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Lethem businessmen discuss trade, tourism on Venezuela, Brazil borders

Mar 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem businessmen discuss trade, tourism on Venezuela, Brazil borders

Several Rupununi businessmen participated in the second tripartite meeting with their counterparts from Venezuela and Brazil on the development of tourism and trade on the frontiers of the three...

Promoter accused of fraud as ‘Destra Berbice Inferno’ brought to abrupt end

Mar 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Promoter accused of fraud as ‘Destra Berbice Inferno’ brought to abrupt end

– Events Coordinator’s cunning, results in patron violence and vandalism What would have otherwise been an exciting show was brought to an abrupt halt Sunday night, as alleged intense...

WICB gives GCB deadline to indicate ability to host Pakistan Test

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB gives GCB deadline to indicate ability to host Pakistan Test

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that it had given the Guyana Cricket Board a deadline of March 7th 2013 to advise on its ability to host the West Indies v...

James Krakowsky wins; Wayne Cave ascends podium in GASP Open C/ship

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on James Krakowsky wins; Wayne Cave ascends podium in GASP Open C/ship

James Krakowsky has retained his rich vein of form when he complimented a stunning ‘come from behind’ victory to beat Colin Chichester in the previous Open Championship last month to replicate...

Butts bowls GNIC to victory, TSC triumph over MSC

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Butts bowls GNIC to victory, TSC triumph over MSC

By Zaheer Mohamed Off-spinner Collis Butts took a match haul of 9 wickets for 30 runs as GNIC defeated Police by 5 wickets when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association\ Hadi’s World Inc 2 day...

Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym cops best gym award after entertaining card

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym cops best gym award after entertaining card

By Michael Benjamin The Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) amassed 15 points, seven more than Harpy Eagles and the Guyana Defence Force, and was adjudged the Best Gym when the Pocket Rocket Boxing Club,...

Yolo Entertainment Challenge Softball Series launched

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yolo Entertainment Challenge Softball Series launched

– NTN TV 69, NTN 89.1 Radio offers support Support continues to pour in for Yolo Entertainment inaugural 10/10 Softball Challenge Series after the management of NTN TV 69 and NTN 89.1 Radio...

Rohit Dutchin scores unbeaten century to lead HELENA 1 & 2 to championship honours

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rohit Dutchin scores unbeaten century to lead HELENA 1 & 2 to championship honours

Helena 1 & 2 defeated Strathaven by two wickets and were duly crowned champions when action in the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) President’s Cup cricket tournament concluded at the Fairfield...

Local government elections are urgently needed

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local government elections are urgently needed

Dear Editor, In 2006, Bharrat Jagdeo in his address to Parliament stated that “in the next five years, my Government will work towards the political, economic and social transformation of our...

Williams, Gomes guide QC to consecutive wins

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams, Gomes guide QC to consecutive wins

Queen’s College defeated Tutorial High and the Institute of Professional Education in two female 6 over softball matches played recently at the national Park. QC won their first encounter against...

Speaking candidly and civilly is a first step towards ethnic healing and harmony in our beloved Guyana

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speaking candidly and civilly is a first step towards ethnic healing and harmony in our beloved Guyana

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Mr. Barrington Braithwaite for his letter, “Ignorance, or distortion by intent?” which has had prominence in the KN letter column for quite a few days. Though...

Maxwell is wrong about my opposition to Presidential powers

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maxwell is wrong about my opposition to Presidential powers

Dear Editor, I normally enjoy reading M. Maxwell’s commentaries because I feel he is among a few who actually write objectively and accurately. His latest letter criticizing me on the Presidency is...

Should Queen Elizabeth II resign?

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should Queen Elizabeth II resign?

DEAR EDITOR, The recent illness of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked off discussions whether the 86-year-old monarch should step down and allow her eldest son, Prince Charles, to take over. However...

Secrets of a successful life

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Secrets of a successful life

Dear Editor, The month of March is dedicated by the PPP to the memory of the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, who is regarded by many as the Father of this Nation. The theme of this year’s commemorative...

Abusive fulminations and vulgar imagination

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Abusive fulminations and vulgar imagination

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. M. Maxwell’s letter of March 4: ‘Bisram and Ramkarran only now call for removal of the presidency when the PPP faces loss of power.’ Mr. Maxwell’s abusive...

Guyana: Metaphysical wasteland and parched terrain of empty nowhere

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: Metaphysical wasteland and parched terrain of empty nowhere

The report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the shooting to death of three protestors in July 2012 has displaced all other topics of conversation in Georgetown and perhaps all over Guyana. A...

THE INQUIRY WILL NOW SWITCH TO THE COURTS

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE INQUIRY WILL NOW SWITCH TO THE COURTS

A number of points can be made about the just concluded Commission of Inquiry into the unrest in Linden last year. The report of this COI was recently submitted to the President Donald Ramotar who in...

The police and abuse of the public

Mar 05, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The police and abuse of the public

The role of the police is to serve and protect. Indeed, the police are the lawful authority within the borders of the country. Indeed, we have grown accustomed to seeing the army in the role of the...

No bail for robbery defendant

Mar 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for robbery defendant

Lloyd Nurse has been accused of robbery under arms. Nurse alleged robbed Deonauth Sookram of a STIHL weeding machine valued at $60,000. On February 27, last, at Dennis Street, Campbellville, Nurse...