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Mackeson Super Ward Final Four begins tonight

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson Super Ward Final Four begins tonight

– Linden vs Georgetown rivalry anticipated Tonight one team will know whether or not it will have a crack at the $500,000 first place prize in the Mackeson National Super Ward Basketball...

Tools for community training on climate change launched

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Tools for community training on climate change launched

Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation (Iwokrama) and Conservation International Guyana (CI-Guyana) jointly launched a publication, Climate Change & the Role of Forests — A...

‘Guyana Model Search’ begins in earnest

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana Model Search’ begins in earnest

By Mondale Smith The road to the staging of the annual ‘Guyana Model Search,’ began on Thursday evening at the poolside of the Tower Hotel on Main Street. Headed by Sonia Noel, the exciting quest...

Ireland – A team with a mission in the ICC W T-20, 2010 West Indies

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Ireland – A team with a mission in the ICC W T-20, 2010 West Indies

By Colin E. H. Croft Ireland plays cricket as was played in the Caribbean in 1970’s and 1980’s; with gusto, tremendous determination and the demeanor of a team with real love of the cricket game....

Neil Kumar is on the ball

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Neil Kumar is on the ball

Government must also support a National Cricket League By Sean Devers Guyana’s Director of Sports and Parliamentarian Neil Kumar last Sunday called for the formation of a National 20/20 Cricket...

Indian Arrival Committee looks to revive tassa drumming

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Indian Arrival Committee looks to revive tassa drumming

The Indian film industry exerts a strong influence on the song and dances of East Indians in Guyana, so much so that the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) fears that the musical traditions of those who...

Audio Visual Industries Network to be launched tomorrow

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Audio Visual Industries Network to be launched tomorrow

The Guyana Audiovisual Industries Network (GAIN), which was formed in 2009 to elevate skills and competencies of people who work in the creative industries, will be launched tomorrow. The Network...

Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Post-Arrival day meet set for May 16

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Post-Arrival day meet set for May 16

The Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club will hold its Post Arrival Day race meet at the on Sunday May 16 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne Berbice. Seven races are carded for the day and entries close on...

LAWLESSNESS IN HIGH PLACES: ACCOUNTING AND FIREARMS

Apr 25, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LAWLESSNESS IN HIGH PLACES: ACCOUNTING AND FIREARMS

An examination of the 2008 Report of the Auditor General and a review of the recently Gazetted Regulations made by Minister Rohee under the Firearms Act, demonstrate that with every passing day the...

The sleeping giant could awake

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on The sleeping giant could awake

– Langevine ready to create upsets His name is not synonymous with many of the local racing greats, but what Ike Langevine has done was to create a niche of his own that could become a legacy...

PC, Bishops’ High advance in GBTI impromptu speaking competition

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on PC, Bishops’ High advance in GBTI impromptu speaking competition

President’s College and Bishops’ High ruled when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) sponsored Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speaking Competition for fourth formers continued...

Agri. contracts worth $398 million signed

Apr 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Agri. contracts worth $398 million signed

– State-of-the-art seed paddy facility to be constructed Last Friday, 19 contractors were awarded projects in the agriculture sector amounting to $398.5 million, including one to construct a...

Fitness Express & Windjammer Int. Hotel supports HRC

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express & Windjammer Int. Hotel supports HRC

One week away from showdown As athletes wind down preparations ahead of the Second Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships, Corporate Guyana continues to add their unflinching...

Dyna’s Media X1 face CID headquarters on Monday night

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dyna’s Media X1 face CID headquarters on Monday night

The Dyna’s Media X1 will face a CID Headquarters combination from 19:30hrs on Monday evening in a feature 20/20 Tapeball cricket match. The Media, who are preparing to battle a Guyana Cricket Board...

Anhinga (Darter or Snakebird)

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Anhinga (Darter or Snakebird)

The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and...

Guyanese boxing promoter looks to the ‘big times’

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese boxing promoter looks to the ‘big times’

Guyanese boxing promoter Seon Bristol is headed to the ‘big times’. He will stage a boxing card on May 7 at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino which will have Guyanese ‘Deadly’ Denny Dalton...

Books are meant to be read, Part Three

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Books are meant to be read, Part Three

– by Petamber Persaud ‘The Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana’ by Sir Robert Schomburgk, published by the Guyana Heritage Society, 2010 ‘The Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana’...

Real Professionalism

Apr 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Real Professionalism

By Rawle Welch In his article dated Friday, April 23, under the caption ‘I am at odds with Mr. Rawle Welch’, Director of Sport Mr. Neil Kumar familiarly attempted to denigrate the writer, who was...

Negotiating from Weakness: Review of European Agreement Needed

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Negotiating from Weakness: Review of European Agreement Needed

By Sir Ronald Sanders “Negotiating from Weakness” is the title of a paper written by Scott Sinclair of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Basically, the paper argues that in current...

BOOK REVIEW

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW

By Emeritus Professor Frank Birbalsingh N.D. Williams, Julie Mango, Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2004, pp. 269 ISBN 1 900715 77 5; First published by Xlibris Corporation in U.S.A., 2000....

We will now enjoy better protection against sex predators

Apr 25, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We will now enjoy better protection against sex predators

By Latchmin Budhan – Punalall, M.P This week’s column is an address by AFC Member of Parliament, Latchmin Budhan – Punalall, to the National Assembly on Thursday, April 22, 2010, on the Sexual...

Strange things are happening

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Strange things are happening

By Adam Harris Sometimes strange things happen when one least expects. For example, cricket is coming to Guyana and this is indeed anticipated. I am not going to labour over the belief that once...

Sexual fascism in Guyana: Maniacs in the corridors of power

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sexual fascism in Guyana: Maniacs in the corridors of power

The irony pierces your psyche and lacerates your soul as you read more and more of the condemnations of some perverted politicians in the corridors of power of sexual abuse. Surely, if God exists, he...

Demons in a burgundy taxi

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Demons in a burgundy taxi

– they were mere boys…but they were boys with a thirst for cash, fast cars and killing… By Michael Jordan Taxi drivers claim to have a built-in instinct about danger, but the driver...

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Electricity theft is going to be at the centre of an electrocution. Only this time the victim would not be the run-of-the-mill thief. A child is going to wander across an open piece of land and will...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more