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With CSI style technology…Local cops on verge of cracking several cold cases

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on With CSI style technology…Local cops on verge of cracking several cold cases

by Michael Jordan With help from the FBI, and equipment straight out of the popular ‘CSI’ television series, local police say they have begun to crack a number of unsolved cases, ranging from...

Husband beats doctor in head with hammer, drinks poison

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Husband beats doctor in head with hammer, drinks poison

An ongoing family dispute between a pharmacy assistant and his Cuban wife, who is a doctor, has rendered them both as patients at the New Amsterdam Hospital where they once worked. The female doctor,...

Timerhi backlands murder…‘Rambo’ remanded for killing female cab driver

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Timerhi backlands murder…‘Rambo’ remanded for killing female cab driver

A 23-year-old sand pit labourer was yesterday remanded for the murder of a 33-year-old female taxi driver whose nude body was reportedly found in a clump of bushes one mile from Jubilee Fun...

AFC compromises on Cabinet’s no objection clause for PPC

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC compromises on Cabinet’s no objection clause for PPC

The Alliance for Change has announced a compromise with respect to Government having no powers to object to contracts in the Public Procurement Commission, an entity which the AFC has called to be...

CCJ honours first female judge, Justice Desiree Bernard

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ honours first female judge, Justice Desiree Bernard

… as she retires from the bench By Latoya Giles The Caribbean Court of Justice yesterday held a special sitting of the court to mark the illustrious career of retiring Judge, Madame Justice Desiree...

Jailed babysitter released on bail pending appeal

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jailed babysitter released on bail pending appeal

Fatima Martin, the 19-year-old babysitter who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for the assault of a one-year-old baby was yesterday granted $100,000 bail. Lawyers working pro-bono...

Dem boys seh…Is sheer madness in de place

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is sheer madness in de place

People these days does warn people bout knocking other people children. Dem same people does also warn people to be careful bout who dem tekking in dem house. Well, somebody knock somebody child and...

First Class practice match at Providence …Fudadin hits 41 as Nationals make 203-9 declared

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on First Class practice match at Providence …Fudadin hits 41 as Nationals make 203-9 declared

By Sean Devers West Indies middle order Test batsman, Assad Fudadin, yesterday hit a responsible 41 for the National First Class cricket team on the opening day of their four-day practice match...

Joyce leads Ireland to another famous win

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joyce leads Ireland to another famous win

ESPNcricinfo – Ireland reaffirmed their reputation for giant-killing acts on the ground where they first shook up the established order as Ed Joyce’s unbeaten 40 led them to a first...

Female shooter Vidushi Persaud wins Pistol competition

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female shooter Vidushi Persaud wins Pistol competition

Leading female pistol shooter Vidushi Persaud won the GNRA Smallbore Section of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) first competition for 2014 in a closely fought matchup at the TSU range...

Busta Champion of Champions Semi-finals …

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Champion of Champions Semi-finals …

Albion, Port Mourant, Young Warriors and RHTG&G to clash on Saturday The battle for a place in the finals of the Busta Champion of Champions cricket tournament is set to unfold on Saturday when...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The GAPF swipe at journalists is unjustified

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The GAPF swipe at journalists is unjustified

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to your attention a set of unwarranted and blasphemous accusations against the media, and indirectly this writer, that were unfortunately attributed to the Guyana Amateur...

GCA prevented from holding elections following Court action

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA prevented from holding elections following Court action

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) was prevented from their holding their Annual General Meeting and elections last night at the Malteenoes Sports Club. Kaieteur Sport was made to understand...

Cornelia Ida are WCD Scotiabank Kiddy cricket champs

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cornelia Ida are WCD Scotiabank Kiddy cricket champs

Cornelia Ida Primary trounced Leonora Primary school by 52 runs to win the final of the West Coast Demerara district of the Scotiabank nationwide Kiddy cricket festival yesterday at the Uitvlugt...

Rising Sun Shariff Business Enterprise and Racing Stable horserace meet

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Shariff Business Enterprise and Racing Stable horserace meet

The Horseracing season will continue at the Rising Sun Turf club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice when that entity in collaboration with The Shariff Business Enterprise and Racing Stable stages its...

Braithwaite edges Goodluck & Persaud in latest GNRA Recorded Shoot

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite edges Goodluck & Persaud in latest GNRA Recorded Shoot

– preparations for Caribbean Championships continue Caribbean Individual shooting king, Lennox Braithwaite continued his fine form when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) National...

Anamayah Memorial Basketball…Smythfield Rockers whip Rose Hall Town Jammers 84-51 in semifinal

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anamayah Memorial Basketball…Smythfield Rockers whip Rose Hall Town Jammers 84-51 in semifinal

Smithfield Rockers of New Amsterdam continued their good run in the Anamayah Memorial First Division Basketball Tournament for teams in Berbice when they demolished Rose Hall Town Jammers of...

Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Tournament …Islam twin survive opening night

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Tournament …Islam twin survive opening night

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor, Digicel Guyana, served off the Bounty Farm Mash Handicap tournament on Tuesday night with the Islam twin...

Flores attending South American Confed. Congress in Brazil

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flores attending South American Confed. Congress in Brazil

Newly appointed President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) Mr. John Flores along with another delegate Andrea Flores is currently attending the 68th South American Volleyball Confederation...

Guyoil on board as Guyana Darts Association hosts Mashramani event

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil on board as Guyana Darts Association hosts Mashramani event

The Malteenoes Sports Club will be teeming with activity when the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) stages the Annual Mashramani Darts Classic on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 February and already several...

Pele FC to celebrate life of the late ‘PT Stewart’ with a match today at GFC

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC to celebrate life of the late ‘PT Stewart’ with a match today at GFC

The Pele Football Club will today celebrate the life of a fallen hero, Gregory ‘PT’ Stewart in one of the most appropriate ways, a football match between past and present club players at the...

Flores is new President of Guyana Volleyball Federation

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flores is new President of Guyana Volleyball Federation

John Flores has been elected the new President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), replacing former President Lennox Shuffler who served the sport with distinction for many years but did not...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy Phase 2 underway

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy Phase 2 underway

The 4th Edition of the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy Phase 2 of the programme commenced on Tuesday 18th February 2014 with the Beginners Referee Course for students at the Carifesta...

Slingerz FC Stag/West Side Mashramani Champions Cup…Nicola’s Bar pledges $100,000 to tournament

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC Stag/West Side Mashramani Champions Cup…Nicola’s Bar pledges $100,000 to tournament

Nicola’s Bar, the Vergenoegen based establishment, has once again come on board as sponsors of the second staging of the Slingerz Football Club, Stag Beer Mashramani Champions Cup, which is set to...

Telecoms Bill held hostage in Select Committee – Govt.

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Telecoms Bill held hostage in Select Committee – Govt.

– Works moving quickly- APNU Works to amend the Telecommunications and Public Utilities Commission legislations are in full swing in the Parliamentary Special Select Committee to which...