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Demerara selectors name 18 for El Dorado Inter-County tourney

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara selectors name 18 for El Dorado Inter-County tourney

Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Cush unavailable due to Stanford 20/20 commitments By Sean Devers After the completion of two trial matches, the Demerara senior selectors yesterday named am 18-man squad to...

Amateur boxers prepare for national duties in T&T and India

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers prepare for national duties in T&T and India

By Michael Benjamin The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has selected four women to represent Guyana at the Pan America Women’s Boxing championships slated to get underway at the Chagaramus...

GVF donates balls to Amerindian communities

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GVF donates balls to Amerindian communities

A lot of talent is being wasted – Rodrigues By Rawle Welch Representative of the Central Rupununi Heritage Sports Committee Mark Rodrigues received a quantity of volleyballs and foodstuff from...

GRFU hosting coaches from UK’S Boost Trust Programme

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GRFU hosting coaches from UK’S Boost Trust Programme

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is hosting the third visit of two student Rugby Coaches attached to England’s renowned Sports University, Loughborough College, as part of an exchange...

Demerara U-17s ready for Inter-County series… Bowling is team’s strength says Coach Nedd

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara U-17s ready for Inter-County series… Bowling is team’s strength says Coach Nedd

According to Coach Garvin Nedd, the Demerara under-17 cricket team is ready for the CLICO under-17 Inter-County two-day cricket competition which begins tomorrow at the Enterprise ground and feels...

E’bo coach says his team is aiming to win CLICO U-17 title

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on E’bo coach says his team is aiming to win CLICO U-17 title

According to Coach Vibert Johnson, the Essequibo under-17 team is not just here to participate in the CLICO under-17 two-day cricket competition which starts tomorrow at Enterprise on the East Coast...

GABA Elections in perspective… – McPherson mum on Bowman’s departure

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA Elections in perspective… – McPherson mum on Bowman’s departure

By Edison Jefford The work of fundamentalists is to convince humanity that the world is absolute–that there are no ‘grey areas’ in human existence. The term ‘lukewarm’, therefore, does not...

Mexican journalists ejected from Jamaica’s training session

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mexican journalists ejected from Jamaica’s training session

National technical director Rene Simoes, with the help of local supporters, on Wednesday ejected a group of Mexican journalists who were intent on video-taping a Reggae Boyz training session held at...

Floodlights A & B to play Fundraiser in Mahaicony Creek

Sep 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights A & B to play Fundraiser in Mahaicony Creek

The Floodlights A and B teams will travel this Sunday to Hido Cricket Ground, Mahaicony Creek to play three softball matches billed as a fundraiser for the Gordon Table Rama Krishna Mandir. They will...

150 scholarship awardees ready for professional challenge

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 150 scholarship awardees ready for professional challenge

A total of 150 scholarship awardees were yesterday given their orientation seminar at the lawns of State House, before heading off to Cuba to commence their professional training. This batch of...

Man nabbed with firearm, ammo

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man nabbed with firearm, ammo

According to a release from the police, on Wednesday last, acting on information received, a member of the City Constabulary in Georgetown went to the Bourda Market area where he arrested a male...

GGMC highlights porkknockers at exhibition

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GGMC highlights porkknockers at exhibition

The Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (GGMC) on Tuesday opened a four-day Exhibition at the Guyana Girl Guides Association on Brickdam. Under the theme “Celebrating the Contribution of the...

PNCR confirms participation in Local Government elections

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PNCR confirms participation in Local Government elections

By Gary Eleazar The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has now confirmed that it will participate in the Local Government elections as long as the relevant reforms have been completed in...

Brazen bandit grabs cash, cell phone from businesswoman

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Brazen bandit grabs cash, cell phone from businesswoman

During a brazen daylight robbery yesterday, the owner of Intimate Touch Beauty Supplies and Boutique, Molly Jeffers, was relieved of approximately $70,000 and her mobile phone. Jeffers explained...

Economic Partnership Agreement…Private Sector supports Jagdeo’s decision

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Economic Partnership Agreement…Private Sector supports Jagdeo’s decision

President of the Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC), Captain Gerry Gouveia, has said that the commission fully supports the stance that President Bharrat Jagdeo has taken as it relates to the...

Massive US$43M rice project for Region Eight

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Massive US$43M rice project for Region Eight

A US$43M rice project will be implemented in three communities in Region Eight, to support food security and self-sufficiency of hinterland communities. Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud,...

We were thoroughly impressed with Guyana’s staging of CARIFESTA X

Sep 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on We were thoroughly impressed with Guyana’s staging of CARIFESTA X

CARIFESTA was a tremendous success as far as the writers were concerned. I vouch for my friends, Derek Walcott, Austin Clarke and Earl Lovelace, when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. We...

Prison death probe…Police seek murder charges against four prison officers

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Prison death probe…Police seek murder charges against four prison officers

By Michael Jordan Police have implicated four prison officers, including two senior ranks, in the death of inmate Edwin Niles, and have recommended that they be charged with his murder. One of the...

WTO rules only require the EPA to be WTO-compatible, not WTO-plus

Sep 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on WTO rules only require the EPA to be WTO-compatible, not WTO-plus

Dear Editor, It’s an enigma to believe that something so sweet as sugar could engender such acrimony, poverty, and inhumanity in societies like Guyana, where sugar is the mainstay of the economy....

EPA consultations commence today

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on EPA consultations commence today

Special CARICOM Heads Summit to follow – Dr. Luncheon A two-day consultation on the Economic Partnership Agreement is slated to commence today at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal,...

The nation stands in support of the armed forces

Sep 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The nation stands in support of the armed forces

Dear Editor, The death of ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins and Jermaine “Skinny” Charles should be a grim reminder to the criminal fraternity that it is only a matter of time and they will go the same way....

Let’s do a thorough house cleaning job on all criminals

Sep 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s do a thorough house cleaning job on all criminals

Dear Editor, Allow me to extend my congratulations to the disciplined forces for finally bringing to end the unimaginable cruel instincts of two of Guyana’s most dangerous men. The struggle to...

At last, the first people are first

Sep 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on At last, the first people are first

The Parrot is suffering from Carifesta-done syndrome and is still trying to adjust post-festival. I must admit that it is easier said than done having been pampered over the ten days and not having...

Imagine: Latrines in 2008 in schools

Sep 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Imagine: Latrines in 2008 in schools

– Death of Tanesha De Souza Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: This was one of the saddest weeks for me when it comes to our young children. Imagine what our school children have to face every...

Mother of one succumbs five days after accident

Sep 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mother of one succumbs five days after accident

A senior traffic rank of the Guyana Police Force has reiterated the call made by many, that causing death by dangerous driving should be made a non-bailable offence. This comes in the wake of the...

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Sir Clive Lloyd appointed to GCB as Special Technocrat

The pitfalls of a one-time cash grant

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – In this the golden age of Guyana’s new oil economy, expectations run high. Among... more