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Oil search in disputed Guyana/Venezuela waters halted

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Oil search in disputed Guyana/Venezuela waters halted

…no assurances another vessel will not meet same fate – Foreign Affairs Minister The hunt for oil by Guyana in the now disputed waters will have to halt until the maritime delimitation is...

Private developers awarded lands before it was advertised

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Private developers awarded lands before it was advertised

…Opposition says full blown probe needed The Opposition has expressed alarm over admissions earlier this week that Government gave out lands to private developers over a year ago but...

Four dead in minibus, truck smash-up … Teen truck driver can’t say if he was licensed

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News 4

By Javone Vickerie As the families of four persons who perished in a two-vehicle smash up on the Coverden Public Road grieve, the teen driver implicated in the fatal accident said that he was driving...

A life dedicated to cricket… Hubern Evans is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A life dedicated to cricket… Hubern Evans is a ‘Special Person’

“I have dedicated myself so much to cricket. Cricket is my life.” By Leon Suseran The cricket fraternity in Guyana, and more so Berbice, knows the familiar name Hubern Evans. He has given much of...

Anti-money laundering bill…Trinidad implements measures against Guyana

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering bill…Trinidad implements measures against Guyana

Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, said that Trinidad and Tobago has mistakenly sought to implement measures against Guyana thinking that the country has been blacklisted by the Caribbean...

Dem boys seh…Blood pressure facing dem politicians

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Blood pressure facing dem politicians

Rohee was de main man when de fire service hold its anniversary de other day. He had to tek de salute. Now Rohee is de man who controlling de Home Affairs Ministry. He responsible fuh security and...

Stranded American woman admitted to GPHC Psychiatric Ward

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stranded American woman admitted to GPHC Psychiatric Ward

By Dale Andrews An American woman who had her newborn baby taken away by the Welfare Department of the Human Services Ministry is now in her third day of observation at the Psychiatric Ward of the...

Man crushed by truck on Rupert Craig Highway

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed by truck on Rupert Craig Highway

The body of a man is now at the Lyken’s Funeral Parlour after he was struck down on the Rupert Craig Highway by a truck just after noon yesterday. The man was identified by officials as Stanley...

6th ODI Large crowd witness Windies level series with last ODI remaining

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th ODI Large crowd witness Windies level series with last ODI remaining

By Sean Devers A large and vocal crowd at Albion watched yesterday as Young West Indies defeated Bangladesh by 36 runs in the sixth and penultimate under-19 ODI to level the series 3-all and leave...

$W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity$

W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity

Sunil Dhanraj belted an attacking century as Young Achievers defeated Charity by 59 runs when action in the W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket competition continued in North Essequibo. At Charity,...

Caribbean’s fastest car coming for Seaboard Marine CMRC final showdown on Nov.24 -Gore confirms Audi’s DTM presence, Pressure mounts on the Bush Cow

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean’s fastest car coming for Seaboard Marine CMRC final showdown on Nov.24 -Gore confirms Audi’s DTM presence, Pressure mounts on the Bush Cow

By Rawle Welch Local motor racing fans will have the opportunity to see the fastest car in the Caribbean in action when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) host the final leg of...

Trophy Stall final decided, Kings play Jets tonight

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall final decided, Kings play Jets tonight

Like they did last year, the reigning champions Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Amelia’s Ward Jets are to play for the rights to be called Trophy Stall Regulation Open basketball champions after both...

Letter to the Sports Editor Re: GFA President’s resignation is the best option

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Re: GFA President’s resignation is the best option

Dear Sir, I hereby refer to the above caption as it relates to the publication of an article captioned “Kashif and Shanghai Court action threat without merit”- Says GFA President Vernon Burnett,...

Horseracing legislation a work in progress – Minister Anthony

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horseracing legislation a work in progress – Minister Anthony

By Samuel Whyte Amidst the prolonged back and forth about the absence of the appropriate horseracing legislation which is stalling the development of the sport in Guyana and the lack of action by the...

Police Commander supports Flying Ace day of track racing against domestic violence

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police Commander supports Flying Ace day of track racing against domestic violence

The B Division police lead by Commander, Assistant Commissioner Brian Joseph, has thrown their full support behind the Flying Ace Cycle Club ‘Track Attack’ cycling event on today at the Blairmont...

Quintyne destroys England Women

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quintyne destroys England Women

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A destructive spell from Shaquana Quintyne bowled West Indies Women to an 11-run victory over England Women in their Women’s Twenty20 International Tri-Series on Friday...

“Sachin – A cricketer, not a politician, who ruled an entire nation!”

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Sachin – A cricketer, not a politician, who ruled an entire nation!”

Colin E. H. Croft The hubbub is slowly becoming a much louder din, which, in turn, will become an almighty explosion of grateful noises and credits, as Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar prepares to play his...

THE SUBSTANCE OF NATIONAL UNITY

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SUBSTANCE OF NATIONAL UNITY

The recent discourse about national unity has become circuitous, and as a result has derailed into a debate as to which leaders were sincere about national unity. Sadly, none of those making inputs...

Interesting Creatures… The Arapaima Leptosoma

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Arapaima Leptosoma

One of the largest freshwater fish is the Arapaima which lives in Tropical South America in a region between Brazil and Guyana. They can grow to a length of three metres and can weigh a massive 200...

Housing and You… Minister provides insight on affordable housing

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You… Minister provides insight on affordable housing

By Leonard Gildarie The debate has been raging this past week over land on the East Bank of Demerara that has been granted to private developers to construct homes. On one hand, the Opposition...

Live An Exemplary Life

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Live An Exemplary Life

Always keep the faith, have a sense of humor, and do good deeds at random in your life. The Creator always has your back, if only you’ll let Him. Don’t take everything so seriously. Keep levity...

463 rounds missing from GDF

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 463 rounds missing from GDF

The Guyana Defence Force is searching for 463 rounds of 7.62X39 ammunition that went missing from the military training camp at Tacama in the Berbice River. The rounds were discovered missing on...

Pieces of memoir

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Pieces of memoir

At around 12:50 a.m, the phone rang. When that happens at that hour, you fear the worse. Obviously it awakened my wife. It was a call from someone who identified himself as being part of Occupy...

Government’s health care system is failing women, children and the aged

Oct 20, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government’s health care system is failing women, children and the aged

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-administered primary health care system is failing women, children and the aged. This failure has been most evident in hinterland and rural...

Sugar in deep trouble

Oct 20, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sugar in deep trouble

– Workers livelihood threatened By Rajendra Bisessar GuySuCo is in shambles. Production in 2013 is lowest in two decades. 1993 and 1999 production was 246,528 and 321,438...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more