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Region Nine for U-16 boxing competition

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Region Nine for U-16 boxing competition

Region Nine would be represented when the Guyana Boxing Association stages its final Pepsi Under-16 competition for the year. Come Saturday at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis gym, some seven gyms...

Sub Winchester earns T&T a stalemate against Guyana

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sub Winchester earns T&T a stalemate against Guyana

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – For the second time in four days, Trinidad and Tobago were forced to come from behind in order to earn a share of the spoils, when they drew 1-1 with Guyana in their...

Hamilton Green Knockout Cup Football Tournament…Linden community getting set for Nov. 26 semi-finals

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green Knockout Cup Football Tournament…Linden community getting set for Nov. 26 semi-finals

As the November 26 semi-finals of the Hamilton Green Knockout Cup Football Tournament approaches, the host community of Linden is already guaranteed a spot in the final. Which of their teams will...

Banks DIH Limited assists Houston Secondary

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Limited assists Houston Secondary

Banks DIH Limited and the Coca Cola Company are partnering to promote healthy lifestyle in schools through physical activities and through this initiative Houston Secondary School on the East Bank of...

Marian Academy Badminton tournament concludes

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marian Academy Badminton tournament concludes

MARIAN ACADEMY Primary & Secondary School Badminton Tournament concluded Tuesday at the School’s Auditorium with the respective champions being crowned. The tournament, which started Tuesday 7...

Fitness Express stays the course with Stage of Champions

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express stays the course with Stage of Champions

Business entity, Fitness Express, located at John and Sheriff Streets in Campbellville, has maintained its support for the Stage of Champions body building show which is set for Saturday at the...

Labourer on $150,000 bail for alleged rape of Black Bush teacher

Nov 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer on $150,000 bail for alleged rape of Black Bush teacher

An 18-year-old labourer of Lot 5 Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, recently appeared at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of rape committed on a 24-year-old school...

GSCL Inc recognises international softball commentator Singh

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc recognises international softball commentator Singh

Following the successful hosting of its inaugural Prime Minister’s T20 Cup, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) has recognised the services of international softball commentator...

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Fitness 53 Gym donate to RHTY&SC Cricket Outreach

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnaresh Sarwan and Fitness 53 Gym donate to RHTY&SC Cricket Outreach

Former Guyana and West Indies Cricket Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and his family of Fitness 53 Gym of Providence, East Bank, Demerara on Wednesday last week handed over a large quantity of cricket balls...

Former Cricket Umpire Tulsi Kumar passes away

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former Cricket Umpire Tulsi Kumar passes away

Tulsi Ranjit Kumar also known as Umpire Kumar or TR of Groenveldt Pasture has died at the age of 86. Umpire Kumar, who was born in Leonora Estate in Guyana in 1931, died in New York on Friday...

Guinness Playoffs switched to California Square

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Playoffs switched to California Square

-unpredictable weather forces change Due to the unpredictable weather pattern co-ordinators Three Peat Promotions have decided to move the Georgetown Zone Playoffs from Meadow Brook Tarmac to...

Turbo Knockout Football C/Ships..Police and Grove Hi-Tech through to semi-finals, Final Quarter-finals on tonight

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo Knockout Football C/Ships..Police and Grove Hi-Tech through to semi-finals, Final Quarter-finals on tonight

No upsets were witnessed on Tuesday evening as the first two quarterfinal matches of the Turbo Knockout football tournament were played at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on CARIFESTA Avenue...

Stalking is not yet a worry

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Stalking is not yet a worry

Stalking is not an innocent past time; it is a dangerous form of sexual harassment. This was made clear yet again when a stalker burnt to death an engineer in Chennai after pursuing her against her...

Starr Computer helping to advance technological revolution

Nov 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Starr Computer helping to advance technological revolution

Guyana, through its public security forces, has been battling to control the prevalence of criminal activities. But the possibility of this situation becoming even more daunting is not unlikely. This...

Gambit: Jagdeo’s survival game

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gambit: Jagdeo’s survival game

When the PPP lost the election, Jagdeo (long before 2015 was seen as the main decision-maker in the PPP leadership), embraced the stratagem of shouting ‘rigging’. He didn’t get consensus in the...

Bringing back “co-operatives”

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bringing back “co-operatives”

DEAR EDITOR, Two happenings have prompted this brief correspondence on what could now be considered a relatively quaint issue, once of national significance – the Co-operative Movement. First,...

There is nothing but a parasite mentality ensconced at City Hall

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is nothing but a parasite mentality ensconced at City Hall

DEAR EDITOR, The time has long past for APNU+AFC to harness the runaway monster that keeps making Guyana’s capital city a disgrace. True, the M&CC of Georgetown has been bad for more than fifty...

The LEAD project was really a subterfuge!

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The LEAD project was really a subterfuge!

DEAR EDITOR, In a previous letter to you I highlighted the objective of certain members of The Developed World where the governance of this country is concerned. Theirs is the policy that The PPP...

Public relations never win people over to political positions

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public relations never win people over to political positions

DEAR EDITOR, This is a response to a query from Brother Tacuma Ogunseye (Guyana Chronicle November 14, 2017) about a reference to him in my column in the November 12, 2017 edition of the Guyana...

Sexual harassment will abate if silence we no longer tolerate

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sexual harassment will abate if silence we no longer tolerate

DEAR EDITOR, While the tsunami of revelation of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual behaviours swirls around Hollywood, it is worth mentioning that content unavoidably reflects the culture...

GPL – a study in high cost inefficiencies

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL – a study in high cost inefficiencies

DEAR EDITOR, A few days ago the Private Sector Commission made a pronouncement on GPL that almost every Guyanese will agree with. The commission said that, “GPL simply has neither the management...

Changing attitudes: Guyana Zoo or Wildlife Sanctuary?

Nov 16, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Changing attitudes: Guyana Zoo or Wildlife Sanctuary?

DEAR EDITOR, Approximately three years ago I was given a donation to help animals. The decision was made to repaint the Spider Monkey cage with forest scenes, replicating the home they once lived in....