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FIFA World Cup Qualifying tournament…Keen competition anticipated as ‘Golden Jaguars’ go after El Salvador tonight

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup Qualifying tournament…Keen competition anticipated as ‘Golden Jaguars’ go after El Salvador tonight

Following their fiercely fought 2-2 stalemate again El Salvador in the latter country’s backyard last Friday night, the ‘Golden Jaguars’, Guyana’s premiere football team, will attempt to...

Gibson optimistic about West Indies’ World T20 chances

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gibson optimistic about West Indies’ World T20 chances

Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said he was optimistic of his side’s chances in the World Twenty20 Tournament taking place this month in Sri Lanka. Gibson said the...

CAL on Board with GFF

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAL on Board with GFF

– two lucky fans to win tickets to New York Caribbean Airline, which recently inked a partnership with the Guyana Football Federation, will be, as their motto says (the warmth of the Islands)...

Sport in Guyana in crisis…Hypocritical simulations of meetings more of the old procedure

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sport in Guyana in crisis…Hypocritical simulations of meetings more of the old procedure

By Rawle Welch There is no doubt that Sport is in a crisis in Guyana and the present calamity has instigated a stream of articles from some sections of the independent media criticizing the laughable...

Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win US Open

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win US Open

BBC Sport – Andy Murray ended Britain’s 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion with an epic victory over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final. The Scot finally...

Guyanese are experiencing a large and growing gap between economic haves and have-nots

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are experiencing a large and growing gap between economic haves and have-nots

Dear Editor, The revelation by the Kaieteur News of photographs of the home of the former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s home was met with swift attempts at justification and condemnation of it...

Politicians must answer reporters’ questions

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politicians must answer reporters’ questions

Dear Editor, I agree with the view expressed by Adam Harris that reporters should not be mouthpieces for any politician (KN Sep 2). Yet many reporters are just that. However, we must not...

Huge strides have been made in the education sector

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Huge strides have been made in the education sector

Dear Editor, Pondering thoughtfully on the significance of this year’s theme for Education Month, “Transforming the Nation through Inclusive Education”, reflects the huge strides that have been...

The synthetic track must conform to international standards

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The synthetic track must conform to international standards

Dear Editor, During the recent burst of argumentation published, as to which of the two Tournaments Guyana was qualified to participate – the Olympics or Paralympics – there was relevant...

Stag Beer EDFA Senior League…Victoria Kings takes pole position; wins for Mahaica & Buxton United

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer EDFA Senior League…Victoria Kings takes pole position; wins for Mahaica & Buxton United

Action in the Stag Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Division One League continued this past weekend with three matches at the Buxton Community Centre Ground. Recording...

Sarwan: Hilaire threatened my career

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan: Hilaire threatened my career

The West Indies Cricket Board was recently directed to award TT$1 million (US$155,900) to Ramnaresh Sarwan for “publicly denigrating and humiliating” the Guyanese middle order batsman. The...

Reece edges Holder to take Furniture World cycle event

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reece edges Holder to take Furniture World cycle event

The event was touted as the race of the season so far and lived up to all its pre-race billing as top cyclist Neil Reece and the inform Dwight Holder battled from start to finish with Reece nosing...

NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Young Warriors and RHT Bakewell into semis

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Young Warriors and RHT Bakewell into semis

Young Warriors and Rose Hall Town Bakewell booked their places in the semifinals of the 2011 New Building Society Second Division 40-over cricket competition being contested in the ancient County....

Aubrey Gordon wins USA Masters Cycle Road Race

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aubrey Gordon wins USA Masters Cycle Road Race

USA based Guyanese rider Aubrey Gordon, who competes in the 55-59 Men’s Masters category, continues to blaze the trail in the big apple chalking up yet another major win in his cycling...

Stoby peaking in time for World Powerlifting C/ships

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stoby peaking in time for World Powerlifting C/ships

Listed as the #1 ranked lifter in his weight category (74kgs M2 Class), which features the World’s best lifters from Japan, Great Britain, USA, France, South Africa and Peru; Guyana’s Winston...

BCB/NCN Inter Zone Under-15 competition…New Amsterdam/Canje upset Lower Corentyne to lift championship

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/NCN Inter Zone Under-15 competition…New Amsterdam/Canje upset Lower Corentyne to lift championship

A brilliant all round performance from Man-of-the-Final Kassim Khan led his team New Amsterdam/Canje to an upset and exciting first innings victory over defending champions Lower Corentyne in the...

Several lucky persons clinch prizes as GASP announces winners of fund raising raffle

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several lucky persons clinch prizes as GASP announces winners of fund raising raffle

Several persons have become lucky, winning various prizes when the drawing of the raffle organized by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (G.A.S.P) took place on the 25th August last. The...

Guyanese –American opens NY Karate School

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese –American opens NY Karate School

Sensei Kumar Ramkirath is a USA –based karate instructor who will be opening a karate school in New York. Sensei Ramkirath has been studying karate since 1989 and is a student of Shito-Ryu karate...

Don’t blame Linden for Amaila Falls road

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Don’t blame Linden for Amaila Falls road

The protest action that started in Linden on July 18, last, is being blamed for many things including the decline in mining activities in Guyana’s goldfields, the hardships that people in the...

McDonald resumes winning ways as Grace Hercules fight in GASP Open Championships

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on McDonald resumes winning ways as Grace Hercules fight in GASP Open Championships

National Scrabble Champion, Abigail McDonald, resumed her winning ways when she defied a second round loss to Leon Belony by a spread of 41 to capture the top prize when the Guyana Association...

NY Top Cop almost conned Jagdeo of US$7M

Sep 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NY Top Cop almost conned Jagdeo of US$7M

Disgraced former Commissioner of Police of New York, Bernard Kerik, was granted a lucrative US$7M ($1.4B) security contract by the Guyana government back in 2006, says a revealing book by former...

Moleson Creek school saga…What is the truth?

Sep 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Moleson Creek school saga…What is the truth?

– Ministry says closure because only two school aged children in area, but residents bring out 14 From the mining community of Linden, now it seems to the Agricultural...

US$$M Chinese roll on roll/off ferry…. ‘Kanawan’ commences operation from Parika

Sep 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$$M Chinese roll on roll/off ferry…. ‘Kanawan’ commences operation from Parika

By Rabindra Rooplall Vehicles and passengers boarded one of the multi-million-dollar Chinese-built roll on roll/off ferries, ‘Kanawan’ yesterday as it made its inaugural trip from...

Armed robberies up by 23% at August month end

Sep 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed robberies up by 23% at August month end

Five execution style killings make up the 81 murders recorded up to the end of August this year. The figure represents a 12 per cent decrease so far. Disorderly murders account for the most with 38,...

Dem boys seh…Is lie pun lie all around

Sep 11, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is lie pun lie all around

When people want fuh lie dem must hide de evidence. De waterfalls paper been in Moleson Creek and see a school yard full of bush. When dem print de photo nuff people vex. De next thing dem do to...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

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