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Guyana Foundation UK presents golf equipment to Yassin of Ogle SC

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Foundation UK presents golf equipment to Yassin of Ogle SC

The Guyana Foundation UK recently presented a quantity of golf equipment to Public Relations Officer of Ogle Sports Club, Shiek Yassin. The presentation was made at the Everest Cricket Club where the...

Rose Hall Town Pepsi Under-19 ‘A’ beat Young Warriors by 64 runs

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Pepsi Under-19 ‘A’ beat Young Warriors by 64 runs

– Kevin Sinclair and Chanderpaul Govindan outstanding performers The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, Cricket Development Committee continues to organise cricket matches for the...

GVF to participate in U-20 male and female tournament in French Guiana next week

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF to participate in U-20 male and female tournament in French Guiana next week

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is presently preparing a male and female volleyball teams to participate in a U-20 tournament in Neighbouring French Guiana. The GVF was invited by the French...

Grill Master, Spartan, Terry Grocery and Hard Knock advance to Semi-finals

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grill Master, Spartan, Terry Grocery and Hard Knock advance to Semi-finals

The Quarter-finals of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club organised Busta Champion of Champions Softball Tournament was played last Sunday at the Area ‘H’ Ground. The Tournament which...

No28 Bush Lot in Action Charity Horse race meet…Ansa McAl, Nand Persaud Group and Delmur among major sponsors

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on No28 Bush Lot in Action Charity Horse race meet…Ansa McAl, Nand Persaud Group and Delmur among major sponsors

A number of sponsors are already on board for the one day horserace meet organised by the No28 Bush Lot In Action Charity Group of Kildonan, Corentyne, Berbice. The meet is slated for Sunday November...

Brawl over banana plants… Man who fatally chopped taxi driver charged with manslaughter

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Brawl over banana plants… Man who fatally chopped taxi driver charged with manslaughter

A labourer who allegedly chopped and killed a taxi driver and injured his father in the process after they had an argument over some banana plants was on Monday granted $300,000 bail by Magistrate...

Berbice Cricket Board Second Division 40 overs…Wins for Bush Lot United and Hopetown

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board Second Division 40 overs…Wins for Bush Lot United and Hopetown

The Berbice Cricket Board’s Second Division Season in the Western Berbice Zone saw two exciting matches played in that area last Sunday, and the participating teams have all expressed their...

Enmore CCCC anniversary T20 Cricket Festival set for Sunday

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enmore CCCC anniversary T20 Cricket Festival set for Sunday

The Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (ECCCC) will be hosting several T20 cricket matches as part of its anniversary celebration on Sunday, at the Enmore Community Centre Ground, East Coast...

National intermediate Boxing Championships…Weigh-in this evening as Region Nine’s Savannah Boxing Gym makes debut

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National intermediate Boxing Championships…Weigh-in this evening as Region Nine’s Savannah Boxing Gym makes debut

The newly formed Savannah Boxing Gym (SBG), which was formed after Minister of Social Cohesion Dr. George Norton sent Coach Orland Rogers to Region Nine as part of a sport decentralizing programme,...

Guyoil shifts gear with International race of Champions

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil shifts gear with International race of Champions

The Guyana Oil Company, Guyoil is the latest sponsor of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sport’s Club International Race of Champions. The fuel giants yesterday handed over sponsorship through Marketing...

Turbo Knockout Football tournament …Grove Hi-tech and Shattas win on Tuesday

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo Knockout Football tournament …Grove Hi-tech and Shattas win on Tuesday

More action tonight at Ministry Ground The Turbo Knockout Football tournament had fireworks at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Tuesday evening with two fiery clashes which left fans buzzing...

Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Magistrate Rushell Liverpool yesterday dismissed the case against a fish vendor who was charged for trafficking over 18 pounds of cocaine in frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

THE NATION’S WELL-BEING

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE NATION’S WELL-BEING

Successive governments, including the present administration, have not been able to connect with the day-to-day activities of the average person in the country. It is either a case of neglect or...

FITUG wants more for public servants

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on FITUG wants more for public servants

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Guyana (FITUG) is of the view that public servants are being given an increase that can be deemed as ‘insulting’. This was one of the concerns raised...

They travelled miles to say farewell to ‘Saga’

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on They travelled miles to say farewell to ‘Saga’

By Bertie Peters They came from near, and they came from far. Some came by bus, and some by car. Some were curious, and some were bereaved, but they turned out in their numbers to join the usually...

Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Almost two years after works commenced, the completion of the rehabilitation of the Kitty Market is yet to be determined. The Council embarked on a $250M restoration exercise, on February 12, 2016,...

I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

We ordinary folks would never understand what goes through the minds of humans who possess power. How can you in one swoop demolish the houses of very poor citizens; people who are at the lowest rung...

MAYOR HAMILTON GREEN IS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on MAYOR HAMILTON GREEN IS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

Dear Editor, Every sportsman, athlete, leader or politician must know his/her ability and when is time to leave the scene. If they do not, then their judgment is poor. However, I would like to...

Chainsaw operator gets 22 yrs for killing drinking buddy

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator gets 22 yrs for killing drinking buddy

A remorseful 24-year-old Morris Fredericks was sentenced to serve the next 22 years in jail after pleading guilty to killing a man by chopping him to the neck—severing his jugular vein. Fredericks,...

These legal hurdles have to be resolved in our courts

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

Anil Nandlall and Chris Ram are correct in their interpretation of the double negative “not unacceptable” contained in Article 161 of the Constitution of Guyana. If it was the intention of the...

Chief Justice did not define what “fit and proper” means

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chief Justice did not define what “fit and proper” means

Dear Editor, The President’s unilateral appointment of Justice Patterson was undoubtedly undemocratic based solely on the principle of democracy. But the fact that he could have done so, arguably,...

Life sentence for rape of a three year old justified

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life sentence for rape of a three year old justified

Dear Editor, I wish to comment briefly on an article that I read recently headlined, ‘Corentyne labourer gets life sentence for raping three-year-old’. Justice Jo Ann Barlow, in her brilliance,...

The Annual Phillip Venderhyden Aid Walk is no more

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Annual Phillip Venderhyden Aid Walk is no more

Dear Editor, This year will mark thirty years since AIDS was first detected in Guyana and indeed the country has made many strides in reducing the spread of this virus in all the Regions. But alas,...

The President did not conform to the Chief Justice’s ruling

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President did not conform to the Chief Justice’s ruling

Dear Editor, As expected the highly controversial appointment of Justice Patterson as the GEOCOM’s Chairman has been delivered into the realm of our legal system to once again rule on a matter...

I have questions on the competence of this veterinarian

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have questions on the competence of this veterinarian

Dear Editor, I took my pet to the GSPCA located at Robb St. and Orange Walk, Bourda for some basic check up and treatment because he was behaving unusual and had runny eyes. When I entered the...

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