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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013…Lightning strikes twice as brilliant Bolt claims sprint double with 200m gold

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013…Lightning strikes twice as brilliant Bolt claims sprint double with 200m gold

BBC Sport in Moscow – Olympic champion Usain Bolt defended his 200m title with ease and took his tally of World Championship gold medals to seven. The Jamaican set a world leading time...

Amazon Warriors Eyeing Limacol CPL Final…Captain Says Team is Taking Success in Stride

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors Eyeing Limacol CPL Final…Captain Says Team is Taking Success in Stride

KINGSTON, Jamaica – 17 August 2013 – Guyana Amazon Warriors are quietly eyeing the final of the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League after securing their spot in the final four of...

“All of us are from the West Indies!”

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “All of us are from the West Indies!”

Colin E. H. Croft You may remember that very poignant scene in the 1993 film “Cool Runnings”, which highlighted exploits of Jamaica’s first bobsled team, at 1988’s Winter Olympics in...

Local motor racing returns to South Dakota on September 8

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local motor racing returns to South Dakota on September 8

After a lull following the completion of the first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which was held in Jamaica, local motor racers will now turn their attention to the...

Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

The Second Annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycle programme sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd staged yesterday morning at the Inner Circuit of the National Park resulted in Alonzo Greaves emerging winner...

East Coast Cricket Board 13th Academy starts tomorrow

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Cricket Board 13th Academy starts tomorrow

Youth cricketers, male and female, along the East Coast corridor will convene at the Lusignan Community Centre tomorrow, Monday August 19, at 8:30hours when the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB)...

Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

As executives of the lawn tennis fraternity continue to devise initiatives towards the development of the sport, a group of eager persons out of the Diamond EBD community have started sessions...

Sarwan to lead Guyana against T&T as Robin Bacchus set for senior team debut

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan to lead Guyana against T&T as Robin Bacchus set for senior team debut

By Sean Devers Ramnaresh Sarwan has been appointed Guyana Captain against Champions League qualifiers Trinidad and Tobago at the National Stadium on August 30 & 31 in two warm-up T20...

Construction of Table Tennis facility will be a major boost – GTTA head Munroe

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Construction of Table Tennis facility will be a major boost – GTTA head Munroe

By Zaheer Mohamed Following the commendable performances at the just concluded Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) pre-Cadet championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Classic…Police Sports Club leads point standings heading into final day

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Classic…Police Sports Club leads point standings heading into final day

– Forde, Morgan impresses As expected Police Sports Club with 105 combined points tally of head into today’s finals of this year’s Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Athletics Classic...

$Digicel senior C’bean Squash C\ships…Guyana crowned overall champs; take Womens’ title for the first time$

Digicel senior C’bean Squash C\ships…Guyana crowned overall champs; take Womens’ title for the first time

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel senior C’bean Squash C\ships…Guyana crowned overall champs; take Womens’ title for the first time

Guyana dominated the Digicel Senior Caribbean Squash championships which concluded last evening at the Georgetown Club by winning both the Women’s and Men’s titles. The hosts proved too...

Former House Speaker Ralph Ramkarran says…Authoritarian political culture responsible for Amaila failure

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former House Speaker Ralph Ramkarran says…Authoritarian political culture responsible for Amaila failure

Days after the developer and key partner, Sithe Global, pulled out from the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran has accused the administration of...

Sparendaam plane crash…Sithe Global obligated to settle legal commitments before packing up – Opposition

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News 3

– victims still to receive compensation By Keeran Danny and Leonard Gildarie Now that the US developer of the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, Sithe Global, has announced its...

Fresh and ambitious Archaeologist, Louisa Daggers, is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News 1

“I figured that it was time for someone to pick up the mantle and carry things on in archaeology by doing our own research and work…” By Sharmain Grainger As we all may know by now,...

Tackling Public Corruption

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tackling Public Corruption

The issue of public corruption has been raised for so long and with such vehemence in Guyana that it is not surprising that at the just concluded PPP Congress, it was discussed in one of their...

GuySuCo anxious as rains dampen production hopes

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo anxious as rains dampen production hopes

The country’s ailing sugar industry is getting ready to welcome a new chief executive in early October, but his work will be more than cut out for him. Not only are the rains badly affecting...

East Ruimveldt Secondary gears up for golden anniversary

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East Ruimveldt Secondary gears up for golden anniversary

– former students plan commemorative week The East Ruimveldt Government Secondary School (ERGSS) will observe its golden anniversary as an academic institution on September 9, 2013. The...

Anna Regina Multilateral making massive impact in academic arena

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News 3

By Sharmain Grainger Close observation by teachers, coupled with a strategic move to place them where they are best suited, has played a major role in taking Anna Regina Multilateral School to where...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The nation has not seen the last of the murders. One will stem from a robbery and the other will result from a domestic dispute. One will be rather brutal because the anger that will flow...

The Southern Amazon Red Squirrel

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Southern Amazon Red Squirrel

One of the largest species of squirrel in its range, S. spadiceus ranges from 48 to 63 cm (19 to 25 in) in total length, including a very long, 24 to 34 cm (9.4 to 13 in), tail. Males and females...

Improving the flavour of the Chinese menu in the Caribbean

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Improving the flavour of the Chinese menu in the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders There is a school of thought in China that the country’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean should be on a “holistic and integrated co-operation...

Housing and You…Supervising the contractor

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News 9

By Leonard Gildarie Time and again, I have spoken about the critical importance of management when building your home. There is nobody that can manage your money better than you. It makes absolutely...

Mob-style hit or murder for greed?

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Mob-style hit or murder for greed?

By Michael Jordan What else could go wrong on a night like this? That’s what we all thought on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Police had found the bodies of two young lovers in a car at Pearl, East...

Let us not ignore the fundamentals

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Let us not ignore the fundamentals

For some time now I have been noticing that increasingly young people are unable to read or write. This was a phenomenon that was common to old people way back when I was a little boy. And...

“Who gets what, when and how”

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on “Who gets what, when and how”

Politics is said to be about “who gets what, when and how”. Every couple of years, for over two decades, we have been reminding our politicians that they ignore the consequences of this process...

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St. Lucia’s Elite Blazers takes aim at FIBA 3×3 World Tour in Edmonton

Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more