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NO SPEED BOAT TO BARTICA FOR ME …AGAIN

Mar 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NO SPEED BOAT TO BARTICA FOR ME …AGAIN

By Ralph Seeram In my youth and during my early adult days I always considered myself a strong swimmer. In fact I often wondered how people could drown if they know how to swim. I was confident that...

Hoyte remembered as a transformative figure in Guyana’s history

Mar 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Hoyte remembered as a transformative figure in Guyana’s history

The late Hugh Desmond Hoyte was remembered as a transformational figure in Guyana’s history, according to Major General (rtd) Joe Singh who was the key speaker at the fourth annual memorial...

Turkey bound Theresa London impresses in warm up bout

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turkey bound Theresa London impresses in warm up bout

Theresa London raised the hopes of her fans and endorsed her selection to represent this country at the upcoming Junior Female Amateur Boxing championships in Turkey with a clinical display that...

“Embarrassed, clueless, confused and annihilated – West Indies cricket is at its lowest ebb ever!”

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Embarrassed, clueless, confused and annihilated – West Indies cricket is at its lowest ebb ever!”

Colin E. H. Croft “Whuh de hell wrang wid dem fellows in de West Indies team? Dah is de best dem can do?” Last week was a very poisonous week for West Indies cricket supporters everywhere, so...

Interdicted prison officers called back on job

Mar 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Interdicted prison officers called back on job

As a result of the recent prison escape from the Camp Street penitentiary by a murder accused, a senior prison officer, Kevin Pilgrim has been transferred and the two interdicted wardens, Mark...

Morgan crowned overall champ for 3rd year at 5th IPF/NAPF CPC

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan crowned overall champ for 3rd year at 5th IPF/NAPF CPC

Double gold for Edwards; Mars (gold); Melville (gold & bronze); Guyana 6 gold 1 bronze By Franklin Wilson “Never underestimate a team that is out to prove they can win under any condition,”...

Wins for Santos & Western Tigers on exciting first day

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Santos & Western Tigers on exciting first day

The inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League in the City finally kicked off yesterday after being on hold for two weeks with three exciting matches at the Georgetown...

Britain and the Caribbean: A legal battle looming?

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Britain and the Caribbean: A legal battle looming?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, certainly disappointed Caribbean governments, when in the Budget he delivered on March 23 he retained the level of Air...

Building your home? Think again! (Part Six)

Mar 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Building your home? Think again! (Part Six)

Protecting your doors & windows… By Leonard Gildarie The phones were ringing off the hooks like crazy and my inbox was clogged up over the past few days. Last week we examined the need to...

Guyana gets nod to host Caribbean TT C/ships

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana gets nod to host Caribbean TT C/ships

– GTTA preparations already underway By Edison Jefford The intense local attempts to develop and decentralise Table Tennis (TT) ricocheted regionally when the Guyana Table Tennis Association...

Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals continues today

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals continues today

Play in the Mayor’s Cup football championship continues this evening with quarterfinal action at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda. Today’s quarters will see powerhouse Alpha ‘The...

$35M x-ray system to boost tuberculosis care

Mar 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $35M x-ray system to boost tuberculosis care

…as ‘TB Free’ campaign launched An estimated $100M is going to be expended by the Ministry of Health as part of its effort to improve the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. As part of...

T&T eyes coconut oil mill in Guyana

Mar 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on T&T eyes coconut oil mill in Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago has signaled its intentions to buy beef and mutton from Guyana. Additionally, the Twin-Island republic is also interested in buying copra and constructing a coconut oil mill. This...

The Yellow-crowned Parrot

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Yellow-crowned Parrot

The Yellow-crowned Parrot or Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala), is a species of parrot, native to the tropical South America and Panama. The taxonomy is highly complex, and the...

Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition further rescheduled

Mar 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition further rescheduled

Now set for April 9 and 10 The Steering committee of the Berbice school Table Tennis sub Association has once again been forced to push back the two-day Table Tennis competition for school children...

FOR A NEW GUYANA

Mar 27, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FOR A NEW GUYANA

The Alliance for Change has noted with concern a very disturbing letter in the Kaieteur News entitled “People are hungry….” by an Osafo Modibo published on the 20th March 2011. It is simply...

How much money is enough?

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on How much money is enough?

By Adam Harris It was only last week that I had cause to examine the issue of how much land does a man need. It turned out that all a man needs is six feet of burial plot. Some people, depending on...

No Guyanese voter can be so stupid not to see that 35 is 0.7 percent of 5000

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on No Guyanese voter can be so stupid not to see that 35 is 0.7 percent of 5000

There are technical things about politics that the average layperson needs to have explained to them. There are others that are so graphically commonsensical that it is humiliating for you to want...

THE AERODROME MURDERS

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on THE AERODROME MURDERS

By Michael Jordan The tracker dog led the sweating policemen down the Ogle Aerodrome runway. To the journalists looking on, the dog was of no distinguishable breed, but the detectives appeared...

CITY HALL NEEDS A WAKE UP CALL!

Mar 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CITY HALL NEEDS A WAKE UP CALL!

If you are selling a property, you need two sets of compliance documents, both of which attract fees. The fees are fixed and therefore fairly straightforward to calculate. The first set is the income...

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Food inflation is an invisible tax

Kaieteur News – There is an unmistakable cruelty in the way the poorest among us bear the brunt of economic policies... more