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Who granted those multi-million$$$ duty free concessions to Bai Shan Lin?

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Who granted those multi-million$$$ duty free concessions to Bai Shan Lin?

GFC says ask GRA; GRA refers questions to GO-Invest; GO-Invest has no applications Questions are continuing over hundreds of vehicles and scores of heavy duty equipment shipped in by an under-fire...

Bai Shan Lin logging scandal…Angry Kwakwani prepares list of demands for Govt.

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bai Shan Lin logging scandal…Angry Kwakwani prepares list of demands for Govt.

– Community will no longer allow advantage to be taken upon them…will become very agitated if demands are not met- Solomon The operations of Bai Shan Lin and the blatant...

Guyanese man missing after border encounter with Venezuelans

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man missing after border encounter with Venezuelans

A Guyanese man is feared dead after he reportedly tried to flee from a group of Venezuelan criminals, during a botched business deal on the Guyana/Venezuelan border on Monday. The man, whose name has...

APNU MPs will not submit reports to Integrity Commission

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU MPs will not submit reports to Integrity Commission

Some public officials view the recent call by the Integrity Commission for the declaration of assets from 1997 to 2013 as a mere joke. Some “tickled” opposition members have already declared that...

Not a bad thing if we go to the polls – Speaker

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Not a bad thing if we go to the polls – Speaker

“Every effort has been made to frustrate the work of the Parliament” Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman has stated that the political opposition cannot be faulted for the...

Pollard, Ramdin rescue WI in thriller

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pollard, Ramdin rescue WI in thriller

Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin fought to bring West Indies out of trouble and secured a tense victory, the absence of which would have raised questions over whether the sudden departure of the...

Ginelle Ifill gets full US Basketball Scholarship

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ginelle Ifill gets full US Basketball Scholarship

By Edison Jefford Guyana’s female team’s participation at the 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in the British Virgin Islands last month paid dividend for locally-based...

Beaten but not yet defeated…Alpha United coach vows to remain motivated for overseas clashes

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beaten but not yet defeated…Alpha United coach vows to remain motivated for overseas clashes

Efforts to get past US Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers, ended dismally for local football powerhouse, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, and the team eventually surrendered 4-1 in their Group 5...

Simmons could be next West Indies Coach

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simmons could be next West Indies Coach

Phil Simmons, the 51-year-old former West Indies all-rounder is likely to be named West Indies Head Coach after their present limited overs and Test series against Bangladesh is completed next month...

Milerock FC leads Group A in Eagles U-16 football tourney

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milerock FC leads Group A in Eagles U-16 football tourney

Milerock Football Club heads Group A and Botofago Football Club leads in Group B in the Eagles Football Club Under-16 Round Robin football tournament at the end of the thirteenth game. Botofago...

EBDCA/GRS 40-over tourney…Providence, Eccles record victories

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA/GRS 40-over tourney…Providence, Eccles record victories

Providence and Eccles recorded victories when the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA)/Goodwood Racing Service (GRS) 40-over tournament commenced last weekend. On Saturday, Providence...

Everest to host Port Mourant, NY Blasters in T20 fixtures

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest to host Port Mourant, NY Blasters in T20 fixtures

Everest Cricket Club will come alive tomorrow when they host Port Mourant of Berbice and New York Blasters in two T20 matches as part of its 100th Anniversary celebrations. The first game which will...

Youth benefit from Hearts of Oak Annual Teach Them Young football camp

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth benefit from Hearts of Oak Annual Teach Them Young football camp

The 17th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football holiday camp is continuing with both practical and theoretical sessions. The camp started on Monday...

Overseas based Guyanese former policeman assists his villagers

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese former policeman assists his villagers

A former policeman, who now resides in Canada, has made some of his former colleagues and villagers proud. Bobby Kewlochand, formerly of Goed Bananen Land, East Canje, Berbice and a former member of...

New York Blasters remember Ottis George in T20 match

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on New York Blasters remember Ottis George in T20 match

The memories of the late Ottis George, the former East Bank First-Division all-rounder, were re-lived on Tuesday evening last at the Banks DIH ground at Thirst Park during a specially arranged T20...

Rain forces postponement of GBBC battle of the contenders

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain forces postponement of GBBC battle of the contenders

Cricket fans were recently left aghast at the turn of events that caused Guyana’s 20/20 cricket team, ‘Amazon ‘Warriors’ to lose their Limacol CPL match against Barbados Tridents recently....

Preparation at fever pitch for Guyana Cup horserace meet

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparation at fever pitch for Guyana Cup horserace meet

The hustle and bustle is on as preparation reached fever pitch for the much anticipated Jumbo Jet Business establishment and Banks DIH multimillion dollar 8th annual Guyana Cup horserace spectacle...

Letter to the Sports Editor…It’s more than politics that Dover was bypassed

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…It’s more than politics that Dover was bypassed

Dear Sir, An article appearing in (S.N. 14.08.14) by Duncan Saul captioned “Dover says he was bypassed because of politics”. Editor, indeed it has attracted my attention, to the extent that as a...

Strong six-man team selected to represent Guyana at CMRA Meet in T&T

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Strong six-man team selected to represent Guyana at CMRA Meet in T&T

-Points’ leader Kristian Jeffrey among them Encouraged by the breathtaking performances of its drivers and riders at the Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA) opening Meet at Bushy Park in...

Jamaica and Haiti Take All Three Points

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica and Haiti Take All Three Points

Jamaica and Haiti took all three points on Tuesday last when the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) inaugural Women’s Caribbean Cup final rounds started at the Ato Bolton Stadium, in Trinidad and...

ACDA to host Dominoes tourney

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ACDA to host Dominoes tourney

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) will be hosting an Emancipation Dominoes tournament for teams from Mahaica to No. 5 village on August 24 at Menace Hang Out Bar, Calcutta...

NAMILCO honours Boyce/Jefford Classic champion athletes

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO honours Boyce/Jefford Classic champion athletes

National Milling Company (NAMILCO) yesterday handed over cash prizes of $50,000 each to the Male and Female Champion Athletes from the Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic V, Natasha Alder and...

GTUC condemns prison labour for city clean-up

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC condemns prison labour for city clean-up

– Calls for ILO conventions and Decent Work Agenda to be upheld The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) in a statement yesterday indicated that it is concerned with reports, that the Guyana...

Programme unveiled for Amerindian Heritage Month celebration

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Programme unveiled for Amerindian Heritage Month celebration

Under the theme “Traditional Embodiment for Amerindian Development” Amerindian Heritage Month will commence with an interfaith service at the Umana Yana, Kingston on 31st, August. The Amerindian...

Unqualified persons allegedly functioning as pharmacist at Port Kaituma Hospital

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unqualified persons allegedly functioning as pharmacist at Port Kaituma Hospital

– APNU’s Shadow Health Minister calls situation “a scandal” The World Health Organisation (WHO) has long underscored that pharmacists have a crucial role in quality assurance and the...

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Everest Masters to engage Costa Rica in T20 fixtures

A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more