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Education Ministry, Peace Corps launch YES project to address HIV-AIDS

Dec 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry, Peace Corps launch YES project to address HIV-AIDS

The Ministry of Education, to address the issue of the HIV-AIDS epidemic and its prevalence in ‘in-school’ youth has trained 41 persons from Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten to go into...

Hikers’, Canada Academy dominate finals

Dec 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers’, Canada Academy dominate finals

Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival All three finals in this year’s Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival produced some thrilling action, but in the end...

K&S inaugural Under-13 Round Robin Football Lien championships kicks off soon

Dec 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&S inaugural Under-13 Round Robin Football Lien championships kicks off soon

All systems are in place and the organizers of the K&S yearly football extravaganza are set to launch the inaugural Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football Lien tournament, scheduled to get...

Patients flee NA Hospital after sewage system overflows

Dec 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Patients flee NA Hospital after sewage system overflows

The new ‘state of the art’ New Amsterdam Hospital is in a deplorable state and some staffers are threatening to down tools. Some wards in the hospital have been flooded since...

Former NCN cameraman dies in accident

Dec 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former NCN cameraman dies in accident

Former National Communications Network (NCN) cameraman Ronald Livingstone was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle collided with a car at Ogle East Coast Demerara. Livingstone, 37, of Lot 2240...

Knockouts galore as Azore survives a stern test to retain local welterweight crown

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knockouts galore as Azore survives a stern test to retain local welterweight crown

By Michael Benjamin On a night of fistic fury, when three boxers failed to make it to the final bell, Guyana’s welterweight champion, Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore survived a stern test...

Diamond Mineral Water International Indooor Hockey Festival…GCC, Hikers reach Veterans final

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Mineral Water International Indooor Hockey Festival…GCC, Hikers reach Veterans final

GCC and Hikers have made it to the final of the Veterans category in the Annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival following the completion of the penultimate day...

Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition….Quarter-final matchups too close to call

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition….Quarter-final matchups too close to call

After being pushed back by a day to accommodate another activity, action in the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition resumes tonight with quarter-final...

Banks DIH becomes major sponsor of Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH becomes major sponsor of Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball

Kings play Flames and Raiders collide with Royals tonight Beverage giants Banks DIH has thrown its support behind the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s yearend Christmas Basketball...

GABA gets commitment from St Lucia and Jamaica

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA gets commitment from St Lucia and Jamaica

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), who has been forging good relations with its counterparts in the Caribbean with the aim of improving boxing, especially at home, but also in the...

European Fitness champ Gisa ter Haar to guest pose at Flex Night Int.

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on European Fitness champ Gisa ter Haar to guest pose at Flex Night Int.

The National Cultural Centre will be set on fire come next Saturday when reigning European Fitness champion, Holland based Gisa ter Haar graces the stage of the National Cultural Centre as the...

Mayor Hamilton Green birthday football set to resume Wednesday at GFC

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Hamilton Green birthday football set to resume Wednesday at GFC

Action in the Mayor Hamilton Green birthday 7-a-side football tournament continues at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Wednesday. Pouderoyen will tackle Goed Fortuin in the first...

GAPF Seniors “Judgment Day’…Fitness Express & Popeye’s Restaurant on board for today big showdown

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Seniors “Judgment Day’…Fitness Express & Popeye’s Restaurant on board for today big showdown

Fitness Express has continued their partnership, while Popeye’s Restaurant (Guyana) has added some much needed protein to the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) for their senior...

More sponsors on board for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet next Sunday

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on More sponsors on board for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet next Sunday

Over $7M up for grabs, 65 horses entered, more sponsors support More sponsors are finalizing their agreements to be part of the big one day horserace meet organised by the Bush Lot United Turf Club...

GFF Super League continues today

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League continues today

Play in the GFF Super League continues today with action at 3 venues. Up at the Blairmont Ground, BCC Rosignol United will come up against the East Coast League Leaders BV/Triumph at 15:30hrs....

GKC conducts successful end of year Grading Examinations

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GKC conducts successful end of year Grading Examinations

The Guyana Karate College (GKC) on Friday afternoon last, held its end of year Grading Examinations, at its main Dojo located at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands. The event saw more...

“2012 was good! 2013 could be a bumper year for West Indies senior men’s cricket team!”

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “2012 was good! 2013 could be a bumper year for West Indies senior men’s cricket team!”

Colin E. H. Croft Even though there is still a month left in 2012, this has been a wonderful year for West Indies cricket! In 2012, West Indies won its fourth; some argue its most exciting...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Administration of local football needs a complete metamorphosis

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Administration of local football needs a complete metamorphosis

Dear Editor, With the Golden Jaguars being eliminated from the World Cup Qualifiers and the CFU Caribbean Cup, which in both instances saw Guyana, occupying the cellar in both instances, it was...

A response to Kumar’s Sports view

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on A response to Kumar’s Sports view

Dear Editor, I was on study leave, but I am back in GT devouring the goodies that I missed so long. You guys remember me, that woman who was and still is a furious football fan, fed up with the ill...

Local Amateur boxers dominate Trinidadian counterparts

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local Amateur boxers dominate Trinidadian counterparts

Local amateur boxers avenged losses to their Trinidadian counterparts, suffered when they visited that Twin Island Republic earlier this year, by winning all of their bouts when they faced off...

Heist in Curacao…Gold boat departed from Suriname

Dec 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Heist in Curacao…Gold boat departed from Suriname

– Vessel registration leads to empty lot in Guyana As local authorities scramble to ascertain whether a multi-million-dollar shipment of gold stolen in a daring heist in Curacao...

US$840M Amaila Falls hydro…APNU, AFC call for review in light of IMF’s concerns

Dec 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$840M Amaila Falls hydro…APNU, AFC call for review in light of IMF’s concerns

The two opposition parties in the National Assembly have called for a review of the multi-million-dollar Amaila Falls hydro project, amidst concerns expressed last week by the International Monetary...

Proficient physio and care provider Hyacinth Massay is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Proficient physio and care provider Hyacinth Massay is a ‘Special Person’

“Working at the Rehab Centre and especially with children, has made me a better person. Like I say to some people, when you work with persons with disabilities, you develop this sort of empathy and...

Dem boys seh…Dem Bees tek de cake wid cheapness

Dec 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem Bees tek de cake wid cheapness

Dear Santa, Dem boys want to write yuh early dis year, so we decide fuh pen yuh dis letter pun de fuss Sunday of December. Santa, dem boys seh dat dis is de season of goodwill and bliss and...

Budget preparation… AFC writes Finance Minister on areas of interest

Dec 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget preparation… AFC writes Finance Minister on areas of interest

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has handed in proposals for the 2013 budget which reflect a reduction in the percentage of Value Added Tax (VAT), a decrease in Berbice Bridge rates, as well as a...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more