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Smythfield Rockers demolish Black Sharks to reach finals

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smythfield Rockers demolish Black Sharks to reach finals

Top team Smythfield Rockers of New Amsterdam continued their unbeaten run in the Banks DIH Classic Basketball tournament when they demolish a hapless Fyrish Black Sharks 45-26 when the first...

‘Dead’ woman survives Cemetery Road accident

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dead’ woman survives Cemetery Road accident

Eighteen-year-old Anaynasa Thorne visited the Kaieteur News Saffon Street office on Tuesday to prove that she wasn’t dead. She had narrowly escaped being killed in the New Year’s Day accident at...

Wakenaam Cricket Committee congratulates Paul

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wakenaam Cricket Committee congratulates Paul

The Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC) has congratulated Keemo Paul on his selection to the West Indies U-19 to participate in the NAGICO Super 50 in Trinidad and Tobago later this month. Paul was...

Anna Regina municipality gets $11.5M subvention

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina municipality gets $11.5M subvention

While employees of the Anna Regina Town Council remain on strike, Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Norman Whittaker, has disclosed that the Anna Regina Town Council would be able...

Silver lining in sight for Weightlifting – Deion Nurse

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silver lining in sight for Weightlifting – Deion Nurse

By Franklin Wilson It has not been smooth sailing or lifting for the sport of weightlifting in Guyana over the past four years with no competition being held as a result of a dearth of athletes. The...

NAGICO Super50 first practice match: Barnwell XI beat Rest team by six runs

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 first practice match: Barnwell XI beat Rest team by six runs

An aggressive 75 from all-rounder Royston Crandon, who later took 3-25, spearheaded Chris Barnwell’s XI to a six-run win against a Rest team in the first of two practice matches yesterday at...

Incumbent Bess, to seek re-election at GABBFF AGM

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Incumbent Bess, to seek re-election at GABBFF AGM

Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) President Keavon Bess will seek another term at the helm of the sport, he has led for the past three years. The federation will hold its...

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali released from hospital

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing legend Muhammad Ali released from hospital

BBC Sport – Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been released from a hospital after being admitted last month with a severe urinary tract infection. The three-time world heavyweight champion, a...

Wiltshire Dominoes tourney: Wins for F and H, Gangster

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Dominoes tourney: Wins for F and H, Gangster

F and H and Gangster were the successful teams when the Georgetown leg of the Mark Wiltshire Dominoes tournament commenced on Tuesday night last at Turning Point. F and H tallied 72 games to win...

Thief drowns in Mazaruni River

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thief drowns in Mazaruni River

The body of a man who preferred to plunge into the Mazaruni River rather than being captured after breaking into a shop was fished out three days later. Police say that around 23:00 hours, 2015,...

Rugby performed well, but more support needed

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby performed well, but more support needed

By Rawle Welch The late great US tennis star Arthur Ashe once said, “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” Last year’s success...

Police catch thief with booty trying to resell to owner

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police catch thief with booty trying to resell to owner

A thief who stole a computer box from a “Pitbull bus” and tried to sell it back to the owner was caught red-handed yesterday on Duncan Street, during a sting operation that involved police from...

WE ARE ALL DOOMED IF…

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WE ARE ALL DOOMED IF…

Any threat against the media, no matter how harmless it may seem when issued, should be taken seriously. When it comes to media freedom there is nothing like an idle threat; all threats should be...

Yaw won gold, Hooper silver at SA Youth C/ships

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yaw won gold, Hooper silver at SA Youth C/ships

– Garraway broke 22-year-old schools’ record In our review of athletics for the year 2014, which was published yesterday, we inaccurately had Jason Yaw and Natricia Hooper winning bronze...

Just before 2014 ended, a history book came out on Guyana’s whiteness

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Just before 2014 ended, a history book came out on Guyana’s whiteness

Every young Guyanese person who wants to understand how troubled this country is should read a brand new book on the Caribbean. There is a section in reference to the love of white complexion by the...

Rohee dodges questions on Govt’s disregard of calls for AG’s removal

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee dodges questions on Govt’s disregard of calls for AG’s removal

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee yesterday dodged questions about government’s decision to ignore numerous calls to sanction...

192 kilos of coke found on Europe-bound vessel at Linden

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 192 kilos of coke found on Europe-bound vessel at Linden

– crew arrested By Zena Henry Collaboration between agencies’ involved in the country’s Container Control Programme resulted in the confiscation of 192 kilograms, 420 grams of cocaine...

Speeding minibus kills one, several injured

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding minibus kills one, several injured

A female security guard was killed on the spot at around 17.00 hrs yesterday after a speeding bus she was travelling in crashed into a utility pole at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Lynette...

Abandoned children rescued by Protection Agency

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned children rescued by Protection Agency

By Romila Boodram Just six days into the new year, workers from the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) were called upon to intervene in a situation at Guyhoc Park, Tucville, to ensure that four...

UG should have given Freddie Kissoon a hearing

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG should have given Freddie Kissoon a hearing

— Lawyers’ advice to Ombudsman Almost three years after his contract was terminated, former University of Guyana (UG) lecturer Frederick ‘Freddie’ Kissoon, may be getting a hearing. Kissoon...

US Govt. seizes Ed Ahmad’s cash

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US Govt. seizes Ed Ahmad’s cash

The US Government, as part of its move to collect US$500,000 from embattled Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad, has already seized a portion of that amount from him. According to court documents filed...

Dem boys seh…Rohee know Donald get thump

Jan 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rohee know Donald get thump

During last year people call in fuh seh that dem boys use some language that dem didn’t like. Dem didn’t like when dem boys seh Fat Crook, Shaat Scamp, Donald Duck, de scampish Rat and Babbie de...

South Africa v West Indies, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 5th day Victory keeps South Africa as No. 1

Jan 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa v West Indies, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 5th day Victory keeps South Africa as No. 1

South Africa duly completed an eight-wicket victory against West Indies on the fifth day yesterday, but initially at least it was not quite the stroll in the park that the scorecard suggests. West...

FIFA presidency: David Bernstein backs Prince Ali bid

Jan 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA presidency: David Bernstein backs Prince Ali bid

Former FA chairman David Bernstein has backed Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein’s bid to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency. The Jordanian Prince, 39, will stand as a candidate at FIFA’s...

Rohee suggests AFC “set-up” President Ramotar

Jan 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee suggests AFC “set-up” President Ramotar

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is suggesting that the Alliance For Change (AFC) planted persons to sit in at the meeting held late last year in Aishalton to provoke President Donald Ramotar....

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… Untouched Warriors face marauding Patriots...

Sep 06, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Riding high on their unbeaten streak this season, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to preserve this mini-run at Providence following a comprehensive win...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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