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Former rookie champion optimistic about his chances

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Former rookie champion optimistic about his chances

Former rookie champion Ryon Gayadin believes that even though his campaign in Group 3 will commence on Sunday, his chances are as good as any of the other drivers. The young Gayadin will be competing...

IGG SWIM TEAM HAVE IMPROVED

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on IGG SWIM TEAM HAVE IMPROVED

– says Coach, Stephanie Fraser By Edison Jefford “They have improved over the weeks and will give a good account for themselves. Based on the previous swim meets that we have had you could...

IGG Athletics Coach confident of retaining title

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on IGG Athletics Coach confident of retaining title

– says team is prepared and ready to win Inter-Guiana Games’ (IGG) Athletics Coach, Lyndon Wilson is confident that Guyana will retain the athletics title they won at home in 2008. He...

Former WI batting legend urges reinstatement of old attitudes for regional success

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Former WI batting legend urges reinstatement of old attitudes for regional success

By Michael Benjamin Former West Indies batting legend, Basil Butcher, believes that cricketers in the region should be involved in a viable development programme to lift the sport from its present...

Yvonne Murray, Leon Belony cart off honours in GASP two-tier tournament

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Yvonne Murray, Leon Belony cart off honours in GASP two-tier tournament

Yvonne Murray turned in an impeccable performance, winning all six of her games and amassing a positive spread of 448 to cart off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP)...

Executive returned en bloc at BK Western Tigers FC biennial GM

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Executive returned en bloc at BK Western Tigers FC biennial GM

The entire Executive Committee of the BK International Western Tigers Football Club with the exception of the Vice President was returned en bloc when that entity held its Bi Annual General Meeting...

4 batsmen hit fifties as Canal Number 2 hammer Zeeburg

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 4 batsmen hit fifties as Canal Number 2 hammer Zeeburg

Four batsmen smashed half-centuries as Canal Number 2 hammered Zeeburg by 183 runs in latest action in the New Line Aqua Farm West Demerara 40-overs cricket competition on Sunday at the Canal Number...

Guyana face Windwards in Regional U-15 opener

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face Windwards in Regional U-15 opener

By Sean Devers Guyana will face the Windward Islands at Gilbert Park in Trinidad next Monday in their opening match of this year’s Regional under-15 cricket competition as they hunt their 3rd title...

GCA’s Haier Cup 2nd division cricket starts Saturday

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Haier Cup 2nd division cricket starts Saturday

All Captains involved in scripting playing conditions The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Haier Cup 40-overs second division competition, sponsored by Queensway, bowls off from 11:00hrs on...

Taffin Khan wins Jumbo Jet Chess Tournament

Mar 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Taffin Khan wins Jumbo Jet Chess Tournament

– Saeed Ali captures juniors Taffin Khan employed shrewd tactics and eventually amassed 5 games and 2 draws to capture the Jumbo Jet Rapid Chess Tournament organized by the Guyana Chess...

The fascistization process has become full fascism

Mar 23, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The fascistization process has become full fascism

I went on an interview programme and one of the callers asked my opinion on Robert Corbin. My reply was; why pick on Corbin alone; who is protesting semi-fascism and elected dictatorship in Guyana. I...

Govt. interventions through the MMA have seen minimal losses to the rice crop in Mahaica River

Mar 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. interventions through the MMA have seen minimal losses to the rice crop in Mahaica River

Dear Editor, Once again we are left to ponder the unethical behaviour of SN. I refer to their lead article (Saturday March 20) captioned, “El Nino bakes Mahaica Creek – farmers losing crops”,...

INCREASING EMPLOYMENT IN THE JOB MARKET

Mar 23, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on INCREASING EMPLOYMENT IN THE JOB MARKET

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs are what are being demanded in the economy. With a job, a poor individual can at least gain some stability in his or her life, help to provide for the family and have the...

GuySuCo has a well thought out plan to return the Industry to financial viability

Mar 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo has a well thought out plan to return the Industry to financial viability

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. is surprised by what seems as a deliberate attempt to manipulate the facts and create instability for our workers attached to the Diamond cultivation....

The indefinite detention of a person freed by the Court should be taken up with the UN Human Rights Commission

Mar 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The indefinite detention of a person freed by the Court should be taken up with the UN Human Rights Commission

Dear Editor, There was a time, not so long ago, that supporters of and apologists for the PPP and its government boasted that the PPP’s governance style is starkly different from that of the PNC,...

Invest in a desalinization plant

Mar 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Invest in a desalinization plant

Dear Editor, It’s quite paradoxical that Guyana — the Land of Many Waters —is suffering tremendously at this time as a result of a prolonged drought which has crippled the supply of drinking...

Dr. Jagan was one of the main characters that fought for our independence and the freedoms we enjoy today

Mar 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Jagan was one of the main characters that fought for our independence and the freedoms we enjoy today

Dear Editor, I refer to Frederick Kissoon’s article captioned “Legacies of power-drunkenness, sexual insanity and unprecedented corruption” dated March 22, 2010. I want to inform the readers...

Keeping information from the public

Mar 23, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Keeping information from the public

Getting information about anything in the country is a very hard task. More often than not the custodians of the information are loath to speak. Sometimes they would direct the seeker of the...