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WDCL/Bharakat Brothers tourney to conclude today

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCL/Bharakat Brothers tourney to conclude today

The West Demerara Cricket League/ Bharakat Brothers competition is set to climax today. Leonora Youth Club, Meten Meer Zorg (West), Zeeburg Sports Club and Uitvlugt Invaders were the teams involved...

MCYS/NSC Windball – ECD…Gibson, Helena victorious

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NSC Windball – ECD…Gibson, Helena victorious

Gibson and Helena recorded victories when the Upper East Coast Demerara leg of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission Al Sport and Tour Promotions windball tournament...

Retired teacher looks back and sees changes…for the worse

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Retired teacher looks back and sees changes…for the worse

Yabiram Ramlal, a/k “Ovid Ramlall”, who has chalked up 45 years as an educator with 34 of those years in a senior capacity says he would do it all over again. The 72-year-old who...

Guyana make debut in Beach Rugby

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana make debut in Beach Rugby

– male and female teams compete at Vargas SA Beach Games The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) made its debut in Beach Rugby when male and female teams represented this nation at the just...

GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney…Police take first innings honours from MYO

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney…Police take first innings honours from MYO

Police gained first innings points from Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) when their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Sea Foods second division 2-day game ended as a drawn encounter...

Ali 15/15 softball tourney set for June 1

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ali 15/15 softball tourney set for June 1

Rafman Ali 15/15 round robin softball tournament is slated to commence June 1. The competition will be played in two categories namely the open and over 40 and is being sanctioned by the Georgetown...

Guyana to compete at Int. Volleyball tourney in French Guiana

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to compete at Int. Volleyball tourney in French Guiana

Volleyball in Guyana will continue its busy schedule when the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) sends a 16-member team (12 players, 4 officials) to compete in an International tournament scheduled...

GDA tourney set for May 31

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA tourney set for May 31

The Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) will be hosting a competition on May 31 and June 1 at the National Gymnasium. On May 31 the B Class will be playing and the top five qualifiers will battle on...

Wolf’s Furniture Store softball set to start June 8

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Furniture Store softball set to start June 8

Wolf’s Furniture store softball tournament is set to commence on June 8 for over 35 and open teams. Entrance fee is $20,000. The first place team will be given a trophy and $100,000 and the runner...

Blake’s blistering anchor leg spurs Jamaica to 4x200m world record

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blake’s blistering anchor leg spurs Jamaica to 4x200m world record

Jamaica Observer – BAHAMAS, Nassau — A scintillating anchor leg of an unofficial 19 seconds flat by Yohan Blake propelled Jamaica to gold and a world record run in the men’s 4x200m, while...

Lewis Hamilton finishes second to Nico Rosberg at Monaco

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis Hamilton finishes second to Nico Rosberg at Monaco

BBC Sport – Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a tense fight for victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton, still angry from what he saw as Rosberg’s gamesmanship to seal...

President honoured at launch of Guyana-Cuba Friendship Association

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President honoured at launch of Guyana-Cuba Friendship Association

President Donald Ramotar and four Ministers of Government were among other Guyanese recognised by the Guyana-Cuba Friendship Association for fostering relations between the two countries, at the...

The Guyana-Kazakhstan connection…Living a world apart, a Guyanese and a Kazakh man share their stories

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Guyana-Kazakhstan connection…Living a world apart, a Guyanese and a Kazakh man share their stories

By Neil Marks If you ever want to indulge Dmitriy Shipulin in a healthy dose of local hospitality, you might want to spare him the suggestive moves associated with dancehall or soca music. It’s a...

A passion for gardening…Sophia activist pushing ‘go back to land’ drive

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A passion for gardening…Sophia activist pushing ‘go back to land’ drive

A community activist with a passion for gardening is spreading a ‘grow more food’ campaign in Sophia. Doris Anetha Shelto’s is a resident of B Field, Sophia, which she describes as a “very...

Army still mum on Tacama shooting

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army still mum on Tacama shooting

A week after Lieutenant Othneil Hope and recruit Vernon Harding were shot at Tacama, army officials are still to issue a statement on how the incident occurred and whether disciplinary action is...

Murder accused remains hospitalized

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused remains hospitalized

The 49 year old man who brutally stabbed his 18 year old lover on Monday evening before allegedly drinking a dose of poison remains warded under police guard at the New Amsterdam hospital. Robert...

Budgets cuts at OP…Govt not interested in resolving the problem – Dr. Roopnarine

May 26, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budgets cuts at OP…Govt not interested in resolving the problem – Dr. Roopnarine

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Executive Dr. Rupert Roopnarine believes that issues relating to the 2014 Budget Cuts could easily be rectified, but the government is more interested in...

Guyanese curry, cook up steal show at Jamaica food and music festival

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese curry, cook up steal show at Jamaica food and music festival

By Zena Henry in Jamaica Jamaicans, regional and international tourists could not get enough of the Guyanese dishes prepared for the Epicurean Escape-food, rum and music festival that is held...

Guyanese holds book reading on struggles of indentured women

May 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese holds book reading on struggles of indentured women

Journalist Gaiutra Bahadur held a Book Reading at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) over the weekend for her book “Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture”. The book traces the...

Chinese businessmen are Marriott’s secret investor

May 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese businessmen are Marriott’s secret investor

…will put US$8M of US$58M required and own 67 per cent By Gary Eleazar After months of silence and evading the media, Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI), the special purpose company created by Winston...

Man executed, dumped on Eccles Rd

May 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man executed, dumped on Eccles Rd

A security service made a startling discovery last night in the Eccles Industrial Site. The ranks found a man dressed in denim coat and pants lying face down on the access road behind the Eccles...

Customer wins Digicel in landmark voice mail case

May 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Customer wins Digicel in landmark voice mail case

“It should awaken their awareness that if one person can stand up to a big multi-national company to make a difference and effect change, imagine what could be accomplished if we band together, the...

Gunmen lock up Lucky Dollar workers, escape with cash

May 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen lock up Lucky Dollar workers, escape with cash

Two gunmen escaped with over $1M from the Lucky Dollar store located in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, yesterday after locking workers and customers in a room. The robbery occurred around 10:00 hrs....

Ed Ahmad’s GuySuCo land deal…AFC, Gaskin demand contract be made public

May 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad’s GuySuCo land deal…AFC, Gaskin demand contract be made public

Members of the political opposition and one financial analyst disagree with Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, who reportedly said that the onus is on the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to...

Dem boys seh…De whole country looking fuh wuk

May 25, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De whole country looking fuh wuk

Scampish and sweetheart deal is wha run things in Guyana. This thing start under Jagdeo and it continuing because Jagdeo lef he people in place. When dem ask fuh investor fuh de Berbice Bridge dem...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more