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Budget debates…Speaker orders Manickchand to apologize for “highly improper” comment

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debates…Speaker orders Manickchand to apologize for “highly improper” comment

– APNU MP mulls legal action Yesterday, as A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Volda Lawrence was highlighting her coalition’s concern over men who escape punishment by law for...

Radio announcer remanded for assaulting girl, 13

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Radio announcer remanded for assaulting girl, 13

Popular radio announcer, Ossie Rogers, yesterday exited the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court as a remanded prisoner after appearing there in relation to accusations made by a 13-year-old girl that he...

Five years later… CLICO’s collapse impacting NIS

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Five years later… CLICO’s collapse impacting NIS

– details still shrouded in secrecy The negative effects of Guyana’s handling of the collapse of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) and its subsequent impact on the National...

After 35 years in the Police Force…Commander Vyphuis retires today

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on After 35 years in the Police Force…Commander Vyphuis retires today

By Latoya Giles Assistant Commissioner George Vyphuis will today retire from the Guyana Police Force having given some 35 years of service to that institution. Vyphuis, who hails from the ancient...

Brazilian Association peeved over delayed work permits

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Association peeved over delayed work permits

…addresses issue of its citizens being “exploited” A number of Brazilian nationals are reportedly converging on available hotel rooms across the country, anxiously awaiting permission...

One-year-old drowns in drain

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on One-year-old drowns in drain

A child is now dead after she allegedly drowned in a drain on Sunday, sometime between 10:30 hrs and 17:00 hrs. Seventeen-month-old Carmella Amsterdam of lot M 541 Levi Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New...

Eight-year-old raped at Port Kaituma

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eight-year-old raped at Port Kaituma

Police at Port Kaituma have detained a man who allegedly lured an eight-year-old girl with a sweet and then brutally raped her. The incident reportedly took place last Friday at a place called Barama...

Dem boys seh… Dem kantractas extras dry up since Jagdeo gone

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem kantractas extras dry up since Jagdeo gone

A strange thing happening in de parliament. When de session start some people don’t even deh in dem seat, but by de time de Speaker announce that he adjourning fuh a short while all dem seat does...

Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy Linden leg kicks off

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy Linden leg kicks off

Linden was a hive of activity on Saturday 29th March as the SPFSA train rolled into the mining town. The occasion was the opening of the Linden leg of the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy...

2.57 million tickets already allocated to fans

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2.57 million tickets already allocated to fans

A total of 2,577,662 tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ have already been allocated through all sales phases and channels to date (including the hospitality programme and other constituent...

Global stars including Afridi, Sangakkara, Vettori join Pietersen in CPL draft

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global stars including Afridi, Sangakkara, Vettori join Pietersen in CPL draft

(CPL) – Kingston, Jamaica: The Limacol Caribbean Premier League yesterday confirmed a stellar line-up of cricketers registered to take part in this year’s competition. Yesterday’s...

Organisers revise prize structure for “Mecca to Mackenzie”

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Organisers revise prize structure for “Mecca to Mackenzie”

– Basketball Playoffs set to re-ignite rivalries in Linden The organisers of “Mecca to Mackenzie” Basketball Playoffs, Sports Management Inc., revised the structure of awarding the prize...

Petra Organisation thanks stakeholders for support

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation thanks stakeholders for support

The Milo / Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition continues to break new ground and this is all due to the resolve and good nature of Co-Directors Troy Mendonca and Marlan Cole, who’ve...

Elizabeth Styles U-19 50 Overs…Hetmyer and Sietaram hit 50s; Kassim Khan snares 7-30

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Styles U-19 50 Overs…Hetmyer and Sietaram hit 50s; Kassim Khan snares 7-30

Play in the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50 overs cricket competition continued last weekend with West Indies Under-19 batsman Shimron Hetmyer hitting a polished 77 (10×4 1×6) to spearhead...

West Indies dish out thashing on Pakistan to enter semis

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies dish out thashing on Pakistan to enter semis

– Bravo, Sammy, Badree and Narine shines West Indies scored 84 runs in their first 15 overs. They nearly doubled their total after that, smashing 82 off the last 30 balls of the innings. No...

India v West Indies, Women’s World T20, Group B…Mithali, Raut guide India to consolation win

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on India v West Indies, Women’s World T20, Group B…Mithali, Raut guide India to consolation win

Half-centuries from Mithali Raj and Poonam Raut gave India Women a consolation nine-wicket win over West Indies Women in Sylhet. A win would have meant West Indies finished top of the Group B table....

Quantum Leap for Guyana’s Volleyball

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quantum Leap for Guyana’s Volleyball

Guyana’s volleyball is expected to catapult to new heights with help in several Technical areas from the International Volleyball Federation {FIVB} and the South American Volleyball Federation...

St Lucia Tri Nation Goodwill Boxing Extravaganza…

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on St Lucia Tri Nation Goodwill Boxing Extravaganza…

Guyanese boxers return with two gold medals and one silver By Michael Benjamin The three local amateur boxers that represented Guyana at the Tri Nation Goodwill Boxing Extravaganza in St Lucia...

Noble House Seafoods 2nd division cricket …UG teach Everest a lesson with 9 wicket win

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Seafoods 2nd division cricket …UG teach Everest a lesson with 9 wicket win

The University of Guyana (UG) got the better of Everest by nine wickets last weekend at the UG ground when play in the Noble House Seafoods two-day second division cricket competition continued....

Compton Primo King Dominoes competition concludes

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Compton Primo King Dominoes competition concludes

The Compton Primo King Dominoes competition was contested recently at Smash Hideout, Pink Shop, Sophia. Chetwin Moriah (6 games) won the opening encounter with Dan Braithwaite placing second with 5...

UG Inter-Faculty T20 cricket…Natural Sciences beat Health Sciences by one run

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG Inter-Faculty T20 cricket…Natural Sciences beat Health Sciences by one run

The University of Guyana (UG) Inter-Faculty T20 cricket competition continued yesterday at the UG ground, Turkeyen with Natural Sciences defeating Health Sciences by one run in an exciting finish....

Top racing bike mechanic laid to rest

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top racing bike mechanic laid to rest

He would have been 54 next month but veteran motorbike mechanic Paul ‘Subbo’ Sobryan would never see his next birthday. The top mechanic for over 30 years was testing a bike at the South Dakota...

The budget is a series of unfortunate events – APNU MP

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The budget is a series of unfortunate events – APNU MP

A Partnership for National Unity Member of Parliament, Christopher Jones, examined the deficiencies of the 2014 budget during yesterday’s debates and said that Government’s attitude of...

Another section of Mosquito Hall seawall undermined

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another section of Mosquito Hall seawall undermined

Major reconstruction works scheduled – Public Works The seawall at Mosquito Hall, Mahaica, on the East Coast of Demerara, which has had its fair share of structural problems, from the walls...

APNU’s Trotman hits hard on good governance and corruption

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s Trotman hits hard on good governance and corruption

“What’s new?” This was the first question put to the government side of the house when A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) representative Desmond Trotman rose to address the National...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more