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Crane Rovers crowned Harvest Time Church soccer ‘Kings’

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Crane Rovers crowned Harvest Time Church soccer ‘Kings’

Crane Rovers captured the Harvest Time Church football title when they defeated Showtime by the lone goal of the contest last Sunday at the West Demerara Secondary School ground. The match, an evenly...

Hamid gears for basketball restoration

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hamid gears for basketball restoration

– youth development high on agenda The newly–elected Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) President, Abdullah Hamid wants to focus on the restoration of the sport’s image, youth...

OAS forums are necessary talk shops – Ramdin

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on OAS forums are necessary talk shops – Ramdin

While conceding that OAS (Organisation of American States) forums were partly talk shops is Assistant General Secretary Albert Ramdin is of the view that they were important. According to Ramdin,...

PUC welcomes SMS interconnection

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PUC welcomes SMS interconnection

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has welcomed the signing of the interconnection of SMS between the country’s two mobile networks. The interconnection of SMS has been long overdue and expects...

Punishment and Personality – The Jude Bentley Story

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Punishment and Personality – The Jude Bentley Story

By Edison Jefford His name is synonymous with a luxurious automobile but he has enjoyed less than a lush life since the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Jude Bentley is the local federation’s prisoner with...

Defending champs CCHS lose to JCCS, Loyden Lewis grabs hat-trick

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Defending champs CCHS lose to JCCS, Loyden Lewis grabs hat-trick

Defending champions Corentyne Comprehensive were knocked out of the 2009 Kool Kidz Inter Secondary School Twenty20 tournament by 4 wickets as the hands of arch rivals J. C. Chandisingh (JCC) at the...

How can chemicals suddenly decide to become alive?

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on How can chemicals suddenly decide to become alive?

Dear Editor, I would like to make some observations on the Evolution versus Intelligent Design debate. I am not a religious fundamentalist and have no dogmas to defend. I believe that solid...

Restoration of Le Repentir to commence next week

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Restoration of Le Repentir to commence next week

– Advisory Committee to guide process Works intended to improve the Le Repentir Cemetery are likely to commence as early as next week, an initiative that is expected to obtain much needed input...

Dr. Ramsammy absent from health assignment, state media turns up

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr. Ramsammy absent from health assignment, state media turns up

Following speculations that the state media has been restricted from giving any media coverage to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, this newspaper has been reliably informed that the...

Logistics in place for a successful 2009 10k event

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Logistics in place for a successful 2009 10k event

– Director of Youth and Sport Just over a month before President Bharrat Jagdeo takes over the CARICOM chairmanship from Belize’s Prime Minister, Said Musa, the Athletic Association of...

St. Andrew’s, Tucville, St. Stephen’s among early winners

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on St. Andrew’s, Tucville, St. Stephen’s among early winners

St. Andrew’s, Tucville and St. Stephen’s were among the winners on opening day action in this year’s Al Sport/Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) Primary Schools Windball Cricket...

Appoint only the best to head State-owned entities

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Appoint only the best to head State-owned entities

Dear Editor, Even though Guyana has relatively few government (The Peoples’ property) owned companies, the general public should pay keen attention to the Governance of these vital assets since...

Ministry promises tougher action for damage to public property

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry promises tougher action for damage to public property

The Ministry of Home Affairs has expressed its deep concern about the wanton damage that is being inflicted on public property as a result of motor vehicle accidents on the country’s roads....

Govt. continues to commit to the working class people

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. continues to commit to the working class people

Dear Editor, The development of this country is heavily weighted on the hands of the working class people. In order to keep the momentum of growth moving forward, Government continues to commit to...

Special Olympians gear up for swimming competition

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Special Olympians gear up for swimming competition

Members of the differently able community are scheduled to showcase their skills at an aquatic meet organised by the National Sports Commission (NSC). The event, the annual Independence Swimming...

Lions tame Tigers in Victoria Inter-Block football

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lions tame Tigers in Victoria Inter-Block football

– Timehri action underway Mid Section Lions came from behind to beat Belfield Tigers 2-1 in a keenly contested encounter, as play in the annual Ministry of Culture sponsored Inter- Block...

James’s AK-47 not linked to crime scenes

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on James’s AK-47 not linked to crime scenes

Ballistic tests carried out on an AK-47 assault rifle recovered during a Haslington, East Coast Demerara raid last Saturday has revealed no match at any other crimes scenes. This was revealed by...

Haslington raids…Woman charged over magistrate’s stolen laptop

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Haslington raids…Woman charged over magistrate’s stolen laptop

– slain bandit’s accomplice remanded Two of the persons detained in last Saturday’s raid on the East Coast of Demerara which led to the recovery of two weapons and a laptop computer that...

The Westminster System in Guyana has been destroyed

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Westminster System in Guyana has been destroyed

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Eric Phillips’ letter, “The Westminster System imprisons Guyana” (SN17/04). The Westminster System works quite well in India, Canada, South Africa, Trinidad, Jamaica...

Regal XI defeat Wolf’s Warriors for title

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Regal XI defeat Wolf’s Warriors for title

Regal XI defeated Wolf’s Warriors and carted off the $25,000 top prize when the Memorex Enterprises Countrywide 15 overs Softball Cricket Championships culminated. The winners also earned the first...

The police must not permit this to happen

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The police must not permit this to happen

Dear Editor, From 1992, when the PPP/Civic was elected democratically to legal and legitimate office, the PNC and its spokespersons and sympathizers embarked on a continuous propaganda campaign, on a...

The stranger next door

May 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The stranger next door

As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and...

What a waste of productive hours

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What a waste of productive hours

Dear Editor, I accompanied my friend to the GRA licence office last Friday, May 15. He went there to purchase a 2009 road licence for his car. When we arrived, my friend had to join a line outside...

Berbice Commander visits Chesney residents

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Commander visits Chesney residents

Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commission George Alexander Vyphuis met with residents of Chesney Village, in Albion, yesterday. This visit came in the wake of...

Domestic abuse and male culture

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Domestic abuse and male culture

Dear Editor, I am a father, husband, grandfather and like most Guyanese males, despite our good intentions based on the script of responsibilities the culture has handed us for the last 10,000 years,...

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