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GCB inks $49.5 contract for hostel and indoor nets

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB inks $49.5 contract for hostel and indoor nets

Facility to be completed in November By Sean Devers The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and B. Shivnath Construction Services on Thursday formally signed the contract for the construction of a hostel and...

Part Six: Evil twin

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on Part Six: Evil twin

By Michael Jordan They placed Karen’s baby near the sick girl in ICU. It slept little, awakening every few minutes to cry feebly. The naked terror in its eyes chilled Maxwell. He found it hard to...

Top seeds Jeffrey, Fernandes into the finals

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top seeds Jeffrey, Fernandes into the finals

Top seeds Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes marched into the finals of the Men’s and Ladies categories, after registering wins against their respective opponents, as the 2009 GT&T...

Syble Douglas

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Syble Douglas

by Petamber Persaud With the launch of ‘Transition, Poems Old & New’, Syble Douglas joined a small group of poetesses who have gravitated beyond the realm of a single publication. This is in...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS GROWN TO BE A NATIONAL PROBLEM

Jul 05, 2009 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS GROWN TO BE A NATIONAL PROBLEM

By AFC Executive Member Pastor Sewnauth Punalall The continuing rise of domestic violence across Guyana is of grave concern to the Alliance For Change as a political party which views the human...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Things are still hectic with people doing all within their power to make others uncomfortable. In fact, there is something that is causing this misfortune and while I know what it is I am not at...

Two Guyanese officiating at CONCACAF Gold Cup in USA

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two Guyanese officiating at CONCACAF Gold Cup in USA

Guyanese football officials have received appointments at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 10th version of the Confederation’s premier national team event, which kicked off at the Home Depot Centre...

THE ARTS FORUM

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on THE ARTS FORUM

THE ARTS FORUM is a platform that accommodates multiple voices and perspectives which throw light on our artistic and cultural legacies and deepen our understanding of our condition of survival and...

Opportunities to strengthen Canada-CARICOM relations

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Opportunities to strengthen Canada-CARICOM relations

By Sir Ronald Sanders Seeing Jamaican guest workers on a farm in Canada recently reminded me of the close relationship that has always existed between Canada and the Caribbean. Canada’s...

Iran, Islam and Democracy

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Iran, Islam and Democracy

Last week we offered five reasons why we thought that the street protests in Iran, following charges by the opposition that the presidential elections had been rigged did not represent a...

Gregory Richardson on trail with USL’s Rail Hawks

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gregory Richardson on trail with USL’s Rail Hawks

WHO whip Wilmington 3-0 USL First division side, The Carolina RailHawks won their second straight friendly on Friday, downing the Wilmington Hammerheads 3-0 before a crowd of 4,136 at WakeMed Soccer...

Sachia Vickery plays at Wimbledon

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sachia Vickery plays at Wimbledon

Receives encouraging words from King and Williams Born of Guyanese parentage, Miami-based Sachia Vickery got her first opportunity to play at the prestigious Wimbledon Tennis championships and became...

THE REAL NARRATIVE

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE REAL NARRATIVE

Not all forms of political revisionism are deliberate. A great many distortions of history occur because one narrative is superimposed on another, one interpreted under the light of the other, even...

BFA/GFF coaching clinic ends today

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on BFA/GFF coaching clinic ends today

The Berbice Football Association (BFA) in association with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), conclude their three-day coaching clinic for coaches in the Ancient County today at the Blairmont...

Another batch of young people is on the prowl

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Another batch of young people is on the prowl

Another school year has come to an end and once more a few thousands have joined the long line awaiting a job in a country where young people believe that there are just no proper paying jobs. Indeed...

Iwokrama, Annai prevail in North Rupununi Sub Association competition

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Iwokrama, Annai prevail in North Rupununi Sub Association competition

Iwokrama defeated Massara 3-1 in a penalty shootout in the final of a tournament organised by the North Rupununi Football Association (NRFA) that concluded at the Sarama Ground, North Rupununi on...

The sacrificial murders

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The sacrificial murders

By Michael Jordan Who would strangle a five-year-old girl after having a dream about ‘Dutch gold’ buried in their backyard? Or stab a nine-year-old boy to death and dump his corpse in a latrine?...

What CARICOM Heads saw and didn’t see

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What CARICOM Heads saw and didn’t see

I live on the Railway Embankment next to the CARICOM Secretariat and the Convention Centre. There is a trench on the southern side of the road which looks like a jungle. This small waterway caused a...

‘Dorian’ cyclists raise $$$ for abused women

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Dorian’ cyclists raise $$$ for abused women

Beharry Group of Companies sponsored ride The recent rise in the incidence of domestic violence has prompted action from a group of cyclists identifying themselves as ‘Dorani.’ Sporting yellow...

Remembering Son Chapman four decades later

Jul 05, 2009 KNews News 1

July 6, 1964, for most Guyanese back then had begun like any other day. For Claude Patoir, a resident of Ituni, and employee of Norman Chapman, an enterprising businessman, it was just a regular...

The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)

The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) is a toucan, a near-passerine bird found in the lowland forests of northeastern South America (the Guiana Shield), in the northeast Amazon Basin, the Guianas...

Cytotec accounts for 10% of maternal deaths

Jul 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cytotec accounts for 10% of maternal deaths

The use of Cytotec accounts for approximately 10 per cent of maternal deaths in Guyana. According to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; the use of this drug has led to serious illnesses and...

Technical Institutes renew rivalry in NSBF

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Technical Institutes renew rivalry in NSBF

…As Marian reaches both U-15, U-17 finals The Georgetown Technical Institute and Linden Technical Institute underlined their clear superiority, when they reached the National Schools’...

Bahamas see decline in tourists’ arrivals

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bahamas see decline in tourists’ arrivals

Prime Minister of Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, has revealed that his country is currently experiencing a double digit decline in air arrivals, as is the case with other Caribbean countries as well....

Camptown down Conquerors, GFC and Western battle to 3-3 draw

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Camptown down Conquerors, GFC and Western battle to 3-3 draw

Camptown continued their dominance of Fruta Conquerors with yet another win, when they downed their rivals 2-0, as play in the Cellink Premier League continued on Friday evening at the Tucville...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more