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West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Team C/ships…Defending champs Guyana banking on experience

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Team C/ships…Defending champs Guyana banking on experience

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados With the conclusion of four days of competitive Individual shooting at the 2013 edition of the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Championships here at the...

Guyana Independence T20 Cup – 2013…Ameer Ishmail joins list of sponsors

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Independence T20 Cup – 2013…Ameer Ishmail joins list of sponsors

Ameer Ishmail Poultry Establishment of Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice joined the list of sponsors for the much anticipated Guyana Independence T20 Cup. At a simple ceremony held recently, Mr....

Man charged for threatening wife who ‘threatened’ him

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for threatening wife who ‘threatened’ him

“My wife has been threatening to chop off my penis and she said she will put faeces in my food and give me to eat. Since she tell me that, I stop eating home and she has been violent and...

Linden shooting victim’s mom not accepting compensation

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden shooting victim’s mom not accepting compensation

– claims it is “terribly inadequate” Daphne Lewis, mother of Allan Lewis, one of the men killed during the July 18, 2012 protest at Linden, is not prepared to accept the...

Bike thief sentenced to 6 months

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bike thief sentenced to 6 months

A 22-year-old man claimed he was under the influence of alcohol when he stole a bicycle in Campbellville in order that he may sell it to get more money for rum. His reason for...

Port Mourant cricket club host 10/10 cricket, volleyball competitions

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant cricket club host 10/10 cricket, volleyball competitions

The Port Mourant Cricket club will be a hive of activity next Sunday, May 19, when the club hosts a day of cricket and volleyball at the Port Mourant Community Centre. The day’s activity...

Archer elected President of the JAG

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archer elected President of the JAG

Raoul Archer was elected to serve as President of the Judo Association of Guyana (JAG) when the body held a General Meeting on 24th of March 2013 at Olympic House, Georgetown. A release...

Jumbo Jet gets green light for June 16 horserace meet

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet gets green light for June 16 horserace meet

President, of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority, Cecil C. Kennard has recently advised that a horse race meet organized by Jumbo Jet and scheduled to be staged at the Port Mourant Turf Club...

GBA to host take away lunch as efforts intensify for Cuban sojourn

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA to host take away lunch as efforts intensify for Cuban sojourn

The pundits are unanimous in the view that Guyanese amateur fighters were most productive during the late seventies and early eighties when this country enjoyed vibrant exchange programmes...

Winter in July

May 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Winter in July

When is the last straw the last straw? The President has refused to assent to Bills Parliament passed, not by an opposition parliament, (a concept which does not exist) but by Guyana’s Parliament....

Chief witness in Agricola teen’s murder jailed for armed robbery

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness in Agricola teen’s murder jailed for armed robbery

After close to six months of being on trial at the Providence Magistrates’ Court for robbery under arms, Romel Bollers has been jailed for three years. Prior to being charged for the...

Chelsea loses to French Heroine

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chelsea loses to French Heroine

Guyana and Caribbean Table Tennis Champion, Chelsea Edghill lost 0-4 to the European Junior champ, French sensation, Marie Migot yesterday and exited the first round in the Women Singles...

Chinese national fined for illegal entry

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese national fined for illegal entry

Owing to the fact that he overstayed his time in Suriname, Su Jeng, a 27-year-old Chinese national, entered Guyana illegally on his way back from the said country. Presiding yesterday over the...

Rohee’s Ministry defends Guyana’s fight against transnational narco trafficking

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee’s Ministry defends Guyana’s fight against transnational narco trafficking

In the face of severe criticism, and perceived failure, the Ministry of Home Affairs is staunchly defending Guyana’s fight against transnational narcotics trade. In a detailed statement issued...

The death of a friend

May 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The death of a friend

Dear Editor, I wish to acknowledge the passing of a dear friend, a wonderful character , Ryland Kenilworth Lewis [aka John Lewis]. He lived a life of sharing here on Planet Earth as I knew it....

Our silence encourages anarchy

May 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our silence encourages anarchy

Dear Editor, As a youngster, a popular song was “Dem Bones”, dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, and ya head bone connected to ya neck bone and ya neck bone connected to ya shoulder bone...

TCA 40 over tourney…Carmichael stars as Crusoe beat Avengers by 6 wkts

May 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on TCA 40 over tourney…Carmichael stars as Crusoe beat Avengers by 6 wkts

Guyanese Kellon Carmichael grabbed 3 wickets for 35 runs from 8 overs and stroked a match winning 70 not out from 36 balls as Crusoe defeated Avengers by 6 wickets in the Tobago Cricket...

18 women benefit from VYC empowerment programme

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 18 women benefit from VYC empowerment programme

Eighteen women from South-East Georgetown have acquired skills and knowledge that will enable them to enhance the quality of their daily lives. The women are in receipt of certificates, having...

Suspects in Cuyuni beating death to be charged

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspects in Cuyuni beating death to be charged

At least four people are likely to appear in court this week in connection with the April 10 beating to death of Cuyuni miner John Darwin McPherson. A police official confirmed that the office of the...

Overtopping of seawall along Rupert Craig Highway

May 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Overtopping of seawall along Rupert Craig Highway

Dear Editor, In a release by the European Union expressing grave concern over the recent overtopping of the sea defences along the Rupert Craig Highway (RCH), it appears that Minister of Public Works...

NBS donates $1M for new crematorium at Blairmont

May 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NBS donates $1M for new crematorium at Blairmont

The New Building Society Limited (NBS) has donated $1M towards the construction of a crematorium and memorial garden at Blairmont, Berbice. According to the entity, it responded to a request from...

Peeping Tom is either wrong, or mischievous

May 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom is either wrong, or mischievous

Dear Editor, I was recently attracted to two Peeping Tom captions on the existence of the PNC and the role of central government in counter balancing local government. What struck me about...

Death, abortion because of mercury poisoning

May 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Death, abortion because of mercury poisoning

Dear Editor, I urge the Hon Minister of Natural Resources to converse with the Hon Minister of Health before asserting that it will take ten years to implement a ban on mercury...

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Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana

America does not fight for free

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Guyana must be wary of America. That much is clear. The United States has recently issued... more