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GABA dismisses Sonics’ criticism

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA dismisses Sonics’ criticism

Refuses to degenerate into gutter By Edison Jefford The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) quelled Pepsi Sonics criticism when they refused to seriously address issues related to their...

Amateur boxers to undergo six months training stint in Cuba

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers to undergo six months training stint in Cuba

Local amateur boxing coaches will convene this weekend at the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Boxing Gym to select ten boxers, that will eventually dwindle to five, to participate in a 6 months...

Grass Track racing returns Dec.6 at Goed Fortuin

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Grass Track racing returns Dec.6 at Goed Fortuin

The battle for grass track supremacy is set to continue on Sunday, December 6 at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre ground when First Gear Promotions presents Round Two of its ten-event series...

Ramadeen, Moses, Osborne, Pooran hit half centuries

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ramadeen, Moses, Osborne, Pooran hit half centuries

Half centuries from Tulsieram Ramadeen, Nokta Moses, Anthony Osborne and Navishaul Pooran highlighted the fifth and final preliminary round of the Busta 40 overs cricket competition played on Sunday...

Daly-Ramdyhan leaves for Tutors Course in Antigua

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– Hopes to convene workshop on return By Rawle Welch ITF Level 1 Tennis Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan left the country last Wednesday to attend an Olympic Solidarity Tutors Course which started...

Relative among seven more held

Nov 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Relative among seven more held

Police have detained seven more suspects in connection with Wednesday’s multi-million-dollar robbery at the home of an overseas-based Guyanese family at Hampshire, Corentyne. Kaieteur News...

F&H Printing Est. / Inter Jamaat cricket continues tomorrow

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The F&H Printing Establishment sponsored Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana 10 overs Inter-Jamaat Softball round-robin round hand cricket competition will continue on Sunday with a total of 10...

Magistrates to soon hold public inquiry into fire casualties

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Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, on Thursday tabled for the first reading, the Fire and Casualties Inquiry (Amendment) Bill. Under the proposed legislation, a Magistrate shall hold a public...

Queen’s College teachers stage sit in

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Most of the Queen’s College student population reported for classes yesterday but none was conducted because teachers at the institution staged a sit in. The action came one day after the...

Odle (67 & 2-9) see Tucber park ‘A’ to Quarter-finals, Prashad slams 114

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Odle (67 & 2-9) see Tucber park ‘A’ to Quarter-finals, Prashad slams 114

Tucber Park A took first innings points from Defenders in their final Zone C preliminary match of the 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Cricket Competition in Berbice to finish winners of the...

CARICOM Secretariat stages Human Resource Exposition

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The CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara staged an exposition of Human Resources with a multi media display. The Human Resources strategic plan for 2010-2011 on display included...

Guyanese is new Director on WICCB

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese is new Director on WICCB

2010 Regional tourney fixed for Barbados; Aussies tour Caribbean in June By Sean Devers Harrilall Kissoon of Trinidad & Tobago and Guyanese Ganesh Singh were appointed Directors of the West...

Mohander Persaud slams 1st ton in losing cause

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Mohander Persaud of Sleep In X1 slammed the first century of the Carib Beer sponsored Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport / Guyana Softball League in the East Coast Zone as several teams recorded...

Another teen suicide

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Darshanie Parsram of Anna Regina Housing Scheme, a 14-year-old Cotton Field Secondary School student is now dead after consuming a noxious substance. According to reports, the teenager who died...

Beterverwagting Triumph United leads points standing

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Shawn Daniels netted a double that eventually ensured his team Beterverwagting Triumph United (BVTU) stayed in contention for top honors when the East Coast Football League continued at the...

Anna Regina gets modern street lights

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The Ministry of Public Works and Communication has completed its road lighting project in Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast. Thirty-eight modern lights have been erected, at a cost of $11M. At the...

High Court grants injunction to halt three-storey construction

Nov 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on High Court grants injunction to halt three-storey construction

The Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council has secured an injunction against Mookram, who is constructing a three-storey house at Eccles, and the Central Housing and Planning Authority. The...

Courts takes Christmas lighting to Essequibo

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The highly anticipated traditional Courts Christmas light up, on Thursday, ventured to the Essequibo Coast, with much delight to Essequibians who turned up in their numbers to participate in the...

Banks DIH Ltd continues to support Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza

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Less than one month subsequent to the grand kick off of this year’s edition of the Kashif and Shanghai Football extravaganza, Banks DIH Ltd handed over a cheque valued at more than two million...

GPO advises consumers to post early for festive season

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The festive season is nearing and the General Post Office (GPO) still anticipates mail volume increase for the Christmas holidays although customers have found other means of posting, such as the...

St. Angela’s crowned champs

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St Angela’s Primary School is the new champion of the Seerja Construction Company-sponsored Primary Schools Girls Windball Cricket Competition which ended last Thursday, at the Carifesta Sports...

Football Leagues in City and West Demerara postponed

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Football Leagues in City and West Demerara postponed

Referees involved in FIFA RAP Courses Respective football tournaments in the city and West Demerara have been postponed this weekend due to the unavailability of Referees who are currently involved...

Police ransack Laing Avenue house, steal items

Nov 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police ransack Laing Avenue house, steal items

Angry residents of Laing Avenue are calling on the relevant authorities to properly investigate the circumstances surrounding the unlawful search of Alisha Shortt’s home. The woman, who resides at...

Retired teachers to be recruited in January

Nov 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Retired teachers to be recruited in January

More than 60 Education officials comprising retired teachers and head teachers were on Thursday allowed the opportunity of discussing ideas and conditions relating to their applications for...

Exciting day of races promised at Kennard Boxing Day Meet

Nov 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Exciting day of races promised at Kennard Boxing Day Meet

Horse race lovers are in for a special holiday treat when the Kharag family of Queens New York, in association with the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) presents an exciting horse race meet,...

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Khalil, Pollard and Barker reign supreme as BCQS Int’l Masters concludes

Are we better off today than we were before first oil?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more