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Tyre shop owner executed, employee shot in elbow

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tyre shop owner executed, employee shot in elbow

A brazen attack by a lone gunman has left one person dead and another nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Forty-one year-old Randolph Singh, owner of Airmax...

38,000 ID cards still to be uplifted

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 38,000 ID cards still to be uplifted

…OLE to be published by late March Citizens have until February 22; next, to rectify all issues that could pose a hindrance to them being able to vote at General Elections come May 11. The...

Slain ex-cop was arrested in Berbice on suspicion of robbery

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Slain ex-cop was arrested in Berbice on suspicion of robbery

Slain bus driver and ex-cop, Beepat Taijram, had a sordid past. In addition to the information revealed so far, the man was involved in a number of unsavory matters according to the police. Taijram...

Neesa Gopaul murder trial…Court hears gory details of injuries

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder trial…Court hears gory details of injuries

The post mortem examination which was conducted on the body of murdered Queen’s College student Neesa Gopaul revealed that the teen died as a result of multiple blunt traumas to the head. That...

Health Sector Monitoring …18 maternal deaths recorded in 2014

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Sector Monitoring …18 maternal deaths recorded in 2014

– Need for more enforcement, punitive actions –Dr. Luncheon By Kiana Wilburg The need for more enforcement of the laws governing the Health Sector and the fact that there were 18 maternal...

MMU code of conduct…Safety of journalists, equitable access raised as issues

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MMU code of conduct…Safety of journalists, equitable access raised as issues

With general elections drawing nearer, the code of conduct for the resuscitated Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) was signed yesterday. There were several amendments to the previous media code, including...

Donald joining up wid de Rat and de Goat man

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald joining up wid de Rat and de Goat man

People does talk bout retribution and de really bad ones does think that retribution is something that does visit you when you dead. Is just like dem men who does do sign up fuh suicide bombing. De...

Synthetic Track and Field Facility to be opened on March 27

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Synthetic Track and Field Facility to be opened on March 27

– AAG given half-hour slot on programme for athletics After approximately five years of construction, numerous delays and setbacks that landed some of the contractors reportedly before the...

WPA Leader died during second “walkie-talkie” testing – Donald Rodney

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WPA Leader died during second “walkie-talkie” testing – Donald Rodney

What started off as a car ride with his older brother to uplift and test a communication device, ended up being the last time Donald Rodney would ever see Dr. Walter Rodney as moments later, an...

Changes made as over 60 entries received for the Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic meet

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changes made as over 60 entries received for the Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic meet

With just a few days to go before race day all systems are falling into place for the Rising Sun Turf Club “Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic” one day Pre-Mashramani horserace meet set for the Rising Sun...

JCA vote 67-22 to support Cameron for WICB presidency

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on JCA vote 67-22 to support Cameron for WICB presidency

Jamaica Observer – MEMBERS and affiliates of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Tuesday voted 67-22 to overturn the decision to support Barbadian Joel Garner ahead of Jamaican incumbent...

Defending national champs, Ravens bounce into action tonight

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending national champs, Ravens bounce into action tonight

Defending National Basketball Champions, Ravens will bounce into action tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall against New Amsterdam’s Smythfield Rockers in a clash of the first and last seeds...

Shakib, Mortaza spoil Afghanistan’s debut

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shakib, Mortaza spoil Afghanistan’s debut

ESPNcricinfo – Afghanistan’s World Cup debut was the story of the day in Canberra but Mashrafe Mortaza’s Bangladesh won by 105 runs to assuage worries of an early meltdown at the hands of...

MSC beat GCC in GCA/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tourney

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC beat GCC in GCA/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tourney

Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) defeated Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) by 9 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tournament continued last weekend. Batting first...

Kenny Benjamin wants more two-day cricket in Leeward Islands

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kenny Benjamin wants more two-day cricket in Leeward Islands

Backs Cameron for WICB Presidency By Sean Devers in Antigua In Association with Western Union John Fernandes Ltd & Meet Your Match Dating Service Former West Indies and Leeward Islands fast...

EDFA/MCYS host successful Beginners Referees Course

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EDFA/MCYS host successful Beginners Referees Course

The East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport (MCYS) recently held a successful Beginners Referees Course which saw seven (7) young...

Calvin Roberts fund raiser is for Sunday at Port Mourant

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Calvin Roberts fund raiser is for Sunday at Port Mourant

Guyanese Sports reporter Calvin Roberts is now at home with his wife after spending over three weeks hospitalized due to kidney failure. He needs a kidney transplant and is waiting on ‘a match’...

First ever E-Networks Cross-fit Competition gaining support

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on First ever E-Networks Cross-fit Competition gaining support

It’s the first of its kind to be held locally and Genesis Fitness Express and Fitness Express, two of the more established promoters have merged to host the inaugural E-Networks Cross-Fit Games...

Annual Mash Dominoes for Persons with Disabilities in Region 2

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Mash Dominoes for Persons with Disabilities in Region 2

Once again the National Sports Commission is pleased to be associated with and be a proud sponsor of the Annual Mashramani Domino competition for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Region 2 the NSC...

EBECC development programme underway

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBECC development programme underway

With the aim of improving the game in the area, the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee (EBECC) has continued its development programme with several training sessions under Coach Vibert Johnson....

GSCL Inc President’s Cup set to commence on March 14

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc President’s Cup set to commence on March 14

Following the successful staging of its second Republic Cup, the Georgetown Cricket Softball League Inc (GSCL Inc) will host their inaugural President’s Cup starting from March 14. The competition...

GCB hands out kits to clubs on ECD and RHY&SC

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB hands out kits to clubs on ECD and RHY&SC

…continuation of country-wide cricket development outreach programme The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) country-wide cricket development outreach programme continued last Saturday at the Lusignan...

Guyana Horse Racing Authority holds successful first meeting for 2015

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horse Racing Authority holds successful first meeting for 2015

By Samuel Whyte The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) recently held its first meeting for this year. The meeting was staged at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice and was...

Changed travel itinerary forces Mullings/Atwell early CABOFE showdown

Feb 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changed travel itinerary forces Mullings/Atwell early CABOFE showdown

By Michael Benjamin Seasoned boxing buffs will remember that fateful Boxing Night in 1985 when local light/heavyweight pugilist, Charles Crawford faced Curaçao national, ‘Easy Boy’ Michael, in...

Demerara Shipping Company donates blood

Feb 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Shipping Company donates blood

In recognition of its 21st Anniversary, and acknowledging the dire need for blood and blood components in Guyana, the Demerara Shipping Company (DSC) yesterday hosted a blood drive. The Company’s...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more