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Jittery gold miners set to meet over crackdown, poor declarations

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jittery gold miners set to meet over crackdown, poor declarations

Amidst a disturbing 20% decline in gold declarations for the first five months of this year, Government has called gold miners and dealers to a meeting tomorrow to discuss the implications....

Thirty-three days later…Prison escapee recaptured in Omai

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Thirty-three days later…Prison escapee recaptured in Omai

Keiron Cummings, the last of the four prisoners, who had escaped from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court more than a month ago, had his freedom cut short by members of the joint services after 33...

New York case…Ramroop gifted Sanata complex despite failing employment requirement

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New York case…Ramroop gifted Sanata complex despite failing employment requirement

Court papers trace linkages between New GPC, TVG, Guyana Times The veil of secrecy over New GPC Inc. is slowly lifting with the company admitting in a New York court this month that it was employing...

Land giveaways…Guyana has lost faith in NICIL to negotiate state deals – APNU

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Land giveaways…Guyana has lost faith in NICIL to negotiate state deals – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister of Public Works and Telecommunications, Joseph Harmon, has said that the recent revelation of NICIL gifting two prime pieces of lands to a...

An exceptional servant of education and sports… Lancelot Baptiste is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on An exceptional servant of education and sports… Lancelot Baptiste is a ‘Special Person’

“I can boast that I came right through from Pupil teacher to Headmaster, and [in the] GTU from member right up to the Presidency. I love representing teachers and I still do, up to this day.” By...

Dem boys seh…All of a sudden climate change dead

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…All of a sudden climate change dead

People does seh one thing and do another. And is things like that does mek people watch dem full in dem face and tell dem how dem lie. Bout five or six years ago, Jagdeo find some documents that...

4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…Peters slams in five for Cotton Field

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…Peters slams in five for Cotton Field

– Charity also advance By Rawle Welch Diminutive Cotton Field striker Hosea Peters slammed in five goals to lead his team into the next round on the 4th Annual Digicel Schools Football...

GABF shortlists National Men’s Basketball team

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF shortlists National Men’s Basketball team

– Burnett omitted, GT&T commits $500,000 By Edison Jefford The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) shortlisted the National Men’s Basketball team that will compete at the...

Messi wonder goal saves Argentina against Iran

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Messi wonder goal saves Argentina against Iran

BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) – Lionel Messi spared Argentina’s blushes with a wonderful last-gasp winner against unheralded Iran at the World Cup on Saturday to give the South Americans a...

Cricket For Unity Match; Wärtsilä adds liquid power

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket For Unity Match; Wärtsilä adds liquid power

With operations in nearly 200 locations in 70 countries, Wärtsilä Operations in Guyana Inc. (WOGI) has joined forces with the organisers of the Cricket For Unity T20 match that is slated for July 5...

Little Light Domino team prevails in Turkeyen Sports Committee tournament

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little Light Domino team prevails in Turkeyen Sports Committee tournament

Little Light Domino team won 82 games to take top honours when the South Turkeyen Sports Committee and Guyana Veteran’s Legion recently staged a 6 teams dominoes competition at the Veteran’s...

Youth in Focus…Ninvalle brothers, table tennis marksmen

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth in Focus…Ninvalle brothers, table tennis marksmen

By Zaheer Mohamed Guyana has seen its fair share of siblings who have represented this country in sports disciplines. Brothers Khalil Jaffar Ninvalle and Kaysan Jamil Ninvalle are the latest to join...

Scotiabank congratulates Kiddy Cricket Alumnus Kraigg Brathwaite

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank congratulates Kiddy Cricket Alumnus Kraigg Brathwaite

Scotiabank has congratulating Kiddy Cricket alumnus and West Indies batsman Kraigg Brathwaite on making his first test century. The Barbadian opener scored a patient 129 on the second day of...

Buddy’s Pool Hall on Cue competition fixed for today

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buddy’s Pool Hall on Cue competition fixed for today

Buddy’s Pool Hall will stage their on Cue Pools competition today at their Sheriff Street location. Some $500,000 in prizes are on offer for the top performers including a Jailing motorcycle for...

GNA seek to resuscitate the sport

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GNA seek to resuscitate the sport

– meeting in Berbice planned for today The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) in an effort to bolster the prominence of one of the world’s most prolific female oriented sports will be meeting...

Devers latest casualty from ‘Cricket Bill’

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Devers latest casualty from ‘Cricket Bill’

Guyanese International Radio Cricket Commentator Sean Devers is the latest casualty from the Guyana Cricket Administration Bill which was recently passed in Parliament and is awaiting the signature...

Medals and Promotion for JKA/WF Guyana Karatekas in Panama

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Medals and Promotion for JKA/WF Guyana Karatekas in Panama

– 4 Gold, 1 Sliver and 3 bronze achieved A seven member team from the Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana has returned to these shores a successful unit after representation...

GOA and GCF host successful Int. Olympic Day BMX Meet

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA and GCF host successful Int. Olympic Day BMX Meet

For the fifth successive year, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has hosted a successful BMX Meet at the National Park in observance of International...

“WI win Test No. 2! That’s more like it from West Indies!”

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “WI win Test No. 2! That’s more like it from West Indies!”

Colin E. H. Croft West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin celebrated his first “home” Test, at Queen’s Park Oval, by leading his much-revamped team, from Test No. 1, to an appreciated 10 wicket win...

Letter to the Sports Editor…95% of the stakeholders committed perjury and faces contempt of court charges also

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…95% of the stakeholders committed perjury and faces contempt of court charges also

Dear Sports Editor, Recent regular publications in the state owned Guyana Chronicle and the Guyana Times championing the cause of a group calling themselves “stakeholders of Guyana’s...

Diamond International Martial Arts Academy successfully conducts grading exercise

Jun 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond International Martial Arts Academy successfully conducts grading exercise

30 students of the Little Diamond International Martial Arts Academy (LDIMAA) were elevated to higher levels when that institution held a workshop and grading examination over the past week. Twenty...

Guyanese Lisa Punch on ABC hit series ‘Rising Star’ today

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Lisa Punch on ABC hit series ‘Rising Star’ today

Guyanese songbird Lisa Punch has been selected among the first set of phenomenal singers to participate in a highly anticipated new reality, series which is set to premiere on ABC, from today. The...

Tendering opens today for $100M cleanup project

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tendering opens today for $100M cleanup project

Minister of Local Government, Norman Whittaker on Thursday informed the National Assembly that advertisements to attract contractors to work on the 100M cleanup operation at Le Repentir Cemetery will...

Embattled Constabulary rank allegedly commits suicide

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Embattled Constabulary rank allegedly commits suicide

A City rank accused of stealing a quantity of cash from the Constabulary Department of City Hall was yesterday morning found dead in the bathroom of his home. His demise is suspected to be another...

GPL announces 10MW shortfall as Berbicians face rolling blackouts

Jun 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL announces 10MW shortfall as Berbicians face rolling blackouts

By Leon Suseran The Guyana Power & Light Inc (GPL) has announced a ten megawatt shortfall in generation capacity at its Canefield Power Station, Berbice’s main power-generating facility. Hence,...

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GBA assembles elite squad for 2025 Caribbean Boxing Championship in St. Lucia

The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more