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Save the Commonwealth brand: Tell Sri Lanka “Enough”

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Save the Commonwealth brand: Tell Sri Lanka “Enough”

By Sir Ronald Sanders It is time for the Commonwealth of Nations to suspend Sri Lanka from its councils. In doing so, the Commonwealth would restore confidence in its 2.1 billion people that it is...

Dottin propels Windies women to T20 win over South Africa

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dottin propels Windies women to T20 win over South Africa

West Indies Women defeated South Africa Women by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 International at the Beausejour Cricket Ground. Deandra Dottin led their chase of 114 with a well played 48 not...

Regime change at West Dem. Hospital fostering improvement

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Regime change at West Dem. Hospital fostering improvement

– Health Minister In an attempt to improve the operations of the West Demerara Regional Hospital which has been the centre of a number of alarming developments in recent times, strategic...

Agreement reached for global mercury ban by 2020

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Agreement reached for global mercury ban by 2020

A key meeting in Switzerland yesterday saw the adoption of a new convention that will see a total ban on mercury by 2020. The decision will allow local small and medium miners in Guyana, who are...

Burnett returns to the helm of GFA

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Burnett returns to the helm of GFA

– President Ramotar congratulates new executive Lieutenant Commander Vernon Burnett retained the Presidency of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) when the entity held its Electoral...

Charlestown, Christ Church and Tucville victorious on first day

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charlestown, Christ Church and Tucville victorious on first day

Charlestown, Christ Church and Tucville opened the inaugural Milo Under-20 Secondary Schools Football competition in emphatic style after registering lop-sided victories yesterday, at the Ministry of...

Drugs purchases scandal…Billion $$$ paid to New GPC upfront

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drugs purchases scandal…Billion $$$ paid to New GPC upfront

– importers sidelined, IPA cries foul As the National Assembly continues to assess disclosures that one pharmaceutical company deliberately lied about millions of dollars for the...

Khan 5-wkt haul gives Demerara 1st innings honours, GT&T B’ice rebound to beat E’bo

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan 5-wkt haul gives Demerara 1st innings honours, GT&T B’ice rebound to beat E’bo

Sookdeo, Chattergoon slam half centuries By Zaheer Mohamed Leg spinner Amir Khan bagged 5 wickets for 44 but Jeetendra Sookdeo slammed an unbeaten half century to help the President’s XI secured a...

Mayor Green 7-a-side Inter Ward Football finals set for Thursday’s Youman Nabi holiday

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 7-a-side Inter Ward Football finals set for Thursday’s Youman Nabi holiday

Mayor Hamilton Green 78th Birth Anniversary 7-a-side Inter Ward knock out Football finals will be contested on Thursday, Youman Nabi day, at Den Amstel ground on the West Coast of Demerara starting...

Illegal Brazilian-operated river dredges ordered to cease operations

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal Brazilian-operated river dredges ordered to cease operations

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday issued cease work orders to three dredges (draga) operating without the requisite documentation in the Essequibo River near...

Parliamentarian, humanitarian and preacher…Philip Duncan is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentarian, humanitarian and preacher…Philip Duncan is a ‘Special Person’

“Love your enemies, it’s a hard thing to do but you have to, and when you love even down to your enemies you will find that when you smile, you smile from within.” By Abena...

Blyden hits ton for GDF

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blyden hits ton for GDF

Travis Blyden slammed an attractive century as Guyana Defence Force declared their first innings on 351-7 in 73.4 overs against GYO when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association\ Hadi’s first...

Lethem security guard killed, three nabbed with $4M

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem security guard killed, three nabbed with $4M

…millions stolen from Region Nine RDC John Friday aka Chris, of Culvert City, Lethem, was believed to have screamed his way to death. The 43-year-old security guard was attached to the...

Scotia Bank renews RHTY&SC sponsorship

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank renews RHTY&SC sponsorship

John Fernandes Ltd. & Modern Optical also chips in The Bank of Nova Scotia on Thursday last handed over a cheque to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), confirming the...

Preparations underway for Bush Lot United Turf Club Horserace Meet on February 3

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations underway for Bush Lot United Turf Club Horserace Meet on February 3

With horses having just over a month rest things are quickly getting into place for the start of the new season. The 2013 horseracing season will get galloping on Sunday 3rd February...

Eagles needle Bagotsville/Nismes

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles needle Bagotsville/Nismes

The 2nd edition of the Trophy Stall sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Under-17 League kicked off yesterday at the Dem Amstel Community Centre Ground with one match. Eagles Football...

NBS 2nd div. 40 overs starts today

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd div. 40 overs starts today

-100 teams participating The New Building Society (NBS) sponsored 2nd Division 40 overs cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is set to bowl off today with twenty eight...

Archrivals Bermine and Young Warriors to clash in Final today

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archrivals Bermine and Young Warriors to clash in Final today

History would be created today when the Berbice Cricket Board hosts the finals of the first ever Bobcat of Guyana 20/20 New Amsterdam/Canje Tournament. The Tournament is the first of its kind to be...

Dem boys seh…Sonny been thiefing since he small

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sonny been thiefing since he small

When dog accustom to suck egg it can’t stop. Sonny, de man who start Easy Come Easy Go was like that. Dem boys know he from small when he use to live in Brooklyn near de border with Queens. He was...

GHRA releases tentative race dates for the 2013/2014 Horserace season

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHRA releases tentative race dates for the 2013/2014 Horserace season

Following a meeting held by those in the horseracing fraternity where Former Chancellor, Justice Cecil Kennard was elected as President of The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA). Racing dates have...

“West Indies on the up – CT-20 2013 has been the bomb!”

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies on the up – CT-20 2013 has been the bomb!”

I do not know who will win Caribbean T-20 2013 today, but I am, whole-heartedly, among those who accept that Caribbean T-20 2013 has been a bigger, better, excellently run, tremendous success! It has...

FOOLS RUSH IN

Jan 20, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FOOLS RUSH IN

Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall rushed into the National Assembly last week with a raft of proposed amendments to the Motion by Leader of Opposition David Granger calling for a Commission of...

Absolute corruption empowers absolutely

Jan 20, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Absolute corruption empowers absolutely

By Khemraj Ramjattan It is not often that you come across a passage which captures exactly what you think of a subject, in this case why so rampant corruption in the Police Force, but you are unable...

Struggle for Gay Rights in the Caribbean heats up

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Struggle for Gay Rights in the Caribbean heats up

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles By Dr Glenville Ashby Injecting religious rhetoric into a culture steeped in unbridled machismo is tantamount to adding fuel to...

The village raises a child

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The village raises a child

By Adam Harris Guyanese pride themselves as the friendliest people in the region, but they are not alone. I happened to visit some other Caribbean countries and I hear the same boast. Of course there...

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

Where is the talent in the PPP?

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and its exuberant General Secretary, Bharrat... more