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Digicel Caribbean Championship Group B…1st set of T&T-based ‘Golden Jaguars’ expected today on chartered flight

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Caribbean Championship Group B…1st set of T&T-based ‘Golden Jaguars’ expected today on chartered flight

With the peak season in full flight Kaieteur Sport understands that the Guyana Football Federation has been forced to charter an Air Services flight to bring in some of the Trinidad and Tobago based...

Murder rate at an alarming high

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Murder rate at an alarming high

— 109 murders in seven months Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says that Guyana’s murder rate is significantly higher than last year’s. There have been 109 homicides so far for this year, including...

Alpha United CARIFESTA Football Festival…Bakewell Topp XX beat GDF, Fruta Conquerors needle Silver Shattas

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United CARIFESTA Football Festival…Bakewell Topp XX beat GDF, Fruta Conquerors needle Silver Shattas

The Alpha United Football Club/CARIFESTA 16-team Football Festival kicked off in fine style on Emancipation night at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden. Honours...

The body parts of Caribbean unity and governance realities – Part Two

Aug 03, 2008 knews Clarence E. Pilgrim, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The body parts of Caribbean unity and governance realities – Part Two

By Clarence E Pilgrim Wherever you go within the Caribbean community, you are sure to find the trappings of a remarkable history and culture worth capturing for future reference. The Twenty-Ninth...

BFA Coca Cola division one League…Four matches set for today

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA Coca Cola division one League…Four matches set for today

Rivalry in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Coca Coal division-one league is set to continue today with four matches at two venues. Clashing in the opening match from 14:00hrs at the Number 5...

Tourism crime underscores Caribbean weaknesses

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Tourism crime underscores Caribbean weaknesses

By Sir Ronald Sanders Tourism to Antigua and Barbuda has suffered a serious blow from the tragic killing of British doctor, Catherine Mullany, and the serious injury to her husband, Ben, as they...

Guyana & Barbados draw 0-0, Guadeloupe maul USVI 10-1

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana & Barbados draw 0-0, Guadeloupe maul USVI 10-1

Guyana started their campaign in the 2008 Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup on a good note when they held Barbados to a nil all stalemate on Friday. The two teams are expected to meet again today to...

CONNECT: Guyana’s poor – Brazil’s rich

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on CONNECT: Guyana’s poor – Brazil’s rich

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: Brazil is the number one global producer of five key products, including coffee and orange juice. It is also the number two producer of...

Wasn’t Freddie’s teacher a dictator?

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Wasn’t Freddie’s teacher a dictator?

The Parrot had in the past squawked about Freddie’s flawed and deliberately skewed analyses on what he terms “elected dictatorship”. This now seems like an obsession on his part and many have...

Veteran cops Pre-CARIFESTA Race Walk

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Veteran cops Pre-CARIFESTA Race Walk

Veteran Race Walker, Maurice Fagundes copped the top position and the Minister of the Public Service Dr. Jennifer Westford’s trophy in the 10 laps Pre-Carifesta Veterans Race Walk on Sunday last...

Open letter to PPP Congress delegates

Aug 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to PPP Congress delegates

Dear Editor, As the Congress of our dear beloved People’s Progressive Party (PPP) takes place this weekend at the Diamond School, delegates and observers alike must hold the view that Moses...

Are we ignoring the fundamentals of our peril

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Are we ignoring the fundamentals of our peril

For some time now I have been noticing that increasingly young people are unable to read or write. This was a phenomenon that was common to old people way back when I was a little boy. And people...

Coca Cola August Olympiad postponed

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Coca Cola August Olympiad postponed

The Athletics Association of Guyana and the Guyana Cycling Federation has postponed the Coca Cola sponsored August Olympiad which was planned for today. A new date for the event will be announced. ...

Schoolgirls Windball Cricket Series…Guyanese make it four in a row

Aug 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Schoolgirls Windball Cricket Series…Guyanese make it four in a row

Guyana Schoolgirls Windball Cricket team edged even closer to replicating their last year’s 5-0 performance when they defeated Trinidad and Tobago by five runs in the 4th 20/20 match yesterday at...

Correcting the gap in our criminal justice system

Aug 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Correcting the gap in our criminal justice system

Dear Editor, People are very disappointed, including victims and their relatives, when dangerous criminals are able to walk away free from a High Court trial, because of legal technicalities, or...

Today, the PPP delegates vote but for whom and for what?

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Today, the PPP delegates vote but for whom and for what?

Countless famous writers in all types of genre have poetically reflected on the human mind since time immemorial. Quite a large number of them have taken a pessimistic view. One of the most vivid...

Questions for GECOM

Aug 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions for GECOM

Dear Editor, Are we to understand that the Registration process will come to an end without GECOM letting the nation know why they have refused to accept their own Identification Cards lawfully and...

The AFC Column…MEDALS, DIPLOMACY & VENEZUELA?

Aug 03, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC Column…MEDALS, DIPLOMACY & VENEZUELA?

By Raphael Trotman, AFC Leader The Guyanese public was recently treated to a most interesting sight of the Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best, being bestowed with the...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Indeed it is the silly season and no one is taking notice. It is more of the same because another driver is going to crash into an oncoming vehicle. This driver is going to take his eyes off the road...

For Democracy in Guyana

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For Democracy in Guyana

Guyanese have had a troubled relationship with “democratic” governance. Neither the Dutch founders of Guyana nor their British successors practiced democracy. The PNC wasted its opportunity after...

These developments cannot be ignored by the society at large

Aug 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on These developments cannot be ignored by the society at large

Dear Editor, Please allow me to offer this response to T. King’s letter captioned “Prisoner said he found bullets at army camp”. This letter, published in the July 26th edition of the Chronicle...

RED SAND AND RED DUST

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RED SAND AND RED DUST

I heard that someone said that Guyana needs a Nelson Mandela. I do not know if any reasons were given for such a suggestion but I can only surmise this has to do with Mandela’s personal integrity...

CONTINENTAL VOICES: GUYANESE WRITERS ON THE RADIO

Aug 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on CONTINENTAL VOICES: GUYANESE WRITERS ON THE RADIO

by GEMMA ROBINSON If charting the rise of post-war anglophone Caribbean writing has become a catalogue of award-winning poets and novelists. A focus on radio and local Caribbean publishing in the...

Preserve a national treasure

Aug 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Preserve a national treasure

Dear Editor, Preservation of national treasures plays a very important role within any country’s Tourism Sector and if we can’t maintain the preservation of our rich history, we might as well...

What’s with the Psychiatric Ward at GPHC?

Aug 03, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on What’s with the Psychiatric Ward at GPHC?

A headline in the Saturday issue of this newspaper proclaimed that the Sanata deal stank to high heavens. We are also of the view that something in the Psychiatric Ward of the Georgetown Public...