October 21, 2012 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Courts Pee Wee Schools Football gets off to enterprising start

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Schools Football gets off to enterprising start

The eagerly awaited Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition got off to an enterprising start with six schools gaining outright wins yesterday, at the Thirst Park ground. Played before a...

Digicel’s Schools’ Table Tennis Championships…Mae’s ‘A’ win Under-11 title

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel’s Schools’ Table Tennis Championships…Mae’s ‘A’ win Under-11 title

Mae’s Primary ‘A’ team yesterday evaded any challenge from North Georgetown Primary, Bartica and Mae’s ‘B’ team to win the Under-11 teams’ title at the Guyana Table Tennis...

Showpiece IAAF SA 10km Road Race on today

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Showpiece IAAF SA 10km Road Race on today

– Forde looks to extend impressive record By Edison Jefford Guyana’s Cleveland Forde will be pressed today against regional foes to continue his dominance at the International Association of...

“Winning is wonderful – What happens to the losers?”

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Winning is wonderful – What happens to the losers?”

Colin E. H. Croft Marlon Samuels is one present West Indies player with whom I have good relationships. Chris Gayle and Tino Best are others. They are “old school” in this West Indies team!...

Karibee KO Cup – Final… Western Tigers face Rosignol @ GFC today

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karibee KO Cup – Final… Western Tigers face Rosignol @ GFC today

The battle lines will be drawn this evening at the GFC Ground when the final of the Karibee Rice knock-out football competition comes off with a clash between the boys from the East against...

Top clubs Kings and Jets clash should be a thriller tonight

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top clubs Kings and Jets clash should be a thriller tonight

BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc Open Challenge b/ball at Linden… Raiders meet Flames in first game The action in the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc Open Challenge...

CFU Caribbean Cup… ‘Golden Jaguars’ oppose SVG with eye on Gold Cup

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Caribbean Cup… ‘Golden Jaguars’ oppose SVG with eye on Gold Cup

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’, just off their historic FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 campaign will now turn attention to the Caribbean Football Union Caribbean Cup competition when Group 2...

Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton first Pele FC player to don Senior National Colours

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton first Pele FC player to don Senior National Colours

– former Guyana Int. 1973-1978 Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series of features on Guyana’s World Cup Football players. Today we are pleased to feature former Pele...

Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club $7M race meet set for Sunday November 18

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club $7M race meet set for Sunday November 18

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities have started preparations for their annual one day horserace meet which is set for Sunday November 18 at the Club’s track, Alness...

Convicted Prisoners B win NA Prison football competition

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Convicted Prisoners B win NA Prison football competition

Convicted Prison B used the opportunity for some much need social activity to come out winners when the penal institution held a one day football competition for both convicted and remand...

Elizabeth Styles U-21 50-overs KO…Persaud 5-20, Chattergoon 3-31 bowl PM into semis; Seenarine 5-40 for Skeldon

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Styles U-21 50-overs KO…Persaud 5-20, Chattergoon 3-31 bowl PM into semis; Seenarine 5-40 for Skeldon

Port Mourant have sealed a date with Albion Community Centre in the semifinals of this year’s Elizabeth Styles Under-21, 50 overs knock-out cricket competition in Berbice after they defeated...

Tenelec Inc. First Division 50-over… West Berbice upset Albion despite Bishoo’s 7 for 45; Deonarine hit 55

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. First Division 50-over… West Berbice upset Albion despite Bishoo’s 7 for 45; Deonarine hit 55

The 2012 Tenelec Inc. First Division round-robin 50-over cricket competition boosting the new two tier format started on Saturday last with four first round matches. West Berbice...

All Set for Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club Horserace meet today

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Set for Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club Horserace meet today

The battle is on today for championship honours when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club at No6 West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales holds their grand one day...

NGRC to host race meet at Bath Settlement

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NGRC to host race meet at Bath Settlement

The National Grasstrack Racing Club (NGRC) is set to host race 4 in its ongoing motorcycle grass-track series for 2012 at the Bath Settlement Ground on the October 28, 2012. This race meet is...

The tortuous road from the nadir to the zenith!!!

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on The tortuous road from the nadir to the zenith!!!

Vivian Harris tells Michael Benjamin of the roller coaster ride and the challenges associated with celebrity life (Quote) “Many promoters give the boxer a subsidiary contract to...

Father and son duo could provide formidable challenge for rest of C/bean

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Father and son duo could provide formidable challenge for rest of C/bean

They are no strangers to the South Dakota Circuit and when the father and son combination of Doug and Mark Maloney descend in Guyana to participate in the final leg of the Caribbean Motor...

Anti-malaria drugs tender…Investigation shows drugs worth less than $30M

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-malaria drugs tender…Investigation shows drugs worth less than $30M

Government’s purchases of drugs in recent years have come under growing fire with questions of transparency and whether Guyana was getting value for its precious dollars. Not only has the state...

$16.7M Diamond Fire Station nears completion

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $16.7M Diamond Fire Station nears completion

By the end of this year works on the Diamond Fire Station should be completed. Yesterday, in an invited comment, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said that most of the works on the building have been...

OLPF programme in more trouble

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on OLPF programme in more trouble

The One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme has been placed in more hot water when no laptops were available for residents of Wakenaam who registered to benefit from the programme; while, numerous...

Illness knocks CN Sharma off air

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Illness knocks CN Sharma off air

…he survived challenges during his 20 years in TV …Pioneered TV death announcement, local shows By Rabindra Rooplall Chandra Narine ’C.N’ Sharma, one of Guyana’s oldest...

Dem boys seh…Thiefing passing and nuff people hollering

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thiefing passing and nuff people hollering

De Hard Times newspaper carry a headline that all who thief water will guh to court. Irfaat mek that announcement and everybody tek he serious. But dem have some people who know that Irfaat should...

Guyanese crewman held in US seizure of 6,900 pounds of marijuana

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese crewman held in US seizure of 6,900 pounds of marijuana

Jamaica’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has begun a review of the case involving five Jamaican men who are facing drug charges after nearly 7,000 pounds of ganja were...

Parliament Again

Oct 21, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Parliament Again

Our 10th Parliament will be reconvened tomorrow. It would do us all well to remember that “Parliament” consists of both the President and the National Assembly. In the first session, between...

Void Dire held in “Picture Boy” trial

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Void Dire held in “Picture Boy” trial

…20 soldiers, 12 policemen apprehended accused A “Void Dire” (trial within a trial) commenced on Thursday as the trial into the murder of two East Coast Demerara brothers continued in the High...

Armed masked bandits raid Betsy Ground businesses again

Oct 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed masked bandits raid Betsy Ground businesses again

Residents in Betsy Ground, Canje, especially businesses, are at their wits end as bandits are on the rampage once again. On Friday four masked men dressed in Black and armed with guns and cutlasses...

12 3 NEXT

Chase’s Academic to tackle Clarendon Col’ for spot in the final

A question of timing and priorities

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