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IGG programme opens, Guyana lose female volleyball

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG programme opens, Guyana lose female volleyball

Following Speeches from Directors of Sport – Mike Watson of Suriname and Neil Kumar of Guyana – where both men expressed words of friendship, looking forward to the continuance of the Games,...

Courts Pee Wee Football entering exciting phase -Eight games on today

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Football entering exciting phase -Eight games on today

With defending champions Marian Academy back to winning ways, this year’s Petra Organisation / Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition seems to warming up for an exciting showdown between the...

Bermine, West Berbice clash in Universal DVD T20 Final at Albion tomorrow – Albion, Rose Hall Town in third place play-off

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bermine, West Berbice clash in Universal DVD T20 Final at Albion tomorrow – Albion, Rose Hall Town in third place play-off

A keen battle is expected tomorrow when two giant-killers, Bermine and West Berbice, clash in the final of the 2013 Universal DVD First Division T20 Cricket Competition at Albion. It is not easy to...

GCF team to CCC leaves minus Singh and Williams Individual Time Trials on today

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF team to CCC leaves minus Singh and Williams Individual Time Trials on today

By Franklin Wilson It’s always devastating when a national athlete trains hard for overseas competition and at the end of the day they are not able to represent due to a multiplicity of reasons,...

DHQ emphatically defend Inter-Unit title

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DHQ emphatically defend Inter-Unit title

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) emphatically defended its Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Unit track and field title yesterday with a dominant performance that saw them edging close to establishing a...

$Mac Twenty\20 cricket – Wakenaam Wins for SSSC, GSSC, SSJSC and NSC Sampson, Ramalho hit centuries$

Mac Twenty\20 cricket – Wakenaam Wins for SSSC, GSSC, SSJSC and NSC Sampson, Ramalho hit centuries

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mac Twenty\20 cricket – Wakenaam Wins for SSSC, GSSC, SSJSC and NSC Sampson, Ramalho hit centuries

Oyono Sampson stoked a fine century as Sans Souci Sports Club (SSSC) opened their Mac Twenty\20 cricket competition campaign with a 53-run win over Zeelandia Sports Club last Sunday in Wakenaam....

Letter to the Sports Editor- GFA’s Submission for Banks Beer Cup

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor- GFA’s Submission for Banks Beer Cup

Dear Editor, I hasten to respond to the publication of an article in K.N. (09.10.13) captioned “GFA submits application to stage Banks Beer Cup”. Editor, before I expose the harsh but sad...

$GCA\ NBS 2nd division 40-over tourney GYO, GCC, MYO and TSC to battle for final berths$

GCA\ NBS 2nd division 40-over tourney GYO, GCC, MYO and TSC to battle for final berths

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\ NBS 2nd division 40-over tourney GYO, GCC, MYO and TSC to battle for final berths

Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) will take on Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the first semi final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)\ New Building Society (NBS) second division 40 over...

50-year-old shot while playing with cop’s gun

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 50-year-old shot while playing with cop’s gun

A 50-year-old man who was playing with a gun yesterday accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself in the hip. According to police sources the man was identified as Laluni Street...

Teknik Perdana location unquestionable

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teknik Perdana location unquestionable

… Coordinates were being recorded every minute – Dr Luncheon Guyana is maintaining that the oil survey vessel that Venezuela recently detained and has since released was...

GPL starts crediting pensioners’ accounts with $20,000 subsidy

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL starts crediting pensioners’ accounts with $20,000 subsidy

Over 5,000 pensioners have started receiving an annual $20,000 electricity subsidy. According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), it has started to disburse the Parliamentary-approved annual...

Critics prejudicing investigations of Finance Minister’s wife

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Critics prejudicing investigations of Finance Minister’s wife

Cabinet is touting gender discrimination as the motivation for financial analysts condemning the “conflict of interest” situation, which exists between Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh...

Sugar in crisis

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar in crisis

With the government-controlled media serving a daily diet about mega-schemes such as the Marriott hotel-casino, Specialty tourist hospital, new Timehri airport and the just dried up...

City Hall’s accounts inaccurate

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall’s accounts inaccurate

…unable to say how much taxpayers owe City Hall’s tax database system is corrupt and does not reflect the exact amount taxpayers owe. A new programme was bought to fix the system but staffers are...

THIS IS NICE!

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS NICE!

A great many Guyanese men are today wishing they were in school so that they can learn Portuguese and thus be able to communicate with some of the beautiful Brazilian women that are in the country at...

Two remanded for stealing millions from Central Electronics

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for stealing millions from Central Electronics

David “Convic” Lynch and Rayborn “Max” Marvey yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court each charged with Break and...

Guyana Fire Service brings curtain down on Fire Prevention Week

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Fire Service brings curtain down on Fire Prevention Week

Nine brand new fire trucks along with over 200 officers took to the streets of Georgetown in a march to conclude the Guyana Fire Service’s Fire Prevention Week 2013 yesterday. The...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and...

Charges for E’bo death driver

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Charges for E’bo death driver

The Walton-Hall Canter driver, who was recently involved in the accident, at Hampton Court which resulted in the death of 42-year-old Jaintee Narine, a/k “Peppy”, remains in police...

BACK TO SCHOOL: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND DIASPORA CHALLENGES

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on BACK TO SCHOOL: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND DIASPORA CHALLENGES

Lear Matthews As our children and grandchildren return to school or begin their formal educational journey, we look forward to another year of significant learning, positive...

Elderly bathroom singer silenced with noise nuisance charge

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly bathroom singer silenced with noise nuisance charge

A 61-year-old security guard yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court faced with a noise nuisance charge. It is alleged that on...

GLDA reflects growth in its 3rd year in existence

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GLDA reflects growth in its 3rd year in existence

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) yesterday celebrated its 3rd anniversary, with the semi autonomous body reflecting feasible growth throughout its three years. Agriculture Minister...

Picture boy murder trial restarts

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Picture boy murder trial restarts

A mixed jury was empanelled yesterday as the retrial into the 2006 double murder of brothers Ray Walcott and Carl Andrews, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh. On trial for the murder...

I had planned this for my memoir, but it must now be revealed

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I had planned this for my memoir, but it must now be revealed

Dear Editor, I note the letter from Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in Stabroek News of October 17, 2013, titled ‘The PNC was not even prepared for shared governance at the City Council level’. I have...

Poor public transportation system

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Letters 3

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the public and government officials issues related to the state of public transportation in Guyana. Persons are being treated like...