August 2017

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Mo Farah claims 10,000m gold in glorious return to the London Stadium

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah claims 10,000m gold in glorious return to the London Stadium

Daily Mail – This time Sir Mo Farah even found the time and energy to signal to the London crowd with a defiant beat of the chest to raise the decibel level. This time he even saw off what, at...

Nation’s health more valuable than tobacco revenue – Harmon

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nation’s health more valuable than tobacco revenue – Harmon

By Kiana Wilburg The nation’s health is much more valuable than the billions of dollars in taxes that the government collects annually from the tobacco sector. As such, the Government says it is...

Thunderstorm brewing for GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior Championships tomorrow

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thunderstorm brewing for GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior Championships tomorrow

By Franklin Wilson With a number of big names being bandied around that are expected to hit the stage tomorrow night at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, the Guyana Amateur Body Building...

Five exhibition games usher tonight’s final between Future Stars and West Front Road

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five exhibition games usher tonight’s final between Future Stars and West Front Road

GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney While fans for either finalist in tonight’s final of the Keep Your Five Alive KO Futsal tournament, Future Stars and West Front Road-Gold is Money would...

National Sports Commission keeps pledge to support young athletes

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Sports Commission keeps pledge to support young athletes

– Rogers and McCoy to receive G$230,000 yearly The pair of Claudrice McCoy, who won gold in the 3000m open at the 2017 Carifta Games and Onassha Rogers, who runs the sprint double of 100m/200m,...

Dian Prahalad creates history at RHTYSC

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dian Prahalad creates history at RHTYSC

– First Female to cop Cricketer of Academy Award History was created last weekend when for the first time, a female cricketer was named Cricketer of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club...

Kendall’s Union Sports Club receives equipment from former members

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kendall’s Union Sports Club receives equipment from former members

With this being August month the unseasonal rainy weather continues to wreak havoc with outdoor sporting activities in Guyana, as such a number of sporting organisations are making use of the time to...

Dependable Spares and Universal Electronics support Enmore CC

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dependable Spares and Universal Electronics support Enmore CC

The Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club has benefited through a timely donation from Dependable Spares of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and Universal Electronics of Enmore, East Coast Demerara in...

Sponsors continue support for Guyana Cup horserace Meet at Rising Sun August 13

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sponsors continue support for Guyana Cup horserace Meet at Rising Sun August 13

More sponsors have been coming onboard for the Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting on August 13th at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice starting at 11:30am. The 11th edition of the Jumbo...

Lady Jags getting ready for CONCACAF Caribbean Female U17 Qualifiers

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags getting ready for CONCACAF Caribbean Female U17 Qualifiers

Land of Many Waters face Land of Flying Fish next Wednesday at Leonora Guyana’s Under-17 Lady Jags will take center stage next Wednesday evening from 17:00hrs at the National Track and Field...

First ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship set for Aug. 24 start

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on First ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship set for Aug. 24 start

The Guinness / Three Peat Promotions first ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship is set to commence on Thursday, August 24, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. According to a release from the...

LABA/MSC Open championship bounces off tonight

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/MSC Open championship bounces off tonight

Top ranked clubs battle as Jets face Royals, Raiders collide with Bulls The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will stage its senior tournament, the LABA/MSC Open championship from tonight...

RHTY&SC congratulates members on National Selection

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates members on National Selection

– Proud of its Cricket Development Programme The Management and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, would like to congratulate all of its members who are preparing to...

Zorg to host cricket camp from August 7

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zorg to host cricket camp from August 7

As part of cricket development on the Essequibo Coast, Zorg Sports Club will be hosting a camp for U15 males and females from August 7-11. Students will be tutored on the basics in the various...

DCC camp set to commence on August 7

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC camp set to commence on August 7

Demerara Cricket Club will be hosting a cricket camp starting on August 7 for males and females between the ages of 7-17. The 15-day camp will commence at 09:00hrs and conclude at 15:00hrs each day....

More than 500 matters pass through Legal Aid Clinic annually

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 500 matters pass through Legal Aid Clinic annually

…but hinterland reach limited, says Managing Attorney In excess of 500 matters are dealt with by the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic on an annual basis. These matters include: divorce, custody cases,...

The Hindu wedding ceremony: Time to change

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Hindu wedding ceremony: Time to change

If you ever meet my wife, you can ask her and she will tell you that I always insist that we go late to three types of events – Hindu wedding ceremony, the Hindu religious service of jhandi and the...

COPING WITH GRIEF

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COPING WITH GRIEF

People die every day, but when a loved one dies, even if the person’s death was expected due to illness, the grief is profound and the pain could be overbearing. Losing a family member is not easy....

A DANGEROUS GAMBIT

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A DANGEROUS GAMBIT

If broadcast licences issued under the PPPC were illegal, as the APNU+AFC coalition likes to argue, then the government should have taken steps to charge those involved with fraud and to lawfully...

AG, Bar Association discuss development of judicial system

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG, Bar Association discuss development of judicial system

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams recently met with the President of the Guyana Bar Association Kamal Ramkarran, Secretary Ms Pauline Chase and other members in their...

Richmond pensioner endures early morning burglary

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Richmond pensioner endures early morning burglary

– fifth time in four years Police on the Essequibo Coast have launched an investigation into the burglary of the home of a 64-year-old female pensioner. The residence of Evra Nedd, located at...

Rice farmers plead for impounding of animals in Black Bush Polder

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers plead for impounding of animals in Black Bush Polder

…as cattle continue to destroy crop By Malisa Playter Harry Rice farmers along the Upper Corentyne continue to express frustration with the cattle farmers whose livestock have been damaging their...

Driver of getaway car detained

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Driver of getaway car detained

…as cops try to probe linkage in E-Networks robbery The driver of a dark blue Toyota Premio that was used in the robbery of E-Networks Inc. on Thursday, has been arrested as investigators try to...

Drug dealer nabbed after lively chase jailed

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug dealer nabbed after lively chase jailed

A 20-year-old drug dealer was yesterday jailed for three years after he was found guilty on the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The man, Vishal Evans called Sham...

Homeless man remanded on simple larceny charge

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Homeless man remanded on simple larceny charge

A homeless man was yesterday remanded to prison on a simple larceny charge after he made an appearance before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Forty-nine-year-old...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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