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GFF ANTICIPATES BUSY SEPTEMBER

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF ANTICIPATES BUSY SEPTEMBER

-National Leagues, GOAL Project to start The eagerly-awaited ‘Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF’ National League is now set to start in early September according to President of the Guyana...

Amelia’s Ward United whip Flamingo 6-2

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward United whip Flamingo 6-2

Amelia’s Ward United registered their first win of the UDFA/Stag B-League, when they whipped Flamingo 6-2 at the Bayrock Ground, on Tuesday. The win takes Amelia’s Ward United to 5 points, joint...

Alpha, Kings advance to semi-final

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha, Kings advance to semi-final

Alpha United and Victoria Kings progressed to the semi-finals of the East Coast Reunion Knockout ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Football Tournament after contrasting victories Tuesday night at the...

Roberts finishes third in heat

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Roberts finishes third in heat

Having had a free day on Day 3 (Tuesday) Team Guyana was in the water again. Both Fabian Binns and Niall Roberts participated in the 100m Freestyle. There were 22 heats, comprising 202 swimmers, in...

Community Policing Secretariat dominos final set for tomorrow

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Community Policing Secretariat dominos final set for tomorrow

Home Affairs, A & C Division to challenge for top prize The SP Worldwide Import and Export sponsored Community Policing Secretariat dominos competition final will be contested tomorrow at the...

Azimullah earns World Taekwondo Diploma in coaching

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Azimullah earns World Taekwondo Diploma in coaching

The development of local Taekwondo has received a major boost with the return of Alim Azimullah, who successfully earned the internationally recognised World Taekwondo Federation Coaches Certificate...

Four placed on bail for seafood theft

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four placed on bail for seafood theft

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday placed each of four defendants on $150,000 bail. The accused; Roshan Khatoon, Habib Kabir, Gomattie Bim and Tazim Gafoor were jointly charged with...

ECCB Academy starts Monday

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ECCB Academy starts Monday

Registration set for today The East Coast Cricket Board will be holding it 8th Annual Cricket Academy from Monday August 3 – 14. The venue is the Lusignan Community Centre. This year’s Academy...

Prosecution claims defendant picked out by eyewitness

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution claims defendant picked out by eyewitness

By Latoya Giles A minibus driver from South Ruimveldt Park was the latest person who was charged and remanded to prison for allegedly setting the Ministry of Health on fire. Fifty-one-year old Keith...

DDL Topco Juice Emancipation Chess Tournament fixed for this weekend

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DDL Topco Juice Emancipation Chess Tournament fixed for this weekend

The final DDL-sponsored chess tournament for the year, the ‘Emancipation Chess Tournament,’ will be played on Saturday and Sunday August, at the Keishar’s Sport Club, on Camp and Hadfield...

Female cricketers receive prizes from DJ Stress 10/10 affair

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Female cricketers receive prizes from DJ Stress 10/10 affair

The 10/10 exhibition cricket match between Gizmos and Gadgets GT Panthers and Demerara Bank Berbice Women Warriors played on July 5 at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, Berbice and organised by DJ...

Causing death driver fails Breathalyzer test

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Causing death driver fails Breathalyzer test

A Linden driver is the latest person to be charged under the new law relating to driving under the influence of alcohol. Terrence Da Silva, 51 , a minibus driver of 286 Block 22, Wismar, Linden was...

Benschop, Witter protest at OP

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Benschop, Witter protest at OP

In wake of the revelations coming out of the courtroom in New York as the Robert Simels witness tampering trial commenced, controversial talk show host Mark Benschop and trade unionist Norris Witter...

Guyanese athletes outstanding at Hampton Games

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Continue to underscore need for synthetic facility By Edison Jefford National senior male distance runner Kelvin Johnson and 2008 Beijing Olympics sprinter Adam Harris led a host of Guyanese athletes...

Jnr. Pan Am team scheduled for late departure

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jnr. Pan Am team scheduled for late departure

Sponsorship apparently procured The national junior Pan American Games team was scheduled to depart Guyana early this morning for Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete at the prestigious...

Toxicology test to be performed on ‘Biscuit’s’remains

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Toxicology test to be performed on ‘Biscuit’s’remains

– post mortem inconclusive A post mortem examination performed on the body of David Leander, called Biscuit, has failed to determine the cause of his death. A Government Pathologist yesterday...

WI selectors name Team for 3rd Digicel ODI and T20 International

Jul 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on WI selectors name Team for 3rd Digicel ODI and T20 International

The West Indies selectors have named their squad for the 3rd and final Digicel One-Day International against Bangladesh tomorrow and the Digicel T20 International against the visitors on Sunday,...

Lawyer refused access to Archie Poole

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer refused access to Archie Poole

Lawyer for Archie Poole, who was detained at the Brickdam Police Station in connection with the Ministry of Health Fire, was yesterday prevented from communicating with his lawyer or family member....

On what evidence, and based on whose investigation has this finding been determined?

Jul 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on On what evidence, and based on whose investigation has this finding been determined?

Dear Editor, Last week I penned a letter welcoming the offer of assistance by the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to the Government of Guyana with the investigation into the alleged...

Unions react to non-payment of municipal workers

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Unions react to non-payment of municipal workers

Municipal workers are yet to be paid their salaries for this month, a habitual practice which is likely to attract stern reactions from the unions that represent the workers. The administration of...

Critics misinterpret macroeconomic fundamentals to the detriment of Guyana

Jul 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Critics misinterpret macroeconomic fundamentals to the detriment of Guyana

Dear Editor, SN has started its campaign as one of the contestants for the 2011 elections through its allocation of entire pages of distortions of Guyana’s history and economics by opportunists....

How will the next chapter in this nation’s history be written?

Jul 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on How will the next chapter in this nation’s history be written?

Dear Editor, As I read the breaking news of the recent week, a couple of questions are swirling in my head. Is there a connection between the explosive revelations from the Roger Khan trial in the US...

Man struck down by police vehicle

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man struck down by police vehicle

– victim’s money missing after accident Doctors were up to press time battling to save the life of Lloyd Smith, 64, of 106 Third Street, Prospect, East Bank Demerara. Smith was struck down by...

Health Ministry’s fire politically conceived by whom?

Jul 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Health Ministry’s fire politically conceived by whom?

Dear Editor, The fire at the Ministry of Health on Thursday, July 16, 2009 has added to the avalanche of unanswered questions which have followed every one of the series of mysterious blazes that...

Jagdeo for Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador

Jul 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo for Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador

President Bharrat Jagdeo leaves Guyana today on a three-country mission that will see him looking to jump start a process to seek aid for Caribbean countries affected by the global financial crisis,...

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The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

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