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Tuschen Up-Top-Youths, Vergenoegen All-Stars and Uitvlugt record wins

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tuschen Up-Top-Youths, Vergenoegen All-Stars and Uitvlugt record wins

Tournament favourites Tuschen Up-Top-Youths, along with the undefeated Vergenoegen All-Stars and Uitvlugt were all in the winner’s row when action in the Stag Beer West Side 5-A-Side football...

Did you know?

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Did you know?

Did you know that Clive Oiler Watson, Vurlon Mills and Trayon Bobb are the only Guyanese players to register a double in World Cup Qualifiers? Since Guyana’s inaugural World Cup Qualifier against...

Man-kisser, the beacon of truth and human mystery

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Man-kisser, the beacon of truth and human mystery

Civilization will go on for thousands of years, and knowledge of what makes up the human being will be greatly expanded, but the mystery of the human will go on. We may live forever, but it is...

What you get is likely what you asked for

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on What you get is likely what you asked for

By Leonard Gildarie Last week, we managed to touch on something that has sparked more interest than usual. I received quite a number of calls, even from one irate contractor. We compared the...

Prayer and Change, not Dantean Darkness

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prayer and Change, not Dantean Darkness

By Dennis A. Nichols “Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?” “No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.” – American historian, Edward Hale. I recall almost five decades...

Interesting Creatures… The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

The Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a medium-sized species of sea turtle found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific...

“Allowing cricket umpires to take charge on the field again!”

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Allowing cricket umpires to take charge on the field again!”

Colin E. H. Croft Recently, troubling situations have developed as regards especially international off-spinners being referred by umpires to be assessed by ICC regulators with respect to their...

Book Review… Victory in the Jaws of Defeat

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Victory in the Jaws of Defeat

Book: I WAS A SOLDIER: Survival Against the Odds Author: Necola Hall Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Whether drafted or joining the military voluntarily, you are embarking on a life-changing experience....

The art of evasion

Aug 31, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The art of evasion

President Donald Ramotar, every time he speaks about local government elections, manages to convey the impression of evasiveness. He was much more positive as Presidential Candidate of the People’s...

The PPP has no interest in local democracy

Aug 31, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP has no interest in local democracy

By Michael Carrington AFC National Executive Member The Government has been using the Parliament to postpone local government elections so they can bypass the laws that fix the date for the holding...

51 years later Dr King’s dream remains unfulfilled

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 51 years later Dr King’s dream remains unfulfilled

By Sir Ronald Sanders I write this commentary on August 28, 2014 – fifty-one years after the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech, “I have a dream” at the Lincoln Memorial...

155 missing weapons…President’s comments about Granger was “distasteful, inappropriate”- Chris Ram

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 155 missing weapons…President’s comments about Granger was “distasteful, inappropriate”- Chris Ram

By Latoya Giles Attorney at law Christopher Ram who is representing the interest of the Working People’s Alliance at the ongoing Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry said that the comments made by...

The old Christianburg Magistrates’ Court: remembering what once was

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The old Christianburg Magistrates’ Court: remembering what once was

By Sunita Samaroo There once was a huge house which stood just off the left bank of the Demerara River. Those who are familiar with its story know it was a direct link to the country’s colourful...

2014 Education Month commences… Message by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Education Month commences… Message by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand

“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labour exploitation and disease, and...

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Test for Diabetes

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Test for Diabetes

Once diagnosed with diabetes you may be placed on a treatment plan by your health care provider. It is important for you to remember that your self-test and HbA1c, whether good or bad, will give your...

No chance of GuySuCo receiving parliamentary support for future requests for funds – Greenidge

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No chance of GuySuCo receiving parliamentary support for future requests for funds – Greenidge

“It is the ultimate stupidity to recycle persons whose claim to fame is failure and poor performance,” Vieira In spite of poor performance, past members of the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Last minute ‘Back to School’ shopping in the city

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Last minute ‘Back to School’ shopping in the city

The New school year begins tomorrow and as usual at this time , the city was bustling yesterday with scores of last minute shoppers. Kaieteur News caught up with a few of them

Kaieteur News has been relentless in its frank reporting of environmental issues

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kaieteur News has been relentless in its frank reporting of environmental issues

DEAR EDITOR, For quite some time now, our local dailies have been really providing great coverage of existing and emerging environmental issues. Kaieteur News, in particular, has been reporting on...

Teen drowns in Land of Canaan canal

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen drowns in Land of Canaan canal

…post mortem to be performed tomorrow A Post Mortem examination (PME) is to be conducted on the body of Shawn Denzil Atkinson, who reportedly drowned last Friday after plunging into a canal at Land...

Trinidad’s Electoral Amendment Bill forces coalition government

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trinidad’s Electoral Amendment Bill forces coalition government

DEAR EDITOR, A constitutional electoral amendment bill has been passed in Trinidad. However, support for the bill depends on political affiliation on the island. The sections pertaining to two-term...

Public support needed for repairs to landmark religious edifice

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Public support needed for repairs to landmark religious edifice

Although there are varying accounts as to how its existence came about, there are however authentic records to substantiate that the Christ Church Parish was dedicated on November 21, 1845....

Mr. Whittaker, please be for real!

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Whittaker, please be for real!

DEAR EDITOR, I read with amazement a letter written by the Honourable Minister of Local Government Mr. Norman Whittaker in Stabroek News titled “City council’s no-confidence motions are taking...

90YRS AND STILL GOING STRONG, I AM BLESSED MY MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 90YRS AND STILL GOING STRONG, I AM BLESSED MY MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE

By Ralph Seeram The neighbor’s cow was dying, so the owner decided to call the businessman who supplied meat to the two hospitals in New Amsterdam, Berbice; the New Amsterdam Hospital and the...

Nine months later…Red tape preventing crippled prison officer from occupying new house

Aug 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nine months later…Red tape preventing crippled prison officer from occupying new house

By Dale Andrews When Roxanne Winfield received the keys to her spanking new home last December she had dreams of spending Christmas in a much more comfortable environment than the one she was...

The PPP is incapable of providing security for the citizens

Aug 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is incapable of providing security for the citizens

DEAR EDITOR, Youth unemployment in Guyana has reached crisis proportions and is now socially unsustainable. In 2013, unemployment among the youths 16 to 30 years old was approximately 38 per cent....

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more