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Helping the youths to be tomorrow’s leaders

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Helping the youths to be tomorrow’s leaders

DEAR EDITOR, Today it is a profound tragedy to see the destruction of our youths being so visible and evident as they plunge into the abyss of immorality, engaging themselves in sexual malpractices...

Knowledgeable citizens enhance our initiatives

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Knowledgeable citizens enhance our initiatives

Dear Editor, Mr. Devindra Malhotra’s letter to the editor published in the Kaieteur News on Monday June 29, 2009 exemplifies that of a customer who understands the true function of a water...

Desperate to keep our housing scheme going

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Desperate to keep our housing scheme going

Dear Editor, Several years ago, I, along with some friends and business associates applied for some house lots in Yarrowkabra and were given eighteen lots at the front of Yarrowkabra, opposite...

LCDS article did not properly reflect what took place

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on LCDS article did not properly reflect what took place

DEAR EDITOR, We write to communicate concerns about your article, “Guyana’s Low Carbon Strategy outreach gathers momentum” published on June 28, 2009. As Amerindian leaders and elders who were...

CARIGONE?

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CARIGONE?

Starting tomorrow, and continuing for another four days, the 30th Heads of Government Conference of CARICOM should serve as a bellwether on the issue of our regional integration movement. Over the...

No understanding of developmental issues

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on No understanding of developmental issues

DEAR EDITOR, Tarron Khemraj in his letter titled, ‘Ms Daly misinterpreted the economic points raised’ in the Kaieteur News of June 30, 2009, seems to be very opinionated and also seems to believe...

The deadly twins claim another victim

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The deadly twins claim another victim

This country has gone nowhere, is going nowhere and will not go anywhere unless the PNC and PPP as organized forces with power to destroy Guyana fade away. The PNC and PPP have kept this country down...

AG to undertake ‘Value for money audit’

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on AG to undertake ‘Value for money audit’

…report recommends that Public Procurement Commission be established The Auditor General will be doing a ‘Value for money audit’ of the National Procurement Board. But even as this is being...

Guyana’s oldest passes away at 113

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oldest passes away at 113

“A quiet, sweet and peaceful old soul” – Caregiver Caregiver and long time friend of the now dead Matilda Lewis, 76-year-old Edith King, amidst reflective smiles, described the centenarian...

Essequibo Magistrate abandons another court session

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Magistrate abandons another court session

…this time at Anna Regina In a bold statement to lawyers, their clients and to who turned up today at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court yesterday for court hearings, Magistrate Faith McGusty...

Better Hope goldsmith robbed at gunpoint

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Better Hope goldsmith robbed at gunpoint

Police are hunting two bandits who held up a goldsmith and robbed him of $200,000 in gold jewellery. Basdeo Somwaroo, 39 of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was a customer at a liquor restaurant...

Mother seeks help to ‘rescue’ missing daughter

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mother seeks help to ‘rescue’ missing daughter

The mother of a 19-year-old woman from the mining town of Linden is urging the police to intensify their search for her daughter who she is convinced is being held against her will. The teenager,...

Guyana condemns coup in Honduras

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana condemns coup in Honduras

Guyana strongly condemns the removal of the democratically elected President, Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Monday. The country joins in the call for his early...

Two hospitalised after head on collision

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two hospitalised after head on collision

Two persons were admitted to separate city hospitals following a head on collision between two cars on the Happy Acres Public Road, East Coast Demerara around 19:30 hours on Tuesday night. The...

S&S Boxing Promotions Group mulls expansion strategies for local pugilists

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on S&S Boxing Promotions Group mulls expansion strategies for local pugilists

By Michael Benjamin Less than one week after promoting double title bouts between Leon Gilkes and Lennox Allen for the local super/middleweight title, and Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore up against...

St. Pius, St. Angela’s top Georgetown Zone

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Pius, St. Angela’s top Georgetown Zone

St. Pius and St. Angela’s were crowned the Georgetown Zone Boys and Girls champions of the Al Sport & Tour Promotions / Guyana Teachers Union / Stereo Sonic Primary Schools Windball Cricket...

Busy, Machel, Karma band confirmed for Jamzone

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Busy, Machel, Karma band confirmed for Jamzone

The Jamzone Summer Break Weekend plans are accelerating and promises much. Promoters Hits & Jams are reporting that they have secured several international acts to offer live performances at...

GPL moves to integrate Demerara, Berbice Bridge

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL moves to integrate Demerara, Berbice Bridge

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will, for the first time, be undertaking a mega project to improve electricity transmission and distribution by integrating all its operating systems in Demerara and...

Adonis to lead National U-19 ruggers

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adonis to lead National U-19 ruggers

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), yesterday released the names of 22 players to travel to Barbados to participate in this year’s NAWIRA Under-19 Championship Qualifier for the IRB U-20, 2010...

Foreign Affairs Minister says farewell to Brazilian Ambassador

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Affairs Minister says farewell to Brazilian Ambassador

On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, hosted a reception for the outgoing Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana, Arthur Meyer. During Ambassador Meyer’s four-year tenure, the...

Guyana U-19s being robbed of valuable practice

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana U-19s being robbed of valuable practice

Bramble receives gear from UK-based Guyanese On an afternoon blessed with glorious sunshine yesterday, the Guyana Under-19 cricketers were again robbed of valuable practice when the first day of...

Linden father remanded for mistreating son

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden father remanded for mistreating son

A Linden father has been remanded by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court for unlawfully mistreating his three-year-old son, causing unnecessary suffering,...

Sonics criticises basketball in Georgetown

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sonics criticises basketball in Georgetown

Says sport being plundered for personal benefits By Edison Jefford Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club has criticised the state of the sport in Georgetown and believes that there are individuals within...

Police celebrate 170th anniversary

Jul 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police celebrate 170th anniversary

On the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the Guyana Police Force, all police divisions countrywide have commenced their celebrations. The Essequibo Division (G Division) held a church service at...

School Cricket gets boost in Rupununi

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on School Cricket gets boost in Rupununi

Schools in Rupununi recently acquired five books on the laws of Cricket and Cricket gear, from Sylvie’s General Store to boost cricket in the area. These Law books were presented to cricket coach,...

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TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more