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Hooper denies interest in Bangladesh coaching job

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hooper denies interest in Bangladesh coaching job

Carl Hooper has denied any interest in coaching Bangladesh. Earlier this week the BCB had spoken of the former West Indies captain as one of the early candidates. “I was asked if I was interested,...

Ecuador, Haiti climb to highest-ever slots

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ecuador, Haiti climb to highest-ever slots

Guyana remains at 122 As expected, there are very few changes to 2013’s first edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, with football having come to a halt in many places over the New Year...

Archrivals Bermine and Young Warriors to clash in final

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archrivals Bermine and Young Warriors to clash in final

History would be created on Sunday when the Berbice Cricket Board hosts the final of the first ever Bobcat of Guyana T20 competition, the first of its kind to be organised by the Board for teams in...

A disaster waiting to happen

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A disaster waiting to happen

DEAR EDITOR, I have grown up hearing that Georgetown was the Garden City but as I aged I wonder about the truism of that statement. Georgetown today has a multiplicity of problems that no one seems...

Kanden re-elected President of Albion Cricket Club

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kanden re-elected President of Albion Cricket Club

Pastor Lloyd Kanden was re-elected unopposed as President of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, when that entity held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday last at the Albion Community...

A good concept, but poor target

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A good concept, but poor target

DEAR SIR, Your Monday 14th January sports edition carried a story on a secondary school football competition of which the sponsors are K&S and the Beharry Company. There was also a photograph of...

We must change in our society, not homosexuals

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must change in our society, not homosexuals

Dear Editor, In a letter in Kaieteur News on December 29, 2012 titled ‘Let’s help our Devons’ penned by Dr Sewnauth Punalall, I was disheartened to read his attempt to manipulate a shocking...

Goodbye to the cricket killers

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Goodbye to the cricket killers

Dear Mr. Editor I read recently that Otis Gibson, the current WICB Coach, plans to leave the lucrative position he presently holds with the WICB. Dr. Ernest Hillarie had earlier departed from the...

Why pay children?

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why pay children?

Dear Editor, I want it; give it to me; buy me it. These seem to be the constant demands of some of today’s youth. Some children feel owed or entitled to get their way. These children demand that...

Culture Karma

Jan 18, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Culture Karma

There is a story that when Charles de Gaulle became President of France, after the horrors of WWII had reduced his country to rubble, he asked his close friend, the intellectual Andre Malraux, what...

Guyana beat Barbados in low scoring contest

Jan 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana beat Barbados in low scoring contest

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – Guyana beat Barbados by 42 runs in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Queen’s Park Oval here last night. Chasing 109 to win, Barbados were bowled out for 66 in...

Main Street transformed into “wonderland”

Dec 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Main Street transformed into “wonderland”

Main Street was last evening transformed into a Christmas Village, replacing the annual “Big Lime.” The area was transformed into a dazzling wonderland with beautiful and colourful lights...

Govt. mulls money for ailing state printery

Dec 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls money for ailing state printery

President Donald Ramotar has promised to appoint a team within his government to examine the recommendations advanced by the Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) for recapitalising the printery....

Old school building allowed to deteriorate

Dec 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Old school building allowed to deteriorate

– NGO begs for permission to rehabilitate facility for community use The Kwakwani Youth Developers, a group of young people from the Berbice River mining community, is not too happy that it is...

Guyana Boxing Association DDL U16 tourney set for today at ‘Six Head’ Gym

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Association DDL U16 tourney set for today at ‘Six Head’ Gym

A number of the country’s leading Under-16 boxers will be on show from 10:00 this morning as the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) stage the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) sponsored Under-16...

Guyana overcome Berbice XI by 36 runs in feature warm up game

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana overcome Berbice XI by 36 runs in feature warm up game

The national Twenty\20 team defeated a Berbice XI by 36 runs in a feature warm up game Thursday evening at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Opener Trevon Griffith top scored with 22(2×4)...

Cream of the crop on show as ‘Hurry Up’ presents fistic holiday action

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cream of the crop on show as ‘Hurry Up’ presents fistic holiday action

When multiple champion, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore last entered the ring locally he had to pull out all the stops against a determined Venezuelan pugilist, Breilor Teran, and barely scraped home with...

Caribbean United Medec peeved over decision to debar Barbadian player

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean United Medec peeved over decision to debar Barbadian player

– GFA officials adamant that information was disseminated Medical official of the visiting Barbados-based Caribbean United team Sandra St. Kitts in an interview with Kaieteur Sport yesterday...

Springer is Director of Shotokan

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Springer is Director of Shotokan

He is well known for his referee skills but Sensei Lex Springer, 6th Dan is an expert on Japanese martial art of Shotokan Karate and has been training for over forty years. Last November the...

CONCACAF forms Finance Committee

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF forms Finance Committee

New group will ensure strong governance and transparency throughout Confederation New York – CONCACAF announced the formation of its Finance Committee, which will focus on monitoring and giving...

Joseph and Barnwell Dominoes set for Boxing Day

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joseph and Barnwell Dominoes set for Boxing Day

Faye Joseph and Charlyn Barnwell dominoes competition is set for Boxing Day at Orin Joseph residence, 1223 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Entrance fee is $9,000 while there will be trophies and...

Berbice Cricket Board hosts massive Christmas Outreach Programme

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board hosts massive Christmas Outreach Programme

The Berbice Cricket Board as part of its mandate as a progressive Non Governmental Organisation continues to make positive differences in the lives of children and the less fortunate. The Berbice...

BCB, Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association donate first aid kits to clubs

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB, Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association donate first aid kits to clubs

Cricket clubs in the ancient county of Berbice continue to benefit from the hard work of the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board. Eleven cricket clubs along with the Berbice Cricket...

Is the horseracing controversy over?

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Is the horseracing controversy over?

While it seems like all is well and the situation has been amicably sorted out concerning the racing dates between the Rising Sun Turf Club of Arima Park West Berbice and the Port Mourant Turf Club...

TIGI should address flaws rather than seek political leverage at the expense of our nation

Dec 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on TIGI should address flaws rather than seek political leverage at the expense of our nation

DEAR EDITOR, The Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) is glad that Transparency International Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has responded to our review of their index. There are many issues that render the...

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Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more