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17 dead…after inmates set prison block on fire

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 17 dead…after inmates set prison block on fire

In the worst prison riot in memory, 17 inmates were killed and at least eight others injured after being trapped in a raging fire in the notorious Capital A Block of the Camp Street Prison. Confirmed...

Ed Ahmad’s sentencing faces more delays after lawyer’s surgery

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad’s sentencing faces more delays after lawyer’s surgery

The sentencing date for New York realtor, Guyana-born Edul Ahmad, is facing yet another delay. His lawyer, Steven Kartagener, has written Judge Dora Irizarry of the Eastern District of New York...

Contractors must be sternly sanctioned for sloppy work — Goolsarran

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors must be sternly sanctioned for sloppy work — Goolsarran

—Urges for implementation of Debarment Committee Guyana’s procurement system is not only plagued by a culture of corrupt practices, but also the acceptance of slapdash work provided by...

Prisoners refused to come out of burning building- Officer in charge

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners refused to come out of burning building- Officer in charge

-President orders probe President David Granger has instructed that a three-man panel be set up immediately to investigate all the circumstances surrounding yesterday’s unrest at the Camp Street...

Guyanese arrested, boat seized in large Bajan drug bust

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese arrested, boat seized in large Bajan drug bust

Bajan authorities have arrested a Guyanese man and seized a boat during an anti-narcotics operation Wednesday morning, according to the Barbados Nation. According to a report in the online news,...

Hell fire break out in Camp Street

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hell fire break out in Camp Street

Nuff people crying. Some of dem just lose a son, a boyfriend or a husband. No matter how bad somebody bad, dem always got somebody who love dem. That is why some people eyes red. Two nights ago dem...

Yadram’s century, Persaud 5 for hands Georgetown/Mahaicony NSSCL Elite title

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yadram’s century, Persaud 5 for hands Georgetown/Mahaicony NSSCL Elite title

Opener Bhaskar Yadram struck a fine century while skipper Joshua Persaud grabbed a five-wicket haul to give Georgetown/Mahaicony a 78-run victory over Essequibo when the final of the Elite Stage...

Courts Guyana Inc. on board E-Networts Cross Fitness Challenge

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Guyana Inc. on board E-Networts Cross Fitness Challenge

Upbeat about the event’s irrefutable success in its maiden endeavor, Courts (Guyana Inc.) confirmed its support for the March 13 E-Networks Cross-Fitness Challenge after Marketing Manager Pernell...

UDFA First Division League …Topp XX seeking win over Blueberry Hill tonight to wrap up title

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA First Division League …Topp XX seeking win over Blueberry Hill tonight to wrap up title

Topp XX can achieve victory of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Division One League title tonight with a win over Blueberry Hill in their penultimate match of the 2015/16 competition...

Hetmyer leads Universal DVD Titans to Goodwill Promotions T20 title

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetmyer leads Universal DVD Titans to Goodwill Promotions T20 title

Led by successful West Indies Under-19 Captain Shimron Hetmyer Universal DVD Titans registered a six-wicket victory over Essequibo X1 when the final of the West Berbice Cricket Association/Goodwill...

Nine teams to battle for supremacy on March 13 at National Park

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nine teams to battle for supremacy on March 13 at National Park

2nd Guyana Fitness Games/E-Networks Cross-Fitness Challenge unveiled … Nine teams comprising of three males and one female will on Sunday March 13th be locked in intense battle for the title as...

Den Amstel Mash Cup …Uitvlugt Warriors and Pouderoyen book semi finals slots

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Den Amstel Mash Cup …Uitvlugt Warriors and Pouderoyen book semi finals slots

Uitvlugt Warriors prevailed over Beavers via penalty kicks 4-2 while Pouderoyen needled Stewartville to earn semi final spots in the Den Amstel Mash Cup 2016 which kicked off on Wednesday night last...

SPR Enterprise East Coast cricket …Calcutta beat Paradise by one wicket

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SPR Enterprise East Coast cricket …Calcutta beat Paradise by one wicket

Calcutta beat Paradise Bachelor’s Adventure by one wicket at the Paradise ground in the latest round of the SPR Enterprise East Coast cricket on Sunday last. Paradise made 155 off 32 overs with...

Bosai Inter Department 15-over Softball …Maintenance halt operations to claim title

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bosai Inter Department 15-over Softball …Maintenance halt operations to claim title

Plant Maintenance are the Bosai Minerals Group softball cricket Inter Department champions having defeated Plant Operations by 8 runs in the final which was played last Saturday at the Bayrock...

Emanie Netball Club extends deepest sympathy to Dyer-McCarthy family

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Emanie Netball Club extends deepest sympathy to Dyer-McCarthy family

Tributes continue to pour in for former national netballer Angeline Dyer-McCarthy, who passed away on Tuesday following a brief illness. Yesterday, Kaieteur Sport solicited comments from University...

Budhan Horserace Meet on this Sunday at No. 66 Village

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budhan Horserace Meet on this Sunday at No. 66 Village

Over three million in cash and trophies are up for grabs this Sunday when the Budhan Memorial Turf Club’s grand one-day Horserace Meet comes off at the Club’s racing track, Number 66 Village...

Stag Elite League ..Bakewell Slingerz, GFC, GDF, Fruta Conquerors face off today at GFC

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League ..Bakewell Slingerz, GFC, GDF, Fruta Conquerors face off today at GFC

Stage Elite League Genesis winner Bakewell Slingerz will be going after their third win in as many matches this evening when the Stag Elite League FINALE continues at the Georgetown Football Club...

West Indies want to improve on fielding

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies want to improve on fielding

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says his players will use warm-up matches against English County Warwickshire this weekend, to ramp up their fielding...

Providence overcome Herstelling A

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Providence overcome Herstelling A

Providence defeated Herstelling A by four wickets when play in the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) 50-over tournament continued on Sunday. At Laluni, Herstelling A was bowled out for...

GMR&SC ‘National ‘Race of Champions’ Meet…Vieira gearing for battle with young Superstars

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘National ‘Race of Champions’ Meet…Vieira gearing for battle with young Superstars

With his cousins Elloitt and Matthew Vieira holding the Caribbean and local crowns respectively, many feel that the stranglehold that Superbike star Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira once had on...

PCB threatens pulling out of World T20

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on PCB threatens pulling out of World T20

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has threatened pulling out of the World Twenty20 if they did not get a clear message about the security situation from the Indian government. Shaharyar Khan, the PCB...

Blairmont CC to host T20 tourney in honour of Roy Fredericks

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont CC to host T20 tourney in honour of Roy Fredericks

The Blairmont Cricket Club of West Bank Berbice will be hosting a T20 tournament in honour of former West Indies opening batsman Roy Fredericks on March 19 and 20 under lights. The club recently...

The causes of the Camp Street prison tragedy

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The causes of the Camp Street prison tragedy

In several past columns, I outlined my angry point that the Guyanese power elites learned nothing, not a damn thing, about the 2002 Mash Day jail break. The then PPP Government wanted to believe and...

Guyanese fingered in drug courier ring gets one year in plea deal

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese fingered in drug courier ring gets one year in plea deal

A Guyanese man arrested with over US$35,000 in undeclared cash at JFK Airport, in the US back in February 2014, has been sentenced to a year and a day on a cocaine conspiracy charge. The judgment was...

Daily glaucoma screening at GPHC from Monday

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Daily glaucoma screening at GPHC from Monday

-as World Glaucoma Week is observed With free glaucoma screening sessions for members of the public, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be observing World Glaucoma Week (WGW). The...