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Headquarters finish ahead of E&F & G divisions in Rd 1

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Headquarters finish ahead of E&F & G divisions in Rd 1

Judy Sandiford marked the maximum 18 games to lead Headquarters to 83 games and a place in the next round of the Police Female Inter Division knockout domino tournament. Sandiford received good...

Dominica: A Whale of A Pride

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Dominica: A Whale of A Pride

By Sir Ronald Sanders It’s not often that the leader of a small country is bold enough to resist the desires of larger or richer countries. But, Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, did...

Ryan Crawford Pre Easter Horserace Meet fixed for today

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Pre Easter Horserace Meet fixed for today

Can Jumbo Joy defeat Miss Republic and Delmur Gold, or will Coconut boy’s return be spoilt by la Bayamosa? Those and other questions will be answered today when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club...

Rice farmers still unsure of price for paddy

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rice farmers still unsure of price for paddy

The Chief Spokesperson of the Rice Producers’ Association Action Committee (RPAAC), Jinnah Rahman, has said that despite the fact that rice harvesting has commenced in Essequibo, Wakenaam, Berbice,...

Financial Regulation

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Financial Regulation

Last week we initiated the discussion on necessary changes that may be needed in the regulatory and supervisory regimes of our financial system, in light of the demonstrated failures exposed locally...

I Movements Promotions host Rasta vs. Baldhead football encounter

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on I Movements Promotions host Rasta vs. Baldhead football encounter

The I Movements Promotions group, headed by promoter I Salam, will host a Rasta versus Baldhead clash at the Bartica Community Centre ground today. The programme opens from 5:00pm with a contest...

Disregard for traffic rules

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Disregard for traffic rules

The consequence of disregarding traffic laws! This car, HA 9466, turned into the path of PKK 4164 along the East Bank public road in the vicinity of Mc Doom gas station and caused a head on...

RESPECT IS DUE TO MRS. JAGAN

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESPECT IS DUE TO MRS. JAGAN

One day in the eighties, I was taking a stroll past a stadium in one of the Caribbean islands, a track and field meet was going on, and I decided that I should take a peek inside. Upon approaching...

Keen competition anticipated as Weightlifters battle

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition anticipated as Weightlifters battle

Several gyms from across the country will be vying for top honours when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) stages its National Novice and Schoolboys Weightlifting Championships at...

The great equaliser

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The great equaliser

News travels fast, so fast that sometimes the person responsible for its dissemination hardly gets a chance to open his mouth before the news is gone. Friday night was like any other night except...

Only 32 units of blood in stock at NBTS

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Only 32 units of blood in stock at NBTS

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) currently has 32 units of blood in stock. It had collected 115 units for the week. The rest of the blood has already been utilised as, according to...

Suspected thief nabbed with stolen articles

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspected thief nabbed with stolen articles

Quick action by a police patrol led to the apprehension of a suspected thief with a quantity of stolen articles that he was about to sell. He was charged and placed before the court. Magistrate...

Athletes polish preparations at Enmore meet

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Athletes polish preparations at Enmore meet

– national juniors Ageday and Sital impresses National junior athletes Chavez Ageday and Chavez Sital continued their preparations for the Junior Carifta Games in Saint Kitts next month when the...

Mrs. Janet Jagan; the last of the world’s great, ideological purists

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mrs. Janet Jagan; the last of the world’s great, ideological purists

Mrs. Janet Jagan has died. She was a mother and a grandmother therefore condolences are in order. My task in life is to write about my country in the hope that one day these notes will help the...

The Tilapia

Mar 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tilapia

Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapias inhabit a variety of fresh and, less commonly, brackish water habitats from shallow...

GWI boss to get hearing tomorrow

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GWI boss to get hearing tomorrow

The investigation into allegations of mismanagement at the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has been completed and Chief Executive, Karan Singh, who was sent on leave to facilitate the process will be...

NOW THE PEPPER BUNNIN’…TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

Mar 29, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NOW THE PEPPER BUNNIN’…TIME FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

By Raphael Trotman Three weeks ago the AFC was accused of having “pepper sauce” links. Two weeks later, the President and Government of Guyana were fighting a rearguard and futile battle to fend...

MCYS / NSC / East Bank Mash Inter-Block Basketball Mc Doom Kings & Supply/Soesdyke clash in final

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on MCYS / NSC / East Bank Mash Inter-Block Basketball Mc Doom Kings & Supply/Soesdyke clash in final

The final of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission/East Bank Mashramani Inter-Block knock-out Basketball final is scheduled for today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall....

Woman struck by stray bullet stable

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman struck by stray bullet stable

Juliet Bobb-Semple, 54, who was accidentally struck in her right ankle by a stray police bullet, on Friday morning, is now listed as in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more