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The Coypu

Sep 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Coypu

The Coypu (from the Mapudungun, koypu) or (Myocastor coypus), also known as the river rat and nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semi-aquatic rodent and the only member of the...

Driving home wearing boxer shorts only

Sep 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Driving home wearing boxer shorts only

I left my home on Friday morning with the unshakeable intention to attend the funeral service at 9AM of the mother of my People Parliament colleague, Charlene Wilkinson, (she was one of...

Charmaine Blackman, 11 others receive New York awards

Sep 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Charmaine Blackman, 11 others receive New York awards

By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon Brooklyn, US – Several Guyanese were honored Wednesday night during the 11th Annual Awards Ceremony of the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. (GCA). Under the...

Police track down Hope hit-and-run car

Sep 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police track down Hope hit-and-run car

After days of painstaking investigations traffic ranks on the East Coast of Demerara have finally managed to locate a Toyota AT 212 motor car that they strongly suspect was involved in the...

Big contracts and corruption

Sep 02, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Big contracts and corruption

The Business Dictionary defines corruption as, “Wrongdoing on the part of an authority or powerful party through means that are illegitimate, immoral, or incompatible with ethical standards”....

Three in a row!…DCC take Brain Street U-15 title

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three in a row!…DCC take Brain Street U-15 title

In sweltering heat on the small GYO ground, DCC yesterday captured their third Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) under-15 cricket title in as many years with an emphatic 155-run victory against...

Windies Women target England series win, then World T20 title

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies Women target England series win, then World T20 title

Bridgetown, Barbados — West Indies Women’s team departed from the Caribbean yesterday for their Twenty20 tour of England. The Windies will play five matches against England before moving on to...

AinLim 10k to start at Diamond

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on AinLim 10k to start at Diamond

– route already mapped out The Neal and Massy Group’s commonly known AinLim 10km Road Race will start at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and finish outside the company’s...

Rugby officials cite inadequate funds and preparation for loss of NACRA accolade

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby officials cite inadequate funds and preparation for loss of NACRA accolade

There is a belief that most local sport teams attending international competitions are devoid of international competence and do so merely on a participatory level. The local rugby team...

Sports Ministry looks ahead to Guyana’s Road to 2016 Olympics

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Ministry looks ahead to Guyana’s Road to 2016 Olympics

The London Olympic has gone. Much has been said – Speculation, opinions, views and thoughts. However, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has no intention of wasting time with idle...

GCA’s David Persaud Investments U-19 cricket…All DCC final set for September 9

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s David Persaud Investments U-19 cricket…All DCC final set for September 9

It will be an all DCC affair at a venue to be announced soon on Sunday September 9 in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) David Persaud under-19 cricket competition after the...

Jaguars on show in CONCACAF Champions League

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars on show in CONCACAF Champions League

Golden Jaguars players such as national captain Chris Nurse, striker Gregory “Jackie-Chan” Richardson, full-backs Walter Moore and Aubrey David and winger Trayon Bobb; have been involved...

GFSCA Nationwide Male/Female Softball continues tomorrow

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA Nationwide Male/Female Softball continues tomorrow

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

Gonsalves, Adams, Parbattie hit 50s as SECD clinic concludes

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gonsalves, Adams, Parbattie hit 50s as SECD clinic concludes

Opener Mark Gonsalves and middle order batsmen Acquacy Adams and Raj Parbattie slammed half centuries as the South Essequibo Cricket Development Committee Coaching Clinic ended with a one-day...

Disclaimer by Major General (retd) Joseph Singh

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disclaimer by Major General (retd) Joseph Singh

Dear Editor, I shall be most grateful if the following Disclaimer can be published on the contents of a book written by John Gimlette and titled: The Wild Coast. The book contains what I consider...

Of toilet tissues and government facilities

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of toilet tissues and government facilities

Dear Editor, I pondered considerably on whether I should write this letter or not. But this problem (no toilet tissue in many government ministries and some hospitals) has become so naggingly...

The income gap

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The income gap

Dear Editor, According to a recent World Bank Report, deep structural reforms are needed to close the income gap between the rich and the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean which is...

OAS has to do the decent thing and hear from the Linden leaders

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on OAS has to do the decent thing and hear from the Linden leaders

Dear Editor, In the opinion of the International Committee in Continuing Defense of Linden, the statement of the Guyana Government through its Ambassador to the Organisation of American States...

The Opposition is embarrassed by Ambassador Karran’s disclosures

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Opposition is embarrassed by Ambassador Karran’s disclosures

Dear Editor, The Opposition and some union members claim that Mr. Bayney Karran made statements to the OAS that were “one sided” and “abysmal” and the remarks should be withdrawn....

The late Edgar Mittelholzer deserves an award too

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The late Edgar Mittelholzer deserves an award too

Dear Editor, Please permit some space in your daily newspaper to express my sentiments regarding Mr. Edward R. Braithwaite, author of “To Sir with Love”. I first wish to commend the Government of...

Mr. Cordis is wrong

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Cordis is wrong

Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to Mr. Archie Cordis constant griping on the contents of my television programme in Region 2, “Let’s Talk Essequibo”. This individual who is an AFC...

It takes longer in Guyana

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It takes longer in Guyana

One of the things that never cease to amaze the professionals in the society is the length of time it takes to complete even the simplest task. To acquire a birth certificate is a gargantuan...

NO NEED FOR EXCUSES OVER SYRIA

Sep 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO NEED FOR EXCUSES OVER SYRIA

The government of Guyana should not be making excuses about its abstention on a UN General Assembly Resolution concerning the situation in Syria. Guyana did the right thing by abstaining from...

Con-man sells $80M in bogus house lots

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Con-man sells $80M in bogus house lots

– jumps through window as cops close in A slippery confidence trickster narrowly escaped last night from police and Housing Ministry investigators who have unearthed an $80M scam...

Int’l members of Commission of Inquiry due next Wednesday

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l members of Commission of Inquiry due next Wednesday

The International members of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry will be arriving in Guyana next Wednesday, September 5, 2012, to take the Oath of Office before President Donald Ramotar,...

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