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Guyanese swimmers to 13th FINA World C/ships aiming to better times

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese swimmers to 13th FINA World C/ships aiming to better times

The 4-member Guyana team to the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy who left today, have all expressed confidence in bettering their personal best times in the events that they have entered....

Guyana go down to Barbados as Regional Blind Cricket commences

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana go down to Barbados as Regional Blind Cricket commences

Ricardo Manning struck a resilient unbeaten 60 with support from Halden Forde, who lashed an unbeaten 51, to lead Barbados to a comprehensive win over Guyana when the first round of the 4th Regional...

Peacemakers win, Flamingo, Coomacka play to stalemate

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peacemakers win, Flamingo, Coomacka play to stalemate

Peacemakers defeated first division club Amelia’s Ward United 1-0 when play in the UDFA Stag-B-League continued with a double header at the Bayrock ground on Saturday. Nirven Adrian scored the lone...

GMR&SC elects new executive

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC elects new executive

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) recently held its Annual General Meeting to elect a new Executive. The following are the new executive: Aaron Bethune- President Peter...

Floodlights XI arrest Police Officers

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights XI arrest Police Officers

Floodlights XI recorded a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Police Officers on Friday evening, at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, Georgetown in a feature 25-over softball match. The...

Traveni clinch title in Wakenaam

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Traveni clinch title in Wakenaam

Triveni defeated Belle Plaine by 47 runs to win the final of the Sattrohan Equipment Rental 15 overs Inter-Mandir softball cricket competition played last Saturday at Sewram’s Tarmac in Belle...

Clarity Production to host fundraiser for heart patient

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Clarity Production to host fundraiser for heart patient

Exhibiting yet again positive humane attributes, Clarity Production is hosting a fundraising Chutney/Soca show to assist in garnering funds to offset heart surgery expenses for Errol Ming, of Grove,...

How can our leaders be trusted when their words are not worth the paper they are printed on?

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can our leaders be trusted when their words are not worth the paper they are printed on?

Dear Editor, The National Stakeholder’s Meeting under the Chairmanship of the President on March 12, 2008, came to the consensus (the so-called Bourda Accord) that six Constitutional Commissions...

Look for motive and this crime will be solved quickly

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Look for motive and this crime will be solved quickly

Dear Editor, Under the Laws of Guyana, motive is not an essential criminal element that has to be proven before a Court of Law. However, motive can be extremely important to investigators when...

Cop catches man attached to dog

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cop catches man attached to dog

A middle-aged Albouystown man, identified as Jagdesh, is in police custody and all because of a dog. The dog is also at the Brickdam Police Station awaiting a medical examination. A Tactical Service...

Television station owner traces stolen car to Alberttown

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Television station owner traces stolen car to Alberttown

Manager of HGPTV Channel 16, Nyal Fraser, found himself in the unfamiliar role of amateur detective yesterday, when he tracked down a group of car thieves who made off with his vehicle. With...

Indiscretion and poor work on Ogle Cemetery Road

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indiscretion and poor work on Ogle Cemetery Road

Dear Editor, It is with great regret I had to pen this letter. The mere sight of the Ogle Cemetery Road makes you sick. It is for sure a feeling of disgust, I suppose for every citizen living along...

Passing of Lay Magistrates Bill

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Passing of Lay Magistrates Bill

Dear Editor, The passing of the Summary Jurisdiction (Lay Magistrates Bill) on July 9, 2009 have given cause for celebrations for this historic event in Guyana. With all its short-comings, this new...

GT&T Jingle and Song Competition finals rescheduled

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T Jingle and Song Competition finals rescheduled

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company has rescheduled the finals for their 2009 Jingle and Song Competition to July 23 at the National Cultural Centre. A date for the Grand Finale is still to be...

Work in the Tucber Park area moving apace

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Work in the Tucber Park area moving apace

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Work in the Tucber Park/Smythfield area is moving apace but some concerns exist. The project commenced in June in anticipation of effects from the May/June rainfall....

Tell a lie often enough and it will be believed

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tell a lie often enough and it will be believed

Dear Editor, Tell a lie often enough and it will be believed. This is the hope of one Ms. Elizabeth Daly, executive member of the Ghost-writers Club (GC) headquartered at the Guyana Chronicle (GC),...

Frustrated NIS pensioner has had enough

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frustrated NIS pensioner has had enough

Dear Editor, I am writing out of grave concern on my mother’s behalf. Her name is Mavis Algu of lot 36 Blairmont #4 Settlement West Bank, Berbice and her NIS # is B-9156852 she is the recipient of...

Lion’s Club reaches out to the poor

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Lion’s Club reaches out to the poor

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Sixty underprivileged persons experienced the altruistic nature of the New Amsterdam Lion’s Club last week during a distribution exercise. Leila Clarke-Daniels, President...

Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opens on Friday

Jul 20, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opens on Friday

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair kicks off this Friday, July 24th, at the Albion Sports Complex. The theme selected this year is ‘Creating Linkages, Building...

Sexual harassment in the office

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sexual harassment in the office

Dear Editor, I note recently that the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) has issued a report which sought to give an overall assessment of the status of women in the work environment in...

THERE WAS A COUP IN HONDURAS

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE WAS A COUP IN HONDURAS

My attention has been drawn to an article published in this newspaper under the name, Sir. Ron Saunders. The article is entitled, Honduras: A Coup Provoked, and makes some of the most ingenious...

Seeing one side of the coin

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seeing one side of the coin

Dear Editor, In response to the article “What race-based voting is Corbin talking about?” dated Wednesday, July 15, 2009. In that article, the writer Mr. T. King seemed to see only one...

Late-coming culture has rubbed off on even the newscasts

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Late-coming culture has rubbed off on even the newscasts

Dear Editor, I view all of the major newscasts in Guyana. What one misses from a certain newscast, one is sure to catch something from a different view on another newscast so I do not discriminate....

That Ministry fire: Exploding and exposing myths

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on That Ministry fire: Exploding and exposing myths

One of the most poignant editorials I have read for this year was the one in last Saturday’s edition of this newspaper. Titled, “The fire and the halt to any investigation,” this is a...

Our education system will continue to be unsettled

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our education system will continue to be unsettled

Dear Editor, Someone told me that too much intervention in the education system is defeating its own purpose. Too many experts are advising our education personnel and it would appear that once these...