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National champion McDonald maintains form

Feb 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on National champion McDonald maintains form

– Going to C/bean c/ships in fine mettle National champion and World Championship participant Abigail McDonald continued her mesmerising form with another sublime performance to capture the...

Oscar Shew Memorial TT Tourney set for this weekend

Feb 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Oscar Shew Memorial TT Tourney set for this weekend

The Oscar Shew Memorial Mini-Cadet, Cadet, Junior and Youth Knockout Table Tennis Tournament is scheduled for this weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, according to a Guyana Table Tennis...

Recovering Jerome Taylor eyes South Africa return

Feb 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Recovering Jerome Taylor eyes South Africa return

Jamaica and West Indies fast bowling ace Jerome Taylor is eyeing a return to international cricket against the visiting South Africans in May after he pulled out of the Test tour of Australia last...

Guyana beat L/Wards by 5 wickets to climb out of cellar position

Feb 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana beat L/Wards by 5 wickets to climb out of cellar position

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Splashmin’s Resort & TCL Group A sensible half-century partnership between Man-of-the-Match Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Vice-Captain Assad Fudadin...

Conquerors and Pele to clash in final

Feb 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Conquerors and Pele to clash in final

Fruta Conquerors and Pele will contest the championship match of the 2009 DeSinco Trading sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) competition following victories over Santos and Sunburst...

Farmers need to be prepared for the challenges ahead

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Farmers need to be prepared for the challenges ahead

Dear Editor, We the small farmers are elated at the recent announcement of additional support to mitigate the effects of the current El Nino phenomenon which is affecting all farmers and citizens...

I expect a full retraction and an apology from Mr. Kissoon

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I expect a full retraction and an apology from Mr. Kissoon

Dear Editor, In his column, “I did not and will not run away from my country. The Three Musketeers did”, Mr. Freddie Kissoon claimed that along with Drs. Prem Misir and Randy Persaud, I am one of...

Building on Govt. reserves

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Building on Govt. reserves

Dear Editor, It is with great dissatisfaction that I write this letter. I have read your reports on the Minister of Works breaking down bridges fences and other structures on government reserves on...

It could have been worse

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on It could have been worse

Dear Editor, It is with great fear and a confused state of mind that I pen this letter in your column; the fear of not knowing when we will get rains for our crops and the confusion of what to do...

Today is Republic Day: Where is Chase, Westmaas, Kwayana?

Feb 23, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Today is Republic Day: Where is Chase, Westmaas, Kwayana?

There can hardly be any doubt about it; most school children know that Republic Day means that the country’s head is not the Queen and that republicanism means we have severed constitutional ties...

Guyana has been recolonised by foreign capital

Feb 23, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana has been recolonised by foreign capital

Guyanese will today be engaged in bacchanal on the streets of Georgetown as part of Mash Day activities. Lost in the revelry will be the political significance of the day, which marks the fortieth...

This type of rhetoric creates hatred and division

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on This type of rhetoric creates hatred and division

Dear Editor, Once again, I feel the need to respond to your columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon. Anyone reading his articles of February 21, captioned: “Sorry to disappoint you on this one”, and that...

Dem Boys Seh… Ashni bruck up parliament

Feb 23, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… Ashni bruck up parliament

Is Mash and all dem people in parliament decide that dem wasn’t going to miss it fuh nutten. Dem boys seh that dem talk fast, fast, and only Dr Ashni decide that he got to talk lang. He spend three...

President Jagdeo and Ministers on the Essequibo Coast

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo and Ministers on the Essequibo Coast

DEAR EDITOR, President Jagdeo and Cabinet Ministers Robert Persaud and Manniram Prashad engaged farmers and the broader communities yesterday on the Essequibo Coast. RPA General Secretary Mr....

Make this educational trip a reality

Feb 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Make this educational trip a reality

Dear Editor, I am a “proud” past student of Queen’s College, however, the unjust treatment of certain students by those who control the school is utterly preposterous and therefore I felt the...

Forty years of being a Republic

Feb 23, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Forty years of being a Republic

Forty years ago, Guyana took the bold step to move away from the Monarchy and to manage its own affairs. This move was on the cards four years earlier when Guyana attained independence. On the...

Man’s skeleton found hanging

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s skeleton found hanging

The skeletal remains of a man who has since been identified as 67-year-old Jocelyn Prince was discovered yesterday afternoon hanging from a tree on the southern bank of the Lamaha Canal. The...

Bodies of mother and son recovered

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies of mother and son recovered

Demerara river boat mishap… Relatives retrieved the badly decomposing bodies of 26-year old Malika Wilson and her three-year old son, Adam Wilson, who perished Friday evening in the Demerara River....

Pastor in sex probe still to turn self in

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor in sex probe still to turn self in

Police were up to late yesterday still to arrest the Mahaica Pastor under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing his 17-year-old stepdaughter. The man had told Kaieteur News that he would have...

‘Bones man’ is Soca Monarch 2010

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bones man’ is Soca Monarch 2010

(By Mondale Smith and Gary Eleazar) While Shelly G’s no show to defend her title proved a disappointment to some, none can complain about the 2010 choice for Soca Monarch. Before a celebratory...

Slain woman’s children say cops not following up leads

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Slain woman’s children say cops not following up leads

– claim police still to trace threatening phone calls made to mom Close relatives of 78-year old Rajkumarie Mahadeo have accused the police of failing to follow up on several possible leads...

Dem boys seh….Is Mash and trickery

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Is Mash and trickery

Tomorrow is Mash and dem boys know that it gun be a good day because dem gun find some women who gun want beer to drink. That is when dem gun be at dem weakest because de sun gun stand up in all its...

Devious machinations in High Court admin system to be blamed

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Devious machinations in High Court admin system to be blamed

Lost Region 10 Seat… – AFC Alliance for Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, has lashed out persons speaking to the competency of the legal team that petitioned the High Court for the Region...

Gunmen terrorise Canjie family during robbery

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen terrorise Canjie family during robbery

An East Canjie, Berbice family was on Saturday evening terrorised by four gunmen who invaded their home and relieved them of an undisclosed amount of jewellery and a large amount of cash. Reports are...

GWI cuts off water supply to Diamond squatting community

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GWI cuts off water supply to Diamond squatting community

– after timber company threatens legal action over land ownership By Michael Jordan The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has cut off water from the Great Diamond squatting community due to the...