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Albert Baldeo leads fight for community’s empowerment

Aug 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Albert Baldeo leads fight for community’s empowerment

District and Community Leader Albert Baldeo led a strong and unified coalition of residents living in Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Ozone Park and testified before the NYC Districting...

Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships…Guyana’s women secures silver, Men fail to advance

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships…Guyana’s women secures silver, Men fail to advance

Guyana’s national women’s team that comprised Trenace Lowe, Chelsea Edghill and Natalie Cummings secured a silver medal in the team competition at the 54th Senior Caribbean Table Tennis...

Tri-Nation Caribbean Scrabble Championships…‘Flying Fishes’ swamp ‘Land of many waters’ crew to soar among ‘Humming Birds’

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tri-Nation Caribbean Scrabble Championships…‘Flying Fishes’ swamp ‘Land of many waters’ crew to soar among ‘Humming Birds’

By Michael Benjamin The old truism that ‘fishes thrive best in water’ could not have been more aptly exemplified than yesterday afternoon when scrabble players from ‘The Land of the...

Neal & Massy launches second 10k Road Race

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neal & Massy launches second 10k Road Race

– stakeholders call for increased participation The Neal and Massy Group yesterday launched the second edition of what is commonly known as the AinLim 10km Road Race and 3km Fitness...

Splashmin’s, Digicel support Guyana Cup Horserace Meet

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Splashmin’s, Digicel support Guyana Cup Horserace Meet

Madewini Villas/Splashmin’s Resort and Digicel are among the sponsors aiding the successful staging of the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales 6th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting at the Port Mourant Race...

Priyanna Ramdhani leads Guyanese with gold at Caribbean Badminton C/ships

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani leads Guyanese with gold at Caribbean Badminton C/ships

The Caribbean Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) being held in Dominican Republic started Thursday with some of Guyanese Players winning their first round matches and also Priyanna Ramdhani won Gold...

“If you believe you can achieve” – Clive Lloyd tells youths at ECCB Academy closing

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “If you believe you can achieve” – Clive Lloyd tells youths at ECCB Academy closing

Former West Indies Captain and IMC on Cricket in Guyana Chairman Dr Clive Lloyd told the participants yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 11th East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) at Lusignan that,...

GCA David Persaud Investments trophy competition…Reece grabs 5 for 18 to help DCC “B” overcome TSC “A”

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA David Persaud Investments trophy competition…Reece grabs 5 for 18 to help DCC “B” overcome TSC “A”

Caville Reece led Demerara Cricket Club “B” to a 6 wicket win over Transport SC “A” at the DCC ground as play in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s David Persaud Investments trophy...

Banks Malta 11-race cycle programme set for National Park today

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Malta 11-race cycle programme set for National Park today

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized an 11-Race Cycle Programme for today at the National Park Circuit. The programme commences at 09:00hrs and is sponsored by Malta Supreme with...

ACCC Annual Cricket Academy commence Monday

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ACCC Annual Cricket Academy commence Monday

Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCC) Annual Cricket Academy is set to commence Monday, August 27, 2012 at Albion Sport Complex. The annual cricket Academy, which was reschedule twice due to...

Guyana continues Squash dominance

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana continues Squash dominance

Guyana’s Men and Ladies teams have establish themselves as the squads to beat by winning both of their matches on the second day of pool play at the Caribbean Squash Championships in...

GFSCA Nationwide Male/Female Softball tourney starts tomorrow

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA Nationwide Male/Female Softball tourney starts tomorrow

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) tournament sponsored by Mike’s Pharmacy, Ariel Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Survival, Ramchand Auto Spares, Motor Trend, and...

The do-little Parliament

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The do-little Parliament

Dear Editor, We refer to a letter by Mr. M. Maxwell where he stated “This is laziness by the opposition parties, plain and simple. To take a break from August 10 to October when this country...

Region 3 MPs, PPP members are dead

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 3 MPs, PPP members are dead

Dear Editor, It seems as though the PPP and its Region 3 Members of Parliament are all dead. The PPP has a Regional Office at Leonora, West Coast Demerara. At the front of this office there is a sign...

Stay out, Mr. Burke

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stay out, Mr. Burke

Dear Editor, Mr. Rickford Burke (KN–08/23/2012), an overseas resident, demanded that Mr. Cecil Kennard be removed from the Linden Commission of Inquiry. It is my view that as an overseas...

When will our corrupt public officials be charged?

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will our corrupt public officials be charged?

Dear Editor, Stabroek News and Kaieteur News yesterday (August 22, 2012) together carried five articles on corruption in other countries: “Liberia president suspends son in assets investigation”;...

Priorities at the CJIA

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Priorities at the CJIA

Dear Editor, I will like you to know what the Government of Guyana is doing to promote tourism? The airport system is so frustrating and sluggish. Everyone that uses it complain that the worst thing...

Corruption- A global issue

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption- A global issue

Dear Editor, The issue of corruption has now assumed global proportions. It is an issue that resonates with peoples all over the world and therefore has become a hot-button issue for...

Immigration at the CJIA

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Immigration at the CJIA

Dear Editor, You hope off a plane and the first person you come face-to-face with is an Immigration Officer. This time, they were all dressed in black— a colour that can be so intimidating at...

Guyanese does not respect Guyana

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese does not respect Guyana

Dear Editor, I am heartened to see that you highlighted, on the front page of your yesterday’s issue, heaps of sand and stone on a roadway in Ruimveldt. There seems to be a predisposition in...

There is a lot wrong

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on There is a lot wrong

A day does not go by without news of something untoward in Guyana. The robberies in the hinterland are now common features because the police simply cannot patrol the vast area. Indeed, with...

THE SPECIALITY HOSPITAL

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SPECIALITY HOSPITAL

The middle class in Guyana is growing, and growing fast. This class is doing well because of the sustained and impressive growth in the economy. Many Guyanese are now in a stronger financial position...

GCA Cricket set for this weekend

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA Cricket set for this weekend

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer / Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first Division two-Day Competition and the New Building Society (NBS) Trophy second Division 40-overs...

New Amsterdam United win U-13 football competition in Berbice

Aug 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam United win U-13 football competition in Berbice

New Amsterdam United continue to add silverware to their already bulging collection with another victory in a youth competition which was played recently in Berbice. In the U13 three...

Unrest at NOC…32 inmates detained by police for fire at facility

Aug 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Unrest at NOC…32 inmates detained by police for fire at facility

– Committee established to probe events A total of 32 inmates (24 male and eight female) have been arrested following Thursday night’s rampage at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC),...

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Thomas’ hat-trick inspires D.C Caesar Fox 10-5 victory, as Annai Sec’ hammer Dolphin

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more