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Judge orders Irfaan Ali to pay $50,000 to Kaieteur News

Jan 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Judge orders Irfaan Ali to pay $50,000 to Kaieteur News

Housing Minister Irfaan Ali must pay $50,000 to Kaieteur News after his lawyer incorrectly filed his writ claiming libel. The lawyer, Hukumchand, had gone to the courts with his claim for libel and...

Dem boys seh…Dem boys gun pay fuh talk pun radio

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem boys gun pay fuh talk pun radio

When people dig hole fuh somebody dem does fall in. Irfaat get vex because dem boys talk bout he house and he sue. He claim how he got to get nuff million dollar from de paper. De next...

Is the AFC about to enter into a permanent alliance with APNU?

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is the AFC about to enter into a permanent alliance with APNU?

There are reports circulating to wit that the Alliance for Change (AFC) is about to enter into negotiations with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to conclude a memorandum of...

What’s with the Accident and Emergency Unit?

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on What’s with the Accident and Emergency Unit?

Sometime last year, the then president Bharrat Jagdeo boasted that Guyana would be receiving some 300 more doctors to enhance the local medical system. Up until that announcement about 100...

It is time to hold the political leaders accountable

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time to hold the political leaders accountable

DEAR EDITOR, A critical element for this nation’s development and the inhabitants’ peaceful co-existence is knowledge of and adherence to the Constitution, since it remains the...

Let’s stop the posturing and get to work; the people have spoken

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s stop the posturing and get to work; the people have spoken

DEAR EDITOR, I continue to be amazed by the ire of the People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on the issue of the Speakership of the National Assembly. What I fail to comprehend is the...

Parents need to continuously question their decisions

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parents need to continuously question their decisions

Dear Editor, On Thursday, 19th January 2012, your newspaper carried a news article which related the allegations of four boys who claimed they were being sexually abused by an Imam of...

Minister Manickchand is in a position to reverse the downward spiral

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Manickchand is in a position to reverse the downward spiral

Dear Editor, Yesterday morning I watched the children on their way to school – a truly heart-warming sight. These were teenage boys, almost immaculate in their crisply ironed green...

Simeon Hardy shaping up well for toughest fight of his career in ProAm boxing card

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simeon Hardy shaping up well for toughest fight of his career in ProAm boxing card

Simeon Hardy, best known for the famous ‘chin checker;’ a wicked left hook that has left his opponents prostrate, has further enhanced his reputation as a devastating puncher when he dealt Iwan...

Darren Sammy turns down BPL offer for now, committed to WI duties

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darren Sammy turns down BPL offer for now, committed to WI duties

West Indies Captain Darren Sammy has committed himself to WI duties, turning down an offer to play in the Bangladesh Premier League after receiving an offer to play with them. In a letter...

Jamaica beat Netherlands advance to semis

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica beat Netherlands advance to semis

Bridgetown, Barbados – Jamaica marched into the semifinals of the Caribbean Twenty20 after beating the Netherlands in a Group B clash by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining). The Dutch won...

Slothful registration of clubs a GABA plague

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slothful registration of clubs a GABA plague

-association to move ahead without them By Edison Jefford The registration of its affiliated clubs and the establishment of administrative structures were the real reasons basketball in Georgetown...

Tyrone Arjune wins 3rd GT&T 10/10 Song comp.

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tyrone Arjune wins 3rd GT&T 10/10 Song comp.

93 entries received Fifty-nine year-old Composer and Music Teacher Tyrone Arjune, who hails from the Cinderella County of Essequibo, was declared the winner of the GT&T 10/10...

19th Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Ltd 11-race meet to pedal off cycling season

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 19th Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Ltd 11-race meet to pedal off cycling season

The 2012 cycling season in the National Park, Guyana’s Premier Cycling Track, is set to pedal off on Saturday January 28 with the 19th annual Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Ltd....

Trophy Stall-sponsored LABA League to be launched today

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall-sponsored LABA League to be launched today

– Association promises busy year for basketball in Linden The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will launch their Trophy Stall-sponsored League today. The...

Ancient County to start preparations for Inter County U15 tourney

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ancient County to start preparations for Inter County U15 tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), continuing its tradition of early preparation, will heighten plans shortly for the Inter County Under-15 tournament which is expected to get underway in...

2011 NBS 2nd div. 40 over cricket…West Canje and Young Warriors into playoffs

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2011 NBS 2nd div. 40 over cricket…West Canje and Young Warriors into playoffs

After limiting Sisters to 146 for 9 in their allotted 25 overs; West Canje in response lost an early wicket with just one run on the board, but thereafter it was smooth sailing as...

Top Horses entered for season opening Horserace meet

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top Horses entered for season opening Horserace meet

– over $7M in prizes available If the first planned horseracing event for the 2012/2013 racing season is anything to go by, then horseracing fans in Guyana are definitely...

Georgetown Turf Club to hold gymkhana tomorrow

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Turf Club to hold gymkhana tomorrow

Race Meet at Mocha set for next month The Georgetown Turf Club will stage a gymkhana and fun day tomorrow at their Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara racetrack. The Turf Club has...

Moody 6 hosts Dominoes Competition at Leonora tomorrow

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moody 6 hosts Dominoes Competition at Leonora tomorrow

Moody 6 Dominoes team has organised a 15-team Competition which will be staged tomorrow, at the Metal Shop, Leonora. According to a release from the Organisers, the winning team will...

GSL Preparatory t10 softball cricket tournament… Action continues this weekend with a number of matches

Jan 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSL Preparatory t10 softball cricket tournament… Action continues this weekend with a number of matches

Play in the Guyana Softball League Preparatory t10 softball cricket tournament sponsored by Moonlite Trading, Regal Stationery & Computer Centre, Elegance Jewellery & Pawnshop...

DDP denies intervening in Imam child sex probe

Jan 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DDP denies intervening in Imam child sex probe

Director of Public Prosecution, Shalimar Hack has denied trying to intervene in the investigation concerning the Islamic scholar who is implicated in a child sex investigation. In a statement issued...

AFC averted potential post-election violence – Ramjattan

Jan 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC averted potential post-election violence – Ramjattan

A potentially explosive situation was averted shortly after the November 28th General and Regional Elections, according to the Alliance For Change (AFC) AFC’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, made the...

EU financial crisis…Billions in aid to Guyana unaffected

Jan 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EU financial crisis…Billions in aid to Guyana unaffected

– envoy Europe’s financial crisis will not affect the billions of dollars for developmental programmes in Guyana, officials of the European Union (EU) said Thursday. According to John...

Luncheon calls City Hall ‘Band of brigands”

Jan 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon calls City Hall ‘Band of brigands”

– “I wouldn’t give them a blind penny…” The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has been declared a haven for irresponsible and unaccountable city officials with...

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Hauls from Persaud and Farley highlight MVP Sports Girl’s U11 Football Tourney commencement

The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more