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Only Chinese firms bid for East Coast road project

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Only Chinese firms bid for East Coast road project

– Among them CJIA, Amaila Falls, Skeldon Factory contractors Four Chinese construction companies are vying for a major Ministry of Public Works’ project to widen the East Coast...

Linden house collapses after car crashes into it

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden house collapses after car crashes into it

A man and his wife were early yesterday morning forced to run for their lives, after a speeding car slammed into their house and sent it crashing to the ground. A nearby utility pole was also...

Teen shot in mouth…There will be no cover-up – Justice Kennard

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot in mouth…There will be no cover-up – Justice Kennard

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard, has declared that the police cannot cover-up the matter involving a Cadet Officer who shot a 15-year-old boy in his mouth three...

“The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe”

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe”

…any attempt to muzzle it must be resisted – Nagamootoo “The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe and any attempt to muzzle it must be resisted.” This notion was...

Court hears…Brassington “willfully restricted credit” from Guyana Stores

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court hears…Brassington “willfully restricted credit” from Guyana Stores

– caused company to lose sales and goodwill By Latoya Giles The court heard yesterday that the head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington...

9-year-old Mocha rape/murder trial…Jury split, retrial ordered

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 9-year-old Mocha rape/murder trial…Jury split, retrial ordered

After more than six weeks of trial, the mixed twelve-member Jury who were selected to oversee the court proceedings of rape/murder against Javon Wharton and Charles Cush, announced yesterday that...

Dem boys seh…Name one good thing Jagdeo do fuh Guyana

May 14, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Name one good thing Jagdeo do fuh Guyana

Dem boys get a call from a big man saying, “Please lef Jagdeo alone. He do a lot fuh Guyana and he deserve a place in history.” Dem boys laugh…hard. Right away dem boys remember that two months...

Clarke expects positive result

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clarke expects positive result

– team departs today and tomorrow Head Coach of the national rugby squad Clinton ‘Stiffy’ Clarke speaking with Kaieteur Sport during the final practice session at the National Park...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Tutorial hit five past Charlestown in female match-up

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Tutorial hit five past Charlestown in female match-up

Action in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy continued last weekend with two games in Georgetown played at the Ministry of Education Ground. In game one, a female encounter; defending...

Veteran promoter predicts challenging bout but feels Atwell could clinch crown

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran promoter predicts challenging bout but feels Atwell could clinch crown

By Michael Benjamin Just under two weeks before local multiple boxing champion, Clive Atwell, engages World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion, Mexican, Johnny Gonzalez, for the latter...

GABF names Presidential Squad for Inter Guiana Games

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF names Presidential Squad for Inter Guiana Games

As part of the preparation for the basketball component of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG), the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected an interim Guyana Under-19 Basketball...

More sponsors in as entries close today for KMTC one day Pre-Independence Meet

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on More sponsors in as entries close today for KMTC one day Pre-Independence Meet

A number of new sponsors have come on board and with entries still pouring in for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) one day Pre-Independence horserace meet which is set for this Sunday at the...

SS Entertainment Independence softball cricket for West Berbice

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on SS Entertainment Independence softball cricket for West Berbice

The newly formed Star Sports Entertainment will be holding a grand day/night Independence 10/10 Softball Cricket Festival in West Berbice. According to the coordinators of the event, the competition...

CGC’s Cult Energy Drink on board as EBFA launches U-17 tourney

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGC’s Cult Energy Drink on board as EBFA launches U-17 tourney

They have been inactive for quite some time but recently returned to the fray with two tournaments, the Trophy Stall Under-15 approximately one month ago and now the Stag Beer Division One tournament...

LABA female team to play GABA on Saturday in Linden

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA female team to play GABA on Saturday in Linden

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association has called ten female players for their clash with Georgetown on Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard court as the Guyana Amateur Basketball...

GSA Kraft Junior Skill Level National Championship serves off

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA Kraft Junior Skill Level National Championship serves off

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with its dependable corporate partner Digicel Guyana, last night served off its third tournament of the year, the Kraft Junior Skill Level...

Golden Jubilee Celebration…BCB honours Maya Devi Singh as Mother of the year

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jubilee Celebration…BCB honours Maya Devi Singh as Mother of the year

The Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) last weekend honoured Mrs. Maya Devi Singh of Cumberland Village, East Canje as their Mother of the year. Mrs. Singh, a mother of three...

GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI thump Essequibo by 45 runs

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI thump Essequibo by 45 runs

By Zaheer Mohamed The President’s XI defeated Essequibo by 45 runs in their opening round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County Under-19 50 overs tournament yesterday at the Everest...

Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 overs KO – West Berbice…Six teams move on to round two

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 overs KO – West Berbice…Six teams move on to round two

Play in the Hand in Hand second division 40 overs cricket competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for clubs in West Berbice continued with D’Edward, Hopetown United, Achievers,...

What is really going on?

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on What is really going on?

By Rawle Welch Aficionados wherever you could find them are asking the same question, what is really going on with the two biggest sports in Guyana, namely cricket and football. They are asking what...

BOSAI Inter Department B/ball …General Services and Plant Maintenance to contest final

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BOSAI Inter Department B/ball …General Services and Plant Maintenance to contest final

General Services and Plant Maintenance were winners when the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc. Inter Department basketball championships began on Saturday night last at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

GCB Inter County 50-over cricket …Berbice show three-day win against Demerara was no fluke, win by 4 runs at Wales

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County 50-over cricket …Berbice show three-day win against Demerara was no fluke, win by 4 runs at Wales

By Sean Devers Incisive spin bowling spearheaded Berbice to a thrilling four-run win over hosts Demerara in the opening round of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter County 50-over contest...

GEA records 29 convictions in fuel marking crackdown

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GEA records 29 convictions in fuel marking crackdown

Guyana’s regulator of the fuel industry, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), believes that it has significantly dented smuggling, with checks indicating a drop in the incidence. Since being implemented...

Notorious Berbice bandit jailed for four years

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Notorious Berbice bandit jailed for four years

Notorious bandit Tameshwar Khemraj, called ‘Rambo’, was yesterday jailed for four years by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared before him at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on a...

City Hall says…Hill Street building to be dismantled if tilting continues

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall says…Hill Street building to be dismantled if tilting continues

…plan for smaller structure was submitted The owners of the leaning building in Hill Street, Lodge, will have to remove a section of the structure or dismantle it completely, if present efforts to...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more