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Wendell Meusa/Sham Khan assume lead in National Chess Qualification tourney

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa/Sham Khan assume lead in National Chess Qualification tourney

Wendell Meusa bounced back from a second round defeat to Learie Webster and defeated both Khans, David and Taffin, to assume the lead when play in the National Chess Qualification tournament...

Leon Belony changes dynamics of scrabble winners

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Leon Belony changes dynamics of scrabble winners

Carts off Open championships Leon Belony bounced back from a 75 spread loss to James Krakowsky to cart off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged the GASP Open at...

Ming captures Torginol Paints Golf title

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ming captures Torginol Paints Golf title

Colin Ming emerged winner of the Torginol Paints sponsored Stableford Golf Tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club on the East Coast of Demerara. Ming playing off a 9 handicap recorded...

Kings, Buxton play to 1-1 stalemate

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Kings, Buxton play to 1-1 stalemate

Buxton denied Super League ascendancy Victoria Kings denied Buxton United any form of ascendancy in the point standing of the Guyana Football Federation and FIFA Super League Football tournament when...

Warren Cameron prevails in Home Affairs King Domino competition

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Warren Cameron prevails in Home Affairs King Domino competition

Warren Cameron won 12 games as opposed to seven by Anthony Niles and six by Kevin Allen’s to cart off the honours when the Ministry of Home Affairs staged the King Domino competition at the Police...

Guyanese to participate at Para Pan American TT c/ships

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese to participate at Para Pan American TT c/ships

Differently able table tennis player Gibran Hussein left Guyana last Saturday to participate in the Para Pan American Championships which is being held in Venezuela. Hussein, who has a severed left...

GDF target Joint Services Championships

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GDF target Joint Services Championships

– takes early lead with 10k Road Relay win By Edison Jefford The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) remained adamant that it will reclaim the elusive Joint Services Track and Field Championships’...

Johnson, D’Andrade turn table on Ballantyne

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, D’Andrade turn table on Ballantyne

Kelvin Johnson and Lionel D’Andrade turned the tables on Pamenos Ballantyne when the local distance duo placed first and second respectively in the Ministry of Health 7 ½ Mile Road Race in...

9th annual El’Dorado Inter-County One-Day cricket launched

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on 9th annual El’Dorado Inter-County One-Day cricket launched

‘Final under lights will be vigorously promoted’- Ramsay Ali By Sean Devers When Demerara battled Berbice in the inaugural El’Dorado senior Inter-County One-Day final at Albion in 2001 it...

Lyght to make debut for Demerara

Sep 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lyght to make debut for Demerara

The late Andrew Lyght was arguable the best opening batmen Guyana produced who did not play Test cricket and his son Andrew Lyght Junior seems to be following in his footsteps as a pugnacious...

Should the line be drawn on sex talk/education?

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Should the line be drawn on sex talk/education?

Dear Editor, Channel 72 on the night of Saturday, September 26, 2009 featured a call in programme and the topic read, “What’s your favourite position.” It was actually just a few seconds before...

We have not given up the search

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We have not given up the search

Dear Editor, I write in response to your article, “Companies finally give up search for missing U.S. plane”, September 23, 2009, on Kaieteur News Online...

Randy’s crusade against the AFC

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Randy’s crusade against the AFC

Dear Editor, I have read Dr. Randy Persaud’s letters in the press prior to the 2006 elections always debating Dr. David Hinds and company. His arguments and presentations were brilliant – and...

A very pertinent and intellectually stimulating discussion

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A very pertinent and intellectually stimulating discussion

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Mr. A. Donald Augustine for introducing a very pertinent and intellectually stimulating discussion. I heard the name A. Donald Augustin perviously, while attending UG,...

Michael Jackson and Bharrat Jagdeo: The tragedy of power

Sep 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Michael Jackson and Bharrat Jagdeo: The tragedy of power

The future of Guyana was the subject of an intense conversation on Sunday evening with the core of the debate being the third term scenario for Mr. Jagdeo. I was the only participant who stuck to my...

Many ‘killer drivers’ still free to continue

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Many ‘killer drivers’ still free to continue

Dear Editor, I see the families of those two children, who were killed in a hit and run accident, at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, on August 16, are picketing the court, demanding justice. I support...

I wanted my concerns of corruption, both within and outside the PPP to be addressed

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on I wanted my concerns of corruption, both within and outside the PPP to be addressed

Dear Editor, I respond to Dr. Randy Persaud’s letter, “What does Boyo Ramsaroop want?” published in Kaieteur News and Guyana Chronicle on the 25th September. I understand Dr. Randy Persaud in...

WHAT IS THE NEWS?

Sep 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS THE NEWS?

What is the news? How does a journalist decide whether an item or occurrence is newsworthy? In a small society like Guyana, it is not unusual to find very trivial and often mundane items making the...

The Govt. appears to be insensitive to the genuine concerns of the people

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Govt. appears to be insensitive to the genuine concerns of the people

Dear Editor, Guyana has within the last few months experienced a dangerous level of executive insensitivity, stubbornness and downright stupidity. Permit me to illustrate my point by referring to...

BK sue he cousin

Sep 29, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on BK sue he cousin

Dem old British police always seh that a criminal does return to de scene of his crime. Dem boys always know that. Dem know dem thief does pass back to see wha happening and that is how some of dem...

Reaping the fruits of hard work

Sep 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Reaping the fruits of hard work

Dear Editor, I express my profound congratulations to the head teacher and staff of Wisburg Secondary School for their achievement at this year’s CSEC. To understand the success of Wisburg, it must...

Mideast Outrage

Sep 29, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Mideast Outrage

Undaunted by the failure of his predecessors’ failure over the last half a century to broker a lasting peace between its ally Israel and the Palestinian people, (displaced by the formation of the...

Tain woman found murdered in bed

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Tain woman found murdered in bed

TAIN, CORENTYNE – The naked body of 49-year old Chintra Punwassy also known as ‘Chandra’ of Fourth Street, Tain Settlement on the Corentyne, was found in her bed early yesterday (Sunday)...

Children among protestors, picket Kwame at fashion show

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Children among protestors, picket Kwame at fashion show

A fashion show at the Promenade Gardens organised by the committee responsible for the Accolade Music Awards was yesterday picketed by a small but vocal group, which included children. The show is...

US-based family makes largest ever donation to local school

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US-based family makes largest ever donation to local school

The students of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School in Corneila Ida, West Coast Demerara will now benefit from advanced technology, thanks to a new computer lab equipped with a total of 47 flat screen...

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more