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GAPF/Fitness Express Raw Nationals…Lisa Oudit (Buddy’s) and Vijai Rahim (Hardcore Barbell Club) are Overall winners

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF/Fitness Express Raw Nationals…Lisa Oudit (Buddy’s) and Vijai Rahim (Hardcore Barbell Club) are Overall winners

Buddy’s Gym’s Lisa Oudit copped the Overall Best Lifter award on the distaff side, while Berbice’ Vijai Rahim of the Hadcore Barbell Club achieved a similar feat among the males when the Guyana...

Guyana has always been a fugitive’s haven

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has always been a fugitive’s haven

The revelation that prominent and recently-murdered Brazilian miner Antonio Da Silva was actually a notorious killer named Siviomar Antônio de Oliveira, has raised alarm bells among Guyanese....

Local boxers for Jamaica

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local boxers for Jamaica

The Guyana Boxing Association intends to send a team of four boxers and one official to the inaugural Guyana versus Jamaica competition to be held in St Elizabeth, Jamaica on Saturday October 7. The...

GTT National Indoor Championships…GCC and Old Fort clubs dominate finals

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Championships…GCC and Old Fort clubs dominate finals

Bounty GCC continued their unrivalled success in the GTT National Indoor Hockey championship with another 1st division title. In the playoff, they were up against the impressive Old Fort unit that...

Female entrepreneurs to partake in global summit set for India

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Female entrepreneurs to partake in global summit set for India

Three female entrepreneurs have been selected to represent Guyana at the upcoming eighth annual Global Entrepreneur Summit (GES) to be held from November 28 to 30 in Hyderabad, India. Those...

Antigua Independence T20 Cricket…Guyana face Jamaica in match two on Oct. 7

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Antigua Independence T20 Cricket…Guyana face Jamaica in match two on Oct. 7

Johnson feels more T20 cricket needed locally By Sean Devers The second annual Antigua & Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) Independence T20 tri-Nation series is scheduled to run from October...

Region Four has highest number of child sex abuse cases

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News 2

Director of Child Services, Ann Greene has said that Region Four has recorded the highest number of reported child sexual abuse in the country. The CPA Director was at the time addressing a...

Adana Homes of Canada provides cricket gears for Everest CC

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adana Homes of Canada provides cricket gears for Everest CC

ADANA HOMES, A Canadian Realty Brokerage Inc has invested in the development of young cricketers of the Everest Cricket Club located at Camp Road, Georgetown. The sponsorship was initiated by Anil...

Wins for Essequibo and Georgetown

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Essequibo and Georgetown

Essequibo maintained their lead at the top of the points table with a 169-run win over Upper Corentyne, while Georgetown defeated West Demerara by six wickets when the fifth round Cricket Guyana Inc...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Lower Corentyne register emphatic win over East Coast

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Lower Corentyne register emphatic win over East Coast

Johnson, Smith & Permaul shine with the ball By Sean Devers Led by incisive fast bowling by Raun Johnson and Nail Smith, Lower Corentyne registered their third win on the penultimate day of their...

GABA/Banks DIH playoffs…Colts sweep Under-23 finals; Plaisance win game 2 in Open Division

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Banks DIH playoffs…Colts sweep Under-23 finals; Plaisance win game 2 in Open Division

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water leagues have reached the playoffs stage. The latest action saw Plaisance Guardians rebounding to win game two of...

A question Guyanese must demand PPP leaders answer

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

In 2005, the Unites States Government, acting on information received, suspended the diplomatic and non-immigrant visas of Guyana’s Minister of International Trade, Clement Rohee. His president at...

Luzerne Invitational…Andrea Foster wins first Cross County contest this year

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Luzerne Invitational…Andrea Foster wins first Cross County contest this year

USA based Scholarship athlete Andrea Foster, pursuing a Major in General Science (Bio-Med) at the Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey was successful in her first Cross Country event on Saturday...

Region Three claim softball title at CORE Inter Region day of sports

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Region Three claim softball title at CORE Inter Region day of sports

Region three emerged champions when Community Organise to Restore the Environment (CORE) of Region five staged its inter region day of sports Saturday at Woodley Park Sports Club ground, West Coast...

“Hinterland Region Guyana’s next frontier for agricultural development”

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Hinterland Region Guyana’s next frontier for agricultural development”

– Min. Holder Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo yesterday officially launched Agriculture Month under the theme, “Food Security and Hinterland Development: Our National Priority”,...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…East Bank beat West Berbice by 4 wickets

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…East Bank beat West Berbice by 4 wickets

East Bank had an easy four-wicket win over West Berbice on the final day of their fifth round GCB/CGI three-day Franchise League at Bush Lot yesterday. Resuming on 62-2 needing 140 to win, East Bank...

Six questions the City Council need to answer

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Six questions the City Council need to answer

Dear Editor, Every now and then, I observe press releases, letters to the Editor and some grand announcements emanating out of the Georgetown City Council, regarding some pie in the sky ideas like...

Guyana’s Community-based tourism impresses Barbados team

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Community-based tourism impresses Barbados team

Guyana’s Tourism was once again showcased as a team of Barbadian Tourism experts conducted a five-day “Fam: trip” (Familiarisation Tour) organised by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA)....

Street Vybz Entertainment Futsal…North Ruimveldt hammer Brazilians to advance

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Street Vybz Entertainment Futsal…North Ruimveldt hammer Brazilians to advance

North Ruimveldt took a different route to that of Ol Skool Ballers after inflicting a 7-1 hammering on a Brazilian combination to advance to the round robin phase of the inaugural Street Vybz...

Guyana needs ten regional libraries with ICT centres

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs ten regional libraries with ICT centres

Dear Editor, Much has been said about improving education standards in Guyana and the wider world. Education opens us all to a world of opportunities. In getting educated, we learn to develop our...

Heritage and Education month activities held at Ituni

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heritage and Education month activities held at Ituni

Amerindian Heritage and Education month activities were recently held at Ituni over a three day period. The event was sponsored by the Guyana Forestry Commission and saw students of the Ituni Nursery...

A DIMINISHING MIDDLE-CLASS

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A DIMINISHING MIDDLE-CLASS

It is said that a strong middle-class is the bedrock of a country’s economic prosperity. In Guyana as in other countries, it is the middle-class who work and pay taxes, provide most of the...

Orealla, Siparuta youths put on impressive performance

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Orealla, Siparuta youths put on impressive performance

– as Heritage Month concludes Youth of Orealla and Siparuta, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) dazzled Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sports,...

Some queries about the new harbour bridge to note

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some queries about the new harbour bridge to note

Dear Editor, A visit to the website of the company awarded the design of the Harbour Bridge (Lievense CSO) does not provide any supporting evidence of their expertise in the design of either Bascule...

Minister Allicock has turned a blind eye to this violation

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Allicock has turned a blind eye to this violation

Dear Editor, The residents of the Parikwaranau Village located in South-Central Rupununi, Region 9 (Upper Takatu – Upper Essequibo) are highly concerned that a known cattle rancher has taken over...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more