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GFF VP Carlos Prowell visits Essequibo coast in move to resuscitate football there

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF VP Carlos Prowell visits Essequibo coast in move to resuscitate football there

Guyana Football Federation Vice President Carlos Prowell, with responsibility for Essequibo Coast, was given the responsibility to oversee the project of resuscitating football on the...

The Message takes feature event as Elcock Stable dominates proceedings

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Message takes feature event as Elcock Stable dominates proceedings

Big wins also for Technology, Dubai Duchess and Watch MY Shadow By Samuel Whyte The Elcock stables dominated proceedings with three wins and one second to come out champion...

Berbice Power in focus

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Power in focus

Ahead of the 6th Annual IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting Championships that is slated for March 28 – 31, 2012 at the University of the Virgin Islands, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,...

Jamaica beat Guyana as Bajans and T&T win

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica beat Guyana as Bajans and T&T win

Guyana lost to Jamaica by 8 wickets after being all out for 187 trying to erase the 160 run deficit on first innings they faced and only setting Jamaica 28 runs for victory. ...

‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football starts today in Linden

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football starts today in Linden

This year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Schoolboys Football Competition for teams in Region 10 kicks off today with a double header, at two venues. Over at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

Floodlights A & B set for Florida Cup 2012

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights A & B set for Florida Cup 2012

Top Brandz & Metro among sponsors The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) is sending two teams to the Annual Florida Cup Softball tournament to be held...

QUEENSTOWN SHINE IN 20/20 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on QUEENSTOWN SHINE IN 20/20 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Football fans were well entertained over the weekend as the annual 20/20 knock out football tournament got underway. The game which was well supported saw Essequibians from across the...

Street vendors near Stabroek Market evicted again

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Street vendors near Stabroek Market evicted again

Street vendors operating in front the Stabroek Market were yesterday once again evicted by the Georgetown Municipality. Just before noon, ranks of the City Constabulary instructed them to...

Consumer Affairs Act 2011 says… “Goods not returnable” notices unlawful

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Affairs Act 2011 says… “Goods not returnable” notices unlawful

By Rabindra Rooplall Over time there have been many complaints of faulty products and unfair practices by local businesses, including notices that say “goods not returnable” but the...

Dredging of Demerara River channel a top priority – Shipping Association

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dredging of Demerara River channel a top priority – Shipping Association

– targets Lethem as key transshipment point The dredging of the Demerara River, training and a faster document processing system with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Controversy still surrounding some UG programmes

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Controversy still surrounding some UG programmes

Controversy continues to surround the failure on the part of the University of Guyana to resolve issues as it relates to the offering of a number of programmes in the Faculty of Health...

New Hope revetment misses Feb. 23 deadline

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Hope revetment misses Feb. 23 deadline

…private engineers calling for project review The contractor executing the $310M steel sheet pile revetment works at New Hope has failed to meet the project revised February 23 deadline....

An apology to US Peace Corps Guyana

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on An apology to US Peace Corps Guyana

Contrary to reports that one of the parties in a sexual assault matter engaging the attention of the courts is a member of the Peace Corps, the woman is a member of an organization called...

Wounded prison officer receives wheelchair

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wounded prison officer receives wheelchair

The Rotary Club, Stabroek yesterday granted the wish that injured prison officer Roxanne Winfield has of going to Church. This donation stemmed from an article published in Kaieteur News last...

Greene’s troubles delay police promotions

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Greene’s troubles delay police promotions

The long anticipated annual Guyana Police Force promotions will be announced in July when the organization will be celebrating its 173rd anniversary. The promotions are usually announced at...

Africanised Bees attacking Meadow Brook residents

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Africanised Bees attacking Meadow Brook residents

As more reports of attacks by Africanised Killer bees surface, residents in Meadow Brook are now complaining that for several years, they have been constantly attacked by bees in their homes...

5-year-old badly bitten by dog

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 5-year-old badly bitten by dog

A five-year-old boy was badly bitten on his foot last evening and enraged family members are threatening to take action. Jusean Romain was up to late last evening receiving treatment at the...

“Literacy Week 2012” launched at Bookland

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “Literacy Week 2012” launched at Bookland

Under the theme “A book in every Guyanese Household”, the Georgetown Reading and Research Centre (GRRC) yesterday launched its first annual literacy week, with the aim of boosting reading...

Blood donation not a low-cost process – Health Minister

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blood donation not a low-cost process – Health Minister

Although plagued with a constant acute shortage of blood, some Ministry of Health blood donation sites have on occasions been forced to turn away voluntary donors. This development,...

Prosecution concludes case in treason matter

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution concludes case in treason matter

State appointed Prosecutor, Vic Puran, yesterday closed his case against the three accused of treason, ex- soldier Leonard Wharton, Major Bruce Munroe and his wife Carol- Ann Munroe....

70-year-old remanded on murder charge

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 70-year-old remanded on murder charge

A 70-year-old miner was yesterday remanded to jail after he appeared for the first time before Magistrate Allan Wilson to answer the charge of murder. The charge stated that on February...

Carpenter critical after hit by car

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter critical after hit by car

A 20-year-old carpenter is now critical and is nursing head injuries in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after he was reportedly hit by a...

Hassar curry poisoning…Teen further remanded as police await toxicology report

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hassar curry poisoning…Teen further remanded as police await toxicology report

The teen who is accused of poisoning her family has been further remanded to the juvenile holding centre as police await the results of a toxicology test. This publication was told that the...

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Guyana Beverages Inc. partners with GFF for Maid Marian Wheat Up Women’s Cup

Fastest growing economy and an empty stadium

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It’s a classic Guyanese tale, really. You live in the fastest growing economy in the... more