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Copa Airlines sponsors duo for Badminton meet in Peru

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Copa Airlines sponsors duo for Badminton meet in Peru

Copa commits to further supporting sports in Guyana Georgetown – Copa Airlines {NYSE: CPA} is collaborating with the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) to ensure the country is well represented...

Jamaica’s ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae coming for final leg of CMRC

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica’s ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae coming for final leg of CMRC

Jamaica’s Peter ‘Zoom Zoom’ Rae, who will be piloting a turbocharged Mazda RX 7 at the season ending Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) set for November 15, at the South...

Jaguars name 13-man squad for Friday’s opening game

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars name 13-man squad for Friday’s opening game

Chandrika returns from S/Lanka, injured Permaul out Cricket Guyana Inc yesterday announced their 13-man squad for Guyana Jaguars’ opening game in the Caribbean Professional League (CPL) Four-Day...

GFF plugs $1M into UDFA league…- Solomon lauds efforts; calls it a step into the right direction

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF plugs $1M into UDFA league…- Solomon lauds efforts; calls it a step into the right direction

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) kicked off their 10-team First Division league on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) handing over $1M...

Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships …Guyana Defence Force retains Championship honours

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championships …Guyana Defence Force retains Championship honours

Colin ‘Superman’ Lewis, Jamal Eastman, Akeem Mounter are best Boxers on show By Michael Benjamin Diwani Lampkin (FYF) won the hearts of the crowd but failed to clinch the decision in his...

NSC tour of Guyana 5-stage cycle road race

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC tour of Guyana 5-stage cycle road race

Leal crowned champion after Ospina refuses to take WADA test Raul Leal of Gillette Evolution was crowned the overall champion of the National Sports Commission tour of Guyana 5-stage cycle road race...

GCB NSSCL…Zeeburg and St. John’s College register massive victories

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB NSSCL…Zeeburg and St. John’s College register massive victories

Zeeburg and St. John’s College registered massive victories in the West Demerara and Georgetown Zones when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored...

Jamaican distance athlete thanks Fly Jamaica

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican distance athlete thanks Fly Jamaica

-to also compete in second stage of SA 10k Jamaican distance athlete, Rupert Green has expressed his gratitude to Guyanese-owed airline, Fly Jamaica for assisting him to compete in the 2015 South...

Associations put systems in place for GFF elections

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Associations put systems in place for GFF elections

With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Congress drawing near, the 22 member affiliates are also pushing to have their constitution reform and hold elections. Just recently three of those...

Bandits rob Corentyne grocery, customers of millions

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob Corentyne grocery, customers of millions

Police are investigating the daylight robbery of a Port Mourant grocery and some customers which occurred around 14:50 hours on Friday. The bandits escaped with over $6M in cash and jewelry, using a...

Road accidents – an epidemic snuffing out too many lives says Health Minister

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Road accidents – an epidemic snuffing out too many lives says Health Minister

There was a 30 per cent increase in road fatalities recorded as at the end of last year. This translated to 146 fatalities from 135 accidents compared to 112 fatalities from 103 accidents for the...

PPP accuses Gov’t of ‘dishonesty’ over rice markets

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP accuses Gov’t of ‘dishonesty’ over rice markets

-recommends nine measures to assist farmers By Jarryl Bryan The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused the Government of being dishonest in promoting rice importing countries, Panama and...

Water, paved road for Timehri North residents

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Water, paved road for Timehri North residents

Persons living in the Timehri North area will benefit from better access to potable water and paved access roads in the near future. The announcement was made by David Patterson, Minister of Public...

Kudos for Guyana’s envoy to Barbados

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kudos for Guyana’s envoy to Barbados

With a month remaining in his tour of duty on the island, Guyana’s first Consul General to Barbados, Michael Brotherson, has come in for compliments from that island’s Foreign Minister, Maxine...

EXITING THE CLASSROOM FOR GREENER PASTURES

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EXITING THE CLASSROOM FOR GREENER PASTURES

Guest Editorial The American Muslim Minister and human rights activist, the late Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, said: Education is the passport to the future; for tomorrow belongs to those who...

26 complete SASOD’s public policy advocacy training

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 26 complete SASOD’s public policy advocacy training

A closing ceremony was on Friday held for the Guyanese vulnerable communities’ capacities strengthening project; civil society public policy advocacy training, by the society against sexual...

Taxi driver died from blows to head

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver died from blows to head

Taxi driver Sherland Dalloo was clubbed in the head before being dumped in a canal in a remote section of Onverwagt, No 27, West Coast Berbice. A post mortem examination conducted by Dr. Vivikandan...

CRIME IS ON THE LOOSE!

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CRIME IS ON THE LOOSE!

There is a security crisis in Guyana. Serious crimes are being committed against citizens every day Just this weekend a business man was shot after exiting his business. He was lucky that he was not...

Rupununi gets sustainable agriculture action plan

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi gets sustainable agriculture action plan

A five-year action plan, expected to boost food and nutrition in Region Nine was handed over to the Ministers of Agriculture, Business and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs during the Rupununi and...

American fined after failed bird smuggling attempt

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on American fined after failed bird smuggling attempt

-court hears woman stashed birds in hair curlers An American citizen was fined $75,000 yesterday after she was caught trying to smuggle 18 Twa Twa birds in her luggage, minutes before she was...

Guyana unfazed by Venezuela’s attempt to ‘fund the world against us’

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana unfazed by Venezuela’s attempt to ‘fund the world against us’

Most might find it strange that Venezuela is going through recession, is faced by food shortages and shortage of basic commodities but has yet found it necessary to aid numerous countries. However,...

Mahaicony employer puts workers’ lives at risk

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony employer puts workers’ lives at risk

Stephen Clarke Jnr, who was formerly employed as a welder at M. A. Haimpersaud Construction Service located at Branch Road, Mahaicony, now has steel plates in his left leg following an accident at...

GRDB investigates reports of inferior seed paddy– Minister Holder

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB investigates reports of inferior seed paddy– Minister Holder

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is investigating reports of ‘fake’ seed paddy being distributed to farmers within the rice growing regions. This is according to Minister of Agriculture,...

Corentyne canecutter loses all in fire

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne canecutter loses all in fire

A Corentyne cane cutter who is also a well-known race horse trainer and a father of 19, on Sunday afternoon looked on helplessly as all his earthly possession went up in flames. The man Alfred Gray,...

M&CC to clampdown on crooked officials, power abusers

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC to clampdown on crooked officials, power abusers

…as Georgetown aims to become a “green city” As Georgetown moves towards becoming a “green city”, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be clamping down on the crooked officials...