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Ryan Hercules enjoying productive debut season in England

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Hercules enjoying productive debut season in England

Twenty-one year old former Guyana youth player Ryan Hercules is enjoying a productive debut season England for the Shadwell Cricket Club in Leeds, Yorkshire. The right-handed Essequibian fast bowler,...

EGDAR MITTELHOLZER

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on EGDAR MITTELHOLZER

By Ameena Gafoor This is a version of some Preliminary remarks offered to THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WEST INDIAN LITERATURE, National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana, 28th April,...

Regional Integration or Caribbean Catastrophe?

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Regional Integration or Caribbean Catastrophe?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The economy of almost every CARICOM country is now in recession. Caribbean Development Bank President, Compton Bourne, recently observed that: “In seven of the 13 CARICOM...

Orilall 8-13 stars in Golden Fleece victory

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Orilall 8-13 stars in Golden Fleece victory

Shivnarine Orilall grabbed 8-13 as his team Golden Fleece defeated Zorg by 9 wickets in the South Essequibo “one day” two innings cricket competition which continued recently at the Golden Fleece...

Guyana and Aid

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Guyana and Aid

Earlier this year, Dambisa Moyo, a young Zambian graduate of Harvard and Oxford with stints at the World Bank and the crème de la crème investment bank Goldman Sachs, set the “development”...

Camptown win, rain affects other matches

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Camptown win, rain affects other matches

Camptown recorded the only on field win on a day when rain was responsible for the abandonment of two matches in the Trix Under-17 league being contested in the capital city. Camptown utilised home...

SELLERS, TAKERS AND GIVERS

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SELLERS, TAKERS AND GIVERS

The other day I was approached by a friend who asked me whether I knew the identity of the investor that was supposed to have built the big hotel in Kingston. I replied, “I don’t know anything...

GPL is shafting me without reason

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on GPL is shafting me without reason

I was much younger when blackouts were a daily fare. The government, then, was formed out of the People’s National Congress. The Finance Minister was Carl Greenidge and Haslyn Parris was Vice...

Bakewell Inter Jamaat cricket set to resume today

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell Inter Jamaat cricket set to resume today

The Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) Inter-Jamaat 15-over round-robin softball cricket competition is set to resume today with quarter-finals matches at two venues. At the MYO...

Death stalks the 106th batch

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Death stalks the 106th batch

They were best friends embarking on a career to save lives. Did some psychopath take theirs? By Michael Jordan Fitzroy Dublin doesn’t trust in coincidences. But back in 1989 a case chockfull of...

President Jagdeo destroyed my romanticist symbol

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo destroyed my romanticist symbol

I met my wife in 1978 when she worked as a lab technician at the Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) at the Kingston seawall, next to the now defunct Luckhoo Swimming Pool. I would pick her up...

The Finch

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Finch

The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. These mainly seed-eating songbirds are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, with one subfamily endemic to the Neotropics, one to...

Guyana to host 4th regional Blind Cricket C/Ships

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to host 4th regional Blind Cricket C/Ships

Guyana will host the fourth regional Blind Cricket tournament from July 19-25. The teams participating in this year’s tournament are: host country Guyana, Barbados, the Windward Islands, and...

The Ring

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on The Ring

By Michael Jordan Part Two “You know I had that funny dream again?” Sandra remarked. They were sitting on the bed. Sandra, half-dressed, was removing curlers from her hair. “What dream?”...

Mike’s Pharmacy sponsors Guyana Softball League national tourney

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mike’s Pharmacy sponsors Guyana Softball League national tourney

Mike’s Pharmacy is the new sponsor of the Guyana Softball League’s (GSL) country-wide 15over Softball tournament. The competition is scheduled to begin next Sunday in 14 zones around the country...

Trophy Stall 15-over Country-wide Softball competition continues

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall 15-over Country-wide Softball competition continues

Play in the Guyana Softball League Trophy Stall sponsored 15over Softball cricket competition continues today with action in the second knockout stage. In the West Demerara zone: Leonora Primary...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Things are exactly as I warned. There has been a shooting in the heart of the city and there seems no end to the senseless violence. This is not going to be the end of the violence, because anger...

Underdog are Wakenaam NMC & X-tra White Domino champions

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Underdog are Wakenaam NMC & X-tra White Domino champions

Underdog won the Wakenaam Nite Management Committee and Banks DIH X-tra White Independence Domino competition by defeating All star and Gun down in the final, which was keenly contested last Tuesday,...

SOVEREIGNTY & SECURITY

Jun 07, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SOVEREIGNTY & SECURITY

– What is the PPP doing to cause it to lose out on much needed support from international friends and allies? By Raphael Trotman Recently, the issue of sovereignty and the right to self...

Sons win Domino competition

Jun 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sons win Domino competition

Sons emerged victorious against Fathers and Mothers combinations at the Vryheid’s Lust Sports Committee’s games night, at Wills Hide Out in Vryheid Housing Scheme. Sons recorded 88 games, while...