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CGI 50-Over Local Franchise League…Seon Hetmyer and Royston Crandon lead L/Corentyne NA/Canje to inaugural title

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI 50-Over Local Franchise League…Seon Hetmyer and Royston Crandon lead L/Corentyne NA/Canje to inaugural title

By Sean Devers A masterful unbeaten century from an exhausted Seon Hetmyer who shared in a 131 sixth-wicket stand with Man-of-the-Match Royston Crandon (75) staged an excellent fight-back to power...

GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…NA United, Rosignol United advance to next round

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…NA United, Rosignol United advance to next round

It was the Jamal Butts and company show as New Amsterdam United made an emphatic statement to all and sundry that their campaign for top honours in this year’s Georgetown Football Association (GFA)...

Mahadeo Shivraj’s Protection Game coming soon

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahadeo Shivraj’s Protection Game coming soon

How far will a father go to protect his son? Veteran actor and director, Mahadeo Shivraj has just completed filming what is expected to be another thrilling production. “Protection Game” he...

Do magistrates face periodic assessment?

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Do magistrates face periodic assessment?

It made conversation all around Georgetown. A young man who preyed on women, and viciously robbed them, was involved in another attack when a descent in nihilism occurred. The woman resisted. He...

Woodpecker Products Christmas Badminton tournament winners receive prizes

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Christmas Badminton tournament winners receive prizes

The Guyana Badminton Association Presentation for the Annual Woodpecker Products Christmas Singles was held at the Guyana Olympic House on Saturday evening last. The GBA is extremely happy that Ms....

Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball…GABF President Nigel Hinds supports with cash donation

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball…GABF President Nigel Hinds supports with cash donation

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds on Saturday night witnessed the penultimate night of the preliminary round play of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association...

WICB Vice-President lauds Guyana’s success in 2015

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Vice-President lauds Guyana’s success in 2015

By Sean Devers Vice President of the West Indies Cricket Board WICB Dominican Emmanuel Nathan has congratulated the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on the solid performances of the Guyana Teams at all...

Rising Sun Horserace meet set for Sunday 3rd January

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Horserace meet set for Sunday 3rd January

The Rising Sun Turf Club, in collaboration with the Inshan Bacchus Trucking Service, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Banks DIH Limited will begin the 2016 racing programme with the staging of the signature...

TRUMPED UP LEGAL LETTERS

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on TRUMPED UP LEGAL LETTERS

If you use the terms “reverse back”, “over-exaggerate”, “dilapidated ruins”, “new innovation” and even “foolish virgins” you need to know these are tautologies, essentially...

Fielding woes afflict West Indies in draw

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fielding woes afflict West Indies in draw

ESPNcricinfo – After their heavy loss in the first Test in Hobart, West Indies needed to go back to basics in their two-day match against a second-string Victoria XI this weekend. So a rookie...

At the age of 71…Veteran agriculturalist willing to pass on expertise

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on At the age of 71…Veteran agriculturalist willing to pass on expertise

At the age of 71, agriculturalist Neil Persaud still yearns to pass on his vast knowledge to his country. Persaud, known as ‘Mannie’ says he is versed in practically all aspects of agriculture...

In the wake of continuing death treats…Child Care Agency urges woman to come in for protection

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on In the wake of continuing death treats…Child Care Agency urges woman to come in for protection

The Sceon Beckles custody case is still engaging the attention of the Child Care and Protection Agency, despite some suggestions that the agency is not doing enough to return the child to his mother....

PARDON THEE BUT RELEASE ME!

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARDON THEE BUT RELEASE ME!

Eleven women prisoners will be reunited with their families at home this Christmas, compliments of a pardon granted by the President. The pardon is a reserve power under the Constitution similar to...

Vibert Parvattan in conversation with Santa Claus

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vibert Parvattan in conversation with Santa Claus

Dear Editor, It is that wonderful time of the year – Christmas. It has become traditional for me to write to you each year with a Wish List for Guyana and its people. I was checking on last...

Managerial corruption at GuySuCo

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Managerial corruption at GuySuCo

Dear Editor, In an earlier letter (‘Changing Sugar Workers in a Declining Industry’, Kaieteur News, November 27, 2015), I examined the changes in work ethics among the ordinary workers of the...

Local govt. in Guyana doesn’t empower

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local govt. in Guyana doesn’t empower

Dear Editor, The opposition PPP objected to (walked out of the debate on) the passage of a bill (media report Dec 18) pertaining to local government reform. It is not clear what the reform is about...

This man is uncomfortable with his own persona

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man is uncomfortable with his own persona

Dear Editor, Devanand Bhagwan’s letter, “I was a Hindu then Jesus came into my life” (KN 17/12), was an expectation. He continues to prove his love for Hindus in a process that exposes his...

Make trade with the new Cuba, an urgent necessity

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make trade with the new Cuba, an urgent necessity

Dear Editor, I recently returned from a week-long visit to Cuba during which I held discussions with a number of government agencies, the Chamber of Commerce and the United States Embassy there....

The PPP was corrupt; the APNU-AFC is calamitous

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP was corrupt; the APNU-AFC is calamitous

Dear Editor, In the last seven months, Guyana seems to have replaced a corrupt regime with a calamitous regime. Here are some prominent ones. First calamity started with the Coalition reneging on its...

Young, armed and dangerous

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Young, armed and dangerous

Statistics have shown that youths, as young as 15, are engaged in violent crimes, some involving the use of firearms, and yet others are in control of drugs and murder for hire gangs. It is a...

Top housing official disappears as scrap metal probe deepens

Dec 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Top housing official disappears as scrap metal probe deepens

A top housing official has apparently quit his job and is nowhere to be found despite being wanted by the police for questioning in connection with a state-sanctioned probe of the scrap metal trade....

Spain crowned Miss World

Dec 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Spain crowned Miss World

…but Guyana’s Lisa Punch was unforgettable (By Mondale Smith) “Thank you very much for the overwhelming love and support that you have shown me throughout my Miss World Guyana journey and I do...

GPL boss, management clash over sacking of employee

Dec 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL boss, management clash over sacking of employee

Chief Executive Officer (Ag) of Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Colin Welch, has clashed with the corporation’s Loss Reduction Division over the misconduct of a technician and an investigator....

President pardons 11 mothers in prison

Dec 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President pardons 11 mothers in prison

Who says that there is no Santa Claus? Try telling that to 11 female prison inmates who are beginning to believe that he has come in the form of President David Granger. The Guyanese leader has...

Brassington under the eyes of International bodies–SARU Head

Dec 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington under the eyes of International bodies–SARU Head

By Kiana Wilburg Head of the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU), Dr. Clive Thomas, said that it would be a serious indictment on his office if the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National...