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Ticket #6116 wins GHB fundraising raffle

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ticket #6116 wins GHB fundraising raffle

The Guyana Hockey Board fundraising raffle was drawn Friday evening at the YMCA Pavilion. The first prize of a trip for two to Trinidad compliments of Caribbean Airlines was won by ticket #6116;...

The Politics of Leadership: Part 3 of Guyana and its Presidency

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Politics of Leadership: Part 3 of Guyana and its Presidency

By Sir Ronald Sanders Guyana’s system of government and its electoral system are very different from the systems in place in the other 14 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries....

Olvis Mitchell cops MVP award as BFA hosts Coca Cola presentation

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olvis Mitchell cops MVP award as BFA hosts Coca Cola presentation

Rosignol United’s Olvis Mitchell copped the Most Valuable Player award when the Berbice Football Association in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited hosted the Coca Cola Senior knock-out...

Berbice Cricket Officials express delight at Brandon Bess’ elevation to Test Cricket

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Officials express delight at Brandon Bess’ elevation to Test Cricket

The cricketing public of Berbice has reacted with total elation and satisfaction at the elevation of Blairmont and Berbice cricketer Brandon Bess to Test Cricket. Bess became the 14th Berbician to...

Gray feels that Guyana will be competitive

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gray feels that Guyana will be competitive

National Captain Sabola Gray in an interview with Kaieteur Sport said that the current squad in training has been very dedicated and committed and she expects them to be very competitive at the NACRA...

What a nice start to alliance-building!

Jun 27, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What a nice start to alliance-building!

By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman, AFC It was not surprising to me that the PPP Government and its State Media would have commenced an attack on the AFC after its public announcement of its decisions at...

BCB congratulates Bess on elevation to Test Cricket

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB congratulates Bess on elevation to Test Cricket

The President and Executive Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board have extended heartfelt congratulations to Brandon Bess on making his Test debut for the West Indies versus South Africa yesterday...

Beware! Con artists are out in numbers

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Beware! Con artists are out in numbers

By Adam Harris Someone once said that if something is too good to be true then it is too good to be true. If a man comes up to you and says that he can take your $100,000 and double it within two...

Clevon solid as a ‘Rock’ in return bout against Singh

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clevon solid as a ‘Rock’ in return bout against Singh

For the second time in as many months Junior Commonwealth lightweight champion, Clevon Rock turned in a classical display to defeat his nemesis, Republican representative, Nankumar Singh,...

How about a coalition of good leaders?

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on How about a coalition of good leaders?

Last Sunday I posited that there are good people in all the various political parties of Guyana. In response, a friend on Facebook told me that if this is indeed the case, those good people should be...

The human condition, the mind and life’s mysteries

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The human condition, the mind and life’s mysteries

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 was not a day of significance for me. Nothing happened on that day that will become a milestone in my life. In fact, nothing special or extraordinary occurred in my life on...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The madness is still on the roads. We have had a spate of accidents, just as I predicted. It is not yet over. A speeding motorist is going to snuff out the life of a young person because he would...

No to Hollow Men

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on No to Hollow Men

As the talks of coalitions and coalition-building fill the newspapers and the airwaves, I realise with a start that five years have elapsed. Five years, that is, after the last round of opposition...

WHEN CHAMPIONS MEET

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN CHAMPIONS MEET

Two champions met recently in Port of Spain. Our Champion of the Earth met with the Champion of the People’s Partnership. Just why they met stirred a mini-controversy. In the Trinidad media, it was...

GRA confirms smuggler’s missing boat

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA confirms smuggler’s missing boat

The Guyana Revenue Authority yesterday confirmed that a search has been launched for a smuggler’s boat that mysteriously disappeared from the Customs Boat House wharf on June 16. But a GRA release...

Gunmen strike Diamond New Scheme grocery store

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen strike Diamond New Scheme grocery store

A 47-year-old shop owner of Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara is thankful to be alive, following a daring daylight robbery at her grocery shop. Around 09:15 hours yesterday, when Pamela Sukhdeo...

Woman excretes 59 pellets, accomplice 73

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman excretes 59 pellets, accomplice 73

The two foreigners who were nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Tuesday last, after admitting to ingesting pellets packed with cocaine are expected in court on Monday. Reports are...

Motorcyclist dies after slamming into power pole

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after slamming into power pole

Reckless riding in the vicinity of Houston turn on the East Bank of Demerara caused the death of 50-year-old Kendrick Mitchell of Lot 3 Barnwell North, Mocha, yesterday. At the scene of the accident,...

Dem boys seh…Try Bharrat fuh Marriot money

Jun 26, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Try Bharrat fuh Marriot money

Cricket and football is when people does play, stop and start over. Marriott is de newest game wheh de aim is to stop and start over. Dem start de Marriott and when people talk dem stop. Dem actually...

M&CC hopes to learn from prevailing garbage crisis – King

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC hopes to learn from prevailing garbage crisis – King

The question has been asked about how effective is the operation of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) in the face of the prevailing garbage dilemma it faces. Garbage disposal...

Food For The Poor renders assistance to flood-affected Kwakwani residents

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Food For The Poor renders assistance to flood-affected Kwakwani residents

Several residents of Kwakwani who were affected by the recent flooding in the area were given aid by Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc. The residents of the area received food items and clothing....

GPHC honours long serving awardees

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC honours long serving awardees

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last evening celebrated the many years of service seven special women gave to the hospital. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, noted that over the...

Cane Grove Rice Mill – Hakh denies allegations by Strathaven residents

Jun 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Grove Rice Mill – Hakh denies allegations by Strathaven residents

As far back as 2003, residents of Strathaven, Cane Grove have sought the assistance of the media regarding smoke, ash and chaff emanating from a rice mill and its dumpsite, which they claim pose a...

Tradewind Tankers sponsors V/ball Tournament

Jun 26, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Tradewind Tankers sponsors V/ball Tournament

Tradewind Tankers, a shipping Company based in Barcelona, Spain was declared the official sponsor of the Castrol Strikers / Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF)-organised Tournament which was...

Sport needs more organisation and sponsorship says organisers

Jun 26, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sport needs more organisation and sponsorship says organisers

Street Solutions of Main Street, Georgetown has been involved in basketball for youths for the past five years, and has been closely supported by the Ministry of Sport under Director of Sport, Neil...

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