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No contracts, agreements released to media despite green light from Granger

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News 1

Despite the fact that President David Granger himself said that he believes all contracts and concession agreements should be made public, a brick wall continues to face media operatives who try to...

Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men’s football gold

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men’s football gold

BBC Sport – Neymar scored the winning penalty as hosts Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to win their first men’s Olympic football gold medal in Rio. The game finished 1-1 after...

Third day washed out in T&T

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third day washed out in T&T

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Cascada Hotel & Lifetime Real Estate It was another depressing day at the Oval as the third day’s play in the fourth and final cricket Test...

Sweden’s Rissveds wins gold in women’s cross-country

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sweden’s Rissveds wins gold in women’s cross-country

(Reuters) Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds raced away to gold in the Olympic women’s cross-country cycling event on Saturday. Rissveds was in a two-way battle with Maja Wloszczowska as the bell rang for...

Windwards, Guyana to square off in final

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windwards, Guyana to square off in final

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Windward Islands and Guyana confirmed their spots in today’s one-day final of the Regional Under-19 Championship, by scoring convincing victories in the last round of...

Gayle expected to shine under lights at Albion on Sept 11

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle expected to shine under lights at Albion on Sept 11

Exciting Twenty20 cricket is coming back to Guyana with a bang. However, this time it will be hosted at the Albion ground, Berbice under lights on Sunday September 11. This will be the first time in...

Everest overcome Harvard of T&T in 30-over fixture

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest overcome Harvard of T&T in 30-over fixture

Host Everest defeated Harvard of Trinidad and Tobago by 17 runs in an U19 30-over fixture played on Friday. Openers Mark Jeffers and Rajin Sukdeo added 26 for the opening stand before Sukdeo went for...

Massy hands over cheque for annual 10k race

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Massy hands over cheque for annual 10k race

The annual Massy 10km Road Race and Fitness Walk will be held on September 4 with Massy’s Chairman of Conglomerate, Deo Persaud, handing over the sponsorship cheque to Athletics Association of...

Guyana American Heritage Foundation instrumental in Atwell’s surgery and recovery

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana American Heritage Foundation instrumental in Atwell’s surgery and recovery

Multiple boxing champion and world rater, Clive Atwell is recuperating well at the Kingsbrook Hospital, New York, where he had gone to perform corrective surgery for an injury incurred in his last...

Diamond Tennis Camp 2016 commences

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Tennis Camp 2016 commences

The Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) in collaboration with Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry has begun its 5th Annual Tennis Summer Camp over this weekend at the GBTI Diamond Tennis Courts....

Guyanese players into semi-finals and medal rounds of boys & girls singles, boys doubles

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese players into semi-finals and medal rounds of boys & girls singles, boys doubles

Caribbean Badminton Championships 2016 – Aruba… The Caribbean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) currently being played in Aruba and started on August 18 at the Centro Deportivo...

More volleyball action set for Berbice on Sunday 28th

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on More volleyball action set for Berbice on Sunday 28th

After a lull due to the inclement weather, volleyball action in Berbice is back at full tilt. After the successful staging of the Jets one day volleyball competition on the Upper Corentyne on Sunday...

New Mosque claim Masjid an-Najm seven-a-side football title

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Mosque claim Masjid an-Najm seven-a-side football title

New Mosque of Alexander Village captured the Masjid an-Najm and Social Centre of Albouystown annual Inter Jamaat seven-a-side football title after defeating La Bonne Intention of East Coast Demerara...

Kennard Memorial TC Post Emancipation Day horserace event set for September 18

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial TC Post Emancipation Day horserace event set for September 18

Emancipation Day has come and gone and horseracing fans accustomed to the horserace event that grace this period would be happy to hear that their interest have not been totally ignored. To this...

A. Ally and Sons Senior Basketball Championship…Basketball action continues in Berbice today

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on A. Ally and Sons Senior Basketball Championship…Basketball action continues in Berbice today

First division basketball action is set to continue in Berbice today with one game in the A. Ally and Sons Basketball Competition. Set to do battle at the Tain Basketball Court from 16:00hrs will...

Vishal XI, East Coast XI triumph

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vishal XI, East Coast XI triumph

Vishal XI and East Coast XI registered victories when the Everest Cricket Club hosted two softball matches on Friday night. Vishal XI overcame HS Masters by seven wickets. Batting first, HS Masters...

Mahaica fatal accident…Daughter unaware of mother’s death, remains hospitalised

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica fatal accident…Daughter unaware of mother’s death, remains hospitalised

Scheneza Lewis, the 23-year-old British citizen whose mother perished in a tragic accident last Wednesday on the Chelsea Public Road, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has no idea that the woman...

Attorney argues cop misled client to obtain confessions

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney argues cop misled client to obtain confessions

– urges court to exclude statements from evidence Attorney Adrian Thompson is arguing that a policeman attached to the Narcotics Branch in order to obtain confessions misled his client, Seon...

Man fatally shot outside Camp St. prison

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man fatally shot outside Camp St. prison

A man who had been behaving in a disorderly manner outside the Camp Street prison, was shot dead around 23:50 hrs on Friday by a Guyana Police Force (GPF) constable, who is stationed at Tactical...

CSEC 2016…12-year-old earns distinction in Principles of Accounts

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CSEC 2016…12-year-old earns distinction in Principles of Accounts

The look of satisfaction was evident on the faces of students of Morgan’s Learning Centre, (MLC) yesterday, as they shared their Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examination (CSEC) success stories....

THE DEBT TRAP

Aug 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE DEBT TRAP

Guyana’s small but encouraging success in its attempts to reduce the stranglehold of debt on the economy is proof that the country and its CARICOM counterparts continue to be among the most...

‘Pakaraima Flavours’ aimed at improving lives in hinterland region

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Pakaraima Flavours’ aimed at improving lives in hinterland region

Without many opportunities for gainful employment, almost every resident in certain parts of the hinterland region is a farmer. And even though an infinite range of crops can be grown there...

Tests prove no poultry disease outbreak in Region 6

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tests prove no poultry disease outbreak in Region 6

Samples that were taken in June from a Region Six poultry farm, and sent for testing at the University of Georgia have proved negative for poultry diseases. “All the tests were negative. That...

Dr. Joanna Cole – a key player in helping to improve Internal Medicine

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Joanna Cole – a key player in helping to improve Internal Medicine

By Sharmain Grainger There are some people who are driven by the mere passion to see positive changes occur. Many hope that they will be able to benefit from this change themselves. But there are...

Girl, 2, killed, sister, 4 injured in Mahaicony collision

Aug 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 2, killed, sister, 4 injured in Mahaicony collision

– mom unconscious, three others injured A two-year-old girl was killed and her four-year-old sister and mother injured at around 01.00 hrs yesterday after a speeding car slammed into the...

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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