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Rose Hall Jammers continue dominancy in Berbice basketball tournaments

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Jammers continue dominancy in Berbice basketball tournaments

Rose Hall Town Jammers defeated Hopetown Stealers 57-45 when the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association 2017 Basketball Tournament, sponsored by Nigel Hinds, for teams in Berbice continued Sunday...

Rafiek, Kippins confident of back to back titles as NYSCL bowls off on June 30

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rafiek, Kippins confident of back to back titles as NYSCL bowls off on June 30

Regal All Stars and Regal Masters captains Mohamed Rafiek and Troy Kippins have expressed confidence of their teams winning back to back titles when the New York Softball Cricket League commences on...

Georgetown/East Coast NSBF Regional Playoffs…Marian Academy, Plaisance, President’s College advance

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown/East Coast NSBF Regional Playoffs…Marian Academy, Plaisance, President’s College advance

Marian Academy brushed aside St. Roses High School girls to set up a fitting rematch with President’s College when the Georgetown and East Coast Regional Playoffs of the National Schools’...

National Novices Tournament…Battle lines drawn as GDF, Republican and other gyms declare war

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Novices Tournament…Battle lines drawn as GDF, Republican and other gyms declare war

The battle lines have been drawn and the National Gymnasium is expected to be transformed into a war zone when the Andrew Lewis National Novices tournament punches off this evening. The three-day...

Australia v West Indies, Women’s World Cup, Taunton…Bolton century leads Australia to breezy win over Windies

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia v West Indies, Women’s World Cup, Taunton…Bolton century leads Australia to breezy win over Windies

ESPNcricinfo – An opening partnership of 171 between Nicole Bolton and Beth Mooney paved the way for Australia women to begin their title defence with an eight-wicket win against West Indies,...

GBA Shuttle Time Programme concludes

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA Shuttle Time Programme concludes

The Guyana Badminton Association’s used this year’s Guyana Olympic Association, Olympic Day series of activities to conduct the Shuttle Time Programme between June 23 – 25 in Guyana and get...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams and O-35 Group continue to make positive difference

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams and O-35 Group continue to make positive difference

The eight cricket teams and the Over-35 Group of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, continue to make a positive difference in the lives of residents in Berbice. The teams and the Over-35...

GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section .22 Precision Shoot

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section .22 Precision Shoot

‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson trumps rivals again; Milling is junior winner Continuing to display match winning form, veteran marksman Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson has once again out shot his rivals in...

Can Guyana land its first U17 title this year?

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Can Guyana land its first U17 title this year?

By Zaheer Mohamed The U17 trophy is only title that has eluded Guyana at the Regional age group level. Fielding arguably the strongest team in last year’s tournament, Guyana were favourites to win...

Continuous registration of Futsal clubs in Guyana underway

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Continuous registration of Futsal clubs in Guyana underway

Given the current interest in Futsal locally, the Guyana Futsal Association (GFA) is stepping up its registration of clubs all across Guyana. The GFA is a registered affiliate association of the...

Calls for establishment of Local Govt. Commission…Minister to submit names for cabinet approval

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Calls for establishment of Local Govt. Commission…Minister to submit names for cabinet approval

Amidst calls for the establishment of a Local Government Commission, (LGC) Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan has said that steps will be taken in the coming week, towards setting up the...

Overseas-based Lindener sees Linden and Region 10 as perfect Tourism destinations

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Lindener sees Linden and Region 10 as perfect Tourism destinations

… but says more care needs to be taken of the environment By Enid Joaquin An overseas-based Lindener, who recently spent nine days in his hometown with his family, is convinced that the place where...

Sinking Bagotville Bridge…Minister hopes to have situation rectified by Sept.

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sinking Bagotville Bridge…Minister hopes to have situation rectified by Sept.

The damaged Bagotville Bridge is continuing to sink, residents said yesterday. The structure was closed off to heavy-duty vehicles about a week ago after the eastern lane began to sink. This is due...

DIVISIVE ANTI-CUBA RANTING

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DIVISIVE ANTI-CUBA RANTING

It is said that when politicians are being attacked at home on a number of issues, including the economy, lack of jobs, crime etc., they often turn their rancor to other countries to bolster their...

Fyrish/Gibraltar pump unable to work, communities remain flooded

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fyrish/Gibraltar pump unable to work, communities remain flooded

The Fyrish and Gibraltar communities in East Berbice-Corentyne are currently experiencing flooding, as is common in a number of villages along the coastland. Based on reports received from Councillor...

Magistrate frees robbery accused after police fail to complete investigations

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate frees robbery accused after police fail to complete investigations

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman dismissed a robbery under-arms charge against former murder accused Jamil Charles, due to the police failure to conduct investigations in a timely manner. Charles,...

Work at GPHC’s Oncology Dept. continues to expand

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Work at GPHC’s Oncology Dept. continues to expand

In correlation with its mandate, the Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) continues to expand. This is according to General Medical Officer (GMO) attached to the...

Another Dutch airline applies to operate Aruba flights

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another Dutch airline applies to operate Aruba flights

Dutch airline, Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (ALM) has applied for licences to run scheduled flights between Guyana and Aruba. According to Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in an...

Not one woman, not one homosexual. What a country!

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Not one woman, not one homosexual. What a country!

Magistrate Judy Latchman sentenced Ronella Junior to 36 months in prison for stealing $200, 000 from her employer. Ms. Junior, the court was told, was a first offender. Interesting to note that in...

Teacher hangs self weeks after husband’s death

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher hangs self weeks after husband’s death

A young woman, who went into a state of depression after waking up next to her dead husband a little over three weeks ago at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has committed suicide. Cindy...

Heavy rainfall leaves several sections of Berbice under water

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy rainfall leaves several sections of Berbice under water

A downpour that began on Thursday afternoon and continued left most of the residential areas along the 85-mile long region under water. Some of the areas hardest hit were Number 47, 52 and 54...

Vena Mookram crowned Miss World Guyana 2017

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vena Mookram crowned Miss World Guyana 2017

After several weeks of gruelling preparation, 18-year-old Vena Mookram has emerged as the new Miss World Guyana. The contest was held at the Marriott Hotel Guyana on Sunday night, where Mookram...

2017 NGSA results to be unveiled this week

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 NGSA results to be unveiled this week

Are you anxious about the National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA]? Well, according to officials at the Ministry of Education’s examination division, all anxiety will be put to rest this week as the...

Parents seek help in finding missing teen

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parents seek help in finding missing teen

Relatives of 15-year- old Charylyn Stephens are seeking the assistance of the public in locating her. The teen has been reported missing for the past two weeks. Her father, Alfred Stephens, said that...

‘Threesome’ peeper beaten to death

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Threesome’ peeper beaten to death

– Woman among three arrested The police are investigating the murder of a man, who was reportedly beaten to death after staring at three people having sex on Third Avenue Beach, Bartica,...

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