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Leon Moore Shrugs aside controversial decision

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Leon Moore Shrugs aside controversial decision

Prepares for world title fight against Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka By Michael Benjamin The debate is still raging over the authenticity of the majority decision by Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore...

Dey, Sukra win titles Pegasus Open Tennis

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dey, Sukra win titles Pegasus Open Tennis

competition continues today Action in the Pegasus Open Tennis tournament continued over last weekend with play in the Junior Categories which produced some keen contests. In some of the results of...

Parents await post mortem results in death of 7-year-old

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parents await post mortem results in death of 7-year-old

The Georgetown Public Hospital is yet to tell the parents of Quincy Softleigh how exactly their seven-year-old boy died while under the care of the hospital two weeks ago. When news of the boy’s...

BK Tigers, NA United into next round

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on BK Tigers, NA United into next round

BK Western Tigers through a 32nd minute strike from Lorenzo Dewsbury squeezed past Riddim Squad last Saturday in the feature match of a double-header in the NaMilCo Football Festival that was played...

DPP withdraws charge against one in “Cool Square” murder trial

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DPP withdraws charge against one in “Cool Square” murder trial

Dwaine Critchlow, 27, who was charged earlier this year with the murder of Canada-based Guyanese, Rawle Harding; yesterday walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates Court a free man, after Director of...

Jagdeo wants UNASUR to create a new financial architecture

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo wants UNASUR to create a new financial architecture

Guyana’s Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo, who is also the current Pro Tempore President of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) says that he will be using the organisation to seek to create a...

Rest Team face Berbice tomorrow at Blairmont

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Rest Team face Berbice tomorrow at Blairmont

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced its Rest Team to compete in the senior 4-day cricket tournament, previously the Inter-County competition, which featured the three county teams, but has...

Alleged arsonist caught after one year on the run

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged arsonist caught after one year on the run

Stanley Griffith, who torched his former lover’s house at 296 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen on September 11, 2009, and who was evading the police has been caught and is in police custody. According to...

Gardner makes it three in a row

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Gardner makes it three in a row

Masters athlete, Llewellyn Gardner made it three in a row on Sunday when he won the Volunteer Youth Corps Inc. 10km Road Race that was held under the theme “Protect a Child, Protect a Nation” at...

Dinanauth captures R. Bassoo Golf title

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dinanauth captures R. Bassoo Golf title

Deoram Dinanauth captured his second tournament in just under a month when he emerged winner of the R. Bassoo and Sons Construction Medal Play golf competition last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf...

‘Hometown’ decisions bad for Guyana’s image

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Hometown’ decisions bad for Guyana’s image

Says Sean Devers Despite an almost hour late start, a faulty sound system for the singers and a lukewarm attendance, the Holland’s Enterprise Promotion Caribbean Fury 2 Boxing card at the Princess...

A decision most foul

Nov 09, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on A decision most foul

There should be a limit to nationalism. People should not be proud, though, when people take that nationalism to the point of cheating. And cheating it was when the judges awarded a fight to local...

These deaths could have been avoided

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on These deaths could have been avoided

Dear Editor, The brutal murder of Neesa Gopaul shocked the populace of Guyana and those overseas, who are connected to this beautiful land of ours. Fingers are still pointing at employees of...

You just laugh at these fools

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You just laugh at these fools

You just laugh at the fools that administer this country. They rant and rave about the commentaries published on their incompetence as if what is written and said about their ignorance, asininity and...

Ministry’s disciplinary actions are justified

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Ministry’s disciplinary actions are justified

Dear Editor, I cannot understand the Guyana Teacher’s Union’s (GTU) stance against the Ministry of Education for disciplining those involved in the handling of the Neesa Gopaul case. It was...

YOU CAN DO WONDERS WITH US$ 50 PER NIGHT

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on YOU CAN DO WONDERS WITH US$ 50 PER NIGHT

Guyana is not all bad. There are many good things that happen and at times these need to also be spotlighted. The government may be awash with problems, incompetence and its fair share of corruption...

Our health care system needs revamping

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Our health care system needs revamping

Dear Editor, It saddens me to read of all the tragic, unavoidable maternal deaths in Guyana. Someone must be held accountable; it is negligence, Cytotec is used in small doses, .25 mgs every four...

There is much more wisdom in repeating a class than to get an automatic promotion

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is much more wisdom in repeating a class than to get an automatic promotion

Dear Editor, I am 70 years old and had been a teacher for 52 years, 38 years with the Ministry of Education and 14 years in after retirement service. Many have passed through my hands, some to great...

Mandir and villagers express gratitude for an incident free Diwali

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Mandir and villagers express gratitude for an incident free Diwali

Dear Editor, We, the executive and members of the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir, and villagers, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to those responsible for peace prevailing in our...

Overseas-based Guyanese wants to return home but…

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese wants to return home but…

Dear Editor, I was recently in Guyana and feel strong repulsion toward the vulgarity the innocents are subjected to in the minibuses. I am an overseas-based Guyanese, who is madly in love with my...

SET THEM FREE?

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SET THEM FREE?

It seems only fair that since the laws of Guyana have been amended to remove the mandatory death penalty for a number of offenses that consideration should now be given to those who remain on death...

In defence of Kaieteur News

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on In defence of Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, I write in defence of Kaieteur News. In a letter written by Brian Azore (GC Nov. 6) in which he refers to Kaieteur News as, “fast attaining tabloid status…opting for fast and...

The CLO’s statement has implications for industrial relations

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The CLO’s statement has implications for industrial relations

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of October 30, 2010, carried an article under the heading – “Barama sacks four workers.” The article states that following a boiler shutdown that forced the...

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Should our students still be studying Shakespeare?

Kaieteur News – Compliments of the Ministry of Education, our secondary school children are being treated to a stage... more