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DeSinco U-19 prelims end today

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on DeSinco U-19 prelims end today

Play in the DeSinco Trading sponsored Georgetown Football Association Under-19 tournament preliminary round concludes today with one match at the Camptown ground in Campbellville. Kicking off at...

A TIME FOR REFLECTION

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on A TIME FOR REFLECTION

By Ameena Gafoor THE ARTS FORUM has chosen two compelling poems by Martin Carter with which to close the year. Gone from our midst more than a decade now, Carter’s poems will continue to resonate...

2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline

By Sir Ronald Sanders The first decade of the 21st Century – 2000 to 2009 – has proven to be a decade of decline for the Countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). When...

Guyana stumble at first attempt at Caribbean Basketball Championship

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Guyana stumble at first attempt at Caribbean Basketball Championship

Dear Editor, The first attempt of organizing a Caribbean Basketball tournament took place in Guyana February 1976. The proposed countries identified to participate were host Guyana, Suriname,...

Barbados barely avoided a sweep in Goodwill International Series June 1997

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Barbados barely avoided a sweep in Goodwill International Series June 1997

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana playing without seasoned veterans, Captain Lugard Mohan, Orin Mohan, Rawlwin Loncke, Lancelot Loncke, experienced forward Robert Cadogan and the temperamental Eion Leitch, humbled...

Expired Strategy

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Expired Strategy

Mr. Lincoln Lewis took strenuous objection to my citing him as one of the new purveyors of the old divisive “us” against “them” discourse that has fuelled out political strategies since...

TIME FOR THE PARTY TO BE PARTYING?

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR THE PARTY TO BE PARTYING?

This holiday season should find the leaders of the People’s Progressive Party in deep introspection about the state of their party, the woeful lack of leadership being demonstrated from within...

Bowlers dominate in West Coast Zone as two take hat-tricks

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bowlers dominate in West Coast Zone as two take hat-tricks

Bowlers dominated the December 17 round of the Guyana Softball League Carib Beer sponsored softball cricket tournament as several teams recorded victories. In the results from the zones: WEST COAST...

GABA executive to hold Special Meeting with all Boxing Coaches

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA executive to hold Special Meeting with all Boxing Coaches

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will hold a special meeting with all Boxing Coaches tomorrow, Monday, December 28, at 17:00 Hrs at the Guyana Olympic Association, 76, High Street...

I got a great Christmas gift

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on I got a great Christmas gift

Christmas Day has come and gone and I feel as though I have lost a good friend, not that I am one of the children who look forward to the day because there are gifts and toys, but because it is the...

Desrey Fox, some hypocrisy and deadly politics

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Desrey Fox, some hypocrisy and deadly politics

I worked very closely with J.O.F. Haynes at the University of Guyana. When he died, I didn’t attend the funeral for one particular reason – when prominent citizens die some ego-trippers use the...

Butts has high hopes for Windies at Under-19 World Cup

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Butts has high hopes for Windies at Under-19 World Cup

The West Indies selectors have named a strong team to participate in the International Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, and chairman of selectors Clyde Butts says he expects the...

My Bones And My Flute

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on My Bones And My Flute

By Edgar Mittelholzer Part Four Mr. Nevinson dabbed at his forehead. “it’s like some—some unpleasant dream. I still can’t believe that it’s happening. He looked at me and gave a short...

PEACE – OUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST BLESSING

Dec 27, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PEACE – OUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST BLESSING

By Latchmin Punalall MP We are just a few days away from the commencement of a New Year. It is a time when we review the old year to rejoice over our achievements and also a time when we identify...

Pele and Sunburst Camptown canter into K&S semis

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele and Sunburst Camptown canter into K&S semis

Beat GDF and Riddim Squad at National Stadium By Franklin Wilson It was likened to the final of the tournament, actually it was just the quarter-final but the level of intensity, excitement and...

CLICO liquidation: 2000 policy holders could have been paid by yearend-govt. official complains

Dec 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLICO liquidation: 2000 policy holders could have been paid by yearend-govt. official complains

By Leonard Gildarie Policyholders hoping for an early conclusion to the liquidation of the CLICO Guyana are facing another setback with the court on Wednesday ordering a temporary stay of proceedings...

Cop held at roadblock after Corentyne robbery

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cop held at roadblock after Corentyne robbery

A Police Constable from the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, Berbice was thrown into a cell at his place of employment after he was nabbed fleeing from the scene of a robbery in the ancient...

GDF spreads more Christmas Cheer

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GDF spreads more Christmas Cheer

The Guyana Defence Force, on Wednesday, brought Christmas cheer to the members of the Toucan II Multi-Purpose Club of Buxton when it presented the club with a 32-inch flat-screen Toshiba television....

Dem boys seh… Dem Woman Tired

Dec 25, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem Woman Tired

Today is a special day fuh some people. All of dem feel that is de best day in de year and that nobody should deny this fact. What dem boys know, though, is that Friday is a religious day fuh...

Jagdeo calls for full probe into Desrey Fox’s death

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo calls for full probe into Desrey Fox’s death

President Bharrat Jagdeo said that he is not satisfied with the report on the circumstances surrounding the death of Education Minister Desrey Fox. The Minister succumbed suddenly at the Georgetown...

City Hall still without electricity

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall still without electricity

Failure on the part of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) to restore the supply of electricity to City Hall was regarded as “as a little bit of deception” by City Mayor Hamilton Green,...

Diamond traffic light working

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond traffic light working

The traffic lights at Diamond junction on the East Bank Demerara have started working and officials say that works to widen the roads there will be completed in late January. The junction, which has...

Sunich maintains tradition for Kennard TC Boxing Day race Meet

Dec 25, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunich maintains tradition for Kennard TC Boxing Day race Meet

Proprietor of the Trophy Stall in Bourda Market, Ramesh Sunich, has continued a tradition he has kept for over 20 years, that is to sponsor the trophy for the best jockey. Tomorrow’s Kennard...

Lady Jaguar Ashley Rodrigues earns 2009 All-Great Lakes Region honours

Dec 25, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jaguar Ashley Rodrigues earns 2009 All-Great Lakes Region honours

Soccer Puts Three on All-Region Squad YPSILANTI, Mich. – Three members of the Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer team were named to the 2009 NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region team. Lady...

An Orphan’s Christmas wish

Dec 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on An Orphan’s Christmas wish

By Jamal Scott Like the average 10-year-old boy Noel (not his real name) attends school regularly and is quite often involved in the many naughty deeds boys so often find themselves. He likes...

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