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Rain prevents play on final day in warm up game

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain prevents play on final day in warm up game

Rain prevented any play on the final day of the practice match between the Guyana team and the Rest IX yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground. The national team was set to resume their first...

Bajan Connection for Oscar E. Shew Memorial Dominoes – Feb. 17

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bajan Connection for Oscar E. Shew Memorial Dominoes – Feb. 17

-18 teams to vie for whopping prizes; 1st place collects $180,000 The much anticipated annual Oscar E. Shew Memorial Points System 18-team dominoes competition has been fixed for Sunday, February 17...

Rose Hall Town Pepsi and D’Edward to clash tomorrow

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Pepsi and D’Edward to clash tomorrow

The Albion Community Centre ground would come alive on Sunday when the final of the first ever Neal & Massy Intermediate/Berbice Cricket Board 50 Overs Tournament is contested. Rose Hall Town...

Banks DIH, Jumbo Jet, Shariff up sponsorship for Bush Lot United horserace meet

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH, Jumbo Jet, Shariff up sponsorship for Bush Lot United horserace meet

Preparations have been completed and all is set for the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) grand one day multimillion dollar horserace meet tomorrow at the club’s entity, Sea View Park, Bush Lot,...

A need to focus

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on A need to focus

Dear Editor, The football climate in Guyana is one in which the possibilities for the sport are endless with the intervention of FIFA. The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) already had its AGM...

WHAT IS SOURCE OF OUR FEARS?

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS SOURCE OF OUR FEARS?

Dr. Ali Mazrui, the renowned African scholar NEVER said that it is unfortunate that for a sizeable portion of Guyana’s population, the memory of hate is not great. While it is debatable that the...

Registration closes on Tuesday

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Registration closes on Tuesday

Jamaats desirous of competing in the 2013 edition of the Trophy Stall sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation, Inter Jamaat round-robin Tapeball cricket competition have until Tuesday next to complete...

Yolo Entertainment to stage 10/10 Softball Cricket Challenge Series

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yolo Entertainment to stage 10/10 Softball Cricket Challenge Series

Yolo Entertainment is set to host its inaugural 10/10 Softball Cricket Challenge Series shortly according to a release from the Organisers. Yolo’s Director Kirk “Chow Pow” Jardine made the...

GABA invites LABA to Basketball Fun Day

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA invites LABA to Basketball Fun Day

– Two new Executives to ‘rub shoulders’ With two young officials now at the helm of basketball in Linden and Georgetown, the two most active sub-associations are mulling collaborative...

11 boxers called to National team to prepare

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 11 boxers called to National team to prepare

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle has recently handed over a document to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Frank Anthony that detail the plans and projections...

GT&T’s high speed internet now in 25 new areas

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s high speed internet now in 25 new areas

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has announced that it has powered 25 new areas with E-magine, its high speed internet service. The new areas include Linden in the south and from...

Major rotation of senior GPF ranks

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Major rotation of senior GPF ranks

Officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at the command level were yesterday introduced to their new postings as the acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell, DSM, sought to make quite a few...

Sewer upgrades commence citywide

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sewer upgrades commence citywide

By Rabindra Rooplall Works began on the rehabilitation of the main sewage systems around central Georgetown as part of a programme to upgrade the existing systems. At Light and Fifth Street,...

Western Tigers out to avenge defeat to Buxton United in curtain raiser

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western Tigers out to avenge defeat to Buxton United in curtain raiser

Fresh from a scintillating performance that earned them the prestigious Kashif and Shanghai Football title January last, Buxton United FC will look to emulate that performance when it clash with...

Muse or Amuse … It’s only a life – as long as it’s not our own

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Muse or Amuse … It’s only a life – as long as it’s not our own

The serious aspect of health has now changed to the serious aspect of LIFE. The health situation has deteriorated so much that scant respect is paid to the value of life. Nurses and doctors have...

Drug dealer nabbed with cocaine again

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drug dealer nabbed with cocaine again

A known drug dealer who mocked the police after he was released on bail one week ago on another drug charge has been nabbed again. The court was told that police who were on a mobile patrol noticed...

This situation is becoming unacceptably claustrophobic and debilitating

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This situation is becoming unacceptably claustrophobic and debilitating

Dear Editor, A patriotic, urbane and distinguished Guyanese is now lying on a hospital bed as a recovering victim of a callous, brutal and vicious attack on his person and on his family by four...

Women’s Army Corps celebrates 46th anniversary

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Army Corps celebrates 46th anniversary

…Commodore Best calls on Army women to aim for higher standards The Women’s Army Corps of the Guyana Defence Force is observing its 46th year of existence and a grand church service was held...

Republic Bank rewards “outstanding” UG graduates

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank rewards “outstanding” UG graduates

Republic Bank, through its “power to make a difference” initiative, done in partnership with the University of Guyana, yesterday rewarded two “outstanding” students who last year graduated...

Boxer’s prognosis seems dire as GBBC Doctor seeks CHIs’ intervention

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxer’s prognosis seems dire as GBBC Doctor seeks CHIs’ intervention

Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) Doctor, Max Hanoman, is mildly optimistic that top Light/Middleweight contender, Gladwin Dorway, might be able to resume his boxing career following the...

Unconscious patient not ‘dumped’ at institution – GPHC

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unconscious patient not ‘dumped’ at institution – GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), via a statement has indicated that an unidentified male patient who is currently in its Intensive Care Unit was not dumped there as reported, but...

GUYANA WHERE and WHAT is back on the market

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANA WHERE and WHAT is back on the market

The sixth edition of Guyana: Where and What was recently launched by the Minister (ag) of Tourism and Trade, Irfaan Ali, in the Ministry’s boardroom. This pocket-size guide book provides useful...

Samad likely to be Berbice campus director

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Samad likely to be Berbice campus director

Professor Daizal Samad has been selected as the new Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus (UGBC). A senior source has revealed that the list of applicants was shortlisted two weeks ago...

A 20-year cycle of completely valueless spending and a recurring gravy train

Feb 02, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A 20-year cycle of completely valueless spending and a recurring gravy train

Dear Editor, An ordinary Guyanese man or woman tries to buy the best his/her money could afford. That individual wants quality, longevity and an item that will deliver the best quality for his/her...

Giftland celebrates 15th anniversary, offers “Lucky Dip” promotion

Feb 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland celebrates 15th anniversary, offers “Lucky Dip” promotion

– New mall to open in October Giftland OfficeMax, in Water Street, Georgetown, yesterday launched its “Lucky dip” promotion as part of their 15th anniversary. The promotion begins on...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more