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Sports is a stepchild in Guyana

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

The past two weeks have been good for the lovers of sports and a wakeup call for Guyana, in this world where sports is perhaps the most powerful event to attract people. Brazil pulled off the 2016...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

This is the time when gunmen believe that they have the run of the place. Of course the community action of which I spoke has kicked in. In the past, especially in the city, many people would fall...

THE WRITERS’ CORNER…Poet, Teacher, Activist – the many hats of Imo Bakari

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE WRITERS’ CORNER…Poet, Teacher, Activist – the many hats of Imo Bakari

By Dr Glenville Ashby It was during a 2013 Black History Month function at Sri Trimurti Bhavan temple in Queens, New York, that Imo Bakari’s passionate call for justice and activism resounded...

WE MUST SENSITIZE OUR YOUNG TO THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE

Aug 21, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WE MUST SENSITIZE OUR YOUNG TO THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE

At the height of our Golden Jubilee, the National Trust of Guyana partnered with the World Monuments Fund (WMF) and staged the first ever International Heritage Conference at the Arthur Chung...

The Spirit and the Flame

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Spirit and the Flame

By Dennis Nichols The song ‘Guyana’s Child’ sung by Jessica Xavier, and its recurrent refrain has been stuck in my mind these past few days. I guess it’s because I’ve been wondering when...

The Story within the Story…It is time we protect and exploit what is ours

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…It is time we protect and exploit what is ours

By Leonard Gildarie Today, the world will bring the curtains down on a memorable two weeks of Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mesmerizing may not be a good enough word to describe what was...

Traudl Junge, Brunhilde Pomsel and the Guyanese protégés

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Traudl Junge, Brunhilde Pomsel and the Guyanese protégés

It came as no surprise to any Guyanese, no matter where he/she lives, that there were outpourings of eulogies for Forbes Burnham on his death anniversary in the first week of August. The identical...

Young, educated, employed and enterprising

Aug 21, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Young, educated, employed and enterprising

(Address by His Excellency David Granger at the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial (SLED) Initiative Award Ceremony) This country will falter if its youth flounders. Youth will fail if...

Berbice businessman murder PI…Magistrate adjourns matter without allowing witness to sign deposition

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

Relatives of murdered businessman, Shameer Ali Mursalin are raising concerns about the conduct of a Magistrate presiding over a matter, for which three men are charged for his murder. Mursalin,...

Guard shot during attack on female mining firm boss

Aug 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guard shot during attack on female mining firm boss

Mining company owner Shelly Singh was left traumatized after gunmen shot a security guard and wounded one of her employees after cornering the victims in Mrs. Singh’s pickup outside her Eccles,...

Two remanded for murder of boy, 13

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two remanded for murder of boy, 13

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of 13-year-old Daveand Sanchar, whose body was found with a chop wound to the head on Sunday last, at Plantain Walk, Triumph, East Coast...

Fuel licences to GWI boss, others…Company has no storage facilities – GEA

Aug 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel licences to GWI boss, others…Company has no storage facilities – GEA

As questions continue over the granting of fuel import and storage licences last year to a company owned by a senior Government executive and his three business partners, the Guyana Energy Agency...

Boyfriend gets life sentence for killing teen

Aug 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boyfriend gets life sentence for killing teen

Twenty-four year-old Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice resident Shazam Khalil, the man who was on trial for the January 2015 murder of his girlfriend, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Khalil...

Is the manufacturing sector dying? Pt 5…Creating competitiveness will not be an overnight affair – Business Minister

Aug 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Is the manufacturing sector dying? Pt 5…Creating competitiveness will not be an overnight affair – Business Minister

By Kiana Wilburg This time around, the concerns of those in the local manufacturing sector will not fall by the wayside. This assurance was recently given by the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin....

President must deal firmly with serious issues involving Govt. officials – Chris Ram

Aug 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President must deal firmly with serious issues involving Govt. officials – Chris Ram

Many who have had high expectations of greater levels of transparency and accountability, coupled with reduced corruption under the new government, have been left disappointed. For one,...

Brazilian fined $7M for mining in Kaieteur Falls area

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brazilian fined $7M for mining in Kaieteur Falls area

A mining outfit which was caught in April operating in the Kaieteur National Park area has been fined $7M. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, this latest measure would show clearly that...

Soulja Bai getting push to deal wid he vampires

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai getting push to deal wid he vampires

Dem got animals that does hide when de sun come up. Dem is de animals that does behave like vampire. Guyana got people who does behave like dem same vampire. This week dem boys see nuff of dem. Of...

Usain Bolt caps Olympic career with perfect ninth gold medal

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt caps Olympic career with perfect ninth gold medal

(Yahoo) RIO DE JANEIRO — It ended like it was supposed to, with another gold medal, another breathtaking run, another reminder that Usain Bolt isn’t just the fastest man ever but one capable of...

Caribbean Badminton Championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyanese players advance to quarter-finals

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Badminton Championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyanese players advance to quarter-finals

The Caribbean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) currently being played in Aruba at the Centro Deportivo Sports Hall saw the Guyanese players all awarded walk over’s in the Under-19...

Jude Bike Shop, Antarctic Maintenance and Repairs, Loft Night Club supports Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jude Bike Shop, Antarctic Maintenance and Repairs, Loft Night Club supports Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Jude Bike Shop, Antarctic Maintenance and Repairs, Loft Night Club yesterday continued their support to the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic, handing over their contributions to the meet...

2016 North American & Caribbean Powerlifting Championships…Mars elated with Squat, Bench Press Records & PB Deadlift; Erwyn Smith also gets PBs

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2016 North American & Caribbean Powerlifting Championships…Mars elated with Squat, Bench Press Records & PB Deadlift; Erwyn Smith also gets PBs

By Franklin Wilson Competing in the Open 105kg category, Mars cantered to a new Squat record of 340kg (749.6lb) erasing the old mark of 337.5kg (744.0lb) which was held by Puerto Rico’s Ramos...

West Berbice dominate B Division police youths clubs Cavalcade of sports

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Berbice dominate B Division police youths clubs Cavalcade of sports

The police in B Division along with hundreds of youths from the various youth clubs in the division recently hosted a successful one day cavalcade of sports at the Scot Church Ground, Princess...

Kholi’s men disappointed with no play on day two

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kholi’s men disappointed with no play on day two

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Cascadia Hotel & Lifetime Real Estate West Indies’ highest score on this ground against India is 526-7 declared but that was in 1971 when Garfield...

Preparation picks up for Rising Sun Turf Club President’s Cup on August 28

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparation picks up for Rising Sun Turf Club President’s Cup on August 28

A number of major sponsors are on board for the second annual President Cup Horserace meet organised by the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with Friends of Rising Sun. Dubbed the real...

Raiders face Royals for $100,000 and GT Beer trophy

Aug 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raiders face Royals for $100,000 and GT Beer trophy

3rd Rock Entertainment Open Basketball final on tonight at MSC hard court… The top seed Retrieve Raiders will have to be on the top of their game if they hope to stave off the challenge of the...

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Marian Academy faceoff with Santa Rosa for Pee Wee’s U11 title

The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more