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BCB/Tenelec Inc Under-15 Inter-club Tournament bowls off shortly

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec Inc Under-15 Inter-club Tournament bowls off shortly

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would like to inform all cricket clubs that the Tenelec Inc Under-15 Inter-club would bowl off this week as the Board starts preparing for the upcoming...

Guyana Karate opens New York location

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Karate opens New York location

The Guyana Karate Association (GKA) has formed a New York Chapter. The New York arm of the GKA was formed to develop and advance Guyana karate in New York. They will be following...

Scotia bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy matches postponed

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy matches postponed

– new dates and venue to be released Matches in the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy Tournament which were slated yesterday and for the April 7 at the Georgetown Football Club...

Kool-Aid Junior Easter Tournament Day Three…Wiltshire wins again, Collins progresses to 3-0

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kool-Aid Junior Easter Tournament Day Three…Wiltshire wins again, Collins progresses to 3-0

Ten-year-old Maya Collins did not disappoint on night three of the Kool-Aid Junior Easter Tournament at the Georgetown Club’s squash facility when she claimed her third straight win, while Shomari...

Mayor Annual Knockout Inter Ward Quarterfinals on today

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Annual Knockout Inter Ward Quarterfinals on today

-Eight teams to battle for semifinals spot By Juanita Hooper Four thrilling matches will be played today when the commencement of the quarterfinals of the Mayor’s Annual Knockout Inter Ward...

Athletes to stomp their authority today in Linden’s Developmental Meet

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes to stomp their authority today in Linden’s Developmental Meet

By Juanita Hooper Athletes from across Guyana will be looking to stomp their authority today in Linden at the McKenzie Sports Club ground for the first time of the year when the Upper Demerara...

Wrestling action continues tonight in the Park

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wrestling action continues tonight in the Park

Fifteen exciting wrestling stars excited the Guyanese fans last evening at the National Park and that trend and more is anticipated tonight when the GT&T sponsored Wrestlerama continues...

“For West Indies, now is the time, the best time for Test cricket!”

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “For West Indies, now is the time, the best time for Test cricket!”

Colin E. H. Croft It is time! West Indies and Australia are ready for Test cricket. While five ODI’s and two T-20-I’s gave us great surprises, tremendous excitement, even euphoria, it is Test...

Umana Housing Developments….Two overseas-based clients challenge Ramzan again

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Umana Housing Developments….Two overseas-based clients challenge Ramzan again

Umpteen allegations had been raised by victims pertaining to fraud being carried out by housing developer of Umana Developments in the past. Another such has surfaced once more, this time involving...

Accident victim recalls horror story

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accident victim recalls horror story

…he was dragged under a minibus A 35-year-old man yesterday decided to break the silence, since he said it has been over a month he has been at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

Woman arrested with ecstasy at Ogle Airport

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman arrested with ecstasy at Ogle Airport

One woman is in police custody after she was intercepted at the Ogle International Airport on Friday afternoon, attempting to smuggle 80 pieces of ecstasy to an interior location. This...

Lyken/Newburg Funeral Parlour is 90 years old

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lyken/Newburg Funeral Parlour is 90 years old

-poised for the new technological challenge The Newburg Funeral Parlour now in its 90th year, is the oldest funeral home in the history of Funeral Services in Guyana. The history of the Lyken...

Teenager dies in labour while being transported from Linden Hospital

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager dies in labour while being transported from Linden Hospital

By Rabindra Rooplall A 17-year-old mother in labour was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday while being transported from the Linden...

AFC Councillors excluded from several RDC Committees

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC Councillors excluded from several RDC Committees

Alliance For Change (AFC) Region Five Councillors say that they are being excluded from several Sub- Committees on the Regional Democratic Council (RDC). They want an immediate explanation...

Rice continues record-breaking movement on economic front

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rice continues record-breaking movement on economic front

Dr Ashni Singh has reported an 11.3 increase in rice production. He told the House on Friday, that the rice industry extended its stellar performance of recent years with total production last...

Man electrocuted while covering generator

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man electrocuted while covering generator

…residents blame road for death A father of four was on Friday electrocuted during an apparent freak accident on Burma Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Deonarine Ramdeen, 33, of Airy Hall,...

Linden records road deaths but no perpetrators

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden records road deaths but no perpetrators

Many of the road accidents in Linden, occur on the Winifred Gaskin Highway (One Mile main road) in Wismar. Some have been fatal. Adding to families’ bereavement are what they consider the...

Ailing man dies at Parika stelling while waiting for ambulance

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ailing man dies at Parika stelling while waiting for ambulance

The relative of a Bartica resident is calling on the relevant authority to conduct a thorough investigation into an incident which some feel led to the death of a man. According to reports,...

Ranks receive free IT training at UGBC

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ranks receive free IT training at UGBC

Members of the Community Policing Group (CPG) in Berbice, in commemorating 36 years of its presence in Guyana, were engaged in rigorous Information Technology training recently at the...

We applaud the work of our Councillors

Apr 01, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We applaud the work of our Councillors

AFC Outreach to Region Five A team from the Alliance for Change (AFC), including Moses Nagamootoo, Gerhard Ramsaroop and Nigel Hughes, in a recent outreach to Region 5 visited Ithaca,...

The Porcupine

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Porcupine

Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills that defend or camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the...

I will never walk away from my “impertinence.”

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will never walk away from my “impertinence.”

To say that countless times I have been berated for being “impertinent” and attacking and confronting wrongdoers only to be proven correct can be seen as “beating your own...

The vicious killer with the beady eyes

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The vicious killer with the beady eyes

By Michael Jordan It was noon on October 1, 1998, when 63-year-old vehicle importer Mohamed ‘Akbar’ Hussein stepped out of his office in the Guyana National Industrial Corporation...

The world can be dangerous for sexually active men

Apr 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The world can be dangerous for sexually active men

This past week many people were up in arms against the decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang in the matter involving Police Commissioner Henry Greene and a woman who accused him of raping her. The...

Guyana Legal Aid Clinic – An avenue of support for the needy and vulnerable

Apr 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Legal Aid Clinic – An avenue of support for the needy and vulnerable

There is usually no little cost attached to the process of accessing justice. In fact, according to Managing Director of the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic, Attorney-at-law Simone Morris-Ramlall, it...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more