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Breaking News….Ed Ahmad enters into “extensive plea negotiations” – NY Post

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News….Ed Ahmad enters into “extensive plea negotiations” – NY Post

According to the New York Post, Queens-based Guyanese businessman Edul Ahmad has entered into “extensive plea negotiations” which are expected to last for close to three months, concluding...

MPs to pursue jailing corrupt officials

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MPs to pursue jailing corrupt officials

“It was barefaced thieving,”– Ramjattan The Alliance for Change (AFC) along with the other Parliamentary Opposition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be using its...

Speeding bus crashes into car, uproots traffic light

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding bus crashes into car, uproots traffic light

Several persons received injuries after a route 44, minibus BKK 7359 and a car contracted to Stabroek News PKK 8391 collided at the intersection of Camp and Lamaha Streets,...

Holidaying Canadian falls from Princess Hotel third floor

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Holidaying Canadian falls from Princess Hotel third floor

Javed Vollet, a Canadian holidaying in Guyana, was rushed to the Woodlands Hospital after he reportedly fell from the third floor balcony of Princess Hotel around 01:00 hour yesterday. The...

Indomitable track standout Aliann Pompey MS, is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News 4

Pull Quote: “The last few years of my career, I’ve felt a sense of responsibility to younger athletes, and that also pushes me. I think track and field in Guyana will be developed to levels...

Anthony urges GTTA to set ambitious goals

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony urges GTTA to set ambitious goals

-Saunders upsets Singh in ‘money’ playoffs By Edison Jefford Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony has urged the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to continue...

GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…City’s best players on show today

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…City’s best players on show today

-Fans urged to show appreciation and love By Rawle Welch With teams affiliated to the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) out of the Kashif & Shanghai annual yearend extravaganza and...

McNeal benevolence increases GFA Banks Beer KO Cup 1st prize to $3M

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on McNeal benevolence increases GFA Banks Beer KO Cup 1st prize to $3M

McNeal Enterprise gave teams involved in the Banks DIH sponsored Georgetown Football Association Banks Beer Knockout Cup one million more reasons to play their hearts and soul out...

Hikers, Fatima, Malvern, Old Fort, and GCC make semi-finals

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers, Fatima, Malvern, Old Fort, and GCC make semi-finals

Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival… By Rawle Welch After three days of pulsating action in this year’s Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor...

Knockout victory highly likely when Bess and Cox engage in battle of the punchers

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knockout victory highly likely when Bess and Cox engage in battle of the punchers

Over the past months Kurt Bess has carved a name for himself, brutally knocking out, Anthony Augustin, Mitchell Rogers and Cleveland Fraser to be crowned the local cruiserweight and...

All set for Port Mourant multimillion dollars race meet today

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Port Mourant multimillion dollars race meet today

Today Sunday December 11 is the day set aside for the Annual Port Mourant Turf Club one day horserace meeting at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice. With all arrangements in place all...

New website dedicated to the sport of horseracing in Guyana

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on New website dedicated to the sport of horseracing in Guyana

A new website dedicated to all things related to the horseracing industry in Guyana has been launched. “We are pleased to offer a new vehicle that is the first of its kind for the...

Mayor Green 77th birthday football fiesta… Tournament to conclude tomorrow

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 77th birthday football fiesta… Tournament to conclude tomorrow

Play in the 77th Birthday Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout football fiesta for Mayor Hamilton Green will conclude tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda with the...

“Being in the zone”

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Being in the zone”

Though India’s ODI captain, Virender Sehwag had been badly dropped, by West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, when he had scored ‘only’ 170, and had produced a very rare ‘dive’ to...

Letter to the sports Editor…BCB calls on Government to fix GCB situation

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the sports Editor…BCB calls on Government to fix GCB situation

Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Board once again calls on the Government to intervene and fix the situation in relation to the Guyana Cricket Board. As we all know the Guyana Cricket...

Mr. Edghill may wish to publish his qualifications to dispel doubts about his competence for this post

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Edghill may wish to publish his qualifications to dispel doubts about his competence for this post

Dear Sir, Finally, Guyanese get to see exactly what Mr. Edghill was aiming at- a position as a minister in the government. Maybe that motivated him to drag the name of Jesus the Christ...

This government has communicated its intolerance for peaceful social action

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This government has communicated its intolerance for peaceful social action

Dear Editor, It is evident the Ramotar administration has thrown down the gauntlet to the people. After having the police barbaric and cowardly act on Tuesday, December 6th which left...

Enough has got to be enough

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Enough has got to be enough

Dear Editor, As I pen this letter a spirit of anger is flowing through my body. I am watching the news and seeing police officers shooting at fleeing A Partnership for National Unity...

Some suggestions to GECOM

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some suggestions to GECOM

Dear Editor, Dr. Surujbally declared that GECOM and its staff do not practice dishonesty or collaboration with any political party. He assures us all that the results are the true...

Do nothing parliament and congress

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do nothing parliament and congress

Dear Editor, In the U.S. midterm election of 2010, the Republican Party crushed the Democratic Party of which U.S. President Barrack Obama is a key figure. The Democratic Party lost six...

A Facebook page about the change we envisage for Guyana

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Facebook page about the change we envisage for Guyana

Dear Editor, I have started a Facebook page called Our Guyana in the hope that it will become another forum for Guyanese, at home and in the diaspora, to express and harmonise our views...

Young African Guyanese need appropriate role models

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Young African Guyanese need appropriate role models

Dear Editor, The following is an open letter I wrote to Robert Corbin in January 2011, prior to the formation of APNU. I delayed the publication, and shortly thereafter, APNU was...

Ramkarran should be re-elected as Speaker

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramkarran should be re-elected as Speaker

Dear Editor, It is heartening to read your front page headline news that four individuals (one each from the PPP and APNU and two from the AFC) are interested in being the Speaker of...

Dr Yesu Persaud gets GCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Yesu Persaud gets GCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award

… Alfro Alphonso is Business of the Year President Donald Ramotar, addressing the business community for the first time in his capacity as Head of State, has called for a stable political...

Election tension adversely affects Guyana’s tourism sector

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Election tension adversely affects Guyana’s tourism sector

Tension following the General and Regional Elections on November 28, and even the fear and anticipation of conflict prior to the elections, have adversely affected the tourism...

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