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DREAM Act is Reality for Undocumented Youths in the U.S.

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DREAM Act is Reality for Undocumented Youths in the U.S.

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or “DREAM Act,” would allow the 65,000 young undocumented students who graduate high school each year to start a pathway to...

2010 RAMBLINGS

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 2010 RAMBLINGS

As we leave 2010 many things race through my head. I am sure that we can all take good and bad memories of the past year. So much has happened in 2010 that I am compelled to share it with you in...

Excitement promised at Dr. Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football finals tomorrow

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Excitement promised at Dr. Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football finals tomorrow

Entertainment has been promised for football fans visiting the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, Bourda tomorrow, Sunday January 2, when coordinator Lennox Arthur will stage the finals of the...

HENRY GREENE SHOULD BE ASHAMED

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on HENRY GREENE SHOULD BE ASHAMED

By Ralph Seeram Commissioner Henry Greene must be very proud of himself. I am sure that he is satisfied with his performance. He “showed” those two irritants, Freddie Kissoon and Mark Benschop,...

Despite an eventful year, we managed to deliver – Klass

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Despite an eventful year, we managed to deliver – Klass

By Rawle Welch “Yes, I think that last year was an eventful year and more than ever before we were able to manage and deliver all aspects of the sport,” President of the Guyana Football...

Rose needs more administrative support

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose needs more administrative support

By Edison Jefford The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) brushed off some hiccups in the first year of the new administration to place basketball in the City on a relatively smooth path...

Relatives yet to receive word from company

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives yet to receive word from company

Several weeks after a report blasting Pritipaul Singh Investments for its poor safety practices, survivors and relatives of dead crewmember, Orlon Munroe, are yet to hear anything from the seafood...

GMR&SC managed to achieve all its goals

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC managed to achieve all its goals

– Performed beyond expectations By Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Raj Boodhoo speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday reported that the entity...

SHE LOVES HER JOB WHICH PAYS $129 PER HOUR

Jan 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SHE LOVES HER JOB WHICH PAYS $129 PER HOUR

A few days ago I met a young lady, immaculately dressed in her well-ironed and starched security uniform. We began a conversation and I discovered that she worked for a security firm, one of the many...

All roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club tomorrow

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on All roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club tomorrow

Samuel Whyte All roads lead to the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice, tomorrow, Sunday, January 2, 2011, that’s the date and venue for the big end of season one day horserace...

“Hopefully, everything will be better in 2011”

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on “Hopefully, everything will be better in 2011”

By Colin E. H. Croft Hey, do not hold me accountable, but I can promise, right now, that 2011 will be better than all that has transpired in 2010. It must be. There is always hope for the future,...

2010 described as a success – Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on 2010 described as a success – Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony

By Franklin Wilson Honorable Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has described the past year {2010} as being quite successful for Guyana. The Minister took the opportunity to rap...

The year just passed has not been bad

Jan 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The year just passed has not been bad

The year has come to an end and as usual, at this time, I do a lot of introspection and retrospection. I think of what was and what could have been. I refuse to look at what I wrote this time last...

We must have a hand in transforming the future that awaits us in 2011

Jan 01, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We must have a hand in transforming the future that awaits us in 2011

From Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman and Presidential Candidate (2011) My Fellow Guyanese, May this new year, 2011, bring to all of us the happiness and prosperity we seek in this fair, green land of...

Guyaneseness

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Guyaneseness

[This article, first published five years ago, becomes relevant in this year of general elections.] One of the most poignant and persistent cries heard around Guyana – especially around elections...

Domestic Violence: The 2011 Agenda

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Domestic Violence: The 2011 Agenda

I cannot help but joyfully note that articles in the newspapers about domestic violence cases are substantially lower. Compared to the situation six months ago, when there seemed to be an article...

2011: TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2011: TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND

By Sir Ronald Sanders At the end of the first decade of the 21st Century, I wrote with a profound sense of disappointment that it was a “lost decade” for the Caribbean Community and Common Market...

Two poems from Cicely Rodway’s Facing the Wind

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on Two poems from Cicely Rodway’s Facing the Wind

THE ARTS FORUM, in recognition of the “International Year of People of African Descent”, as designated by the United Nations, presents two poems by Cicely Rodway from her book Facing the Wind...

There are many unacceptable elements in Mr. Maxwell’s presentation

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on There are many unacceptable elements in Mr. Maxwell’s presentation

Dear Editor, Every so often one comes upon a letter that is so ill-conceived and littered with misconceptions that one can only ascribe untoward designs to its author. Yet, notwithstanding their...

Searching for the next Head of State of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Searching for the next Head of State of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Dear Editor, I support the main idea in Dr H. Jeffrey’s letter: “Political parties should choose leaders who are able to build bridges across communities” (SN 18-12-10). This urgent and most...

Govt.’s reliance on taped recordings in prosecuting and persecuting Guyanese is phenomenal

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s reliance on taped recordings in prosecuting and persecuting Guyanese is phenomenal

Dear Editor, In the wake of the 2002-2004 crime sprees, President Bharrat Jagdeo promised to release a copy of a videotaped recording showing ‘certain opposition politicians’ cavorting with...

Hope in a New Year

Jan 01, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Hope in a New Year

It’s a wonderful tradition, this commemoration of a “new year”. Apart from acknowledging the passage of time, it makes us believe that whatever may have gone wrong in the past year, whatever...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more