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Guyanese bodybuilder in Canada Eustace Abrams creating waves

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese bodybuilder in Canada Eustace Abrams creating waves

Guyanese born Canadian bodybuilder Eustace Abrams continues to grow from strength to strength in the sport in his new homeland of Canada. Abrams has competed at a number of competitions...

Brilliant Ivan leads RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to title over Albion

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Ivan leads RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to title over Albion

Ramcharitar Construction 50 overs KO final A brilliant all round performance by Berbice Senior Inter County player Rajiv Ivan led Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to a 36 run victory...

Guyanese Football Referees receive international appointments

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Football Referees receive international appointments

Guyanese football referees have received several appointments as the preliminary matches continue for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. Four officials are currently in Canada for the World...

Guyana’s golfers turn in creditable performance in Suriname

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s golfers turn in creditable performance in Suriname

Guyana’s golfers performed creditably at the recently held RBC/RBTT Suriname Open tournament played at the Paramaribo Golf Club. Reigning Guyana Open women’s champion Christine...

Prisons wins six team dominoes competition

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prisons wins six team dominoes competition

The Guyana Prison Service and Harbour Bridge team ended on 75 games each, ahead of GRO’s 69 games in the Guyana Legion Sports Committee six team dominoes competition, last weekend....

Sophia Massive defeat C-Field Sophia 1-0

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sophia Massive defeat C-Field Sophia 1-0

ACDA 4-a-side football The Sophia Massive football team crushed C-Field Sophia 1-nil in the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) Sports Committee 4-a-side small goal...

For a Drugs Policy

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on For a Drugs Policy

While most would concede that there has been some progress in several areas of national life, none would dispute that on the drugs front we have moved in the opposite direction. During the last...

Gordon, Favourite and Bethune hits the spotlight

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gordon, Favourite and Bethune hits the spotlight

North Inter-zone Championships With no competition in the long and high jumps at this year’s North Zone Champion of Champions Field Events, Neil Gordon, who registered one win...

George makes four sweeps at North Zone Inter-school Championships

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on George makes four sweeps at North Zone Inter-school Championships

Daredevil Trevon George executed four clean sweeps at the North Zone Inter-school Championships yesterday at Eve Leary ground. George won the 800m at last year’s National School Track...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Inter Guyana Games – Female no show

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Inter Guyana Games – Female no show

Dear Editor, I saw Mr Kumar attempted a feeble and lame excuse why the Guyana Female Team will not be attending the Inter Guyana Games, blaming the GFF, his usual stance. I do not know...

Profiles of the nat’l junior female volleyball squad

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Profiles of the nat’l junior female volleyball squad

The Guyana Volleyball Federation, which is responsible for the preparation of the junior female to contest the Inter-Guianas Games in Suriname later this month, released the names f the...

$12B invested in Region Three housing over 10 years – Minister Ali

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $12B invested in Region Three housing over 10 years – Minister Ali

Government has invested $12 billion in region three’s housing sector over a 10-year period which has benefited over 85,000 people, according to Minister Irfaan Ali. He said that well over $5...

UG opens IDCE branch on E’bo Coast

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG opens IDCE branch on E’bo Coast

The University of Guyana (UG)’s Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) recently opened a branch at Charity, Region Two. The Ministry of Education has disclosed that the...

Guyana to host two-day C’bean Basin Security Initiative forum

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host two-day C’bean Basin Security Initiative forum

Guyana will be hosting the second meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission tomorrow and Friday. This forum will engage participants from the Caribbean, the United States...

Clogged canals irk Vryman’s Erven residents

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Clogged canals irk Vryman’s Erven residents

Residents of Vryman’s Erven in New Amsterdam have complained about the numerous clogged up canals in the low-lying area. They say these canals have not been cleaned for years, and that the Mayor...

Addressing violence on public health agenda

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Addressing violence on public health agenda

– Dr. Ramsammy Acts of violence have been placed prominently on the public health agenda and Guyana, according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has been playing a leading...

Mangrove Restoration Project takes shape at Wellington Park

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove Restoration Project takes shape at Wellington Park

The replication of the Golden Grove to Belfield Mangrove Restoration Project is presently being executed at Wellington Park, Region Six. Though the project only recently commenced, significant...

Illegal water connections endanger health – GWI

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal water connections endanger health – GWI

After illegal service connections were found in Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali emphatically stated, “GWI has a no tolerance policy for persons who...

Commencement of expansion works on EBD four-lane highway imminent

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commencement of expansion works on EBD four-lane highway imminent

The ‘go-ahead’ for the commencement of works on the expansion of the four-lane East Bank Demerara Public Road is expected to be issued next week. Soon after, the three contractors are...

GNBS facilitates Secondary students at’ Quality Week’ lecture

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS facilitates Secondary students at’ Quality Week’ lecture

With an emphasis on ‘International Standards, creating confidence globally’ the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is celebrating National Quality Week. The week-long celebration...

200 students to benefit from dormitory at Charity

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 200 students to benefit from dormitory at Charity

Two hundred students from riverain communities in Region Two on the Essequibo Coast are expected to benefit from a state-of-the-art dormitory at Charity. According to the Education Ministry,...

Most schools’ road safety patrols inactive – Council

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Most schools’ road safety patrols inactive – Council

Despite the increasing occurrences of accidents on the roadways, most schools’ road safety patrols that received formal training and are equipped with road safety instruments remain inactive. This...

Evergreen Adventures finds new way to ‘give back’ to customers

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Evergreen Adventures finds new way to ‘give back’ to customers

Evergreen Adventures, a flexible Tour Operator, yesterday launched its new travel brochure and also handed over gift certificates to two lucky persons who won trips by simply filling up coupons at...

Meadow Bank man wounded near home

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Meadow Bank man wounded near home

– allegedly abducted last June A Meadow Bank man who was allegedly abducted last June is nursing injuries to the stomach after being attacked last night near his home....

Rohee hailed as visionary at launching of new books

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee hailed as visionary at launching of new books

One of Guyana’s longest serving Ministers of Home Affairs, Clement J. Rohee, was yesterday described as a man a great insistence with a profound sense of history, at the official launching of two...