February 2014

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Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League pushed back by one week

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League pushed back by one week

The East Bank Football Association (EBFA) has announced that the 2014 Stag Beer sponsored division-one, which was set to kick off tomorrow at the Grove Playfield, will now start next Sunday, February...

Trophy Stall on board for inaugural GSCL Inc. Republic Cup

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall on board for inaugural GSCL Inc. Republic Cup

Trophy Stall has thrown their support behind the inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL) Republic Cup which is slated to start on February 14. Proprietor of the entity Ramesh Sunich...

St. Francis Xavier RC Youth Club completes over 50 activities since re-formation

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Francis Xavier RC Youth Club completes over 50 activities since re-formation

The resuscitated St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club (SFXRYC) to date has completed over 50 activities/programmes. This was revealed by mentor of the club, Mr. Hilbert Foster, who and his...

GOA to host Annual Sports Administrators Course

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA to host Annual Sports Administrators Course

With Guyana registering its first serious performance enhancing drug offence compliments of powerlifter Gumendra Shewdas, the task now is to get every stakeholder involved in sports acquainted with...

Guyana Coaches Association conducts sessions for teachers of participating schools

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Coaches Association conducts sessions for teachers of participating schools

Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Tournament… As activities in the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Tournament continue, several coaches will add their expertise to the success of the...

Basketball stakeholders launch ‘Road to Mecca’

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball stakeholders launch ‘Road to Mecca’

– GABF to host nation’s biggest tournament By Edison Jefford The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) impressively launched yesterday what will be Guyana’s biggest basketball...

Sparta Bosses 5-A-Side Football tourney concludes today

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sparta Bosses 5-A-Side Football tourney concludes today

The Sparta Bosses 5-A-Side knockout football competition will culminate today at the Sparta Turf, Go Slow Avenue with Broad Street, Leopold Street, Fruit Stand and North East La Penitence matching...

10 teams battle for GT Beer, Citizens Bank Golf honours

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10 teams battle for GT Beer, Citizens Bank Golf honours

Ten teams are lined up to compete in the Citizen’s Bank Players Cup/GT Beer Golf championship tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Club. Each team will comprise of four players and the winning team will...

Ashiek and Son Motor Supplies and Auto Sales supports YWCC Mash Cup 2014

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ashiek and Son Motor Supplies and Auto Sales supports YWCC Mash Cup 2014

At a simple ceremony held recently, Ashiek and Son Motor Supplies and Auto Sales threw their support behind the Young Warriors Cricket Club fundraising cricket tournament – Mash Cup 2014...

Elizabeth Styles partners with BCB for Countywide Coaching Programme

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Styles partners with BCB for Countywide Coaching Programme

– fast bowlers, spinners, batters and wicketkeepers to benefit Conscious of the fact that training and retraining are vital for the sustenance and development of any entity or sport, the...

Sarwan could be rested today but Shiv expected to play

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan could be rested today but Shiv expected to play

By Sean Devers in Trinidad The confidence of the Guyana Malta Supreme team is high despite a few slight cases of illness in their camp ahead of today’s game against Jamaica in their final...

Woman busted with cocaine at Ogle

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman busted with cocaine at Ogle

Shontol Mansfield was an outgoing passenger on a LIAT flight to Barbados when anti-narcotics agents at the Ogle airport spotted something suspicious in her luggage. The suspicious object turned out...

‘Pradoville’ driver remanded for death of hotel employee

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Pradoville’ driver remanded for death of hotel employee

– Charged with drunk driving, being unlicenced The 25-year-old pickup driver who allegedly struck and killed Lovina Tull at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara last Wednesday night was...

GRA computerizing system for efficiency – Sattaur

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA computerizing system for efficiency – Sattaur

– Taxpayers to process transactions online The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is moving to upgrade its computerized processing system to allow taxpayers to conduct transactions with the...

Local Government Bill…APNU willing to relinquish conditions requested

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Bill…APNU willing to relinquish conditions requested

Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams of the political coalition, A Partnership for National Unity has expressed that his party is willing to relinquish the provisions they had requested...

TCL Guyana honours local customers

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TCL Guyana honours local customers

– to reintroduce concrete roads Trinidad Cement Company Limited (TCL) Guyana Incorporated yesterday honoured some of its customers, during a cocktail-style appreciation ceremony held at the...

Grant financing available for local export businesses

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Grant financing available for local export businesses

Local companies two years old and over, stand to benefit from grant matching financing to modernize and upgrade their operations to a sustainable competitive level, thanks to the Caribbean Export...

Information Campaign for Disaster Risk Management launched

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Information Campaign for Disaster Risk Management launched

The Civil Defence Commission of Guyana (CDC) in association with the International Development Bank (IDB) has launched a National Public Education and Information Campaign on Disaster Risk...

Rupununi Music and Arts Festival launched

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi Music and Arts Festival launched

With the aim of creating a ‘Rupununi’ brand, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), in coordination with Bob Ramdhanie and Colin Edwards of Rock View Lodge, will be hosting an inaugural Rupununi...

Taxes should be imposed on pork importation – Agri. Minister

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxes should be imposed on pork importation – Agri. Minister

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy believes that the only way to increase local pork production is by imposing Value Added Tax on importation of the meat. The Minister explained that the...

Murders up by 70 percent in January

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murders up by 70 percent in January

Police have recorded an alarming 70 percent increase in murders in January, 2014, and an overall seven percent increase in serious crimes, compared with the same period last year. Statistics released...

Mahdia electricity woes…Chairman appeals for the resuscitation of the Tumatumari Hydro

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia electricity woes…Chairman appeals for the resuscitation of the Tumatumari Hydro

The rationing of electricity in Mahdia is seriously affecting the community and needs to be urgently rectified. And, the solution to the electricity problem is the Tumatumari Hydro project. This is...

Man’s body found floating at Cornelia Ida seawall

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s body found floating at Cornelia Ida seawall

The body of a West Coast Demerara man was yesterday morning found floating face-down at the Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, seawall. The man, 48-year-old Abdool Nazir Hack, also known as...

Tour guides hired for Kaieteur National Park

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tour guides hired for Kaieteur National Park

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has, through the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), announced the appointment of four new wardens/tour guides from Region 8 for the Kaieteur...

Region Nine petitions Parliament over electricity rates hike

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine petitions Parliament over electricity rates hike

– wants $1,200 fixed payment to remain until consultations Residents of Region Nine, including the bordering community of Lethem, has moved to the National Assembly for a hold on electricity...

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Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

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(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Light and darkness, lips to life

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(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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