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5th U-19 ODI set for Providence today – Windies aiming for a win to keep series alive

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th U-19 ODI set for Providence today – Windies aiming for a win to keep series alive

By Sean Devers Young West Indies must beat Bangladesh tonight at the National Stadium at Providence in the fifth ODI Day/Night encounter if they hope to keep the seven-match under-19 series alive....

AFC wants answers on GuySuCo lands given to private developers

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC wants answers on GuySuCo lands given to private developers

After a two-month break, the National Assembly is set to reconvene in a matter of days. According to Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, among some of the issues that...

Kings look to defend crown against Falcons as Jets take on Raiders

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kings look to defend crown against Falcons as Jets take on Raiders

It is down to the last four of the Trophy Stall Regulation Open Basketball championship where the finalists will be decided after the semifinals tonight as the top seed, Kings, take on Bankers Trust...

Detained vessel…Case turned over to Venezuelan Prosecutors

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Detained vessel…Case turned over to Venezuelan Prosecutors

…36 crewmembers to be held on board as investigations continue Five American citizens were among the crew of a U.S.-chartered oil exploration ship seized by the Venezuelan navy...

Stepson kills Sophia farmer

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stepson kills Sophia farmer

– Assailant turns himself in By Javone Vickerie “If I didn’t do wuh I had to do, they woulda bring all ah we out in body bags”, said a 20-year-old Sophia resident just...

Third South Road shooting victim dies in hospital

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Third South Road shooting victim dies in hospital

– family demands private post mortem The third suspect in Saturday night’s shooting, Romario Gouveia, 19, died suddenly at the Georgetown Public Hospital, just one day after...

Dried up Amaila Falls…Proposed reservoir would hold water for only 26 days of generation —Vieira

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dried up Amaila Falls…Proposed reservoir would hold water for only 26 days of generation —Vieira

Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, has defended the use of the Amaila Falls location for the 165MW hydroelectric plant in the face of a damning image of the dried out location by saying that the...

On Amaila drought…Guyana never told it would be reduced to a trickle-Nagamootoo

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on On Amaila drought…Guyana never told it would be reduced to a trickle-Nagamootoo

Vice Chairman of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Moses Nagamootoo, believes that the recent graphic publication of a dried up Amaila Falls, illustrates that the ruling regime had been duped and...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat, Barbie, Brazzy like de king of Jaipur

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 7

People does learn quick. A man rent a car and then he ketch a mook who he sell de car to and disappear. De poor man now lose he money, lose de car and now losing he mind. He get ketch on a...

South Road shooting deaths… Top Cop requests OPR probe

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on South Road shooting deaths… Top Cop requests OPR probe

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell has requested that the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigate the recent shooting deaths of three Albouystown youths at the hands of the police....

4th U-19 ODI…Bangladesh take 3-1 lead against young Windies with 4-wkt win at Everest

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th U-19 ODI…Bangladesh take 3-1 lead against young Windies with 4-wkt win at Everest

By Sean Devers Another ordinary batting performance by the West Indies handed Bangladesh an easy four-wicket win in the fourth under-19 ODI at the Everest ground yesterday as the...

We don’t look at any body’s race and determine this is what you get – Minister Anthony

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on We don’t look at any body’s race and determine this is what you get – Minister Anthony

NSC to come up with criteria to reward athletes By Franklin Wilson Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has sought to clear the air on the perception of his ministry’s treatment of...

Guyana Fight Night boxing cards…Derick Richmond registers biggest upset, breaking Edmond DeClou jaw in the process

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Fight Night boxing cards…Derick Richmond registers biggest upset, breaking Edmond DeClou jaw in the process

Atwell KO’s Beckford By Michael Benjamin In what was undoubtedly the upset of the century, underdog pugilist, Derick Richmond unleashed a vicious left hook that thudded into...

Muscle Explosion to take East Bank by Storm on Nov. 9

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Muscle Explosion to take East Bank by Storm on Nov. 9

Fitness Express flexes corporate muscle The sport of bodybuilding is continuing its come back journey in fine style with yet another competition planned for athletes and the fans on...

Trophy Stall Regulation Open semifinals…Kings win twice to reach final four to face Falcons, Jets meet Raiders tomorrow

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Regulation Open semifinals…Kings win twice to reach final four to face Falcons, Jets meet Raiders tomorrow

Gate receipts to aid Phillip ‘Scholar’ Gibbons for eye surgery After winning their final two matches in the seven team round robin play in the Trophy Stall Regulation Open...

Teachers win Dale Erskine eight a side football competition

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teachers win Dale Erskine eight a side football competition

Teachers took their opponents to school as their taught them a thing or two in football when they played unbeaten to triumph in the Dale Erskine eight a side football competition played...

The New Amsterdam Prison wins Inter prisons athletics competition

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on The New Amsterdam Prison wins Inter prisons athletics competition

The New Amsterdam Prison once again made full use of home advantage to take top honours and retain championship honours to run away as champions when the Guyana Prison Services (GPS)...

East Georgetown Inter-School champion of champions Athletics…

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Georgetown Inter-School champion of champions Athletics…

Small takes Girls U-14 200 meters; Frank grabs Girls U-10 200 and 400 titles By Zaheer Mohamed Cassie Small powered her way to victory in the Girls U-14 200 meters final when East...

Alcoholic threatens to kill mother

Oct 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Alcoholic threatens to kill mother

… goes to jail on remand Mohamed Shazam, called Jerome, 43, of Lot 56 Chesney Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Monday appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate court before Magistrate Shurdel...

Which Minister will direct the SWAT unit?

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Which Minister will direct the SWAT unit?

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to make a few observations that point to our eroding freedoms as citizens of this dear land. Two recent incidents have convinced me that the PPP is...

Yolo announces date and venue for ‘Super Sevens’

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yolo announces date and venue for ‘Super Sevens’

– GBOC, YBG throws support behind event The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)/Yolo Entertainment ‘Super Sevens’ Basketball Challenge will bounce off at the Burnham...

GCU&SA AGM set for November 28

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCU&SA AGM set for November 28

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) will be held on Thursday November 28 at 17:00 hrs at CCWU, Quamina Street, Georgetown....

Kill them all, or educate them all?

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kill them all, or educate them all?

Dear Editor, One can measure how degenerated a society has become when its citizens begin to applaud, condone and justify extra-judicial killings, especially on social media. It is either an...

National unity cannot be created in a vacuum

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on National unity cannot be created in a vacuum

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the exchange of ideas on the issue of national unity which is so vital for a prosperous Guyana. At the sociological level, there is a fair...

People in many parts of the world like to look lighter

Oct 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on People in many parts of the world like to look lighter

Dear Editor, One gets the impression that Frederick Kissoon is bored, has run out of things to say, wants continuous attention, is cheating journalistically, or getting old and rusty – or...

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Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

Due diligence on investments must become a priority

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more