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PNCR SALUTES GUYANA WORKERS ON MAY DAY

May 02, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PNCR SALUTES GUYANA WORKERS ON MAY DAY

… as PPP assault on the trade unions continue The PNCR extends to the workers of Guyana and their trade unions, greetings of solidarity on their day, May Day 2010. For yet another year, Guyanese...

Man shot by brazen gunmen, bullet grazes head

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man shot by brazen gunmen, bullet grazes head

A Sophia resident is counting his lucky stars after escaping without any serious injuries on Friday night when he was shot twice by two gunmen. The man Tony Prince, 33, of lot 52 North Sophia was...

Body fished from Goed Fortuin canal

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body fished from Goed Fortuin canal

– two arrested as police suspect murder Two youths from the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara have been taken into police custody following the discovery of a man’s body in a canal in the...

270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

– shipping agent detained Police officers acting on a tip off, on Friday, seized a container destined for Ali’s Bakery, on the West Coast of Berbice. It contained more than 270 shotgun...

Woman dies after set alight by son

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman dies after set alight by son

Gaitrie Dhanraj, the 52-year-old woman who was soaked with gasoline and set alight by her son has succumbed from her injuries. Hospital sources said that Dhanraj, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, died...

Sharma has no desire to leave country – lawyers

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sharma has no desire to leave country – lawyers

Lawyers for embattled television station owner, Chandra Narine Sharma, have dismissed the Director of Public Prosecutor’s Shalimar Ali Hack’s comments that their client has a desire to leave the...

Wisburg Secondary win Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden football final

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wisburg Secondary win Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden football final

Wisburg Secondary won the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial 2nd annual football championship which culminated Friday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden. Wisburg Secondary beat...

Goodluck fires his way to championship honours, Lt. Col Stuart takes O Class

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck fires his way to championship honours, Lt. Col Stuart takes O Class

When true champions collide, the battle always goes down to the wire and in this case it was certainly no different when the final of three pulsating days of rivalry in the 2009 Guyana National Rifle...

WICB, players boost incomes as results nose dive

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB, players boost incomes as results nose dive

Cricket is definitely now big business The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its players are seeing more income now than ever before. The spectacle of watching the Windies go to their slaughter...

Carib Beer/Ansa McAl, Guyana Softball League, MCYS Softball fixtures continue

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer/Ansa McAl, Guyana Softball League, MCYS Softball fixtures continue

Action in the Carib Beer Guyana Softball League cricket tournament continues today with several matches. ZONE F: BERBICE CANJIE ZONE; Cumberland Ground: 9:00am – Young Achievers vs Cumberland...

Getting rid of the recording

May 02, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Getting rid of the recording

The rainy season seems almost here again and coming out of City Hall, one can hear the very same excuses for why the capital is flooded so quickly. It seems almost as if there is a pre-recorded...

Patentia, McGillvary, Goed Fortuin register victories

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patentia, McGillvary, Goed Fortuin register victories

This year’s Seerja Construction Company / Al Sport & Tour Promotions Primary Schools Windball Cricket Competition continued recently with matches, at the Wales Community Centre ground. In...

Books are meant to be read, Part Four

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Books are meant to be read, Part Four

– By Petamber Persaud The Coolie, His Rights and Wrongs’ by John Edwards Jenkins The Caribbean Press, 2010 Imagine how you would feel come payday after toiling ten hours a day for six days in...

Alpha stunned by Riddim Squad as big names exit Mayor’s Cup

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha stunned by Riddim Squad as big names exit Mayor’s Cup

GDF march forward after dramatic shootout With last year’s champion, Pele FC out of the championships, the Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza will witness the ascension of a new champion but even...

Fred Collins carts off Labour Day Open Scrabble championship

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fred Collins carts off Labour Day Open Scrabble championship

Former national scrabble champion, Fred Collins won five games and drew one to compile 5 1/2 points and a positive spread of 540 to capture the top prize when the nations best word formers convened...

The Daggernose Shark

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Daggernose Shark

The daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) is a little-known species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, and the only extant member of its genus. It occurs in shallow tropical waters off...

Save the Caribbean’s standing: Sink the yen for whales

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Save the Caribbean’s standing: Sink the yen for whales

By Sir Ronald Sanders “…. He that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed”: Shakespeare, Othello Several Caribbean countries could be...

Racism… politically engineered or human flaw?

May 02, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Racism… politically engineered or human flaw?

YOUTH MAKE YOUR MARK! As our youth arm, Youth For Change (YFC) prepares to host its convention on Saturday, at the Ocean View Convention Centre, we feature an article on the evil of racism as seen...

GABA development thrust continues with U-15/Jnr competitions

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA development thrust continues with U-15/Jnr competitions

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) development thrust continues under its President Steve Ninvalle and team of executives with planned competition for Under-15 and Junior boxers....

So many plans, so little execution

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on So many plans, so little execution

Cricket World Cup has come to Guyana and with it the reality that as much as we think we have roadways, the event has exposed this weakness. On Friday, as fate would have it, the telephone lines to...

Fascism in Guyana and the cult of the maximum leader

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fascism in Guyana and the cult of the maximum leader

President Jagdeo is not as fortunate as President Burnham when the latter began to nurture the maximum leader syndrome. At that time all schools were public and school children had to march and...

The Baccoo speaks

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Last week was just as horrid as I said. There was the river tragedy and the road accidents. Nothing is going to change. More madness would occur on the streets as craziness continues to take root....

Another emphatic statement was made on Friday

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another emphatic statement was made on Friday

By Rawle Welch The capacity crowd that showed up at the National Stadium to witness the start of the ICC T20 World Cup played among the top nations in cricket must have made another emphatic...

Amerindians in the Centre

May 02, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Amerindians in the Centre

In a recent letter to the press, Dr Henry Jeffrey suggested that to break the logjam that has developed in Guyanese politics, an Amerindian be chosen as the Presidential candidate of a combined...

ICC Chief Executive praises people of Guyana after thrilling start

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC Chief Executive praises people of Guyana after thrilling start

Haroon Lorgat: “The crowd chose to ‘Bring It’ to the National Stadium and created real calypso spirit” ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat congratulated the cricket lovers of Guyana for...

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