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100 kilo cocaine bust…CANU ranks under close arrest over missing coke

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 100 kilo cocaine bust…CANU ranks under close arrest over missing coke

…police called in Two officers of the country’s main anti-narcotics unit are now the subject of a police investigation after it had been discovered that a quantity of cocaine has disappeared...

Guyanese jailed 30 years for Canadian mall shootings

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese jailed 30 years for Canadian mall shootings

TORONTO (Globalnew.ca) – A man who gunned down two people in a crowded downtown food court was sentenced Thursday to at least 30 years behind bars – an unprecedented sentence for second-degree...

Two more charged with GPOC $42M robbery

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two more charged with GPOC $42M robbery

Police have charged two other men in connection with the recent multi-million dollar pension heist at the Bourda Post Office. Simeon Evans and Oliver Franklin, who were both unrepresented, were...

Brassington’s only crime was working hard – President Ramotar

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington’s only crime was working hard – President Ramotar

…but opposition says President’s idea of hard work is “warped” By Desilon Daniels It was a night of glitz, glamour and wine as Guyana’s top brass turned out at the newly opened Marriott...

Remember Jimmy Carter does bring change

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Remember Jimmy Carter does bring change

Every government does try a hustle here and there. But most of dem around de world got limits. Dem does tek wid dem finger, some does tek a li’l lick wid dem tongue. But this government does either...

Synthetic Track and Field Facility officially opens

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Synthetic Track and Field Facility officially opens

By Edison Jefford Costing $1.084 billion, Guyana’s first Synthetic Track and Field Facility was officially opened at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, yesterday, just seven months short of completing...

Perry returns with historic 100m dash on Synthetic Track

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Perry returns with historic 100m dash on Synthetic Track

Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) sprint ace, Rupert Perry returned to form yesterday following an accident related absence from track and field with a scintillating performance that ignited stories of...

Holder ton saves WI on Anderson’s record day

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Holder ton saves WI on Anderson’s record day

ESPNcricinfo – Same island, different ground, same result. Six years ago West Indies defied England nine down at the Recreation Ground in Antigua, after the Test was shifted due to the...

WDCA 40 tourney…Wales, Independence A register wins

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCA 40 tourney…Wales, Independence A register wins

Wales and Independence A SC recorded victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association 40-over tournament continued recently. Wales beat Uitvlugt by four wickets. Uitvlugt Invaders made 108 all...

CFU Club Championship …Willis Plaza brace leads Central FC past Inter Moengotapoe

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Club Championship …Willis Plaza brace leads Central FC past Inter Moengotapoe

By Franklin Wilson A second half double from Willis Plaza, led Trinidad and Tobago’s top Pro League side Central ‘The Shark’ Football Club to a 2-0 win over Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe when...

Commissioner Inter-Division T20 tourney…Benn, Knights guide HQ to victory

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Commissioner Inter-Division T20 tourney…Benn, Knights guide HQ to victory

A fine half century by Trevor Benn backed by a fine spell of bowling by left arm seamer Randolph Knights guided Headquarters to a 28-run victory over F Division when the Guyana Police Force...

Guyanese swimmer Sanmoogan lands scholarship in Colombia

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese swimmer Sanmoogan lands scholarship in Colombia

Eighteen-year old Jamila Sanmoogan of Dolphin Speed Swim Club will depart Guyana this weekend for Colombia where she will begin a three-year scholarship at the University of Sports in Cali. This was...

Raj Singh Insurance U-19 three-day cricket …Berbice extend lead to 134 on truncated 2nd Day at Enmore

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh Insurance U-19 three-day cricket …Berbice extend lead to 134 on truncated 2nd Day at Enmore

On a truncated second day of the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Raj Singh Insurance sponsored three-day under-19 Inter-County cricket tournament, Berbice moved a step closing to...

DCC to take GT Select XI tomorrow

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC to take GT Select XI tomorrow

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will take on a Georgetown Select XI in a T20 fixture from 19:00hrs tomorrow. The event is a fundraiser in aid of young Adrian Azeez Jr., who was injured by cricket ball...

Keen battles in Guyana Draughts Association competition

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen battles in Guyana Draughts Association competition

The final leg in the Guyana Draughts Association competition was played off last Sunday at the National Gymnasium. This time it was played on the International 100 square boards. Ten (10) top...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Journalistic errors continue to irk umpires

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Journalistic errors continue to irk umpires

Dear Editor, In the April 14, 2015 edition of Kaieteur News, Mr. Devers wrote an article titled, “Paul lights up DCC yesterday but umpiring errors mars second day action.” In this opinionated,...

Mohamed slams half century before rain interrupts Demerara reply

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed slams half century before rain interrupts Demerara reply

Skipper Ronaldo Ali Mohamed slammed an unbeaten half century, but rain interrupted Demerara’s reply when the third and final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers...

Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition fixtures continue tonight at GFC

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition fixtures continue tonight at GFC

Action in the Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition is set to continue tonight at the GFC ground, Bourda. Matches scheduled to be played last evening were called off due to the inclement weather. The...

Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015…RHTYSC name teams for Ansa McAl May Day 5 Overs Tournament

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015…RHTYSC name teams for Ansa McAl May Day 5 Overs Tournament

The Selection Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club has declared its two teams for the Club’s Silver Jubilee Anniversary Ansa McAl May Day 5 Overs Cricket Tournament at the Area...

All set for D’Edward Sports Club annual t20 cricket fundraiser

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for D’Edward Sports Club annual t20 cricket fundraiser

The D’Edward Sports Club of West Bank Berbice presents their Annual Fundraiser, a T20 tournament involving four top teams in the area, namely: Young Warriors Cricket Club, Blairmont Blazers, Cotton...

Students urged to join Guyana’s diverse array of professionals

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Students urged to join Guyana’s diverse array of professionals

– as UG Career Day is observed As the University of Guyana celebrated its annual Career Day, hundreds of students who were drawn to the institution yesterday were urged to take full advantage...

Relatives advised to make funeral arrangements for burnt woman

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives advised to make funeral arrangements for burnt woman

Medical practitioners have advised family members of 25-year-old Ashawnti Parris, the woman who said that she was set on fire by her lover on April 7, last, to make funeral arrangements. Parris, a...

PPP flip-flops on participation in electioneering debates

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP flip-flops on participation in electioneering debates

– Coalition calls on President Ramotar to honour his word By Abena Rockcliffe From all indications, the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is not at all willing to have its...

Magistrate seeks High Court help in case for PM’s son

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Magistrate seeks High Court help in case for PM’s son

For the first time since she came on the bench, City Magistrate Annette Singh was faced with a ‘tricky’ situation – a Defence Attorney who wanted her to hand down a sentence from a trial she...

Guyana Seventh Day Adventists to convene quadrennial conference

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Seventh Day Adventists to convene quadrennial conference

The Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventist will be convening their fifth quadrennial session at the Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, on Oronoque Street. The conference will commence on April...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more