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Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League resumes today @ Buxton

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League resumes today @ Buxton

Rivalry in the East Demerara Football Association Stag Beer division-one league is set to resume tomorrow (Sunday) at the Buxton Community Centre Ground with a double header from 14:00hrs. Opening...

Horse owners prepare for Kennard Memorial Phagwah Horserace extravaganza

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horse owners prepare for Kennard Memorial Phagwah Horserace extravaganza

Phagwah Day will be celebrated within the next three weeks and once again Jockeys, horse owners and turfites are gearing up for a day of excitement when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club in...

US$24M in Marriott can pay 8% increase to GPL workers until 2053

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US$24M in Marriott can pay 8% increase to GPL workers until 2053

Brassington should go to jail – APNU’s Harmon While the government is unable to find $120 million more to meet salary increases for workers of Guyana Power and Light, it is...

Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd renews sponsorship of Berbice Under-17 Inter-zone Tourney

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd renews sponsorship of Berbice Under-17 Inter-zone Tourney

Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd last Thursday renewed its current sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board Under-17 Inter-zone Tournament for the sixth successive year. The Bank would be investing $200,000...

Govt. retains minimal shares in New GPC, Hand In Hand Trust

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. retains minimal shares in New GPC, Hand In Hand Trust

…and gives them billion$$$ in contracts Government may have been in a serious conflict of interest situation when it retained shares in two companies it privatized and afterwards doled out...

Police beat protesting Marudi miners as dispute escalates

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police beat protesting Marudi miners as dispute escalates

Police resorted to the use of force, yesterday, to clear a trail leading to the Marudi mining district in Region Nine as local miners continued to defy orders to vacate a mining area. Using whips and...

George, Moore outstanding at Carifta trials

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on George, Moore outstanding at Carifta trials

Linden’s Cassey George completely obliterated the under-17 female 1500 metres field on day one of the junior Carifta trials Saturday at the Camp Ayanganna ground. George, 14 became the lone athlete...

Bush Lot United Turf Club expresses appreciation

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot United Turf Club expresses appreciation

The executives and members of the Rising Sun Turf Club Arima Park, West Coast Berbice is extending great and heartfelt thanks to all the below list of sponsors, the members of the public and the...

Dynamite blast injures several at RUSAL bauxite mines

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dynamite blast injures several at RUSAL bauxite mines

– policeman, Russian nationals among victims A policeman and two Russian nationals were among ten people injured yesterday after several boxes of fuel-soaked dynamite exploded at...

Eddy Grant – the Ringbang man and a national icon is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Eddy Grant – the Ringbang man and a national icon is a ‘Special Person’

“All of us have thought that to be inclusive is best. One needs to be oneself. It is only when you are these things that you become truly valuable to yourself and to the world.” By...

Shastri Persaud’s 154 see Chesney to 310 for 6, Kamaludeen slams 92 for Fyrish Road

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shastri Persaud’s 154 see Chesney to 310 for 6, Kamaludeen slams 92 for Fyrish Road

– 6-wicket hauls for Mitchell and Budhoo Former Berbice 20/20 cricketer Shastri Persaud registered the highest individual score of the 2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket...

PMTC in winners row again, take Rotary Volleyball competition

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on PMTC in winners row again, take Rotary Volleyball competition

The Port Mourant Training Centre Volleyball club continues their dominance on the Volleyball circle when they defeated all and sundry to take top spot in the recently held N/A Rotary Club Mashramani...

East Coast Cricket Board president’s Cup final at Fairfield today

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Cricket Board president’s Cup final at Fairfield today

The President’s Cup sponsored exclusively by the President of the East Coast Cricket Board Mr. Bissoondyal Singh has reached the final. The competition played on a round robin basis among teams...

TNT are Joseph and Vickerie Dominoes champs

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on TNT are Joseph and Vickerie Dominoes champs

TNT marked 87 games to win the final of the Faye Joseph and Samantha Vickerie Dominoes competition which was contested last Wednesday evening at Transport Sports Club. John Chase and Robin Persaud...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy tekking money fuh hotel, not fuh workers

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy tekking money fuh hotel, not fuh workers

Good and bad deh all over de world. Mankind living wid good and bad all de time. De Creator mek that happen from de inception. De result is that dem got government because de Creator seh suh fuh...

“High stakes, rock star life, peak performances in sports, drugs – Something has got to give!”

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “High stakes, rock star life, peak performances in sports, drugs – Something has got to give!”

Colin E. H. Croft This is not about mega-star Jack Nicholson, or that magnificent film, ‘Something gotta give’, which found Jack in love with one woman, Dianne Keaton, while dating, and bedding,...

Miss India Worldwide engages students as her reign comes to an end

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miss India Worldwide engages students as her reign comes to an end

Even as her reign as Miss India Worldwide 2012 draws to an end, Alana Seebarran has not been taking her role lightly. In fact she has been seeking to establish her place as a role model for young...

‘In the Ring’ – a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s memoir

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on ‘In the Ring’ – a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s memoir

By Sir Ronald Sanders (On 26 February, Sir Ronald Sanders was invited to launch, “In the Ring”, a Commonwealth Memoir written by Sir Donald McKinnon former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth...

Political zugzwang

Mar 03, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Political zugzwang

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman, with each succeeding sitting, contrives to astound the nation even more. His most recent ‘Ruling’– issued not in the customary manner from the...

The bubble will soon burst

Mar 03, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The bubble will soon burst

– That scandalous Marriott Hotel Project Ponzi scheme By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Leader One year ago, in this same column I argued that the Marriott Hotel Project was a Ponzi scheme. In a Ponzi...

The police owe us an explanation

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The police owe us an explanation

By Adam Harris The Linden Commission of Inquiry is over. The report has been presented and while some may be smiling, others are not. The issue of the quantum of compensation looms large. According...

School of the Nations seeks to spark interest in Humanities

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations seeks to spark interest in Humanities

“I want to be a doctor,” blurted 10-year-old Travis when asked what he’d like to be when he grows up. His answer is certainly not dissimilar to many young children today who have for some...

Three Rivers Kids Foundation … Saving lives, restoring hope to families

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three Rivers Kids Foundation … Saving lives, restoring hope to families

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad The Three Rivers Kids Foundation (TRKF) is a charitable organization which was set up in 2005 by Canadian-based Guyanese Nurse, Ms. Jeannette Singh. It has been...

Thoughts of a first-time Parliamentarian

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thoughts of a first-time Parliamentarian

“Every project undergone by this administration is top-secret and that shows contempt against the people.” By Abena Rockcliffe After a year and a few months as a Member of...

Vodu exhibit captivates US

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vodu exhibit captivates US

By Dr Glenville Ashby Vintage Vodu flags will be exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the US – a total of twenty states. Curators, art aficionados and religio-cultural enthusiasts are...