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Foo (85), Shiv (52) repair early damage after lively Gordon fires out top order at Bourda

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo (85), Shiv (52) repair early damage after lively Gordon fires out top order at Bourda

By Sean Devers On a flat Bourda track in sweltering heat yesterday, Jonathon Foo and Shiv Chanderpaul rescued Leon Johnson’s X1 from a precarious position of 22-4 with contrasting half-centuries...

Social Sciences win UG Inter-Faculty Athletics C/ships

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Social Sciences win UG Inter-Faculty Athletics C/ships

The Faculty of Social Sciences raced away with the 2014 University of Guyana (UG) annual Inter-Faculty Track and Field Championships on Saturday against strong performances from its seasoned athletes...

GT Beer/Berbice Cup 2014…Kings overrun Monedderlust 2-0 to wrest title

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer/Berbice Cup 2014…Kings overrun Monedderlust 2-0 to wrest title

…East Coast dominate Berbice Victoria Kings ended the reign of inaugural Champions Monedderlust FC when the 2nd annual GT Beer/Berbice Cup climaxed last Saturday night in front of a large crowd...

IGG 2014 tennis competition concludes

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG 2014 tennis competition concludes

The curtains were brought down on Saturday for the IGG 2014 tennis competition despite the threat of rain, with one of the most thrilling matches on GBTI Bel Air Park Court 2, Guyana vs. Suriname...

Message from Guyana Judo Association, Raoul Archer on World Judo Day

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Message from Guyana Judo Association, Raoul Archer on World Judo Day

Today is World Judo Day and administrators of the Guyana Judo Association (GJA) will join with their affiliates and counterparts worldwide in celebration of this auspicious occasion. Activities are...

GCA/NBS 40-over tourney…Rain stops play in latest action

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS 40-over tourney…Rain stops play in latest action

Play in the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-over tournament was halted due to rain on Sunday last. At the Malteenoes Sports Club...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The fall of a King

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The fall of a King

Dear Sports Editor, It started at Pegasus and concluded there. Mr Matthias has self-destruct. He contributed to his own failure and fell. He literally chased away all the people who knew football...

Kashif and Shanghai awaits installation of Normalisation Committee

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai awaits installation of Normalisation Committee

The Kashif and Shanghai Organization (K&S) is currently preparing for their 25th annual football tournament, but according to director Kashif Muhammad they are awaiting on the installation of the...

Wellman Providence cop Champion of Champions dominoes title

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wellman Providence cop Champion of Champions dominoes title

Wellman Providence emerged winners when the curtains came down on the Champion of Champions dominoes tournament on Sunday night last at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Providence and TNT were tied...

WICB, WIPA and player representative issue joint statement following Kingston meeting

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB, WIPA and player representative issue joint statement following Kingston meeting

Kingston, Jamaica – The West Indies Cricket Board, the West Indies Players Association and representatives of the West Indies Squad on the tour of India held an emergency meeting on Sunday evening...

Stable environment needed to secure good business and investment platforms

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stable environment needed to secure good business and investment platforms

– Minister Ali tells Linden Chamber of Commerce Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali is of the view that development and investment require a stable environment, one that...

Man knifed to death, assailant in custody

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man knifed to death, assailant in custody

Corentyne fisherman, Lakeram Singh 53 called ‘Dafat’ or ‘David’ of Lot 13 Fyrish Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was stabbed to death following an altercation with one of his friends on Sunday...

Guyana tops region in suicides

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana tops region in suicides

…Americas record seven suicides per hour- PAHO/WHO More than seven persons commit suicide every hour, according to a recent report released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional...

Region Three Education Officer dies

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three Education Officer dies

The Ministry of Education, (MOE) has said that it mourns the passing of Education Officer (Primary) of the Department of Education, Mr. Seeram Bhairo. Mr. Bhairo died late Saturday night, after a...

PPP says GECOM suffers security breaches

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says GECOM suffers security breaches

– laments efforts to keeps losses from public Yesterday the People’s Progressive Party told the media that there is a break down in security at the Guyana Elections Commission...

Attorney General’s threat against Kaieteur News…Guyana Press Association expresses alarm

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General’s threat against Kaieteur News…Guyana Press Association expresses alarm

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) is alarmed at statements purportedly those of the Attorney General Anil Nandlall contained in a recorded conversation released by Kaieteur News. The recording,...

House Speaker sets date for first sitting since July

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on House Speaker sets date for first sitting since July

Admitting that there is an existing “untenable and unhealthy” situation which is that the National Assembly has not met since July 10, House Speaker, Raphael Trotman, has made moves to secure a...

Crime Chief considers Rodney assassination case closed

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief considers Rodney assassination case closed

Crime Chief of the Guyana Police Force, Senior Superintendent Leslie James, considers the 34-year cold case of Dr. Walter Rodney’s bomb blast assassination in Georgetown “closed” because the...

Cops detain husband of shot La Penitence woman

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain husband of shot La Penitence woman

Police have detained the husband of 25-year-old Marissa Jabbar, who was shot in the stomach under mysterious circumstances on Friday night at her Freeman Street, East La Penitence home. Kaieteur News...

Finance Minister underscores need for more evidence-based decision-making

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister underscores need for more evidence-based decision-making

…at Statisticians’ forum Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday called for a cultural reorientation whereby Governments, businesses and individuals alike, rely more on readily available...

Miss Guyana Universe delivered on surprises

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana Universe delivered on surprises

By Nicholas Peters Sunday night’s Miss Guyana Universe pageant featured entertainment, elegance and allure. When the pageant was over 24-year-old Niketa Barker of Kingston, Georgetown took home the...

Culture and Poverty

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Culture and Poverty

A debate that is unfolding in the US may assist activists and policy makers here in clarifying their ideas around a key characteristic that unfortunately still defines the African condition: poverty....

CARPHA workshop to strengthen Caribbean response to Ebola

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CARPHA workshop to strengthen Caribbean response to Ebola

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will host workshops geared at strengthening the Caribbean’s ability to prepare and respond to outbreak situations such as the ongoing Ebola outbreak in...

President joins in QC’s 170 anniversary observance

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President joins in QC’s 170 anniversary observance

Georgetown, GINA, October 27, 2014 President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, and several Members of Parliament joined with Queen’s College...

Adrian Bishop fatal shooting… Police Complaints Chairman to send report to DPP

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Adrian Bishop fatal shooting… Police Complaints Chairman to send report to DPP

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard, has completed his perusal of the report on last September’s fatal shooting of Adrian Bishop in Albouystown at the hands of a...