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Williams XI overcome Jailall XI in ECB U-17 trials

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams XI overcome Jailall XI in ECB U-17 trials

Mark Williams XI thumped Orlando Jailall XI by two wickets when the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) commenced preparations for the upcoming Inter-County U-17 50-over tournament. Taking first strike at...

GCA/NBS second division 40-over tourney…TSC, DCC and GYO register victories

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS second division 40-over tourney…TSC, DCC and GYO register victories

Transport Sports Club (TSC), Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New...

A. Ally & Sons Inter-Sec. U-17 Schools Cricket …Kissoon bags six wickets for New Amsterdam

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on A. Ally & Sons Inter-Sec. U-17 Schools Cricket …Kissoon bags six wickets for New Amsterdam

The A. Ally and Sons, Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Inter-Secondary School Under-17 two innings competition continued recently with left-arm-spinner Floyd Kissoon of New Amsterdam Secondary School...

Ann’s Grove replaces GDF in 25th K&S tournament

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ann’s Grove replaces GDF in 25th K&S tournament

– Army cites CFU participation as priority The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday stated that due to their participation in this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship,...

Successful Teir 1 Steel Challenge match starts GSSF 2015 season

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Successful Teir 1 Steel Challenge match starts GSSF 2015 season

The Guyana Sports Shooting Federation (GSSF) ushered in their 2015 season at the GDF Yarrowkabra Range on Saturday last with the staging of a Steel Challenge Tier 1 Match which was sponsored by...

Strong boxing team for Tri Nation Inter Guiana boxing competition

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Strong boxing team for Tri Nation Inter Guiana boxing competition

As the executive of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) continues to address the development of local pugilists in preparation for participation in the 2016 Brazil Olympics, the selection committee...

Exciting day at the tracks as ‘Clash of the Titans’ horse race meet looms

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting day at the tracks as ‘Clash of the Titans’ horse race meet looms

It is billed as ‘Clash of the Titans’ and already turfites are gearing up for riveting action when ‘Four Horsemen Promotion Group’ stages a day of exciting horse racing at the Port Mourant...

Ruggers intensifying preparations for clash against Barbados

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ruggers intensifying preparations for clash against Barbados

Defending NACRA 15s champions Guyana will commence the defence of its title this Saturday with an opening clash against Barbados at the National Park. The national ruggers familiarly known as the...

Barbados ruggers named for NACRA 15s clash against Guyana

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados ruggers named for NACRA 15s clash against Guyana

Rugby Barbados released the names of twenty-four (24) players that will travel to Guyana to engage the reigning NACRA 15s champions in a qualifier on Saturday, at the National Park Playfield....

Gittens wins Forbes Burnham anniversary Race walk

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gittens wins Forbes Burnham anniversary Race walk

President’s College student, Shemon Gittens, continued his dominance in the local race-walking arena when he walked the race of his life to romp home first from a field of competent walkers. The...

Anamaya B’ball Competition …RHT Jammers upset NA Warriors to advance to finals

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anamaya B’ball Competition …RHT Jammers upset NA Warriors to advance to finals

Rose Hall Town Jammers registered an upset win over defending champions New Amsterdam Warriors and sealed a semifinal spot when play in the Anamayah Memorial Inter Club first division basketball...

ND&S Furniture Store outfits Cultural CC

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ND&S Furniture Store outfits Cultural CC

As part of a concerted effort to give back to the society in which it operates, ND&S Furniture Store, located in West Coast Demerara, has sponsored full uniform kit for the Cultural Cricket Club...

Eastman cops first leg of Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cycle race

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eastman cops first leg of Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cycle race

Hamza Eastman (Team Coco’s) overpowered his rivals to capture the first leg of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle road race which took place yesterday on the West Demerara. Eastman clocked One Hour 54...

Smart classrooms could address teacher shortage – Manickchand

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Smart classrooms could address teacher shortage – Manickchand

As part of its efforts to address a shortage of teachers, the Ministry of Education just recently decided to introduce smart classrooms. With this feature in place, it is expected that a teacher...

Man found dead in Charity house

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead in Charity house

Police attached to the Charity police outpost Monday morning were summoned to a house in Charity by neighbours who had detected a putrid scent emanating from the building. The police found the...

Bomb scare disrupt classes at East Street schools

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bomb scare disrupt classes at East Street schools

Hundreds of students from the ISA Islamic Private School, and Winfer Gardens Primary were forced to evacuate their school premises on East Street, Cummingsburg, because of a bomb scare at the ISA...

Government committed to development of Amerindian communities

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government committed to development of Amerindian communities

“Being able to connect the coastland to hinterland regions is a major factor in developing Amerindian communities. It is vital to their advancement.” This point was highlighted by Minister of...

Granger promises “24/7” power supply for Region One

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger promises “24/7” power supply for Region One

Presidential Candidate, Brigadier David Granger, has promised residents of the Barima-Waini Region One that the incoming A Partnership for National Unity-Alliance For Change (APNU-AFC) coalition...

Retirement looms for leaders of all three parliamentary parties

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Retirement looms for leaders of all three parliamentary parties

The 2015 general election in Guyana will be a defining one for the three main political parties but not necessarily for the country. All of the three parliamentary political parties will undergo a...

Divorce rate on rise as Family Court remains dormant

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Divorce rate on rise as Family Court remains dormant

– more than 1,300 cases filed for 2014 By Rabindra Rooplall Statistics from the Supreme Court show that 1,334 divorce matters were filed between January and December 2014. This year, to date,...

Sun halo leaves Lethem residents in awe

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sun halo leaves Lethem residents in awe

…community struck by severe dry spell Lethem residents said it was “quite a phenomenon” when just before mid-day yesterday, as the sun rose to its highest point in the sky, it became...

The race against the grave

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The race against the grave

To die of old age is a death rare, extraordinary, and singular, and therefore so much less natural than the others. ’Tis the last and extremest sort of dying, and the more remote the less to be...

Health workers commence Operating Room Technician programme

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health workers commence Operating Room Technician programme

Eighteen health workers from across the country now have the opportunity to undergo extensive training as Operating Room Technicians. The trainees were inducted into a training programme during a...

Anjandai Chan is going blind

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Anjandai Chan is going blind

My January 19 column was captioned, “Face to Face with evil in Berbice, Saturday evening”. In that column, I mentioned how cheap life is in the rural parts of Guyana. I related the story of two...

Cash-strapped GuySuCo sells East Coast lands for $3B

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cash-strapped GuySuCo sells East Coast lands for $3B

– Contemplates sale of Skeldon’s co-gen plant The first sugar crop for the year has started with the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) reportedly attempting to raise some...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more