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Jamaica Tallawahs steal the show – thrash Guyana Amazon Warriors by 7 wickets

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica Tallawahs steal the show – thrash Guyana Amazon Warriors by 7 wickets

By Zaheer Mohamed The Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets with 15 balls to spare to lift the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T\20 tournament last...

3rd Unitech Awning 11 Race Cycle Meet…Mc Kay thrashes field to win 35-lap contest; Anthony takes junior race

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Unitech Awning 11 Race Cycle Meet…Mc Kay thrashes field to win 35-lap contest; Anthony takes junior race

By Franklin Wilson Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay was in a dismissive mood yesterday blanking the entire field to emerge winner of the schoolboys and invitational feature 35-lap race when the 3rd Unitech...

Guyanese athletes set to invade Peru for 1st South American Youth Games

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes set to invade Peru for 1st South American Youth Games

– 7 disciplines to be represented By Franklin Wilson A large contingent of young promising athletes will leave these shores next month seeking to make the Golden arrowhead proud when they...

Republic Bank Under-17 Inter-zone cricket starts tomorrow in Berbice

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank Under-17 Inter-zone cricket starts tomorrow in Berbice

The long inclement weather period is seemingly coming to an end and the Berbice Cricket Board has quickly taken to opportunity to organise some cricket action in the Ancient County. The BCB is...

Slingerz FC/National Association of Women’s Football Goal for Gold football…

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC/National Association of Women’s Football Goal for Gold football…

Teams battle for semi final spots; women segment gets underway When the action in the Slingerz Football Club/National Association of Women’s Football Goal for Gold football championships continues...

“Limacol Caribbean Premier league was the bomb! Now what?”

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Limacol Caribbean Premier league was the bomb! Now what?”

Colin E. H. Croft So, we have come to the final in the inaugural final of Limacol Caribbean Premier League. This is a fitting climax, as the most consistent teams, overall, in the competition,...

Berbice Cricket Board Inter County cricket preparations start today

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board Inter County cricket preparations start today

The Selection Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board has called up 30 cricketers for three 50-Overs trial matches in preparation for the upcoming Senior Inter-County 50-Over Competition which...

Who will win Guyana Cup 2013? 110 horses, $34M available

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Who will win Guyana Cup 2013? 110 horses, $34M available

The day has finally arrived and all systems are in place for the much anticipated Seventh Annual Guyana Cup 2013 Horserace Meet at the Port Mourant Turf Club, Corentyne Berbice. With a few last...

Sukhpaul Business Enterprise on board for Upper Corentyne 20/20 cricket

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sukhpaul Business Enterprise on board for Upper Corentyne 20/20 cricket

The previously postponed Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul (Beto) Memorial 20/20 cricket competition organised by the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) and sponsored by Mr. Swarendra Sukhpaul...

Almost one month after…Children-killer found hanging from tree

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Almost one month after…Children-killer found hanging from tree

Almost one month after he hacked his two children to death and maimed his wife, the badly decomposed body of 26-year-old Richard Lord was discovered hanging from a tree on the Zeelugt, East...

Guyana Quartz Sand Inc – a story of resolve and initiative

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News 3

By Dale Andrews While the name Guyana Quartz Sand Inc. is not known to many, the company is fast carving out a huge reputation for itself in the local and regional sand and stone industry....

GuySuCo terminates Deputy CEO’s contract

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo terminates Deputy CEO’s contract

In what could be deemed the first sign of a shakeup at the struggling Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the contract of its Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rajnaraine Singh, has been...

Amaila project…Govt. refused to make financial disclosures – APNU

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila project…Govt. refused to make financial disclosures – APNU

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is willing to kill the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project rather than make full disclosures on the related financial arrangements. This is firm...

Passionate about cooperatives and community… Jennifer Conway is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Passionate about cooperatives and community… Jennifer Conway is a ‘Special Person’

“I got the chance to look at issues that I would be able to channel to the relevant authorities to make lives better for the people.” By Leon Suseran Just mention the existence of credit unions...

Semi-nude man found dead near friend’s premises

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Semi-nude man found dead near friend’s premises

– Foul play suspected Early yesterday morning, residents of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara were greeted with the unpleasant sight of a semi-nude body lying face down in a mud...

Ethanol Potential

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Ethanol Potential

Ethanol has appeared once again on the horizon of our efforts to expand our production possibility frontier in agriculture. A Bioethanol Demonstration Plant has been constructed and was commissioned...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Beware!! Some people bent on enriching themselves are going to attempt to do what is least desirable. There has been a stated policy that government funds should be spent in a most transparent...

Is this man the Robb Street strangler?

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Is this man the Robb Street strangler?

By Michael Jordan My colleagues sometimes tease me about my underworld connections. Let’s say upfront that those ‘connections’ don’t exist. But I do have a knack for contacting murder...

AMAILA HAS BEEN AN EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AMAILA HAS BEEN AN EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE

APNU is confounding itself in trying to defend why it refused to pass supportive legislation for the Amaila Falls hydro project. APNU is resorting to all manner of excuses as to why it would...

Life’s sweet surprises

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Life’s sweet surprises

When people said that the world was getting smaller, what they meant was that it was taking less time to get from one point to another. Then someone said that the world was a village. It took...

Housing and You…A new attitude to your neighbourhood

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…A new attitude to your neighbourhood

By Leonard Gildarie One of my dreams is for my home to be located on a street lined with trees; with hedges instead of fences and no cows and dogs running wild. The streets are all paved and the...

Donald Ramotar will not have another opportunity to make history

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar will not have another opportunity to make history

Let us leave out the short stint at the presidency that Mr. Samuel Hinds and Mrs. Janet Jagan had. They just passed unnoticed. That leaves four Presidents. Of the two, Forbes Burnham and Cheddi Jagan...

China-Taiwan issue trumps Caribbean co-operation

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on China-Taiwan issue trumps Caribbean co-operation

By Sir Ronald Sanders China may still be classified as a “developing” country because of its per capita income, but that is as far as the description is pertinent. In almost every other way,...

From the Diaspora…AMAILA FALLS HYDRO – A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT RAMOTAR TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…AMAILA FALLS HYDRO – A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT RAMOTAR TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY

By Ralph Seeram If you want to know who your true friends are tell them you are moving and you “need a hand”. Suddenly they will have a bad back, not feeling well, or have another...

Capitalism with a human face

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Capitalism with a human face

A few centuries ago the west stumbled on a new way of organising production – dubbed “Capitalism”. Even its most severe critic agreed that it delivered undreamed of wealth and improvements in...

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Guyana falls short against Suriname in Nations Cup B/ball finals

The path forward for the Caribbean

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the Cold War ended, western liberalism declared its victory over communism. It immediately... more