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Team Leon Moore leaves Guyana for Bangkok training stint

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Team Leon Moore leaves Guyana for Bangkok training stint

Newly crowned North American Boxing Association bantamweight champion, Leon Moore left Guyana last Wednesday for Bangkok, Thailand for a three months training stint in the Asian country?. He is...

Flora GCC successfully defend crown in T&T

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Flora GCC successfully defend crown in T&T

Marzana Fiedtkou named MVP The Georgetown Cricket Club’s under-21 indoor ladies hockey team managed to maintain their dominance at the Magnolias Indoor Hockey Tournament after defeating the...

MAHDIA RECEIVES BOXING EQUIPMENT FROM SPORTS MINISTRY

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on MAHDIA RECEIVES BOXING EQUIPMENT FROM SPORTS MINISTRY

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently donated a number of boxing gloves to the Mahdia Community. The gear will be used to engage youths in the area in aspects of the fistic sport. Region...

Schools’ C/ships secure field events credibility

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Schools’ C/ships secure field events credibility

Duncan, Daniels, Cadogan continue tradition By Edison Jefford Track events often overshadow Field events at Track and Field competitions, but with the right atmosphere at the Albion Community Centre...

Montrose, McGillivry, Leonora win

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Montrose, McGillivry, Leonora win

Montrose, McGillivry and Leonora were the latest winners in the Seerja Construction Company / AL Sport & Tour Promotions 12th Christmas Term Demerara Primary Schools Windball Cricket Champions...

Several teams record wins as National Softball Cricket tournament continues

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Several teams record wins as National Softball Cricket tournament continues

Reliance Warriors, Golden Fleece, Affiance SC and Airy Hall SC, all recorded wins when the Essequibo Zone of the National Softball cricket tournament continued recently. The Reliance Warriors Sports...

Fruta Conquerors, Santos, Sunburst Camptown, Flamingo & Pele take full points

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fruta Conquerors, Santos, Sunburst Camptown, Flamingo & Pele take full points

Day two of the DeSinco Trading Under-19 football competition in the city on Saturday last saw five of the six teams taking full points in their encounters with one draw recorded on the day. At the...

D’Andrade finishes outside OECS prizes

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade finishes outside OECS prizes

Says he struggled against hilly terrain National senior distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade had finished outside the prizes in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States’ (OECS) Half Marathon in...

GDF and Alpha to clash in GFF Super League final

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GDF and Alpha to clash in GFF Super League final

Thump Sunburst Camptown 3-0; Alpha edge Milerock 3-2 in extra time By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with rifles well serviced and to the ready fired their way past old nemesis...

Have they become a dynasty?

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Have they become a dynasty?

By Rawle Welch Marketing & Public Relations Consultant of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento speaking with members of the Business Community sometime ago said...

Wendell Meusa, Cecil Cox crowned national senior and junior Chess champions

Nov 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa, Cecil Cox crowned national senior and junior Chess champions

Cecil Cox amassed 11 1/2 points and eventually captured the Junior National Chess Champion when that tournament concluded at the Olympic House, Peter Rose and Church Streets, Queenstown over the past...

Dress code at the high courts

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Dress code at the high courts

Dear Editor, There are serious adjustments made to accommodate climate change, deforestation, technological advancements and dozens of other developments and so with this in focus I will raise the...

A country without proper jurisprudence is a failed state!

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A country without proper jurisprudence is a failed state!

Dear Editor, An alleged torture of a 14-year-old boy by some policemen was broadcast by the news media, and rightfully the police acted promptly and arrested some suspected rouge elements involved in...

News publication an embarrassment to GECOM chairman

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on News publication an embarrassment to GECOM chairman

Dear Editor, “Oops! We Apologize” just doesn’t cut it. On three separate occasions in a short report you found it possible to insult the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and...

Keep politics out of people’s livelihood

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Keep politics out of people’s livelihood

Dear Editor, I have followed with interest your articles of the laser land levelling equipment. I did not pay much attention to the first article, as I thought that politics was being played out. But...

Both doing and not doing can be sinful

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Both doing and not doing can be sinful

Dear Editor, When will it all end? Are we going towards a crucifixion and positive hope of resurrection? This article is based on an evaluation of the following issues:- 1. Failure to rebuild the...

Is anyone seeing the foolishness that is passing for governance?

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is anyone seeing the foolishness that is passing for governance?

Dear Editor, In every democracy where elections are standard preliminary requirements for the democratic process to work effectively, laws are actually written into the constitutions of different...

Lament for the second class trees residing in Parliament compound

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Lament for the second class trees residing in Parliament compound

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago I was riding in a minibus headed east along Brickdam. The light was red at the corner of Avenue of Republic and Brickdam and I decided it was a great time to take a quiet...

Cricket in Essequibo is in terminal decline

Nov 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Cricket in Essequibo is in terminal decline

Dear Editor, I refer to the lament that is called Essequibo’s cricket and wish to enquire of the Executives what are their plans for cricket in the county. Cricket in Essequibo has been in terminal...

City Hall – restricted or incompetent?

Nov 17, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on City Hall – restricted or incompetent?

Guyana is like a child’s playpen with administrators pointing fingers here and there. There is also the case of if you don’t stop being nice to him I will not be nice to you. The most recent...

Eyes Wide Open: What does Mr. Jagdeo see on his frequent foreign trips?

Nov 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eyes Wide Open: What does Mr. Jagdeo see on his frequent foreign trips?

I have no idea whatsoever why two lovely Guyanese girls committed suicide recently. I know both fathers, though I would say I am a friend of Lincoln Persaud, the father of one of the girls. From...

THE SALE OF THE BUILDING IN DUKE STREET

Nov 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SALE OF THE BUILDING IN DUKE STREET

Controversy has once again raised its head in relation to the sale of a building on Duke Street, Kingston, in which is located the Office of Empowerment. The government had put the building up for...

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