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Dwayne Bravo takes over as Windies ODI captain, Champions Trophy squad named

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dwayne Bravo takes over as Windies ODI captain, Champions Trophy squad named

– Darren Sammy remains Test and T20 captain St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced Dwayne Bravo as West Indies One Day International captain. The...

Orb wins the 139th Kentucky Derby with late rally

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Orb wins the 139th Kentucky Derby with late rally

LOUISVILLE — Orb won the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with a furious rally in the homestretch. The victory gave famed trainer Shug Mcgaughey his first Kentucky...

GASA/WDES Circle Tennis Inter Sub-Association Club Meet Presentation…Leon Seaton & Riley Nurse cops MVS trophies

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA/WDES Circle Tennis Inter Sub-Association Club Meet Presentation…Leon Seaton & Riley Nurse cops MVS trophies

By Franklin Wilson Winners and top performers were all smiles yesterday afternoon at the Water Chris Hotel in the City when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) in association...

Flex Night Inc. conducts Seminar for Instructors and Administrators of Prison Gym

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night Inc. conducts Seminar for Instructors and Administrators of Prison Gym

The Prison Officers Sports Club on Camp Street was the venue for the Orientation Session and Gym Management Seminar that was conducted by Flex Night Inc. on Saturday morning. The...

GDF, Police boxers feature as GBA names power team for Cuba tournament

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF, Police boxers feature as GBA names power team for Cuba tournament

Seeks corporate help As the executive of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) continues to mold its charges with an aim of breaking the Olympics Gold medal jinx in the 2016 Brazil Olympiad, eight...

GRFU squad continues NACRA preparation

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU squad continues NACRA preparation

The training squad of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to date remains the same as they continue preparations for the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships. A release...

GSCL 12/12 Championships…Action concludes at Everest today

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL 12/12 Championships…Action concludes at Everest today

…raffle for charity will be drawn FOLLOWING two days of pulsating action and a postponement caused by the inclement weather, the inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL)...

Horses being prepared for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Independence meet

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horses being prepared for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Independence meet

In just over two weeks turfites would convene at the Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne headquarters of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club when organizers stage the Independence horserace meet on...

Forde, Morgan dominate Telesur 10k in Suriname

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde, Morgan dominate Telesur 10k in Suriname

Guyanese Cleveland Ford and Alika Morgan carted off the top honours in the male and female categories respectively in the Telesur 10k road race which was contested on May 1st in...

Gregory Wyles: From North Ruimveldt Multilateral to CARICOM Basketball Championship

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gregory Wyles: From North Ruimveldt Multilateral to CARICOM Basketball Championship

Statistician Charwayne Walker continues this week with his look at basketball players who have done well representing Guyana in the past. Today he looks back at Gregory Wyles. After...

“Going the full circle in cricket, as common sense is not common!”

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Going the full circle in cricket, as common sense is not common!”

Colin E. H. Croft Two events marred last week, one about West Indies team, the other was about its past players! Firstly, West Indies Cricket Board confirmed what I had previously...

GYO collects cricket gear from Prem Singh

May 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GYO collects cricket gear from Prem Singh

The Gandhi Youth Organisation Cricket Club last week collected several pieces of cricket gear from New York based businessman, Prem Singh, of Seven Star Fuel. At a simple handing over...

Glenn Lall highlights broadcast licence issue in Curacao

May 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Glenn Lall highlights broadcast licence issue in Curacao

…Regional media executives to monitor legal challenge Kaieteur News proprietor, Glenn Lall, staged a one-man picketing demonstration in Curacao Friday to highlight the current campaign...

Worry for Guyanese as Delta flies out tomorrow

May 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Worry for Guyanese as Delta flies out tomorrow

Almost five years after adding the Guyana/New York route to its flights, US-based Delta Airlines will leave Timehri for the last time tomorrow, putting pressure on the administration to now...

Preserving an arts legacy, maintaining a cultural dynasty – Bhanmattee Shah is a ‘Special Person”

May 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Preserving an arts legacy, maintaining a cultural dynasty – Bhanmattee Shah is a ‘Special Person”

I grew up with a photograph of the Mahatma in our hallway; he was our ‘grandfather’ and hero.” By Rabindra Rooplall Cyril Shah and Indranie Shah, now deceased, were part of a cultural...

Dem boys seh…Guyana got nuff confusion

May 05, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana got nuff confusion

Everything in Guyana got to end in confusion. A nice girl win an international pageant. She is de first Guyanese to win that pageant and in keeping wid tradition, she was suppose to...

Natural Resources Ministry defends involvement in GGMC

May 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry defends involvement in GGMC

In pursuit of clarity regarding “The continuous misunderstanding and, at times, deliberate misrepresentation of the way in which the Financial Management of the Guyana Geology and Mines...

The Departure

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Departure

The Indians that “arrived” in Guyana from India between 1838 and 1917 left a country that had been conquered by Britain. But unlike the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals, Britain always viewed...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There are some things that never fail to amaze people. One of these things is how try as they might, some people never understand that what is written cannot be changed. That is why a mother...

The agony of Caribbean travel re-visited

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The agony of Caribbean travel re-visited

By Sir Ronald Sanders Concerns surrounding State-owned airlines in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries clearly exist amongst a wide cross section of the Community. Evidence of this...

Death in the North West

May 05, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Death in the North West

Death by disease comes easy every year in Guyana’s North West – now called the Barima-Waini Region (Region No. 1). Former Minister of Health in the People’s Progressive Party Civic...

REFRAMING GUYANA’S TRADE

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REFRAMING GUYANA’S TRADE

Venezuela has inked important agreements with the government of Guyana which should see increased cooperation in the sharing of intelligence in so far as both countries’ anti-narcotic...

A truly persevering force – The Guyana Lutheran Church celebrates 270 years

May 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A truly persevering force – The Guyana Lutheran Church celebrates 270 years

By Sharmain Grainger Holding true to its mission to proclaim the gospel, one denomination of churches in Guyana has been able to face the test of time and survive two centuries, as it swiftly...

Arrival Day: Should I be ashamed to be an East Indian?

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Arrival Day: Should I be ashamed to be an East Indian?

The Jagdeo presidency, his Government, their beneficiaries and supporters particularly Ravi Dev had belaboured the point ad nauseam (it is still happening this time under a new president) that I once...

Guyana is not really a seven-day wonder

May 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Guyana is not really a seven-day wonder

Guyana has over the years not been known to pursue anything to finality. This attitude caused even the local politicians to describe the country as a seven-day wonder at worse and a...