July 2012

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Guyana celebrated 36 years of WC participation; July 4, 1976 to June 2012

Jul 08, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana celebrated 36 years of WC participation; July 4, 1976 to June 2012

The Cooperative Republic of Guyana recently achieved another milestone in the world of sports. The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) which is a 100+ years old celebrated 36 years of playing World Cup...

Good gallops anticipated as Kennard Memorial TC stages Pre-Emancipation horserace meet

Jul 08, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Good gallops anticipated as Kennard Memorial TC stages Pre-Emancipation horserace meet

The second half of the horserace season is upon us and administrators of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) are committed to the qualitative events of which they are well known. On Sunday August...

Female Pepsi Hornets make crucial comeback; Yamaha Caribs on top

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Pepsi Hornets female team and Yamaha Caribs male team came out victorious with 26 and 43 points respectively yesterday afternoon in the National Park after playing round robin matches on the rugby...

ECB thanks Ahmad for his services

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The Essequibo Cricket Board is expressing its gratitude to former president Sheik Ahmad for his dedicated services given to the institution over the years. Ahmad resigned his position on the 21st of...

The paradox of our time

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The paradox of our time

By George Carlin The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but...

Scottsburg wins Corriverton Links U15 football Challenge Cup

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The Scottsburg Football club of Corriverton, Upper Corentyne recently won the Corriverton Links U15 football competition and took home the Challenge cup when they squeezed past No 28 Village in the...

Horserace action on today at Bush Lot United Turf Club

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All systems are in place and all roads lead to the Bush Lot United Turf Club at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice today as a bumper crowd is expected to throng to the venue for the race club’s grand One...

Guyana Beverage company hands over winnings for CARICOM Day cycle race

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The Guyana Beverage Company recently presented the respective winners with their prizes recently for the cycle meet which was contested on CARICOM Day in Berbice. The 40 miles race, which was...

Former cricket stalwarts stage Inaugural Andrew Lyght Memorial Cricket tournament

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Cricket fans that may have witnessed the exploits of their late colleague, Andrew Lyght, during his hey days will re-enact memories of those days with two memorial matches slated for the Demerara...

Annual TCL Cricket Academy & Republic Bank Summer Camp starts tomorrow

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The 15th Annual TCL (Guy) sponsored cricket Academy and 6th Annual Republic Bank sponsored Summer Camp for Grade 6 students organized by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club is set to commence...

International 6 wins Jeet Brothers New York trophy

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Sponsor Soomday ‘Rico’ Jeet led the way with the maximum 18 games to guide International 6 to the top place in the Annual Jeet Brothers dominoes tourney which was contested at Everest Sports Club...

Liverpool touched many lives

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– bball player laid to rest It was obvious yesterday that Denzil David Liverpool was not the run-of-the-mill basketball player and customs officer, who was just haplessly aggressive. It was...

Jamaica win WICB’s Under-17 Tournament

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Scarborough, Tobago – Jamaica defeated Windward Islands by seven wickets in fifth and final round on Saturday to win the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-17 Tournament. The Jamaicans played...

Somber atmosphere as former hockey stalwart interred

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In a somber atmosphere, laden with sad faces and grief stricken hearts, former hockey stalwart, Elton G Sills was eulogized at the First Assembly of God Church, Durban Street Werk-en-Rust yesterday...

Mohamed cops MVP award as All Star takes Ramnarine Dominoes title

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Nazeer Mohamed marked 17 games, while Vijay Persaud chalked 17 to lead All Star, who totaled 80 games, to victory in the final of the Amit Ramnarine Dominoes competition which was played last Sunday...

Mohamed cops MVP award as All Star takes Ramnarine Dominoes title

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Halt to new river mining licences…Severe threats to livelihoods, environment prompted decision – Govt.

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Halt to new river mining licences…Severe threats to livelihoods, environment prompted decision – Govt.

Constant complaints by Amerindians and other groups led to government’s decision to halt the issuance of any new mining permits for river claims. According to Minister of Natural Resources...

Govt. will not pronounce on Ramkarran’s resignation

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will not pronounce on Ramkarran’s resignation

…Dr. Luncheon says it’s a Party matter The Guyana Government will not be making any pronouncements any time soon, on the resignation of Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, from the...

Political leaders, activists call for reform of Chronicle

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Political leaders, activists call for reform of Chronicle

Political leaders and civil society activists are calling for a reform of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle and the state media in general. They say that the Guyana Chronicle is being used by the...

Miner alleges $6M robbery by neighbourhood police group

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miner alleges $6M robbery by neighbourhood police group

….calls on Commissioner of Police to investigate corrupt police A gold miner is alleging that he was robbed $6M by two neighborhood police group personnel who collaborated with the police in...

Anger and Violence

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Anger and Violence

A childhood friend of mine is visiting from Toronto. He’s a psychologist and family therapist by training and specialises in “anger management’. I showed him the letter by Lincoln Lewis,...

This is no time for a weaker Caribbean Community

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on This is no time for a weaker Caribbean Community

By Sir Ronald Sanders At the opening of the 33rd Conference of the 15-Nation Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), the incoming Chairman, St Lucia’s Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, called...

Silence is not golden for the government

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Silence is not golden for the government

The attacks against the government are unending and apparently unceasing. It would seem that the last days of President Bharrat Jagdeo sparked these attacks. Indeed he pursued the development of the...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

These are trying times, with the politicians keeping the nation on tenterhooks with their shenanigans. The language in the media is what is going to fuel the pace of the conversation, and in the end...

We, too, have our work cut out

Jul 08, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We, too, have our work cut out

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman I wish to publicly apologise to the many supporters, members, and the public at large who rightly felt frustrated and angry at the absence of Trevor Williams at the...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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