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Middleman earns US$16M on Venezuela rice deal

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Middleman earns US$16M on Venezuela rice deal

Farmers lose out on better paddy price Guyana’s rice-for-oil deal with Venezuela has been hailed as a blessing for the country but there is growing anger over the management of this billion-dollar...

Ed Ahmad land deal…Investigate all state assets sold by NICIL under Jagdeo’s presidency – AFC

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad land deal…Investigate all state assets sold by NICIL under Jagdeo’s presidency – AFC

“No one doubts that in the Bharrat Jagdeo terms, the patrimony of our state has been hived off to friends and cronies in an unparalleled frenzy of nepotism and favoritism.” A Parliamentary...

Focus of Gold Board probe limited to last month

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Focus of Gold Board probe limited to last month

…one suspect disappears The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has insisted that its control systems remain one of the most robust in the region even as investigators continued their probe into how staffers...

US pursues project despite Govt objection – Dr. Luncheon

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US pursues project despite Govt objection – Dr. Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr. Roger Luncheon has expressed in no uncertain terms that Government will not be re-engaging talks with the United States as it pertains to their (US)...

Despite Budget cuts…Govt. moving ahead with CJIA expansion

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Despite Budget cuts…Govt. moving ahead with CJIA expansion

– Opposition ready to take action Government will continue with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion (CJIA) project despite the Opposition cutting the $6.5B allocated to that...

Musician, Engineer and Teacher, David Dewar, is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Musician, Engineer and Teacher, David Dewar, is a ‘Special Person’

“For over a decade, in the 1970s and 1980s I did a technical, business, or music examination every year, all the while still employed at the Waterworks. In fact, my education is ongoing, and I am...

Dem boys seh…Good Friday lef de Waterfalls boss man hungry

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Good Friday lef de Waterfalls boss man hungry

Good Friday come and gone. Was a day when everybody tek a break from wukking. Some people go to church and some just stay home and do nutten. De real Christian didn’t even cook because dem decide...

COP Inter-Division t20 cricket …F & B divisions face-off today, winner to meet TSU in Final

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on COP Inter-Division t20 cricket …F & B divisions face-off today, winner to meet TSU in Final

By Sean Devers The Commissioner of Police (COP) Inter Division t20 Cricket Competition sponsored by C. Persaud Dental Clinic and Laboratory continued yesterday with three matches as ‘F’ division...

Lewis Hamilton takes stunning pole for Mercedes in China

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis Hamilton takes stunning pole for Mercedes in China

BBC Sport – Lewis Hamilton took his third pole position in four races this season with a stunning performance in qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton was more than half a second clear...

Guyana Cup Fever horserace Meet definitely on today

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup Fever horserace Meet definitely on today

High Court injunction discharged The much anticipated Guyana Cup Fever horserace Meet is definitely on for today, Easter Sunday, at the Port Mourant Turf Club. This was confirmed after the High Court...

Everest Cricket Club launches centenary magazine

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest Cricket Club launches centenary magazine

By Zaheer Mohamed The year 2014 marked one hundred years since the Everest Cricket Club has been in existence and on Thursday last the club launched its 100th Anniversary souvenir magazine. The...

Suriname Easter Int. Badminton Tourney…Mixed results on day one for Guyanese

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname Easter Int. Badminton Tourney…Mixed results on day one for Guyanese

Guyana’s Badminton Team to the Annual Suriname Easter International Tournament being played at the Walter Amo Sports Hall, Paramaribo enjoyed mixed results on the opening day, Good Friday. Matches...

GCA/Brain Street U-15 tourney…Dickson guides DCC A to 7 wkt win over GYO

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Brain Street U-15 tourney…Dickson guides DCC A to 7 wkt win over GYO

A fine half century by Darian Dickson guided Demerara Cricket Club ‘A’ to a seven-wicket victory over host Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brain...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Time for the GFF General Council to awake and do what’s right

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Time for the GFF General Council to awake and do what’s right

Dear Editor, The GFF will be hosting its Annual Congress on 26th April 2014 at the Tower Hotel. This Congress is expected to be as fiery as the last one held at the Pegasus in April of 2013 when...

Fire leaves young mother, four children homeless

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire leaves young mother, four children homeless

Fire struck with vengeance late yesterday afternoon in Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara, leaving a young mother and her four children homeless. The blaze started around 16:30 hours when only two of the...

Illness to family member forces Boat legend to miss return

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Illness to family member forces Boat legend to miss return

80-year-old Pat Holder out of today’s Bartica Regatta By Sean Devers A Spine Surgery in November 2011 resulted in veteran Power Boat champion and National Awardee Pat Holder losing his ability to...

“What exactly is wrong with Guyana’s cricket?”

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “What exactly is wrong with Guyana’s cricket?”

Colin E. H. Croft The last time that I represented Guyana in 1st class cricket was 1981/82, when West Indies did not have any “home” series, and Test players appeared for their regional teams....

Letter to the Sports Editor…Senior Police Officer in plot to remove Roger Harper from cricket administration

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Senior Police Officer in plot to remove Roger Harper from cricket administration

Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that there is a concerted plot by a group of known individuals to remove Roger Harper from Guyana’s Cricket Administration, at a time when cricket is in...

Guyana’s Top Volleyball team PMTC wings out to Trinidad

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Top Volleyball team PMTC wings out to Trinidad

Receives uniform from Poonai’s Pharmacy The Port Mourant Training School Volleyball team, which is one of the top Volleyball teams in Guyana and the top team in Berbice, left Guyana on Thursday...

3 Softball Finals fixed for next Saturday evening @DCC

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3 Softball Finals fixed for next Saturday evening @DCC

Cricket fans will be in for a treat next Saturday evening when the 3 Finals of Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association organised Trophy Stall male and female softball cricket tournaments...

2014 Elizabeth Styles under-19 50 over cricket competition in Berbice…

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2014 Elizabeth Styles under-19 50 over cricket competition in Berbice…

Singh (73 and 2 for 8), Hinds 61 and Smith (6 for 19) see Tucber Park through Andrews (86 and 4 for 19), Mickle (56 and 4 for 6) help Police to 243 runs victory The 2014 Elizabeth Styles under-19 50...

Ramsaroop, Sewkarran, Ramdhan help Blairmont demolish D’Edward

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramsaroop, Sewkarran, Ramdhan help Blairmont demolish D’Edward

2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50 overs cricket competition in Berbice… The 2014 Elizabeth Styles under-19 50 overs cricket competition in Berbice continued recently with some more outstanding...

GBA National Novices set for early May

Apr 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA National Novices set for early May

NOC back after over a decade out The Annual National Novices Boxing Championship of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has been fixed for May 2 and 3 and the venue has been set as the East Ruimveldt...

Businessman wounded after winning horse race bet

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman wounded after winning horse race bet

A businessman was seriously wounded by a man who has since being released on $50,000 bail. Mantrobah Persaud, 33, of Lot 8H King Street, Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice who operates a liquor restaurant...

Prioritise Region Eight health services – says Councillor

Apr 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prioritise Region Eight health services – says Councillor

Government has allocated $42.327M to the delivery of health services in Region Eight in this year’s National Budget. This allocation is expected to cover the construction of health posts; purchase...

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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