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Stop destroying election posters – say political parties

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stop destroying election posters – say political parties

The situation appears to be getting out of hand. Both the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change coalition (APNU+AFC) are...

GSCL Inc. Independence Cup…Regal are open champions, Floodlight take over-40 title

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. Independence Cup…Regal are open champions, Floodlight take over-40 title

Regal defeated Shuttle Max by 104 runs to win the open final of the Georgetown Softball Cricket Association (GSCL Inc) Independence Cup on Sunday last at Everest Cricket Club. Navin Singh cracked 34...

RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee Courtland are Ansa McAl 5-over tourney champs

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee Courtland are Ansa McAl 5-over tourney champs

Courtland, led by the experienced John Percival defeated surprise finailists Yakusari of Black Bush Polder by 8 wickets to emerge champions of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Silver...

Ramdin – Win gives Windies fresh belief

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramdin – Win gives Windies fresh belief

Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin believes the drawn series against world number three England has injected a new level of confidence and belief into West Indies. The Caribbean...

JetBlue Airways joins WICB as a partner

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on JetBlue Airways joins WICB as a partner

WICB Media BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board announced a new sponsorship and partnership deal with JetBlue Airways. The New York-based airline is the official partner for the...

Juventus edge Real in semi-final first leg

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Juventus edge Real in semi-final first leg

BBC – Juventus will travel to Real Madrid with a one-goal lead in their Champions League semi-final second leg after grinding out a deserved home victory. Juve went ahead when Alvaro Morata...

Overseas-based Guyanese donate Champions Trophy to GABA

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese donate Champions Trophy to GABA

Overseas-based Guyanese basketball aficionados made a timely donation of the Champions Trophy to the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) for their ongoing ‘Kings of the Hard Court’...

GABA ‘King of the Hard Court’ Championships

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA ‘King of the Hard Court’ Championships

-Sonics edge Nets in OT humdinger Pepsi Sonics managed to eke out a tense overtime (OT) victory against Republic Bank Nets Sunday at the National Gymnasium as a battle for home court dominance...

St. Rose’s win again in NSBF Georgetown Conference

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Rose’s win again in NSBF Georgetown Conference

-Marian Academy ladies also secure victory The National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Georgetown Conference continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall over the weekend with St. Rose’s High...

Flying Ace Cycling Club receives donation from Church of Christ

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycling Club receives donation from Church of Christ

The Church of Christ of Republic Road and Asylum Street New Amsterdam as part of their upcoming 26th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday last presented two Zip Wheels to the Flying Ace Cycling Club...

CFU Club Championship Final Round goes to Trinidad & Tobago

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Club Championship Final Round goes to Trinidad & Tobago

As the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) continue towards the identification of the three (3) Caribbean representatives to the 2015/2016 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the CFU will be executing...

Pro cyclist Geron Williams places 2nd in 16th County Classic 65 miles race

May 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pro cyclist Geron Williams places 2nd in 16th County Classic 65 miles race

Competing on the Pro Circuit for Championsystems/Stans NoTubes, Guyanese Geron Williams finished second in the 16th annual Turkey Hill Country Classic / Pennsylvania State Road Race Championships...

OAS, Commonwealth elections observers arrive

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on OAS, Commonwealth elections observers arrive

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) for the General and Regional Elections in Guyana on May 11 yesterday began its final deployment in Georgetown. The...

Rohee declares May 11, a Public Holiday

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee declares May 11, a Public Holiday

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has declared May, 11 a public holiday. This was announced on Monday via a press release from the Home Affairs Ministry. The Ministry said that “in pursuance...

Karibee Rice producer cops top Caribbean award

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Karibee Rice producer cops top Caribbean award

Jamaica—Sacha Cosmetics, a well-known beauty brand founded in 1979 in Trindad &Tobago is the winner of the inaugural Caribbean Exporter of the Year Awards. The family-owned business claimed the...

Ramotar offers the biggest reason why his party will lose

May 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ramotar offers the biggest reason why his party will lose

Guyanese who see and hear Donald Ramotar’s explanations during the present election campaign of political misconduct of PPP leaders must surely have asked themselves; “Is this the man in charge...

No private settlement should be allowed for certain offenses

May 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No private settlement should be allowed for certain offenses

A few years, a domestic help alleged that she was abducted by her employer who happened to belong to a wealthy family. She was reportedly taken to a location, tied to a post and beaten while being...

Coalition governments are the way of the future for Guyana

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition governments are the way of the future for Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, In more than a quarter of the world’s democracies, coalition governments are common and are considered the way of the future. Guyana had its first coalition government in 1964 when...

Freddie replies to Mike Mc Cormack

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie replies to Mike Mc Cormack

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Mike Mc Cormack’s letter of April 29 in KN in which he attempted to answer my constant criticism that his organization, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), has...

Why the Coalition cannot be like the PPP

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the Coalition cannot be like the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, Recent discussions with some colleagues of mine, all of whom can be electorally classified as part of the youth constituency, left me with a sense of foreboding as it relates to the...

I would never negate my Indian self

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I would never negate my Indian self

DEAR EDITOR, It seems a great comfort and ease for Ms Nadia Sagar that she stands only with her citizenship to define her. It is not that most Indians in Guyana could not do the same if we tried but...

The presence of GECOM-accredited observer teams is most reassuring

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The presence of GECOM-accredited observer teams is most reassuring

DEAR EDITOR, The announcement by Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma that an Observer Team headed by Kate Wilkinson has arrived in the country to observe the May 11 national and regional...

Neither the PPP/C nor the PNC should make the call for reconciliation

May 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neither the PPP/C nor the PNC should make the call for reconciliation

DEAR EDITOR, Currently, there is a very important discourse both in and out of the media domain about forgiveness and reconciliation. However, permit me to add a line or two to the conversation. Both...

Towards peace and reverence for life

May 06, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Towards peace and reverence for life

Guyana has unfortunately become a society in which the murder of females and domestic violence against women in general are common place and the authorities seem unduly relaxed and unperturbed. The...