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Mae’s ‘A’, Bishop’s High set for U-13 final

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mae’s ‘A’, Bishop’s High set for U-13 final

Mae’s’ ‘A’ team and Bishop’s High School are on a collision course for the U-13 final of Business School-sponsored Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) teams tournament after dominating...

MSC hosts HDRC/K&S Haiti fund raiser tonight

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC hosts HDRC/K&S Haiti fund raiser tonight

BK Int. Western Tigers face Bakewell Topp XX in main event By Franklin Wilson Linden/Georgetown rivalry will be renewed for a worthy cause come this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground,...

Rajkarran calls out leading title contenders

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Rajkarran calls out leading title contenders

Confident ahead of today’s ‘Race Meeting’ By Edison Jefford Grass Track Championship leader in the professional category, Andy Rajkarran made his pitch yesterday to have all the other possible...

Mitchell Rogers gives Anthony Augustin a ‘New Year’s Beating’

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mitchell Rogers gives Anthony Augustin a ‘New Year’s Beating’

– O’Neil spoils ‘The Spoiler’ Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil defied her skeptics, returning from a lengthy lay off to dish out a ‘New Year’s Beating’ to Sharon ‘The...

Khan defeats Meusa to tighten grip on Trophy Stall Chess Tournament

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Khan defeats Meusa to tighten grip on Trophy Stall Chess Tournament

Former National Junior Chess champion Taffin Khan retained his rich vein of form when he ended the fifth round with a win over National Men’s Senior chess champion, Wendell Muesa to retain the...

Special youth summit ends with declaration

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Special youth summit ends with declaration

Caribbean leaders yesterday issued a 12-point declaration following intense consultations with youth leaders in the region, with more youth involvement in the policies and developmental strategies...

Boxers assured of better training facilities at Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Boxers assured of better training facilities at Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym

Boxers of the Harpy Eagle’s Boxing Gym who have been displaced for close to two weeks would soon have the use of a spanking new gym following intensified efforts by the contractors to expedite the...

Guyana claim 1st innings points from CCC despite fifties from Corbin & Reifer

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana claim 1st innings points from CCC despite fifties from Corbin & Reifer

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn & Car Rental & Caribbean Airlines Discarded Wes Indies Captain Floyd Reifer (57) hit his 2nd consecutive fifty in this...

Agri Ministry unveils aggressive plan to boost livestock industry

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Agri Ministry unveils aggressive plan to boost livestock industry

– $400M for herd expansion, pastures As the Government of Guyana seeks creative ways to divert attention from traditional crops, the Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on a project aimed at...

Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, part 1

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, part 1

By Petamber Persaud (Extract of an interview with Prof. Miguel Nenevé Georgetown, Guyana, January 2010. Nenevé is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rondonia, Brazil. He was...

Autism Spectrum disorder at home and at school

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Autism Spectrum disorder at home and at school

– development through Sensory Integration The Guyana Autistic Society (GAS), which recently ended its one-week programme at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre has implemented certain...

Hindu Dharmic Sabha holds new classes

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hindu Dharmic Sabha holds new classes

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha will be holding new classes at the Sanskritik Kendra in Prashad Nagar and in its Praants countrywide. Classes are open to all. Take the opportunity to learn music,...

Caribbean Diplomacy: An Endangered Species

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean Diplomacy: An Endangered Species

By Sir Ronald Sanders Caribbean governments are in danger of weakening still further their diplomatic capacity endangering its effectiveness, and imperiling their countries’ maneuverability in a...

Do you possess the will to demand the reform of GECOM?

Jan 31, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Do you possess the will to demand the reform of GECOM?

By Sheila Holder, MP The Political will to do the right things is hinged to the People’s will to censure their Government through the ballot. Much of what ails this country stems primarily from the...

It takes brains to live in Guyana

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on It takes brains to live in Guyana

By Adam Harris We are a people who laugh at any and everything, we cry sometimes when we shouldn’t and we can cook up a scheme when the need arises. We know how to live and when people in foreign...

Is President Jagdeo jeopardizing his Nobel Peace Prize chance?

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is President Jagdeo jeopardizing his Nobel Peace Prize chance?

I often wonder if President Jagdeo is given to uncontrollable spontaneity therefore he makes no in-depth reflection on what he is going to say. The newspaper advertisement scandal comes to mind....

President Jagdeo should be in Guyana

Jan 31, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on President Jagdeo should be in Guyana

At this time when the welfare and livelihood of miners, foresters and the Amerindians are threatened by the dictatorial behaviour of the regime, President Bharrat Jagdeo should be at home seeking to...

Robbery or execution?

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Robbery or execution?

– is a jealous woman behind this killing? It was just beginning to rain on the evening of Saturday, November 1, 2004, when the five men entered Philip Bess’s yard in Stevedore Housing Scheme...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There has been the river disaster of which I spoke. There will be another, this time because the pilots would overload the vessels and the rough seas would simply be too much to handle. Passing...

Dem Boys seh… Robert should learn from Panday

Jan 31, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… Robert should learn from Panday

Some people does do funny things and put other people in trouble. Last week somebody decide to pay fuh a whole page advertisement claiming how some PNC people want dump Corbin. De same people claim...

“No!” to Revolutionary Romance

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on “No!” to Revolutionary Romance

It would appear that my use of the term “narrative of revolutionary romance” has led to some misunderstanding, which can be discerned in the debate on the legacy of Dr Walter Rodney. Most of the...

THE CRACK IN THE JEWEL

Jan 31, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CRACK IN THE JEWEL

The first crack in the local bourgeoisie class has emerged. This fault line has appeared because of the pressures caused by the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of...

A special call from QC students

Jan 31, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on A special call from QC students

Dear Editor, Yet again one of the premier institutions in Guyana cries out for help. What it is this time – ‘Future Leaders’ left at the mercy of the general public for donations in order to...

NACTA’s pre and exit polls were different

Jan 31, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on NACTA’s pre and exit polls were different

Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s letter captioned “Pollster Got it Wrong” (Kaieteur News January 27) which did not quote Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s final poll numbers on last...

We have reached a new low in human behaviour

Jan 31, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on We have reached a new low in human behaviour

Dear Editor, If I were thinned-skin I would probably have stopped airing my views in these columns but words can do me no harm whatsoever. The blogs in Guyana have had and continue to have a field...

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