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Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case… Judge denies application for reprimand of KNews

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case… Judge denies application for reprimand of KNews

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday denied an application by counsel for President Bharrat Jagdeo, Anil Nandlall, to have the Kaieteur News retract one of its headlines in relation to the...

Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case… Govt.’s refusal to accredit Afro-Guyanese Consuls questioned

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case… Govt.’s refusal to accredit Afro-Guyanese Consuls questioned

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday admitted into evidence a United Nations report on the status of the minority population in Guyana, as the cross examination of Cabinet Secretary Dr....

Youth accused of showing middle finger to President gets $5000 High Court bail

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Youth accused of showing middle finger to President gets $5000 High Court bail

– reappears in court Several leading personalities yesterday turned up at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court in solidarity with an 18-year-old man who was remanded to prison for two...

Govt. admits 10 acres of Turkeyen land for MovieTowne already sold

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News 10

– insists Brian James not a director Government has admitted selling off over 10 acres of land at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara – which has been the source of litigation...

Teen dies hours after “almost drowning”

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen dies hours after “almost drowning”

A Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, family is now left mourning the death of one of its loved ones. Seventeen-year-old, Hosea Chisholm, who plunged into a trench on Monday...

Nude body of woman, 63, found floating in trench

Aug 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nude body of woman, 63, found floating in trench

Detectives on the East Coast of Demerara are almost convinced that foul play was involved in the death of 63-year-old Pulmattie Ramai, whose nude body was pulled from the Cane Grove Crown Dam...

Dem boys seh…Don’t raise you foot at Bar-Rat

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Don’t raise you foot at Bar-Rat

A boy spend a whole two weeks in de jail because he stick up he middle finger when de motorcade carrying Bar-Rat pass by. De boy was selling water because de water Irfaat giving people smelling like...

Desperate people in desperate times under a failed king

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Desperate people in desperate times under a failed king

The Wikileaks report on migration out of Guyana makes for sickening reading. It describes the Kafkaesque nightmare of a people who are desperately seeking to get out of the land they were born into...

Guyana could be suspended for Government involvement- Dr Hillarie

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana could be suspended for Government involvement- Dr Hillarie

Follow up meeting to be held between Guyana & WICB Presidents By Sean Devers A high-level meeting today at the State House in Guyana involving the President of Guyana, H.E. Dr...

Shawna Gentle and Gavin Lewis capture Nigel’s Junior Tennis 18s Individual Titles

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shawna Gentle and Gavin Lewis capture Nigel’s Junior Tennis 18s Individual Titles

Lopes/Ramrattan win Mixed Doubles Title As the curtains came down on the 2011 Nigel’s Junior Tennis Classic, Shawna Gentle and Gavin Lewis emerged as the top Junior players as they took home...

18-year-old Kirani James wins men’s 400m gold

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 18-year-old Kirani James wins men’s 400m gold

Eighteen-year-old Kirani James stunned defending champion LaShawn Merritt to win the 400m gold and secure Grenada’s first medal at the World Championships. James, who has run just a handful...

Tenelec 50-overs Berbice Cricket

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec 50-overs Berbice Cricket

Joseph (5-15), Fraser (4-14) destroy Blairmont for 39 RHTG & G beat Skeldon by 10 wickets The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Round Robin Cricket Competition in Berbice...

Introducing The Pitbulls

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Introducing The Pitbulls

Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills T10 Tapeball Cricket Competition By Edison Jefford The nationwide Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Ten/10 cricket tournament is the biggest tapeball contest to ever...

Cycle Races for TTYCP set for September 3

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cycle Races for TTYCP set for September 3

The National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized a Cycling Programme for Cyclists who are presently participating in the Teach Them Young Cycle Coaching Programme (TTYCP) on...

Rain hits Berbice Ramcharitar Construction Service 50-over Cricket

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain hits Berbice Ramcharitar Construction Service 50-over Cricket

RHTG& G and PMKR qualify for second round Port Mourant Karibee Rice and Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets registered victories on Saturday to advance to the second round of the Berbice Cricket...

Mohammed torment Pakistani girls again as Windies win 2nd ODI by 89 runs

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohammed torment Pakistani girls again as Windies win 2nd ODI by 89 runs

Off-spinner Anisa Mohamed followed her up mesmerizing spell of 5-5 from 10 overs in the first Women’s ODI with another spellbinding performance to spearhead the West Indies to an emphatic...

Top Trinidad Jockey Brian Harding rewarded for excellent performance

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top Trinidad Jockey Brian Harding rewarded for excellent performance

While the horseracing fraternity has a long way to go to reach the standard it had before in the days of Durban Park or other Caribbean countries, efforts are being made towards...

BCB launches Universal DVD & Universal Solution 20/20 First Division and Female tourneys

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches Universal DVD & Universal Solution 20/20 First Division and Female tourneys

The Berbice Cricket Board and Universal DVD and Universal Solution launched two cricket tournaments for clubs in Berbice. The New Amsterdam based Company handed over a cheque valued $500,000...

B’ce Cricket Board releases hectic schedule for remainder of 2011

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on B’ce Cricket Board releases hectic schedule for remainder of 2011

The Berbice Cricket Board for the remainder of 2011 would be involved in over 30 off the field activities while hosting numerous cricket tournaments at all level. Chairman of the Berbice Cricket...

C’BEAN BADMINTON C/SHIPS 2011 STARTS TODAY

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’BEAN BADMINTON C/SHIPS 2011 STARTS TODAY

Guyana will be attending the Caribbean Badminton International Junior Championships (CAREBACO) in Barbados from August 31 to September 03. The Championships will be played at the Wildey Gymnasium....

Letter to the sports – GCB Crisis – Govt.: IMC Proposal

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the sports – GCB Crisis – Govt.: IMC Proposal

Dear Sports Editor, While I do not in principle support Government’s involvement in the running of cricket, the following developments have caused enough concern to warrant such an intervention:...

Claude Raphael responds to Christopher Ram

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Claude Raphael responds to Christopher Ram

Dear Editor, My immediate response to Mr. Christopher Ram’s comment on the GCB’s crisis where I supported the Government’s ‘involvement’ is rooted in the following facts: 1. That I have...

PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD MOVE SMARTLY

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD MOVE SMARTLY

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to two letters in relation to the government’s decision to dissolve the Guyana Cricket Board and to set up an IMC to run Guyana’s cricket. These letters are Frederick...

PRESIDENT JAGDEO CONTINUES TO MICROMANAGE

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on PRESIDENT JAGDEO CONTINUES TO MICROMANAGE

Dear Editor, I wonder what else the President of Guyana will get involved in. Cricket administration has been administered by the Guyana Cricket Board since 1943, 68 years ago and this system has...

A golden opportunity for self analysis and change

Aug 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A golden opportunity for self analysis and change

Dear Editor, The leaked embassy cables come at a time when we are preparing to go to the polls, the timing I am sure is a Godsend for some, for I am sure that some of the revelations will be...

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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