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Yonex Badminton Club team off to Trinidad

Aug 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Yonex Badminton Club team off to Trinidad

Yonex Badminton Club Junior Team left yesterday for San Fernando, Trinidad and will be there until August 11 to compete in the Caribbean Club Cup Junior Team Championships organised by the Malick...

Reds Perreira Sports Foundation gets donation

Aug 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Reds Perreira Sports Foundation gets donation

United States-based Guyanese businessman Dave Narine made a substantial donation to the Reds Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) at a simple ceremony held yesterday afternoon at Le Meridian Pegasus...

Scotia Bank contributes to Pepsi Sonics’ summer camp

Aug 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank contributes to Pepsi Sonics’ summer camp

Scotia Bank’s Branch Manager, Mathew Langevine on Thursday handed over a cheque to Pepsi Sonics’ Vice–President Linda Whyte to help offset expenses related to its annual basketball ‘summer’...

Brazil’s Barcelona win Good Friends football title

Aug 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Brazil’s Barcelona win Good Friends football title

Barcelona Football Club of Bon Fim on the frontier of Guyana and Brazil, claimed the coveted prize of $35,000 and a trophy after defeating Rainbow United of Mahdia, Region 8 by a 2 – 1 margin when...

Four names

Aug 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Four names

When you become involved in political chats in and around Georgetown about the PPP’s 2011 presidential candidates, three definite names come out of the mouths of discussants – Ralph Ramkarran,...

Observing the traffic going by

Aug 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Observing the traffic going by

There are a great many beat-duty cops on the roads these days. They are especially visible around the city; no doubt, as a result of Guyana’s preparations for Carifesta X, which will be hosted in...

Help needed

Aug 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Help needed

DEAR EDITOR, It has been in excess of two weeks that the community of Werk-en-Rust has been experiencing overflows of sewerage and effluent from the sewer system. Many reports have been made to the...

MEDALS, DIPLOMACY & VENEZUELA?

Aug 02, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MEDALS, DIPLOMACY & VENEZUELA?

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 Medal Star of Carabobo, on the...

TPL will overcome

Aug 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on TPL will overcome

DEAR EDITOR, Patriarchal figures in Guyana’s history – such as Toolsie Persaud, Edward B. Beharry, John Fernandes Sr., and several others – have blazed trails in true pioneering spirit...

“Master of Singing” is too vague to justify Mohammed Rafi’s contribution to Indian Playback Music

Aug 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on “Master of Singing” is too vague to justify Mohammed Rafi’s contribution to Indian Playback Music

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to make a comment on an article published in your letter column on July 30, 2008 “in memory of the greatest singer of all times” by Prame Kumar. From the very onset, I would...

Let commuters have their peace while travelling on the NA ferry

Aug 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let commuters have their peace while travelling on the NA ferry

DEAR EDITOR, It was 9 o’ clock in the night, Sunday, July 27. I was very tired from an all-day tour to an Amerindian reservation in Region Three, boarded the steamer at Rosignol for New Amsterdam,...

Tragic end of a Guyanese – is it grace or justice?

Aug 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Tragic end of a Guyanese – is it grace or justice?

DEAR EDITOR, Allow me to share my deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the late Akbar Alli of Logwood. This tragic ending of a young husband and cold blooded ruin of a father of two...

Emancipation – a time for recollection

Aug 02, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Emancipation – a time for recollection

Yesterday was a significant day in the lives of a significant number of Caribbean people, the descendants of a people whose ancestors came to this part of the world as slaves. These were the people...

Remembering their roots

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Remembering their roots

Cops under close arrest for prisoner’s escape

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cops under close arrest for prisoner’s escape

Murder accused Trevor Major may have used the negligence of ranks to make good his escape on Wednesday. Police, in a press release, said that two ranks are under close arrest, although investigators...

Regional Immigration Officers to undergo standardized training

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Regional Immigration Officers to undergo standardized training

…will be expected to act in harmony The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) yesterday signed a memorandum of...

Man dies after drunken fall

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man dies after drunken fall

After spending 11 days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Mahindra Mohanlall succumbed Wednesday morning to injuries he sustained when he fell from his landing while...

Sanata Complex deal stinks to ‘high heavens’

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sanata Complex deal stinks to ‘high heavens’

…officials should all be charged and placed in jail -AFC The Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Bill 2008 that was successfully presented to the National Assembly yesterday attracted several hours of...

$$B approved to avert increase in GPL tariff

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on $$B approved to avert increase in GPL tariff

The National Assembly last evening passed the first Supplementary Appropriations Bill amounting to some $4.8B in current and capital estimates. According to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, the bulk of...

Captain missing after Mazaruni boat mishap

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Captain missing after Mazaruni boat mishap

The search is continuing for a boat captain, two days after the boat he was piloting went down in Olive Creek, middle Mazaruni River. According to the police, Azim Khan, 36, of Bartica, disappeared...

Local doctors trained in Diabetic Foot Care

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local doctors trained in Diabetic Foot Care

A two-week training programme in diabetic foot care, conducted by a four-member Canadian team of podiatrists, concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Diabetic Foot Centre. Twenty...

Collapsed Providence koker leaves residents in distress

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Collapsed Providence koker leaves residents in distress

…water inundates homes, damages appliances In the early hours of yesterday morning, the Peter’s Hall koker collapsed and caused water that reached two feet deep in places to flood homes, yards...

Jilted teen hangs self

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jilted teen hangs self

After a bitter fight with his common law wife, 19-year-old Vickram Prashad went home and hanged himself on Wednesday night. The young man was found dead at around 6:30hrs yesterday morning by his...

Runaway teen remanded to police custody

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Runaway teen remanded to police custody

Yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, the magistrate ruled that a 15-year-old would have to remain in police custody until September 5, 2008. It is alleged that the teen ran away from...

Utility poles fall in southern Georgetown

Aug 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Utility poles fall in southern Georgetown

Two utility poles yesterday fell at around 11:15hrs yesterday in Princes Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, startling the residents in that area and threatening many with electrocution. The homes in...