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Gayle, bowlers give West Indies comfortable win

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle, bowlers give West Indies comfortable win

ESPNcricinfo – Chris Gayle had failed to leave a mark in cold and wet England, but he probably knows there is only one thing cool in the warmer climes of Jamaica – he...

Digicel Nationwide U-18 Schools Football C/ships…Christ Church hammers Cummings Lodge 4-0

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide U-18 Schools Football C/ships…Christ Church hammers Cummings Lodge 4-0

Christ Church Secondary led by a brace from their Captain Jovontay Best got their 2013 bid for top honors in the Digicel Nationwide Under-18 Schools Football Championships off to a winning...

Floodlight softball at Tuschen on Saturday

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlight softball at Tuschen on Saturday

Local comedian Rajan “Zapper Man” Tiwari will on Saturday stage a floodlight softball cricket competition at the Tuschen Community Centre ground. According to Tiwari, interested...

Boxers rearing to go as Guyana Fight Night poised to set the West Coast on Fire

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers rearing to go as Guyana Fight Night poised to set the West Coast on Fire

By Michael Benjamin Boxing administrators have taken the sport just out of Georgetown, at the Princess hotel, Providence EBD; they have gone to Region 10, at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

$Banks DIH 10\10 softball set for Diamond on Sunday$

Banks DIH 10\10 softball set for Diamond on Sunday

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH 10\10 softball set for Diamond on Sunday

The Banks DIH Ten\10 softball cricket competition is schedule for Sunday at the Diamond Community Centre ground where 16 teams are expected to battle for $500,000 in cash and prizes. In the...

Persaud wins East Coast leg of Premium Cues Pool competition

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud wins East Coast leg of Premium Cues Pool competition

Vishwannauth Persaud was crowned East Coast Demerara champion at the East Coast leg of the Premium Cues countrywide Pools competition held last Sunday at Jameel’s Sports Bar at Vryheid’s...

Digicel U-18 School Football Championships…Charlestown Secondary School triumphs over Mercy Wings

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel U-18 School Football Championships…Charlestown Secondary School triumphs over Mercy Wings

After a keen tussle where both teams enjoyed glorious moments, Charlestown Secondary School emerged victorious by a 2-1 margin over Mercy Wings when the action in the Digicel U-18...

Guyana Beverage Company 60-mile Island Mist Cycle Road race set for Berbice July 6

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Company 60-mile Island Mist Cycle Road race set for Berbice July 6

All the country’s top cyclist are once again expected to don their cycling gear and head to Berbice on Saturday July 6th for the second annual Island Mist Water Cycle road race sponsored by...

Guyana keeps attracting unflattering reports….Diplomatic community says Guyana not doing enough to fight corruption

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana keeps attracting unflattering reports….Diplomatic community says Guyana not doing enough to fight corruption

A two-day forum geared to examine challenges facing Guyana’s investment climate is over with the US yesterday brushing off accusations that unfair perception reports coming out of that North...

Richmond to continue MCY&S/NSC cricket coaching programme today

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richmond to continue MCY&S/NSC cricket coaching programme today

Cricket Coach Daniel Richmond will continue his programmes for youngsters along the East Coast corridor today from 9:00am at the Paradise ground. Richmond is conducting the cricket...

Wiltshire Dominoes set for July 1

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Dominoes set for July 1

The Mark Wiltshire organised 20\20 Dominoes competition is set to take place on Monday July 1 at Mandela Avenue and Durban Street Lodge. The winning team will receive $70,000 and a...

$Caldera pleased with GVF\FIVB programme$

Caldera pleased with GVF\FIVB programme

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caldera pleased with GVF\FIVB programme

Ulric Caldera, one of the participants in the ongoing Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF)\Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) five day Beach Volleyball Grassroots course told...

Brazil MP jailed for corruption

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil MP jailed for corruption

A Brazilian congressman sentenced to 13 years in jail for corruption has given himself up after two days on the run. Natan Donadon is the first serving congressman to be jailed in...

Chief Magistrate sends man for Psychiatric check up

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate sends man for Psychiatric check up

– after defendant asked the Chief Magistrate to shoot him Kareem Stewart, 19, was yesterday ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination after he asked Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at...

Kaieteur News Editor, reporter fined $200,000 for contempt

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News Editor, reporter fined $200,000 for contempt

Editor in Chief of Kaieteur News Mr. Adam Harris, and reporter Rehanna Ramsay were fined $150,000 and $50,000 respectively after they appeared before Justice Brassington Reynolds charged with...

Dem boys seh…Donald cuss back and then walk out

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald cuss back and then walk out

Dem got some words that some people don’t like hear. Once you use dem words is like if you show a red flag to a bull. Don’t worry wid all who seh that a bull colour blind. De...

Fisheries Chairman to take GPL to court for $300M in losses

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisheries Chairman to take GPL to court for $300M in losses

…co-op without electricity since 2004 The Chairman of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-operative Society, Pravinchandra Deodat, intends to take Guyana Power & Light Inc (GPL) to court for...

Corruption is not unique to Guyana

Jun 29, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Corruption is not unique to Guyana

Last week, former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran touched on a chink in the government’s armour, a sore spot in the heart of the ruling party and certainly an embarrassment when...

Body of Bounty Hall lad to be exhumed for “proper” autopsy

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body of Bounty Hall lad to be exhumed for “proper” autopsy

Relatives of Troy Ryan Livan, the 11-year-old Bounty Hall, Essequibo resident who died hours after he was hit in the head with a cricket bat, are moving to have his body exhumed for the...

‘Contracts are only awarded to friends and those paying bribes’- Culture Ministry contractors

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Contracts are only awarded to friends and those paying bribes’- Culture Ministry contractors

The process of how contracts are awarded by the government has been up for question for quite some time. Recently, carpenters attached to the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports have been...

Medical and security team unite at special confab in Berbice

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Medical and security team unite at special confab in Berbice

A confabulation specifically meant to bring the security and health sectors together, was held at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) this past week. Attending were medical students...

Barbados to slash budget by US$200

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados to slash budget by US$200

In what appears to be Government caving in to pressure, Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has announced that his administration will drastically cut spending. But while welcoming...

Guyana’s Energy is main deterrent to investment – Ashni Singh

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Energy is main deterrent to investment – Ashni Singh

The high cost of energy continues to be a deterrent of sorts for potential investors and government recognises this, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said yesterday. He was addressing...

Finance Minister lauds investment environment

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister lauds investment environment

The hard work of the Guyana Government to fashion the right environment needed for investors, has been successful as seen in the decision of several large international companies and...

Divorced mother of four in jail for ganja

Jun 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Divorced mother of four in jail for ganja

As the police continue their war on drug traffickers, a female drug dealer was nabbed trying to hide a quantity of marijuana in her roof around midnight. The woman Rene Leach, 26, of 108 New Street...