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Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case…’King Kong’ was not Afro-Guyanese – Luncheon

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case…’King Kong’ was not Afro-Guyanese – Luncheon

…”but that was opposition’s label for Burnham” The High Court yesterday heard how ‘King Kong’ was a term used widely in the Guyanese political...

Today is Int’l Peace Day

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Today is Int’l Peace Day

– N/A students send cards to children in Egypt Students in New Amsterdam have messages of peace in the form of greeting cards that will be sent to children in Egypt (where there has been...

Meadowbrook fire leaves eight homeless

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Meadowbrook fire leaves eight homeless

At least eight persons are now homeless after fire gutted their Meadowbrook Gardens home yesterday afternoon. According to reports, the blaze started in the upper flat of the two-storey house...

7 firms bid for $1.2B rehab of 23 culverts

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 7 firms bid for $1.2B rehab of 23 culverts

Some 23 culverts between Belladrum and Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, are to be rehabilitated, with works estimated to cost in excess of $1.2B (US$6,064,569.91). Yesterday, a total of seven...

‘Middle finger’ accused now on self bail

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Middle finger’ accused now on self bail

The Prosecution in the case against 18-year-old Kevin Simon is seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) following strong representation by attorney at law Nigel Hughes. Simon...

Luxury jet crash in US…Brassington brothers jailed

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The former president of a luxury charter company whose jet barreled off New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport runway in 2005 was sentenced yesterday to 2½ years in prison by a judge who said he did...

Dem boys seh…De ERC got to deal wid dem Africanised bees

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De ERC got to deal wid dem Africanised bees

If de ERC was in action it woulda deal wid de Waterfalls paper. And at this elections time, it woulda be a serious charge because it inciting. People woulda claim is racism. One man pick up de...

Rodney King was in Kitty

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rodney King was in Kitty

Any political analyst and/or sociologist will tell you that a country has gone to the dogs when abominable police brutality is a daily occurrence and the police are not partially but...

GCB’s El Dorado 50-over cricket….Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 95 see Demerara to final despite level-headed 67 from Jacobs

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB’s El Dorado 50-over cricket….Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 95 see Demerara to final despite level-headed 67 from Jacobs

In an exciting finish in near darkness at Bourda, Demerara beat the President’s X1 by 20 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis system yesterday to book a place against Berbice in Sunday’s...

CLT20 qualifier, Hyderabad…Trinidad & Tobago roar into the main draw

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on CLT20 qualifier, Hyderabad…Trinidad & Tobago roar into the main draw

Winning the Caribbean T20 wasn’t enough to secure a Champions League berth this time, but former finalists Trinidad & Tobago roared back into the main draw with a walloping of...

Shaheed Ali confident of successful professional debut as ProAm Boxing card looms

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shaheed Ali confident of successful professional debut as ProAm Boxing card looms

When the first bell sounds for the September edition of the monthly ProAm boxing extravaganza two pugilists, Kelsie George and Shaheed Ali would strip off their shirts for the first time after...

New-look athletics team for IGG identified

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on New-look athletics team for IGG identified

-Male athlete to be omitted on ratification By Edison Jefford The preliminary junior athletics team, which will represent Guyana at the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname next...

Not so, claims WICB

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Not so, claims WICB

Gayle’s recent comments unfounded leaked WICB email suggests Chris Gayle’s recent claim that he’s awaiting a response from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regarding his status with...

Gizmos & Gadgets renew sponsorship of RHTY&SC 1st div. teams

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gizmos & Gadgets renew sponsorship of RHTY&SC 1st div. teams

One of Guyana’s leading departmental store, Gizmos & Gadgets on Friday last renewed cricket sponsorship with the nation’s leading youth & sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town...

Wins for RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Blairmont, Port Mourant Karibee Rice & Edinburg

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Blairmont, Port Mourant Karibee Rice & Edinburg

Busta Champion of Champions 50 overs cricket The 2011 edition of the Busta Champion of Champions 50 overs cricket competition organised by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club got off to...

RHT Gizmos & Gadgets cricket team to honour outstanding Lower Corentyne Teachers

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Gizmos & Gadgets cricket team to honour outstanding Lower Corentyne Teachers

Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division team along with its official sponsor Gizmos & Gadgets of Wellington Street, Georgetown will on World Teachers’ Day honour four (4)...

GCB’s El Dorado 50-overs cricket …Berbice slaughter hapless Essequibo to advance to final

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB’s El Dorado 50-overs cricket …Berbice slaughter hapless Essequibo to advance to final

Berbice moved a step closer to retaining their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) El Dorado 50-over Cricket title when they slaughtered a hapless Essequibo line-up by nine wickets at DCC yesterday in the...

Trophy Stall contributes to RHTY&SC’s Female Development Programme

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall contributes to RHTY&SC’s Female Development Programme

Managing Director of the Trophy Stall Mr. Ramesh Sunich on Friday donated three trophies to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) that will be used for a female tournament...

GCUC Exams set for Sunday at CCWU in GT

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUC Exams set for Sunday at CCWU in GT

The Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) has informed that their Preliminary and West Indies Cricket Umpires Association’s Final Written Examinations will be held simultaneously on Sunday...

There was nothing Christian-like here

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was nothing Christian-like here

Dear Editor, Bishop Juan Edghill has told Guyanese that he is fully in support of President Jagdeo’s party to thank Mr. Jagdeo, himself, because he is being guided by biblical principles. According...

NO PNC IS THE END OF PPP

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on NO PNC IS THE END OF PPP

Dear Editor, Greetings from Canada. I am pleased with what your daily publication is doing, putting some sense in the heads and minds of the people. I really don’t know what must happen before the...

Roads, bridges and buildings are not indicative of individual wealth

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Roads, bridges and buildings are not indicative of individual wealth

Dear Editor, I have been following for some time now the discourse among politicians and members of the public on the progress, or lack thereof, Guyana has made over the past 19 years under the PPP/C...

Sasenarine Singh falls prey to the culture of ignorance

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sasenarine Singh falls prey to the culture of ignorance

Dear Editor, Some are well educated, but yet they have learned very little. They use letters to express their indifferent opinions, displeasure and bitterness about President Bharrat Jagdeo,...

Harry Gill must be myopic

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harry Gill must be myopic

Dear Editor, I refer to Harry Gill’s letter captioned “I will personally donate $5,000US to David Granger’s presidential campaign…” in your edition of 17 September 2011. While...

I have grave difficulty with blatant, unapologetic abuse of State resources

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have grave difficulty with blatant, unapologetic abuse of State resources

Dear Editor, I write as one of the more than seven hundred thousand owners of the Guyana National Stadium located at Providence, East Bank Demerara. I have no difficulty with State properties...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more