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Tutorial Academy wins in NA/Canje Branch Inter Secondary school Athletics Sports

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tutorial Academy wins in NA/Canje Branch Inter Secondary school Athletics Sports

National junior athlete Melisa Byass shines Tutorial Academy Secondary School was declared the winner when the New Amsterdam/Canje District (15) held their Annual Track, Field and...

Ballers head Boss Mining BFA league points table

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ballers head Boss Mining BFA league points table

Boss Mining Division One League football continued in Bartica and Millballers recorded victory to extend their lead at the top of the points table. Last Saturday Millballers defeated...

NA, East Canje Lions 50th Anniversary 20/20 KO cricket set for today

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA, East Canje Lions 50th Anniversary 20/20 KO cricket set for today

The New Amsterdam and East Canje Lions Clubs has organized a four team 20/20 Knockout cricket competition in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the New Amsterdam Lions Club which is...

Public lashes out at Police Force for perceived abuse of authority

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Public lashes out at Police Force for perceived abuse of authority

…persons detained past 72 hour detention period Attorneys, prisoners, family members and other prominent people in society have expressed their dissatisfaction at the manner in...

Guyana records 16 % decrease in fire deaths

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 16 % decrease in fire deaths

-more families homeless in 2011 than 2010 There is that saying fire is a good servant but a bad master, and while there continues to be a decrease in the number of fires across the...

Sunday Cartoon Oct 16, 2011

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Entries close today for Norman Singh, Shariff Stables Super Horserace meet

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close today for Norman Singh, Shariff Stables Super Horserace meet

The programme is now set and all systems are falling in place for the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club/Shariff Racing Stables $8M Horserace meet set for next Sunday October 23 at the...

BVA congratulates Berbice Female Volleyballers selected for Inter-Guianas Games

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA congratulates Berbice Female Volleyballers selected for Inter-Guianas Games

On Thursday Oct.13, The Berbice Volleyball Association at a simple ceremony presented Volleyballs, boots and t-shirts to four female Berbice Volleyballers who are members of the ...

BAKEWELL SOFTBALL RESULT FOR SUNDAY OCT 9

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BAKEWELL SOFTBALL RESULT FOR SUNDAY OCT 9

Omesh defeated Herstelling by 23 runs ,Omesh 146 all out , Herstelling 123 ,Avinash 3 for8.Omesh defeated Better hope by 24 runs ,Omesh 125 ,A. Singh 4 for 21 ,Better hope 101,...

Former National Futsal Captain Lester Peters Laid to rest

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former National Futsal Captain Lester Peters Laid to rest

Following a Thanks Giving Celebration Service yesterday at a Tucville Playfield – venue that was once his hunting ground as a footballer for Former National Futsal Captain and...

All Saints Primary wins New Amsterdam Primary School Athletics Championship

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Saints Primary wins New Amsterdam Primary School Athletics Championship

Defending Champions All Saints Primary once again came out on top when the New Amsterdam Branch held their annual Inter Primary School Athletics Championship at the All Saints Scott...

“West Indies Regional Super 50 – Let’s get it on with two new white balls!”

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies Regional Super 50 – Let’s get it on with two new white balls!”

As Mills Lane, that very famous former international boxing referee always said – “Let’s get it on!” Ubiquitous rhetoric be damned. The cricket season is off and running...

Letter to Sports Editor ….Significant interest in the GFF Presidency

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to Sports Editor ….Significant interest in the GFF Presidency

Dear Editor, A total of 5 individuals namely: Christopher Matthias, Franklin Wilson, Kashif Muhammad, Troy Mendonca and Odinga Lumumba having all being named as possible candidates for...

Missing woman feared kidnapped

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing woman feared kidnapped

Twenty one-year-old, Nadia Satrohan, who has been missing for over two weeks, is now feared kidnapped. According to her father, Laury Vieira, he received a phone call yesterday around 14:00hrs...

Breasts cancer is not gender specific – Dr. Surendra Persaud

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breasts cancer is not gender specific – Dr. Surendra Persaud

An estimated one per cent of the male population is afflicted with breast cancer, a state of affairs that has not changed over the decades. This assertion was recently made by Dr. Surendra...

Information sharing reaping reward in regional narco-fight

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Information sharing reaping reward in regional narco-fight

Moments before announcing that Jamaican undercover agents have been operating in Guyana, Francis Forbes, the Interim Executive Director for CARICOM’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security...

Region Nine flood victims…770 households set to benefit from $37M Govt. payout

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine flood victims…770 households set to benefit from $37M Govt. payout

Some 1,500 households who were severely affected by the floods earlier this year have benefited from Government’s monetary assistance to Region Nine residents. Each received a cash...

Ministry team visits Kabakaburi, St. Monica to promote bamboo craft

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry team visits Kabakaburi, St. Monica to promote bamboo craft

Government is committed to development of Indigenous peoples- Minister Prashad A team from the Ministry of Tourism recently visited the community of Kabakaburi and St. Monica, in...

ImmigrationTalk: How to Extend your Visit in the United States?

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTalk: How to Extend your Visit in the United States?

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] In certain situations, when you travel to the United States on a nonimmigrant visa, you may want to extend your stay. As a nonimmigrant, you...

Two drug dealers busted at Wakenaam

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two drug dealers busted at Wakenaam

Two young men of Maria’s Pleasure, Wakenaam, were stopped and searched by a party of police men, headed by Sergeant Dennis Clarke, shortly before 3 o’clock Friday afternoon after they disembarked...

GT&T offers an early start on Christmas

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T offers an early start on Christmas

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has made an early start with its Christmas promotions. It kicked off a grand road show yesterday. The telephone company is now...

Drug link allegations place 10-year-old at centre of custody battle

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drug link allegations place 10-year-old at centre of custody battle

– father appeals High Court denial of sole custody of daughter By Dale Andrews A few weeks ago, a United States of America-based Guyanese snatched his four-year old son...

Tractor kills Essequibo farmer

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News 1

A Richmond Housing Scheme rice farmer died yesterday afternoon after he lost control of his tractor on the Hoff Van-Aurich Public Road. Ganesh Judhan,a/k Cakes, 40, was discovered by...

Guyana poised to attain 100% voluntary blood donation by 2012

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana poised to attain 100% voluntary blood donation by 2012

… The success story of the Good Samaritan Programme Pull Quote: “It is a selfless opportunity to make a difference in another person’s life. This way you are helping to...

With democracy, one size doesn’t fit all

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on With democracy, one size doesn’t fit all

– EU Ambassador says on leaving Guyana Outgoing European Union Ambassador, Geert Heikens, has had the black water and the labba – the proverbial guarantee that he will return to...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more