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January session of Berbice High Court commences

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on January session of Berbice High Court commences

The ceremonial opening of the January session of the Berbice High Court was held yesterday with the customary pomp and ceremony in front of the renowned edifice on Esplanade Road, New Amsterdam....

DCB problems to be addressed by GCB

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB problems to be addressed by GCB

Minister does not recognise any DCB faction By Sean Devers Chetram Singh’s 19-over tenure as Guyana Cricket Board President has been filled with ups and downs. But now that the West Indies Cricket...

Lennox Allen stops American opponent

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Allen stops American opponent

Ceon Bristol eyes Gary StClair/Vivian Harris showdown By Michael Benjamin Local boxing sensation and New York State Champion, Lennox ‘2 Sharpe’ Allen has added another notch to his ‘gun belt’...

Farm, MYO, Lusignan & LBI ‘A’ record wins

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farm, MYO, Lusignan & LBI ‘A’ record wins

When play in the Trophy Stall sponsored Inter-Jamaat 10overs tapeball cricket competition continued at the Muslim Youth Organisation Ground on Sunday last; Farm, MYO, Lusignan and LBI ‘A’ all...

Ruggers pass Beep Test

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ruggers pass Beep Test

– Robinson due today, delayed by bad weather As the national rugby squad currently preparing to participate in the IRB World Seven Series in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on February 12-13 await the...

Mahdia Goodwill football tournament set for this weekend

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahdia Goodwill football tournament set for this weekend

A Goodwill football tournament will be staged at Mahdia this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which is aimed at resuscitating the sport in that community. Organised by V and M Promotions, the...

Universal DVD on board as official sponsor of RHTY&SC

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Universal DVD on board as official sponsor of RHTY&SC

Universal DVD Club on Friday last became the seventh (7th) official sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC). The Company which has branches in New Amsterdam and Canje...

Mayor’s Cup football preparation in full swing

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup football preparation in full swing

Appeal made for corporate support Play in the Annual Mayor’s Cup football championship is set to get underway on March 4 and conclude March 27 and preparations are going at a pace. However the...

BHS needle BEI in old students’ football clash

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BHS needle BEI in old students’ football clash

Berbice High School (BHS) old students rolled back the years when the defeated their counterparts of the Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) 1-0 in their 2nd annual goodwill football match played...

Outgoing GCB President Chetram Singh honoured by BCB

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Outgoing GCB President Chetram Singh honoured by BCB

Outgoing President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh MS was honoured on Saturday last by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its Tribute to Heroes Programme for his outstanding...

Royston Crandon named Senior MVP

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Royston Crandon named Senior MVP

As BCB honours 2010 Inter County players At an appreciation luncheon hosted by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) held last Saturday at the Annex Restaurant in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice to...

Trotman calls for end to confrontational governance

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman calls for end to confrontational governance

– Urges bi-partisan approach in last Parliamentary budget presentation Careful to state gains and shortfalls, Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Raphael Trotman decried what he said...

Minibus passenger dies in crash while returning from best friend’s wedding

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus passenger dies in crash while returning from best friend’s wedding

Minutes after leaving his best friend’s wedding on Monday night, 21-year-old Visham Seeram was killed on the spot when the minibus he was travelling in crashed into a utility pole at Pearl, East...

Main highways slated for routine maintenance

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Main highways slated for routine maintenance

Routine maintenance for the country’s main highways is imminent as the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday opened several bids to this effect. One such project was...

Rohee details plan to fight crime, narco-trafficking

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee details plan to fight crime, narco-trafficking

…says there is no breakdown of law and order The government plans to make more use of the eavesdropping law, increase the number of crime investigators, and beef up the Police narcotics unit in...

Third Annual Cricket Review Magazine launched by BCB

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Cricket Review Magazine launched by BCB

The Third Annual Cricket review Magazine of the Berbice Cricket Board was launched on Saturday last at the St. Francis Annex Restaurant in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice. RHTY&SC Assistant...

Culture Ministry to retain consultant to update youth policy

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry to retain consultant to update youth policy

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony during last year’s budget debate had revealed plans to employ a consultant to help upgrade and update the country’s youth policy with...

Miss Republic, The Message, Night Crescendo top horses for 2010

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Miss Republic, The Message, Night Crescendo top horses for 2010

Sabrina Princess, Better than Gold, Super Cat also outstanding Samuel Whyte While it was a foregone and somewhat easy conclusion to decide the top stable and horses for the 2009 racing season, with...

Affected citizens relieved with dumpsite relocation

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Affected citizens relieved with dumpsite relocation

– Able to access medical care through ECHO programme “We will finally be freed of the mounting dumpsite,” said an elated 20-year-old Yolanda Livan, a resident of North East La Penitence,...

Ministry commences National Legal Awareness

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry commences National Legal Awareness

Just a few days after what can be described as a spat between the Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand and Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, the Justice Administration System Programme...

New dumpsite will not affect nearby housing scheme – Engineer

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New dumpsite will not affect nearby housing scheme – Engineer

By Leonard Gildarie A billion-dollar dumpsite facility aback of Eccles, East Bank of Demerara, will in no way affect residents of a new housing scheme that government is building not far away. This...

Police capture wanted robbery suspect

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police capture wanted robbery suspect

Dorsette McCammon, 29, of 43 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, was remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore, yesterday, when he appeared before her at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on three counts...

The US has to let Mubarak go

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The US has to let Mubarak go

Dear Editor, Regarding your editorial, “Egypt Totters” (Jan 30), events are moving with lightning speed and it is unlikely that President Hosni Mubarak will survive for long. America, Israel...

Down with the dictator!

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Down with the dictator!

I am so inspired by the recent political revolutions happening in the Mid-East. It is as if someone flipped a switch and the whole region decided it was time to challenge the dictators in power. I...

It’s five years since Ronald Waddell died

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s five years since Ronald Waddell died

Dear Editor, January, 30, 2011, marked five years since the brutal assassination of Guyanese patriot, husband, son, brother, father, friend and comrade, Ronald Waddell, by a faction of the death...