September 2012 - Page 24 of 49

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Wilbur Hope Inter School Football tournament starts today

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wilbur Hope Inter School Football tournament starts today

The inaugural Wilbur Hope Memorial Inter Secondary School football tournament has been launched and is expected to get kicking from today, Monday 17 September, with two matches at the All Saints Scot...

Gajanand Singh’s 107* sees Young Warriors through

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gajanand Singh’s 107* sees Young Warriors through

– West Berbice 7 Edinburg also advance After all of the first round matches had to be postponed the previous weekend, this year’s Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 50 over...

WHY HENRY GREENE WAS HATED

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY HENRY GREENE WAS HATED

Henry Greene, the late former Commissioner of Police was buried yesterday after glowing eulogies were paid to him in a three-hour long ceremony at the National Cultural Centre. Many of those who rose...

Integrity not audacity should be the dictum

Sep 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Integrity not audacity should be the dictum

By Rawle Welch Earlier this week, I was having a telephone conversation with a good friend of mine about the United Kingdom’s (UK) Athletics Chief Charles van Commenee’s decision to resign from...

Electricity to return to Mabaruma sub-district by next weekend

Sep 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Electricity to return to Mabaruma sub-district by next weekend

Over the weekend Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud met with members of the business community in Mabaruma, Region One where concerns about electricity...

Proper functioning legal system is vital for economic development

Sep 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Proper functioning legal system is vital for economic development

– Attorney General By Latoya Giles Fully recognizing that the entire justice system needs revamping, Attorney General Anil Nandlall says he continues to devise a series of programmes...

E-Networks Inc. links with ESPN Caribbean for exclusive coverage of ICC Twenty20 WC

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on E-Networks Inc. links with ESPN Caribbean for exclusive coverage of ICC Twenty20 WC

– West Indies Men’s and Women’s teams considered strong contenders – ICC Women’s World Twenty20 semis and final also to air live Cable Provider E-Networks Inc. through its ESPN...

K&B Mining rescues AAG U-23 team

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on K&B Mining rescues AAG U-23 team

K&B Mining and Hardware Supply is the first business entity to come to the rescue of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Under-23 team that will compete at the South American Championships...

GRA officers demand $500,000 in bribes from businesswoman

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA officers demand $500,000 in bribes from businesswoman

A businesswoman is likely to file legal proceedings against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as early as tomorrow amidst allegations that she was pressured to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars...

GPHC and Doobay Renal Centre to offer FREE kidney transplants

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC and Doobay Renal Centre to offer FREE kidney transplants

Ambitious plans are in the pipeline to introduce kidney transplant operations at no cost to renal failure patients. In fact, plans for the bold move are currently engaging the attention of the...

71-yr-old killed after being hit by two cars

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 71-yr-old killed after being hit by two cars

– one driver, car disappear A 71-year-old man became the country’s latest road fatality when he was killed on the Ogle Public Road in what police have described as conflicting...

Intense rivalry anticipated in Topco Juices National Junior Championships precursor

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Intense rivalry anticipated in Topco Juices National Junior Championships precursor

Intense rivalry for chess honours is anticipated when the nation’s best junior players convene this morning for the TOPCO 2012 National Championship Qualifiers Tournament, under the auspices of the...

Devoted community leader and preacher, Samuel Singh, is a ‘Special Person’

Sep 16, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Devoted community leader and preacher, Samuel Singh, is a ‘Special Person’

By Leon Suseran Our ‘Special Person’ this week is proof that one can definitely make it in this life, despite overwhelming challenges, and when everything seems to be against you. You can say...

Courts 10km Road Race… Underdogs eager for big performance

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts 10km Road Race… Underdogs eager for big performance

By Edison Jefford The re-introduction of the Courts 10km Road Race Classic last year also re-introduced the era of competitive distance-running that has been one of the hallmarks of local athletics;...

Dem boys seh…Who de hell you think you is?

Sep 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Who de hell you think you is?

De people of any country is de boss and de government must know that. Imagine a minister go to a meeting at Kwakwani wid de people and he talk like if he is dem daddy. One man get vex and tell de...

Inquiring minds want to know… What has happened to that promised WBC super tournament?

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Inquiring minds want to know… What has happened to that promised WBC super tournament?

Boxing pundits accustomed to the monthly Friday Night Fights, an initiative of President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool, would have noted that there was a lapse in the...

Agricola shooting … Detained youths say friend was executed

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola shooting … Detained youths say friend was executed

At least two of the young men who were detained in the wake of last Tuesday’s police shooting in Agricola have expressed fear for their lives. The youngsters who recounted a detailed story of...

Mackeson Smooth Moves : $1M challenge bounces off in Albouystown today

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson Smooth Moves : $1M challenge bounces off in Albouystown today

Last year, throngs of patrons flooded the renowned Independence Boulevard Basketball Court in Albouystown when the Georgetown stage of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Championships was...

Local writer launches book of adventures

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Local writer launches book of adventures

“Story Time”, a collection of children stories by writer Maureen Rampertab, was launched on Friday at the National Library to coincide with Education Month and Amerindian Heritage Month....

Winning ICC award was a “shocker” says Taylor

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Winning ICC award was a “shocker” says Taylor

BRIGHTON, England – Stafanie Taylor said she was stunned to be named the ICC Women’s One-day International Player-of-the-Year. Taylor took the accolade ahead of West Indies Women’s team-mate...

Alvin Geronimo Braithwaite; from Sandbach Parker to World Cup Defender

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Alvin Geronimo Braithwaite; from Sandbach Parker to World Cup Defender

– former British Guiana & Guyana Int. 1964 – 1976; C’bbean selectee 1973 Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series of features on Guyana’s World Cup Football players; Today...

Narine claims ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Narine claims ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – For the second year in a row, a West Indian spin bowler has won the International Cricket Council’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. Sunil Narine, the off-spinner who...

“ICC WT-20 2012 – Beware of spoilers – Big noise does not always make great sense!”

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on “ICC WT-20 2012 – Beware of spoilers – Big noise does not always make great sense!”

Colin E. H. Croft Before ICC WT-20 2012 starts, let me divert quickly to another pending T-20 competition – Champions League 2012 in South Africa – which follows immediately, to inform...

Sangakkara wins big at ICC awards

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Sangakkara wins big at ICC awards

ESPNcricinfo – Kumar Sangakkara has won three awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara...

President, Prime Minister lead off Census 2012

Sep 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President, Prime Minister lead off Census 2012

The enumerations exercise began in earnest yesterday morning with interviews being conducted at State House with President Donald Ramotar and his family being interviewed by Assistant Regional Census...

PREV 22 232425 26 NEXT LAST

Khalil, Pollard and Barker reign supreme as BCQS Int’l Masters concludes

Are we better off today than we were before first oil?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more