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NACRA Senior Men’s Championship…Dramatic second half rally propels Guyana to 19-17 victory over B/dos

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NACRA Senior Men’s Championship…Dramatic second half rally propels Guyana to 19-17 victory over B/dos

By Rawle Welch Looking anything but champions in a less than inspiring first half display, defending Southern Caribbean title holders Guyana produced a dramatic second half rally to beat...

AUSTRALIA MATCH – WEST INDIES 2013…Great Britain shoots their way to title; West Indies ‘A’ place 3rd

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on AUSTRALIA MATCH – WEST INDIES 2013…Great Britain shoots their way to title; West Indies ‘A’ place 3rd

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados Seven days of pulsating and hard fought battles at the Paragon Ranges here in Christ Church Barbados climaxed yesterday afternoon with Team Great Britain winning...

National Sports Commission three stage cycle road race…Bajan Jamal Eastman leads, Geron Williams, Orville Hinds, Robin Persaud in pursuit

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Sports Commission three stage cycle road race…Bajan Jamal Eastman leads, Geron Williams, Orville Hinds, Robin Persaud in pursuit

All eyes were on the Team Cocoa quartet, Paul DeNobrega, Raynauth Jeffrey, Raul Leal and Christopher Holder but in the end it was 19 years old Barbadian, Jamal Eastman, who secured the best overall...

National Schools Basketball Festival…Marian win two in a row, Bishop’s claim first

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools Basketball Festival…Marian win two in a row, Bishop’s claim first

Marian Academy yesterday won their second straight game in the senior category of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) with a more impressive...

Guyana Independence T20 Cup 2013…Hand in Hand Insurance Company throws support behind tourney

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Independence T20 Cup 2013…Hand in Hand Insurance Company throws support behind tourney

Insurance giants, Hand in Hand Insurance Company joined the list of sponsors for the Guyana Independence T20 Cup to be held at the historic Albion Sports Complex on Sunday May 26, 2013....

Registration for second phase of Chow Pow 10/10 cricket underway

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Registration for second phase of Chow Pow 10/10 cricket underway

The second leg of Chow Pow 10/10 Challenge Softball Cricket Series registration process is beginning to gain momentum as all the major teams have already registered and others...

Is Lugard Mohan the first player selected to the CARICOM all star team in his rookie and sophomore years

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Is Lugard Mohan the first player selected to the CARICOM all star team in his rookie and sophomore years

Charwayne Walker, Statistician, continues his look at former Guyanese sports personalities who have served with distinction during their playing careers. This week he looks at former national...

E’bo football can move forward but with properly structured clubs – IMC chairman Brown

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on E’bo football can move forward but with properly structured clubs – IMC chairman Brown

Essequibo football can move forward but the clubs need to be properly structured, this is according to the chairman of the Interim Management Committee Darren Brown. Brown recently told...

$GCA\NBS competition postponed$

GCA\NBS competition postponed

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\NBS competition postponed

Due to heavy overnight and early morning showers which left most of the grounds in the city waterlogged, the competition committee of the Georgetown Cricket Association postponed all their New...

GMR&SC Endurance Meet…Endurance, dexterity and reliability on show today

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Endurance Meet…Endurance, dexterity and reliability on show today

It is expected to be a test of endurance, dexterity and reliability when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages its Endurance Race Meet today, at the South Dakota...

Hassan sets sight on dominating CMRC Jamaica leg

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hassan sets sight on dominating CMRC Jamaica leg

He is amongst the most dominant drivers in the Group 2B category in local racing and when Guyanese Syed Hassan takes to the track at Dover Raceway in Jamaica on May 26 to represent his country...

Kennard Memorial Turf Club horserace meet postponed

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial Turf Club horserace meet postponed

The inclement weather has forced the organisers to postpone the KMTC Pre-Independence Horserace meet set for today at their racetrack, Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice. Honorary President of the...

“Dwayne Bravo – batting all-rounder – will do well as West Indies ODI captain!”

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Dwayne Bravo – batting all-rounder – will do well as West Indies ODI captain!”

Colin E. H. Croft Especially in Test cricket, regardless of how many runs a team makes, that team simply needs bowlers who can get twenty wickets if they are to win. That is not such a...

Butler and Etheridge to battle in final

May 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Butler and Etheridge to battle in final

Butler lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites when they turned back the challenge of a young, but valiant Galton side to advanced to the final of the St. Stanislaus College...

Polygraph tests for officials not rule out – Luncheon

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Polygraph tests for officials not rule out – Luncheon

As the debate continues to rage over Government’s use of polygraph tests on public servants, the administration has not ruled out placing departmental heads and other top officials in the...

Ministry pushes for early access to nursery education

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry pushes for early access to nursery education

Nursery education is not compulsory but no child is denied a space at school. Currently, a child is admitted in a nursery school in September at the age of three years if that child turned...

Govt. tells Trinidad newspaper…Radio licences were granted to persons with financial means

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. tells Trinidad newspaper…Radio licences were granted to persons with financial means

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, in late 2011, mere days before he ended his two terms in office, approved 11 radio frequencies to applicants after they showed that they had the financial...

Dem boys seh…De big ones got to tek de test too

May 19, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De big ones got to tek de test too

Is a long time since de government been complaining about drugs in Guyana. Jagdeo tell de Americans that if Guyana got to win de fight it got to get help. De Americans decide to give a small...

Renowned Educator and Administrator… Oswald Kendall is a ‘Special Person’

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned Educator and Administrator… Oswald Kendall is a ‘Special Person’

“I am proud of my development of structures at Christ Church Secondary. I am proud of the formation of the President’s College. I am proud of the indigenisation of materials at the...

Public Accounts Committee not designed to facilitate efficiency – former Auditor General

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public Accounts Committee not designed to facilitate efficiency – former Auditor General

The lengthy process involved in scrutinizing Auditor General Reports highlighting Government’s expenditures is being facilitated through the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee...

‘Shark’ owner refutes that vessel developed engine failure

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Shark’ owner refutes that vessel developed engine failure

The North West-bound vessel, ‘Shark’, never developed engine trouble as the Ministry of Works and Transport stated on Thursday. And the vessel never drifted until it reached Anna...

Guyana to export rice and paddy by month-end

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to export rice and paddy by month-end

Guyana is expected to export 100,000 tons of rice and paddy to Venezuela by the end of May, 2013, according to a press release issued yesterday by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie...

Bus driver, 55, shot and robbed in bed

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver, 55, shot and robbed in bed

… gunmen woke him from his sleep with a gun to his head By Romila Boodram A bus driver is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing a gunshot wound to his...

Workers’ unions say GPL cuts must be restored with stringent conditions

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ unions say GPL cuts must be restored with stringent conditions

….reiterate call for GPL investigations The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the National Association of Agriculture, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) are convinced that there...

Bartica massacre accused to finally have day in High Court

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica massacre accused to finally have day in High Court

The five men who were charged and have since been committed to stand trial for the Bartica Massacre are expected to appear in the High Court on May 21. Those charged for the murders are Mark...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more