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Former Nat. Player Colin Edwards laid to rest

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former Nat. Player Colin Edwards laid to rest

A consoling atmosphere permeated the First Assembly of God Church, L&P Durban Street, Wortmanville yesterday afternoon as dozens packed the pews and lined the roadway to bid farewell to the late...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy is de banker fuh de Bees

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy is de banker fuh de Bees

When bandits mek a hit dem got to find somebody who gun keep de money. That is how some people use to hear and see bodies floating and couldn’t understand why. Well when dem got nuff money at stake...

Drag racers gearing up to excite fans on Sunday

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drag racers gearing up to excite fans on Sunday

As the day approaches for the staging of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club International Drag Meet at the South Dakota Circuit, Kaieteur Sport decided to offer racing fans a clear definition...

NSC to stage Dominoes competition in Region 2 this week

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC to stage Dominoes competition in Region 2 this week

The National Sports Commission will be sponsoring a Mashramani Dominoes Competition for Persons with Disabilities in Region # 2 on the Essequibo Coast. Sports Organizer, Wilton Spencer will be in the...

Georgetown names final team for Linden basketball clash

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown names final team for Linden basketball clash

Georgetown has opted for what it believes is its strongest composition when the final twelve players who will battle Linden Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall were identified for the...

Amateur boxers battle for top prizes as Berbice affiliates host 6th Inter Gym Boxing card

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers battle for top prizes as Berbice affiliates host 6th Inter Gym Boxing card

The recent upsurge of boxing gyms in the Ancient County of Berbice has witnessed a multitude of youngsters that are performing above par and coach of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG), one of the...

Heywood’s 7 leads Leonora into final; Uitvlugt & Zeeburg battle for place

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heywood’s 7 leads Leonora into final; Uitvlugt & Zeeburg battle for place

Fazia’s Collection / WDFA U-17 Girls Inter Sch. Tourney Abioce Heywood created history on the West Demerara when she alone accounted for seven (7) goals as she led Leonora Secondary into the final...

Anil Lachman dethrones champion Sudesh Fitzgerald to clinch national title

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anil Lachman dethrones champion Sudesh Fitzgerald to clinch national title

Guyana Darts Association Mashramani Darts Classic Anil Lachman employed some precision throws to register 3 games and dethroned national champion Sudesh Fitzgerald, who won just 1 game, to take the...

$Georgetown Softball League\ Regal make presentation to GNIC$

Georgetown Softball League\ Regal make presentation to GNIC

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Softball League\ Regal make presentation to GNIC

Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, one of the sponsors of the current Georgetown Softball League Open, Oover-35 and Female tournaments on Monday last presented one 21’ colour television set to...

Rage, TNT, C7 through to semis

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rage, TNT, C7 through to semis

Joseph and Vickerie Dominoes Rage, TNT and C7 have booked their places in the semifinals of the Faye Joseph and Samantha Vickerie 2 in 1 out Dominoes competition which commenced on Sunday evening at...

Slingerz FC/Stag Beer tournament set for exciting climax

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC/Stag Beer tournament set for exciting climax

With the intentions of uplifting the sport of football on the Westside, Slingerz Entertainment have in the last three weeks launched and hosted the most talked about football tournament on the West...

Sahadeo, Bacchus bowl Omesh XI to comfortable victory

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sahadeo, Bacchus bowl Omesh XI to comfortable victory

GSL\Regal Stationery\Mike’s Copy Centre\Star Party Rentals\Trophy Stall cricket Jimmy Sahadeo and Asheemel Bacchus grabbed 4 wickets each as Omesh XI defeated LBI Top Gun by 91 runs as play in the...

Former footballers roll back the years at GFC Ground today

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former footballers roll back the years at GFC Ground today

Two teams comprising of past football stars from the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and the Brasimex Masters will turn back the clock of their glory days when they clash at the Georgetown Football...

Junior and Senior Mr. Muscle Flex Bodybuilding competition in Berbice this Saturday

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior and Senior Mr. Muscle Flex Bodybuilding competition in Berbice this Saturday

Body Building fans in Berbice will have an opportunity to see all the top bodybuilders in the ancient county in action when the Fitness Zone Gym of Stanleytown New Amsterdam, stages their Mr. Muscle...

Ganga-smoking soldiers raid on mining camps…Victims stalling ID parade – Police

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ganga-smoking soldiers raid on mining camps…Victims stalling ID parade – Police

– Board of Inquiry report to be presented before week end By Dale Andrews The fate of some Guyana Defence Force ranks is hanging in the balance as investigators await the full cooperation of...

Phone thief gets 18 months

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Phone thief gets 18 months

A man who admitted to stealing a BlackBerry cellular phone was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court on a charge of simple larceny. It...

Inmates remanded for Camp Street drug bust

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Inmates remanded for Camp Street drug bust

Two inmates of the Camp Street prison have been charged for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Both men appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

$127M bid to supply material for sluice’s stainless gates

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $127M bid to supply material for sluice’s stainless gates

Under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) the Ministry of Agriculture received bids for the supply of material for the construction of stainless gates for the East Demerara Water...

Businesses uneasy about attacks on miners…Former private sector chief calls for separate Defence Ministry

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businesses uneasy about attacks on miners…Former private sector chief calls for separate Defence Ministry

Businesses are getting nervous over the crime situation and one senior private sector executive is now calling for government to consider establishing a Ministry of Defence that will deal with the...

Mash Day fatal stabbing…Two detained

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mash Day fatal stabbing…Two detained

The police have arrested two men from Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) in relation to the death of a 25-year-old man, who was reportedly attacked by a group of men armed with broken bottles...

“Drowned” toddler’s post mortem to be conducted today

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Drowned” toddler’s post mortem to be conducted today

The Post Mortem Examination (PME) which is expected to establish the exact cause of death of one-year-old Akeem Peters is expected to be conducted sometime today. This will essentially determine the...

Biker critical after Bel Air crash

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Biker critical after Bel Air crash

A 40-year-old motorcyclist was in a critical condition yesterday after slamming into a car in the vicinity of Bel Air, East Coast Demerara, at the Railway Embankment and Conversation Tree. The...

Deportee faces court for defrauding immigration department

Feb 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee faces court for defrauding immigration department

Sase Harry Nepal Singh was yesterday remanded to prison pending a probation report after he was arraigned on two fraud-related charges. The accused, a 35-year-old farmer of Arankaville Port Mourant,...

Luncheon’s disrespect for the broadcast licence

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Luncheon’s disrespect for the broadcast licence

Dear Editor, “Every single radio station, licenced radio station, approved broadcasting… They all have to make an application accompanied by those supporting documents,” she added. (Demerara...

The poverty gap is getting wider

Feb 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The poverty gap is getting wider

Dear Editor, It is an open secret that some people are very connected or deemed indispensible and are therefore considered the untouchables in Guyana. So much for equity and fairness in a country...