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Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football tournament…

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football tournament…

Soesdyke, West Ruimveldt Primary Schools commence on winning note Four schools have notched up convincing victories when the inaugural Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football Lien tournament got...

Banks Beer / GFA Knockout Cup…Another Region 10 team advances

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer / GFA Knockout Cup…Another Region 10 team advances

-Riddim Squad also move on Linden teams continue to emphatically proclaim their intentions to remain in the fray for top honours in this year’s Banks Beer / GFA Knockout Cup with Blue Berry...

Western Tigers FC/ Alpha ‘United advance to next round after convincing K&S victories

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western Tigers FC/ Alpha ‘United advance to next round after convincing K&S victories

Western Tigers FC bought back memories of their tournament winning feats in the 2009/2010 edition of the Kashif and Shanghai Football extravaganza with a brilliant display of classic football...

Metro Office and Computer Supplies on board for KMTC Xmas horserace meet

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Metro Office and Computer Supplies on board for KMTC Xmas horserace meet

Metro Office and Computer Supplies has been associated with the Kennard Memorial Turf Club for several years and their continued sponsorship symbolizes that ongoing relationship and...

Vibert ‘Bartica’ DeFreitas – Former Guyana Int. 1976 – 1980

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vibert ‘Bartica’ DeFreitas – Former Guyana Int. 1976 – 1980

-World Cup Goalkeeper – 1990 Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series on Guyana’s World Cup players; today we are pleased to feature Vibert ‘Bartica’ DeFreitas, former Guyana...

Rising Sun end of Season Horse race meet off

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun end of Season Horse race meet off

Next race date set for Mashramani 2013 After a week of controversy and high powered meetings, some semblance of calm has been returned to the horseracing fraternity. The Kennard Memorial Turf Club...

“Have a wonderful sporting Christmas 2012! The year has been very enjoyable!”

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Have a wonderful sporting Christmas 2012! The year has been very enjoyable!”

Colin E. H. Croft Happy Christmas 2012 to all and to all, have a magnificent time! Hey, despite sometimes severe external stimuli, we have made it! We are still here! That alone is tremendous...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Duplicity is rife in National Football

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Duplicity is rife in National Football

Dear Sir, Since the publication of my letter in your newspaper – 12.12.12 captioned “Shabazz’s Resignation” of which I’m extremely grateful, and I must express my profound gratitude,...

Guyana supports Williams for PUKO President

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana supports Williams for PUKO President

The Guyana Karate Association (GKA) is endorsing Darryl Williams for the President of the Pan American United Karate Organization (PUKO). Williams’s experience, knowledge and...

Trophy Stall continues support for KMTC Boxing Day Meet

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall continues support for KMTC Boxing Day Meet

Proprietor of Trophy Stall of Bourda Market Ramesh Sunich continued his support for the Annual Kennard Memorial Horse Race Meeting which is normally held on Boxing Day, at the Kennard Memorial Turf...

Amateur Boxers turn in good displays at GBA DDL U-16 tourney

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur Boxers turn in good displays at GBA DDL U-16 tourney

Several amateur boxers displayed promising talent as the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) brought the curtains down on its activities for 2012 with the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL)...

Public being deliberately misled on impasse in Guyana cricket – NCSG

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Public being deliberately misled on impasse in Guyana cricket – NCSG

The National Cricket Stakeholders Group which is made up of the Berbice Cricket Board, Georgetown Cricket Association, East Coast Cricket Board, the Upper Demerara Cricket Association and the...

Dr. Luncheon undergoes emergency surgery

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Luncheon undergoes emergency surgery

… doctors find clot near his heart Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon underwent emergency life saving surgery yesterday at the Caribbean Heart Institute. He was rushed to the Georgetown...

Catholic Christmas Village creates festive stir

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Catholic Christmas Village creates festive stir

The Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension Grand launched its Annual Christmas Village in New Amsterdam last weekend. Christmas Villages have become popular in the Guyanese context during this time...

Govt. to engage GPSU in multi-year pay package talks – Labour Min.

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to engage GPSU in multi-year pay package talks – Labour Min.

Moves by Government to pay a five per cent increase to public servants were certainly not intended to halt salary negotiations with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), said Minister of Labour,...

Contractor succumbs one day after beating

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor succumbs one day after beating

A 38 -year-old contractor from Providence, East Bank Demerara, died around noon, Friday, one day after a brawl with another resident of the area. Roopram Jagdeo was pronounced dead around noon...

Believe and achieve! Rajkumar Sookraj is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Believe and achieve! Rajkumar Sookraj is a ‘Special Person’

“Practically, teachers need to know a lot of stuff about classroom testing, and I felt that if I became specialized in that area and worked at the university, I would be able to impart knowledge to...

Dem boys seh…De Bees gun punish fuh dem cheapness

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Bees gun punish fuh dem cheapness

Christmas is a season of peace and goodwill. It is a time for giving and sharing—not give in and share out wha don’t belong to you. De Bees and dem kavakamites ain’t share out nutten...

THERE’S A REASON WHY

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on THERE’S A REASON WHY

There’s a reason why The light appeared, and space and time was born. There’s a reason why The planets, stars and galaxies were formed. There’s a reason why The earth gave birth to creatures...

West Demerara water woes continue

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara water woes continue

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has advised that more areas on West Coast Demerara are being affected by low water service levels due to electricity disruptions affecting GWI water production sites....

GPL still to meet wages rate sought by GPSU, NAACIE

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL still to meet wages rate sought by GPSU, NAACIE

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and National Association of Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), the two unions representing workers at Guyana Power and Light (GPL), have...

Child in parental tug of war, probation reports decide issue

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Child in parental tug of war, probation reports decide issue

Two probation reports, one contradicting the other, have led to a father and his son being separated and the estranged mother having full control of the minor. The father, Osey Hendricks, 36,...

Minister Webster spreads Christmas cheer to the elderly

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Webster spreads Christmas cheer to the elderly

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, on Friday presented holiday cheer in the form of hampers, to elders at the Uncle Eddie’s Home in Tucville, Archer’s Home on...

Family Commission extends helping hand to less fortunate

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family Commission extends helping hand to less fortunate

In what can be described as an inaugural charitable gesture, the members of the revamped Family Commission yesterday took ‘glad tidings’ to nearly 30 needy families. The act saw Chairman of the...

US-based family donates boat and engine to Amerindian community

Dec 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US-based family donates boat and engine to Amerindian community

The Mashabo Amerindian community has received a boat and a 75HP engine from the Stoner Family, which continues to provide humanitarian aids to the vulnerable. Last year, the America-based Stoners, in...

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Guyana Beverage Inc. on board with Petra to host 8th Annual Girls U11 Football Tournament

Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more