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Ireland knocked out as West Indies go through

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ireland knocked out as West Indies go through

BBC Sport – Ireland have been eliminated from the World Twenty20 and West Indies are through to the next stage after their Group B decider was ruined by rain. Ireland posted 129-6 in their...

The Bailiff seizes control at Rising Sun horserace fundraiser

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Bailiff seizes control at Rising Sun horserace fundraiser

By Samuel Whyte The Bailiff of the Habibulla stable and trained by Fazal Habibulla with Raj Drepaul on mount took advantage of a good start and held on to the lead for most of the race to seize...

World renowned Guyanese wrestler returns to birthplace

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on World renowned Guyanese wrestler returns to birthplace

Despite the belief that wrestling is not as authentic as it is touted to be, and despite the fact that the sport fails to comprise a part of the Guyanese calendar of activities, a committed...

Mohamed survives strong field to win Courts Golf tourney

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed survives strong field to win Courts Golf tourney

Dave Mohamed survived a strong field that included most of the country’s top golfers Saturday evening to win the annual Courts Golf Classic that was being held as part of its 19th...

$NBS\GCA second division competition…Williams, Narayan hit half centuries in MSC win$

NBS\GCA second division competition…Williams, Narayan hit half centuries in MSC win

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS\GCA second division competition…Williams, Narayan hit half centuries in MSC win

Shaquille Williams and Vishal Narayan slammed contrasting half centuries as Malteenoes Sports Club trashed University of Guyana by 138 runs as the New Building Society\ Georgetown Cricket...

Blairmont advances to final after upsetting Bermine

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont advances to final after upsetting Bermine

2012 Elizabeth Styles U-21 Knockout 50-Over Cricket Competition… Blairmont Community Centre defeated Bermine in their 2nd round and then earned the bye to the finals when the 2012...

Beach Soccer team for T&T intensifying preparations

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beach Soccer team for T&T intensifying preparations

The Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA) representative team selected to attend the third annual Bagosports Invitational Beach Soccer Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has been...

Independence Sports Club, Vergenoegen advance in WDCA 20/twenty cricket tourney

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Independence Sports Club, Vergenoegen advance in WDCA 20/twenty cricket tourney

Independence Sports Club of La Grange edged past West Coast Invaders by 9 runs when action in the West Demerara Cricket Association 20/twenty cricket tournament concluded at the Joe Vieira...

$Phyllis Carter Memorial t\20 Cricket in Leguan…Khan, Rabindra star as Maryville secure place in final$

Phyllis Carter Memorial t\20 Cricket in Leguan…Khan, Rabindra star as Maryville secure place in final

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phyllis Carter Memorial t\20 Cricket in Leguan…Khan, Rabindra star as Maryville secure place in final

Aseeb Khan fell one run short of a half century while medium pacer Chetram Rabindra grabbed 5 wickets for 19 runs as Maryville defeated Rebels by 74 runs to secure a place in the final of the...

Drayton rules as top junior chess players qualify for imminent C/ships

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drayton rules as top junior chess players qualify for imminent C/ships

Seasoned junior chess player, Anthony Drayton amassed an impeccable 6 points to cart off the spoils and send an ominous message to National Junior champion, Haifeng Su when action in the...

Make the National Youth Parliament a statutory body

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make the National Youth Parliament a statutory body

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to take this opportunity to commend the organisers of the 12th sitting of the National Youth Parliament which was held on September 19th 2012, for keeping the concept of the youth...

An absurd and disgraceful position

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An absurd and disgraceful position

Dear Editor, I was invited to make a keynote address to the UG Students for Social Change on the topic “Legislating as a means of Effecting Policy Changes.” It is not important that the...

Apology to Abu Bakr

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Apology to Abu Bakr

DEAR EDITOR, I write to tender an apology to Mr. Abu Bakr for the inclusion of his name (in a letter I penned in KN Sep 21) among those who wrote about troubling aspects of the PNC executive...

A kind encounter

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A kind encounter

Dear Editor, On September 6th, an employee from Toolsie Persaud Bond on Lombard Street came to my gate and told me about a dog lying next to a gutter for several days. I went and found the...

Mr. President, here are some stark reminders Jagdeo was a ‘law unto himself’

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. President, here are some stark reminders Jagdeo was a ‘law unto himself’

Dear Editor, In your news item, “President Ramotar will not stop any of Jagdeo’s projects,” (KN, September 23), wasn’t President Donald Ramotar being egregiously disingenuous in...

Every country has corruption, beggars but…

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every country has corruption, beggars but…

I sit at the People’s Parliament on High Street opposite the National Assembly everyday and what I observe on the streets has stunned me even though I have been a social activist my entire life and...

Top Cop tells Commission…Linden shooting was unjustified

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop tells Commission…Linden shooting was unjustified

By Abena Rockcliffe Acting Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell, stated yesterday under oath that the shooting of the three Lindeners on July 18, last, was “unjustified”. He told the commission...

Commission hears about Rohee bypassing Top Cop and calling junior ranks

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Commission hears about Rohee bypassing Top Cop and calling junior ranks

By Latoya Giles Acting Police Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell has admitted to the commission that although he would have meetings with the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, the minister...

Agricola shooting…Alleged shooters missing from desk duties

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola shooting…Alleged shooters missing from desk duties

At least two of the three police officers fingered in the Agricola shooting that left 17-year-old Shaquille Grant dead have allegedly skipped town. The men, according to reports, are reportedly out...

Anna Catherina triple murder…Prime suspect’s bloodstained pants recovered

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina triple murder…Prime suspect’s bloodstained pants recovered

– third man in custody As investigators continue to piece together the details that led to the shocking murders of a popular West Coast Demerara bar owner and her two young sons over the...

Fisherman kills self after forcing baby to drink kerosene

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman kills self after forcing baby to drink kerosene

Up to late last night doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were battling to save the life of a 21-month old boy whose father had forced him to drink a potentially deadly dose of kerosene before...

Dem boys seh…Top Cop saving he soul

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Top Cop saving he soul

Dem long time teacher use to frighten dem pickney by putting de wild cane pun de table. Dem commissioner who hearing de evidence in de Linden shooting decide fuh put two bible pun de witness stand....

APNU lawyers seek adjustment to terms of reference

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU lawyers seek adjustment to terms of reference

As the Commission of Inquiry into the Linden Shooting commenced yesterday, lawyers for A Partnership for National Unity had a few objections about the terms of reference and the lawyers...

The bigger picture

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The bigger picture

Very often people fail to see the bigger picture because they are often consumed with the everyday matters. In Guyana, such has been the drive to improve personal welfare that people sometimes...

The buck begins and stops with Uncle Donald and not with Cabinet

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The buck begins and stops with Uncle Donald and not with Cabinet

All executive authority resides in one person, the President. Ministers do not have original executive authority. As assistants to the President, they merely carry out responsibilities delegated to...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

Peeping Tom… “The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment” Kaieteur News – The cries... more