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All-Star Weekend continues with big showdown tonight

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on All-Star Weekend continues with big showdown tonight

The All-Star Basketball Weekend will continue tonight with the biggest showdown of the three-day competition when the Wildfire National All-Stars oppose the visiting AND 1 Legends in one of the...

General Marine Softball fixtures for today

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Softball fixtures for today

The Female, Male Open and Over-40 Male General Marine Softball Tournament enters its final rounds today and next Wednesday. The quarterfinals for all three categories are set for next Sunday November...

Banks DIH supports BK Western Tigers

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH supports BK Western Tigers

BK Western Tigers eight-team Football Festival has received support from beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd. with Tropical Mist and Aqua Mist Artesian Water being designated the official water of the...

Remembering Remembrance Day

Nov 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day will be celebrated today. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time, the day was known as...

Top junior Badminton players receive prizes

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top junior Badminton players receive prizes

Guyana’s top junior players received their trophies on Friday evening at the Queens College Badminton Courts for the National Sports Commission (NSC) Annual Under -17 & 19 Junior Tournament...

Squires, Miller on course to meet in Men’s final

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Squires, Miller on course to meet in Men’s final

Defending Men’s Singles champion Phillip Squires cruised past Sandeep Chand 6-2, 6-2 to enter the semi-finals of the 2010 Pegasus Open Tennis Championships which continued on Friday, at the...

Three the hard way McKinnon, Pollard, Lowe

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three the hard way McKinnon, Pollard, Lowe

Only national captains to lead Guyana to a Caribbean football finals Dear Editor, By virtue of defeating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2 nil Saturday November 6, Guyana qualified for their third...

Woman’s decomposing body found on empty lot

Nov 14, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman’s decomposing body found on empty lot

The partially nude and decomposing body of a woman of Blue Berry Hill, Linden, was discovered in a bushy clump in a yard at Matthew’s Lane, Christianburg, yesterday. The body appeared mangled,...

Intense battle envisaged as top players vie for honours

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Intense battle envisaged as top players vie for honours

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony noted the importance of chess as a national sport while pointing out that the game now forms a part of the disciplines of the Inter-Guiana...

Entries close today for Ryan Crawford ‘End of Season’ race meet

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close today for Ryan Crawford ‘End of Season’ race meet

As more cooperate entities come on board By Samuel Whyte Over 50 of the country’s top race horse have already taken entry for the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf club One-day Horserace Meet which is...

Giftland assists Ruimveldt Children’s home

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Giftland assists Ruimveldt Children’s home

Giftland Office Max made a timely donation of sports gears to the Ruimveldt Children Home and Care Centre.The presentation was done at the Giftland Superstore on Water Street to members of the Centre...

“Sri Lanka 2010 – A tough, tough tour for the West Indies”

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Sri Lanka 2010 – A tough, tough tour for the West Indies”

Colin E. H. Croft Tomorrow, (Monday) West Indies and Sri Lanka start a Test series that could make or break either team. Especially for the inexperienced Windies, this tour to Sri Lanka could be...

State intimidation and victimisation

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on State intimidation and victimisation

Dear Editor, Initially, I was tempted to respond to a letter written by Brian Azore: “A response to Harry Gill’s defence of Kaieteur News” (Kaieteur News November 11), but decided against it;...

Gizmos and Gadgets puts up $5M in prizes for Christmas

Nov 14, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gizmos and Gadgets puts up $5M in prizes for Christmas

Gizmos and Gadgets, one of Guyana’s Superstores, launched its Christmas Promotion, ‘Play Plinko and win up to $5 million in prizes for Christmas.’ According to Assistant Marketing...

The PPP is no good for Guyana today just as it was in the 50’s and 60s

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is no good for Guyana today just as it was in the 50’s and 60s

Dear Editor, While the caption of Mr. Hydar Ally’s letter, “There is no perfect individual and, by extension, party or organisation,” (Kaieteur News, November 8), is true, the actual body of...

A JUNGLE MYSTERY

Nov 14, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A JUNGLE MYSTERY

– will the Mazaruni ever reveal its secret about the three men who vanished a year ago? By Michael Jordan Flying over Guyana’s interior in one of those tiny, flimsy-looking planes, you look...

Dr. Persaud should be given a chance

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Persaud should be given a chance

Dear Editor, I don’t know Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud and am in no position to pass judgment on him regarding his competence as a medical doctor. But in light of his claim (Kaieteur News, November...

Soyini Fraser in Vietnam for Miss Earth

Nov 14, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Soyini Fraser in Vietnam for Miss Earth

Professional dancer Soyini Fraser has joined 93 other contestants in Vietnam to compete for the Miss Earth crown on December 4. In a profile for the Miss Earth website, Fraser describes Guyana as one...

Electrical installation safety

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Electrical installation safety

Dear Editor, In recent months, there have been several fires around the country, resulting in the loss of property worth millions of dollars. The cause of most of these fires is believed to be...

The Toco Toucan

Nov 14, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Toco Toucan

The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) is the largest and arguably best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America....

Stop discrimination against Blacks and Gays

Nov 14, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Stop discrimination against Blacks and Gays

By Sir Ronald Sanders Michael Kirby, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, drew a recent report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to my attention. It confirms what...

NCN (Berbice) continues to humiliate itself

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN (Berbice) continues to humiliate itself

Dear Editor, NCN Berbice continues to humiliate itself in full view of the nation. On Thursday evening (11-11-10), during the Region Six Annual Awards Ceremony 2010, “The Department of Education,...

KEN CORSBIE: THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT: GROWING UP IN GEORGETOWN

Nov 14, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on KEN CORSBIE: THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT: GROWING UP IN GEORGETOWN

In Ken’s own inimitable voice: Main Street R.C was the beginnings of my “memories of life”. In those colonial times, into at least the late 40’s, corporal punishment was the normal...

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FOUGHT FOR

Nov 14, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FOUGHT FOR

By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader I had intended to write exclusively on Freedom of Information legislation, but after the events of the last 24 hours involving my opposition colleague, Winston Murray, I...

Hospital deaths and poor pay

Nov 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hospital deaths and poor pay

Dear Editor, I refer to the above article by Sahadeo Bates on 10/11/2010 and must admit that despite all the expertise, sadly, things go wrong but I will not indulge to relate a recent tragic episode...

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