation of the chemical element “Bismuth” that appeared in a recent derogatory comment about Vishnu Bisram. I made a promise not to respond to attacks...

The Oxford Syndrome

Jul 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Oxford Syndrome

The leader of the political party ROAR, Mr. Ravi Dev, continues to assail my thesis of elected dictatorship. His column yesterday again focused on my adumbration of this concept. Mr. Dev refers to my...

Tribute to two media pioneers

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to two media pioneers

Dear Editor, We need to applaud those non-Guyanese who played a significant role in focusing attention on human rights in Guyana during the dictatorship and who also contributed to the struggle for...

The delegates have the power

Jul 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The delegates have the power

While I do not expect that the forthcoming congress of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will decide who will be the party’s next presidential candidate, it is for the delegates to...

Let’s make GWI a case study

Jul 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s make GWI a case study

Dear Editor, I am not one of your regular letter writers and certainly am not into rambling with the powers that be and element of Guyana’s elite political and socioeconomic structure. But it’s...

The EPA review

Jul 28, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The EPA review

After the Economic Partnership Agreement had been initialled by our negotiators at the end of last year, President Jagdeo announced forthrightly that, “The EPA was a well-thought-out ploy by Europe...

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The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

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(Kaieteur News) – When a member of the New York Police Department hears mention of the IAD, red madness takes over. IAD stands for Internal Affairs Division. IAD is not respected by its cop constituency. It is feared. Feared like the Grim Reaper’s chainsaw. IAD snoops around, builds files, can...

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