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Teachers challenged to knock on GCF doors

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Teachers challenged to knock on GCF doors

By Rawle Welch “Chess is a very serious game and whenever a country seeks to advance the sport, it always starts in the schools,” President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Errol Tiwari told...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The words have scarcely been printed when there was the electrocution and the fires, one of which claimed four lives. This is not the end of the madness because another fire lurks just under the...

A TRIBUTE TO AYUBE HAMID KHAN

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on A TRIBUTE TO AYUBE HAMID KHAN

By Pat Dial Haji Ayube Hamid Khan passed away on Wednesday 21st January. To offer a tribute to a great and cultured man who had just died and who had so closely and deeply touched the lives of so...

GFF, GFA headed for a showdown

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF, GFA headed for a showdown

By Michael Benjamin The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in keeping with its mandate to develop football in Guyana has summoned the members of the General Council of the Guyana Football Association...

Time for Caribbean Aggression

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Time for Caribbean Aggression

By Sir Ronald Sanders For over a decade the Treasury Departments of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the OECD itself have imposed rules on...

Teenagers give birth to one in every five babies

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teenagers give birth to one in every five babies

Approximately 20 percent of all babies delivered in Guyana on an annual basis are from teenage mothers between the ages of 13 and 19 years old. In the 1980s and early 1990s, teenage pregnancy...

Jets soar to fourth consecutive win

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jets soar to fourth consecutive win

Amelia’s Ward Jets soared to their fourth consecutive win in the Pioneer Construction and Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) League Friday night when they played Alleyene’s...

Listen up Mr. President – Are you an Economist?

Jan 25, 2009 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Listen up Mr. President – Are you an Economist?

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana OVERVIEW: At his first official press conference of the year, one would have thought that the President being a so called economist and a former...

D’Andrade ready to take on the best today

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade ready to take on the best today

By Edison Jefford A special performance from Guyana’s Lionel D’Andrade is required today in the CLICO Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon to pose a serious challenge to defending...

Shared governance confusion

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Shared governance confusion

With the dawning of the New Year, starting with the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. R.H.O Corbin, there has been a resurgence of calls from several quarters outside of the Government for a change in...

Greaves out-hustles field in feature race as 2009 cycling season pedals off

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Greaves out-hustles field in feature race as 2009 cycling season pedals off

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s top cyclist in 2008 Alonzo Greaves opened the 2009 season in fine style when he pedaled to victory in the season opening feature school boys and novices 35 lap event at...

WE HAVE FAILED OUR FIRST LADIES

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WE HAVE FAILED OUR FIRST LADIES

I have read the full text of the former First Lady’s statement to the media. I have also studied the response of the President of Guyana. I believe that there are many issues involved in...

Pedal cyclist killed on West Demerara roadway

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed on West Demerara roadway

Daniel Seeprasad, 46, a pedal cyclist of Lot 12 Patentia West Bank Demerara, became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday when he was struck down by a motor pick-up in his home village. The...

Essequibo youth heads overseas for heart surgery

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo youth heads overseas for heart surgery

Life for 19-year-old Ruddy Rayman changed just over a year ago when his family realized that he had a terminal heart condition. The teenager from Lima, Essequibo Coast, was visiting relatives one day...

The continuous failures of a President

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The continuous failures of a President

Any university freshman whose major is International Relations would know that the Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffy could not be telling the truth if he did say to President Jagdeo that he could not...

Much anticipated GCB elections today at GCC

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Much anticipated GCB elections today at GCC

DCB pledge all nine votes to incumbent Singh By Sean Devers Despite his excellent work as Georgetown Cricket Association President and business savvy, Bish Panday appears to be behind in the race for...

M&CC launches Plan IT

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on M&CC launches Plan IT

— hopes to boost efficiency of municipality The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) is poised to lead the way into an era of information technology in the municipal arena. At least,...

Singh re-elected unopposed as DCB President

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Singh re-elected unopposed as DCB President

By Sean Devers President of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Bissoon Singh was last evening re-elected unopposed to serve his second term at the helm of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) when the...

The Bedbug

Jan 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Bedbug

Bedbugs are renowned for feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts and are said to be a species of small nocturnal insect of the family Cimicidae, a species which can adapt the best...

IT’S ABOUT TIME THAT THE TRUTH BE TOLD

Jan 25, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IT’S ABOUT TIME THAT THE TRUTH BE TOLD

THE SUGAR INDUSTRY: It is about time that the truth be told as to the status of Guyana’s sugar industry and the reasons for its rapid downward slide in recent months. The AFC was belligerently...

Reply to article “Points for the GABA President to ponder”

Jan 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Reply to article “Points for the GABA President to ponder”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is a voluntary non-profit organisation that was established over thirty years ago. Its purpose is to promote and train amateur boxers,...

PNCR hails Ayube Hamid

Jan 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR hails Ayube Hamid

The main opposition party, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), has expressed sadness at the passing of the “the well known and gifted broadcaster” Ayube Hamid, saying his...