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CONSUMER CONCERNS…HOMES FOR ELDERLY COULD BE ENRICHED BY ANCIENT WISDOM

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…HOMES FOR ELDERLY COULD BE ENRICHED BY ANCIENT WISDOM

By PAT DIAL In Western societies, from medieval times, the aged were never regarded as a challenge. It was only when societies became industrialized with concomitant urbanization that Old People...

ARE YOU AFRAID OF GOING TO THE DENTIST?

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ARE YOU AFRAID OF GOING TO THE DENTIST?

For some people, the fear of going to the dentist is far worse than the pain of a toothache. However, this fear can lead to greater oral health problems and longer, more complicated procedures. Being...

Many entries received for “bringing Bush Lot Alive” horserace meet on November 8th

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Many entries received for “bringing Bush Lot Alive” horserace meet on November 8th

With just over one week to go before the much anticipated one day horserace meet organized by the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and racing stable in collaboration with the Bush Lot United Turf Club, a number...

Guyana NRA Nationals

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana NRA Nationals

It’s my season – defending X-Class champion Lennox Braithwaite With all guns being pointed down range from today, the next three Sunday’s will be as hot as the current weather pattern when...

EBFA / Lens Craft Optical U13 League

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA / Lens Craft Optical U13 League

Agricola Red Triangle crowned champs; Leon Moore is MVP, Shoran James HGS Agricola Red Triangle are the 2015 Lens Craft Optical / East Bank Football Association Under-13 champions. The Agricola lads...

Entries for Kennard’s Memorial Boxing Day horserace meet close December 19

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for Kennard’s Memorial Boxing Day horserace meet close December 19

The Kennard’s Memorial Club will hold their Christmas Horserace meet at their Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne Berbice venue on Boxing Day, December 26 and entries close on Saturday December 19. Seven...

Guyana softball Cup 5… Regal Open and Masters; Floodlight secure final berths

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana softball Cup 5… Regal Open and Masters; Floodlight secure final berths

By Zaheer Mohamed Regal Open and Masters’ teams and Floodlight continued their excellent run in the Guyana Softball Cup 5 by securing their places in the final in their respective categories when...

NSC Tour Guyana 5-stage cycle race

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC Tour Guyana 5-stage cycle race

Greaves wins 4th stage in Region two but Ospina still overall leader Alanzo Greaves peddled off with the top position in the fourth stage of the ninth annual NSC Tour Guyana 5-stage Cycle Road race...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can help to improve the services sector

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can help to improve the services sector

According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), “services are the largest and most dynamic component of the economies of both developed and developing countries. Important in their own right,...

Interesting Creatures… The Thrush

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Thrush

Thrushes make up the Turdidae, a family of passerine birds that occurs worldwide. These are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the...

Inter-Ministry Futsal Competition

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Ministry Futsal Competition

M&CC, Min. of Presidency, Courts among winners Friday night Mayor & City Council (M&CC), Ministry of the Presidency and Courts were among several winners on Friday night when the...

“Drastic changes needed now in under-performing West Indies men’s Test team!”

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Drastic changes needed now in under-performing West Indies men’s Test team!”

Colin E. H. Croft Not surprisingly, Sri Lanka beat West Indies 2-0 in two Tests. However, the way it was achieved must give thoughts that some present WI players have completed their last Test...

Stag Elite League… Pele blank Buxton; 10-man Slingerz arrest GDF 4-2

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League… Pele blank Buxton; 10-man Slingerz arrest GDF 4-2

Pele Football Club continued their winning ways in the Stag Elite League (SEL) with a workmanlike 2-0 win over Buxton United in the feature game of Friday evening’s double header at the Georgetown...

Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships

Raging slugfests characterize opening night as boxers get ready for Caribbean tournament By Michael Benjamin The executive of the Guyana Boxing Association have renamed the National Open Boxing...

Former national player hosts second Basketball clinic in Linden

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former national player hosts second Basketball clinic in Linden

The second James Brusche Basketball clinic for Primary schools in Linden hosted by the Brusche Basketball Foundation was held at the Mc Kenzie Sports Club Hard Court on Thursday last. According to...

Three contracts and mentorship programme available for Under-19 cricketers

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three contracts and mentorship programme available for Under-19 cricketers

-Valued at over $500,000 Three contracts and a mentorship programme for a duration of one year and valued at over $500,000 (inclusive of a $30,000 monthly stipend, free gym membership from Bodymaxx...

Defending champs Stella Maris crashes out of tournament

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending champs Stella Maris crashes out of tournament

It was another day of thrilling action as the quarter-final stage of this year’s Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition ended, at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park. The biggest casualty of the...

YBG Junior Age-Group Tournament begins

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG Junior Age-Group Tournament begins

-Marian, Tutorial, St. Joseph, St. Roses win Marian Academy and Tutorial High School bounced to comfortable victories on Friday when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Junior Age-Group Tournament...

THE VAT – PART IV

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on THE VAT – PART IV

By Harold A. Bascom (Brent Holder and two policemen visit the abandoned Jonestown settlement, where they find the remnants of the container in which Jim Jones had missed his deadly brew; the same...

The Abortion Child’s Dilemma

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Abortion Child’s Dilemma

By Dennis Nichols The human experience! Snap your thumb and middle finger together very rapidly. Every snap instantaneously represents a new birth somewhere on Earth. Stop! Snap them a bit slower but...

It’s all down to money

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on It’s all down to money

By Sir Ronald Sanders Money matters. It will matter a great deal when representatives of about 200 countries meet in Paris from 1 to 11 December to try, yet again, to settle a universally...

Suriname withholds information on renewed claim to New River Triangle

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname withholds information on renewed claim to New River Triangle

– But Greenidge remains optimistic of resolution By Abena Rockcliffe While Suriname has not got aggressive with Guyana over the dispute surrounding the New River Triangle, ominous signs are...

Hundreds of cases of high-end liquor for sale by GRA

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of cases of high-end liquor for sale by GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to sell a container of high-priced liquor via bidding, the body said yesterday. In its advertisement published yesterday in Kaieteur News, GRA said that it...

BEGGING HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BEGGING HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE

Guest Editorial Guyana is very rich in natural resources, but begging has become a major issue in Georgetown and other areas of the country. Indeed, something has gone terribly wrong in Guyana where...

WONDERFUL GOVERNMENT!

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WONDERFUL GOVERNMENT!

It was wonderful news! It could not have come at a better time. This past week it was revealed that Guyana had secured important markets for rice in Portugal and in Mexico. This is welcome news...

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