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Major probe launched into remigrant vehicle racket

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Major probe launched into remigrant vehicle racket

A major police investigation has been launched into a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving duty free concessions for vehicles, with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday saying that...

Man dies under hospital bed, nurses find him later

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies under hospital bed, nurses find him later

Brian Aaron, a resident of Bartica yesterday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after his wife took him there suffering from abdominal pains and shortness of breath. That...

Walter Rodney 1980 killing…Govt. about to swear in CoI members

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney 1980 killing…Govt. about to swear in CoI members

Government is finalizing details and reportedly nearing the swearing in of members for an International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 1980 death of politician/historian Walter Rodney. The...

Police nab five bandits after Gas Station robbery

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab five bandits after Gas Station robbery

– bandits threatened to torch pump attendants Prompt and strategic action by officers attached to ‘D’ Division of the Guyana Police Force was instrumental in the apprehension of five...

Teacher and counselor, Beverley Benn, is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher and counselor, Beverley Benn, is a ‘Special Person’

“I decided that my life would be dedicated to children’s education and guidance. Indeed, I was a devoted mother. A priority of mine was to surround my children with love and ensure they...

Dem boys seh…A big one sick and fly out

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…A big one sick and fly out

News does fly. Now de latest news is that a man wid all de money in de world sick and that he fly out of Guyana. Dem boys believe that he gone to Trinidad although he coulda gone to New York. When...

Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…

Barrow, Nedd performances highlight Third Day Chase Academy striker Shamar Barrow fired in a brace to lead his team to a comfortable 3-0 win over Tutorial High as play in this year’s Milo/Petra...

Preparations heighten for Rising Sun/Shariff $8.5M Horserace meet …

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations heighten for Rising Sun/Shariff $8.5M Horserace meet …

Banks DIH Limited, Trophy Stall among major sponsors as over 40 entered so far Preparations have heightened for the Rising Sun Turf club in collaboration with the Shariff Business entity Post...

Residents call for adequate sporting facilities in Leguan

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Residents call for adequate sporting facilities in Leguan

A number of residents of the Essequibo river island of Leguan have uttered their disappointment at the lack of adequate sporting facilities in the area. Speaking with Kaieteur Sport recently, the...

Theresa London enforcing the fortitude of the ‘London’ Bridge

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Theresa London enforcing the fortitude of the ‘London’ Bridge

On May 29, 2004, at the National Park in Georgetown, Guyana, a crowd of about 5000 fans cheered Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil to a unanimous verdict over American pugilist, Kathy Rivers to...

Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Squash Tournament …Pollard sinks Narain; sets up showdown with Khalil

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Squash Tournament …Pollard sinks Narain; sets up showdown with Khalil

Thirty-five year-old former national champion, Regan Pollard, was pure class on semi-final night of the 2014 Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Tournament organised by the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in...

Daren Ganga is the most successful Regional one day captain

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daren Ganga is the most successful Regional one day captain

Statistician Charwayne Walker reminisces on the outstanding captains who have led regional teams in West Indies cricket. In his musings based on research, Walker came to the conclusion that Darren...

All set for Benjamin 40-mile cycle road race tomorrow

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Benjamin 40-mile cycle road race tomorrow

Event held in observance of father’s 80th birthday All systems are in place and all is set for top class cycling action in Berbice tomorrow. The top riders in the country are expected to journey to...

Foo smashes 61 as Practice Match ends in draw

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo smashes 61 as Practice Match ends in draw

By Sean Devers Jonathon Foo smashed a typically pugnacious 61 for the Rest Team before their four-day Practice Match at the Guyana National Stadium against the Guyana team ended in a draw on the...

Slingerz FC Stag Beer/West Side Mashramani Champions Cup…

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC Stag Beer/West Side Mashramani Champions Cup…

Den Amstel hammer Eagles 6 – 1; Pouderoyen edge Young Achievers 2 – 1 in extra-time Den Amstel and Pouderoyen football clubs have book Semi-Final spots in this year’s Slingerz Football Club...

“Drawn T20-I series, but it was the Irish win, again, that impressed!”

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Drawn T20-I series, but it was the Irish win, again, that impressed!”

Colin E. H. Croft West Indies captain Darren Sammy deserves guarded credit. He did suggest that “West Indies will come back hard at Ireland” after disappointingly losing that 1st...

Somwaru retained as GCUC president

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Somwaru retained as GCUC president

Dhieranidranauth Somwaru was re-elected unopposed as president of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) when the body held its Biannual General Meeting at the Georgetown Cricket Club yesterday....

23rd R&R Int. Ltd. 11 Race Cycle Meet …Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams is new feature champ; Leal is back to back juvenile winner

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 23rd R&R Int. Ltd. 11 Race Cycle Meet …Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams is new feature champ; Leal is back to back juvenile winner

Roraima Bikers Club member Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams dethroned defending champion and club mate Alonzo Greaves in the feature 35-lap race when the 23rd edition of the R&R International 11-race...

Stag Beer/EBFA Div. One League continues tomorrow

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Hauls from Persaud and Farley highlight MVP Sports Girl’s U11 Football Tourney commencement

The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more