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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...

Bhena’s Footwear employee abducted, released hours later

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bhena’s Footwear employee abducted, released hours later

A 27-year old staff of the popular Bhena’s Footwear on Regent Street was released yesterday afternoon after being held captive by abductors who hours earlier had grabbed him outside the store....

Former boxing champ, ‘Six Head’, killed in accident

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former boxing champ, ‘Six Head’, killed in accident

– declared dead twice The local boxing world was thrown into grief yesterday after news that former Guyanese and World Boxing Association (WBA) Welterweight champion, Andrew ‘Six Head’...

Berbice man dies in three-building fire

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man dies in three-building fire

Tragedy struck the Hamid family in Berbice yesterday, when businessman Ayube Hamid, 59, perished in a fire. The father of two of Lot 35 First Street, Canefield Village, East Canje, Berbice, was the...

APNU+AFC blasts BaiShanLin for failure to honor promises to Guyana

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC blasts BaiShanLin for failure to honor promises to Guyana

– As furor against Chinese company continues to rise A Partnership for National Unity plus Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC)’s Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and Khemraj Ramjattan have both condemned...

KN Publisher draws the line, calls for end to inciteful ads

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on KN Publisher draws the line, calls for end to inciteful ads

Nobody is going to use KNews to incite violence and disrespect Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall, took the first step among Guyanese media to put an end to gutter politics in Guyana when he pulled...

Shaik Baksh’s son writes off gov’t. vehicle

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shaik Baksh’s son writes off gov’t. vehicle

The son of the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc. Shaik Baksh is now hospitalized after writing off a Toyota Hilux double cab pick-up that is attached to the state owned utility...

Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition Blockbuster affair anticipated between Sparta Boss and West Front Road

May 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition Blockbuster affair anticipated between Sparta Boss and West Front Road

-Weavers collide with Queen Street for third place By Rawle Welch A blockbuster affair is anticipated when Sparta Boss and West Front Road ‘Gold is Money’ clash in the final of the inaugural...

Vulgarity and lawlessness must stop

May 05, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vulgarity and lawlessness must stop

Everybody, man or woman, got a right to vote fuh who dem want. Dem boys hear people cussing one another in dem minibus because somebody seh he voting fuh a particular party. People who is friends...

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