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Such initiatives greatly assist our farmers

Oct 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Such initiatives greatly assist our farmers

Dear Editor, I have been involved in agriculture for the past 25 years and have heard a lot of talk about the introduction of new breeds of animals to improve the local breeds that exist in Guyana....

Can we remember during the festivities that Diwali can be about hope for better?

Oct 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Can we remember during the festivities that Diwali can be about hope for better?

Dear Editor, The name change of the Miss Diwali pageant to the Miss Guyana Sari Pageant is the response of the organisers to the calls for the disassociation of the festival from the event. What is...

Smith cannot complain about lack of support

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Smith cannot complain about lack of support

– when support has him in power By Edison Jefford The issues that currently ensnare Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) President, Uborn Smith has nothing to do with the absence of...

Nat’l Darts Championship on this weekend

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Nat’l Darts Championship on this weekend

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) will stage two days of pulsating darts this Saturday and Sunday, 25 and 26 at the Clerical Commercial Worker’s Union office, Quamina Street, Georgetown, starting...

Two drug accused remanded

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two drug accused remanded

A Grove resident was denied his pretrial liberty after he made an appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, on Monday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, accused of having in his...

Chandrika leads Bella Dam Remix to comfortable victory in softball affair

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Chandrika leads Bella Dam Remix to comfortable victory in softball affair

Bella Dam Remix, led by a sparkling knock of 58 from Rajendra Chandrika, with support from Rohan Mangal (30) thrashed Goed Fortune by 115 runs when the two teams met in a 20 overs softball affair at...

Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH 15 overs final

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH 15 overs final

Rangers Sports Club humbles Regal XI by 9 wkts. In a scintillating display of power hitting Rangers Sports Club of West Coast Demerara defeated Regal XI by 9 wickets to win the Banks DIH 15 overs...

NAMILCO presents Wheat-Up to teams ahead of Football Festival

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO presents Wheat-Up to teams ahead of Football Festival

Flamingo replaces Buxton United The National Milling Company Incorporated (NAMILCO) in an effort to aid in the strengthening of players ahead of the Second Annual Namilco Football Festival yesterday...

Hit and run driver nabbed

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver nabbed

Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident on the Enmore Public Road on Sunday last that left 14-year-old Ray Bailey battling to save his life. Reports reaching this newspaper said that the...

Injured media operatives resting comfortably

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Injured media operatives resting comfortably

Three days after a horrific accident which claimed the life of one of their colleagues and the driver of the vehicle, Guyana Times Reporter Ravena Gildharie and NCN camera woman June Ann Amsterdam...

Gafoor’s 1st division 20/20 cricket (Berbice zone)

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Gafoor’s 1st division 20/20 cricket (Berbice zone)

Edwards (60), Ramdeen (50) power Young Warriors to 86-run win Chattergoon lead Albion off field after controversial catch by Foo The Berbice Zone of the inaugural 2008 Gafoor’s first division...

More research needed into the current issues affecting the rice industry

Oct 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on More research needed into the current issues affecting the rice industry

Dear Editor, I respond to Mr. Ramdular Singh’s letter SN dated 19th October 2008 titled, “Farmers need TSP fertilizer”. Fertilizers are a basic component of efficient and sustainable crop...

Leonard Rambhorose Memorial Darts Tourney gets underway this Friday

Oct 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leonard Rambhorose Memorial Darts Tourney gets underway this Friday

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) in collaboration with the relatives of the late Leonard ‘Len’ Rambharose will stage an Open Doubles Dart tournament in memory of Len Rambharose at the Saltair...

Have you seen this man?

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Have you seen this man?

Despite repeated searches, family members of missing truck driver Jacob Hookumchand have still found no trace of him. The 41-year-old man from Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, disappeared last Wednesday...

Govt. must engage those stakeholders who are committed to reviving standards

Oct 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must engage those stakeholders who are committed to reviving standards

Dear Editor, Many years ago, after years in public life and examining the trends and attitudes in our society, I publicly contended that the major effort by Government, the opposition, religious...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YESU

Oct 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YESU

I am unable to say why no photographs of Bharrat at Granny’s birthday bash have appeared in our newspapers. What I do know is that as long as you pass eighty years of age, every birthday is a...

Good economic practices are cushioning Guyana

Oct 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Good economic practices are cushioning Guyana

Guyana is cushioned against the global financial crisis, but that does not mean to say that it will escape some of the harsh effects that are affecting the rest of the world. Already President...

More research needed into the current issues affecting the rice industry

Oct 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on More research needed into the current issues affecting the rice industry

Dear Editor, I respond to Mr. Ramdular Singh’s letter SN dated 19th October 2008 titled, “Farmers need TSP fertilizer”. Fertilizers are a basic component of efficient and sustainable crop...

EPA – Let Him Save Face – Focus on us

Oct 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on EPA – Let Him Save Face – Focus on us

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: I have had to do it a few times, “try my best to save face” as we say in Guyana. President Jagdeo has impressed us all of being “wrong and strong” as it...

Participants at GCCI forum told…

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Participants at GCCI forum told…

Guyana likely to face several adverse effects of global financial crisis Guyana is likely to face some of the adverse effects of the global financial crisis in various sectors and the country could...

$200 million contracted for water works in Sophia

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on $200 million contracted for water works in Sophia

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh, has revealed that close to $200 million has been budgeted for 2009 for repairs to commence on the badly damaged pipelines...

Reviewing economic dogmas

Oct 22, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Reviewing economic dogmas

Over the last two decades, our economic policies were all honed in accordance with the “conditionalities” of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) – the World Bank/IMF. Dubbed the...

President Jagdeo lost the game before it began

Oct 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo lost the game before it began

Guyana has signed the EPA. The inevitability was known to all of us – we had to sign or face economic strangulation. President Jagdeo lost his battle to stop the signing until the package was...

Police talent on show at NCC

Oct 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police talent on show at NCC

In its continuing efforts to restore its relationship with members of the public, the Guyana Police Force will take to the stage of the National Cultural Centre this Sunday for what is billed as a...

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Sinclair (81), Permaul 5-Fer star in Berbice 3-wicket win over Select XI

The system is dysfunctional

Kaieteur News – During his recent meeting with a section of the Guyanese Diaspora in New York, many persons spoke about... more