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Come rain or sun Race Meet on this Sunday – GMR&SC

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Come rain or sun Race Meet on this Sunday – GMR&SC

Come rain or sun the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race Meet scheduled for this Sunday, at the South Dakota Circuit will definitely take place and fans are being urged to...

Amateur boxing to focus on women’s development this year

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxing to focus on women’s development this year

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association will be placing emphasis on the development of women’s boxing this year. GABA president Steve Ninvalle informed that the association’s Technical...

Flying Ace Cycling Club holds annual awards ceremony

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycling Club holds annual awards ceremony

The Flying Ace cycling club of Berbice will on Saturday 4th February hold their 11th annual presentation and awards ceremony at the New Amsterdam Town Hall beginning at 19hrs. The club will...

Reap the fruits from the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy – says Wilson

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reap the fruits from the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy – says Wilson

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President ag., Franklin Wilson, visited the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy coaching course at the Ministry of Education Sports Club ground on...

Berbice Amateur Basketball Association plans to be more active in 2012

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Amateur Basketball Association plans to be more active in 2012

With sponsorship being one of the major stumbling blocks in 2011, the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association still had some success in the foregoing year according to its President Kirk...

National senior and junior chess champions awarded

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National senior and junior chess champions awarded

National Senior Chess Champion Taffin Khan and his junior counterpart Suhai Feng were recently awarded for their outstanding performance in the 2011 GEDDES GRANT / SEVEN SEAS and SASHA CELLS...

Joint Parliamentary opposition wades in on cricket impasse

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joint Parliamentary opposition wades in on cricket impasse

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) have sounded their collective voices in the ongoing cricket impasse between the Government of Guyana and the...

Paul, Zaman guides Wakenaam Blue to Ragnauth Softball title

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paul, Zaman guides Wakenaam Blue to Ragnauth Softball title

Outstanding performances from Kemo Paul and Zameer Zaman ensured Wakenaam Blue copped the Chandreka Ragnauth 15-over softball title when they defeated Tuschen in a 3 match competition...

Devers diagnosed with Brain tumor, overseas treatment recommended

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Devers diagnosed with Brain tumor, overseas treatment recommended

Overseas treatment has been recommended for Cricket Broadcaster Sean Devers after the former Guyana cricketer was diagnosed by Jamaica based Brain Surgeon Professor Crandon with Glioma....

Letter to the Sports Editor…Does the GFA Have a Functioning Disciplinary Committee?

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Does the GFA Have a Functioning Disciplinary Committee?

Dear Editor, While nothing is absolutely wrong with the General Council of the Georgetown Football Association requesting that Disciplinary action be taken against a Club, Player or...

UG councillors “set the record straight”

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG councillors “set the record straight”

The University of Guyana Council last evening issued a statement in relation to issues affecting the academic institution for the past few days. The following is the full text: We, members of...

Increasing rainfall sends Health Ministry on high alert

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Increasing rainfall sends Health Ministry on high alert

Pull Quote: “We are currently on top of the situation so far, and we are hoping that we don’t have any outbreak, but at the same time we are preparing for the worst case scenario.” –...

Crippling sugar price cuts…EU transferred $3.4B to Guyana last year

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Crippling sugar price cuts…EU transferred $3.4B to Guyana last year

Guyana received $3.4B last year as part of the European Union (EU)’s continued support for the sugar sector. This year, another amount to the tune of 24.9M Euros, is scheduled to be...

Oil drilling fever heats up as…CGX rig arrives

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Oil drilling fever heats up as…CGX rig arrives

The way has been cleared for the Canadian oil exploration company, CGX, to commence drilling one of two wells in the Guyana offshore concession with the arrival on Sunday of the Ocean...

$$M bids to provide ICT equipment for Educ. Project

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $$M bids to provide ICT equipment for Educ. Project

Under the Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project (GITEP) – a Ministry of Education venture – bids were received at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board...

Health sector anticipates boost with emergency care training

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector anticipates boost with emergency care training

With a project valued at some US$46,500, the Ministry of Health’s Emergency Medicine Care is expected to be significantly boosted with training support organised by the Global Emergency...

Pensioner killed on Essequibo road

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner killed on Essequibo road

Mere minutes before 73-year-old Kenrick Boyce was due to arrive at his Onderneeming home, the retired Government Electrical Inspector was killed instantly after he was struck down on the...

Tourism Ministry to offer “Festival of Colours” package

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism Ministry to offer “Festival of Colours” package

Government, in boosting the tourism sector, is set to launch a special package under the theme “Festival of Colours” from March 2 – 9, 2012, which will coincide with the annual...

GPHC to commence ultrasound training programme

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC to commence ultrasound training programme

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the University of Guyana is gearing to commence a certificate training programme in echocardiography, to specialize...

Treason trio PI… Magistrate to decide on further questioning of Army officer

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Treason trio PI… Magistrate to decide on further questioning of Army officer

Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry is to decide on whether a senior army officer is to take the stand again against treason accused Leonard Wharton, Major Bruce Munroe and Carol-Ann Munroe. The...