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Govt. to spend even more $$ on US$3M Supenaam Stelling

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend even more $$ on US$3M Supenaam Stelling

The Guyana Government is gearing to spend millions more on the beleaguered Supenaam Stelling which has already attracted just about US$3M ($600M), a figure well above its original price tag....

Main city artery is death trap

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Main city artery is death trap

– caused several accidents in past few weeks The La Penitence Public Road – one of the main city arteries – records several vehicular accidents daily, especially at nights, as repairs...

Bad weather blamed for plane crash at Monkey Mountain

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bad weather blamed for plane crash at Monkey Mountain

A pilot and passenger onboard a Britten Norman Islander aircraft reportedly walked away unharmed yesterday after the plane they were travelling in crashed at an airstrip located at Monkey Mountain in...

Govt. unable to restore $700M to Contingencies Fund

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. unable to restore $700M to Contingencies Fund

…APNU insists Finance Minister is liable The Contingencies Fund is out by some $700M for which there is no approval for its replenishment. Commentators are holding the Finance Minister...

Nothing can stop continuation of controversial projects

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing can stop continuation of controversial projects

“…Government will persevere”- Finance Minister By Abena Rockcliffe Even as he rejected public opinion that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration has reduced the National...

Luncheon admits some contractors ‘shaft’ the government

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon admits some contractors ‘shaft’ the government

…stands by China Railway for road expansion “I am willing to concede that there are instances when we have indeed gone behind the lowest responsive tender and indeed we get shafted. I...

Dem boys seh…DEA gun mek dem boys wish come true

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…DEA gun mek dem boys wish come true

CANU mek two big drug busts Monday. Dem go to one house and dem find enough ganja to mek de whole Cabinet high. Was couple thousand pound of good Jamaican weed. Then dem same CANU people go to...

RBC/CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic…Marlon Williams eases to victory in another exciting duel; Michael Anthony outstanding

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic…Marlon Williams eases to victory in another exciting duel; Michael Anthony outstanding

By Franklin Wilson On a sunny day with consistent Atlantic breeze gliding across the seawall bandstand and the race course, the 11th annual CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic organised...

GSA’s Digicel Nat Squash C/Ships…Arjoon, Fung A Fat, Mekdeci, Callender crowned National Champions

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA’s Digicel Nat Squash C/Ships…Arjoon, Fung A Fat, Mekdeci, Callender crowned National Champions

The curtains came down on Sunday on the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Digicel National Senior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club squash courts. Defending champion Alex Arjoon...

Rafam Ali softball tourney…Deosarran, Ramlakan guide Country Side to huge win

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rafam Ali softball tourney…Deosarran, Ramlakan guide Country Side to huge win

By Zaheer Mohamed A fluent 94 from Jagdesh Deosarran and a six-wicket haul by Mahendra Ramlakan guided Country Side to a 112-run victory over Jaguars when the Rafman Ali softball tournament continued...

Digicel Schools Football Championship…Waramadong capture zone title after decisive 4-2 victory over Three Miles Secondary

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship…Waramadong capture zone title after decisive 4-2 victory over Three Miles Secondary

By Michael Benjamin Waramadong Secondary School proved that, despite their past runners up placing in successive Digicel Schools’ Football competitions, they are still a force to be reckoned with...

Boyce/Jefford host Track and Field Officials’ Workshop in Linden

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce/Jefford host Track and Field Officials’ Workshop in Linden

The Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic Committee on Sunday held its workshop to address a host of subjects ahead of the annual Championships that is slated for August 16-17 at McKenzie Sports Club...

Downes, Ramdyhan crowned Champions in GBTI OPEN

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Downes, Ramdyhan crowned Champions in GBTI OPEN

Three time tournament champion Anthony Downes kept his composure amidst a fierce comeback warning from former #1 seed Phillip Squires to cop the Men’s Open Singles title for the fourth time at the...

NSBF opens with wins for PC, NATI and Plaisance

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSBF opens with wins for PC, NATI and Plaisance

– tournament being used to select IGG teams The ninth National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) tipped-off Sunday night, following what can be called another Youth Basketball Guyana...

Sampson, Yaw win 400m bronze at CAC Juniors

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sampson, Yaw win 400m bronze at CAC Juniors

– First major international medal for Sampson Sprint aces, Jason Yaw and Jevina Sampson, both of Running Braves Athletics Club, were third on Sunday in the male and female 400 metre Under-18...

Treacle once again takes feature event as Jumbo Jet and Inshan Bacchus stables dominate

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Treacle once again takes feature event as Jumbo Jet and Inshan Bacchus stables dominate

By Samuel Whyte Despite the inclement weather which brought rain and thunderstorms that pounded Costal Guyana on Sunday. The organizers of the Rising Sun Turf Club/Inshan Bacchus Grand one day...

CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 Season Group Phase…Alpha United to host Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras, Aug 5

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 Season Group Phase…Alpha United to host Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras, Aug 5

Guyana’s most successful club side, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will open their quest for top honours in the CONCACAF Champions League when they host Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras on August...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Letter to the FIFA General Secretary

Jul 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Letter to the FIFA General Secretary

Dear Mr Secretary, We in Guyana have a serious Administrative problem plaguing us in this part of the region. That was the reason for a faction of Football Administrators making a move to oust Mr...

Caricom agrees on “regional commission” on medical marijuana

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom agrees on “regional commission” on medical marijuana

…addresses public awareness on Reparation Caricom Heads have decided to set up a “regional commission” to ascertain the effects of legalising marijuana for medical purposes. The body is...

Region Five officials say octogenarian was hysterical

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five officials say octogenarian was hysterical

… Needed to be restrained Region Five health care officials have dismissed claims by a West Berbice family that an 86- year- old woman was physically abused by two nurses at the Fort Wellington...

CANU makes coke bust at Diamond

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CANU makes coke bust at Diamond

Ranks of the country’s main anti-drug unit yesterday unearthed a massive quantity of cocaine and marijuana during two separate undercover operations in Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara. In...

Stake holders adopt Linden Electricity Disruption Manual

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stake holders adopt Linden Electricity Disruption Manual

The Linden Electricity Disruption Manual was last week adopted by important stakeholders within the community, at the Regional Administration Office on Republic Avenue. Chaired by Regional Chairman,...

President commissions $91M floodlights at Albion Sports Complex

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President commissions $91M floodlights at Albion Sports Complex

By Leon Suseran President Donald Ramotar last evening commissioned the $91M floodlight project at the Albion Sports Complex on the Corentyne. He was assisted by Guyanese Cricket Legend, Mr. Clive...

Cove and John head-on collision…Survivor says he was sleeping

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cove and John head-on collision…Survivor says he was sleeping

Selwyn Carryl, one of the two survivors from last Saturday’s head-on collision at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, said that he was sleeping when his brother crashed into the minibus around...

Tree crushes man to death

Jul 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tree crushes man to death

Dexter Dey, 28, of D’Urban Street, Georgetown was pronounced dead at the Mackenzie Hospital around 16:00hrs on Sunday, reportedly after a tree fell on him. The incident occurred at Frenchman...