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T&T beat Guyana by six wickets

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T beat Guyana by six wickets

Regional Women’s cricket in Barbados On the same day that Trinidad and Tobago beat their Guyanese counterparts in the Regional under-19 One-Day tournament in Guyana, the girls from Carnival Country...

Successful Ladies hockey team return

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Successful Ladies hockey team return

– players buoyant about performance Four members of the Ladies national squad in invited comments with this newspaper shortly after the team arrived in Georgetown via Suriname, unanimously...

Guyana Football Federation Beach Soccer plan ongoing

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Football Federation Beach Soccer plan ongoing

The President of the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA), Mr Garth Nelson and the Christianburg Community Leaders met and decided that the Christianburg Community Center Ground, Linden will be...

Over $20M for grabs in 11 races as over 100 horses entered for Guyana Cup Classic

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over $20M for grabs in 11 races as over 100 horses entered for Guyana Cup Classic

By Samuel Whyte Horseracing continues to take Guyana by storm and come Sunday August 21 the biggest sporting Event in Guyana will be staged in the form of the Fifth Annual Guyana Cup horserace meet...

Hearts of Oak Masters FC “teach them Young” camp progressing smoothly

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters FC “teach them Young” camp progressing smoothly

The 12th Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “teach them Young” football summer camp, which has been expanded this year to include the Corriverton links football club, is progressing...

GAWA beginners’ course ends

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAWA beginners’ course ends

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association’s (GAWA) two-day beginners’ coaching course ended on Sunday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Headquarters in Kingston with 14 participants...

Khan, Drayton eventual winners in Emancipation chess tournament

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan, Drayton eventual winners in Emancipation chess tournament

Taffin Khan and Anthony Drayton both secured first places in the senior and junior categories respectively when the DDL/ TOPCO juices Emancipation Anniversary chess tournament concluded last weekend...

Citizens vs. Government

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Citizens vs. Government

There is certainly no dearth of accusations by citizens of Guyana of governmental malfeasance in the execution of their duties, resulting in violations of the rights of those citizens. Most of these...

THE RIOTS IN LONDON

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RIOTS IN LONDON

London is a big city. It is not easily policed. In London, unless you implement a curfew, you cannot control all areas. It is impossible. But the heavy presence of the police will help to calm the...

Baby language and fascism in Guyana

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Baby language and fascism in Guyana

Let me say with hardened inflexibility that there is nothing in modern political theory that would deny the resort to dictatorship and/or fascism by a ruling party that won power through an open...

We shouldn’t wait for a national disaster to modernize and secure Ogle and CJIA

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We shouldn’t wait for a national disaster to modernize and secure Ogle and CJIA

Dear Editor It is welcoming news that after three decades, the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) 523 will push all stakeholders at CJIA to use force to remove squatters who have encircled...

Problems in Paradise? Here are some solutions …

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Problems in Paradise? Here are some solutions …

Dear Editor I read with some interest the concerns by residents of the Paradise Housing Scheme, who I assume to be members of the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, in your letter columns of...

Freddie Kissoon is Trolling

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon is Trolling

Dear Editor Mr. Freddie Kissoon says he does not care what I write and does not pay heed to my writings. Yet he repeatedly brings my name up in his columns, most recently on Aug 2 in “Denouement of...

An insult to both ourselves and our ancestors

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An insult to both ourselves and our ancestors

Dear Editor, Each year the people of Guyana celebrate the emancipation of our African ancestors. The Government of Guyana, representative of all Guyanese, issues a grant to emancipation committees...

Government Officials trying to intimidate private media

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government Officials trying to intimidate private media

Dear Editor Those in authority are making a mockery of the judicial system in Guyana. First, we have the President of Guyana who cannot be sued, whether in official office or out of office but he can...

Further collaboration with NCN would not be entertained

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Further collaboration with NCN would not be entertained

Dear Editor, I am the artistic director of the Buxton Fusion School of Music. It was after two stunning performances by the children of the school, one private and the other public, that I was asked...

Why no charges yet in sand loading escapade?

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why no charges yet in sand loading escapade?

Dear Editor, I read the story I your Sunday edition ‘Businessman vows to prevent closure of sand-loading facility,’ where Mr. Bhaskarran is asking “relevant authorities to appoint a special...

Police should share force orders and standing orders with the public

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police should share force orders and standing orders with the public

Dear Editor, These days, I have to be very selective and careful about the issues which I choose to discuss through this medium. I have to be careful in how I convey my thoughts lest they be...

Ramotar must say if Jagdeo/Ahmad paid customs duties

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar must say if Jagdeo/Ahmad paid customs duties

Dear Editor, At a time when the Ed Ahmad scandal just keeps getting bigger and bigger, his PPP front organization the Association of Concerned Guyanese will be hosting a fund raising Barbeque...