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I am available, fit, and ready to play for the WI Cricket Team! Says Chanderpaul

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on I am available, fit, and ready to play for the WI Cricket Team! Says Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul yesterday made it clear that he available, fit, and ready to play for the West Indies Cricket Team as he responded to a Kaieteur News story which suggested that he declined to...

OECD: Finland increases development aid

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OECD: Finland increases development aid

…will finance an International Conference on Education this month International development aid has increased 6.5 per cent between 2009 and 2010, according to a report released by the OECD in the...

Alpha United are champions as curtains drawn on GFF Super 4 KO championship

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United are champions as curtains drawn on GFF Super 4 KO championship

One hour and twenty minutes of fierce football that included regulation and extra time, failed to distinguish the better team and the match between the Guyana Defence Force and Alpha ‘The Hammer’...

Guyana gets new Childcare and Protection Agency building

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets new Childcare and Protection Agency building

…Thousands of children assisted since implementation of agency in 2009 The new headquarters for the Childcare and Protection Agency (CCPA) was commissioned at Broad and Charles Streets, Charlestown...

Ex Prison officers / GDA Tourney on today

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ex Prison officers / GDA Tourney on today

The Ex Prison Officers Association in collaboration with the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) will be staging two tournaments, at the Prisons Sports Club on Camp Street today, starting from 14:00 hrs....

Works at MSC Basketball Court ongoing

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Works at MSC Basketball Court ongoing

– Officials look to complete facility By Edison Jefford The Wednesday deadline for the completion of the surface of the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Basketball Court has passed and according to...

IDB establishes Flexible Financing Facility for borrowing countries

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB establishes Flexible Financing Facility for borrowing countries

– New “menu” approach will allow sovereign clients to better manage risks The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the approval of a Flexible Financing Facility (FFF) that will...

Singapore’s peculiar elector system

May 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Singapore’s peculiar elector system

Dear Editor, Singapore goes to the poll on May 7 to choose a new legislature for a five-year period. Singapore is a multi-ethnic state similar to Guyana but unlike other such states, it has succeeded...

Health Minister concerned over Cummings Street Medical Clinic

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister concerned over Cummings Street Medical Clinic

The absence of a license as prescribed by the Health Facilities Licensing Act in essence means that a purported medical institution is operating illegally. This notion was underscored yesterday by...

Eagles & Retrieve Unknowns to clash in grand finale tonight

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Eagles & Retrieve Unknowns to clash in grand finale tonight

By Franklin Wilson All roads lead to the Wisroc Bus Park in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden for the grand finale of the Banks DIH / Guinness Greatest of the Streets football championship tonight....

T&T’s Norris Gomez dethrones Ransford Goodluck as Caribbean’s top marksman

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on T&T’s Norris Gomez dethrones Ransford Goodluck as Caribbean’s top marksman

Three Guyanese shooters placed in the top ten but Trinidad and Tobago’s ace rifleman Norris Gomez emerged winner of the Grand Aggregate in the West Indies Fullbore Shooting championships Individual...

Reporters like other professionals have their jobs to do

May 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reporters like other professionals have their jobs to do

Dear Editor, The press would cease to function without reporters. Reporters keep the press alive and functional in every respect. But as we celebrate another World Press Freedom Day, we ought to be...

Peoples Militia is peoples’ power and protection

May 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peoples Militia is peoples’ power and protection

Dear Editor, I have read with great interest the views of the commentator, Josef, on this subject matter and largely agree with him. Raphael Trotman will be wiser if he were to study the content of...

Stag & El Dorado fixtures continue tomorrow with Super 16 Male Open and Female action

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stag & El Dorado fixtures continue tomorrow with Super 16 Male Open and Female action

The Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament is entering into its final stages, with the finals set for May 29 at the GCC Ground Bourda. The following are fixtures...

IS IT NECESSARY AND DOES IT MATTER WHO ARE THE PRIME MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES?

May 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS IT NECESSARY AND DOES IT MATTER WHO ARE THE PRIME MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES?

Of the three main political parties, only the Alliance for Change has named it Prime Ministerial candidate. Both the PPP and the PNCR have not done so, the latter no doubt awaiting the outcome of its...

City Hall awaits Govt taxes

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall awaits Govt taxes

– As efforts are engaged to manage garbage challenge Although City Hall has not been able to retain the services of private garbage contractors, the garbage situation in Georgetown has remained...

Hundreds in Buxton interact with Windies cricketers

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Hundreds in Buxton interact with Windies cricketers

By Sean Devers Hundreds of mostly children interacted with several members of the West Indies team which will face Pakistan at Providence from Thursday when the cricketers, former Test legend Lance...

Truckers object to double tolling

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Truckers object to double tolling

Several hauler/truck operators have expressed their concern and total dissatisfaction over what they consider to be the unfair charges that they are made to pay both at the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge...

Rambo jailed for 18 months

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rambo jailed for 18 months

A man who nearly had his left arm severed almost two months ago after he was found on a plot of land occupied by a farmer, was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo...

Bishoo moves up 114 places on ICC Rankings

May 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo moves up 114 places on ICC Rankings

The West Indies bowlers have made good progress in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODIs with fast bowler Ravi Rampaul and leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo heading in the right direction. Rampaul, the...

Given the credibility track record of OP we might as well all believe that we should listen to Martians

May 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Given the credibility track record of OP we might as well all believe that we should listen to Martians

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo has been reminding Guyanese everywhere this year about the PNC’s past stuffing of ballot boxes to rig elections in their favour. True, but who hasn’t already been told...

Photographer seriously injured in motorcycle, car accident

May 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Photographer seriously injured in motorcycle, car accident

A motorcyclist known only as Jason of 107 Tucber Park, New Amsterdam was on Thursday seriously injured around 19:00 hrs when his motor cycle CF 8372 collided with a car at the junction of Main Street...

An ineffective NY campaign

May 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on An ineffective NY campaign

Dear Editor, Well it is clear that the PPP is suffering from grand spates of mental delusions. On April 29th, 2011, there were between 80-100 persons on a protest line advocating against bad...

Shouldn’t the DPP stop functioning until the completion of this court matter?

May 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Shouldn’t the DPP stop functioning until the completion of this court matter?

Dear Editor, I refer to an article (Kaieteur News, 26-04-11) titled, “Former NBS boss takes DPP to court for malicious prosecution”. Given the nature of this serious allegation against the DPP...

Is this how we are recognising the year of Black ancestry?

May 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this how we are recognising the year of Black ancestry?

Dear Editor, This year has been designated “Year of People of African Ancestry”. One would suppose that the African collective in the Guyana context, will seek to, inter alia, consolidate their...