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2014 Restaurant waitress murder…Crippled accused found dead in Lusignan Prison

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

Crippled murder accused Shelton George was found dead at the Lusignan Prison around 05:50 hrs yesterday. Prison officials confirmed that the 22-year-old man was found motionless in his cell. He was...

94-yr-old man on bail for allegedly forging transport

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 94-yr-old man on bail for allegedly forging transport

A 94-year-old man found himself on the wrong side of the law yesterday after he was hauled before the courts in handcuffs accused of forging a transport back in 2003. Appearing before Chief...

Hero CPL cricket…Warriors keep Semi-final hopes alive with emphatic 7-wkt win over Stars

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL cricket…Warriors keep Semi-final hopes alive with emphatic 7-wkt win over Stars

By Sean Devers It is said that when night falls the stars come out to shine but last night at Providence the Guyana Amazon Warriors ensured that the St Lucia Stars failed to spark when they kept...

GFF hosts referees assistance programme (RAP) from today

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF hosts referees assistance programme (RAP) from today

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) / FIFA Refereeing Assistance Programme (RAP) will be held today at the Conference Room, Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue. The three-day programme, will...

Figueira donates balls to Guinness Cage Competition

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Figueira donates balls to Guinness Cage Competition

APNU/AFC Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira added his name to the list of supporters of the inaugural Guinness ‘Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor football Competition after presenting three...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice

Hopetown United Rangers brush aside Young Strikers Hopetown United Rangers made light work of Young Strikers, defeating them 3-1 in Monday’s lone match of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power...

Nand Persaud Karibee Rice, Shariff Racing Stable take top honours at Spring Classic

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Karibee Rice, Shariff Racing Stable take top honours at Spring Classic

Using their vast experience in the world of business and organising, the Principals of the recently held Nand Persaud and Company, Sky Plus Incorporated, Promotion Group, on Sunday successfully held...

RHTYSC, MS, Cricket Teams launch Rose Hall 175th Anniversary

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC, MS, Cricket Teams launch Rose Hall 175th Anniversary

-Foster urges Township to unite One hundred and seventy five years ago on August 20th, fifty seven freed slaves purchased the village of Rose Hall, then known as Lot 9 from European Planter John...

NATIONAL INTER-GUIANA GAMES’ SQUADS ENCAMPED

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NATIONAL INTER-GUIANA GAMES’ SQUADS ENCAMPED

Thirty-six youth players from across Guyana are encamped as part of preparations for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) scheduled for Suriname from the 25th – 27th August. This three-day camp, which...

Rose Hall 175th Anniversary 1842 – 2017…Jamal Evans wins 5 KM Cross Country Race in impressive style

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall 175th Anniversary 1842 – 2017…Jamal Evans wins 5 KM Cross Country Race in impressive style

Jamal Evans, a resident of Rose Hall Town and member of the Guyana Defence Force on Sunday last easily won the Rose Hall 175th Anniversary 5KM Cross Country Race. Evans led the race from the start as...

Guyana Under-15 Football team returns from CONCACAF boys’ Championship

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Under-15 Football team returns from CONCACAF boys’ Championship

“Team played well” – Coach Bryan Joseph The Golden Jaguars Under-15 football team returned to Guyana yesterday after a creditable performance in the CONCACAF Under-15 boys’ championship that...

Corona Invitational Football Tournament…Dwayne Mclennon’s stoppage time strike ensures Western Tigers remain unbeaten

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Invitational Football Tournament…Dwayne Mclennon’s stoppage time strike ensures Western Tigers remain unbeaten

-Eastville beat Flamingo, Campton and Beacons draw By Calvin Chapman The Corona Invitational football tournament continued Monday evening with 3 matches at the Georgetown Football Club ground....

Breaking the ‘tobacco use’ cycle is a work in progress

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking the ‘tobacco use’ cycle is a work in progress

“If you quit at anytime, it is better than continuing,” says Pan American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation [PAHO/WHO] Resident Representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow. According to Dr....

East Bank E’bo CC shortlist squad for Busta Festival

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Bank E’bo CC shortlist squad for Busta Festival

The East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee has shortlisted a squad for the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Busta Festival which is set to commence on Friday. The players are currently engaged in...

135th Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships…Persaud continues to lead Caribbean charge; Braithwaite also battling

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 135th Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships…Persaud continues to lead Caribbean charge; Braithwaite also battling

As competition at the 135th Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships hosted by the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association continues at the Connaught Rifle Range, Ottawa, Ontario, Guyana National Rifle...

Gokarn Ramdhani elected to Regional Badminton VP post

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gokarn Ramdhani elected to Regional Badminton VP post

President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), Gokarn Ramdhani, has been elected as Vice President of the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) for the next two years 2017-2019...

Deliberate plans apace to address wanting performances at CSEC – Education officials

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deliberate plans apace to address wanting performances at CSEC – Education officials

While Mathematics this year has reflected a one percent improvement, English was among a group of 11 subjects that did not measure up to last year’s performance. Disclosures in this regard were...

Contracts signed for the design of sanitary landfills in Regions Three, Five and Six

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts signed for the design of sanitary landfills in Regions Three, Five and Six

The Minister of Communities Ronald has signed three contracts for the design of sanitary landfills at Bartica, Linden and Mahdia. The signing of the contracts took place at the Ministry of...

Efforts ongoing to salvage capsized MV Torani

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts ongoing to salvage capsized MV Torani

Efforts are ongoing to salvage the MV Torani, which capsized in Mazaruni River in Region Seven, last weekend. Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson explained that...

UG launches Masters programme in Social Work

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG launches Masters programme in Social Work

The University of Guyana (UG), on Wednesday last, launched its Masters Programme in Social Work at the Turkeyen Campus. According to Monica Miller, Head of the Department of Sociology, the new...

Bids opened for Lot B of GPL Power Utility Upgrade Programme

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bids opened for Lot B of GPL Power Utility Upgrade Programme

The Guyana Power and Light is moving ahead steadily with its Power Utility Upgrade Programme (PUUP) as bids for Lot B of the project were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender...

Boy, 15, commits suicide days after house crushes girlfriend

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 15, commits suicide days after house crushes girlfriend

A 15-year-old boy has committed suicide—just days after his girlfriend was crushed to death when her aunt’s house at La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, fell on her on last Friday. Ricardo...

Woolford Ave. sidewalk project to be completed for new school term

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woolford Ave. sidewalk project to be completed for new school term

The $21.8M Woolford Avenue sidewalk project is set for completion by September, just in time for the new school term. This was revealed in an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI)...

GPL defends extension for bid submissions

Aug 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL defends extension for bid submissions

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) in an advertisement titled ‘Clarifications’ published in this newspaper’s August 22, 2017 edition, defended the extension given to bidders for Lot B of the...

One of the most evil political decisions in Guyana’s history

Aug 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

This week marks another anniversary of the Demerara slave uprising of 1823; 194 years since the revolt. Let me digress at length before I return to the major thesis of my argument; the only book on...