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McPherson says HBF is not the GABF

Jan 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on McPherson says HBF is not the GABF

as basketball leaders prepare to meet By Edison Jefford The future of basketball will be the central subject tomorrow when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) meets with its Linden and...

Blackmore will consider other AAG posts

Jan 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Blackmore will consider other AAG posts

Definitely don’t want presidency By Edison Jefford Claude Blackmore has made it pellucid that his future with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) rests with the local clubs’...

Jagdeo/Qadaffi discuss increased cooperation

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo/Qadaffi discuss increased cooperation

President Bharrat Jagdeo has discussed increased cooperation and other issues with Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffi. The two reviewed cooperation between Latin America and the African Union, and also...

D’Andrade leaves today for Trinidad Marathon

Jan 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade leaves today for Trinidad Marathon

– aims at Smith’s national record National distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade leaves Guyana today ahead of the Annual Clico Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon scheduled for January 25,...

Masked bandits beat woman, cart off $1M

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Masked bandits beat woman, cart off $1M

Two armed bandits escaped with $1M in cash after beating and tying up their two female victims during a brutal attack at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, on Sunday afternoon. Businesswoman...

Repeat offender remanded

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Repeat offender remanded

Some people probably just like the court proceedings, and would do anything to satisfy their habit. Twenty-six-year-old Richard Craigan, of 66 Broad Street, Charlestown, who had been previously...

Guyana Amateur Boxing Association to hold General Elections Feb 12

Jan 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amateur Boxing Association to hold General Elections Feb 12

Guyana Amateur Boxing Association is advising all Amateur Boxing Gyms and Members associated that their General Meeting to select the new Executives for the upcoming new term will be held on February...

What Guyana needs is constitutional reform that has public participation

Jan 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What Guyana needs is constitutional reform that has public participation

Dear Editor, Instead of a new vision for Guyana, this new year begins with the three political parties asking Guyanese to play a game of three-card monte with them. First, the Leader of the...

Shooting at Robb Street suspect nabbed after two months on the run

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shooting at Robb Street suspect nabbed after two months on the run

After being on the run for almost two months, Idi Bowman ended up being caught by police officers. Bowman, 27, of 57 Robb Street, allegedly discharged a loaded firearm with the intent to murder...

‘DANCE ALIVE’ steps up edutainment in HIV/AIDS fight

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘DANCE ALIVE’ steps up edutainment in HIV/AIDS fight

-currently targeting the Essequibo District Since its formation in August 2005, the HIV/AIDS-related organization ‘Dance Alive’ has been promoting and hosting several programmes aimed at reducing...

Self-defence is inconsistent with the intentional killing of innocent people

Jan 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Self-defence is inconsistent with the intentional killing of innocent people

Dear Editor, The action of Hamas, whether justified or unjustified, is not the causa belli, but is rather the casus belli in Gaza. The action of Hamas cannot rationally be regarded as causatively...

This contractor did not adhere to conditions and specifications of the contract

Jan 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This contractor did not adhere to conditions and specifications of the contract

Dear Editor, There was an exchange of letters in the print media regarding an unfinished culvert at Hope West, Enmore. The contractor, in his contribution, referred to the Enmore-Hope NDC’s lack of...

Digicel announces voluntary separation programme

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Digicel announces voluntary separation programme

Digicel Guyana yesterday introduced what it calls a Voluntary Separation Programme (VSP) for staff across all of its 23 markets, designed to better align the organisation and its overall cost...

THIS IS WRONG!

Jan 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS WRONG!

Many persons have been questioning the tolls being charged to cross the Berbice River Bridge. They have questioned the fares because of the wide disparity between what is being charged there as...

Faria wants Bajan employers to help Guyanese

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Faria wants Bajan employers to help Guyanese

Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Barbados, Norman Faria, wants Bajan employers to assist their Guyanese workers having trouble with immigration issues. Faria has written to Harry Husbands, the Executive...

Like Guyanese, Trinidadian voters also want change

Jan 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Like Guyanese, Trinidadian voters also want change

Dear Editor, Guyanese are not the only voters who are calling for political reform in the opposition and requesting a change in leadership; voters in Trinidad also aspire for political change in the...

Mercury falling

Jan 13, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Mercury falling

The Porkknocker is an iconic figure in our country for very good reason. Not long after the abolition of slavery, the discovery of gold in the interior lured thousands of ex-slaves in a quest to seek...

I thank Harry Hergash for two reasons

Jan 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I thank Harry Hergash for two reasons

Mr. Harry Hergash, a Guyanese who long migrated to Canada (which is unfortunate for those of his kind because had he stayed, he would have seen how ineffective the PPP was as an opposition party) and...

Guyanese murder accused on US$1M bond

Jan 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese murder accused on US$1M bond

Guyanese Parasurama Rabindranauth, 26, who was held by law enforcement officers in Florida when he tried to board a plane to return to Guyana following the murder of Michael Sembhudyal, 38, in...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more