January 2015

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Witch’ back in jail for three years

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Witch’ back in jail for three years

Court regular Clifton Ramsaran, called ‘Witch’, is back in jail—this time he’ll serve a three-year stretch on a break and enter and larceny charge. Ramsarran, along with two brothers, are...

A ‘contented’ Edmay McIntosh turns 102 today

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on A ‘contented’ Edmay McIntosh turns 102 today

Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident Edmay McIntosh is celebrating another milestone. She turns 102 today but as is customary, the centenarian celebrated her birth anniversary with a thanksgiving...

Children killed in traffic accidents up by 40 percent

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Children killed in traffic accidents up by 40 percent

Guyana has concluded another year that saw a rise in road fatalities, with a disturbing 40 percent jump in the number of children killed on the country’s road ways. According to a public statement...

Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries

– bemoans ‘poor quality’ of submissions By Kiana Wilburg Secretary and Administrator to the Board on the Guyana Prize for Literature Award, Al Creighton, has strongly defended the deadline...

West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition…Large turnout witness impressive start to inaugural West Side tourney

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition…Large turnout witness impressive start to inaugural West Side tourney

Donford Williams became the first player to score a goal in the inaugural West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition when he netted for Brothers United in their 1-0...

NAGICO Super50 cricket final…Mohamed (117*), Narine (6-9) spur Red Force to 11th title

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 cricket final…Mohamed (117*), Narine (6-9) spur Red Force to 11th title

– Jaguars decimated by 135 runs By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Carib Beer, GT&T Lifetime Reality & Cascadia Hotel Watched by a capacity crowd which transformed the...

“Mash-up” events scheduled as Park Vue Hotel re-launched

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Mash-up” events scheduled as Park Vue Hotel re-launched

Under the new ownership of Fazil Mirza, the Park Vue Hotel and Lounge was officially re-launched this past Friday at its Farm, East Bank Demerara location, with the announcement of their Mash Up the...

Woodpecker Products /GSSF Practical Pistol Match…Ryan McKinnon continues 2014 form

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products /GSSF Practical Pistol Match…Ryan McKinnon continues 2014 form

Ryan McKinnon has continued his fine form from 2014 by winning the opening event of the Guyana Sports Shooting Federation (GSSF) 2015 calendar sponsored by Woodpecker Products. Held on Saturday last...

NO GCB ELECTIONS NECESSARY!!

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NO GCB ELECTIONS NECESSARY!!

—If Cricket Administration bill is followed It appears as though the numerous faults in the Cricket Administration Act will finally be exposed. The Guyana Cricket Board held its Annual General...

With ‘Meh Dulahin Run Away’…Harresh Singh aims for sixth Chutney King title

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on With ‘Meh Dulahin Run Away’…Harresh Singh aims for sixth Chutney King title

Harresh Singh is confident of regaining his title as Chutney King when he performs next Saturday at the Anna Regina Community Centre with his song,”Meh Dulahin run away.” The appealing song,...

Junior Hercules is new GABA President

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Hercules is new GABA President

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Coaching Association (GABCA), Junior Hercules, was elected to head the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) when the Annual General Meeting of...

Hindus plant holika in preparation for Phagwah

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hindus plant holika in preparation for Phagwah

Hindus across Guyana and the world on Saturday evening planted the holika, in preparation for the festive celebration of Phagwah, some 40 days away. The planting of Holika is done roughly about 40...

Russell carries WI to one-wicket victory

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Russell carries WI to one-wicket victory

ESPNcricinfo – At last it was competitive. After three one-sided matches in a series that was decided before this game began, there was a thriller in Port Elizabeth as Andre Russell carried...

GCUC congratulates successful umpires

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUC congratulates successful umpires

The Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) has extended congratulations to the local umpires who were successful at the recent West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA) oral and practical exam....

BCB/A. Ally and Sons 30th anniversary Secondary school U-17 cricket commence

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/A. Ally and Sons 30th anniversary Secondary school U-17 cricket commence

Despite the unpredictable weather, one match of the A. Ally and Sons sponsored Under-17 cricket competition for secondary schools in Berbice was played on Friday last with Vryman’s Erven taking...

THE SPIRITS OF TRINIDAD

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE SPIRITS OF TRINIDAD

Recently, on a windless day, while looking at a house in Trinidad that we were thinking of renting, my wife and children found a chair rocking merrily by itself. The windows in the room were...

Roadside Baptist commissions recreational park at Line Path

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Roadside Baptist commissions recreational park at Line Path

The Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre (RBSTC) of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, yesterday commissioned a $1.2M recreational park at Block 19, Line Path, Corriverton, Corentyne. The park is...

Entries for Pest Max tapeball close on January 27

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for Pest Max tapeball close on January 27

Entries for Pest Max six overs seven-a-side knock out tapeball competition which will commence at the National Park Tarmac on January 31 will be closed tomorrow. Entrance fee is $7,000. The final...

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

Guyana turns into a big ghost town during elections. The country loses close to two weeks of production and schooling every time general and regional elections are held. People stay off the streets...

Following Saturday’s blaze at Wismar…Residents renew calls for second fire station

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Following Saturday’s blaze at Wismar…Residents renew calls for second fire station

An immaculate fence and a concrete and wooden shell are all that’s left of a Christianburg property that has graced the community for more than four decades. The property, located at the head of...

What Rastafari did Saturday afternoon, all Guyanese should do

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What Rastafari did Saturday afternoon, all Guyanese should do

Last Saturday was the official launching of the Decade of African People at the Parade Ground. I sat with Tacuma Ogunseye and listened and watched speaker after speaker contextualize the positives of...

UG bus operators clean parking area

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG bus operators clean parking area

The University of Guyana branch of the United Mini Bus Union yesterday embarked on a Clean Up Campaign in the Avenue of the Republic area where UG buses park. According to a release, “the Union...

Young Guyanese band set to go international

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Young Guyanese band set to go international

– in effort to end violence against women Guyanese performing Group Y3K is set to represent this country and the Caribbean at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on February 7, on behalf...

IS GUYANA GETTING BETTER AT BEING BAD?

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on IS GUYANA GETTING BETTER AT BEING BAD?

Dear Editor, The New Year is not yet a month old but already 2015 appears headed for the unflattering description of Guyanese as “being good at being bad”. The prevailing atmosphere has already...

The PPP is desperate and vulnerable

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is desperate and vulnerable

Dear Editor, If ever there was any speculation as to the strategy the PPP plans to employ to fight off the opposition during the election campaign, the latest outburst by the erratic General...

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Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

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(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

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(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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