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Local marksmen aim for success as GNRA hosts Windies Fullbore Championships

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local marksmen aim for success as GNRA hosts Windies Fullbore Championships

The deafening barks of high powered guns will rent the air this morning when Guyanese rifle shooters join their Caribbean counterparts vying for shooting honours when the Guyana National Rifle...

Bolts I, Westside Progressive qualify in Den Amstel

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolts I, Westside Progressive qualify in Den Amstel

Bolts I and Westside Progressive qualified for the Super 12 of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Competition Sunday night in Den Amstel when the two teams emerged on top of a...

$GCA\NBS second division 40 over final…GCC awarded win after DCC’s refusal to continue following run out$

GCA\NBS second division 40 over final…GCC awarded win after DCC’s refusal to continue following run out

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\NBS second division 40 over final…GCC awarded win after DCC’s refusal to continue following run out

Georgetown Cricket Club were declared champions of the Georgetown Cricket Association\New Building Society second division 40 over competition after their opponents Demerara Cricket Club...

Sanasie 40 over cricket in Leguan

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanasie 40 over cricket in Leguan

A fine all-round performance by Shazaad Razack inspired Satro to a comfortable 75 run victory over Blenheim as the Anand Sanasie 40 over cricket competition continued last Sunday in...

DVA Extravaganza deemed a success

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on DVA Extravaganza deemed a success

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) in collaboration with the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) held a successful Extravaganza...

Chattergoon guides Titans to victory over Tigers

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chattergoon guides Titans to victory over Tigers

Universal DVD Club/Universal Solutions T20 C’ships Led by a commanding knock from their skipper and man of the match Sewnarine Chattergoon, Universal DVD Club Titans defeated Universal...

ICC launches inquiry into new match-fixing allegations

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC launches inquiry into new match-fixing allegations

The International Cricket Council has launched an “urgent investigation” into match-fixing allegations. India TV has alleged six umpires were willing to fix World Twenty20 games ahead of...

Ansa McAl onboard with BCCDA Premier 10/10 cricket tourney

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl onboard with BCCDA Premier 10/10 cricket tourney

Sponsorship has started to roll in for the eagerly anticipated third edition of The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association Inter Agency Corporate Business in Sports...

Enterprise Busta Sports Club are new East Coast t20 champions, defeat Lusignan SC

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enterprise Busta Sports Club are new East Coast t20 champions, defeat Lusignan SC

Watched by capacity crowd that included West Indies legend Clive Lloyd, Enterprise Busta pulled off a stunning five-wicket win against tournament favourites Lusignan in the thrilling final of...

GFF Super League Preliminary Round…Uitvlugt edge NA Utd, BV Triumph beat Shattas

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League Preliminary Round…Uitvlugt edge NA Utd, BV Triumph beat Shattas

Play in the Guyana Football Federation Super League preliminary round of matches opened on Sunday with two matches that resulted in wins for Uitvlugt and BV Triumph United. Up at the Blairmont...

Good all-round performances from Eon Abel, Charles Grimmond and Niroj Singh

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good all-round performances from Eon Abel, Charles Grimmond and Niroj Singh

2012 Neal and Massy Intermediate 50-Overs Cricket Competition in Berbice The 2012 Neal and Massy Intermediate 50-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board...

Cotton Tree Die Hard beat Hopetown United to claim title

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cotton Tree Die Hard beat Hopetown United to claim title

Hand-in-Hand West Berbice Second Division 40-Overs Tournament… The Bush Lot Cricket Ground was filled to capacity on Sunday last as the crowd turned up to witness the final of the...

Opposition warns of mass protest if Rohee does not resign

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition warns of mass protest if Rohee does not resign

The political opposition has warned Government of an organised protest if within the next 48 hours Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee is not removed from office. The political parties say that it...

Late delivery of $800M pumps will be penalized – NDIA

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Late delivery of $800M pumps will be penalized – NDIA

Government yesterday said that it is prepared to penalize an Indian company if it is found to be late with the delivery of several large drainage pumps. Over the weekend, Opposition...

Dem boys seh…Hen See Hen old Guana sink he teeth pun young leaf

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Hen See Hen old Guana sink he teeth pun young leaf

Dem have a saying that old iguana like young leaf. Well a old Guana at Hen See Hen in hot water and is not de first time. Dem boys get de news that he pick a young leaf that been doing work...

Dr. Validen finally laid to rest

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Validen finally laid to rest

– fortune seeker in police custody After more than a month, the body of reclusive doctor, Charles Validen, was laid to rest yesterday, following a simple but moving funeral service...

Training may be lacking

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Training may be lacking

Training is crucial for anyone to be a success in whatever undertaking that person chooses. We have seen great people in many spheres. We have seen athletes shattering world records; there are...

CONFUSION AND MADNESS OF THE ROADS

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CONFUSION AND MADNESS OF THE ROADS

A letter-writer in one of the daily newspapers described the situation with traffic entering the city from its southern extremity as confusion. If the traffic situation there can be so...

Democratic and just behaviour

Oct 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Democratic and just behaviour

The main argument of this paper is that the longevity of the monopolization of political power by one ethnic group in multi-racial societies depends on the nature of its exercise. The ethnic fulcrum...

Chris Ram says Luncheon, NIS board must resign

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram says Luncheon, NIS board must resign

Former Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Reform Project, Christopher Ram, is calling for the immediate resignation of Dr. Roger Luncheon amidst revelations that the fund is in serious...

Driver alleges swerves from woman, crashes car

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Driver alleges swerves from woman, crashes car

Information was sketchy about this accident but Kaieteur News understands that this car which was being driven by a young man of Tain, Corentyne, Berbice on Sunday evening was travelling at a fast...

Trucks destroyed by mystery fire at Chateau Margot

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Trucks destroyed by mystery fire at Chateau Margot

The owner of a mechanic shop at Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, is at his wits’ end to determine who was responsible for a fire that completely destroyed a truck and damaged two others early...

C’tyne double-murder suspect dies

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne double-murder suspect dies

A man who admitted to killing two women in the Corentyne backdam, two Saturdays ago, has died, police confirmed yesterday. Twenty-one year-old Deodat Persaud called ‘Simon’, of Miss Phoebe, Port...

Stronger focus needed on social crime prevention – Report

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stronger focus needed on social crime prevention – Report

Despite progress made in some countries, the predominant model of policing in the Caribbean still focuses on state security rather than on citizen security, according to the recently released...

Lethem arms cache…Police issue wanted bulletin for Ricardo Rodrigues, ‘Bora’

Oct 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem arms cache…Police issue wanted bulletin for Ricardo Rodrigues, ‘Bora’

Following last week’s major arms find at Lethem in the Rupununi, the Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for two men, whom they believe are major players in the whole scenario. Police...

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Thomas’ hat-trick inspires D.C Caesar Fox 10-5 victory, as Annai Sec’ hammer Dolphin

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more