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BREAKING NEWS: Three dead as truck smashes into car

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS: Three dead as truck smashes into car

A couple and their daughter were killed at 10:30 hours today after a vehicular smash-up on the Supply Public Road East Bank Demerara. The victims were pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond...

Windies fully prepared; ready for big start against Aussies

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies fully prepared; ready for big start against Aussies

Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies captain Darren Sammy exuded confidence on Friday as his team put in their final preparations ahead of their opening match in the ICC World T20 tournament....

Brendon McCullum breaks record as New Zealand beat Bangladesh

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brendon McCullum breaks record as New Zealand beat Bangladesh

BBC Sport – Brendon McCullum hit the highest score in Twenty20 international history as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runs at the World Twenty20 in Pallekele. McCullum plundered seven sixes...

Pepsi Sonics Basketball Tournament launched

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Sonics Basketball Tournament launched

– Gatorade official drink of the competition After a lengthy absence, organised basketball is set to return to the mainstream when Pepsi Sonics stages its ‘Refresh Your Game’ 2012...

South All stars smoothly through to next round

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on South All stars smoothly through to next round

– Tournament continues on Burnham Court tonight South All stars impressively dismissed any challenge from their rivals Thursday night when the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball contest...

Members disappointed with state of T&GSC ground

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Members disappointed with state of T&GSC ground

One of the factors affecting the development of sport in Guyana is the lack of proper training facilities. Recently members of the Transport and General Sports Club, Thomas Lands, caught up with...

World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Ezekiel Jackson visits Guyana

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Ezekiel Jackson visits Guyana

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Ezekiel Jackson arrives in Guyana today for his first visit to his birthplace since achieving worldwide fame. The WWE sensation soared to superstardom in...

BHS, TASS advance to finals in inaugural Wilbur Hope Inter Secondary football tourney

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BHS, TASS advance to finals in inaugural Wilbur Hope Inter Secondary football tourney

Football fans who turned up at the All Saints Scots Church ground on Thursday to witness the Semifinal matches in the Inaugural Wilbur Hope Inter Secondary School Memorial football matches were happy...

Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET IMPOSTORS

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET IMPOSTORS

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your letter column to reply to a letter written by Mr. Rajendra Singh captioned “The government must allow the GCB to carry out its function” and published...

GFSCA Softball continues tomorrow

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA Softball continues tomorrow

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) sponsored by Mike’s Pharmacy, Ariel Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Ramchand Auto Spares, SurvIVAL, Motor Trend, and Petama Enterprise,...

Top horses on show as Rising Sun Turf Club stages $6M Horse race Classic event

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top horses on show as Rising Sun Turf Club stages $6M Horse race Classic event

More than seventy horses will vie for over $6m in prizes when the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), in collaboration with Banks DIH Ltd presents a fund raising horse race meet scheduled for Sunday...

$WCDUCL \ PRESIDENT’S CUP…Adams hits half century as MME Uprising Star make winning start$

WCDUCL \ PRESIDENT’S CUP…Adams hits half century as MME Uprising Star make winning start

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on WCDUCL \ PRESIDENT’S CUP…Adams hits half century as MME Uprising Star make winning start

An attacking half century by national U-19 all-rounder Ricardo Adams led MME Uprising Star to a convincing 8 wicket win over Windsor Forest when the West Coast Demerara United Cricket league...

Courts Golf Tourney Tee-off today

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Golf Tourney Tee-off today

The Lusignan Golf Course will be a hive of keen competition today when the best golfers in the country compete for supremacy in the annual mega Courts Golf Tournament that will Tee-off at 12:30 noon....

Glen Mills to be honoured with 5K Run/Walk

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Glen Mills to be honoured with 5K Run/Walk

Jamaica Observer – VETERAN track and field coach Glen Mills will be the focal point of the inaugural CB Group/UWI 5K Walk/Run on Sunday, November 18, which marks part of the Grand Jamaica...

LABA stages basic training for Referees and Table Officials today tomorrow at MSC

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA stages basic training for Referees and Table Officials today tomorrow at MSC

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will today and tomorrow hold a Basic Referees’ and Table Officials’ Clinic at the Mackenzie Sports Club Lounge. The association is aiming at the...

Fruitful engagements as Hearts of Oak Masters Annual football camp concludes

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fruitful engagements as Hearts of Oak Masters Annual football camp concludes

Five weeks of intense sports activities came to an end when the curtains came down on the annual Hearts of Oak Masters ‘Teach them Young’ Football Summer Camp, with a presentation ceremony at...

Government reviews buying “pirated” text books

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Government reviews buying “pirated” text books

– By Latoya Giles Government intends to rethink the move to buy reprinted textbooks, according to Head of State Donald Ramotar during a press briefing yesterday afternoon. The president said...

Justice Kennard sworn in to Linden commission

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Kennard sworn in to Linden commission

The fifth member to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the shooting death of three Lindeners, Justice Cecil Kennard, CCH, took the oath of office as member in the presence of...

US$840M Amaila Falls hydro-electric project…

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$840M Amaila Falls hydro-electric project…

Guyana will examine reduction of hefty US$55M risk insurance – Ramotar Guyana will examine the possibilities of drastically reducing a US$55M political risk insurance cost that is...

Medical Council dissatisfied with statement on amputee’s death

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Medical Council dissatisfied with statement on amputee’s death

The Guyana Medical Council has requested further information from the West Demerara Regional Hospital to ascertain why its staff discharged 48-year-old Devanand Nauth last month, even though he had...

NCN scandal…President awaits report from Board

Sep 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NCN scandal…President awaits report from Board

President Donald Ramotar has not ruled out a full fledged investigation into the operations of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN). The agency has been under pressure this year...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald doing nuff wriggling

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald doing nuff wriggling

Sometimes people does dig hole fuh other people fall in. Uncle Donald didn’t know that dem had so much hole till he try fuh walk. One big hole was dem pirate textbooks. Fuh years, Shaik...

The PPP/C approach

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C approach

DEAR EDITOR, This letter is not about partisan politics. It is about an approach to development which is inclusive and participatory in which the key players in the development process come together...

It seems like our standards have plummeted

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems like our standards have plummeted

Dear Editor, The acceptance of sub-standard in Guyana is simply unbelievable, especially among people who should know better. The success of any organisation depends on how it pursues excellence and...

Guyana “short changed” when there was only one appellate court for 35 years

Sep 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana “short changed” when there was only one appellate court for 35 years

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is famous for being different from other countries. It was the only country in the Commonwealth which only had one appellate court and this was not only for a year or two, but for...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more