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Huge fan turnout emphatically establishes motor racing as No.1 sport here

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Huge fan turnout emphatically establishes motor racing as No.1 sport here

The thousands of motor racing fans that decended at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday to witness the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) emphatically...

Westside teams battle City rivals as Mayor’s birthday Inter Ward football kickoffs today

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Westside teams battle City rivals as Mayor’s birthday Inter Ward football kickoffs today

The Mayor Hamilton Green Birthday 7-a-side Inter Ward football tournament starts today, November 13, Diwali Night, at the Den Amstel ground at 5:00pm and will serve up a battle among...

Reds win latest action in F &H Printing dominoes tourney

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reds win latest action in F &H Printing dominoes tourney

Reds totaled 82 games to win Zone 7 when play in the Georgetown leg of the F and H Printing nationwide Dominoes competition continued last Friday. Wild Bunch placed second with 77 games...

Road race on in Berbice today

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Road race on in Berbice today

Athletes in the Ancient County, especial those preparing for the National Schools Championship slated for next week in Georgetown, will have a chance to show off their mettle today when the...

GFF Super League…Uitvlugt record only weekend win, beat Milerock 4-3; four matches on today

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League…Uitvlugt record only weekend win, beat Milerock 4-3; four matches on today

West Demerara’s Uitvlugt Warriors continued their fairy tale run in the 2012/13 edition of the Guyana Football Federation Super League on Sunday last when they erased a 2-0 deficit to...

Auto Fashion/ Star Party Rentals pitch in towards successful K&S tournament

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Auto Fashion/ Star Party Rentals pitch in towards successful K&S tournament

Another motorcycle for another lucky patron Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major and Kashif Muhammad, the two Directors of the Kashif and Shanghai organization have set out to make the 23rd...

GCC, Police grab first innings points in drawn matches

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC, Police grab first innings points in drawn matches

GCA\Hadi’s 1st Division 2 day tourney… Georgetown Cricket Club and Police grabbed first innings points when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association Hadi’s 1st division...

One arm wonder wins Table Tennis competition in Berbice

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on One arm wonder wins Table Tennis competition in Berbice

By Samuel Whyte It was action non-stop when the inaugural Berbice Table Tennis Championship, which was held on Saturday last at the Berbice High School, Auditorium Queenstown New...

Guyana loses 5-0 to T&T in hockey World League

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana loses 5-0 to T&T in hockey World League

In their opening match of the World League, Guyana suffered a 5-0 beating from CAC champions Trinidad and Tobago on the first day of the tournament at the National Hockey Centre in...

Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility host Caricom day of Racing

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility host Caricom day of Racing

Eight exciting races are carded for the day when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility (RCMTC&SF), in collaboration with Banks DIH Ltd stages an event dubbed...

BCCDA Presents Prizes to winners

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCCDA Presents Prizes to winners

Prize winners and outstanding individuals who participate in the recently held Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) Cooperate Business in Sports (CBIS), 2012...

Letter to the Sports Editor…A desperate attempt at recapturing support for Kashif and Shanghai

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…A desperate attempt at recapturing support for Kashif and Shanghai

Dear Editor, It is clear as day that the notorious ‘Letter Factory’ which has firmly implanted its tentacles in our nation’s newspapers, via relentless operatives, has begun to...

EZjet blasts Govt, asks public for forgiveness

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EZjet blasts Govt, asks public for forgiveness

– says Ramdeo has taken back control Grounded low-cost charter, EZjet, has confirmed that its founder/former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sonny Ramdeo, is being investigated by the US’s...

Govt. collects US$20M on GT&T’s share sale…

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. collects US$20M on GT&T’s share sale…

…will use proceeds on Marriott Hotel – says AFC The sale of Government’s 20 per cent stakes in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is nearer to finalization with a significant...

Dem boys seh…Sonny ducking and hiding

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sonny ducking and hiding

Sonny playing ketcha wid de Feds. Of course the Feds use the English term, ‘Hide and Seek’. Now people talking how Easy Jet hard to find and de boss more hard to find. He office claim how...

Diwali: a time of celebration and a time for reflection

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali: a time of celebration and a time for reflection

By Rabindra Rooplall Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time of celebration and a time for reflection. Diwali is a celebratory ritual for Hindus worldwide, and the lighting of diyas, fairy...

Billions being invested in bauxite mining – Natural Resources

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Billions being invested in bauxite mining – Natural Resources

More than US$300 million has been invested in bauxite mining in Guyana and another US$150 million is expected to be plugged into the operation, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of...

Woman chopped after sharing favours with father, son

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman chopped after sharing favours with father, son

A 19- year-old Rose Hall Town woman who shared the affections of a father and son is now a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was brutally chopped by the younger man who found her in...

Guyanese confidence in Police Force among the lowest in the Caribbean

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese confidence in Police Force among the lowest in the Caribbean

By Dale Andrews Guyanese have little confidence in their police to control crime. This is according to the 2012 Caribbean Human Development Report, which shows that in terms of confidence in their...

New housing codes…New measures to monitor contractors, building materials quality

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New housing codes…New measures to monitor contractors, building materials quality

Government has started discussions on a National Housing Policy which will, among other things, seek to regulate the way contractors operate, and the quality of building materials. On Friday, a draft...

Stakeholders to help define Special Education Needs policy – Education Minister

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders to help define Special Education Needs policy – Education Minister

Although challenged in its quest to secure a venue for yet another consultation on special education needs, the Ministry of Education was able to persevere and hold a final session for the year at...

NRSC advocates 25-year jail term for causing fatal accidents under the influence

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NRSC advocates 25-year jail term for causing fatal accidents under the influence

…says cameras will help police ticket defaulters A minimum sentence of 25 years is being touted for persons causing fatal road accidents while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This...

Missing vouchers, overpayment for fuel all cited in Auditor General’s report

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Missing vouchers, overpayment for fuel all cited in Auditor General’s report

– By Latoya Giles The Guyana Police Force overpaid a supplier some $5.601M for fuel and lubricants in 2010. This revelation was made by the Auditor General in his 2011 report. The Auditor...

BEI student ignites explosive during Diwali Programme

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BEI student ignites explosive during Diwali Programme

…Home-Economics teacher injured Chaos ensued yesterday afternoon at the Berbice Educational Institute in New Amsterdam and a Diwali Programme halted after a Home Economics teacher at the...

Diwali messages

Nov 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali messages

From President and First Lady Diwali is a special and happy time for Hindus, marked by acts of inner and outer purification, kindness, amity, appreciation for others and care and respect for elders....

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Shabazz’s termination remains just the tip of the iceberg

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more