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The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Fires are raging and there is precious little that anyone can do to stop them. There will be more across the country and people are going to wonder at this sudden outburst. The fact is that people...

Mash and Republic Day

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Mash and Republic Day

The merry month of February is upon us. Never mind the more alliterative “merry month of May” of others; our merry month is February and that’s that. It’s government policy. It’s the month...

What we don’t use we lose

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on What we don’t use we lose

By Adam Harris People are either academically inclined or as endowed with manual skills. The Creator ensured that people are there to undertake whatever is necessary to keep the race alive. As a lad...

Has colonialism permanently damaged the Guyanese psyche?

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Has colonialism permanently damaged the Guyanese psyche?

It was not by accident that one of the most profound analysts on the effects of colonialism on the psyche of the non-white colonial subject was a psychiatrist, Franz Fanon (see his two seminal...

Australia and West Indies go head-to-head in hunt for Women’s World Cup glory

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia and West Indies go head-to-head in hunt for Women’s World Cup glory

Fields leads Australia in bid to secure sixth World Cup trophy, while Aguilleira says West Indies is ready to bring home the trophy for the first time to the Caribbean Five-time champion Australia...

Greaves rally from two down to defeat Lopes for U-15 title

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves rally from two down to defeat Lopes for U-15 title

Priscilla Greaves rallied from two sets down last evening at the National Gymnasium to defeat Kristie Lopes for the Under-15 Girls title in the National Sports Commission Mashramani Table Tennis...

Uan Wilson’s helmet-trick leads Uitvlugt to 9-0 win over West Dem.

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uan Wilson’s helmet-trick leads Uitvlugt to 9-0 win over West Dem.

Uitvlugt Secondary rebounded in style following a 1-4 loss to Leonora Secondary to whip West Demerara Secondary 9-0 when play in the inaugural Fazia’s Collection/ West Demerara Football Association...

RBC/George Cumberbatch 7th Mem. Cycle Meet on today

Feb 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/George Cumberbatch 7th Mem. Cycle Meet on today

The Seawall Bandstand Circuit will be a hive of activity from this morning when the 7th annual George Cumberbatch Memorial Cycle Meet sponsored by George Humphrey of Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm...

Guyana surrender first innings lead to Barbados

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana surrender first innings lead to Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Miguel Cummins 4-42 and Ashley Nurse 4-74 combined to destroy Guyana on the second day of the second round of matches in the Regional Four-Day Championship yesterday. The...

Blazing Gayle fires Dhaka into final

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blazing Gayle fires Dhaka into final

Chris Gayle powered to his tenth Twenty20 hundred in Dhaka Gladiators’ Race to the Final, but despite the huge target of 197 the Sylhet Royals gave spirited chase, and ultimately fell just short of...

NSC hosts Floor Hockey training for Special Schools, related agencies

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC hosts Floor Hockey training for Special Schools, related agencies

The National Sports Commission will be hosting a Floor Hockey Training Programme for staff of Special Schools and other interested agencies. Training will be conducted by Sports Organizer, Wilton...

Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes today

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes today

The Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition rumbles on today and tomorrow with three matches scheduled each day, at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. In today’s round of...

Seniority and agility -‘Corn man’ Stephenson exemplifies both concepts in fitness run

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seniority and agility -‘Corn man’ Stephenson exemplifies both concepts in fitness run

He was born on March 6, 1953 and in a mere few weeks would be celebrating his 59th birth anniversary yet his crisp gait and agile movements belie this fact. He sports a healthy stock of...

Port Mourant Cricket Club elects executives

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Cricket Club elects executives

The Port Mourant Cricket Club, which was once one of the most feared clubs in Guyana cricket, recently selected its executive to chart the way forward for the next year. The club recently held its...

Gizmos & Gadgets renews Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club First Division sponsorship

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gizmos & Gadgets renews Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club First Division sponsorship

The Georgetown based flagship store Gizmos & Gadgets of Wellington Street, last Friday renewed their sponsorship of the Berbice cricketing power house Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First...

The human machine will inevitably ground to a halt

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The human machine will inevitably ground to a halt

DEAR EDITOR, There comes a time in the life of every individual when, despite the best willpower one could possibly muster, the human machine will inevitably ground to a halt. This is why it is...

We must not be fooled by deceitful arguments and misapplied statistics

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must not be fooled by deceitful arguments and misapplied statistics

Dear Editor, After the minority PPP government was recently condemned in the media for being grossly irresponsible and incompetent in its management of our nation’s national debt, Finance Minister...

What exactly is President Ramotar’s stance on these nationally embarrassing hot button issues?

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on What exactly is President Ramotar’s stance on these nationally embarrassing hot button issues?

Dear Editor, A Guyanese friend of mine in New York asked me Thursday what I thought of the unfolding events in Guyana, viz a viz, the role of the Chinese in the Marriott and the CCTV...

Stumbling from crisis to crisis

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Stumbling from crisis to crisis

The government seems to be stumbling from one controversy to the other with scarcely a break between episodes. Something like this could only happen if the advisers are people who function as though...

Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ final on tonight at Haslington

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ final on tonight at Haslington

It is simply a case of the best four teams in the competition being rewarded for their consistent performances since the commencement of the East Coast segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of de...

Those massive public projects – A national tragedy and disgrace

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those massive public projects – A national tragedy and disgrace

Dear Editor, We want to let the readers know that this is the second letter which originated from a classified conversation that Bharrat Jagdeo had with the U.S. Ambassador, His Excellency Mr....

Edwards boosts form, Barbados with 110 against Guyana

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edwards boosts form, Barbados with 110 against Guyana

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Kirk Edwards gained a timely boost of form and confidence with his fifth first-class hundred to put Barbados in charge early against Guyana in the Regional 4-Day Tournament...

Edwards guides England to third place

Feb 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edwards guides England to third place

ESPNcricinfo – An unbeaten century from England captain Charlotte Edwards led her team to a four-wicket win against New Zealand, which secured third place in the Women’s World Cup. In what...

Tons for Ajib, Bhoj & Heeralall; Baldeo takes 6; Khan grabs hat-tick

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tons for Ajib, Bhoj & Heeralall; Baldeo takes 6; Khan grabs hat-tick

This year’s edition of the New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-over cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for teams in the Ancient County continued with some...

Speaker walks out of Nat’l Assembly

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker walks out of Nat’l Assembly

– Abrupt end to sitting, no date set for next session By Abena Rockcliffe Yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly came to an abrupt end around 21:00 hrs when House Speaker Raphael...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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