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Hikers Men start on winning note in GT&T Indoor Hockey

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers Men start on winning note in GT&T Indoor Hockey

– wins for Police, Tigers, Old Fort Vets Hikers First Division men started the GT&T national indoor championships in typical fashion with a 4 – 2 victory over GCC on opening night at the...

GT&T supports Berbice cricket with lucrative sponsorship package

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T supports Berbice cricket with lucrative sponsorship package

“There has been no doubt that over the last three years that cricket has undergone a remarkable revolution and that the passion, commitment and discipline that was missing for so long has...

Health Ministry continues intense promotion ahead of Testing Week

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry continues intense promotion ahead of Testing Week

“It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark” was the Chinese proverb referred to in the midst of Minister Leslie Ramsammy’s address to an audience gathered in aid of yet another...

‘Lady Jags’ arrive in Mexico ahead of Women’s World Cup Qualifying

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jags’ arrive in Mexico ahead of Women’s World Cup Qualifying

By Franklin Wilson in New York en route to Mexico In association with GT&T, Bakewell, Fazia’s Collection & Crown Mining Supplies Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ arrived in Cancun Mexico...

Guyana to appoint new Consul in Barbados shortly

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to appoint new Consul in Barbados shortly

Guyanese experiencing problems in Barbados will not have to wait much longer for a source of representation, as this country is gearing to appoint a new Consul. This was confirmed by Minister of...

Bayridge offers Best Goalkeeper a chance to stay connected

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bayridge offers Best Goalkeeper a chance to stay connected

Bayridge Taxi Service became the latest entity to add its support to this year’s NaMilCo Football Festival when General Manager Mark Griffith made a presentation of a Cell phone and $5,000 worth of...

Sarwan, Cush to play for United Chargers in USA Open T20 tourney in Florida

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan, Cush to play for United Chargers in USA Open T20 tourney in Florida

By Sean Devers National Cricket Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and Guyana T20 specialist Lennox Cush have been named in a strong United Chargers team to participate in the US Open T20 tournament from...

Bail refused for attempted murder accused

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bail refused for attempted murder accused

A 30-year-old man charged with attempted murder was yesterday refused bail, when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Otis Fraser, of 119...

GABA identifies boxers for this month’s edition of ProAm boxing card

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA identifies boxers for this month’s edition of ProAm boxing card

The executive of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has released the names of the eight boxers that will be battling on this month’s edition of the ProAm boxing card. Exciting Republican...

Denny Dalton a ‘Dangerous’ proposition for Rawle Frank

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Denny Dalton a ‘Dangerous’ proposition for Rawle Frank

By Michael Benjamin Approximately four months subsequent to Briso Promotions inaugural international boxing card at the Princess International Hotel Guyana, head of Holland’s Entertainment...

Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings

Yesterday’s events at Russell and Howes Street in Georgetown that left two dead and two others injured brought back unsettling memories of similar mass killings. On a rainy day on May 29, 1980,...

Couple charged with simple larceny

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Couple charged with simple larceny

Twenty-one year-old Shawn Gibson, a taxi driver, of 425 Grove Old Road, East Bank Demerara and Tiffany Greene, a bond clerk, of 849 Diamond Housing Scheme East Bank Demerara, appeared before...

AND 1 Legends will electrify All-Star Weekend

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on AND 1 Legends will electrify All-Star Weekend

By Edison Jefford There is no way better way to bring down the curtains on what has been an intense basketball season than to have an All-Star gathering at the country’s premier indoor facility for...

C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

A post mortem conducted on 21-year-old Yogeeta Bishram on Monday at the New Amsterdam Hospital revealed that she died from excessive bleeding. Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh performed the...

Intriguing matches lined up as competition continues

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Intriguing matches lined up as competition continues

First round action in the3rd Annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet Sixteen is over and the teams competing for championship honours will resume the fierce rivalry tomorrow October 29 when Golden Stars battle...

Mike Schmidt sees Caribbean Fury as a Product for Guyana to sell

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mike Schmidt sees Caribbean Fury as a Product for Guyana to sell

Mike Schmidt, as lawyer and agent for Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee, acting as Manager for current WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown announced that the Lisa “Bad News’...

DCMCO Softball Cricket tourney reaches quarter-final stage

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCMCO Softball Cricket tourney reaches quarter-final stage

Play in the District of Columbia Metro Organisation (DCMCO) 15 overs round hand knockout Countrywide Softball cricket Tournament organized by The Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the...

Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

The inquest which was conducted at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton into the 2001 death of eight-year-old, Troy Hughes, of 49 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam,...

Deon Barnwell’s achievement against French Guiana is a world record

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deon Barnwell’s achievement against French Guiana is a world record

– If the 1985 friendlies were internationally recognised Dear Editor, Saturday October 23, 2010 the ‘King’ of Football turned 70. Pele won his first cap with the Brazilian national team...

BIG WUCK AWAITING TWO PERSONS

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG WUCK AWAITING TWO PERSONS

One of the reasons why Guyana is still such a wonderful and relatively peaceful country to live in, is because of this special ability of the Guyanese people to make light of the many political...

The uncaring nurses at GPHC Maternity Ward

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The uncaring nurses at GPHC Maternity Ward

Dear Editor, What I’m about to say will undoubtedly upset many people in the medical profession, but it must be said. Nurses in the public health care facilities are hogs to the people they serve...

Some Regional Councillors are delusional

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some Regional Councillors are delusional

Dear Editor, This article is in responce to a letter appearing in your paper. My Region Ten Democratic Council colleague recently wrote an article giving much credit for illusive development works...

There is no comparison

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no comparison

Dear Editor, Please grant me the privilege to respond to a letter in your October 25, 2010 letter column (p.23) by Mr. Mervyn Williams M.P. One would have thought that since Mr. Williams is a Member...

Just a matter of facts

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Just a matter of facts

Dear Editor, While countries like Guyana continue to be affected by climate change, writers like Mr. Charles Sohan, as part of an ongoing campaign, continue to undermine efforts by the government in...

THE HOPE CANAL WRANGLING

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE HOPE CANAL WRANGLING

Dear Editor, Mr. Maurice Veecock’s talk on the Hope Canal Project (which I attended) was a straightforward discourse on water management in this country. The unnecessary attack on the gentleman by...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more