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Déjà vu as Budget cuts loom…Opposition contemplates new strategy to counter court ruling

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Déjà vu as Budget cuts loom…Opposition contemplates new strategy to counter court ruling

Within days, the National Assembly is set to start considerations of the actual estimates as proposed by Government for the country’s 2014 National Budget. It is likely that once again, based on...

US court dismisses conviction appeal of EZjet boss

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US court dismisses conviction appeal of EZjet boss

The US Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed an appeal of embattled airline executive, Sonny Ramdeo, saying that it lacked jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said that...

Spare parts dealer feared kidnapped

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Spare parts dealer feared kidnapped

– callers demand $50M Popular spare parts dealer Rajendra Singh, called ‘Sunil’ was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint at around 19.00 hrs last night outside his Lot 15, Foulis Public Road,...

Ex-Parliamentarian Earnest Elliot replaces Jaipaul Sharma

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Parliamentarian Earnest Elliot replaces Jaipaul Sharma

To the surprise of many, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition is set to name former Region Four official and ex Parliamentarian Earnest Elliot as the replacement for Jaipaul Sharma....

Guyanese tourist dies after Trini hospital turns him away

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese tourist dies after Trini hospital turns him away

Staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) are once again under scrutiny after 35-year-old Guyanese national Jeetindra Sookram died of a suspected heart attack an hour after he was...

Entrepreneur Lance Hinds, is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Entrepreneur Lance Hinds, is a ‘Special Person’

“I joined the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry because I felt it was high time that the Information Technology sector was appropriately represented. I felt initially that my role was...

India v Sri Lanka, World T20, final…History of heartbreak between finalists

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on India v Sri Lanka, World T20, final…History of heartbreak between finalists

ESPNcricinfo – Romesh Kaluwitharana caught at third man. Sanath Jayasuriya caught at third man too. Asanka Gurusinha is out soon. Eden Gardens has erupted. Aravinda de Silva comes out and...

Australia v England, Women’s World T20, Final, Mirpur…Australia hunt for T20 hat-trick

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia v England, Women’s World T20, Final, Mirpur…Australia hunt for T20 hat-trick

ESPNcricinfo – It is two well-acquainted foes who will go head-to-head for the women’s T20 title. As Anya Shrubsole said on Friday, there is little they do not know about each other: since...

Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…Lodge dethrone St. George’s to be crowned new champions

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…Lodge dethrone St. George’s to be crowned new champions

– Dolphin clinch third place As predicted, the final of this year’s Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition was a riveting slugfest that produced a new champion in Lodge...

BCB Diamond Jubilee Celebration…75th Anniversary Exhibition launched at NASS

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Diamond Jubilee Celebration…75th Anniversary Exhibition launched at NASS

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Golden Jubilee celebration continued on Wednesday last when the Special Events Committee (SEC) launched a countywide exhibition at the New Amsterdam Secondary School...

Igloo Inter-County Cricket…Demerara take 1st innings points as 8 Berbice Batsmen fail the score

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Igloo Inter-County Cricket…Demerara take 1st innings points as 8 Berbice Batsmen fail the score

By Sean Devers Defending champions Demerara took first innings points from arch rivals Berbice on the first day of the deciding round of their Igloo Ice Cream under-15 Inter-County two-day cricket...

Youth in Focus…Kevin Abbensetts – An athlete battling life’s vicissitudes on the way to the top

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth in Focus…Kevin Abbensetts – An athlete battling life’s vicissitudes on the way to the top

He was born in the Cinderella County of Essequibo 19 years ago. He is currently an athlete operating out of the Mercury Fast Laners Athletic Club under the stewardship of Christopher Gaskin and on...

GBA to collaborate with St Lucian counterparts towards development

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA to collaborate with St Lucian counterparts towards development

By Michael Benjamin If President of the St Lucia Amateur Boxing Association (SLABA), David ‘Shakes’ Christopher gets his way the relations shared with his Guyanese counterpart, Steve Ninvalle...

Johnson, Joseph shine as Guyana take 66-run lead from Leewards

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Joseph shine as Guyana take 66-run lead from Leewards

Guyana were leading by 113 runs with eight second innings wickets standing at the end of the second day of their sixth round match against the Leeward Islands yesterday in the Regional 4-Day...

Robin Persaud tops field in feature race; Cleveland King takes juvenile event

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Robin Persaud tops field in feature race; Cleveland King takes juvenile event

10th Universal Auto and General Supplies 11-Race Cycle Meet … Seasoned campaigner Robin Persaud returned to winning ways when he took the top podium spot in the feature 35-lap school...

Trophy Stall/EBFA U-15 League…Grove Hi Tech are champions, Soesdyke Falcons runner-up

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall/EBFA U-15 League…Grove Hi Tech are champions, Soesdyke Falcons runner-up

Grove Hi Tech played flawless football to emerge as the top team in the inaugural Trophy Stall sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-15 League which concluded yesterday at the Grove...

Minister Anthony touts ministry’s efforts in Budget presentation

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister Anthony touts ministry’s efforts in Budget presentation

Minister of Culture Youth and Sports, Dr Frank Anthony, in his presentation during the Budget Debates in Parliament last week, touted the efforts being made by his ministry towards developing sports...

“Semi-finals – ICC WT-20 2014 – West Indies bowlers let them down!”

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Semi-finals – ICC WT-20 2014 – West Indies bowlers let them down!”

Colin E. H. Croft Searching questions should be asked of both West Indies teams – men and women – about demitting the competition at ICC World T-20 Championship 2014 in Bangladesh at the...

Stag Beer/EDFA Division One League…Two games on today at Grove

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EDFA Division One League…Two games on today at Grove

As the battle for supremacy continues in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division-one league, two more potentially exciting matches are fixed for the Grove Playfield, today....

Reshuffling is merely to fill vacancies-Guyana Police Force

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Reshuffling is merely to fill vacancies-Guyana Police Force

– accuses K/News of being mischievous The Guyana Police Force says that there is no major reshuffling of its senior administrative staff and that the recently published postings are merely to...

APNU demands that NICIL and Brassington be excluded from new Harbour Bridge project

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU demands that NICIL and Brassington be excluded from new Harbour Bridge project

The absence of adequate information on the Corentyne River Bridge project between the Governments of Guyana and Suriname is a clear example of the contempt which Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance...

Vector Control Director emphasises importance of investment

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vector Control Director emphasises importance of investment

– as World Health Day observance nears Investment in the fight against vector borne diseases is not only a wise but absolutely necessary move in order to safeguard the population. This notion...

THAG disappointed over budget allocations for tourism sector

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on THAG disappointed over budget allocations for tourism sector

President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) is disappointed that the country’s budget for 2014 did not cater for tax waivers for the tourism industry. Kit...

I will not be a political football for Government – Jaipaul Sharma

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on I will not be a political football for Government – Jaipaul Sharma

Jaipaul Sharma, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament who quit in a simmering row with Education Minister Priya Manickchand, yesterday took to the airwaves to vent his anger...

EBD Public Road four-lane expansion…Lot Two Contractor aims to conclude works by end of August

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EBD Public Road four-lane expansion…Lot Two Contractor aims to conclude works by end of August

Touted the most progressive lot on the East Bank Demerara Public Road four-lane expansion project, the roadway from Covent Garden to Demerara Distiller’s Limited ‘high bridge’ is expected to...

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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