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Sarwan pleased with steady start ahead of ODI Series

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan pleased with steady start ahead of ODI Series

Perth, Australia – Ramnaresh Sarwan believes his half-century against the Prime Minister’s XI on Tuesday was the right tonic he required to boost his confidence heading into the five-match...

Haslyn Graham elected LABA President

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haslyn Graham elected LABA President

BOSAI’s Mines Maintenance Senior Planner, Haslyn Graham, who served as the last Organising Secretary of the association, is the new President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association...

City Mall supports Leroy Brummel’s 10/10 Cricket Competition

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on City Mall supports Leroy Brummel’s 10/10 Cricket Competition

The City Mall yesterday became the latest entity to offer sponsorship for the Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brummel’s Birth Anniversary 10/10 Cricket Competition and Final next Sunday at the...

$Leroy Brummell inter division female 10\10 softball…Grant pilots HQ to 10-wkt win, B Division triumph over C Division$

Leroy Brummell inter division female 10\10 softball…Grant pilots HQ to 10-wkt win, B Division triumph over C Division

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leroy Brummell inter division female 10\10 softball…Grant pilots HQ to 10-wkt win, B Division triumph over C Division

Nicola Grant slammed five fours and two sixes in a top score of 35 as Headquarters defeated Special Constabulary Headquarters by 10 wickets when action in the Leroy Brummell Inter Division 10\10...

Permaul leads National team fight back in first warm up game

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Permaul leads National team fight back in first warm up game

Adams grabs 5 wkts for Rest XI Left arm spinner Anthony Adams bagged 5 for 37 to help the Rest XI restrict the National team for 146 in a 3 day warm up game which started yesterday at the Everest...

GVF holds AGM, reports and way forward discussed

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF holds AGM, reports and way forward discussed

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) held its AGM at the Albion Community Centre’s Boardroom on the Corentyne last Sunday. The meeting was attended by over 35 persons representing the BVA...

Elections to top agenda at GABBFF AGM on Sunday

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elections to top agenda at GABBFF AGM on Sunday

Elections for a new executive will top the agenda when the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) convenes their Annual General Meeting (AGM) this Sunday at the Guyana Olympic...

Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…Petra Organisation buoyant over good start

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…Petra Organisation buoyant over good start

Director of Petra Organisation, Marlan Cole in a brief analysis of the Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament expressed satisfaction with the response seen so far. Cole, who along...

Digicel Pro League – T&T…Holder’s brace guides Caledonia to 6-0 mauling of T&TEC

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Pro League – T&T…Holder’s brace guides Caledonia to 6-0 mauling of T&TEC

Guyanese and Caledonia AIA forward Sheldon Holder netted a double to help end his team’s two-match winless run in the Digicel Pro League (Trinidad & Tobago) and picked up much...

Leitch, McKenzie win for second time as Rose Hall TA&DO stage third road race

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leitch, McKenzie win for second time as Rose Hall TA&DO stage third road race

The third edition of the Rose Hall Town Anniversary and Development Organization monthly road race was successfully held on Sunday last along the Corentyne Highway. The 5KM event saw...

Letter to the Sports Editor…HERO – Clive Lloyd not respected by Cricket Administrators

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…HERO – Clive Lloyd not respected by Cricket Administrators

Dear Sir, Mr. Clive Hubert Lloyd a professional Cricket Character, had Guyana and the West Indies flags flying high during his tenure and now he is not respected by the West Indies and...

Berbice denies attending GCB AGM

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice denies attending GCB AGM

In a Press release, the Berbice Cricket Board has denied any of its officials attended the recently held Guyana Cricket Board Annual General Meeting. The release informed: “The...

MPs get $420 monthly for telephone, entertainment and duty free allowances

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on MPs get $420 monthly for telephone, entertainment and duty free allowances

…but Jagdeo gets unlimited allowances While Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told the National Assembly, during the last sitting, that a $5000 allocation per month to former...

East R/veldt man shot dead in D’Urban Street

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East R/veldt man shot dead in D’Urban Street

A 47-year-old man was early yesterday morning shot dead at the corner of D’Urban and Hardina Streets, Wortmanville by a lone unmasked gunman. The dead man has been identified as Allan Lloyd...

Soldiers not authorized to inspect mining camps – Commodore Best

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers not authorized to inspect mining camps – Commodore Best

No member of the Guyana Defence Force has the authority to inspect any mining licenses or to intermeddle into any mining activities once they are not accompanied by an official of the Guyana...

Toolsie Persaud “rationing” stones

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud “rationing” stones

Toolsie Persaud Limited has now resorted to rationing stone to its customers; as Guyana seems to be experiencing shortages of this key building material. When contacted, places like Gafoor and BK...

Female drug mule dies in jail

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Female drug mule dies in jail

A female foreign national, who was serving a three-year sentence for drug trafficking, succumbed at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday after a brief illness. The woman, Aneisha Joseph, was admitted...

Public Procurement Commission should be up and running within six weeks – AFC

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public Procurement Commission should be up and running within six weeks – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is hopeful that within the next six weeks the Public Procurement Commission which is a constitutional body born of the Public Procurement legislation, would be up...

Dem boys seh…Thiefing is not a right

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thiefing is not a right

Is a long time now dem boys know that Jagdeo own Guyana Times and using Bar Bee as a front. De man does write everything good bout heself. He write how he is de greatest thing pun this earth...

EU’s sugar quota extension…Guyana preparing measures to take advantage – Agri Minister

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EU’s sugar quota extension…Guyana preparing measures to take advantage – Agri Minister

Government says that it is preparing a number of measures that will allow Guyana to capitalize on a critical five-year extension of its sugar quota to the European Union. Last week, the European...

Africanized bees attack teens

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Africanized bees attack teens

Two teenagers were yesterday attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees which has been living in their unoccupied Lot 499 Section ‘A’ South Sophia home for the past seven years. The teens,...

European Investment Bank looks to rekindle loans to local businesses

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on European Investment Bank looks to rekindle loans to local businesses

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is exploring ways to lend its money to Guyana. Head of Regional Representation for the Caribbean at the EIB, Yves Ferreira, yesterday wrapped up a...

Prison officials absent from meeting on improved health care in prison system

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officials absent from meeting on improved health care in prison system

Very noticeable was the absence of prison officials from a high-level meeting held by the Ministry of Health yesterday with a view to amplifying the importance of good health care as a human...

Digicel launches sleek Z10 Blackberry smart phone

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches sleek Z10 Blackberry smart phone

Digicel yesterday announced that it will be launching the new BlackBerry Z10 smart phone powered by BlackBerry10 across the Caribbean. The new BlackBerry Z10 is the first smart phone to...

Digicel-sponsored Mahaica Children’s home nearing completion

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel-sponsored Mahaica Children’s home nearing completion

Works on a multi-million-dollar structure to house the Mahaica Children’s Home is just over 60 per cent completed and officials of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and the...

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more