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Linden Hospital Complex bids farewell to two doctors

Sep 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Hospital Complex bids farewell to two doctors

Tears were shed on Thursday at the Watooka Guest House as the Linden Hospital Complex bid farewell to Drs. Mohamed and Ghani. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the institution Mortimer Mingo in...

Amateur boxers experience mixed fortunes in Barbados Goodwill tournament

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers experience mixed fortunes in Barbados Goodwill tournament

The two boxers that travelled to Barbados to participate in the Carlton Hope/Lionel Hall Memorial Boxing tournament, August 30 last, returned home after experiencing mixed fortunes. Light...

GCB Senior Inter County 50-Overs Demerara battle Berbice, E’bo face National U-19 today

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Inter County 50-Overs Demerara battle Berbice, E’bo face National U-19 today

After the first round concluded on Thursday last, cricket fans are already predicting a Demerara / Berbice final. Both teams recorded victories in their respective opening round games; Berbice...

Leon Moore in town and ready for ‘Night of Contenders’

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon Moore in town and ready for ‘Night of Contenders’

The last time Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore entered the square jungle at the Aqueduct Casino, Queens, New York last year, he destroyed Rafael Vasquez and won the vacant Fedelatin Super/bantamweight...

Re: Red tape preventing crippled prison officer from occupying new house

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Re: Red tape preventing crippled prison officer from occupying new house

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to respond to your article on the above, which was printed in your Sunday Kaieteur News dated August 31, 2014, pages 59 and 64. The Rotary Club of Stabroek provided all...

GT&T supports young cricketer

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T supports young cricketer

Everest Cricket Club all-rounder Chris Patandin was on the receiving end of Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) Company’s benevolence after being presented with a bat, during a simple...

Top riders to battle for Lezo Import and online shopping title

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top riders to battle for Lezo Import and online shopping title

Guyana’s leading cyclists are expected the grace the inner circuit of the National Park tomorrow when they battle for the Lezo Import and Online Shopping 30-lap title starting from 11:00hrs. The...

How much more must Guyanese endure?

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How much more must Guyanese endure?

DEAR EDITOR, I note with some alarm that we have recently postponed the banning of plastic non-biodegradable containers and Styrofoam items. These do great harm to the environment and make the task...

GDF v UG highlight today’s double header

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF v UG highlight today’s double header

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the University of Guyana will clash today as Round 2 of the Guyana Rugby Football Union 10s’ Tournament gets underway with a double header, at the National Park,...

Sports officials updated on intricacies of banned substances at WADO workshop

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports officials updated on intricacies of banned substances at WADO workshop

The widespread use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs has tainted the sports landscape worldwide and officials are valiantly advocating the minimization, or better yet, the...

NS Mattai inaugural Golf Tourney set for tomorrow at Lusignan

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NS Mattai inaugural Golf Tourney set for tomorrow at Lusignan

Eager to encourage more golfing in Guyana, Managing Director of NS Mattai ensured that as soon as the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) ground was restored to good playing conditions this weekend its...

EBFA / Stag Beer Div. 1 League Soesdyke / Agricola clash has added incentive; Mocha face Timehri

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA / Stag Beer Div. 1 League Soesdyke / Agricola clash has added incentive; Mocha face Timehri

When the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division-one league continues tomorrow at the Grove Playfield, the feature game between the second and third placed teams on the points...

A clarion call for us to fix our country

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A clarion call for us to fix our country

DEAR EDITOR, Forty eight years after political independence we are still squabbling over issues of governance. Our political directorates give lip service to the principles of good governance; more...

CULT / EBFA U-17 Final Grove Hi Tech and Herstelling Raiders battle for top spot today

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CULT / EBFA U-17 Final Grove Hi Tech and Herstelling Raiders battle for top spot today

The inaugural CULT sponsored East Bank Football Association Under-17 league is set to come to an exhilarating climax today at the Grove Playfield between the two best teams, Grove Hi Tech and party...

REWARDS FOR SUCCESS

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on REWARDS FOR SUCCESS

DEAR EDITOR, I reflected on the recent series of exaltations at the successes of a number of students across the country at the CSEC examinations, and recalled how, in our day (late 1940s-early...

Golden Jaguars lose to St. Lucia 2-0

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars lose to St. Lucia 2-0

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ lost their second game of Group 6 action in the Caribbean Football Union Men’s Caribbean Cup championships yesterday at Warner Park, St. Kitts and Nevis by a 0-2...

DID YOU KNOW?

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that Compton Julian, Hubert Braithwaite, George Greene and Monty Hope were members of the West Indies Football Team Tour to the United Kingdom 1959? Did you know that the first time...

Institutional sclerosis

Sep 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Institutional sclerosis

Visitors observing the Guyanese political scene would be hard pressed to understand why actions to modify political behavior seem to be solely under the purview of the sometimes inept appearing...