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Ceasar finishes seventh in 100m finals at Commonwealth Youth Games

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ceasar finishes seventh in 100m finals at Commonwealth Youth Games

Wiltshire loses in quarterfinals in Squash competition Linden’s sprint ace, Compton Ceasar finished seventh on Sunday in the finals of the 100m in Samoa, at the Commonwealth Youth Games with a time...

Show Stoppers are Stag Beer/Slingerz FC 5-a-side football champs

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Show Stoppers are Stag Beer/Slingerz FC 5-a-side football champs

By Zaheer Mohamed Show Stoppers were crowned champions of the Stag Beer / Slingerz FC 2nd Annual West Side Inter-Village 5-a-side football tournament after thumping Admiral 5-1 in the final on Sunday...

Wills says Volleyball camp was rigorous

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wills says Volleyball camp was rigorous

By Sean Devers According to Assistant Coach of the National Men’s Volleyball team Ian Wills, the 12-man team which will represent this country at the Senior South American Indoor Championship in...

Road Warriors and Fellowship secure final berths

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Road Warriors and Fellowship secure final berths

A fine spell of bowling from veteran left arm spinner Rondhall Lewis spearheaded Rose Hall Town Bakewell ‘A’ to a nine-wicket victory over West Berbice in the final of the inaugural Assuria...

Road Warriors and Fellowship secure final berths

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Road Warriors and Fellowship secure final berths

Road Warriors and Fellowship will clash in the final of the Den Amstel Cultural Big Player Organisation annual inter-block football tournament on Sunday. Road Warriors defeated Back Street 2-0 in...

East and West U-19 match in Berbice ends 2-2

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on East and West U-19 match in Berbice ends 2-2

The Berbice Football Association (BFA) series tournaments and matches continued before a small but vocal crowd on Sunday at the Burnham Park ground in New Amsterdam. The combined East Berbice team...

GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal… Sparta Boss and West Front Road survives; Bent Street, Festival City exhibit ominous form

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal… Sparta Boss and West Front Road survives; Bent Street, Festival City exhibit ominous form

One thing is certain, one of the pre-tournament favourites will definitely make it to the final of the inaugural GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition by virtue of their semi-final meeting...

GFF takes case against FIFA to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF takes case against FIFA to Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has taken its case against world governing body FIFA and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport...

Lumumba cries foul over price disparity at National Stadium

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lumumba cries foul over price disparity at National Stadium

The National Stadium, Providence, was constructed in 2007 to facilitate World Cup Cricket matches but over the years has been the venue of choice for football tournaments as well as musical shows....

North Rupununi FA Div. 1 Championships… Basin F.C and Annai United retain male and female titles

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Rupununi FA Div. 1 Championships… Basin F.C and Annai United retain male and female titles

Basin Football Club (BFC) successfully defended their male title on Saturday August 29 in a nail biting final of the North Rupununi Football Association division-one championships witnessed by a...

Where is the power of the Church?

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the power of the Church?

Dear Editor, Pray tell me why is Kim Davis the Kentucky Court Clerk being seen as the solitary symbol of religious opposition against same sex marriage or would that be mirage as compared to what the...

HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS! The ‘Red House’ Affair.

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS! The ‘Red House’ Affair.

Dear Editor, Sunday’s newspapers carried reports of comments made by former President Donald Ramotar, in regards to statements made by the present government, accusing his previous government of...

Ramjattan exhibits the same symptoms as ex-Minister Rohee

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan exhibits the same symptoms as ex-Minister Rohee

Dear Editor, It is perhaps harsh to diagnose Minister Ramjattan, after only four months in his position with the same affliction of his predecessor-DENIAL. However, Mr. Ramjattan exhibits the same...

An abuse of power at the GNBS

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An abuse of power at the GNBS

Dear Editor, I wish to point out and unconstitutional and disrespectful act perpetuated by the former Minister of Water and Housing , Mr. Irfaan Ali , to the staff of the GNBS and more over the...

Parents forced to pay for cleaners at Port Kaituma school

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parents forced to pay for cleaners at Port Kaituma school

Dear Editor, Port Kaituma Teachers Association held its 1st meeting of its school year on September 5th, 2015. Among the topics that were discussed was the absence of a Charwoman at the Port Kaituma...

THE PPP HAS LEARNT NOTHING

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP HAS LEARNT NOTHING

The PPP has learnt nothing from its electoral setbacks of the past four years. Those setbacks should have led to a radical reassessment of the party’s strategies and postures. It is behaving in the...

WHEN IS A POLICE CAR CHASE IN GUYANA REASONABLE?

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHEN IS A POLICE CAR CHASE IN GUYANA REASONABLE?

Dear Editor, The reported car chase last Friday evening in South Georgetown by the Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) of three fleeing armed suspects deserves some comments. First, the eventual...

A mystery Roy Beepat should explain

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A mystery Roy Beepat should explain

Dear Editor, I am responding to the letter of Mr. Roy Beepat, owner of Giftland Mall (“A simple call to me would have given these truths, Mr. Kissoon.” KN Monday, Sep 7, 2015). Mr. Beepat wrote...

Freddie should withdraw his baseless assertions

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie should withdraw his baseless assertions

Dear Editor, In his relentless ramblings against pubic figures in his daily columns in the Kaieteur News, Mr Freddie Kissoon sought to impugn the character of the Chairperson of the Teaching Service...

The government must stop corruption in the City Council

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The government must stop corruption in the City Council

When the PPP was in government, its balance-sheet of corruption and human rights violations were so bad that the nation hardly had time to examine the performance record of the City Council....

The police are developing skills

Sep 08, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The police are developing skills

There is a lot wrong in Guyana but there is also a lot going right. In recent weeks the society cried out that there was a spike in criminal activity. And indeed there was a rise in some areas of...