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Mayor Green Inter-Ward/Village Football tourney set for November 10 at Tucville

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green Inter-Ward/Village Football tourney set for November 10 at Tucville

The Mayor Hamilton Green 79th Birthday 7-a-side Inter-Ward/Village Football tournament will be contested on November 10 at the Tucville Ground. The one day football extravaganza will open at 3:00pm...

Bound body of missing farmer found

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News 1

The bound body of a 27-year-old farmer who has been missing for several weeks was retrieved yesterday from the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River. Relatives identified the victim as Anthony Evans, of...

Businessman kills self with bullet through mouth on seawalls

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News 11

The body of 70-year-old Deryck John, called Bobby Whyte, of 47 Bel Air Gardens, Georgetown, was discovered on the Seawalls in the vicinity of Conversation Tree with a single gunshot wound to the...

Dem boys seh…Dem experimenting wid Guyanese

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem experimenting wid Guyanese

When de government announce that it was building a state of de art sugar factory it didn’t tell people that it was using a cocoa or coffee mill which it woulda modify to grind sugar. Well that is...

Two year old child was sodomized – PM

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News 23

Pandemonium broke out at the home of two-year-old Kimanie Watson yesterday, as a post mortem examination into the child’s death confirmed that she was brutally sodomized. The Post Mortem, which...

US to help army vessels deal with piracy, narco-trafficking

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US to help army vessels deal with piracy, narco-trafficking

Nine United States Coast Guard personnel have wrapped up a three-day visit to assess the army’s capacity to fight piracy and narco-trafficking on its waterways. The U.S. Coast Guardsmen are...

More yachts visit Guyana

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More yachts visit Guyana

Guyana’s potential to become a yacht destination has been given a boost with news that nine more have anchored in the Essequibo River. The arrival of the vessels follows closely on the wave of...

Cancer Awareness Month – Ansa Mc Al contributes to cancer fight

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cancer Awareness Month – Ansa Mc Al contributes to cancer fight

In a show of support to the fight against breast cancer, the staff of Ansa Mc Al made a monetary donation to the Periwinkle Club, a support group which caters to the needs of cancer patients,...

Budget preparations… Opposition axe set for NCN and GINA – Granger

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget preparations… Opposition axe set for NCN and GINA – Granger

Opposition Leader, Brig. David Granger yesterday made no qualms to openly state that the national budget is condemned to suffer the same fate as per the last two years, if all the issues that existed...

Diwali motorcades begin this weekend

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali motorcades begin this weekend

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s annual Deepavali Motorcades begin today in Essequibo. The beautifully decorated floats will leave Sparta and Affiance and converge at the Anna Regina Community...

GPHC nurses graduate from Paediatric Nursing Workshop

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC nurses graduate from Paediatric Nursing Workshop

Having concluded a training course on Emergency Paediatric Nursing, 19 nurses of the Paediatric Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are now in a position to administer improved...

More degree programmes for UG Berbice Campus – Prof. Opadeyi

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More degree programmes for UG Berbice Campus – Prof. Opadeyi

By Leon Suseran Vice- Chancellor of the University Of Guyana (UG), Prof. Jacob Opadeyi, has promised additional degree programmes for the Berbice Campus. These would include a Degree in Biology and a...

Good governance needed on environmental issues – Dr.Roopnarine

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Good governance needed on environmental issues – Dr.Roopnarine

Until and unless there is a regulatory framework including zoning, reliable and affordable garbage disposal systems, and persons who are trained and empowered to impose fines and advise businesses...

N/A Town Day Street Fair rolls off today

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Town Day Street Fair rolls off today

All systems are ‘go’ for the Grand New Amsterdam Town Day Street Fair today along Main Street. The town is expected to see an influx of visitors for two major events being held today: the...

Cuba wants US blockade lifted

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cuba wants US blockade lifted

Cuba’s Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonsalves Marchanta, in a press briefing Thursday at the Cuban Embassy in Kingston reiterated his calls for the United States of America (USA) to end...

CJIA readies for mandatory emergency exercise

Oct 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA readies for mandatory emergency exercise

The country’s main airport is getting ready to conduct a mandatory exercise to determine its readiness to deal with an emergency. According to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), on...

Gizmos & Gadgets hands over uniforms to RHTY&SC

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gizmos & Gadgets hands over uniforms to RHTY&SC

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports (RHTY&SC), Club Gizmos & Gadgets First Division cricket team has been outfitted for the remainder of the current season by its official...

Letter to the Sports Editor Local basketball stakeholders had requested GABF hold elections by year end

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Local basketball stakeholders had requested GABF hold elections by year end

Dear Sports Editor, Please find below the text of a correspondence sent by Joseph Chapman on behalf of the basketball stakeholders from Linden, Georgetown and Berbice along with the Guyana Basketball...

$Imam Bacchus and Sons Schools T\20 cricket- E’bo Charity Secondary, 8 of May record wins$

Imam Bacchus and Sons Schools T\20 cricket- E’bo Charity Secondary, 8 of May record wins

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imam Bacchus and Sons Schools T\20 cricket- E’bo Charity Secondary, 8 of May record wins

Charity and 8th of May Secondary Schools recorded victories when play in the Imam Bacchus and Sons Schools T\20 cricket competition continued recently in Essequibo. At Imam Bacchus...

Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball Competition 2013 set for tomorrow in Berbice

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball Competition 2013 set for tomorrow in Berbice

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) will be holding the 3rd Annual Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball Competition tomorrow at the Port Mourant Training Centre Courts, Corentyne,...

ECCB competition continues tomorrow

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCB competition continues tomorrow

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) 40-over competition will continue tomorrow with several matches. Fairfield will host Cane Grove, Bravados will play Perseverance at Unity, Strathaven will...

Fixtures and results of Trophy Stall Softball cricket tournament from last Sunday

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fixtures and results of Trophy Stall Softball cricket tournament from last Sunday

Play in the Trophy Stall Softball cricket tournament continued last Sunday with several matches. The event will continue tomorrow. Here are the fixtures for this weekend and results from the last set...

NAMS wins New Amsterdam/ Canje Inter Secondary School athletics

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMS wins New Amsterdam/ Canje Inter Secondary School athletics

New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS) was declared the winner when the New Amsterdam/Canje District (15) held their Annual Track, Field and Cycling Championships on Friday at the...

$F and H Million Dollars Plus Dominoes-G\Town leg Assassin win zone 4$

F and H Million Dollars Plus Dominoes-G\Town leg Assassin win zone 4

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on F and H Million Dollars Plus Dominoes-G\Town leg Assassin win zone 4

Assassin marked 86 games to win zone four of Georgetown leg of the F and H nationwide Million Dollar Plus Dominoes tournament when the final was contested on Thursday evening at Gaulding Place, South...

Letter to the Sports Editor GBA selection policies need to be properly examined

Oct 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor GBA selection policies need to be properly examined

Dear Editor, Kindly grant me some space in your widely read newspapers to expound on an article appearing on Sunday October 20 and captioned ‘Eclipsing the bronze medal feat through...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more