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Police still hunting constable who stole car from auto dealer

Feb 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police still hunting constable who stole car from auto dealer

Police yesterday continued their hunt for one of their own who allegedly stole a car from Kenrick’s Auto Sales last Monday. Kaieteur News understands that investigators again checked yesterday...

Assessing the quality of life’s treasures… Gemologist Deborah Phillipe-Archer is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Assessing the quality of life’s treasures… Gemologist Deborah Phillipe-Archer is a ‘Special Person’

“Since I was a child I was always fascinated by gems, I would sit and watch my mom and other girls work. To this day, my love for the job has not changed.” By Rabindra Rooplall “Every diamond...

Dem boys seh…Guyana get pawn

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana get pawn

People in every country can trace how all dem rich people get dem wealth. Dem know that de Kennedys get rich because dem smuggle alcohol; Bill Gates get he money from computer; Tendulkar get he money...

Action set to kick off on Tuesday at Den Amstel Ground

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action set to kick off on Tuesday at Den Amstel Ground

The Fazia’s Collection sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) organized Girls Under-17 Inter Secondary Schools football tournament is set to kick off on Tuesday at the Den Amstel...

Simon Pures on show as GASP stages Beginner’s competition

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simon Pures on show as GASP stages Beginner’s competition

Executives of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) are continuing its drive to take the sport to a wide cross section of citizens and this morning will be staging a Beginner’s...

Sanjay’s Jewellery, Roger Hinds support Leroy Brumell’s T10 Cricket Competition today

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanjay’s Jewellery, Roger Hinds support Leroy Brumell’s T10 Cricket Competition today

Sanjay’s Jewellery, Roger Hinds, Latchman & Sons Cambio and the Trophy Stall became the latest entities to offer sponsorship for today’s Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell’s Birth...

Merton Fitzalbert – from goal keeper to National Basketball Star

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Merton Fitzalbert – from goal keeper to National Basketball Star

As the Caribbean Basketball Championships approaches, statistician, Charwayne Walker, shifts his attention from his previous football columns to basketball issues. The selectors had taken a gamble...

Volleyball Festival to launch GVF Season today

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball Festival to launch GVF Season today

Today, Sunday 10th February, the National Gymnasium will be hive of activity when the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) holds its Annual Volleyball Festival to launch the 2013 volleyball season in...

Top class action anticipated as ‘The Bully’/Pearl Vodka stages 50 sizzling rounds of boxing

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top class action anticipated as ‘The Bully’/Pearl Vodka stages 50 sizzling rounds of boxing

Less than three months after promoting his inaugural professional boxing card, World Boxing Council Caribbean Boxing Federation (WBCCABOFE) bantamweight champion, Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry will...

NSC/GTTA Mashramani tournament looms

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC/GTTA Mashramani tournament looms

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has extended an invitation to all affiliated members of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to participate in its February 15-24 Mashramani Table Tennis...

Over 40 horses entered as preparations heightens for the Rising Sun Mash horserace meet

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 40 horses entered as preparations heightens for the Rising Sun Mash horserace meet

Preparations have heightened for the Rising Sun Turf Club Mashramani one day horserace meet slated for Sunday 24th February at the Clubs entity Rising Sun Arima Park, West Coast Berbice. The meet,...

Ramdhani siblings claim singles Badminton titles in GUMDAC tourney

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramdhani siblings claim singles Badminton titles in GUMDAC tourney

The GUMDAC Open Singles Tournament concluded at the Queens College Badminton Courts on Friday last and the tournament ended with National Junior players Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani winning the...

Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club outlines packed Mashramani events

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club outlines packed Mashramani events

The cream of the country’s race walkers will join several newcomers to compete for honours and lucrative prizes when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CS&TC) launch this year’s activities...

Raj Singh responds to Roger Harper & Bissoondyal Singh

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh responds to Roger Harper & Bissoondyal Singh

Dear Editor, It seems that some people will never stop peddling misinformation in the public domain even though these issues have been corrected and put to rest numerous times in the past. Mr....

Three matches on today at Uitvlugt & GFC grounds

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three matches on today at Uitvlugt & GFC grounds

Uitvlugt Warriors (10 Points) will hope to make their home advantage work when they entertain bottom of the table BV Triumph United (6 Points) in the feature game this afternoon when the Guyana...

One week away; 18 teams to vie for whopping prizes

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on One week away; 18 teams to vie for whopping prizes

Dominoes players and fans are eagerly awaiting double six time for the annual Oscar E. Shew Memorial Points System 18-Team dominoes tournament that will be played next Sunday, February 17 at the...

Invaders of Cornelia Ida latest to confirm participation

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Invaders of Cornelia Ida latest to confirm participation

One of Guyana’s most exciting softball cricket teams has confirmed participation in the upcoming inaugural YOLO Entertainment 10/10 Challenge Series. The Invaders of Cornelia Ida on the West Coast...

Beterverwagting/Triumph shock Western Tigers in thriller

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beterverwagting/Triumph shock Western Tigers in thriller

Beterverwagting/Triumph came in as a late replacement after recently crowned K&S football champions, Buxton United, opted out of the tournament. They took advantage of the opportunity and emerged...

Slingerz FC to launch lucrative football tournament

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC to launch lucrative football tournament

After gathering some of the country’s top players to form what they’re calling “the most talked about football team in Guyana”, Slingerz Football Club (FC) will be launching their West Side...

A bullet to the back of the head – Ricky Ramsarran’s murder seven years ago remains unsolved

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A bullet to the back of the head – Ricky Ramsarran’s murder seven years ago remains unsolved

By Michael Jordan It was at around 06:00 hrs on December 12, 2005, that the female security guard noticed a red Mitsubishi Lancer, licence number HB 1188, parked off the roadway in Woolford Avenue....

Please explain the nation’s large debt

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Please explain the nation’s large debt

By Adam Harris One of the first pieces of news that I got early Saturday morning was that Venezuela had devalued its currency against the United States dollar, and it was a sharp devaluation. The...

The Guyana Red Cross Society… A dependable, decades-old mission with a human touch

Feb 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Guyana Red Cross Society… A dependable, decades-old mission with a human touch

By Jenelle Willabus The Red Cross has over decades been carrying out humanitarian missions in excess of 150 countries worldwide and Guyana is one of those privileged countries to have been...

Book Review: My Poetry Book: Freedom to Change by J.E. Trotman Smith

Feb 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: My Poetry Book: Freedom to Change by J.E. Trotman Smith

Guyanese writer offers a poetic gem, like no other. Dr Glenville Ashby Smith’s work is richly packaged and designed, a design befitting its glowing content. In this gem of a work, Smith, an...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is more madness in the air. This time the madness would be seen in the manner people who are employed to protect the nation deal with situations that should not have occurred in the first...

Is fear intrinsic to civilization? The Niemöller tragedy

Feb 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is fear intrinsic to civilization? The Niemöller tragedy

The answer is yes. It will be like this until civilization dies. Fear is to the human mind what love, ambition, happiness, music, money, health, life itself are. People want to love and be loved....