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Atrocities returning to trouble America

Oct 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Atrocities returning to trouble America

Dear Editor, The United States and those with similar profiles continue to impose their colonial and imperialist arrogance and interference with poor nations; the thrust of this vile approach is to...

Derrick Parry spell still the most economical in Regional One Day cricket

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Derrick Parry spell still the most economical in Regional One Day cricket

Dear Editor, Guyana again will host the Regional Limited Overs Cricket Championship starting October 28. During last year’s tournament in the preliminary round between the Windward Islands and the...

Obama’s Nobel

Oct 11, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Obama’s Nobel

The announcement by the Swedish Academy that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to US President Barack Obama certainly took the world, including even the winner, by surprise. Traditionally,...

GPL to pass down benefits to consumers

Oct 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to pass down benefits to consumers

By Fareeza Haniff With a number of capital projects currently on stream by the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) which will eventually allow the power company to save on fuel cost, the benefits...

Whipple pleased with locals’ progress

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Whipple pleased with locals’ progress

West Indies Coach and designated Technical Director (TD) of the Guyana National Rugby Team Joe Whipple, who is spearheading preparations of the local squad currently preparing for the North American...

As parents we should let go

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on As parents we should let go

By Adam Harris The other day I happened to think about the things parents would do for their children, never realizing that more often than not that when the children become adults there should be a...

AFC hosts annual Maxie Perreira and Marlis Archer cycle races today

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on AFC hosts annual Maxie Perreira and Marlis Archer cycle races today

The Alliance For Change (AFC) will today stage the annual Maxie Perreira and Marlis Archer Memorial Cycle Race at the National Park outer circuit starting from 9:00hrs. Some 11 races in various...

The Paper Trail, part two

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on The Paper Trail, part two

By Petamber Persaud (Extracts of a conversation on the movement of man with Nalini Mohabir and Juliet Alexander, Georgetown, Guyana, August 28, 2009. Nalini Mohabir, born in Canada of Guyanese father...

National Race Walking Champ Rudolph Mitchell scheduled for Barbados meet

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on National Race Walking Champ Rudolph Mitchell scheduled for Barbados meet

He has demolished all and sundry that dared to challenge him locally, now national race walk champion, Rudolph Mitchell prepares for a tougher challenge when he leaves Guyana on Friday October 16 to...

‘My countrymen in NY are keeping their ears to the ground’

Oct 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ‘My countrymen in NY are keeping their ears to the ground’

From Dale Andrews in New York When my boss asked me to go to America, I was really excited. After all, I had never been to the ‘Big Apple’ and the thought of seeing family and friends not seen...

Abrams’ Leo Victor open Suriname football season with victory

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Abrams’ Leo Victor open Suriname football season with victory

Guyanese forward Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams guided Suriname’s Leo Victor FC to a 3-0 victory in their opening game of the 2009/10 season against Robin Hood last Wednesday. Abrams netted his team’s...

Jaikaran died from fall

Oct 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jaikaran died from fall

Sixty-five-year-old Jaikaran, called ‘Spiker’, died of a brain hemorrhage due to blunt force trauma; he fell and hit his head. He was found on the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara last...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

I have been talking about the fires. Only last week I warned of the conflagration that would leave some people in tears. I hasten to say that there is more to come because of carelessness. And...

Nehemiah Comprehensive School holds Annual Athletic Meeting

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Nehemiah Comprehensive School holds Annual Athletic Meeting

The Nehemiah Comprehensive School held its annual Athletic Meeting at the DCC Ground last Wednesday. Students had a whale of a time with traditional races and cycling, as well as tug-o-war, buns...

Contractor fired for cutting trees at Kaieteur

Oct 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor fired for cutting trees at Kaieteur

The National Parks Commission has fired the contractor it hired to build a new guest house at Tukeit, just below the mountain that leads up to Kaieteur Falls. A grant agreement was signed late last...

Who’s listening when the Caribbean speaks?

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Who’s listening when the Caribbean speaks?

By Sir Ronald Sanders In Turkey, where meetings of the IMF and the World Bank were held during the week of October 4th, Caribbean Finance Ministers raised with the First Deputy Managing Director of...

Hikers B stake claim for B Division final spot

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hikers B stake claim for B Division final spot

The Hikers B division boys made a strong bid for a spot in the B division final when they got the better of contender Western Dragons by a 2-0 margin last Friday evening a the Banks DIH ground. The...

Democracy is not coffee

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Democracy is not coffee

One of the sobering insights painfully gathered after the “Third Wave of Democratisation” ushered in after 1989, is that democracy, unlike coffee, does not come in “instant.” This has...

Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club presents exciting day at the tracks

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club presents exciting day at the tracks

The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club would be transformed into a hive of activity when the organizers of that club, in collaboration with the Customs Racing Stable, stage a grand one day horse racing...

Modern Technology must also be appropriate, cost effective and beneficial

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Modern Technology must also be appropriate, cost effective and beneficial

There were calls for “Kwame” to step down pending the investigation of a taped telephone conversation which made its way into the public domain; before that there were calls for Dr. Leslie...

The case of the missing drivers

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the missing drivers

It was a sunny Friday in February 1998, a typical day for 22-year-old taxi driver Davo Narine. His parents asked him to pay an electricity bill and so he left his home at about 14:00 hours to go to a...

Gayadin to transfer fire in his veins to track at GMR&SC Nov. Meet

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Gayadin to transfer fire in his veins to track at GMR&SC Nov. Meet

If you were to cut Gavin Gayadin don’t be surprised if you see gasoline or engine oil instead of blood, since as he puts it “motor racing is in my veins”. It has only been five years since the...

The reason I am on the picket line

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The reason I am on the picket line

One day, Lincoln Lewis called me on the phone. People like Lincoln Lewis I have known since the seventies when I was a young UG student. There are many persons like Lincoln Lewis that fought the...

Chubby U-13 final four decided

Oct 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Chubby U-13 final four decided

Thomas stun Conquerors, Flamingo upstage Uprising, Camptown & Santos also advance By Franklin Wilson In sweltering heat at the Tucville ground yesterday morning into early afternoon, the heat on...

The Toco Toucan

Oct 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Toco Toucan

The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) is the largest and arguably best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America....

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