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Questions for another presidential hopeful

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions for another presidential hopeful

Dear Editor, I have seen the media reports on whom or who should not be the presidential candidate in 2011 for the different parties. I think only the AFC has a settled choice – Raphael Trotman and...

Accurate census count important to US Guyanese

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Accurate census count important to US Guyanese

Dear Editor, I am writing to urge Guyanese and other Caribbean Americans to please return their census forms so they can be counted. So far, the Census Bureau is reporting only a 20% to 30% rate of...

Dookie’s ton, Tull’s record, Ross’s hat-trick & tied match highlight 2nd day action

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dookie’s ton, Tull’s record, Ross’s hat-trick & tied match highlight 2nd day action

By Sean Devers Abilash Dookie smashed an explosive 54-ball century and took 4-25 as Everest hammered hosts Malteenoes Sport Club (MSC) by 67 runs yesterday in the 2nd day of action in the Digicel...

Phillips needs to know that there were three other papers on power sharing

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Phillips needs to know that there were three other papers on power sharing

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Eric Phillips’ letter in Kaieteur News of April 10, 2010. Ostensibly, he only alluded to one of my papers on power sharing that hit the media over Easter; the letter...

Mr. Colin Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his commitment

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Colin Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his commitment

Dear Editor, I extend words of congratulations to Mr. Colin Bynoe on his recent election to the office of President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). Mr. Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his...

Deonarine (40 & 4-14) shines as West Indies beat Canada by 49 runs

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deonarine (40 & 4-14) shines as West Indies beat Canada by 49 runs

WI to face Irish today WEST INDIES beat Canada by 49 runs yesterday in the Jamaica in their 20/20 International although top batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul made just 10 and Ramnaresh Sarwan scored...

Cadet and Junior TT teams performed creditably

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cadet and Junior TT teams performed creditably

Under-18, Edghill, Duff qualify for Pan Am Games By Edison Jefford In his post mortem of Guyana’s performance at the recently-concluded Caribbean Cadets and Junior Table Tennis (TT) Championship in...

Injustices in 1969 under the foreign owned Reynolds have come full circle

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Injustices in 1969 under the foreign owned Reynolds have come full circle

Dear Editor, The resolve shown by the bauxite workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and their union, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), has to be understood in...

Kidney Disease Treatment

Apr 11, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Kidney Disease Treatment

The heart-wrenching story of nineteen year-old Satish Gobin – carried in our newspaper early last month – who was recently diagnosed with chronic renal failure, epitomises the tragedy of...

GASA says thanks to Team Guyana and Corporate partners

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA says thanks to Team Guyana and Corporate partners

For CARIFTA success By Franklin Wilson There’s the old saying that in everything you should give thanks, and that is exactly what the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) did yesterday when...

Regatta 2K10 a resounding success

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regatta 2K10 a resounding success

So says Regional Chairman Holbert Knights By Franklin Wilson After weeks of unending planning, the annual Bartica Regatta which was held over a three-day period over the Easter Weekend was a...

Reprinting rare and out-of-print books

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Reprinting rare and out-of-print books

– By Petamber Persaud On Thursday April 8, 2010, when the Guyana Heritage Society launched ‘The Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana’ by Robert Schomburgk, it was executing one of its...

Has protest action lost its relevance?

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has protest action lost its relevance?

Dear Editor, I hold the view that co-incidence is not a concept to be entirely trusted. However, on this bright and sunny Sunday (11-04-10) in the grounds off Hyde Park in London, I am sitting at...

Support Obama: It’s in our interest

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Support Obama: It’s in our interest

By Sir Ronald Sanders Barack Obama is earning the Nobel Prize for Peace that he received late last year amid criticism that he had done nothing to deserve it. The arms treaty that he personally...

MEMORY AND NARRATIVE

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on MEMORY AND NARRATIVE

Creative Prose Writing by Michael Gilkes Michael Gilkes is a former Reader in English and Head of the English Department at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies. A founding...

Floodlights to face Scottsburg United & Vishnu Superstore next Sunday

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights to face Scottsburg United & Vishnu Superstore next Sunday

The Floodlight A & B Squads from Georgetown and East Coast Demerara will travel to Crabwood Creek next Sunday, April 18 to play a series of fundraising softball matches for the CWC Sanatan...

The erosion of Jury Supremacy

Apr 11, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The erosion of Jury Supremacy

By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman AFC [A number of commentators have unjustifiably been critical of me, and by extension the AFC, in not having been more scathing in our criticisms of the very repugnant...

Entries close today for Anjue and Hamlet Park race meet

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close today for Anjue and Hamlet Park race meet

Three year Guyana and WI bred race added As the horseracing band wagon switches gear to Demerara for the Anjue and Hamlet Park grand One day meet, slated for Sunday April 18, it’s first for the...

‘Party Stand’ tickets made available for Windies match days at Providence

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Party Stand’ tickets made available for Windies match days at Providence

The Guyana National Stadium will be packed to the rafters for the first two days of ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 action at that venue, with the West Indies team being a huge drawing card. Only...

Till death do us part?

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Till death do us part?

By Adam Harris One of the most remarkable things about the human being is how they select their mates. Given the number of attractive people and the number of ugly people one would expect that all...

“Patent fascism and a veritable product of fascist thinking”

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Patent fascism and a veritable product of fascist thinking”

Those words above are the description Randy Persaud used in a letter to KN last Wednesday to judge a column of mine for last Sunday. Persaud says my article, “The East Indian mind, the East Indian...

Georgetown name squad for Bartica clash today @GFC

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown name squad for Bartica clash today @GFC

The Georgetown Football Association has named their squad for their Guyana Football Federation Under-17 game against Bartica set for the GFC ground this afternoon from 16:00hrs. The squad: Devor...

Kings crowned LABA U-21 Champs

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kings crowned LABA U-21 Champs

Kings were crowned the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Under-21 Champions Friday night after narrowly escaping a fourth quarter blitz from the Victory Valley Royals at the Mackenzie...

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

An international event will have far reaching effects on global travel by leaders. Many are already cancelling trips abroad because they fear the skies. However, this will not be a long-lasting thing...

Linden wards take centre court tonight

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden wards take centre court tonight

-Triple-header headlines Super Ward By Edison Jefford The depth of senior basketball in Linden will be tested tonight when both teams invited to the Mackeson National Super Ward Championship go on...

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