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Rose Hall WSB, Young Warriors, West Berbice & Canje reach semis

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall WSB, Young Warriors, West Berbice & Canje reach semis

Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), Young Warriors, West Berbice and Rose Hall Canje have advanced to the semi-finals of the Busta Champion of Champions cricket tournament being played in the...

ERC opens Region Five visit

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ERC opens Region Five visit

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) opens a two- day visit to Region Five, West Coast Berbice today. A women’s workshop at the Regional boardroom from 09:30 hrs and a meeting with the Regional...

Zeelandia defeat SS Jaguars

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Zeelandia defeat SS Jaguars

Zeelandia defeated Sans Souci Jaguars, by 8 wickets at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground as action in the Sterling Products sponsored 40-over cricket competition got underway with one match. Sans...

Berbice men remanded on wounding charge

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice men remanded on wounding charge

Two Rosignol West Bank Berbice men appeared at Blairmont Court yesterday charged in connection with the cutlass attack on 40-year-old cattle and rice farmer, Nnamdi George at Ithaca last week...

Toddler drowns after slipping through gate

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Toddler drowns after slipping through gate

After summoning the Essequibo police search party, the Colahar family of Back Street, Affiance, Essequibo Coast, recovered their missing 18-month-old dead in the Capoey canal. He had drowned. Avinesh...

Absenteeism affects Woodpecker Products National Squash C/ships

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The Woodpecker Products sponsored National Junior Squash Championships served off last evening at the Georgetown Club courts. Several of Guyana’s top junior players are on show, as they aim to...

Colin Duke slams unbeaten 118 for Achievers

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Colin Duke slams unbeaten 118 for Achievers

After an extended suspension due to rain, the 2008 New Building Society (NBS) Challenge 2nd division 40over cricket competition resumed last weekend in Berbice. Hopetown Cricket Club of West Berbice...

IAC calls for restoration of democracy and cultural freedom in Fiji

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on IAC calls for restoration of democracy and cultural freedom in Fiji

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) is calling for the restoration of democracy and cultural freedom in Fiji. The IAC statement comes as the Fijian Prime Minister, Frank E, Bainimarama, and a...

GT&T kicks off Cellink Jingles and Song Competition

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T kicks off Cellink Jingles and Song Competition

-$8M up for grabs With a brief but spectacular ceremony at the Roraima Duke Lodge, Kingston, yesterday, GT&T launched its 2009 Jingles and Song Competition in the presence of the media and other...

Diplomatic workshop welcomed but more training necessary

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Diplomatic workshop welcomed but more training necessary

– Norton Former Foreign Service Officer and current People’s National Congress Reform executive, Aubrey Norton, says that while the CARICOM workshop for mid-career diplomats in the region is...

Blind cricketers step up preparation for regional tourney

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Blind cricketers step up preparation for regional tourney

– visit Bartica to promote awareness for persons with disabilities A Guyana Blind Cricket Association (GBCA) 17-member squad joined the Disabled Persons Network (DPN) Region 7 (Bartica) in...

Adrian Dutchin to release album

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Adrian Dutchin to release album

After opting to not defend his three-time Soca Monarch crown, Adrian Dutchin apparently laid low for awhile. But from all accounts he was not sitting idle. Currently residing in the USA, he’s...

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

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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....

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more