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Marriott Hotel’s private investors ‘yet to put a dollar’

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel’s private investors ‘yet to put a dollar’

– Brassington still seeking partners – Source The Georgetown Marriott Hotel is being constructed in Kingston, Georgetown and to date the only official source of funding has been the...

Hope Canal deadline pushed to year end – NDIA Head

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal deadline pushed to year end – NDIA Head

National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) head, Lionel Wordsworth, has now given the deadline for the completion of the $3.6B Hope Canal as year end. Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday,...

Killer was offered $2.5M to execute cosmetologist

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Killer was offered $2.5M to execute cosmetologist

– Woman was accused of causing drug bust Police on the East Coast of Demerara are now certain that the murder of Lusignan cosmetologist Ashmini Harriram was not a robbery but rather...

Specialty Hospital embroiled in dispute…BK Int’l moves to Indian courts for $$$M owed by contractor

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Specialty Hospital embroiled in dispute…BK Int’l moves to Indian courts for $$$M owed by contractor

BK International Incorporated yesterday announced that it will be moving to the courts in India in an effort to recoup outstanding money owed by Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited....

E’bo blackout woes unlikely to end before Tuesday – GPL

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo blackout woes unlikely to end before Tuesday – GPL

Blackout weary residents of Essequibo coast in Region Two are being asked to bear up for a few more days as parts are being flown in for a damaged Wartsila generating set. The outages,...

Head teachers urged to discipline errant staffers

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Head teachers urged to discipline errant staffers

…or risk being disciplined themselves Public school teachers are being urged to demonstrate a higher level of output through better attendance, punctuality and preparedness, a process...

Dem boys seh… Rat-Roop got Donald sailing

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Rat-Roop got Donald sailing

Guyana heading into new hands and de Guyanese people ain’t got no say. De other day a company announce that it providing exceedingly fast bandwidth. Dem boys always hear bout lightning fast DSL....

Reducing illegal connections in Sophia, environs challenging – GPL

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Reducing illegal connections in Sophia, environs challenging – GPL

By Rabindra Rooplall Raids by Guyana Power and Light (GPL) technical teams, spearheaded by representatives from the Company’s Loss Reduction Department and the Guyana Police Force, were carried...

GCB Senior Inter County 50-Overs Berbice trounce Nat. U-19s; Demerara squeeze past E’bo

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Inter County 50-Overs Berbice trounce Nat. U-19s; Demerara squeeze past E’bo

By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice thumped the National Under-19 team by 105 runs while Demerara got past Essequibo by two wickets when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter County 50-Overs tournament...

GUYTRAC T20 K.O Cricket Controversy reigned but several teams advance to semifinal stage

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUYTRAC T20 K.O Cricket Controversy reigned but several teams advance to semifinal stage

Despite a confrontation between two brothers at the No.71 Ground that forced the cancellation of games at that venue, activities in the GUYTRAC T20 knock-out cricket competition, organized by the...

Synthetic Track certified by IAAF

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Synthetic Track certified by IAAF

The National Synthetic track was yesterday certified by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) as part of the Government’s quest to renew sport and athletics and boost...

GOA/Griffith University conducting research on Guyanese Pre-Elite Athletes

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA/Griffith University conducting research on Guyanese Pre-Elite Athletes

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) in collaboration with the Australia-based Griffith University is conducting research on Guyanese Pre-Elite Athletes to analyse the relationship between specific...

Remand prisoner jailed for setting fire in N/A Prison

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Remand prisoner jailed for setting fire in N/A Prison

Remand prisoner, Marlon Fordyce, 25, who set fire to the mattress in his cell after he was confined to solitary confinement for over a month, has been sentenced to one year in jail. Fordyce, of...

Corskeld Trackers Cycle Club celebrates first year with 45 miles road event

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corskeld Trackers Cycle Club celebrates first year with 45 miles road event

One year after its inauguration, the Corskeld Trackers Cycle Club (CTCC) of Corriverton, will stage a cycle race, this Sunday, over a distance of 45 miles, to commemorate its anniversary and the top...

