December 18, 2011

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Tents erected after rain-affected circus– Organisers say

Dec 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tents erected after rain-affected circus– Organisers say

Organisers of the Circus of Dreams show being held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, say that they have offered full refunds to patrons who were affected by rains Friday night. “We would...

Deputy Mayor hospitalised

Dec 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Mayor hospitalised

Deputy Mayor of Georgetown, Robert Williams, was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after suffering what appeared to be a heart attack. Kaieteur News was told that Williams...

Violent brothers attack, brutally chop teen during robbery

Dec 18, 2011 knews News 1

A 19-year-old victim nursing chop wounds after a brutal cutlass attack landed him in the hospital is asking the police to probe deeper into the incident since his attackers are regular culprits of...

Grove Hi Tech and Amelia’s Ward advance to next round in K & S Football Fiesta

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Grove Hi Tech and Amelia’s Ward advance to next round in K & S Football Fiesta

Action continues today at Uitvlugt On Friday evening, Grove Hi Tech and Amelia’s Ward were able to upset their opponents on penalty kicks in the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai Knock-out Football...

‘Guinness Greatest in da Streets’ Back Circle crowned champions of the streets

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Guinness Greatest in da Streets’ Back Circle crowned champions of the streets

Organisers of this year’s ‘Guinness Greatest in da Streets’ must be extremely encouraged by the large turnout of fans that thronged the National Park to witness the finals which was staged on...

ELITE CRICKET COACHING PROGRAMME SET FOR E’BO COAST

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ELITE CRICKET COACHING PROGRAMME SET FOR E’BO COAST

The Essequibo Coast cricket development programme is set to start tomorrow, Monday December 19, at Anna Regina with an elite coaching programme, which is geared to prepare players for the longer...

Blairmont Community Centre 20/20 cricket on Today

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Community Centre 20/20 cricket on Today

The Blairmont Community Centre on the West Bank of Berbice will Today come alive when the Blairmont Cricket Club once again stages a grand one day 20/20 four team’s knock out cricket competition...

Georgetown Turf Club race Meet at Mocha postponed

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Turf Club race Meet at Mocha postponed

The Georgetown Turf Club horserace Meet today at their Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara racetrack has been postponed after heavy rainfall inundated the track yesterday. And with the rain expected to...

Youngest Black Belt Karatekas meet Minister of Sports

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Youngest Black Belt Karatekas meet Minister of Sports

A courtesy call was paid Friday on the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport the Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony by two members of the Guyana Karate College who have recently earned the impressive feat...

Curtain call for national TT championships today

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Curtain call for national TT championships today

– Edghill, Lowe continue dominance, add more titles Chelsea Edghill captured her fifth title of the 2011 National Table Tennis (TT) Championships at the National Gymnasium yesterday, while...

GBFA signs 2 yrs contract with Linden Mayor & Town Council for city landmark

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GBFA signs 2 yrs contract with Linden Mayor & Town Council for city landmark

With the launching of ‘Adopt-A-Landmark’ by the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA) last year and its initial project at the Christiansburg Community Centre, GBFA has signed a two years...

Volleyball action fixed for Berbice today

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball action fixed for Berbice today

Volleyball competition continues in Berbice today when the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) stages the Annual Rick Sakawat one Day interclub Volleyball competition. The activity will be played at...

GASP closes season with lucrative Open tournament

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GASP closes season with lucrative Open tournament

It will be fun mixed with intense rivalry when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the final tournament of the year, a Scrabble Scramble, at the Malteenoes Sports Club Pavilion...

Republic Bank, CCCC helps rehabilitate Albion Community Centre

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank, CCCC helps rehabilitate Albion Community Centre

By Samuel Whyte The Albion Community Centre is about to get a face lift courtesy of the Republic Bank, Rose Hall Branch and the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. On Thursday the bank through its...

NATIONAL SCHOOLS’ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on NATIONAL SCHOOLS’ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS

MAE’S schools is leading the team category of 2011 National Schools’ Chess Championship which got underway at the National Stadium yesterday. MAE’S is on three points (3 wins) after three...

Rising Sun wins Anand Sanasie /Pomeroon Cricket Committee competition

Dec 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun wins Anand Sanasie /Pomeroon Cricket Committee competition

Last Monday teams from the Riverain Villages of Pomeroon attended an elaborate presentation ceremony at the Zenon Hotel Restaurant and Bar in Anna Regina when the Rising Sun Cricket Club received a...

Obesity, hypertension leading causes of death in Caribbean – PAHO

Dec 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Obesity, hypertension leading causes of death in Caribbean – PAHO

Dr Ernest Pate, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Caribbean Programme Coordinator is calling on CARICOM Heads of Government to “move” their commitment from principle to practice, noting...

First Lady gradually embraces her new status

Dec 18, 2011 knews News 4

“I knew to myself, since he was identified as the PPP’s Presidential Candidate, that he was the best choice…What you see is what you get…he is a genuine person…not just because he is my...

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

Dec 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central...

COOKING LIAT’S GOOSE

Dec 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on COOKING LIAT’S GOOSE

By Sir Ronald Sanders LIAT, the small Caribbean airline that has been the workhorse of the region for several decades, is having its goose cooked. And the cooking is being done by a few of its...

NO BETTER PLACE FOR CHRISTMAS THAN IN GUYANA

Dec 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO BETTER PLACE FOR CHRISTMAS THAN IN GUYANA

The message of the youth of APNU to the people of Guyana is to conserve. This is another way of saying punish the business community by not spending this Christmas. They also want the Guyanese people...

Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens. You were a big influence on me.

Dec 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 13

My independence of thought started long before I ever read anything by Christopher Hitchens. I would credit many persons in Guyana, particularly Brian Rodway of the WPA, and E.M.G. Wilson of the PPP,...

Is Police Commissioner Henry Greene suffering from a ‘credibility and integrity deficit’?

Dec 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Police Commissioner Henry Greene suffering from a ‘credibility and integrity deficit’?

Dear Editor, Please allow me the privilege of sharing my views in your newspaper on Police Commissioner Henry Greene who now faces perhaps his most career crippling deficit of all: a credibility and...

It must not be business as usual!

Dec 18, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It must not be business as usual!

By Khemraj Ramjattan The 2011 Election results have propelled the need for the emergence of a new dispensation in the conduct of our national affairs. The voters have indicated to all that cuss-down...

After the results of the elections, Mr. Sanders is now changing his tune

Dec 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on After the results of the elections, Mr. Sanders is now changing his tune

Dear Editor, I refer to an editorial note in the KN (Thursday, Dec 15) in which Mr. Ron Sanders sought to “correct” some statements I attributed to him in my Wednesday column. Readers need to...

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Same plantation, new overseers

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(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when Guyana was spoken of, not entirely jokingly, as Bookers Guyana. Bookers was not a man. It was the giant foreign-owned sugar concern whose influence stretched so wide that if you sneezed in Georgetown, someone in a London boardroom probably approved the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Ravaged by tyrants

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – What do you think, Guyanese? “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.” Pope Leo XIV said so in Cameroon. I salute this fine American, this vicar of Christ growing in his role. What about others (leaders)? Those who “manipulate...

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