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Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills Inc. Tapeball 10/10 launched

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills Inc. Tapeball 10/10 launched

By Rawle Welch Following hot on the heels of the recently concluded GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition, Kares Engineering in collaboration with Bushy Park Sawmills Inc officially launched...

Diamond Sports Club prevail as Neville Sarjoo 40 overs cricket concludes

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Sports Club prevail as Neville Sarjoo 40 overs cricket concludes

A resilient knock of 49 (4×4) by Azeeze Amir piloted Diamond Sports Club to a 31 runs victory over North Soesdyke Cricket Club (NSCC) when those teams clashed in the Neville Sarjoo 40 overs...

Poverty can lead to disaster

Jul 05, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Poverty can lead to disaster

People woke up Thursday morning to read about a two-year-old who was electrocuted because he reached for some sweets in the yard where he lived. He had come into contact with a live electrical wire...

WIPA WELCOMES CARICOM SUPPORT

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on WIPA WELCOMES CARICOM SUPPORT

– Caricom PMs praised for getting involved The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) on behalf of Chris Gayle and the best interests of West Indies Cricket yesterday thanked the Heads of...

USA Visa denial could keep Guyanese spinner out of West Indies U-19 tour

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on USA Visa denial could keep Guyanese spinner out of West Indies U-19 tour

By Sean Devers According to a Guyana Cricket Board official, Guyana’s First Class leg-spinner Amir Khan not being issued the relevant visa to gain entry into the U.S.A to represent the West...

Does Joey Jagan understand the difference between “Coalition Government” and “Shared Governance”?

Jul 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Does Joey Jagan understand the difference between “Coalition Government” and “Shared Governance”?

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Dr. Joey Jagan’s letter titled: “Shared coalition governance is the only way to go” (SN June 21st). The learned doctor used the phrases “coalition shared governance”...

One’s presence is of utmost importance

Jul 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on One’s presence is of utmost importance

Dear Editor, We note with great concern recent articles appearing in some sections of the media purporting to state the Berbice Cricket Board’s drastic position as it relates to the long overdue...

Religious leaders are no longer like shepherds to their flocks

Jul 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Religious leaders are no longer like shepherds to their flocks

Dear Editor, In your publication of Sunday, July 3, 2011, I read a report about two neighbours who are before the courts. The article said that these neighbours were having problems prior to the...

The Elections Commission must finish its job

Jul 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Elections Commission must finish its job

Dear Editor, Please allow me to make this comment on your news item headed, “Don’t spout nonsense” in the 1st July, 2011 edition, in which it was stated that the Chairman of the Guyana...

Cops checking licence number of getaway car

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cops checking licence number of getaway car

– businessman’s nephew still in custody Police reportedly have the licence number of a car that an eyewitness claimed transported the two gunmen who killed 72-year-old Clementine Parris...

“AK-47” ammunition found at Haags/Bosch dumpsite

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on “AK-47” ammunition found at Haags/Bosch dumpsite

A discovery of 111 rounds of ‘7.62’ by ’39’ ammunition was made some time yesterday at the Haags/ Bosch dumpsite, Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara after garbage...

Newborn falls on Labour room floor at GPHC

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Newborn falls on Labour room floor at GPHC

Apparently the horrors maternity patients experience at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will not cease, despite constant complaints and negative publicity. A 17-year-old mother,...

A business magnate with an indomitable will, Lyla Kissoon, AA, is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 03, 2011 knews News 1

“I think in life one has to give openly, one has to be kind but one still has to be strong.” By Crystal Conway It can hardly be said of any family-owned businesses that they have become an empire...

The C.E.O. Story

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The C.E.O. Story

A successful businessman was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something...

Inner Wheel of Georgetown installs new office bearers

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Inner Wheel of Georgetown installs new office bearers

Isha Singh is now the president of the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown. She was elected on June 15, last, when the organization held its annual general meeting. Alfo Deen and Stella Mitchell are the...

Aquaculture has great potential for local, international market – British envoy

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Aquaculture has great potential for local, international market – British envoy

As fishermen throughout Guyana on Wednesday celebrated “Fisherfolk Day 2011”, the Ministry of Agriculture along with representatives of the British High Commission and the United States Agency...

Guyana Watch returns for its 19th year of medical outreach to Guyana

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch returns for its 19th year of medical outreach to Guyana

In what will be its 19th mission to Guyana in as many years Guyana Watch Inc. (GWI) will be conducting its Annual Medical Outreach from July 15 through July 24, 2011. This year’s team will...

Cartoons Sun. July 03, 2011

Jul 03, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. July 03, 2011

Locals to benefit from STARR Xfinity Power Centres

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Locals to benefit from STARR Xfinity Power Centres

– Over 50 locations identified countrywide Georgetown-based technology specialist STARR computers, in collaboration with several major international and domestic partners, is setting up STARR...

Legendary showgirl Pita Pyaree dies

Jul 03, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Legendary showgirl Pita Pyaree dies

Pita Pyaree, the Essequibo runaway lass who rose to fame as one of the most popular singers and dancers in Guyana and the Caribbean has died, relatives confirmed. She was 94. She died peacefully at...

The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)

Corallus caninus is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. No subspecies are currently recognized. Description Adults grow to about 6 feet (1.8 m) in length. They have...

Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?

By Sir Ronald Sanders At midnight on 17-18 April 1980 as the flag of independent Zimbabwe was raised for the first time, Tanzania’s President, Julius Nyerere, told the new Prime Minister, Robert...

BOOK REVIEW

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW

By Akima McPherson PART TWO Akima McPherson is a lecturer (on leave) in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana (UG) and a practicing...

Ramotar clueless on a way forward, AFC challenges him to a public debate

Jul 03, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ramotar clueless on a way forward, AFC challenges him to a public debate

The Alliance For Change is at best amused at the comments of the PPP’s picked Presidential Candidate Mr. Donald Ramotar as reported in another section of the media to the effect that “Guyana’s...

Simple decisions attract controversy

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Simple decisions attract controversy

By Adam Harris It is amazing how Government projects attract so much conflict these days. There was the Marriott project. That project saw the award of a multi-million-dollar contract for the...

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Golden Jaguars maul Cayman Islands 6-0 to close in on Gold Cup return

Nov 13, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars delivered a commanding statement of intent, dismantling the Cayman Islands 6-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, West Demerara,...

A quick count is not an exit poll!

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A few days ago, I heard a former APNU+AFC official speaking about the 1992 general elections and repeating the familiar allegation that those elections were rigged. In attempting to discredit the findings of the Carter Center, he referred to its quick count as an exit poll,...

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...

Chairman Smith-a man to regard

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I tip my hat to the Barima Commission of Inquiry Chair, Justice Godfrey Smith. This is how real men differentiate themselves. Under duress from the U.S. visa revocation action meted out against him, he offered his resignation. Some of the qualms I had of this Belizean...

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