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4R Masters Cup and Female Softball Cricket tournament resumes

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 4R Masters Cup and Female Softball Cricket tournament resumes

After a well deserved break from activities, the 4R Masters’ Cup and Female Softball Cricket tournament, organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with Floodlights Association...

Guyanese Donna Makeda on a musical Mission

Mar 27, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese Donna Makeda on a musical Mission

Heads home for GAMA When the curtain is raised on April 25 at the National Cultural Centre to honour Guyanese artistes at home and in the Diaspora, Canada-based Guyanese artiste, Donna Makeda, will...

It’s an honour to play for Guyana says Terry Holder

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National U-15 cricketers wing out for T&T The National youth team which was scheduled to depart Guyana this morning for Trinidad for this year’s Regional under-15 cricket tournament were guests...

Guilty unlicensed hire car driver off to jail

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Brian Backer, of 6 Republic Road New Amsterdam, will be spending the next few months in jail after he pleaded guilty of nine charges for traffic offences and disorderly behaviour that included him...

BCB SEC honours U-15 players

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The Special Events Committee (SEC) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday last honoured two outstanding members of the Berbice Under-15 team which recently won the Inter County tournament....

Works at Guyana Gold Fields Inc. on schedule

Mar 27, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Works at Guyana Gold Fields Inc. on schedule

… over US$400M will be invested locally Plans for the consolidation of the Guyana Gold Fields Inc. operation are well underway, according to the Company’s President, Claude Lemasson. Mr. Lemasson...

Georgetown take DCB U-19 title

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E/Coast lose by 8 wickets By Sean Devers In sweltering heat on a flat Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) track, Georgetown defeated East Coast by eight wickets in yesterday’s final of the Demerara...

IGG Athletics team impresses at practice

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-Track and Field starts today By Edison Jefford in French Guiana In association with YK Investments and Fon-J Cycle Store Guyana’s national junior athletics team adjusted to the synthetic facility...

‘El Nino’ fight could cost additional $600M-Jagdeo

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The fight against the ‘El Nino’ weather phenomenon will cost the Guyana Government an additional $600M, according to Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, during a press briefing at the Office of the...

Guyana misfires on opening day of IGG competition

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– fall 3-0 in football, win only two medals in swimming Guyana misfired badly on the opening day of competition at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) after three second half goals from French Guiana...

Adams’s 105 steers West Berbice to victory over Young Warriors

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Adams’s 105 steers West Berbice to victory over Young Warriors

Leitch, Joemal La Fleur also hit tons The Berbice Zone of the 2009/2010 Guyana Cricket Board First Division 3-Day Cricket Competition continued with the conclusion of the latest round of matches over...

Famous Football victory: Guyana last defeated T&T in 1977

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Dear Editor, The last time Guyana defeated Trinidad & Tobago (the Soca Warriors) at the senior international level was September 22, 1977 at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. The two countries...

Berbice barber gets five years, fined $4.9M

Mar 27, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Berbice barber gets five years, fined $4.9M

Joel Alert, a 35-year-old barber of 35 Canefield Village, East Canje, Berbice, has been fined $4.9M and sent to jail for five years for trafficking in narcotics. Failure to pay the fine would lead...

What is good for the goose is good for the gander

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on What is good for the goose is good for the gander

Dear Sir, I refer to an article carried on page 27 of your Issue of Thursday 25th March, 2010 under the caption “Ranks of the GCUC are on a mission to disrupt progress”. In this article, the PRO...

Cycling, Road Relay to high light Felix Austin Training School B division activities

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The Felix Austin Police Training School B Division under the command of Superintendent of police Ian Amsterdam is at present observing a week of activities. This is in observance of their first...

400 Diamond cane cutters request severance pay

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– refuse to work on East Coast Some 400 workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are asking to be let loose after talks failed over the proposed shifting of the Diamond workforce to...

Blucher guides North to victory with even century

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A fine unbeaten century by Christopher Blucher guided North Essequibo to a 9 wicket victory over Central Essequibo as the Goodwood U-19 50 overs cricket competition continued recently in Essequibo....

Local Red Cross delivers messages of compassion from Guyana to the Haitian People

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The needs in the wake of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake of January 12, in Haiti are proving to be immense, requiring a massive response from the international community. The Red Cross and Red Crescent...

Blucher guides Gunners to R&D Engineering Service 20/20 title in North E’bo

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Blucher guides Gunners to R&D Engineering Service 20/20 title in North E’bo

A fine half century by Christopher Blucher guided Gunners to a 3 wicket victory over Lima in the final of the R&D Engineering Service twenty/20 cricket competition played recently at the Anna...

Teen in shoot-out remanded on firearm, ammo charges

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Robin Holder, who was wounded last week Wednesday during a shootout with police, was remanded to prison Thursday on two charges related to that incident. The 19-year-old of North East La Penitence...

Digicel to kick off FIFA World Cup promotion with football festival at Parade ground

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel to kick off FIFA World Cup promotion with football festival at Parade ground

Digicel, Guyana’s leading mobile communications operator will be kicking off its highly anticipated FIFA promotion today March 27 at the Parade Ground. This launch event takes the form of a...

Why don’t you come home Rickey Singh

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Guess where PPP propagandist and Chronicle columnist (please read what Caribbean icon, Eusi Kwayana said about the Chronicle last week), Rickey Singh lives? In one of the most populated territories...

Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen confident ahead of bout in New York tonight

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Approximately five months after returning to the United States of America Lennox Allen enters the ring tonight against Puerto Rican Amador Aceveda at the Mid Hudson Civic Centre, Poughkeepsie, New...

CHEDDI DID NOT CAPITULATE

Mar 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHEDDI DID NOT CAPITULATE

The triumph of imperialism at the end of the 1980s had led to some amazing reassessments. Instead of lauding individuals for their ideological consistency, capitulating to neo-liberalism and its...

Ragnauth hits century, Prashad, Khan take six-wicket hauls

Mar 27, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Ragnauth hits century, Prashad, Khan take six-wicket hauls

A fine century by Chandreka Ragnauth and six wicket hauls by Somnauth Prashad and Wazir Khan highlighted the fourth round of matches in the Igloo Ice cream 40 overs cricket competition played last...

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