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Afridi’s stunning return sinks woeful Windies

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Afridi’s stunning return sinks woeful Windies

Holder’s heroics with ball in vain By Sean Devers Jason Holder captured 4-13 from 10 overs of incisive seam bowling before Shaid Afridi returned to ODIs for the first time since March with an...

Alex Arjoon and Nicolette Fernandes are Digicel Senior Squash champs

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alex Arjoon and Nicolette Fernandes are Digicel Senior Squash champs

The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel ran off the fifth and final day of the Digicel Senior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club...

Doping scandal grips athletics…Sprint stars Gay, Powell and Simpson test POSITIVE for banned substances

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Doping scandal grips athletics…Sprint stars Gay, Powell and Simpson test POSITIVE for banned substances

Daily Mail – American sprint star Tyson Gay and Jamaicans Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have each tested positive for banned substances. Gay, the fastest man in the world this year, has...

Digicel Schools Football Championship…Covent Garden are Reg. 4 champs; beat Bladen Hall 2-0 in final

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship…Covent Garden are Reg. 4 champs; beat Bladen Hall 2-0 in final

By Franklin Wilson East Bank Champions of the Digicel Schools Football Championship (DSFC), Covent Garden Secondary School, added another accolade to their 2013 collection when they defeated East...

Super 50 to be played separately from Regional 4-day tourney

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Super 50 to be played separately from Regional 4-day tourney

By Zaheer Mohamed President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron said at a press conference held yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium that the Regional Super 50 competition will...

Fruta Conquerors U-13 Football League…Fruta Conquerors defeat Fruta ‘A’ to assume top of the table rankings

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fruta Conquerors U-13 Football League…Fruta Conquerors defeat Fruta ‘A’ to assume top of the table rankings

Fruta Conquerors defeated their junior club mates, Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ 3-1 to lead the point standings with an impeccable 18 points from 6 games when action in the Fruta Conquerors U-13 Football...

Over 50 entered so far for RCMTC&SF and PMTC horserace meet

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 50 entered so far for RCMTC&SF and PMTC horserace meet

Preparations are continuing for the much anticipated Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) and the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) one day horserace meet on...

Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club 16th annual summer camp kicks off today

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club 16th annual summer camp kicks off today

The 16th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football summer camp kicks off today at the Scot Church ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam and...

Government lobbies opposition support for Amaila Project

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government lobbies opposition support for Amaila Project

* APNU says it is still to inspect and decide * AFC to await green light from IDB By Abena Rockcliffe Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has called for unanimous support in Parliament for...

Corentyne piracy incident … Suspects transferred to Paramaribo…charges soon

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne piracy incident … Suspects transferred to Paramaribo…charges soon

By Leon Suseran The pirates in custody in Suriname for last Tuesday’s daring daylight hijacking of four fishermen and their boat along the Corentyne River have been transferred to a special police...

Parika speedboat captain perishes in road accident

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parika speedboat captain perishes in road accident

A Parika speedboat captain was added to the country’s growing list of road fatalities when his motorcycle collided into the rear of a motor car on Saturday afternoon. Gavin Renville, 32, of Parika...

Guyana Police Force pays tribute to 60 “fallen heroes”

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force pays tribute to 60 “fallen heroes”

“The criminals will also be targeted by the police, because it is the criminals that contribute a very small percentage to our society that create havoc and terror” – Rohee. Sixty ranks who...

Camp Street fire … Victims say Police seem reluctant to investigate arson claims

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street fire … Victims say Police seem reluctant to investigate arson claims

– “There is no justice for people without money.” It has been more than a week since a suspicious fire destroyed two Camp Street homes, and the affected persons say the police seem...

National Competiveness Strategy… PSC Chairman urges speeding up of process

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Competiveness Strategy… PSC Chairman urges speeding up of process

While appreciating the need to speed up the implementation of the National Competitiveness Strategy, Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Ronald Webster believes tremendous work is being done...

Kurupung residents call for Minister’s intervention on mining lands

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kurupung residents call for Minister’s intervention on mining lands

Residents of Kurupung in Region Seven, who depend generally on mining for their daily bread, are calling on the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud to issue them a plot...

Mayor urges City Constab. Officers to “resist evil” at 176th anniversary service

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor urges City Constab. Officers to “resist evil” at 176th anniversary service

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green, yesterday urged City Constabulary officers “to act in the interest of justice and dignity but resist evil” in all forms. The Mayor was addressing a gathering...

Dabydeen holds successful playwriting workshop with Drama School students

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dabydeen holds successful playwriting workshop with Drama School students

On Thursday last, the University of Guyana held a playwriting/screenwriting workshop for students of the Guyana National School of Theatre Arts and Drama at the National Cultural Centre. The featured...

Kaneville residents in tears for water

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville residents in tears for water

“Mr. President, Guyana is a land of many waters, why aren’t we getting water for months? Without water we can’t survive, we have to eat and bathe just like any normal person,” the cries of...

Missing Rastafarian’s body found floating in Canje River

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Rastafarian’s body found floating in Canje River

The missing body of Calvin Osborne also called ‘Haywood’ or ‘Ras’, 26 of Savannah Park Housing Scheme was fished out of the Canje River late on Saturday evening in the vicinity of the Canje...

New Coomaka CDC calls for unity to develop community

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Coomaka CDC calls for unity to develop community

Coomacka, (not to be confused with Kumaka, found somewhere in the North West) is the proverbial ‘diamond in the rough”- a small obscure community, that many people, even in Linden, which is...

Village leaders are responsible for ensuring land, resources are sustainably utilised – Minister Sukhai

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Village leaders are responsible for ensuring land, resources are sustainably utilised – Minister Sukhai

Indigenous leaders from Region 9 were urged by Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai to fully utilise the measures and procedures outlined in the Amerindian Act to address concerns about...

Kurupung residents call for Minister’s intervention on mining lands

Jul 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kurupung residents call for Minister’s intervention on mining lands

Our Govt. should be able to protect our common interests from any new business partners

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Govt. should be able to protect our common interests from any new business partners

Dear Editor, Please let me respond to Tony Vieira’s letter (July 10) on proposed joint projects with Brazil. I think we have —justifiably— developed a sometimes excessive suspicion of our...

We have to return to basics in the sugar industry

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have to return to basics in the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Agricultural activity, accounts for about 30 per cent of GDP in 1991 according to the World Bank. In 2012 according to the Bank of Guyana the agricultural sector only contributed 22...

Dabydeen’s pathetic excuse for his non-appearance to present Burnham’s speeches

Jul 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dabydeen’s pathetic excuse for his non-appearance to present Burnham’s speeches

Dear Editor, I find Mr. Dabydeen’s explanation for his non appearance to present the volumes of the Speeches of Forbes Burnham wholly disgusting. In essence, excuses for both days are flat and...

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