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New laptop tender begins tomorrow

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New laptop tender begins tomorrow

The government will tomorrow re-advertise for the supply of laptops under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, and will be asking for different specifications in hopes of attracting a larger...

Rivalry for regional supremacy anticipated to be keen

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rivalry for regional supremacy anticipated to be keen

With ten days remaining before the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) host its ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ International Drag Race Meeting, at the South Dakota Circuit, the...

NMS Students sent home for lack of textbook

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NMS Students sent home for lack of textbook

Some 64 third form students of the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS) were on Monday ordered to leave the premises because they were not in possession of the Literature Text Book “A...

Windies coach says team upbeat ahead of J’can leg

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Windies coach says team upbeat ahead of J’can leg

Barath back after lengthy injury break WEST Indies cricket coach Ottis Gibson has expressed disappointment at losing the Digicel One-Day International (ODI) series to India, but insists that the...

Plane damages propeller while landing at Eteringbang airstrip

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Plane damages propeller while landing at Eteringbang airstrip

A local charter aircraft reportedly damaged its propeller yesterday while landing on a runway at Eteringbang, Cuyuni. No one was reportedly injured, an official of the Air Services Limited (ASL) said...

Perry among three new faces on national athletics team

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Perry among three new faces on national athletics team

– Forde, Pompey, lead five-member CAC squad By Edison Jefford Rupert Perry leads three new faces among a five-member team that was shortlisted sometime this week to compete at one of the...

Guyana Prison Service “incompetent” – AFC

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Prison Service “incompetent” – AFC

The AFC yesterday spoke out against what it called the “incompetence of the Guyana Prison Service”. In its weekly press briefing the party noted that there has been yet another prison break where...

Tradewind Tankers Volleyball Tournament serves off Saturday

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Tradewind Tankers Volleyball Tournament serves off Saturday

The second annual Tradewind Tankers-sponsored Volleyball Tournament organised by Castrol Strikers is set to serve off this Saturday, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, starting from 09:00 hrs....

‘Cobra’ fears for his life

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cobra’ fears for his life

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into one of the robbery under arms cases for which Tyrone Rowe, called ‘Cobra, and his associates, Dwayne Critchlow and Amad Lallchand, aka Rondy have been charged,...

St. Mary’s eliminate Saints

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on St. Mary’s eliminate Saints

By Rawle Welch After being reduced to ten players following the expulsion of the nippy Job Caesar, St. Mary’s produced a remarkable performance to eliminate St. Stanislaus College as the...

GT&T FastBall Awareness Games at Skeldon well received

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall Awareness Games at Skeldon well received

Cougars edge Rosignol in exciting final Football fans and supporters in Berbice were on Sunday last given a taste of what is to come when the GT&T FastBall competition officially kicks off on...

Gov’t goes easy on Bouterse’s New River claim

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t goes easy on Bouterse’s New River claim

Georgetown seems to have decided not to protest the latest statement by Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse that the New River Triangle in southern Guyana belongs to Suriname. The statement was made...

Mahaica attempted murder duo further remanded

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica attempted murder duo further remanded

Two men who were charged with the attempted murder of Jowkarran Gurdatt were again denied their pretrial liberty when they made another court appearance before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Mahaica...

NO RULER HAS A RIGHT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO EAT

Jun 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO RULER HAS A RIGHT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO EAT

The decision to ban wheat and wheaten flour was typical of backwardness that characterized economic policy-making at the time the prohibition was implemented in Guyana. Flour was a basic staple in...

Gayle meets with WICB in Jamaica

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Gayle meets with WICB in Jamaica

Unlikely to be selected to play in Monday’s Test Chris Gayle is unlikely to feature in the three-Test series between West Indies and India, a regional cricket official said yesterday after the...

Can Mr. Klass’ comments be taken seiously?

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Can Mr. Klass’ comments be taken seiously?

Dear Sports Editor, An article appearing on the back page of Kaieteur News publication of 02.06.11 captioned “We Did Not Receive Any Money – Klass” has placed the element of doubt within my...

GNBS bans defective fans

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS bans defective fans

Three models of the Lasko brand and one model of the Galaxy brand of box fans which were manufactured by Lasko Products Inc. are being recalled due to manufacturing defects, according to Guyana...

GTTA rewards top performers from Level I Course

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA rewards top performers from Level I Course

The top three performers of the Coaching Seminar, which the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) sponsored, were on Sunday awarded cash incentives in recognition of their outstanding performance at...

A sense of overriding authority makes us arrogant sick creatures

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A sense of overriding authority makes us arrogant sick creatures

DEAR EDITOR, I wanted this story to capture the attention of every policeman, but then I thought what the heck! These things have now become a norm – happening all the time – some things...

Lindeners, let’s keep the winds swirling

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Lindeners, let’s keep the winds swirling

DEAR EDITOR, I read with intrigue on Wednesday, June 15, a letter written in the Kaieteur News by my distant cousin Dmitri Allicock titled “Linden’s disappearing history is painful”. Quite an...

I am unsure of my crime against Kaieteur News

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on I am unsure of my crime against Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, Some weeks ago columnist Freddie Kissoon, complained that Kaieteur News has not been carrying letters by Malcolm Harripaul and asked for an explanation. What Freddie may not know is that...

Whether for human consumption or religious purposes, wheat flour ban affected everyone

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Whether for human consumption or religious purposes, wheat flour ban affected everyone

Dear Editor, I have followed with measured consternation the exchanges in KN’s letters column between Messrs. Robin Williams and Vishnu Bisram on the issue of Forbes Burnham banning certain foreign...

The Editor’s Dictum

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Editor’s Dictum

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Adam Harris, Editor-in-Chief of Kaieteur News, saw it fit to append a note to my letter, “The (flour) Ban affected Hindus”. Every day in the letters pages of this newspaper, there...

Different uses for rice and wheat flour

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Different uses for rice and wheat flour

Dear Editor, I write in response to the editor’s note attached to “The ban (of flour) affected Hindus” (KN June 15). As I penned in earlier commentaries, Indians (Hindus) rely on different...

Unfulfilled promises

Jun 16, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Unfulfilled promises

There are times when with all good intentions, the government would promise to execute projects and programmes. Sometimes, the elements would conspire to thwart the government but they would only...

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The death knell of a deep-water harbour

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Fifteen years is an eternity in the world of global trade and infrastructure. Long enough... more