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Farouk Kudrath Memorial Cup Final…RHT Bakewell U-17 trounce West Berbice lift title

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farouk Kudrath Memorial Cup Final…RHT Bakewell U-17 trounce West Berbice lift title

Rose Hall Town Bakewell Under-17s, led by brilliant performances from Kelvon Anderson, Junior Sinclair and Keith Simpson made light work of West Berbice by 57 runs to win the first edition of the...

Region 6 has enormous work programmed for rest of year

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 has enormous work programmed for rest of year

– $260M available to be spent The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Six is set to put out to tender a number projects under its 2015 capital works, as early as next week, Regional...

Govt. delegation heads to Canada to woo investors

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. delegation heads to Canada to woo investors

A high level Government of Guyana delegation is gearing to head to North America to meet with a number of potential investors. The team will be looking to sell investment opportunities in Guyana. The...

Little Diamond Int’l Martial Arts Academy holds 3rd Open Championship

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little Diamond Int’l Martial Arts Academy holds 3rd Open Championship

The Little Diamond International Martial Arts Academy (LDIMAA) just concluded a successful international tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall September 26 – 27, 2015. Six schools with...

Discussion begins on future of EU, ACP partnership

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Discussion begins on future of EU, ACP partnership

European Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and the European Commission launched a public consultation on the future of the partnership between the European...

Town Clerk highlights the need for additional City Day Care Services

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk highlights the need for additional City Day Care Services

Town Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), Mr. Royston King, has highlighted the need for additional Municipal Day Care Services. During a recent discourse with the staff of...

Max Persaud and Shanella Webster perform outstandingly at Suriname Golf tourney

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Max Persaud and Shanella Webster perform outstandingly at Suriname Golf tourney

Parmanand Max Persaud claimed ‘gold’ for Guyana in the just concluded Suriname’s Republic Bank Invitational Golf Tournament played on Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th October last. The...

Regional Executive Officer (REO) stops payment for shoddy work

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Executive Officer (REO) stops payment for shoddy work

Newly appointed Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six, East Berbice Corentyne, Dr Verasammy Ramayya has taken a hands-on approach to do his job. Since his appointment as REO a few weeks ago...

BCB/Tenelec 50-over round robin 1st division cricket…Albion embarrass RHT Gizmos and Gadgets by 150 runs; Police beat West Berbice

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec 50-over round robin 1st division cricket…Albion embarrass RHT Gizmos and Gadgets by 150 runs; Police beat West Berbice

A hat-trick from Albion Community Centre 17 year old pacer Josiah Dhanai and yet another half century from 19 year old David Latchaya helped to destroy Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets with a huge...

Crowd support encouraging so far at SEL matches

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crowd support encouraging so far at SEL matches

Ladies’ nights, sponsors’ giveaways & 12 & under free to be introduced The inaugural Stag Elite League (SEL) has made an enterprising start with all the matches played to date attracting...

Two refused bail for Kingston cell phone store robbery

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two refused bail for Kingston cell phone store robbery

Jermaine Bailey and Adam McDonald were remanded to prison on Monday on several counts of robbery under arms. The charges against the men came days after they allegedly carried out a brazen robbery...

NSC Inter Primary Schools cricket starts today

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC Inter Primary Schools cricket starts today

The National Sports Commission (NSC), Inter Primary Schools limited overs cricket competition is set to commence at 09:00hrs today at Fairfield ground, East Coast Demerara. The competition will be...

Grant’s misinterpretation and misunderstanding

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grant’s misinterpretation and misunderstanding

Dear Editor, Mr. Terrence Grant’s letter that appeared in your sports pages on Monday October 5, 2015 on an article I wrote is deserving of my response lest readers be led astray, as often occurs...

QCSC day of sports set for Saturday

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on QCSC day of sports set for Saturday

Queen’s College Sports Committee (QCSC) will be hosting a day of sports on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue commencing at 09:00hrs. Teams will be engaged in softball...

Thief slaughters animal and leaves carcass behind

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thief slaughters animal and leaves carcass behind

Residents of Plantation Profit continue to suffer at the hands of rustlers. One farmer, a few days ago, was in for a surprise when he visited his pen only to find that one of his cows was slaughtered...

A HOUSING PROGRAM IS URGENTLY NEEDED

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A HOUSING PROGRAM IS URGENTLY NEEDED

Dear Editor, At the minimum, the country owes the people, especially the poor and the lower working class an opportunity to acquire decent housing, but the unabashed free market capitalist system...

Gold miner charged for allegedly thieving clothes

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner charged for allegedly thieving clothes

A Vreed-en-Hoop gold miner was yesterday released on $180,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of simple larceny in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Perry Boodhoo, 36, of...

What is the motive of Brendon Mounter?

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the motive of Brendon Mounter?

Dear Editor, Sigmund Freud postulated that when action and motive are separated then the mind of that person is in trouble. Brendon Mounter initiated a vituperative action against me but his motive...

Farmer charged for Tin Cup Backdam murder

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer charged for Tin Cup Backdam murder

Forty-five-year-old Edward Simon, of Tin Cup Backdam, North West District (NWD), has been charged with the murder of Lionel Williams. According to reports, Williams and two other men were imbibing...

A toxic unchecked culture of the most shocking kind

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A toxic unchecked culture of the most shocking kind

Dear Editor, Besides being filled with utter rage, abhorrence and sickening disgust on reading of the midnight intruder who sneaked into the Georgetown Public Hospital to molest an in-patient...

Greed is an insatiable need for more, where more is never enough

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Greed is an insatiable need for more, where more is never enough

Dear Editor, It would seem that corruption is the order of the day. Not a day passes without someone – be it a former President, Prime Minister, Senator, C.E.O., you name them – being...

DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS

The salaries of various members of Cabinet should be differentiated so long as this is intended to indicate status or so long as there is the possibility of upward mobility. There is a need, for...

West Indies Cricket means to West Indians (Part 6)

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Cricket means to West Indians (Part 6)

The four-pack is born By Sean Devers After the 5-1 loss to Australia, Lloyd was ready to fight fire with fire and introduced a four-prong pace attack which soon became the feared weapon that the...

Now we understand why Mayor Green was so brutish towards Sooba as Town Clerk

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now we understand why Mayor Green was so brutish towards Sooba as Town Clerk

Dear Editor, There is an old Guyanese proverb that says ‘Moon ah run till daylight ketch am’, which means that you may think that you are getting away with your misdeeds, but one day you will be...

Pedestrians sometimes contribute to their own demise

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pedestrians sometimes contribute to their own demise

Dear Editor, Recently I cause a letter to appear in both the Kaieteur and Stabroek Newspapers relating to the amount of fatal accidents involving pedestrians. In that letter I mentioned that there...

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