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Democracy: Comparing Norway and Guyana

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Democracy: Comparing Norway and Guyana

President Jagdeo may have made a huge strategic mistake when he took US$3M from the local treasury to provide Amerindian villages with solar panels. These panels are part of the projects...

Kennard Turf Club to deliver the goods in Post Emancipation Day race meeting

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Turf Club to deliver the goods in Post Emancipation Day race meeting

Horserace lovers that have attended events staged by the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) will admit that those events have always been action packed. This is due, largely in part, to the...

WICB stage developmental seminar for Under-19 players

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB stage developmental seminar for Under-19 players

Georgetown, Guyana – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has continued its educational programmes for regional players by hosting a seminar for the participants in the ongoing WICB Under-19...

BCB Senior Elite Programme off to a successful start

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Senior Elite Programme off to a successful start

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2nd Annual Elite Training Programme got off to a successful start on Friday last at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground. Thirty-one of the 37 players selected for...

Sponsorship dispute forces GSL to indefinitely suspend KARES T10 cricket tournament

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sponsorship dispute forces GSL to indefinitely suspend KARES T10 cricket tournament

The action in the Kares T10 softball cricket tournament has only just begun to intensify when the organizers, Guyana Softball league, unanimously voted to place all activities on hold....

BCB express shock at passing of Clyde Duncan

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB express shock at passing of Clyde Duncan

The President and Executive Members of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has expressed profound shock and sadness at the passing of long standing First Class Umpire, Mr. Clyde Duncan. A release...

Canadian High Commissioner farewell Golf tourney set for today

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canadian High Commissioner farewell Golf tourney set for today

Golf associates of outgoing Canadian High Commissioner Francois Montour will stage a farewell tournament in his honour today at the Lusignan Golf Club starting at 13:00 hours. Rain on Monday...

Referees/judges course meant to broaden scope of local officials

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Referees/judges course meant to broaden scope of local officials

While the rest of the nation were busily attending the Emancipation celebrations at the National Park on Monday last, more than a dozen of the nation’s top referees/judges were engaged in...

Kit Nascimento to attend strategic planning session and AGM of NACRA

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kit Nascimento to attend strategic planning session and AGM of NACRA

The North America & Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will hold its Annual General Meeting in Miami, Florida, from tomorrow August 4 – Sunday August 7. The Guyana Rugby Football Union...

Fitness Instructor conducts “Shackle Walk” in New Amsterdam

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Instructor conducts “Shackle Walk” in New Amsterdam

By Samuel Whyte Fitness Instructor, Sports Organizer, Community Activist and Founder of the Unity for the Nation Organization, Eli Hazel on Sunday July 31 fulfilled a promised he made to...

Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race set for Sunday

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race set for Sunday

National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the 7th Annual Memorial Regan Rodrigues 50 Miles Cycle Road Race for Sunday August 7 on the West Bank of Demerara. The race will commence...

Jam Zone Masters Cup Berbice TV update on LRTV tonight

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jam Zone Masters Cup Berbice TV update on LRTV tonight

Tickets on sale at Ashmins and GCB ticket office The Caribbean’s top t20 cricket stars are expected to shine at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday August 12 and 14 in the inaugural Jam...

Sarwan vows to win back Test place

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan vows to win back Test place

West Indies star Ramnaresh Sarwan has vowed to win back his Test place after admitting he nearly quit the game eight months ago in a story in the Royal Gazette in Bermuda. The Guyana batsman...

JKA/WF Guyana hold successful Grading and Clinic

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on JKA/WF Guyana hold successful Grading and Clinic

71 assessed by 6th Dan Mr. Yasuaki Nagatomo The Japan Karate Association/World Federation of Guyana again overwhelmed parents and spectators in attendance at their second Grading exercise for...

Bric, India and the knowledge economy

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bric, India and the knowledge economy

Dear Editor, Not too long ago, the economic invincibility of the developed world seemed immovable. But then BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) came along as serious contenders. The...

Bottom of the social ladder

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bottom of the social ladder

Dear Editor, Guyanese of a certain vintage will remember comments of this ilk being attributed to a former Guyanese President. But do you know that it was also a newspaper headline? Please...

A thank you from ACDA

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A thank you from ACDA

Dear Editor, The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) , despite torrential rains, held one of its best ever Emancipation Day Festivals at the National Park. Attended by an...

US$20 Taxi man embarrassed Guyanese internationally

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on US$20 Taxi man embarrassed Guyanese internationally

Dear Editor, It is disgusting to read in the international media how a taxi driver demanded US$20 to transport a victim of the CAL crash just two blocks away. The victim, a female was in...

Being responsible for your life

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Being responsible for your life

Dear Editor, I am writing concerning a letter I saw in your newspaper last week, where the person was speaking about drivers being responsible for accidents on the roadways. I personally...

The contract is not worth the paper

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The contract is not worth the paper

Dear Editor, Works Services Group is a contract section of the Ministry of Public Works. It is responsible for building and maintaining of roads, bridges and the international airport etc. The...

There is not trial by chronological order

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is not trial by chronological order

Dear Editor, Having read two columns and one letter penned by Mr Frederick Kissoon I came to the realization that he knows precious little about the law. He seems concerned that his matter is...

The role of labour in responding to HIV/AIDS in the workplace

Aug 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of labour in responding to HIV/AIDS in the workplace

DEAR EDITOR, Our Global Partners must be able to deliver opportunities for decent work in a sustainable environment. This decent work can only be created by combining employment, rights,...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more