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Tiger Sport and Motor Trend Auto onboard for Arrival Day T20

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tiger Sport and Motor Trend Auto onboard for Arrival Day T20

Tiger Sport and Motor Trend Auto has thrown their support behind Quest International for the hosting of the Arrival Day T20 tourney in Enmore on May 5. Tiger Sport has donated the balls while...

GCB launches website-www.guyanacricketboard.com

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB launches website-www.guyanacricketboard.com

By Sean Devers The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) which was founded in 1943, officially launched its website yesterday at the Board’s secretariat at Bourda and GCB Secretary Anand Sanasie...

Bhimsain Softball cricket on this Sunday at Lusignan

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bhimsain Softball cricket on this Sunday at Lusignan

The Seeraj Bhimsain knock-out softball 10-overs competition is scheduled for the Lusignan Community Centre ground this Sunday, May 4. It is open to all interested teams and registration will...

Chinese workers shot during robbery bid

May 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese workers shot during robbery bid

Two Chinese nationals who were determined to resist all attempts at robbery fought against two armed men at their Robb and King Street business last night. About 8:45 hours, the workers of...

Persaud, Nageer win Muellar sports online contest

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud, Nageer win Muellar sports online contest

Guyanese Amarnauth Persaud and Shaheed Nageer won Mueller sports prizes for competing in their online contest during the recently concluded World T20 tournament. Persaud received an...

New Opportunity Corps back in the fray as GBA stages National Novices Boxing C/ships

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Opportunity Corps back in the fray as GBA stages National Novices Boxing C/ships

By Michael Benjamin As officials of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) press on in their bid to popularize the sport, residents of the East Ruimveldt and adjoining communities would be in for...

DBTSC beat MSC in tapeball final

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DBTSC beat MSC in tapeball final

Double Black Two Sports Club (DBTSC) defeated Malvern Sports Club (MSC) by six wickets to win the final of the MSC tapeball competition played recently at Canal number one ground. MSC batted first...

Letter to the Sports Editor…GFF’s Matthias outfox his plotters who tried to get rid of him

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…GFF’s Matthias outfox his plotters who tried to get rid of him

Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation Conference held on 26th April 2014, was indeed an interesting one. Mr Editor, it would be remiss of me if I fail to mention that I have never seen or...

GO-Invest CEO attacks PSC

May 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GO-Invest CEO attacks PSC

– Challenges body to “stop parroting negative comments” By Kiana Wilburg Guyana Office of Investment (Go-Invest) Chief Executive Officer, Keith Burrowes, lashed out at the Private...

Labour Day Messages

May 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Day Messages

People’s National Congress Reform May Day is a special occasion for the Labour Movement and Workers in Guyana. It is a time when they should be able to celebrate the consolidation of their rights,...

Banks DIH Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Tournament…Blueberry Gunners, Cherokee Park among those advancing

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Tournament…Blueberry Gunners, Cherokee Park among those advancing

– Four players hit braces The Linden segment of the Banks DIH Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Knockout Futsal Tournament kicked off on Tuesday evening with eight matches played before a...

Pomeroon Women’s Agro-Processors now 14

May 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon Women’s Agro-Processors now 14

Before the Pomeroon Women’s Agro-Processors Association came into being in July 2000, the dozen women who comprised the group were stay at home moms. However, 14 years later those women’s lives...

Persaud confident Guyana will deliver at WIFSC

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud confident Guyana will deliver at WIFSC

National rifle shooting Captain Mahendra Persaud has expressed confidence that the Guyana shooters will deliver top class performance ahead of the team’s departure for the West Indies Fullbore...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Matches continue tomorrow and Sunday

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Matches continue tomorrow and Sunday

Play in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy is set to kick off tomorrow with a male and female game in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden. Mackenzie High and Linden Foundation will match...

Junior tennis team wings out for Antigua tourney today

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior tennis team wings out for Antigua tourney today

A strong team of four junior players along with National Tennis Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan will wing out today to participate in the Antigua & Barbuda Caribbean Junior Invitational Championships...

Little Diva Flames end 2nd in Lethem 5-a-side tourney

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little Diva Flames end 2nd in Lethem 5-a-side tourney

City based Little Diva Flames Football Club (LDFFC) defied all odds to end second in the just concluded 5-a-side football tournament held in Lethem over the Easter weekend at the St. Ignatius ground....

Fly Jamaica equips William Street Warriors Baseball Team

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fly Jamaica equips William Street Warriors Baseball Team

On Tuesday 29th April, Fly Jamaica Airways presented a large quantity of baseball equipment to Georgetown’s newest baseball team. In a short ceremony conducted at the airlines’ Wings Aviation...

The neo-colonial system that we presently have is destined to fail

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The neo-colonial system that we presently have is destined to fail

DEAR EDITOR, The Westminster system is a democratic parliamentary system derived from the politics of the United Kingdom. This term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Parliament of...

Labour Day reflections

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Labour Day reflections

DEAR EDITOR, May Day is regarded as Workers’ Day. It is a day that is set aside to celebrate the role and contribution of labour in the creation of wealth. It was Karl Marx who however is credited...

We all need to reflect upon the inevitable

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We all need to reflect upon the inevitable

DEAR EDITOR, As human beings we question so many things. Who are we apart from our job titles? Who are we without the trappings of achieving and striving? What is the core value of me and you? No...

Does the Opposition have anything constructive to show in this regard?

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the Opposition have anything constructive to show in this regard?

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Basil Williams’ admission that his party’s number one priority is to regain political power must be a blatant and narrow-minded disregard of what the functions of any political...

The spirit of Rodney will forever haunt the PNC

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The spirit of Rodney will forever haunt the PNC

DEAR EDITOR, There have been two distinct periods in our history when we were very close in achieving the elusive national ethos of ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny’ and both times the...

Speaker Trotman offered no protection to the ordinary citizens

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speaker Trotman offered no protection to the ordinary citizens

DEAR EDITOR, Minister Manickchand’s heckling of CN Sharma, her subsequent facebook outburst and refusal to apologize, the Speaker’s ban and subsequent volte-face of his own edict, has set before...

Race is not an impediment to our progress

May 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Race is not an impediment to our progress

DEAR EDITOR, People who see race as an impediment to our progress as a nation are ethnically insecure. Having many races does not make us weaker as a nation. It makes us stronger. We just have to...

Toco Youth V/ball Academy wins Caribbean Club Championship in Trinidad

May 01, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toco Youth V/ball Academy wins Caribbean Club Championship in Trinidad

– PMTC 1 eliminated at Quarterfinal stage Two times runner up Toco Youth Volleyball Academy (TYVA) of Trinidad went further this year when they defeated the Southern United Volleyball...