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Mother accused of receiving stolen property granted bail

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Mother accused of receiving stolen property granted bail

A 25-year-old mother of three was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Ruby French is accused of receiving one tape deck, one motor car indicator light and...

GSA selects 2010 National Junior training squads

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA selects 2010 National Junior training squads

– Once again Girls team look strong The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has short-listed 38 junior players to form its two training squads in preparation for the Caribbean Championships in the...

Contracts inked for two more training schools

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Contracts inked for two more training schools

– Structures to be completed in nine months Government yesterday signed two contracts that will see almost $1B being spent to build two more technical and vocational schools in the country. One...

Gold from Million Mountain project to go on sale next month

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gold from Million Mountain project to go on sale next month

Sacre-Coeur Minerals, Ltd. a Canadian Mining Company, has announced that it will commence sale of gold from its Million Mountain project in the Mazaruni District within the next three weeks. In a...

Richard Latiff slams 176* in Regal X1’s 242; highest scores to date

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richard Latiff slams 176* in Regal X1’s 242; highest scores to date

As the battle for the top prize of ONE MILLION dollars in the GT&T sponsored nationwide 1010 cricket competition continues, Richard Latiff has recorded the highest score, blasting 176 for his...

GRA announces new measures for donations to quake victims

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GRA announces new measures for donations to quake victims

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced new measures that will see individuals, businesses and other organizations having to seek exemptions before making any donations to earthquake-hit...

Toolsie Persaud Hardware Golf tourney set for Sunday

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud Hardware Golf tourney set for Sunday

Coming hot on the heels of the Mashramani Stableford, local golfers will this Sunday compete in the Toolsie Persaud Ltd. Hardware Division Medal Play tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. It will be...

Guyanese players win Singles titles

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese players win Singles titles

Guyanese players Sudesh Fitzgerald and Jean DeSouza carted off the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles over the weekend as the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) Mashramani Classic Competition concluded at...

DC Jammers to return to Guyana

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DC Jammers to return to Guyana

GABF wants them back on itinerary By Edison Jefford Guyana’s Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is preparing to receive the Washington DC Jammers after the Maryland-based basketball team openly...

Banks DIH to host Invitational softball cricket tourney

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH to host Invitational softball cricket tourney

Twenty two teams will compete in a specially arranged four-over “One Tip, Two Tip” Invitational Softball Cricket competition on Sunday at Thirst Park ground starting at 09:00 hours. The...

THE PPP REMAINS SOLID UNDER ‘THE DONALD’

Feb 26, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP REMAINS SOLID UNDER ‘THE DONALD’

If there was any doubt that while the opposition parties have been asleep the PPP has been doing its work, it was on Mash Day, when the PPP fielded a multi-racial band during the Float Parade. The...

Super League Football tournament launched

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Super League Football tournament launched

Three matches will herald the opening of this year’s Super League football tournament, scheduled to get underway on February 28. Rosignol United will take on Camptown at the Blairmont Community...

Stephens walks away with Mashramani race in Berbice

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stephens walks away with Mashramani race in Berbice

After a neck and neck battle Anthony Stephens was able to gather enough energy to move away from competitor Errol Rose and win the Unity For the nation Mashramani six mile walk race which was held on...

Beloved “Aunt Millie” dies at 105

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Beloved “Aunt Millie” dies at 105

The Cinderella County lost one of its most cherished residents on Monday last, when 105-year-old Millicent Jackson, fondly referred to as “Aunt Millie” died at her Reliance, Essequibo Coast...

Sarwan replaces Chanderpaul as Guyana seek final round consolation win

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan replaces Chanderpaul as Guyana seek final round consolation win

By Sean Devers in Grenada In association with Lifetime Reality & Juliette’s Book Library & Dating Service Guyana’s cricketer of the year Ramnaresh Sarwan returns for Guyana’s final...

Floodlights to play Fundraiser at Canal #1 tomorrow night

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights to play Fundraiser at Canal #1 tomorrow night

The Guyana Floodlights A & B Squad, just back from the USA where they played in the Florida Cup Masters Tournament, will tomorrow night play against the Canal #1 Masters at the Ochoo Cricket...

Vanilla wears Road March crown for a third time

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vanilla wears Road March crown for a third time

(By Mondale Smith) For the second year in a row, 27-year-old Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts has copped the Road March title. This represents the third time that the energetic and talented artiste has...

Intelligence has become the first line of defence in a country’s national security

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Intelligence has become the first line of defence in a country’s national security

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by Government of a new intelligence organisation to be named the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has since proven a contentious issue. From time immemorial...

Leading Scrabble players have two cracks at McDonald

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leading Scrabble players have two cracks at McDonald

– GASP hosts Youman Nabi and Phagwah Open Competitions By Rawle Welch The country’s leading word formers will have two opportunities starting tomorrow and Monday to stop the juggernaut...

AFC’s Ramjattan does it again

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC’s Ramjattan does it again

Dear Editor, It appears that the AFC leadership is in crisis. They are hopping from one blunder to another. Things appear to be getting from bad to worse, with Mr. Ramjattan at the centre of the...

National Qaseeda competition slated for March 7

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on National Qaseeda competition slated for March 7

– Guest artistes expected from Suriname, T & T The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex will be the venue for the eighth consecutive year, for the Annual National Qaseeda (Muslim Songs in praise...

‘Enemies of the State’ yet again!

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Enemies of the State’ yet again!

Dear Editor, History is said to return again and again with the same basic script and a change in the cast of characters. Unfortunately, it appears that evil rather than good works are repeated again...

Cross-dressing in Guyana: Is the Supreme Court courageous?

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cross-dressing in Guyana: Is the Supreme Court courageous?

Dear Editor, In recent times, it seems that those occasions when a 40th anniversary is celebrated, that as a milestone event, it has taken on a greater significance beyond, as the saying goes,...

Doctor, police analyst among latest to testify

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor, police analyst among latest to testify

Four more witness were called to testify when the trial of murder accused Khemraj Gopaul of Angoy’s Avenue continued on Wednesday at the Berbice High Court before Justice Winston Patterson and a...

Greek Wisdom for now

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Greek Wisdom for now

The author Mark Vernon feels that the ancient Greeks have relevance for our frenetic times. He offers ten tips. Go with the flow: To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change....