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Avinash Persaud finishes among the leaders

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Avinash Persaud finishes among the leaders

The 2010 ANSA McAl 103rd Trinidad & Tobago Open Amateur Golf Championships concluded on Sunday last at the St. Andrews Golf Club in Moka Maraval, with a sudden death play-off to decide the...

Pacesetters win twice in one night

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Pacesetters win twice in one night

Courts Pacesetters won twice in one night to boost their confidence Sunday night when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division I and III Leagues continued at the Cliff Anderson...

Police look to deal with corruption, other challenges

Mar 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police look to deal with corruption, other challenges

Unsatisfactory handling of reports of domestic violence and continuing allegations of corruption were among the challenges which faced the Guyana Police Force last year. Minister of Home Affairs...

City Hall baffled over land development near Chinese Embassy

Mar 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall baffled over land development near Chinese Embassy

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) is seeking to ascertain who is behind the clearing of the plot of land north of the Chinese Embassy on Mandela Avenue. With the certainty that the...

Excitement building ahead of 5th One Day domino competition

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Excitement building ahead of 5th One Day domino competition

Banks DIH, Sterling Products, Stag Beer& Western Union on board All the top domino teams in Guyana are gearing up for battle in the 5th Annual Lyall Gittens organised One-Day competition set for...

Gold declarations plunge 40% in January

Mar 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gold declarations plunge 40% in January

Miners have expressed worry over the state of the industry as declaration to the Guyana Gold Board plunged by 40 per cent for January alone and a loss of confidence among miners is being blamed....

Cavalier Sports Club appeals for corporate assistance

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Cavalier Sports Club appeals for corporate assistance

Public Relations Officer of the Cavalier Sports and Tour Club (CSTC), Maria Nelson is appealing to the government and members of the business community for corporate support towards the success of...

8 Athletes short-listed for Junior CARIFTA Games

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 8 Athletes short-listed for Junior CARIFTA Games

Final team to be named after AAG meeting Kaieteur Sport understands that eight athletes were short-listed on the Junior CARIFTA Games team that will represent Guyana in the Cayman Island early in...

Singh, Ramcharran blast tons as Canal Number 2 hammer Wales

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Singh, Ramcharran blast tons as Canal Number 2 hammer Wales

National middle order batsman Gajanand Singh and Chabiraj Ramcharran fashioned entertaining centuries in a 235-run third wicket partnership to spearhead host Canal Number 2 to an emphatic 289-run win...

Dr Anthony, Robert Corbin expected to share stage at AY&SC annual Awards

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dr Anthony, Robert Corbin expected to share stage at AY&SC annual Awards

The Achievers Youth and Sports Club (AY&SC) of West Coast Berbice will be holding its 8th Annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday March 20, 2010, to honour outstanding members of the club for the year...

Guyana’s men win bronze at NACAC C/ships

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s men win bronze at NACAC C/ships

Forde was first Caribbean athlete to finish By Edison Jefford On the heels of Cleveland Forde’s overall fifth place finish at the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country...

Griffith delighted to meet Gayle

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Griffith delighted to meet Gayle

West Indies Under-19 opening batsman Trevon Griffith was delighted to have been in the company of his favourite West Indian player, Digicel-sponsored Captain, Chris Gayle. Griffith represented series...

GAPF & MCY&S promises a competition second to none, six countries expected

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GAPF & MCY&S promises a competition second to none, six countries expected

By Franklin Wilson All systems are in place for what is being touted to be the best ever Annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Caribbean...

Stephenson achieves PB in 50 & 200m breaststroke at ASATT meet

Mar 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Stephenson achieves PB in 50 & 200m breaststroke at ASATT meet

Jessica Stephenson, one of the two swimmers selected by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association for the CARIFTA Games set for the Cayman Islands has achieved Personal Best (PB) times in the 50m and...

Nowhere is it evident that Guyana falls into a category of dictatorship

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Nowhere is it evident that Guyana falls into a category of dictatorship

Dear Editor, I have followed with much interest, calls that this country has an elected dictatorship with several references to the American Theorist, Fareed Zakaria’s highly controversial writings...

Show footage of Cool Square shooting

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Show footage of Cool Square shooting

Dear Editor, I have read the reports in the newspaper and heard the news on television about the killing of a Canadian based Guyanese at a popular bar. I’ve also been privileged to see footage of...

‘Big Brother will be watching’

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Big Brother will be watching’

Dear Editor, On collecting my paper last Sunday morning (07-03-10) I was immediately put off by a most unpleasant quote printed on the front page of the Chronicle: “Big Brother will be watching”....

My aha moment

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on My aha moment

Dear Editor, The inspirational chapter with my journey of sports begun with “Chariots of Fire”, the 1981 Oscar movie award winner; the story is about two British track athletes (a determined Jew...

America-based Guyanese students are worried about their college future

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on America-based Guyanese students are worried about their college future

Dear Editor, Guyanese American students, as well as other students, are badly hurting from the ongoing economic slump in America being forced to pay higher tuition and facing a cut back in...

What a political flip-flop!

Mar 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on What a political flip-flop!

Dear Editor, The recent letters on the topic Mr. Ralph Ramkarran brought up about overseas voting has enlightened many readers on this subject, whether it’s nay or aye. I do not understand,...

Another year and women’s lot has not changed

Mar 09, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Another year and women’s lot has not changed

Yesterday was an internationally acclaimed day for women all over the world. It was a United Nations designated day in the wake of the recognition that women are as integral to global development as...

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National player Nigel Bryan represents Guyana at World Table Tennis Chennai Contender event

The U.S. pressure on Venezuela may backfire on Guyana

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The world is full of unintended consequences, those sly little gremlins that slip into... more