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Modern Optical Service 3rd Annual Pistol Shoot…Ryan McKinnon, Yamadesh Tularam, Khemraj Haripersaud are A, B & C class winners

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Modern Optical Service 3rd Annual Pistol Shoot…Ryan McKinnon, Yamadesh Tularam, Khemraj Haripersaud are A, B & C class winners

By Franklin Wilson What should have been a three stage shoot was forced to be shortened to two stages when the 3rd Modern Optical Service sponsored Guyana National Rifle Association...

San Antonio Spurs top Miami Heat in NBA Finals Game 5, Game 6 in focus today

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on San Antonio Spurs top Miami Heat in NBA Finals Game 5, Game 6 in focus today

SAN ANTONIO – Something had changed about the Manu Ginobili supporters in this town. The tattooed, middle-aged guy at the bar with the No. 20 jersey spoke about the fallen San Antonio...

Australia out after Sri Lanka defeat

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia out after Sri Lanka defeat

BBC Sport – Sri Lanka progressed into the Champions Trophy semi-finals with victory over Australia, who failed in their ‘mission improbable’ at The Oval. The holders had to...

Julian Moore looking to re-write history with U-15 title in Jamaica

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Julian Moore looking to re-write history with U-15 title in Jamaica

In 1998 Guyana won the first of its two WICB regional under-15 cricket tournaments in the third ever such tournament held in Jamaica. From July 10-26 this year the tournament will again...

DSCL stops NM and GRA at Dominoes

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DSCL stops NM and GRA at Dominoes

Demerara Shipping Company Ltd. (DSCL) squeezed past Neal and Massy (NM) and Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the CCS Guyana sponsored three-way Dominoes match played Friday at Neal and Massy...

DCC congratulates Lloyd

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC congratulates Lloyd

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has congratulated former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd on his appointment to the newly constituted Marketing and Business Development Committee of the West...

Chanderpaul says stint in England was helpful

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul says stint in England was helpful

By Zaheer Mohamed National opener Tagenarine ‘Brandon’ Chanderpaul, the son of dependable West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, recently told Kaieteur Sport that his...

Caribbean Guinness ‘Street Football Challenge’ Competition…Guyana’s Team Back Circle ready for the challenge

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Guinness ‘Street Football Challenge’ Competition…Guyana’s Team Back Circle ready for the challenge

National Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ champions Back Circle, Guyana’s representative at the upcoming Caribbean ‘Street Football Challenge’ Competition which is slated to be...

Travis Persaud to lead national U-17 team

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Travis Persaud to lead national U-17 team

A 14-man squad and six stand-bys were yesterday named by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for the regional under-17 cricket Competition slated from the 29 June to 08 July in Trinidad....

GOA release Olympic Day Activities

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA release Olympic Day Activities

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), in observance of ‘International Olympic Day’ will be hosting its annual Jog/Walk and 10km Team Run on Sunday, starting at 6am outside YMCA at...

Vijay Deo wins Wartsila Golf tourney

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vijay Deo wins Wartsila Golf tourney

Experienced golfer Vijay Deo returned to winning ways to secure victory in last weekend’s Wartsila Guyana Operations Medal Play Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course. Deo, an...

New Amsterdam Warriors destroy Fyrish Black Sharks

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam Warriors destroy Fyrish Black Sharks

New Amsterdam Warriors, smarting from their last defeat on the Basketball court, prepared themselves for war as they returned with a vengeance to take the venomous Fyrish Black Sharks...

GOA/GVF Olympic Day Volleyball Festival set for Saturday June 22

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA/GVF Olympic Day Volleyball Festival set for Saturday June 22

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) will be staging a Volleyball Festival on Saturday 22nd June 2013 at the National Park to celebrate “Olympic Day” 2013. The festival which has...

Richmond’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports/NSC cricket coaching continues

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richmond’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports/NSC cricket coaching continues

Cricket clubs along the East coast corridor will continue to benefit when the national cricket coaching programme conducted by Daniel Richmond and under the auspices of the Ministry of...

Man survives execution attempt, says gunman wants to compensate him

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man survives execution attempt, says gunman wants to compensate him

Albouystown resident, Christopher Gonsalves, says that the gunman who tried to kill him three days ago now wants to compensate him. But the wounded man wants $3M for the bullets he took at close...

Home Affairs hands over $158.4M building to police

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs hands over $158.4M building to police

By Abena Rockcliffe The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday officially handed over a $158.4M building to the Guyana Police Force for the purpose of training and development. It was...

Body in Lamaha Springs house…Soldier died from blows to the head

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body in Lamaha Springs house…Soldier died from blows to the head

Lance Corporal Akini Sampson was struck at least twice in the head with enough force to fracture his skull. Police sources said that this was revealed yesterday during a postmortem, which also...

‘Dead man’ fights for NIS pension

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dead man’ fights for NIS pension

By Abena Rockcliffe After several months of enduring much hassle as he persistently tried to receive his pension from National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Fazil Khan, was then told that...

Citizen Security Prog investigation…Police probing Rai over forged contracts

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Citizen Security Prog investigation…Police probing Rai over forged contracts

The Police’s Fraud Squad is reportedly investigating allegations that Coordinator of the Citizen’s Security Programme Mr. Khemraj Rai forged several contracts. This comes as the...

Dr. Ramroop’s New GPC boast dishonest, designed to mislead

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Ramroop’s New GPC boast dishonest, designed to mislead

The boast by Dr. Ranjisinghi Ramroop of his company, New GPC, being in operation for the past 90 years has some wondering about the haste to mislead the nation and the level of...

Dem boys seh…Government wuk get cheap after elections

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Government wuk get cheap after elections

When old people seh that dem gun pelt you dem done got brick in dem hand. When de opposition people refuse to vote pun some Bills that Rohee present dem did done know in advance that he could...

Aussie Joins St. Lucia Zouks to Replace Unavailable Chanderpaul

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aussie Joins St. Lucia Zouks to Replace Unavailable Chanderpaul

Caribbean Premier League organisers have announced that Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be unable to play in the inaugural tournament for the St Lucia franchise due to contractual obligations that...

Health Minister breaks silence on sacked Berbice doctor issue

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister breaks silence on sacked Berbice doctor issue

Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has stated that the Ministry of Health is not victimizing sacked Berbice doctor, Ramesh Jaikarran. Ramsaran referred Kaieteur News to the Guyana Medical...

My-story, the his-story and history” The 2011 elections

Jun 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My-story, the his-story and history” The 2011 elections

In the recording of history, one’s objectivity becomes enmeshed with my story, his story and history itself. How do we separate my story, his story from history itself? My long standing...

GPL leaking revenues from poles used by Cable TV operators

Jun 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL leaking revenues from poles used by Cable TV operators

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says it is renting 8,000 of its power poles across the country to cable TV companies, a business that could potentially rake in at least $18M...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more