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Khan temporarily returns to TT training

Sep 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Khan temporarily returns to TT training

Hope to make full comeback in 2010 By Edison Jefford Mathew Khan has temporarily resumed his table tennis (TT) training and hopes to make a full return to the sport competitively next year following...

Body fished out of Demerara River

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Body fished out of Demerara River

Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was fished out of the Demerara River yesterday near the Guyana Quality Seafoods complex at New Hope, East Bank Demerara. The partly...

Young voters with a new Party of Change for 2011 Election

Sep 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Young voters with a new Party of Change for 2011 Election

Dear Editor, In the past, politics has been a key player in the erosion of Guyana’s national unity. Guyana is known to be a multi-ethnic developing country which has been beleaguered by racial...

Is the LABA pussyfooting on discipline?

Sep 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Is the LABA pussyfooting on discipline?

Glasgow hearing still pending… By Edison Jefford The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Disciplinary Committee hearing on Victory Valley Royals’ Orlando Glasgow over an intentional...

Family of four escape fiery death

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Family of four escape fiery death

A family of four narrowly escaped a fiery death in the wee hours of yesterday morning, evading the dilemma mere minutes before their 485 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara home was completely...

Suriname fast-tracking plans to resolve illegal Corentyne crossing

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suriname fast-tracking plans to resolve illegal Corentyne crossing

– Customs, Immigration, Police points to be established The Suriname Government has announced that it is hoping to regularize the infamous Corentyne River backtrack before the year is out by...

The Mormons were astute

Sep 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Mormons were astute

Dear Editor, The PNCR says it relationship with the American created Mormon Church is one that helps the destitute in Guyanese society. A party spokesperson explained that some time ago the Mormons...

Suspects for court today

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspects for court today

Three suspects are scheduled to be charged today for allegedly kidnapping 21-year-old Rorhema Dookie. Police sources said that the suspects are residents who were arrested during Tuesday’s raid in...

Hornets ‘A’ capture GRFU Sevens League

Sep 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hornets ‘A’ capture GRFU Sevens League

-National teams to be selected shortly Hornets ‘A’ finished with a record of five wins and a single loss to end with the best aggregate and captured the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Sevens...

Investigation at a standstill

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Investigation at a standstill

Almost two weeks after 72-year-old Mohamed Nazir Khan was found dead in his taxi with a gunshot wound to the chest, police are yet to make an arrest. To date, investigators have reportedly worked on...

Health Ministry to embark on nutrition campaign

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to embark on nutrition campaign

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is accelerating its efforts in the area of nutrition, and will soon embark on a vigorous campaign around the country in order to sensitize the public on its importance to...

Guyana needs an independent Elections Commission

Sep 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs an independent Elections Commission

Dear Editor, I write reference your article, “GECOM Chairman wasted time, money and failed to deliver polls – govt.”, in your September 8, 2009 issue. This article once again highlights the...

Khurshid looking out and ignoring inside

Sep 11, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Khurshid looking out and ignoring inside

De other day dem boys decide to pass by a church. Dem had a few drinks and during the conversation dem decide dat dem would try and change dem ways. Somebody tell dem dat it sinful suh dem decide dat...

AH&L Kissoon takes Attorney General to Court

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AH&L Kissoon takes Attorney General to Court

…says AG guilty of misfeasance in Public Office AH&L Kissoon, through its attorney, Rex McKay, S.C. on Wednesday, in a writ filed in the High Court against the Attorney General of Guyana,...

Cricket: Just do it!

Sep 11, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Cricket: Just do it!

Not to the surprise of a single fan in the entire Caribbean, the WICB has scuttled the mediation efforts of Sir Shridath Ramphal to heal the breach between them and the WIPA. We will not rehearse the...

Heritage Month – epitome of Amerindian identity

Sep 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Heritage Month – epitome of Amerindian identity

Dear Editor, I wrote an article [Takutu Bridge- Epitome of Cultural Extinction- SN, 4 April 2009] and made several comments on the imminent opening of the Takutu Bridge. My focal point was the...

Welcome visitors from afar

Sep 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Welcome visitors from afar

Rape on romantic waters

Sep 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rape on romantic waters

Walking on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (the cheap, ugly Berbice Bridge does not have a pedestrian walkway; the Takutu Bride has one; it is stupid to build a bridge without a walkway) on a tropical...

Cyclist Rudradeo cremated following solemn service

Sep 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cyclist Rudradeo cremated following solemn service

Colleagues turn out in numbers to bid farewell His aspirations was to become one of Guyana’s leading cyclists and to excel educationally also, but these ambitious plans were never to be for 12...