UDFA/Net-Rockers FC Community Cup U-20 Comp. Botofago and Eagles to contest final this Sunday

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/Net-Rockers FC Community Cup U-20 Comp. Botofago and Eagles to contest final this Sunday

Botofago FC stormed back from being a goal down as early as the first minute to register an emphatic 4-2 triumph over Winners Connection in their semi-final clash on Sunday last at the Wisroc...

Stag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-a-side football semis on tonight -Showstoppers, New Road Eagles, Stewartville Gunners, De Kendrend to battle

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-a-side football semis on tonight -Showstoppers, New Road Eagles, Stewartville Gunners, De Kendrend to battle

The inaugural Ansa McAl/Stag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-a-side football tournament semi finals are set for tonight and will see Showstoppers coming up against the undefeated New Road Eagles while...

GBBC Night of Contenders Boxing Card -9 days to fight night, Dexter Gonsalves fights Mark Austin in anticipated thriller

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC Night of Contenders Boxing Card -9 days to fight night, Dexter Gonsalves fights Mark Austin in anticipated thriller

Perspiration drenched his face and dripped from his vest as Dexter Gonsalves pounded away on the strike pads, held by his Coach, Sebert Blake, at the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Boxing Gym...

MP with Guyanese parentage running for London mayorship

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MP with Guyanese parentage running for London mayorship

London – Tottenham MP David Lammy has become the first Labour hopeful to put himself in the running to become his party’s candidate for London mayor. The former universities minister, who...

Courts, putts cash and trophies into Lusignan one-day Golf tourney

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts, putts cash and trophies into Lusignan one-day Golf tourney

The Lusignan Golf Course, Lusignan ECD, will be transformed into a hive of activity when the administrators of that institution stage a one-day tournament starting at 12:00hrs sharp tomorrow morning....

Tough task for Bangladesh to repeat 2009 showing -face improving West Indies today in first Test

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tough task for Bangladesh to repeat 2009 showing -face improving West Indies today in first Test

By Sean Devers in St Vincent in association with Sterling Products Ltd, Universal Sports Store, Payless Varity Store & Carib Beer When the opening Test of the two-Test series begins today at...

42nd CACBFF C/ships – St. Maarten GABBFF shortlists 5 athletes to date; funds needed

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 42nd CACBFF C/ships – St. Maarten GABBFF shortlists 5 athletes to date; funds needed

Reigning Mr. Guyana, Kerwin Clarke headlines a 5-member team selected by the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) to represent this nation at the 42nd edition of the Central...

Day One Round-Up

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Day One Round-Up

Martinique defeated Bonaire 6-0 in Group 3 of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2014 Men’s Caribbean Cup played at the Stade Pierre Aliker á Fort de France in Martinique, on Wednesday evening...

Bravados defeat Strathavon in the Upper East Coast 2nd div. semi

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bravados defeat Strathavon in the Upper East Coast 2nd div. semi

Bravados Sports Club edged Strathavon Cricket Club by one wicket last Sunday after being bowled out for 137 in 28 overs at the Strathavon Cricket Club Ground. Chandrapaul Hemraj was the only one to...

BCB Golden Jubilee 1939 – 2014 Lower Corentyne defeat Rest of Berbice in U-19 T20 match

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Golden Jubilee 1939 – 2014 Lower Corentyne defeat Rest of Berbice in U-19 T20 match

The Berbice Cricket Board Golden Jubilee celebrations continued on Sunday last with a specially arranged T20 match between the Rest of Berbice and Lower Corentyne Under-19 teams at the Albion...

Students benefit from ‘Back to School’ initiatives

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Students benefit from ‘Back to School’ initiatives

With school back in session, students from Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools around Georgetown have been benefitting from a number of outreach initiatives, hosted by overseas-based organisations...

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Keevin Allicock – the next torchbearer for Guyanese professional boxing

Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more