August 2013

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Demerara Mutual Life part sponsors Leon Seaton

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Life part sponsors Leon Seaton

– action splashed off yesterday With competition underway at the 19th Goodwill Swimming Champions taking place at the Aquatic Centre, Wildey, St Michael, Barbados, Demerara Mutual Life...

Systems in place for Jumbo Jet mega horserace event at Port Mourant Turf Club

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Systems in place for Jumbo Jet mega horserace event at Port Mourant Turf Club

Preparations are continuing in earnest as the 7th Annual Guyana Cup, with a jumbo-sized $30M in cash and prizes on offer, is just a short time away. The event fixed for August 25 at the Port...

Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic set for explosive start today

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic set for explosive start today

The fourth edition of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic is set for an explosive start today from 13:00hrs at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, and coaches from the...

Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL WILL PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL WILL PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE

Dear Editor, The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) it appears does not have the confidence of the cricketing fraternity in its present form since it is void of two thirds of its constituent members...

Guyana register 27-run win over T&T as Women’s Regional T20 begins

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana register 27-run win over T&T as Women’s Regional T20 begins

The first round of the Regional Women’s Twenty20 concluded yesterday with four matches at two venues in Grenada, and Guyana were in winners’ row beating Trinidad and Tobago by 27 runs in...

32 youth footballers benefits as Fruta Conquerors football coaching clinic concludes

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 32 youth footballers benefits as Fruta Conquerors football coaching clinic concludes

By Michael Benjamin After some three weeks of meaningful sessions that dealt with football related and social issues, 32 youth footballers from an initial 40 received certificates of participation...

Grenadian athletes here for Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic IV

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports 1

Grenadian athletes Kenisha Pascal and Reon Radix along with Coach, Kwame Hypolite, arrived in the country Thursday morning aboard Caribbean Airlines to compete in the fourth edition of Boyce...

Table Tennis Camp billed for West Dem from August 19-25

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table Tennis Camp billed for West Dem from August 19-25

A West Demerara Table Tennis Camp, sponsored by Payless Varity Store, is billed from August 19-25 at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre from 09:00hrs to 13:30hrs each day. The Camp caters for young...

National Park users request better conditions for recreation

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Park users request better conditions for recreation

By Zena Henry Some parts of the National Park are virtually useless daily users of the recreation and relax area say, as they complain about the unacceptable state of the sporting areas. While...

GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ship…Tournament pushed back to September 7

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ship…Tournament pushed back to September 7

ONCE AGAIN, the Competitions Committee of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Incorporated (GSCL Inc.) was forced to postpone their second 12/12 tournament, following persistent...

Tigers Biannual General Meeting on tomorrow

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tigers Biannual General Meeting on tomorrow

BK Western Tigers Football Club will hold its biannual general meeting tomorrow, August 18th, at the BACIF Sports Club, West Ruimveldt from 10:00hrs. According to a release from the Club, the...

T&T Red Force to begin Champions League preparations

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T Red Force to begin Champions League preparations

With T20 fixtures against Guyana at Providence By Sean Devers When Guyana beat Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-final of the 2010 Caribbean T20 competition at the Queens Park Oval to earn the right...

APNU stresses need to address interpersonal violence

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU stresses need to address interpersonal violence

“We must choose life and find the resources to preserve it” – David Granger By Abena Rockcliffe On the heels of the recent spate of domestic violence comes A Partnership for National...

Pomeroon’s boat operators want hold on licencing clampdown

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon’s boat operators want hold on licencing clampdown

Residents and boat operators in the Pomeroon River, Region Two, are calling on Government to hold further talks before introducing measures that will mandate all vessels and its captains to be...

CPCE Associate Degree graduates to commence Bachelor’s at UG

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE Associate Degree graduates to commence Bachelor’s at UG

Even as moves are being made to improve teachers’ education, an innovative tactic being employed by the Ministry of Education is to reduce the time in which graduates of the Cyril Potter...

Youth group launches topical venture

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Youth group launches topical venture

Professional Youth Alliance Guyana (PYAGuy) launched their “INSPIRE CHANGE for young women and girls” Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Project recently at the group’s Barr Street, Kitty location....

“We’re in favour of a new zone for Diamond Scheme”

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “We’re in favour of a new zone for Diamond Scheme”

– United Minibus Union President In an effort to alleviate transportation woes faced by residents on the East Bank of Demerara, the United Minibus Union (UMU) has announced its support...

Young apprentices to be trained alongside BK Quarries staffers

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Young apprentices to be trained alongside BK Quarries staffers

BK International has opened its doors to 10 young men and women on a six-month apprenticeship attachment at BK Quarries from the USAID-sponsored Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE)...

GITEP supports ICT use in tertiary institutions

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GITEP supports ICT use in tertiary institutions

In light of the fact that Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been recognised as an important factor in the delivery of education in tertiary institutions, moves have been made in...

New equipment at GNBS ensures more efficient services

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New equipment at GNBS ensures more efficient services

By Tiffanne Ramphal The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), yesterday, topped up its collection of equipment to be used in continued service of protecting consumers from being served with...

THE ART OF STARING – GT STYLE

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ART OF STARING – GT STYLE

Guyanese love to stare…when it pleases them. They don’t just look. They stare. A beautiful young girl emerged out of Guyana Stores onto the pavement outside. It was an entrance from one...

Confronting abuse of females

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Confronting abuse of females

Everyone should be extremely concerned about the persistence of violent abuse of females in our society, despite numerous strategies developed by government and various social organisations to combat...

Nigerian fined for illegal entry, falsifying documents

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerian fined for illegal entry, falsifying documents

A Nigerian man who pleaded guilty yesterday to falsifying passport documents and entering Guyana illegally, told persons present at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court that he only came to...

Murder suspect among 28 arrested during raids

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murder suspect among 28 arrested during raids

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday conducted raids in a number of communities in Georgetown, where 28 persons were arrested, for a number of criminal offences. According to the police,...

Husband accused of assaulting “unfaithful” wife

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Husband accused of assaulting “unfaithful” wife

– Woman decides not to testify A 25-year-old woman decided not to testify against her 24-year-old reputed husband who was accused of assaulting her and causing bodily harm....

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Bobb, Lovell hit hat-tricks

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…Saints and SHC S’Team record wins at National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Hockey Board’s National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships got off to an...

Bigger is not necessarily better

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular danger when tourism people gather in a room to discuss the future of tourism. Before anybody notices, somebody is talking about luxury resorts, billion-dollar investments, global sporting events and infrastructure on a scale that would make Dubai look like...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Pres. Ali- the mythmaker

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has constructed a movie. He has a lot of help from former president, Jagdeo. Since both are into mythmaking, the movie they made presents an image to Guyanese. Perfection. PPP Govt. women made to look angelic. PPP men less demonic. Fantasy made to be...

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