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Bush Lot Secondary students win Aditya Essay Competition

Apr 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot Secondary students win Aditya Essay Competition

BATH SETTLEMENT, WEST COAST BERBICE – Alana Husain and Gangadai Mathadin emerged winners of the Aditya Kids Trust Foundation’s 2010 Essay Competition for Secondary Schools. The two...

Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym stages exhibition

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym stages exhibition

The Recently formed Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym (CNABG) is moving full speed ahead with their boxing programme. The GYM which was formed just over a month ago, recently in collaboration with the...

Muslim leader accused of abusing young Islamic follower

Apr 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim leader accused of abusing young Islamic follower

The mother of a 14-year-old girl of West Ruimveldt is distressed. She claims that her daughter was raped and that nothing has developed one month after the matter was placed in the jurisdiction of...

UGSS promises civil disobedience from tomorrow

Apr 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS promises civil disobedience from tomorrow

The University of Guyana Students’ Society, led by its President, Sherod Duncan, will from tomorrow be engaged in several actions of civil disobedience at Turkeyen campus. The course of action is...

The disregard of local sports achievers reeks to high heaven

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on The disregard of local sports achievers reeks to high heaven

By Michael Benjamin The total disregard for our past sports heroes has often been the talking point of many concerned Guyanese, yet the trend continues with total impunity. It reaches a point of...

Lewis (76 and 3-30) helps Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ to victory

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Lewis (76 and 3-30) helps Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ to victory

The 2010 Spready’s Bakery Under-19, 50-Over Cricket Competition continued recently with third round matches. Former Berbice Under-15 cricketer Lloydel Lewis slammed 76 (7 fours) which together with...

Boxing Champion remanded for cannabis possession

Apr 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Boxing Champion remanded for cannabis possession

Guyana Middleweight boxing champion and three-time challenger for world boxing titles, Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when...

Central Boxing Gym boosted by RHTY&SC Cricket teams

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Central Boxing Gym boosted by RHTY&SC Cricket teams

Receives $300,000 worth of gear Boxing became the latest sport in Berbice to benefit from the aid of Guyana’s leading Club, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. The Pepsi Under-19, Gizmos...

Georgetown blast Bartica 7-0; East Demerara needle Upper Demerara

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown blast Bartica 7-0; East Demerara needle Upper Demerara

Jermaine Sutton netted a hat-trick in piloting Georgetown to an emphatic 7-0 win over Bartica when competition in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter Association Under-17 League continued over...

Different Strokes win Smalta Junior Easter Squash Tournament

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Different Strokes win Smalta Junior Easter Squash Tournament

Guyana’s top junior players produced quite a show on Sunday in the final round of the 2010 Smalta Easter Team Tournament, at the Georgetown Club courts. Jason Ray Khalil’s Different Strokes held...

Guyana prevail against Bermuda

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana prevail against Bermuda

Strong and vocal crowd support willed Guyana to a 29-28 victory over Bermuda in the Regional Netball Championship currently underway. With the seconds quickly running out, Guyana scored what would be...

Fraser disappointed in AAG

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Fraser disappointed in AAG

By Samuel White There seems to be some amount of suspicion in the athletics arena as the parents of rejected athlete, Curtis Fraser-the 16-year old Junior Carifta Games hopeful, are up in arms over...

Collette Hope nets hat-trick as Georgetown bang Berbice 7-0

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Collette Hope nets hat-trick as Georgetown bang Berbice 7-0

‘Lady Jag’ Collette Hope netted a hat-trick as she guided Georgetown to an resounding 7-0 win over Berbice when play in the GFF Female Inter Association League kicked off last weekend. The...

Linden wards show up big

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Linden wards show up big

– North play Kitty tonight By Edison Jefford The heat is definitely on in the Mackeson National Super Ward Basketball Championship with both wards from Linden showing up big on the second...

Blyden continues to shine in T&T

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Blyden continues to shine in T&T

Despite death of his grandmother Demerara all-rounder Travis Blyden continues to do well for the Rousillac United Cricket Club (RUCC) in Trinidad despite the passing of his grandmother. The...

Linden wins title

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Linden wins title

Despite the absence of West Demerara and East Berbice, this year’s LinWest Athletic Championships produced some exciting finishes on Sunday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. At the end of the...

Sookdeo slams ton as GCC beat GDF

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sookdeo slams ton as GCC beat GDF

Former National under-19 left-hander Jeetendra Sookdeo came out with all guns blazing against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Sunday to spur GCC to a comprehensive 157-run victory in their Haier...

E’bo snatch 1st innings points from Berbice

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on E’bo snatch 1st innings points from Berbice

Host Essequibo gained first innings points from Berbice as play in the second round of the GTM sponsored three day U-19 inter county cricket competition continued yesterday at Anna Regina. Resuming...

Sugar workers need to abandon GAWU

Apr 13, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sugar workers need to abandon GAWU

GAWU, the sugar union came into being as a legal entity because the Forbes Burnham Government recognized it as the true bargaining unit in the sugar industry. This was one of Forbes Burnham’s...

NOT IN SWITZERLAND

Apr 13, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT IN SWITZERLAND

It is not even remotely possible for those who are stealing from the public purse, or those who are supporting their friends and cronies in creaming off resources from the State, to deposit their...

Hotel Tower sponsors senior female Inter-County cricket

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hotel Tower sponsors senior female Inter-County cricket

The recently re-opened and much improved Hotel Tower in Main Street Georgetown has pumped $500,000 into the senior Female 50-overs Inter County cricket competition which concludes tomorrow at the...

Hapless E’bo hammered again

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hapless E’bo hammered again

Demerara, Berbice clash tomorrow for title By Sean Devers Watched by a small crowd in steaming hot conditions at the Wales ground in West Demerara, Essequibo suffered their second defeat in two days...

Ferrier, Carmichael help T&T club advance

Apr 13, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Ferrier, Carmichael help T&T club advance

Guyana First-Class all-rounder Deon Ferrier and former National under-19 player Kelon Carmichael have helped their Trinidadian club Aranguez to the knock-out stage of this year’s Carib T/20 League....

Kissoon’s hypocrisy on the role of ‘Science’ in addressing Gender-Identity Disorders and ‘Sexual Orientation’

Apr 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s hypocrisy on the role of ‘Science’ in addressing Gender-Identity Disorders and ‘Sexual Orientation’

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter, “While science has recognised ‘intersex’ the law does not recognise it” (SN 4/4/10) and would appreciate the opportunity to rebut. It represents a stunning...

Guyana should expand Turkish ties

Apr 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana should expand Turkish ties

Dear Editor, While Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation for Development (OECD) its role in the developed nations has been somewhat...