August 16, 2008

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2nd Chubby U-14 League unveiled

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Guyana Beverage Inc. invests $500,000 By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Beverage Incorporated has continued to tangibly invest in the future of Guyana’s Football development with the unveiling of their...

Changing Your Life Ministries Challenge 20/20 Cup: RHTWSB and Albion play to thrilling tie

Aug 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Changing Your Life Ministries Challenge 20/20 Cup: RHTWSB and Albion play to thrilling tie

Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) and Albion battled to an exciting tie when they clashed at the Area ‘H’ Ground in a specially arranged match on Wednesday to raise funds for the...

$11.1M in arms, ammo never supplied

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I am not in a position to comment on that – Rohee “I am not in a position to comment on that,” was the response of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, yesterday when asked about the status of...

Education Ministry launches workshop for regional managers

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The Ministry of Education will conduct a one-week workshop for Regional Education Managers from August 18-22 at the Regency Hotel in Georgetown. The workshop, under the theme “Building Managerial...

Robbers lie in wait, hit Latchmansingh for $100,000

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In a daring daylight snatch/robbery, two unmasked thieves yesterday snatched a bag containing approximately $100,000 in change from Esmond Latchmansingh, the owner of Latchmansingh Drugstore, just...

Long Island Amateur boxing Championships underway

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Guyanese Michael Carryl in the forefront The third annual Long Island Amateur Boxing Championships began Thursday at Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, and concludes today. The three-day event,...

O’Neil vows to knockout Ewell

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– pleads for corporate assistance To date, she holds the distinction of being Guyana’s first and only woman world champion, an honour bestowed upon her after she dished out a sound beating to...

AHBF Summer Clinic gets underway

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The Abdulla Hamid Basketball Foundation’s (AHBF) Summer Programme for children was off to a flying start on Monday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Basketball Court in the Mining Town of Linden....

LABA B/ball Summer Fest starts Monday

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The Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s (LABA) Summer Festival Basketball tournament commences Monday with Wismar Pistons taking on minnows New Ballers in the first game of an intriguing...

Stanton Hat-trick highlights latest Pouderoyen Inter-Block football

Aug 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Stanton Hat-trick highlights latest Pouderoyen Inter-Block football

After a one week break the Pouderoyen Inter-Block football competition returned with a bang at the West Demerara Secondary School ground Thursday with a Neville Stanton hat-trick highlighting this...

Leslie Amsterdam memorial U-17 cricket: W/Berbice take 1st innings points from N/A/Canje

Aug 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leslie Amsterdam memorial U-17 cricket: W/Berbice take 1st innings points from N/A/Canje

West Berbice took first innings points from New Amsterdam/Canje in their recent drawn two-day Leslie Amsterdam under-17 inter-zone cricket competition in Berbice while the Upper Corentyne/ Central...

Sports Ministry’s HIV/AIDS Awareness program U-19 cricket series: Mangroo, Wong spur Bartica to

Aug 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports Ministry’s HIV/AIDS Awareness program U-19 cricket series: Mangroo, Wong spur Bartica to

By Sean Devers Man-of-the-Match Sumesh Mangroo fell seven short of a brilliant century while left-arm spinner Andre Wong grabbed 5-9 as Bartica scored an emphatic 172-run consolation win yesterday...

DCB Inter-association U-17 tourney starts August 21

Aug 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on DCB Inter-association U-17 tourney starts August 21

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) is preparing to organise an inter-association U-17 cricket competition from August 21 in preparation for the Clico Inter County tournament. It was decided when the...

CLICO launches 2008 ‘Day of Races’

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– Kennard promises successful meet By Edison Jefford Justice Cecil Kennard promised representatives of CLICO yesterday that the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club will be leaving no stones unturned in...

Suriname end in pole position after day one of Goodwill swimming

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Selby & Baptiste break 200m free record By Franklin Wilson After the first day of intense rivalry at the 14th Goodwill Swimming Championships (GSC) taking place at the Castellani Pool,...

14th Annual Goodwill Swimming Championships: Compete with a spirit of brotherhood – Dr. Anthony

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By Franklin Wilson “Sports, is one of the things that brings people together and as you can see we have these countries here together.” The words of the Honorable Minister of Culture Youth and...

Demerara Bank sponsors Upper Corentyne 2nd division cricket

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The Demerara Bank recently opened their second banking facility in Berbice at Corriverton and the City based institution have decided to ‘give back’ to the Upper Corentyne area by sponsoring a...

The FPA and the GFC are strange bedfellows

Aug 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The FPA and the GFC are strange bedfellows

DEAR EDITOR, It might seem from your reports on the Forest Producers Association and the Guyana Forestry Commission that they are always at each others throat. However they are indeed strange...

A plausible analysis of Ramkarran and the PPP

Aug 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on A plausible analysis of Ramkarran and the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a recent news item in the Sunday Stabroek titled: “Ramkarran disappointed, cites lobby against him.” In a section of that item, Mr. Ramkarran is quoted as saying, “I...

Civil society’s vision for Guyana is well nigh impossible

Aug 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Civil society’s vision for Guyana is well nigh impossible

DEAR EDITOR, Your article “Civil society outlines vision for secure Guyana by 2013”in the August 15, 2008 issue has set for itself a most noble goal i.e. Guyana becoming “…a secure and...

THE MANDELA AVENUE DUMPSITE

Aug 16, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on THE MANDELA AVENUE DUMPSITE

In most other countries of the world, it would have been impossible for a garbage dump to be located just yards from a residential area. Yet, in Guyana, for years, we have had a most unhealthy...

Measuring greatness

Aug 16, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Measuring greatness

People see what they want to see in an individual. For me singers, poets, actors, writers, doctors, nurses, athletes, scientists, are human beings whose achievements to their county and the world are...

Will the leaders of the PPP heed the call of congress?

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I do not know how serious to take a declaration emerging out of the 29th Congress of the People’s Progressive Party which indicated that party’s willingness to work with opposition parties and...

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Millington lads Guyana’s historic 1-2 finish in 100m at South...

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Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s sprinting future announced itself in emphatic fashion on the track in South American Youth Games 2026, as Ezekiel Millington powered to gold in the boys’ 100m final...

Do the right thing!

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(Kaieteur News) – For years, we have called May 5, “Arrival Day.” It is a name that sounds inclusive but, in reality, obscures more than it reveals. It is time to end the confusion and call the day what it was always intended to be: Indian Arrival Day. In 2003, during the tenure of the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Never has any single company

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(Kaieteur News) – “Never has any single company…” in a single country beaten almost every single citizen into a state of paralysis. Frankly, I’m disappointed in Chartered Accountant, Attorney-at-Law (and civil society advocate), Chris Ram. Aside: does this chap ever sleep? Mr....

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