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Athletics association bankrupt after hosting South American Junior Championships

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletics association bankrupt after hosting South American Junior Championships

By Edison Jefford If you are an avid sport enthusiast, you will know of the deplorable state of facilities and then the inevitable bankruptcy in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil after that city hosted the 2016...

Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status

ESPNCRICINFO – Afghanistan and Ireland have been approved as Full Members by the ICC, meaning they have become cricket’s 11th and 12th Test-playing nations. This was signed off on by the ICC...

Regal All Stars and Masters set to defend NYSCL Independence titles

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal All Stars and Masters set to defend NYSCL Independence titles

Regal All Stars and Masters’ teams will be aware of the challenges when they depart Guyana shortly to defend their New York Softball Cricket League Independence Cup Masters and Open titles. The...

GBA to stage Shuttle Time programme to observe Olympic Day

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA to stage Shuttle Time programme to observe Olympic Day

The Guyana Badminton Association will be running off the Badminton World Federation & Pan American Shuttle Time Programme in observance of Olympic Day which will be conducted by Mr. Richard Wong...

Rising Sun Turf Club meet postponed to July 9 due to inclement weather

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Turf Club meet postponed to July 9 due to inclement weather

The Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women’s Police grand one day horserace meet fixed for this Sunday, June 25 at the Rising Sun West Coast, Berbice track, has...

Hassan makes donation to SS Jaguars SC

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hassan makes donation to SS Jaguars SC

Former Essequibo Islands Secondary School student Farood Hassan recently made a timely donation to the Sans Souci Jaguars Sports Club of Wakenaam. Hassan, who currently resides in England, donated a...

GT Motorsports’ Endurance Rental Cup…King, Rahaman, Vieira participation creating buzz

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Motorsports’ Endurance Rental Cup…King, Rahaman, Vieira participation creating buzz

Drivers the calibre of Andrew King, Cyril Angoy, Jad Rahaman, Wayne Vieira and Harold Hopkinson, all former outstanding competitors in motorsports are expected to present young fans with the...

MoE/NSC/ AlSport Schools Windball Cricket…F.E. Pollard, St. Ann’s, N/Georgetown among winners

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MoE/NSC/ AlSport Schools Windball Cricket…F.E. Pollard, St. Ann’s, N/Georgetown among winners

F.E. Pollard, St. Ann’s, North Georgetown and St. Stephen’s were in winners’ row when play in the Ministry of Education (MoE), National Sports Commission (NSC) and AL Sport & Tour...

Patron’s Green Economy Cricket Tournament…All plans are falling into place for event – RHTY&SC

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patron’s Green Economy Cricket Tournament…All plans are falling into place for event – RHTY&SC

Plans for the hosting of the first ever Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Patron’s Green Economy Cricket Tournament are falling into place with the event expected to bowl off on Saturday 1st...

Match Officials Announced for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Match Officials Announced for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Guyanese Gladwyn Johnson selected as part of TRAP Fast rising Guyanese referee, Gladwyn Johnson will be part of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ moves to Bartica

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ moves to Bartica

The Bartica Community Centre Tarmac will come alive tonight when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition hits Region 7. This will mark the end of zone competitions in the event with...

AAG hopes to adequately reward athletes at Senior Championships

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG hopes to adequately reward athletes at Senior Championships

An already cash-strapped Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is hoping to dole out adequate prize monies next weekend when it hosts its National Senior Championships from 10:00am at the National...

Guyana Beverage Co. 60 miles Tampico Cycle fixed for Caricom Day July 3

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Co. 60 miles Tampico Cycle fixed for Caricom Day July 3

Guyana Beverage Company 60 miles Tampico Cycle road race has been fixed for Caricom Day July 3 and not July 2 as was previously stated. The Guyana Beverage Company in Guyana, which is a subsidiary of...

NSC / Arthur Chung Memorial Football for West Dem. on Sunday

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC / Arthur Chung Memorial Football for West Dem. on Sunday

Four Clubs to contest The Leonora Track and Field Facility, Football Field is the venue for Sunday’s Arthur Chung Memorial Football that will see the top four clubs in the West Demerara Football...

Berbice Cricket Board Senior 50-over competition continues this weekend

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board Senior 50-over competition continues this weekend

The Competitions Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board has announced its fixtures for Sunday 25th June, 2017 with four matches scheduled to be contested at venues around the County. The Albion...

Laudable work of Ptolemy Reid Centre recognised

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Laudable work of Ptolemy Reid Centre recognised

…as Rehab Week is observed Fifty years ago, the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre was a small operation catering to the needs of persons who had fallen victim to poliomyelitis [polio]. The...

UG one year after new leadership

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on UG one year after new leadership

This month marks one year since the University of Guyana has been endowed with a brand new administration. I used the word, “administration” rather than administrator for two reasons; I do not...

Guyana, World Bank ink US$13.3M loan agreement to recapture UG Medical School accreditation

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, World Bank ink US$13.3M loan agreement to recapture UG Medical School accreditation

The Government of Guyana and the World Bank yesterday inked a US$13.3M loan agreement which is going to aid the University of Guyana (UG)’s School of Medicine in recapturing its full accreditation...

Govt. chips in with $2.5M for Washington-bound robotics team

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. chips in with $2.5M for Washington-bound robotics team

Guyana is set to field a team to the first International Robot Olympics for high school students scheduled for Washington D.C from July 16 to 28, 2017. There they will compete against 160 other...

GWI to install 40,000 meters by end of this year

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to install 40,000 meters by end of this year

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has announced plans to install some 40,000 meters by the end of this year in an effort to reduce Non-Revenue Water (NRW) across the country. The entity in its...

Lands COI…Granger tells Indigenous organisations govt. had no plans to exclude them

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lands COI…Granger tells Indigenous organisations govt. had no plans to exclude them

In an effort to address several issues which have been raised about the Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI), representatives from a number of Indigenous Organisations met with President David Granger...

The new economic strategy

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The new economic strategy

The government has an economic strategy. The title of the strategy consists of a mere three words. Those words are NOT “the green state”. The words are “wait for oil”. The economic strategy...

Low income homes to be provided for squatters

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Low income homes to be provided for squatters

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is currently engaging financial agencies, including the Inter-American Bank (IDB,) to secure funding for low cost housing. This is to assist persons...

PM lauds Carter Center for crucial role in Guyana’s political life

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PM lauds Carter Center for crucial role in Guyana’s political life

Jason Calder, country representative of the Carter Center, is wrapping up his stint in promoting transparency and multi- stakeholder cooperation in Guyana. During a meeting with Prime Minister Moses...

US$ transactions accounts for 94 percent of overall market activity

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$ transactions accounts for 94 percent of overall market activity

…as CARICOM currency transactions sees decline While the Bank of Guyana did not purchase any foreign currency, it sold a whopping US$7.2 million to commercial banks in the first quarter of 2017....

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President’s College upstage Santa Rosa to advance into Quarters

Anticipation without preparation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more