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Walton Hall beat Lima by 5 wkts in final

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Walton Hall beat Lima by 5 wkts in final

Walton Hall defeated Lima by five wickets to win the final of the Sharief and Shira Memorial twenty/20 cricket competition played recently at Anna Regina Centre ground on the Essequibo Coast....

Security Solutions retain Neal & Massy Domino title

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Security Solutions retain Neal & Massy Domino title

Neal and Massy Security Solutions (NMSS) retained their title in the 2009 Edward ‘Andy’ Andrews Memorial Dominoes competition for teams in the Neal and Massy Group. In the final played Friday...

West Berbice carpenter killed by speeding car

Dec 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice carpenter killed by speeding car

A father of nine died after being struck down by a motor car on the West Berbice Highway late yesterday afternoon. Dead is Brentnol Hutson, 49, a carpenter of El Dorado Village, West Coast Berbice....

Lord produces royal performance for GCC

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lord produces royal performance for GCC

Spinner takes record 8-0 in U-15 contest Left-arm spinner Devon Lord produced a royal performance to spearhead GCC to a crushing 9-wicket win against 3rd Class at GNIC Saturday in one of the shortest...

Guyana trash T&T 3-0 in first int’l basketball sweep in 1997

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana trash T&T 3-0 in first int’l basketball sweep in 1997

Dear Editor, Playing under the captaincy of two times Caricom All Star Guard Ravens basketball club’s Lugard Mohan, Guyana National Basketball team triumphed three nil for the first time in a...

All Saints Anglican School Old Students’ Association promotes literacy

Dec 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on All Saints Anglican School Old Students’ Association promotes literacy

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The All Saints Anglican School old Students’ Association is promoting reading as a leisure activity among the younger generation. Last week, the organisation...

Guyana’s agriculture is in a downward spiral

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s agriculture is in a downward spiral

Dear Editor, I refer to an article captioned, “Banks to re-examine agricultural investment policies, SN 12-08-2009” and would like to endorse the views stated by Mr. John Tracey, CEO,...

Santa arrives in New Amsterdam

Dec 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Santa arrives in New Amsterdam

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Jolly old St. Nick rode in to town on the Bhivar Caroling Truck last Friday causing a mad rush among some residents of New Amsterdam as he handed out Christmas gifts to...

Law and order must return to our roads

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Law and order must return to our roads

Dear Editor, It was just under a fortnight ago that I wrote an article lamenting the fact that our roads have become killing grounds with each passing day someone going through the agony of maim or...

Radio Needy Children’s Fund fêtes Berbice kids

Dec 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Radio Needy Children’s Fund fêtes Berbice kids

MIBICURI, BLACK BUSH POLDER – The Radio Needy Children’s Fund fêted about 500 children in the Black Bush Polder area yesterday. Co-ordinator for the Radio Needy Children’s Fund, Faizal...

The death of Peter Britton

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The death of Peter Britton

Dear Editor, The news of the death of Peter Britton was received with great sadness in London. Peter appeared regularly before me when I was a magistrate in Georgetown (1971-72). He was then a rising...

Buxtonian throws $500,000 Christmas party for children

Dec 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Buxtonian throws $500,000 Christmas party for children

Christmas is the season for sharing and happiness, and an elderly Buxton resident has been giving back to her community during this season for the last 15 years. For 86 year-old Elain McNeal, an...

There is nothing in the President’s background that identifies him as an advocate for peace

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is nothing in the President’s background that identifies him as an advocate for peace

Dear Editor, The recent disclosure that the current President of Guyana was being recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize had to have been surprising for some, alarming for others, and of course...

Jagdeo deserves to be recognised as a Nobel Laureate

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo deserves to be recognised as a Nobel Laureate

Dear Editor, Guyanese should be proud to have one of their own recognised as a Nobel Laureate. As the saying goes, no matter where you go in the world today, you are likely to find a Guyanese already...

Commonwealth Summit a success

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Commonwealth Summit a success

Dear Editor, There were mixed opinions about the recently held Commonwealth Summit in Trinidad last month with world leaders praising Prime Minister Patrick Manning for a successful summit and the...

THE PPP MUST WAKE UP!

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP MUST WAKE UP!

The PPP leaders must stop and take serious stock of the relationship between the party and the government that it formed after the 2006 General Elections. Ever since the 2006 elections, the PPP is...

Should we as a nation reward such vile acts?

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should we as a nation reward such vile acts?

Dear Editor, It’s approaching that time of year again — no, not Christmas — the box food lunches and fat, tax-free salaries for members of our disciplined services. Very soon, just after the...

Monkeyland, donkeyland or failed state?

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Monkeyland, donkeyland or failed state?

One of the problems of those who have fought against President Forbes Burnham Burnham is that there is a strong fear of national embarrassment if they admit that the Burnham Government was a little...

What will the response be?

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on What will the response be?

Dear Editor, So here we go again, another NGO (Global Witness) has pronounced on the levels of corruption in Guyana. This is addition to Transparency International and the French Export Credit...

RIDING THE TIGER

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on RIDING THE TIGER

“He who rides the tiger, is afraid to dismount.” (Old Chinese proverb) A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day they went to her place and made love all afternoon....

A stalwart has fallen

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on A stalwart has fallen

Dear Editor, I cannot refrain from writing this short note to say how grieved I was to hear of the death of our Minister within the Ministry of Education, Dr Desrey Fox. It is indeed a terrible grief...

Copenhagen deadlock?

Dec 14, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Copenhagen deadlock?

The first week of the Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 is over, with another week to go. In this first week it was expected that the technical representatives of the 190 odd countries that...

Dem boys seh…People don’t strike in December

Dec 13, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People don’t strike in December

Guyanese like a foreigner and every time de same foreigner does shaft dem. Dem had de man from East Coast who claim that he bringing wrestlers from de World Wrestling Federation. People get wild...

Lawyer takes $33M in legal fees, children left with $500,000 each

Dec 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer takes $33M in legal fees, children left with $500,000 each

Despite a final court judgment on the estate of dead Guyanese businessman, Victor Bourne, there is still some amount of controversy over how part of it was disbursed. Some of the dead man’s...

Five carry same licence plate

Dec 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Five carry same licence plate

It certainly is illegal for any two vehicles to have the same licence plate but the Guyana Defence Force is obviously an exception to the rule. This newspaper has observed that five vehicles that are...

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No place for little boys in a big man’s world

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There’s an old saying in Guyana: “You can’t put a little boy to do a big man’s... more