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Youth organization works for improved social existence for the disabled

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Youth organization works for improved social existence for the disabled

While physically challenged persons continue to struggle for the realization of a suitable social existence under the disability legislation, Young Voices Guyana (YVG) has been working to ensure that...

Tobacco Company rehabilitates St.Vincent De Paul elderly home

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tobacco Company rehabilitates St.Vincent De Paul elderly home

In an act of corporate kindness, employees of the Demerara Tobacco Company, (DEMTOCO), have started rehabilitation works to the St Vincent De Paul home for the elderly, located on Carmichael Street,...

THE REAL NARRATIVE

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE REAL NARRATIVE

Not all forms of political revisionism are deliberate. A great many distortions of history occur because one narrative is superimposed on another, one interpreted under the light of the other, even...

There is a thing called a “blessing in disguise”

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There is a thing called a “blessing in disguise”

Perhaps no other profession comes into full contact with the rate at which time flies than media commentators. If you are a columnist then the first thing you strike on the keyboard is the date on...

Action packed, fun filled day at Rising Sun Rodeo

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action packed, fun filled day at Rising Sun Rodeo

By Samuel Whyte Rodeo fans had a full platter of action on a sun drench day as the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee successfully held an action packed, fun filled day of breathtaking action at the...

GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships…GCC survives penalty shootout against Hikers in rivetting men’s final

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships…GCC survives penalty shootout against Hikers in rivetting men’s final

– claims two more titles Fans that supported the week long 2013 GT&T National Hockey Championships had witnessed a number of exciting matches throughout the period, but it is...

West Indies Cricket Board slams Cricket Administration Bill

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Cricket Board slams Cricket Administration Bill

The West Indies Cricket Board has slammed the Cricket Administration Bill currently being tabled in Parliament. Kaieteur News was able to access a copy of a letter dated 24th October, 2013...

CMRC November 24 final leg…Jamaica’s Peter ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae determined to be part of the limelight

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports 1

Understandably not as high profile and flambouyont as his fellow countryman Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore, nevertheless, Group 4 speedster Peter Rae (PR) is determined to be part of the...

GBOC accused of holding basketball at ransom

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBOC accused of holding basketball at ransom

– Chin tenders resignation as President By Edison Jefford The Guyana Basketball Officials’ Council (GBOC) reneged on a decision to officiate in the Yolo Entertainment ‘Super...

Haifeng Su defeats Anthony Drayton to reclaim National Junior Chess Championship

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haifeng Su defeats Anthony Drayton to reclaim National Junior Chess Championship

Haifeng Su rebounded from an earlier loss to Anthony Drayton to amass six points and reclaim the crown when the Sasha Cells National Junior Chess Championship concluded at the Guyana Legion...

DCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Over-40 tournament starts tomorrow

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Over-40 tournament starts tomorrow

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Over-40- 20 Overs Competition sponsored by Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Trophy Stall, will get underway tomorrow at several venues across Demerara....

GAWA forced to abort outreach in Berbice

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAWA forced to abort outreach in Berbice

– nationals to be rescheduled Expectations were high when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) had planned their two-day Outreach to the Ancient County of Berbice...

New Amsterdam Killers capture El Dorado 2013 Town Day dominoes competition

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam Killers capture El Dorado 2013 Town Day dominoes competition

New Amsterdam Killers terminated the efforts of its opponents as they took the crown of one day Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) El Dorado 2013 Town Day dominoes competition played...

MRCAG wants reduction in high cost of Membership fees

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on MRCAG wants reduction in high cost of Membership fees

Members of the newly formed Motor Racing Competitors Association of Guyana (MRCAG) are calling for a reduction of the high cost of membership fees. A release from the MRCAG stated that...

North NA edge Central NA 3-2 on penalties to win Hearts of Oak Masters Ward tourney

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on North NA edge Central NA 3-2 on penalties to win Hearts of Oak Masters Ward tourney

North New Amsterdam saved their best football for last as they registered a come from behind win edge Central New Amsterdam 3-2 on penalty kicks to take top honours in the final of the...

Star studded line up for Muscle Explosion @ Kaylee’s Resort

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Star studded line up for Muscle Explosion @ Kaylee’s Resort

– reigning Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke is guest poser By Franklin Wilson The leading exponents in the sport of bodybuilding are expected to be involved at some level when Total...

GCC honours Ramnauth

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC honours Ramnauth

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) on Saturday evening honored 43 year old Jailall Ramnauth for his 25 years of service to the club. At a ceremony held at the club’s pavilion secretary of...

Justice must be served in Rodney’s death

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice must be served in Rodney’s death

Dear Editor, It is encouraging to see Malcolm Harripaul has added his voice to those who claim to know Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham assassinated Walter Rodney (KN October 27)....

Development is not one-sided, it’s holistic and all-inclusive

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Development is not one-sided, it’s holistic and all-inclusive

Dear Editor, Following the recent publication of comments made by APNU at its press conference, it seems as though the coalition is shifting and dodging from responding to its non-support for...

‘I does pelt he’

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘I does pelt he’

Dear Editor, Animal lover Bettina McKay-Glasgow called my cell on Aug 25th 2013: in a panic and with a sad voice she told me of a dog on the seawall that was suffering beyond words. She said she...

Restoring dignity to the Attorney General’s office is of utmost importance

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Restoring dignity to the Attorney General’s office is of utmost importance

DEAR EDITOR, According to the Guyana Chronicle of Saturday October 26, 2013, Mr. Anil Nandlall, Attorney General, commenting on what he referred to as a gag order by a judge in a pending legal matter...

Rashleigh Jackson needs to be more explicit

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rashleigh Jackson needs to be more explicit

DEAR EDITOR, Given the context of Rashleigh Jackson’s letter (“Compromise is not a four letter word”, SN of Oct. 18th), he is suggesting that talks between the ethnic parties can somehow...

Is this how a Government treats its people?

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this how a Government treats its people?

Dear Editor, In April 2012, the Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh reminded media operatives of a commitment given by the government, when asked by APNU’s Volda Lawrence, of the possibility...

Education: The budgetary allocation and the results

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education: The budgetary allocation and the results

Whenever children do exceedingly well at external examinations the schools that the children attend are proud. Depending on the level of the passes and the number of children who do...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more