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Linden Table Tennis Open reactivates sport

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Linden Table Tennis Open reactivates sport

– GTTA welcomes return to community The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the Linden Table Tennis Steering Committee created quite a stir Sunday night at the Constabulary Hall when the...

Amateur boxers called to duty as Harpy Eagles observes anniversary celebrations

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers called to duty as Harpy Eagles observes anniversary celebrations

Amateur boxers would be kept busy over the coming weekend when the Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym hosts 2 nights of fistic fury on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 at the Old Sawmill yard, Independence Boulevard,...

Members of Dance Fanatics set to debut in fitness segment

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Members of Dance Fanatics set to debut in fitness segment

While there has not been a dearth of athletes competing in the mainstream body building categories at the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) competitions over the years,...

Harmony, C/Burg-Wismar, Wisburg record victories

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Harmony, C/Burg-Wismar, Wisburg record victories

New Silvercity Secondary suffered its first loss in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Secondary Schools Football Competition after going down to Harmony by a 1-0 margin when play...

GABBFF Novice & Intermediate c/ships slated for Sunday @ NCC

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Novice & Intermediate c/ships slated for Sunday @ NCC

Window – Shop and Repair makes $$$ contribution The Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation will bring off their first competition for the year when they host the annual Novice and...

A good country run by monkeys is still a zoo

Mar 22, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A good country run by monkeys is still a zoo

I got this quote from a book on management principles I was reading the other day but instead of country there was the word “company.” I thought it was appropriate to use in the analysis of the...

BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!

Mar 22, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!

There is a blame game taking place in relation to the exportation of a container of lumber in which cocaine was found. The discovery was made in Jamaica when the container was taken off the exporting...

‘Cocaine with logs’ – govt.’s primary responsibility for legality verification

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Cocaine with logs’ – govt.’s primary responsibility for legality verification

Dear Editor, It is no doubt a coincidence that the discovery in Jamaica of 122 kg of cocaine inside a container of logs was reported just one day before the article, “Guyana reviews system to...

Sharief Khan’s credentials as a journalist are above biased criticism

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Sharief Khan’s credentials as a journalist are above biased criticism

Dear Editor, I have refrained until now to comment on Freddie Kissoon’s column on the late Sharief Khan. Whilst I found it even more bigoted and offensive than Mr. Kissoon’s usual fare, I...

Work undertaken by the NDIA has been commended by the World Bank

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Work undertaken by the NDIA has been commended by the World Bank

Dear Editor, I respond to an article titled, “Huge sums spent but conservancy management poor -engineers”, (SN, March 20, 2011) which contains a number of inaccurate statements. While the East...

This website operates to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the Govt.

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on This website operates to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the Govt.

Dear Editor, I bring to the attention of the public a website, liveinguyana.blogspot.com, operated with the clear intention to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the PPP/C...

Is ethanol/biodiesel the vehicle to give the sugar industry a new beginning?

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Is ethanol/biodiesel the vehicle to give the sugar industry a new beginning?

Dear Editor, Approximately 300 years ago the sugar industry in Guyana was born. It was the venture of the Dutch West India Company and it depended heavily on the African slave labour to harvest the...

Let’s equip ourselves to bring about real and meaningful change

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s equip ourselves to bring about real and meaningful change

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP/C are caught up with their lies; it therefore means that the nation has every reason to distrust them. Those of us who have been following the...

Telecoms giants and Phagwah

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Telecoms giants and Phagwah

Dear Editor, Now that Phagwah has come and gone, wistful dreamers might have fantasised about the meaning of Phagwah in real life and how the big telecoms giants got involved. GT&T had their blue...

The mystery cocaine shipment

Mar 22, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The mystery cocaine shipment

There can be no reasonable explanation for the recent cocaine find among lumber shipped from Guyana. At present the authorities are pointing fingers in every direction except at themselves. Each...

UNASUR considers visa exemptions for travel within South America

Mar 22, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR considers visa exemptions for travel within South America

– Heads to decide on rotating candidates for Secretary – General Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) recently discussed a possible visa waiver for travel...

I know why the Govt. did away with prescriptive rights

Mar 22, 2011 knews News Comments Off on I know why the Govt. did away with prescriptive rights

There is no doubt, not even a thread of it, in my mind that there is money in Switzerland. If the PPP loses the election, as sure as night follows day, there will be a probe of corruption and the new...

The Poison Dart Frog

Mar 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Poison Dart Frog

Poison dart frog (also dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America....

Cartoons SUN. Mar. 20, 2011

Mar 20, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons SUN. Mar. 20, 2011

Religion does not necessarily equate to a good leader

Mar 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Religion does not necessarily equate to a good leader

Malcolm Harripaul wrote a letter to the editor of this newspaper on February 28 entitled, “We need a leader who stands on the side of religion and truth.” The bulk of the letter actually spoke on...

A reporter’s plight

Mar 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A reporter’s plight

By Adam Harris The life of a reporter is never easy. There are so many pitfalls that one must be a true professional to escape some of them. But even the most professional of the lot falls prey to...

A channel to educate or indulge in PPP propaganda?

Mar 20, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A channel to educate or indulge in PPP propaganda?

The Alliance For Change is very perturbed by the revelation of Dr. Roger Luncheon that there has been movement towards the assignment of a part of the spectrum for the transmission of a planned...

CARICOM Energy Ministers to meet on oil prices

Mar 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM Energy Ministers to meet on oil prices

Amidst the current volatility of oil prices on the world market, Ministers responsible for Energy in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will gather in Georgetown this week. The Thirty-Fifth Special...

Kenyan constitutional expert to visit Guyana

Mar 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Kenyan constitutional expert to visit Guyana

Professor Yash Ghai, an eminent Kenyan-Asian constitutional lawyer and former Chairman of the Kenya Constitutional Reform Commission will deliver a public lecture entitled ”The Role of the...

Building your home? Think again! (Part Five)

Mar 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Building your home? Think again! (Part Five)

Concrete blocks, BM and running feet…. By Leonard Gildarie Welcome again. Last week we spoke at length of the requirements of applying for a mortgage and utilising the transportation from hardware...

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Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11...

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...

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...

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional. There is senator-elect Scott Colom. A Black man now a senator from a state that showed a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...

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