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Shiv named in ICC Test XI

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shiv named in ICC Test XI

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul has been named in the International Cricket Council’s Test Team of the Year, the only West Indies player included in the...

Moleson Creek residents appeal for restoration of community playfield

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moleson Creek residents appeal for restoration of community playfield

Residents of Moleson Creek are calling on Government authorities to restore the playground which over the past months has been neglected. Media operatives were recently taken on an escorted tour of...

Bobby’s Afterschool Programme gearing for return

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bobby’s Afterschool Programme gearing for return

One of the main pilot projects for the development of basketball in Guyana, Bobby’s Afterschool Programme, which is still in its infancy after being birthed earlier this year, will return in...

Former WI Captain Lloyd turns 68 today

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former WI Captain Lloyd turns 68 today

– Birthday celebrations on at DCC Former West Indies (WI) Cricket Captain Clive Lloyd will be celebrating his 68th birth anniversary today, during a ‘Club Nite’ hosted by Demerara Cricket...

National female Lawn Tennis champion, conducting coaching sessions in New Amsterdam

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National female Lawn Tennis champion, conducting coaching sessions in New Amsterdam

Lawn tennis, a sport that is popular in Berbice and has produced many stalwarts, the likes of Trevor Isaacs, Godfrey Lowden, Mario Amerally, Edmond Plass and Ms. Carol Humphrey, has been undergoing a...

Golfers set to tee off in Unique Group tourney

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golfers set to tee off in Unique Group tourney

Guyana’s best golfers are expected to come out in force this Saturday (tomorrow) from 12:30hrs for the Unique Group Golf Tournament sponsored by one of the country’s premiere importers of...

NCN/BCB Inter Zone U-15 cricket tournament bowls off tomorrow

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN/BCB Inter Zone U-15 cricket tournament bowls off tomorrow

After a prolonged delay due to the extended rainy season, the long awaited National Communication Network (NCN) sponsored, Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Inter Zone Under–15 tournament will commence...

RAF’S/MYO T10 Inter-Jamaat countrywide Softball Cricket

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on RAF’S/MYO T10 Inter-Jamaat countrywide Softball Cricket

– 2nd annual tourney bowls off Sunday The second annual RAF’s Variety Store sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana organised Hajjin Zeleena Rafeek Memorial countrywide Inter-Jamaat...

Pragmatism, rhetoric and a lack of vision

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pragmatism, rhetoric and a lack of vision

By Nigel McKenzie Pragmatism engenders proper perspective. In Guyana as a whole, but more particularly as it relates to sport, being pragmatic often leads to one being ostracized. How dare you not...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr K. Juman Yassin; cut your losses and move on

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr K. Juman Yassin; cut your losses and move on

Dear Editor, It is now evident and clear as crystal that apparently the National Sports Commission headed by Director of Sports, Mr. Neil Kumar is definitely not happy and satisfied with the...

Response to letters questioning location of all weather synthetic athletics track

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Response to letters questioning location of all weather synthetic athletics track

Dear Editor, Letters recently appeared in the local media, under the name of a Claudius Prince, still questioning the choice and wisdom of locating the national, all weather synthetic athletic track...

BCB hosts school bags for Sports Project

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB hosts school bags for Sports Project

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday last assisted 24 young cricketers with school bags under its Annual School bags for Sports Project. The cricketers were drawn from clubs in Berbice...

Talk about future plans must be construed as survival maneuver

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Talk about future plans must be construed as survival maneuver

By Rawle Welch After publicly announcing his full backing and support for most sport associations in a recent press briefing it is difficult to see how an anticipated assembly between Guyana...

Bolt and Blake cruise to victory in Zurich as Jamaican duo set meeting records

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt and Blake cruise to victory in Zurich as Jamaican duo set meeting records

(Reuters) – Olympic 800 metres champion David Rudisha suffered a shock defeat at the Weltklasse diamond league meeting on Thursday but Usain Bolt braved the cold to win the 200 in...

Sharing the Pie: Sustainably

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sharing the Pie: Sustainably

As the major economies of the west continue to grind along on their bearings, not surprisingly investors and speculators agonise about the stability of their countries. Also not surprisingly, the...

We need statesmanship and sincerity on all sides

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need statesmanship and sincerity on all sides

DEAR EDITOR, “The dismemberment of the Local Government system including the murder of the Capital City Georgetown – by the State is now crystal clear.” Thanks to the micro management of...

Close election contest in the US

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Close election contest in the US

DEAR EDITOR, Much attention has been focused by Guyanese Americans and others on the two major political parties in America that are holding their national conventions to officially choose their...

Advice for the Bureau of Statistics

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Advice for the Bureau of Statistics

DEAR EDITOR, The nation will start its census-taking next month. This involves field workers asking members of the public questions and filling out questionnaires. I would like to know if the...

A question no journalist would think of asking protesters elsewhere

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A question no journalist would think of asking protesters elsewhere

Dear Editor, On Friday 24th August, about 7:30 p.m., I watched a Call-In Programme aired on RCA 8 called ‘Let’s Talk Essequibo’ and hosted by Mr. Romel Roopnarine. I would be surprised if...

The Kafkaesque land: Power and small things

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Kafkaesque land: Power and small things

The greatest fear this nation has about its future is the almost complete shutting out of reality by its rulers who are completely enmeshed in the old culture of their party, an organization born...

PRESS FREEDOM CARRIES NO LICENCE TO BE DISRESPECTFUL

Aug 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRESS FREEDOM CARRIES NO LICENCE TO BE DISRESPECTFUL

No journalist has a right to tell the host of a press conference that he, the journalist, is not going to listen to what is being said at the press conference if the host will not take questions. To...

Audit ordered into army’s credit union, two officers on leave

Aug 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Audit ordered into army’s credit union, two officers on leave

Government has ordered an investigation into the operations of the army’s credit union and two top-ranking officers have since been sent on administrative leave. The probe was ordered by the Chief...

The almost forgotten ‘jungle’ school in Moleson Creek

Aug 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on The almost forgotten ‘jungle’ school in Moleson Creek

School reopens in a few days, but the question on the lips of residents of Moleson Creek is, will the students be able to attend? The Moleson Creek Primary School currently sits in the middle...

Man ‘cusses’ Magistrate, gets seven days in jail

Aug 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man ‘cusses’ Magistrate, gets seven days in jail

A 49-year-old man was jailed for seven days on Wednesday last for “cussing out” a Magistrate. Richard Bennette, who had no fixed place of abode, was charged with using abusive language and...

Financial management training for NDCs…NDCs’ overseers warned to shape up…or leave

Aug 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Financial management training for NDCs…NDCs’ overseers warned to shape up…or leave

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud, is calling for more consistency and commonality with regards to how business is done at the level of the Neighbourhood Democratic...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more