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Albion, Port Mourant name teams

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion, Port Mourant name teams

12th Balram Shane Memorial fund raising 50 over Cricket… All is set for the 12th Annual Balram Shane Challenge Fund raising 50 overs cricket match between two of...

Patrick Ford – Guyana’s uncrowned world Champion

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patrick Ford – Guyana’s uncrowned world Champion

By Michael Benjamin One of the greatest fears of man is dying, yet death is inevitable and each of us must be prepared to leave this world as we had entered. Despite this reality, we...

Tremayne Smartt found guilty of breaching ICC Anti-Doping Code

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tremayne Smartt found guilty of breaching ICC Anti-Doping Code

West Indies women’s international cricketer Tremayne Smartt has today been found guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code (the...

EBFA/Coca Cola Senior League… Timehri Panthers maintain pole position

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/Coca Cola Senior League… Timehri Panthers maintain pole position

Competition in the Banks DIH sponsored East Bank Football Association / Coca Cola Senior League is set to continue today at the Diamond Community Centre Ground with a double header....

“West Indies rebuilding slowly but surely!”

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies rebuilding slowly but surely!”

By Colin E. H. Croft Get this straight. Despite the continued rhetoric, many in West Indies cricket have to admit that the senior West Indies team will never, not in our...

Gov’t backpedals on the award of contracts

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t backpedals on the award of contracts

After vehemently denying claims that it approves contracts, the government was yesterday forced to admit that it approved the airport expansion project for which it secretly signed a deal with...

APNU holds massive rally in New Amsterdam

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU holds massive rally in New Amsterdam

…launches Manifesto A high powered A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) team lead by Presidential candidate Brigadier David Granger, and Prime Ministerial candidate Dr. Rupert...

GECOM replaces controversial Returning Officer

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM replaces controversial Returning Officer

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has taken a decision to replace controversial Returning Officer for Region Four, Jaigobin Mohabir; but Mohabir yesterday said that he knew nothing of...

Guyanese Positive

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyanese Positive

Listening to our politicians, a visitor may well believe that we Guyanese have no positives. But that is just not so. In one of the most contentious areas of human practice – religion – we...

From the Diaspora…IS THE PPP REALLY PANICKING?

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…IS THE PPP REALLY PANICKING?

By Ralph Seeram Some eight months ago I wrote an article about the possibility of the PPP losing the elections. Then, many people felt that I was crazy, that there was no way the PPP was...

Teen’s death takes toll on school, classmates

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News 6

The loss of a brilliant, respectable and willing student has taken a tremendous toll on the students and teachers of Covent Garden Secondary School, especially as the Caribbean...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Cartoons Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

ImmigrationTALKTM….What are my rights at the airport & port of entry?

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALKTM….What are my rights at the airport & port of entry?

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] As the holiday season approaches, many of you will be travelling to the U.S. and your native born country. Many visitors and returning...

189 bird species find sanctuary in the Botanical Gardens

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 189 bird species find sanctuary in the Botanical Gardens

With more than 189 bird species in the Botanical Gardens alone, Guyana has officially designated that location a Bird Sanctuary yesterday, to the benefit of bird watchers around...

All will feel the pressure to repay PPP/C debts-APNU

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on All will feel the pressure to repay PPP/C debts-APNU

A Partnership For National Unity on Friday unveiled its long awaited manifesto which declared that Guyana can ill afford to gamble with its future. According to the coalition’s manifesto the...

The Catfish

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Catfish

Catfishes (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat’s whiskers, catfish range in size and behaviour from the...

Dialogue not Argument

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Dialogue not Argument

Listening to the rhetoric from the campaign platforms only reinforces the old saying, “Politics is a continuation of war by other means.” I resurrect an old call for “dialogue” rather than...

Sarkozy got it wrong, but it is not enough to say so

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Sarkozy got it wrong, but it is not enough to say so

By Sir Ronald Sanders France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, has publicly – and wrongfully – identified three Caribbean countries as “tax havens”. The response to him should be...

Presidential Debate address on November 16th November, Theatre Guild

Nov 20, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Presidential Debate address on November 16th November, Theatre Guild

By Khemraj Ramjattan To the Merundoi organisation which arranged this event, your effort must be commended. You are right to proceed with an examination of those who want to be...

A FANTASTIC EFFORT!

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A FANTASTIC EFFORT!

Guyana finally has an international swimming pool. It took a long time in coming but the wait is over and Guyana’s swimmers no longer have to dream about having the opportunity...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The elections’ campaign makes people behave in ways that they are not known to. One campaign speaker is going to continue to do things that would antagonize some people but wiser counsel...

The campaign’s Champagne moments

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The campaign’s Champagne moments

I need to clarify the use of the term “Champagne moments.” Normally in literature, a Champagne moment is used in a positive context. It connotes a celebratory mood. When someone says; “This...

My government disrespects me and all Guyana

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My government disrespects me and all Guyana

People elect governments to represent their interests. They know that they cannot achieve some of the things they want on their own so they elect governments to do that for them. In the United...

Toucan Industries donates $1M for cancer fight

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Toucan Industries donates $1M for cancer fight

Toucan Industries through its local Hunt’s tomato-based products is helping to prevent the spread of cancer and provide assistance to those diagnosed. The company on Thursday donated $1M to...

Cocaine trafficker gets 5 years

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine trafficker gets 5 years

A 29-year-old deportee from the United States will be spending the next five years behind bars. He will also have to pay a fine of $30,000 after he was found guilty on Friday of...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more