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National team departs for WICB regional tourney

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National team departs for WICB regional tourney

The Guyana U-17 team departed yesterday for Trinidad and Tobago to contest the West Indies Cricket Board U-17 competition. Speaking just before their departure at the Wind Jammer Hotel...

GCF Cycling Championships Time Trials Road Race on today

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF Cycling Championships Time Trials Road Race on today

Jeffrey (Sr.), Anthony (Jr.), Fraser (female), Newtown (Vet.) are category winners By Franklin Wilson The battle lines will be drawn today as the best cyclists in the nation clash in the 2013...

Fifa Confederations Cup final…Its Spain vs Brazil can the home team deliver

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fifa Confederations Cup final…Its Spain vs Brazil can the home team deliver

BBC Sport – Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari reported no injuries following victory against Uruguay and could name an unchanged side for today’s final. Hulk has failed to score in his...

West Indies v India, Tri-series, Kingston…Young champions start afresh against hosts

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies v India, Tri-series, Kingston…Young champions start afresh against hosts

ESPNcricinfo – Six months ago, Indian cricket was supposed to be at its nadir. On the back of those eight successive overseas Test defeats came a shocking home Test series loss to...

Preparations on track for local leg of CPL says Event Operations Officer Alex Graham

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations on track for local leg of CPL says Event Operations Officer Alex Graham

By Sean Devers According to Alex Graham, the Event Operations Officer of the Guyana leg of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) t/20 cricket, logistical preparations are on track for...

$GVF\FIVB beach volleyball course concludes$

GVF\FIVB beach volleyball course concludes

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF\FIVB beach volleyball course concludes

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF)\Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) one week beach volleyball grassroots course concluded yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex. President of the...

Gairy St Clair moves closer to another world title fight after convincing win

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gairy St Clair moves closer to another world title fight after convincing win

By Michael Benjamin Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight champion, Gairy ’Superman’ St Clair, kept his hopes alive for another world title shot when he defeated...

$GCB\GTM 3 day Inter County tourney – 3rd round…Rains ruins play on day 1$

GCB\GTM 3 day Inter County tourney – 3rd round…Rains ruins play on day 1

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB\GTM 3 day Inter County tourney – 3rd round…Rains ruins play on day 1

The first day of the third round of the Guyana Cricket Board\Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life General Insurance Company (GTM) 3 day Inter County tournament was called off...

Mars departs tomorrow to attend CONCACAF Elite Referees Course

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mars departs tomorrow to attend CONCACAF Elite Referees Course

Assistant Referee Venton Mars is scheduled to depart tomorrow to participate in a CONCACAF Elite Referees Course in Los Angeles, California, USA as the Region’s Governing Body prepares...

GBTI renews sponsorship for Annual Open Tennis C/ships

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI renews sponsorship for Annual Open Tennis C/ships

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) will serve off the 2013 Annual GBTI Open Tennis Tournament on July 11, at the GBTI Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street, Bel Air Park. The GBTI Open has...

Small Goal Football set for Charlestown Secondary on Friday

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Small Goal Football set for Charlestown Secondary on Friday

The Holy Family Bible Club and the Charlestown Secondary Schools Football team would be running off their annual end of term small goal knock-out Football competition and fair on Friday July...

Digicel Schools Football continues tomorrow

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football continues tomorrow

Play in the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championship continues tomorrow with matches in Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and Georgetown. Over in Region 3, Stewartville take on Professional...

Goal spree continues as Orealla Secondary hammer Lower Corentyne Secondary 13-0

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goal spree continues as Orealla Secondary hammer Lower Corentyne Secondary 13-0

The goal spree continued in the ongoing Digicel Nationwide U-18 Schools Football competition when the much fancied Orealla Secondary staked their claim for recognition with a 13-0 drubbing of...

Third Annual Trophy Stall Volleyball competition serves off in Berbice today

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Trophy Stall Volleyball competition serves off in Berbice today

All the top volleyball players and clubs in Berbice are expected to be in action today when play serves off for the much anticipated Third Annual Trophy Stall Inter Club volleyball competition...

“West Indies v India v Sri Lanka – Another opportunity for West Indies to impress and improve!”

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies v India v Sri Lanka – Another opportunity for West Indies to impress and improve!”

Colin E. H. Croft Perfect! When making comebacks after serious malfunctions, very good re-starts are vastly important. West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, at the preview for West Indies v...

Diamond road widening …Contractor, engineer cause mile-long traffic jam daily- Gov’t official

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond road widening …Contractor, engineer cause mile-long traffic jam daily- Gov’t official

The progress of East Bank Demerara Public Road widening works at Diamond is once again in the spotlight- this time, for the slothful rate of progress. This is interrupting the smooth flow of...

GuySuCo honours champion workers

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo honours champion workers

“…let us use this moment of celebration to reflect those things that we did wrong and those things that we know we could have done better”- Raj Singh By Leon Suseran The Guyana...

Corruption issue takes centre stage at investment seminar

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption issue takes centre stage at investment seminar

-govt. insists Guyana remains attractive “If perception is reality, then change is mandatory.”- Francis Forbes It was supposed to be a straightforward two-day forum geared to improve Guyana’s...

Passionate trade unionist, Ram Mangru, is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Passionate trade unionist, Ram Mangru, is a ‘Special Person’

“I served fearlessly and I was very vocal on issues that affected my fellow workers. I did not compromise for one moment what rights a worker should get. I stood up for what I believed was...

Dem boys seh…Donald people didn’t want investment seminar

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald people didn’t want investment seminar

De government vex bad wid de investment seminar because dem don’t want anybody come to Guyana fuh invest. De ABC countries did organize de investment seminar fuh help bring people fuh invest...

A fighting chance at redemption – The Jahleel London Story

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A fighting chance at redemption – The Jahleel London Story

By Sharmain Grainger There is no telling how far earnest prayers together with hard work can go unless you try; just ask 12-year-old Jahleel London. He, like so many other children his age, is...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is often said that the love of money is the root of all evil. This love of money created some monsters in Guyana to the point that these people do not know what to do with what they have....

Teen highlights human trafficking in Port Kaituma

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen highlights human trafficking in Port Kaituma

“By the time I was 17 years old, I had already had sex with more than 100 men. I was taken to the camp site when I was just 15 years old. I remember being the most sought after girl because...

Geographical Indications and Demerara Sugar

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Geographical Indications and Demerara Sugar

(Second in the series on sugar, originally published in 2008) In the world of cooking, “sugar” is not just any old sugar: there’s white (refined) sugar and there’s brown sugar....

Painting the Wind: The ambition and frustration of a Caribbean man

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Painting the Wind: The ambition and frustration of a Caribbean man

By Sir Ronald Sanders Every now and again, a book comes along that will be kept near to hand and will end up very dog-eared by constant use. Such a book is Ian McDonald’s A Cloud of...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more