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Do You Build Fences Or Bridges?

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Food For Thought Comments Off on Do You Build Fences Or Bridges?

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side, sharing machinery and trading labor and goods as...

FastBall male & female champs to be crowned tonight

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FastBall male & female champs to be crowned tonight

Massive climax anticipated @ Stadium; Sizzla Colonji By Franklin Wilson The historic GT&T FastBall knock-out football championship, which has taken Guyana by storm, is set for an enthralling and...

Six Guyanese in WI Lawyers Cricket squad

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Six Guyanese in WI Lawyers Cricket squad

– ahead of Lawyers’ World Cup start today Six Guyanese Lawyers were selected to represent the West Indies Lawyers’ ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams for the Lawyers Cricket World Cup that gets...

Memories of Clive Lloyd’s Captaincy

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Memories of Clive Lloyd’s Captaincy

By Rudi V. Webster Unlike Sir Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd has not yet received the credit he deserves for his extraordinary achievement of building a world champion West Indies cricket team that...

Odinga contented with Alpha’s performance

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Odinga contented with Alpha’s performance

In an interview with the media yesterday, President of Guyana’s top football club, Alpha United, Odinga Lumumba and Wayne Dover, Coach, informed reporters at Water Chris Hotel, Waterloo...

‘Play for yourself and country’ – GCB President tells National female cricketers

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Play for yourself and country’ – GCB President tells National female cricketers

By Sean Devers In what he said should be his last public speech as Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President, Chetram Singh yesterday morning told the members of the National female team to play for...

FOOTBALL SQUAD FOR INTER GUIANA GAMES 2011 NAMED

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FOOTBALL SQUAD FOR INTER GUIANA GAMES 2011 NAMED

The following players have been shortlisted to train for possible selection to the 2011 Inter Guiana Games Football Squad. Training sessions begin tomorrow, Monday August 8 at the Ministry of...

Rising Sun Turf Club to stage clash of Champions Horserace meet August 28

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Turf Club to stage clash of Champions Horserace meet August 28

Over $8M at stake Another big money horserace meet is on the horizon, this time it’s the Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice which will be holding their super horseracing event on Sunday...

Clint Duke retains status as Mr. Guyana

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clint Duke retains status as Mr. Guyana

GABBFF Senior Bodybuilding C/ships 2011 Total Fitness athlete and Reigning Mr. Guyana Clint Duke was unstoppable once again when he successfully defended his title when the Guyana Amateur Body...

Guyana looking to continue winning ways against India

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana looking to continue winning ways against India

27 years ago, June 1984, the Indian National Football team visited the land of the Mighty Kaieteur Falls and engaged the National Team in an International friendly at the World famous GCC...

GCA’s DeSinco U-13 cricket starts August 15

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s DeSinco U-13 cricket starts August 15

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has collaborated with business entity DeSinco Trading to stage the DeSinco 25 overs under-13 cricket competition which involves six teams from five...

“India is in very deep trouble – at the edge of the precipice – against England!”

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “India is in very deep trouble – at the edge of the precipice – against England!”

Colin E. H. Croft Sometimes I really wish that I had money. With my predictions, I would have become very rich indeed! You would remember that I said that if India played as badly, in England, as...

Barbados whip Guyana by innings and 52 runs

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados whip Guyana by innings and 52 runs

Take 3rd spot in U-19 three-day tourney It took Barbados just 28 minutes on the final day of their three-day Regional under-19 final round cricket match against Guyana to secure an emphatic innings...

Ryan Crawford Turf Club says thanks

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Turf Club says thanks

Letter to the Sports Editor Dear Sports Editor, The Management Committee of the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities would like to extend great thanks to all the sponsors and...

Berbice basketball holiday camp progresses well

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice basketball holiday camp progresses well

The Basketball youth camp organized by the Berbice Basketball Association for youngsters in the East Berbice area is going well according to Coach Kirk Fraser. The sessions which began on...

Guyana SlutWalk?

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana SlutWalk?

Several weeks ago, PNCR and APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger was asked by a reporter how he viewed “older men who seek out girls under the age of 18 for sexual relations.” In...

SUNDAY CARTOON – AUGUST 7, 2011

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SUNDAY CARTOON – AUGUST 7, 2011

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The rivers are not as friendly as they should be. There is going to be another boating accident and again an absence of vigilance would be the cause. The boat to be affected would be laden and when...

Wanted: A leader for the ACP

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Wanted: A leader for the ACP

By Sir Ronald Sanders The 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries should use the strength of their combined number and access to their natural resources to demand a voice in global economic...

Too Little, Too late

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Too Little, Too late

In response to my article from last week, “Denouement of Verbal Extremism” – which was triggered by the tragedy in Norway – there was a response from Mr Freddie Kissoon (“Denouement of...

FEELING THE PINCH

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FEELING THE PINCH

This past week has seen financial markets in the United States go once again into turmoil. This development has fuelled speculation that another recession is looming. Nothing could be worse...

This past week I saw something that really impressed me

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on This past week I saw something that really impressed me

I am not easily impressed by many things these days. I have seen a lot. I saw men running so fast that it is almost impossible today to believe that the runners of today would have made a mess of...

Rent a dream, rent a professor, rent a killer

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rent a dream, rent a professor, rent a killer

A strange (I wanted to say funny but that sounds insulting) item appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News. A group of rich young people in their early twenties (some from...

Interesting Creatures…The Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…The Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs. Its common name, derived from Kapiÿva...

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS

Aug 07, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS

By Dr. Tarron Khemraj We have noted Finance Minister’s Ashni Singh’s glowing review of the country’s economic performance over the past five years. The Minister asserted that there has...

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Fantastic Wharton snipes haul-trick in 11-0 win

Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more