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Igloo Ice Cream Junior Hockey tourney ends

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Igloo Ice Cream Junior Hockey tourney ends

The Igloo Ice Cream National Junior Hockey Championships came to an exciting conclusion on Sunday afternoon at the National Gymnasium when arch rivals Hikers and GCC treated the crowd to a...

GABBFF Seniors 2012 – ‘Rise of the Machines’ …Subs & Salads on board

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Seniors 2012 – ‘Rise of the Machines’ …Subs & Salads on board

With excitement and anticipation building ahead of this weekend’s Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Senior National Championships, another business entity...

BV Triumph United & Uitvlugt qualify for main draw

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BV Triumph United & Uitvlugt qualify for main draw

GFF Super League – Preliminary Round The 2012/2013 Guyana Football Federation Super League will see the debut of two teams in East Demerara’s BV Triumph United and West...

International invasion for 10th SA 10km Road Race

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on International invasion for 10th SA 10km Road Race

By Edison Jefford The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has said that it expects an international invasion for the 10th Edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations...

Sanasie 40- over cricket in Leguan…Premnauth, Jattan slam half centuries in Young Warriors victory

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanasie 40- over cricket in Leguan…Premnauth, Jattan slam half centuries in Young Warriors victory

Half centuries from Tulsieram Premnauth and Muneshwar Jattan saw Young Warriors to a fighting 41 run victory over Maryville when action in the Anand Sanasie 40 over cricket competition...

“We end our campaign, with a desire to do our best”

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “We end our campaign, with a desire to do our best”

– National Coach Jamaal Shabazz San Jose, Costa Rica – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and Costa Rica ranked 122nd and 72nd in the FIFA world rankings respectively, face off in the...

Hearts of Oak edge teachers in feature football match

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak edge teachers in feature football match

Teachers Day was observed in Berbice with a series of activities which was held on various days throughout the county. One such activity was a feature football match which was played between a...

Flex Night outreaches to Central Corentyne Gyms

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night outreaches to Central Corentyne Gyms

In the continuing build up to the Flex Night International Body Building and Fitness Show set for December at the National Cultural Centre, Flex Night Inc. on Sunday last held a...

Karibee Cup KO Football…Western Tigers needle Pele, advance to final; to face winner of Rosignol/Monedderlust

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karibee Cup KO Football…Western Tigers needle Pele, advance to final; to face winner of Rosignol/Monedderlust

City side BK Int. Western Tigers needled fierce rivals Pele on Friday evening at the GFC Ground to book their place in the final of the Karibee Cup knock-out football tournament which will be...

$Edward Skeete t\20 cricket – South E’bo…Half centuries for Rooplall, Adams$

Edward Skeete t\20 cricket – South E’bo…Half centuries for Rooplall, Adams

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edward Skeete t\20 cricket – South E’bo…Half centuries for Rooplall, Adams

Half centuries from Patrick Rooplall and Anthony Adams highlighted the latest round of matches in the Edward Skeete and family twenty\20 cricket competition which continued recently in...

Ricardo Rodrigues dies in hail of bullets

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ricardo Rodrigues dies in hail of bullets

– three others nursing gunshot wounds The execution-style killing of Ricardo Rodrigues, a well known associate of convicted drug dealer Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, sent shockwaves through the...

NDIA challenges audit report

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA challenges audit report

– describes it as inaccurate The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has deemed a recent Audit Report which recommended the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer Lionel...

Police quell budding Agricola protest

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police quell budding Agricola protest

– Passing vehicles damaged With doors shut and houses locked, and a strong police presence on the road, Agricola was once again the focus of attention yesterday afternoon. But the...

Dem boys seh…Protest mek old man walk far

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Protest mek old man walk far

Long before dem people in Agricola decide fuh start blocking the streets again, de whole country did know. Was like if somebody tell somebody and de word spread. Before bird wife wake people calling...

Love affair allegation leads to chopping, two hospitalised

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Love affair allegation leads to chopping, two hospitalised

Two Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) teenagers who were involved in a heated argument with some other teens late Sunday night are now at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing...

Goedverwagting murder suspect hospitalised after ingesting poison

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Goedverwagting murder suspect hospitalised after ingesting poison

A man who stabbed his reputed wife to death and seriously wounded her sister remains handcuffed to a bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after he reportedly ingested a poisonous...

Home burgled while businessman attends wake

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Home burgled while businessman attends wake

At least five persons, including a businessman, fell victim to a burglary over the weekend. The family has estimated its losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars after thieves entered their Lot...

Venezuelan ordered to pay fine for overstaying

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan ordered to pay fine for overstaying

A 49-year-old Venezuelan male has been ordered to pay a $30,000 fine or alternatively serve a two-week prison sentence after he admitted to breaching the conditions of his stay in Guyana. José Line...

CLOSURE WOULD HAVE MEANT DEATH

Oct 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CLOSURE WOULD HAVE MEANT DEATH

The idea that the government of Guyana supports the sugar industry simply because it is part of the constituency of the ruling party is a misplaced notion, and a dangerous one at that, and one...

US$10M works for aged Georgetown Sewerage

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$10M works for aged Georgetown Sewerage

Massive works are expected to commence on the Georgetown sewerage system in a matter of weeks effectively signalling progress for the Georgetown Sanitisation Improvement project. The project, which...

Oh la la, Shreya!…Indian singer thrills thousands in “super duper” show

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Oh la la, Shreya!…Indian singer thrills thousands in “super duper” show

Shreya Ghoshal’s hit song “Teri Meri Prem Kahani” depicts lovers struggling to define their love story, but for the thousands of Guyanese fans who turned out for her show Sunday evening, there...

DDL challenged to compete with other subsidy-based companies— Dr Persaud tells shareholders

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DDL challenged to compete with other subsidy-based companies— Dr Persaud tells shareholders

By Leon Suseran Chief Executive Officer of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Dr Yesu Persaud, has stated that his company has to compete in a highly competitive world whereby many companies that...

CJIA drug bust…Four Americans remanded, mastermind on $2M bail

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA drug bust…Four Americans remanded, mastermind on $2M bail

Four of five American residents who were nabbed with cocaine last Friday were yesterday remanded to jail while the alleged mastermind was placed on $2M bail. The four persons were slapped with...

Monument erected to Cubana Air disaster victims

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Monument erected to Cubana Air disaster victims

By Abena Rockcliffe The structure that stands monumental to represent 73 persons who lost their lives during the Cubana air disaster, was yesterday unveiled by President Donald Ramotar and Cuban...

Linden Commission of Inquiry…APNU Vanessa Kissoon takes witness stand

Oct 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…APNU Vanessa Kissoon takes witness stand

– Says she was shot at by officer APNU Parliamentarian Vanessa Kissoon yesterday took to the witness box and was grilled about why she omitted a name of an officer whom she...