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APNU never received any cash from USAID Project – Granger

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU never received any cash from USAID Project – Granger

“Govt. lamentations nothing but Cold War rhetoric” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has not received any cash from the USAID/Guyana – Elections and Political Processes (EPP) Fund,...

Late night emergency works on Demerara Bridge successful – GM

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Late night emergency works on Demerara Bridge successful – GM

Works to repair sections of the Demerara Harbour Bridge which were damaged last Sunday morning, after a vessel collided with it, have been completed. According to Rawlston Adams, General...

Teenager charged with murder of two-year-old

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager charged with murder of two-year-old

The saga surrounding the tragic death of two-year-old Kimanie Watson took its most interesting twist yesterday when her 15-year-old uncle appeared before Magistrate Zamela Ali at the Vigilance...

ECD four-lane expansion…Ministry admits five percent concrete failure

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECD four-lane expansion…Ministry admits five percent concrete failure

– Tries to discredit related report Of 439 metres of concrete tested in Lot Six of the East Coast Demerara Public Road four-lane expansion project, only 25 metres failed the...

Still no date for Local Govt. Elections

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Still no date for Local Govt. Elections

…despite all parties being ready By Zena Henry Government highlighted that it would be early in the new year, but there is yet to be an announcement on the date when the country will...

Chinese, Indian companies vying to build new Demerara Bridge

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese, Indian companies vying to build new Demerara Bridge

A number of Chinese and Indian Companies are vying to build the New Demerara Bridge river crossing being handled by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) headed by...

Barnwell to lead Guyana in NAGICO Super50 tourney…Chanderpaul is deputy

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell to lead Guyana in NAGICO Super50 tourney…Chanderpaul is deputy

Allrounder Christopher Barnwell has been chosen to lead Guyana in the Regional NAGICO Super50 tournament which commences in Trinidad and Tobago on January 30, dependable middle order batsman...

Chess Federation opens itinerary with Rapid chess tournament

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chess Federation opens itinerary with Rapid chess tournament

Following a hectic year where they had been able to run off dozens of tournaments including the National Junior and Senior Championships, officials of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will commence...

FIFA Chief says 2022 tournament in Qatar will be played between November and January

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA Chief says 2022 tournament in Qatar will be played between November and January

FIFA’s Secretary General has stated that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar ‘will not be in June or July’. Jerome Valcke, who has been given the task of looking at alternative dates due to the...

Skill, Endurance and reliability key for Sunday’s Endurance showdown

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skill, Endurance and reliability key for Sunday’s Endurance showdown

Skill, Endurance and reliability are going to be the key components to give competitors that added advantage when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages its Endurance Race...

Mayor Green’s birth anniversary, Inter Ward/Village, 7-a-side KO…

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green’s birth anniversary, Inter Ward/Village, 7-a-side KO…

Potential action packed encounters as tournament hits homestretch Four teams out of Georgetown will clash with a similar number from the West Coast Demerara to determine the semi-finalists and...

Guyana Cricket Board salutes an Icon, Terry Holder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cricket Board salutes an Icon, Terry Holder

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) mourns the loss of one of the greatest sons of our soil and who should be deemed a national hero for his priceless work in service to the public at large and...

Night of wake and Remembrance for Terry Holder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Night of wake and Remembrance for Terry Holder

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be hosting a ‘Night of Wake and Remembrance’ for its former Executive, the late Terry Holder, on Sunday January 12, 2013 at the Georgetown Cricket Club...

WICB congratulates Dr. Julian Hunte

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB congratulates Dr. Julian Hunte

Kingston, Jamaica – President of the West Indies Cricket Board Mr. Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron has sent congratulations to former WICB President, Dr. Julian Hunte, following the...

Guyanese cricketers expected again in Scarborough League this year

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese cricketers expected again in Scarborough League this year

Toronto, Canada – The presence of foreign cricketers was very pleasing in 2013 for Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) and President Deo Samaroo stated they will definitely maintain the high...

BCB Special Events Committee 2014 Programme would be unmatched in the C’bean – Chairman

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Special Events Committee 2014 Programme would be unmatched in the C’bean – Chairman

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Special Events Committee since its formation in March 2008 completed over 600 programmes/activities up to June, 2013 when it became dormant after the resignation of...

EBFA/MCYS KO Football…Activities set for exciting finals as competition enters final stages

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/MCYS KO Football…Activities set for exciting finals as competition enters final stages

Grove Hi Tech will clash with Timerhi Panthers this Sunday, January 12, in the lone semi-final encounter when the action winds down on several weeks of pulsating football in the East Bank...

Guyana Boxing Board of Control Guyana Fight Night…

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Board of Control Guyana Fight Night…

Dereck Richmond/Howard Eastman bout now non title super/middleweight affair Officials of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) had suggested a defense of his newly acquired local...

Congrats to Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Congrats to Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club

Dear Sir/Madam, Please allow me space in your newspaper to offer congrats to the President and Members of the Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club for hosting their first ever Christmas holiday...

Garbage control to take precedence in City Hall’s 2014 budget

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage control to take precedence in City Hall’s 2014 budget

By Zena Henry City Hall is seeking to make garbage control – dumping and collection – its number one priority this year. As the city continues to be plagued with rubbish...

Tearful customers seek vanished car dealer

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tearful customers seek vanished car dealer

A Hadfield Street, Georgetown car dealer has disappeared without a trace, leaving a number of his customers who would have paid him for vehicles yet to be delivered, in tears. Advertisements running...

12-year-old charged for allegedly snatching over $1.2M

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old charged for allegedly snatching over $1.2M

A 12-year-old Sophia resident was ordered held in custody after he made his first court appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged for...

Siblings allegedly smuggled rare snake into US through Guyana

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Siblings allegedly smuggled rare snake into US through Guyana

Utah, US – A Utah brother and sister face criminal charges for allegedly smuggling a rare boa constrictor into the United States to breed and sell the offspring for tens of thousands of...

Trio charged for murder of Mahaicony cash crop farmer

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trio charged for murder of Mahaicony cash crop farmer

Tears flowed freely both inside and outside the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court as murder charges were read to three Mahaicony men for the death of cash crop farmer Dearoop Siewchand. Premnauth...

Guyanese trawler nabbed with £1M in marijuana

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese trawler nabbed with £1M in marijuana

A Royal Navy support ship recently helped seize marijuana worth around £1 million from a Guyanese trawler in the Caribbean in the latest drugs bust involving British personnel. The Royal...