August 10, 2014 - Page 2 of 3

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

CULT / EBFA U-17 League …Grove Hi Tech edge Herstelling

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CULT / EBFA U-17 League …Grove Hi Tech edge Herstelling

When football continued at the Grove Playfield in the CULT sponsored East Bank Football Association Under-17 league yesterday afternoon, Grove Hi Tech squeezed to a 2-1 win over Herstelling in the...

Trophy Stall presents trophies for Rising Sun One day $5M Horserace meet

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall presents trophies for Rising Sun One day $5M Horserace meet

With all final adjustments and changes completed, the stage is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Inshan Bacchus Hard Runnings Trucking Service, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and...

2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition…No. 73 Cut and Load through to Quarterfinals via walkover

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition…No. 73 Cut and Load through to Quarterfinals via walkover

No. 73 Cut and Load have become the latest team to reach the quarterfinals of the 2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-over cricket competition in Berbice after gaining a walkover from Skeldon Community...

Niles is MHA Emancipation Dominoes King

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Niles is MHA Emancipation Dominoes King

Anthony Niles emerged as the King of the Dominoes table when the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) held their King Dominoes competition on Friday last at the entity’s Brickdam headquarters. In the...

Clive Lloyd to head West Indies selection panel

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clive Lloyd to head West Indies selection panel

ESPNcricinfo – Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has been named the new convenor of the selection panel, which includes former fast bowlers Eldine Baptiste and Courtney Walsh as new...

AAO 5-a-side football tourney rescheduled

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAO 5-a-side football tourney rescheduled

The Against All odds (AAO) 5-a-side football tournament fixed for today at the National Park Tarmac has been postponed to a date later this month. The organisors informed that due to the...

Fourth GBTI Tennis Camp underway

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fourth GBTI Tennis Camp underway

THE Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry continues to partner with the Diamond Tennis Club in the development of lawn tennis within the East Bank community, as the financial institution will once again...

This will be the century of global reparatory justice

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on This will be the century of global reparatory justice

An Address delivered by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain, Thursday, July 16, 2014 Madam Chair, the...

Energy Efficiency: Using the wood stove for cooking

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Efficiency: Using the wood stove for cooking

– Half the world uses charcoal, biomass for daily cooking By Rabindra Rooplall The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has been building and demonstrating the use of energy-efficient wood...

Stop listening to negative people!!!

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Stop listening to negative people!!!

Have you ever really wanted to do something great but then you share your dream with someone and they tell you “It just can’t be done?” Yes … there are people that are so...

ECHO calls for transparency and accountability in extractive sector

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO calls for transparency and accountability in extractive sector

... advocates for environmental court By Zena Henry As the government seeks to grow the country’s extractive sector, the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) is calling for greater...

“HAB it” – fulfilling customers’ every shipping need

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “HAB it” – fulfilling customers’ every shipping need

With a catchy slogan, “if you have to have it…HAB it”, HAB International, Inc, has not only made a name for itself in the shipping arena but it has been evolving over the years to better a...

Addressing suicide requires a societal approach, says Religious leader

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Addressing suicide requires a societal approach, says Religious leader

By Sharmain Grainger “Cruel” was perhaps the single adjective that frequently ran through the tormented mind of 13-year-old Keisha (not her real name). How else could she describe a...

Justice Brassington Reynolds “Passed The Buck”

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Brassington Reynolds “Passed The Buck”

Dear Editor, Anyone looking at the demeanor and rantings of Miss Carol Sooba would see an individual who has no business being at City Hall. People in the society who have the power to make a...

Accountability and transparency: Are they still important in Guyana?

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Accountability and transparency: Are they still important in Guyana?

Accountability is the greatest measure of achievement; it is how people assess honesty, genuine labour and of course, forward planning. The aspect of honesty is judged when one examines the labour...

To export logs or not?

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on To export logs or not?

In yesterday’s column I made the point that while Guyanese love to boast about their country’s natural resources, these resources remain globally uncompetitive. I also contrasted the...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Man is yet to make a pit bull a true pet

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Man is yet to make a pit bull a true pet

Dear Editor, Firstly let me extend my sincere condolences to the family of the unfortunate woman who met her demise at the hands of the savage canines. Allow me to unhesitatingly ask and with an air...

Here is Shaun Samoroo in his own words

Aug 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here is Shaun Samoroo in his own words

Dear Editor, I begin my response to Shaun Samaroo’s letter on me (“My reply to this scandalous column,” KN, October 8, 2014) with a deep feeling – Mr. Samaroo I find to be one of the most...

Antiguan Land deal…Guyana Govt. should not have spent money in such a loose manner on Marriott – Harmon

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Antiguan Land deal…Guyana Govt. should not have spent money in such a loose manner on Marriott – Harmon

At least one Opposition Parliamentarian has said that Government should have bargained better with regard to the building of the Marriott Hotel. A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Joseph Harmon,...

Brazilian Diplomat killed in head on collision at Lethem

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Diplomat killed in head on collision at Lethem

A Brazilian Diplomat was killed yesterday when a Brazilian registered taxi crashed head on into the car he was driving along the roadway at Lethem. Vice Consul Theotonio Santa Cruz Oliveira, 61, who...

Emancipation and violence in our communities

Aug 10, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Emancipation and violence in our communities

– Part Two of an address by Nigel Hughes This week we continue our examination and I offer some solutions for effecting change. So to return to the issue of the face of violence in the African...

Book Review…A journey through life’s burdens

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…A journey through life’s burdens

Book: A Stroll through History by Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Poets are known to ponder, to reflect on life’s offering – be it love or hate; peace or war; the sacred and...

Forbes Burnham and the making of modern Guyana

Aug 10, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Forbes Burnham and the making of modern Guyana

Forbes Burnham became the last Premier of British Guiana at the head of a People’s National Congress-United Force coalition administration fifty years ago on 14th December 1964. He then...

The bloodying of Guyana…Solution anyone?

Aug 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The bloodying of Guyana…Solution anyone?

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols “Woman hold her head and cry” lamented Bob Marley as he pondered the plight of...

PREV 123 NEXT

National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more