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GBBC ‘Bad Intentions’ Boxing Card…

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC ‘Bad Intentions’ Boxing Card…

Can Dexter Gonsalves replicate his previous knockout feat? Tonight’s fight should tell! By Michael Benjamin After 8 years in the professional boxing arena, Dexter Gonsalves’ main claim to fame is...

Over 80 entered for Real President Cup Horserace meet

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 80 entered for Real President Cup Horserace meet

Score Even, CP Got Even, Princess She Not, Just Call Me Boss, Lady Budapest in action All roads lead to the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), Arima Park, West Coast Berbice as thousands are expected to...

Caribbean XC Mountain Bike Championship…

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean XC Mountain Bike Championship…

GCF to field team for the first time; Bentley to headline By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) is set to field for the first time in its history, a team to the annual XC Caribbean...

GCB Jaguars three-day league… Narayan half century boosts East Bank Demerara

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Jaguars three-day league… Narayan half century boosts East Bank Demerara

Middle order batsman Danny Narayan struck a fine half century as East Bank Demerara were bowled out for 192 against Georgetown when the Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars three-day league commenced...

Shaquincy Wright to lead E/Bo gym in Pepsi U-16 boxing

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shaquincy Wright to lead E/Bo gym in Pepsi U-16 boxing

Diminutive Shaquincy Wright will lead the charge of defending champions Essequibo Gym when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association stages this year’s second edition of the Pepsi/Michael Parris...

Region 8 residents want speedy opening of billion-dollar Kato Secondary

Aug 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region 8 residents want speedy opening of billion-dollar Kato Secondary

Residents of Region Eight, Potaro-Siparuni, are bemoaning the fact that the long awaited Kato Secondary School cannot be occupied. After three years, the school remains incomplete, due to severe...

Wolf’s Challenge Cup to continue tomorrow

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Challenge Cup to continue tomorrow

The Wolf’s Challenge Cup is set to continue tomorrow at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground. On pitch one Floodlight will take on Regal Masters at 10:00hrs, while at 13:00hrs Mike’s Wellman will...

Sharpshooting Pools Competition on tomorrow at Jerries in Grove

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sharpshooting Pools Competition on tomorrow at Jerries in Grove

The Grand Central Pools Bar or as popularly known, Jerries Shop, at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara will be the venue for a Sharpshooting Pools Competition tomorrow starting at 3:00pm. All Pools...

Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals to be played tomorrow at GFC

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals to be played tomorrow at GFC

After a delay for the weather and other circumstances the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground will be the venue for the quarterfinals of the Mayor’s Cup football championship as teams contest in...

‘KING OF THE RING’ GT BEER B/BALL CHAMPIONSHIP…

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘KING OF THE RING’ GT BEER B/BALL CHAMPIONSHIP…

Royals score come-from-behind 61-57 win against Raiders to capture 3rd Rock title Down by 13 points heading into the final quarter, Victory Valley Royals romped past Retrieve Raiders 61-57 to cart...

RHTY&SC, MS and Albion Cricket Club issue joint statement on cricket issue

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, MS and Albion Cricket Club issue joint statement on cricket issue

The Management of the two Top Cricket Clubs in Berbice – The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS and the Albion Cricket Club would like to express our profound disappointment on the...

Ecotourism could boost development

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ecotourism could boost development

Many in Guyana have bought into the government mantra that ecotourism is good for the country and will attract a lot of tourists. Others have claimed that it can assume the mantle of a major foreign...

The private sector is stepping out of its comfort zone

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The private sector is stepping out of its comfort zone

The decision of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) to invite the former President of Guyana and Opposition Leader, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo to address its annual luncheon is a...

Arguments for the employment of local skills

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

If you examine the 15-month record of the Granger/Nagamootoo administration you will see the profusion of skilled people from the diaspora that have been employed. The miraculous exception was Lennox...

Gov’t probing validity of land certificates given to Amerindians before elections

Aug 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t probing validity of land certificates given to Amerindians before elections

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams is looking into the legality of a number of certificates of titles issued to several indigenous communities, just before the May 2015...

Guyana Police Force is moving in a positive direction – Acting Commissioner

Aug 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force is moving in a positive direction – Acting Commissioner

– “We will use criticism in a positive way, because that is the best way forward” The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is changing in an increasingly positive direction as it continues to forge,...

Witnesses in Gold Board employee trial set to be summoned

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Witnesses in Gold Board employee trial set to be summoned

Five more witnesses are set to be summoned in the matter, for which Ronald Singh is charged for stealing over $2M worth in gold from the Guyana Gold Board (GGB). Singh, 30, of 161 Hibiscus Avenue...

Tucville fatal shooting…Contractor charged with murder

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Tucville fatal shooting…Contractor charged with murder

Police have charged a contractor with murder, following last Tuesday’s bizarre shooting incident in Perry Street, Tucville, that left 24-year-old excavator operator Colin Perreira dead and...

Surinamese on drug charge granted bail

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Surinamese on drug charge granted bail

The 31-year-old Surinamese national who was reportedly nabbed with a large quantity of illegal drugs has been granted bail in the sum of $100,000. The man Rachlie Grad, called “Blacka,” of...

Thomas St. man guilty of illegal gun, ammo possession

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Thomas St. man guilty of illegal gun, ammo possession

Darryl John, of Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, has been found guilty of having a .38 revolver in his possession, without a licence, and with illegally having six .38 ammunition, four 9mm...

Nandall’s attack on the President and Blairmont Hindu Temple

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Over the past years and since the 2015 national elections, I have been writing about the things that are being said by members of the PPP on their TV programs here in Berbice. This...

How to save the lives of fishermen and taxi-drivers

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How to save the lives of fishermen and taxi-drivers

Dear Editor, Recently while traveling from Berbice, I had a conversation with a fisherman who captains a small vessel in the Northwest area and was struck by how vulnerable these men are in plying...

Minister Ramjattan’s choice of explanation was terrible

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ramjattan’s choice of explanation was terrible

Dear Editor, Mr. Ramjattan’s justification of the shady bond deal is a new low in the continuing credibility erosion of the Government. He should realize that Guyanese people know how to play...

Imagine! We are importing milk from Barbados!

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, It now comes as no surprise that Guyana’s economy is stagnant or has been experiencing no significant growth. We can say this based on empirical evidence, along with the supporting...

Minister Ramjattan’s outrageous analogy

Aug 27, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ramjattan’s outrageous analogy

Dear Editor, Although you did not publish my last letter on the Brer Anancy stories emanating from top government officials, you still provide readers with a daily dose of outrageous things being...

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The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more