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Eight teams advance to quarter- finals

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Eight teams advance to quarter- finals

By Franklin Wilson Half of the teams who made it to the group of sixteen round in the inaugural Guinness ‘Greatest of de Street’ Football competition have been knocked out with the others...

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Johnson named in Guyana team for first two Carib Beer matches

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson named in Guyana team for first two Carib Beer matches

National squad to begin encampment from Tuesday By Sean Devers The Guyana senior selectors have named West Indies left-hander Leon Johnson in a 13-man squad for the first two Carib Beer regional...

Guyanese Literature Junction

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Guyanese Literature Junction

by Petamber Persaud When the National Book Fair 2008 ended on Wednesday, December 3, at the Wisburg Secondary School in Wismar, Linden, there was a large degree of satisfaction mixed some amount of...

Ross cops 2nd at Musclemania World C/ships in Pro division

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports 4

Guyana’s first professional Bodybuilder Hugh Ross has continued to keep the Golden arrowhead aloft by copping the runner spot from a field of 41 competitors at the Musclemania World...

Apologise? Compensate? Well, pardon me!

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Apologise? Compensate? Well, pardon me!

The Parrot read with interest the recent utterances of former treason accused, Phillip Bynoe, who was pardoned by Uncle Bharrat last week. Bynoe was in hiding for just over six years following the...

The Baccoo speaks

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Every time it rains the idiots come out and create havoc. This time around they are going to seek out the trenches full of water to the detriment of their passengers because they simply cannot obey...

Ministry coach assisting K&S bound Lethem team

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Side to arrive in the City December 15 Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports football coach Dennis ‘Chow’ Hunte is currently in Lethem working with a representative team from the area,...

Alpha strengthening for K&S combat

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha strengthening for K&S combat

Aiming for CONCACAF Club C/ships in 2K9 By Franklin Wilson They have conquered all and sundry on the local scene in what has been the most successful year of their 19 year history and Alpha ‘The...

Bad deals for whales and the Caribbean

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Bad deals for whales and the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders For several years, at the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the six independent countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Suriname have...

The oil is ours

Dec 07, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 4

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: Last year, right about this time, I first introduced the concept that any oil reserves we find in Guyana are that of the citizens, not...

DCC are Pepsi Cup GCA cricket champions

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on DCC are Pepsi Cup GCA cricket champions

Records victory against Everest in crucial last round match By Sean Devers Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) took the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Pepsi Cup 40-overs first division cricket...

Sustaining sugar in Demerara

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Sustaining sugar in Demerara

The inquiry into the precipitous fall in the production figures of the East Demerara plantations has been handed over to the Minister of Agriculture. While the details have not been released, his...

BK Western Tigers maul Black Pearl 4-0

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BK International Western Tigers continued their unbeaten run in the Banks Beer Division One League with another big win, demolishing Black Pearl 4-0 at the Camptown ground on Thursday afternoon....

My absence will not stymie process – Alexander

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on My absence will not stymie process – Alexander

Vincent Alexander, who recently resigned as co-chairperson of the Local Government Taskforce, which was set up to pave the way for the next Local Government Elections, says that his absence will not...

ANOTHER PIPE DREAM

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ANOTHER PIPE DREAM

I often do not like basking in the glory of saying, “I had told you so.” I do not like to do so, especially when it concerns failed expectations. Today, however, as the nation is being...

Please, keep Santa alive; fool me

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column 3

Just this past week I read a letter by a man who appeared to be angry because as he put it, adults are fooling children. He claims that they have no right to tell children about Santa Claus because...

GT&T launches massive Christmas promotions

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T launches massive Christmas promotions

Telecommunications giant Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), in keeping with this festive season, is giving back to its many customers like never before. On Friday, the company...

National Secondary schools cricket (Berbice zone)

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National Secondary schools cricket (Berbice zone)

DeJonge (129), Tanner (8 -24) spur Vryman’s Ervin to 224-run win The Berbice zone of the Secondary School Under-15, 40-Over Cricket Competition continued recently in the Berbice districts of West...

Bullets for a banker

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Bullets for a banker

He was honest. He had no enemies. So why did someone execute Thomas Orderson? By Michael Jordan If the man lying motionless near the white Mitsubishi Lancer had been some shady underworld figure,...

Two Guyanese women risk stigma by leading vulnerable groups

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two Guyanese women risk stigma by leading vulnerable groups

In keeping with the World AIDS Day theme of “Leadership,” the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) is celebrating leadership by members of the Coalition, among them two Guyanese...

Naipaulian creatures and pygmoid dictators in a Shakespearian comedy

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 6

Last Wednesday’s sitting of Parliament which was specifically called into session to deal with opposition business was the third in sixteen years under the PPP. That will work out to be one in...

Health Care Workers need more recognition – Health Minister

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Care Workers need more recognition – Health Minister

Heath Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is of the opinion that the efforts of Health Care Workers are not recognized enough. During a recent graduation ceremony, the Minister reiterated the call for...

MSC rehabilitation project waning

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC rehabilitation project waning

–club expresses disappointment in LEAP By Edison Jefford Apart from the inert process of its venue plan at the Central Housing and Planning Authority, the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) is also...

Old Mosque, Cornelia Ida post wins, four walkovers recorded

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Old Mosque, Cornelia Ida post wins, four walkovers recorded

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana 15 overs Inter-Jamaat Softball round robin cricket competition continued last weekend at the MYO ground, Woolford Avenue with...

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Fantastic Wharton snipes haul-trick in 11-0 win

Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more