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PPP/C fears losing Parliamentary majority

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C fears losing Parliamentary majority

…running scared that Nagamootoo could dislodge support base The incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday sounded fears that it could end up winning the...

Varshnie Singh entitled to First Lady’s pension

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News 39

Pull Quote… “If this is the disdain with which Jagdeo and Nanda Gopaul of the Office of the President would treat her, how would they treat the ordinary Guyanese woman?” Ramjattan The woman who...

US moves to seize Ed Ahmad’s properties

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US moves to seize Ed Ahmad’s properties

The United States of America, by and through Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Alexander A. Solomon and Claire S. Kedeshian, Assistant United...

Teacher, film writer and director… Shaundel Phillips, is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News 1

Pull Quote: “In other countries in the world it is a billion-dollar industry, but because of a number of issues in Guyana, the entertainment industry is not at that level. It is going to get...

Dem boys seh…Wait fuh de whole cat

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Wait fuh de whole cat

This is de last hoorah fuh Bar Rat and he can’t tek it. But he cause one thing fuh happen. He mek people get quiet. Is not that these people dumb. Is just that dem frighten. Dem coulda talk...

From the Diaspora…Now everybody ‘cussing’ except Freddie

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…Now everybody ‘cussing’ except Freddie

By Ralph Seeram First it was Jagdeo ‘cussing’ now the cussing catch on. Moses ‘cussing’, Ramjattan ‘cussing’, Rajendra Bisessar ‘cussing’, Veerasammy (I go visit them at...

The moment for audacity is here for Indian-Guyanese

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The moment for audacity is here for Indian-Guyanese

Dear Editor, Political courage has largely been a missing ingredient from the Guyanese voter’s makeup since race politics was started by Burnham and the Jagans in the 1950s. Most are...

A lackluster campaign amid great promises

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A lackluster campaign amid great promises

Dear Editor, A cursory look at the election season conjures up some images of a lack-luster campaign amid great promises for the nation. Huge and consistent promises not commensurate...

The language from the gutter is the only one Jagdeo seems to understand

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The language from the gutter is the only one Jagdeo seems to understand

Dear Editor, I want to congratulate Mr. Nagamootoo for taking the attack to PPP and Mr. Jagdeo, and also for personalizing it. I know that this does not suit the sensibilities of some...

Jagdeo’s pension 20 times Guyana’s income per head

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s pension 20 times Guyana’s income per head

Dear Editor, There has deservedly been a lot of public concern about what a PPP majority Parliament approved (over the objections of the Opposition) under the ‘Former Presidents...

These models cannot work for development

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on These models cannot work for development

Dear Editor, One can discern three distinct political models in the run up to the next General Elections. First, a coalition of some of the opposition parties under the banner of A...

This elections season has spoilt the Christmas season

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This elections season has spoilt the Christmas season

Dear Editor, For me, my most favourite time of the year has been infringed upon by this election season. Christmas jingles, which were supposed to dominate the airwaves, have been...

Mayers Ford Focus grabs pole position ahead of Mark Vieira

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayers Ford Focus grabs pole position ahead of Mark Vieira

GT&T / Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Just as he had done in his native land, Barbadian Rogers Mayers in his Ford Focus grabbed pole position after...

Top seeds Miller/Leacock/Squires advance with easy wins

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top seeds Miller/Leacock/Squires advance with easy wins

The top seeds in the Men’s Single category all notched up easy wins as play in the Pegasus Tennis Open continued on Friday evening. Top seed Jeremy Miller lost four games on his...

Teams rewarded as East Coast Zone 7:15 football concludes

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams rewarded as East Coast Zone 7:15 football concludes

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Frank Anthony touted his government’s commitment to sports and more particularly football when he handed over the prizes to 11 football teams...

GFA/President Beer Super League…Future stars on show in triple-header at GFC today

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA/President Beer Super League…Future stars on show in triple-header at GFC today

With the Guyanese football fans still in celebration mode after the national ‘Golden Jaguars’ team humbled their more established counterparts from Trinidad and Tobago on Friday...

Carib/Pepsi t20 Big Smash… Gizmos & Gadgets GT Pitbulls clinch back-to-back wins

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib/Pepsi t20 Big Smash… Gizmos & Gadgets GT Pitbulls clinch back-to-back wins

Gizmos and Gadgets Georgetown Pitbulls, one of the pre-tournament favorites in the Carib/Pepsi t20 Big Smash competition, growled into action yesterday with back-to-back wins in the...

Sunday Cartoon – November 13, 2011

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon – November 13, 2011

Shameer spurs B’ce to inter-county U-17 title

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shameer spurs B’ce to inter-county U-17 title

Demerara lose final by 6 wkts despite Chanderpaul’s 53 Man-of-the-Match Shailendra Shameer spurred Berbice to a six-wicket win against Demerara in the Guyana Cricket Board...

Wayne Braithwaite reorganizing career following aborted Russian bout

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wayne Braithwaite reorganizing career following aborted Russian bout

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) Cruiserweight champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite is now reorganizing his career following the disappointing turn of events that forced the...

Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Xmas horserace Meet set for December 26

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Xmas horserace Meet set for December 26

The Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club will be hosting their Xmas horserace Meeting on Monday December 26 (Boxing Day) at the Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice racetrack. The Meet which...

Barckoy, Madramootoo advance at Pegasus Open

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barckoy, Madramootoo advance at Pegasus Open

Gilbert Barckoy and Albert Madramootoo both posted wins to advance to the second round in the Pegasus Tennis Open in action of the Men’s over-35 Singles action on Wednesday evening,...

No word on Golden Jaguars land promise

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on No word on Golden Jaguars land promise

– team offered $2m for topping group By Edison Jefford There was no word on the land promised to each member of the Guyana senior men’s football team, the Golden Jaguars,...

Digicel’s Schools Table Tennis C/ships… Mae’s ‘A’ win U-10 Teams Title

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel’s Schools Table Tennis C/ships… Mae’s ‘A’ win U-10 Teams Title

Jeremy Singh’s fundamentals helped his team that also included Khalil Ninvalle win the Digicel-sponsored Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Schools Championships Under-10 team...

“Who’s zooming or fooling who?”

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Who’s zooming or fooling who?”

Collin E. H. Croft On 08 March 1971, a week before my 18th birthday, will live in my memory. I cried that night, for the very first time since becoming a teenager, after my sporting...