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National Scrabble Championships…Ferocious battle of wits and words as Gafoor goes after McDonald’s title

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Scrabble Championships…Ferocious battle of wits and words as Gafoor goes after McDonald’s title

By Michael Benjamin Moen Gafoor is thinking WIN while Abigail McDonald will be thinking RETAIN; both are scrabble words and the person with superior vocabulary, buys the right tiles and form the most...

All-round India crush West Indies

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All-round India crush West Indies

After a listless performance against Sri Lanka, where they were trounced in all departments, there was a feeling that India had lost its intensity and drive after the highs of the Champions...

Tickets for Pakistan ODIs on sale from today at GCB office

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tickets for Pakistan ODIs on sale from today at GCB office

Venue preparations 95% completed says Curators By Sean Devers Local fans will be rooting for Sunil Narine and Mohammad Hafeez when they represent the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the upcoming CPL but...

7th Caribbean & 14th IPF/NAPF/FESUPO Pan American Powerlifting C/ships

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Caribbean & 14th IPF/NAPF/FESUPO Pan American Powerlifting C/ships

Morgan smashes Pan Am deadlift record; becomes 5-time C/bean champion Unprecedented is the word to describe Guyanese powerlifting sensation Randolph ‘The Accomplisher’ Morgan who...

Milton Bradford adds ‘Colors’ to Alika Morgan’s athletic career

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milton Bradford adds ‘Colors’ to Alika Morgan’s athletic career

Local long distance runner Alika Morgan recently returned from Trinidad and Tobago where she won a silver medal at the Caricom 10K race. The feats of the young athlete were duly acknowledged when...

Digicel Schools Football Championships…GITC edge Lodge 2-1

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championships…GITC edge Lodge 2-1

Goals in either half spearheaded GTIC to narrow 2-1 victory over Lodge Secondary at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary when the Digicel Schools Football Championships continued...

Digicel Schools Football Championship…Annai beat Aishalton 4-1 to march on

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship…Annai beat Aishalton 4-1 to march on

Annai led by a helmet-trick from Garville Daniels (4, 48, 81 & 92) set up a mouthwatering clash against St. Ignatius on Sunday after beating Aishalton 4-1, at the St. Ignatius Community...

Guyana Beverage Island Mist Water Cycle Race on today

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Island Mist Water Cycle Race on today

Cycling is set for the Ancient County of Berbice today for the second annual Island Mist Water Road Race sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company and organised by the Flying Aces...

$GCB\GTM 50 over tourney…Demerara and President’s XI battle for spot in final, Berbice already through$

GCB\GTM 50 over tourney…Demerara and President’s XI battle for spot in final, Berbice already through

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB\GTM 50 over tourney…Demerara and President’s XI battle for spot in final, Berbice already through

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara will face the President’s XI at Wales while Berbice will take on Essequibo at Bourda when the final preliminary round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)\...

Wills powers NA ‘Multi’ past Marian Academy

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wills powers NA ‘Multi’ past Marian Academy

-Outhustles the NSBF 2012 runners-up By Edison Jefford In what became a territorial battle Thursday night, a sort of Georgetown versus New Amsterdam clash, Neil Wills powered New Amsterdam...

Guyana Police Force Headquarters host sports and fun day

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police Force Headquarters host sports and fun day

The Guyana Police Force Headquarters will be the hosts of a fish fry and fun day at the police Sports Club Ground tomorrow morning and patrons are assured of a fun filled experience....

TCL Cricket Academy & Republic Bank Summer Camp starts Monday

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on TCL Cricket Academy & Republic Bank Summer Camp starts Monday

The 16th annual Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Cricket Academy organised by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) is set to bowl off on Monday at the Area ‘H’...

RCMTC&SF & PMTC Horse Race Meet dates are confirmed

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC&SF & PMTC Horse Race Meet dates are confirmed

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) of Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice and The Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) also of Corentyne, Berbice have...

Taxi driver shot in execution attempt

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot in execution attempt

– Battling for life at GPHC In what is believed to be an execution attempt, gunmen early yesterday opened fire on a taxi driver at Cummings and Sixth Streets, Alberttown, leaving...

An open letter to Khurshid Sattaur

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Khurshid Sattaur

Mr Khurshid Sattaur, Commissioner General, Guyana Revenue Authority, Camp Street, Georgetown. Dear Editor, We the staff of the Inter Service Enterprise Security Service of 21 Seaforth...

When the judgement is clouded

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on When the judgement is clouded

Dear Editor, Reference to your report on the sexual assault allegation in Region Three. This is very troubling. The treatment the victim received merely highlights the prevailing...

How could anyone morally and ontologically elevate Burnham above Rodney?

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How could anyone morally and ontologically elevate Burnham above Rodney?

DEAR EDITOR, Forbes Burnham is entitled to the O.R. Tambo Award. However, the outcry over that award has raised a bigger issue; the Walter Rodney versus Forbes Burnham philosophical and...

Building Expo to churn out 1,000 new potential homeowners

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Building Expo to churn out 1,000 new potential homeowners

– Financing arrangements to wrap up by end of event At the end of this year’s International Building Expo, 1,000 potential homeowners would not only secure their house lots but would...

Is this the ‘Spirit’ we’re promoting in the CPL?

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this the ‘Spirit’ we’re promoting in the CPL?

Dear Editor, In a country which has no services available for persons whose lives have been destroyed by alcohol consumption, there is a certain irony in how the Caribbean Premier...

Breaches of these protocols must have consequences

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Breaches of these protocols must have consequences

Dear Editor, Sexual harassment is an offence that is totally under-legislated though it is all too prevalent. Unfortunately, in too many workplaces, both in the public and private...

Opportunists continue to cannibalise Rodney’s name to ensure their relevance

Jul 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Opportunists continue to cannibalise Rodney’s name to ensure their relevance

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to M. Maxwell’s KN letter July 1, 2013 “Here are the facts that support Burnham’s involvement in Rodney’s assassination.” Based on the claims, no rational...

Miners press for fuel, duty free concessions as gold prices slide further

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners press for fuel, duty free concessions as gold prices slide further

Miners, claiming pressure from a worrying fall in gold prices on the world markets, wants Government to relax duties on pickup vehicles and take actions against heavy equipment...

Ryan Hoppie, Bibi Halima Khan are GT&T Jingle and Song Competition winners

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ryan Hoppie, Bibi Halima Khan are GT&T Jingle and Song Competition winners

-judges’ scores coincide with national votes Guyana has voted, and West Bank Demerara’s Bibi Halima Khan and Georgetown’s Ryan Hoppie have been named this year’s Guyana Stars. And it...

Drug enforcers find 640 kilos of ganja in container

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drug enforcers find 640 kilos of ganja in container

The drug enforcement agents of the Guyana Revenue Authority, the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, yesterday busted a quantity of marijuana that landed in Guyana...

Stand fan electrocutes two-year-old

Jul 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stand fan electrocutes two-year-old

Police are questioning the parents of a two-year-old girl who was electrocuted around 20:30 hrs after coming into contact with a fan at La Bonne-Intention, East Coast Demerara. Relatives identified...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more