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Four Jaguars players in CWI President’s X1 – S/Lanka begins C’bean tour today with 3-Day game in T&T

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four Jaguars players in CWI President’s X1 – S/Lanka begins C’bean tour today with 3-Day game in T&T

Sri Lanka begins their fifth tour to the West Indies with a three-day warm-up game against a CWI President’s X1 from today at Brian Lara ground in South Trinidad. Four players who represented...

16th NAPF North American Powerlifting C/ships… Space Gym helps power Carlos Petterson

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 16th NAPF North American Powerlifting C/ships… Space Gym helps power Carlos Petterson

Space Gym has continued its tradition of supporting its members who have made the cut at the national level, tangibly. The latest athlete to benefit is national powerlifting sensation Carlos...

GABF awaits Government funding as CBC Championships’ tip off loom closer

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF awaits Government funding as CBC Championships’ tip off loom closer

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will be fielding two teams, Male and Female, in the 2018 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships which will be held in Paramaribo,...

Successful hosting of Caribbean women’s qualifier Group E tainted by power outage – Lady Jags fail to get past first round for the first time in nine years

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Successful hosting of Caribbean women’s qualifier Group E tainted by power outage – Lady Jags fail to get past first round for the first time in nine years

Following last year’s successful hosting of the CONCACAF under-17 girls World Cup qualifiers group D, the ruling regional football body had no regrets in granting the Guyana Football Federation...

Forty Pre Level One Coaches complete successful Brian Ramphal/BCB Coaching Programme

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forty Pre Level One Coaches complete successful Brian Ramphal/BCB Coaching Programme

The Ancient County of Berbice would now benefit from the services of Pre Level One Coaches, who on Saturday last successfully completed the Berbice Cricket Board organised Brian Ramphal Coaching...

ARMS overcome EISS to win E’BO final

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ARMS overcome EISS to win E’BO final

Anna Regina Multilateral School overcame Essequibo Islands Secondary School of Wakenaam by 50 runs to win the final of the Essequibo zone of the Guyana Cricket Board inter schools cricket...

BCB and RHTY&SC, MS to host Joseph “Reds” Perreira for historic visit in July

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB and RHTY&SC, MS to host Joseph “Reds” Perreira for historic visit in July

The Berbice Cricket Board is leaving no stone unturned as it forges ahead with plans to push cricket to its highest level in the Ancient County. The Board with support from the Rose Hall Town Youth...

Pooranmall and Jiaram take Top Honours at Independence Draughts

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pooranmall and Jiaram take Top Honours at Independence Draughts

The National Draughts Association ran off its Independence tournament last Sunday at the National Gymnasium. The game was played on the International 100 square Boards and as predicted; Khemraj...

Study to examine feasibility of Hope Canal water for drinking purposes

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Study to examine feasibility of Hope Canal water for drinking purposes

Guyana has been awarded US $1.3M to assist in the upgrade of its water sector. The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank yesterday approved the loan to the Government, which will be...

RHTY&SC congratulates six members on National Female Team Selection

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates six members on National Female Team Selection

The Patron, Management and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS is extending congratulation the six Club Members who were selected recently to play for Guyana in the upcoming...

Aviation authority installs new board

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aviation authority installs new board

– entity lauded for action taken last year against recently doomed Cuban aircraft With the appointment of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)’s new nine-member board, the local...

Sawh Volt Inc softball set for La Grange on June 10

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sawh Volt Inc softball set for La Grange on June 10

La Grange School ground will come alive on June 10 when the Sawh Volt 7-a-side softball cricket competition is being stage. The competition which is being organised by Greg Singh and Imran Hamid will...

Upper Corentyne Cricket Association hosts first ever Award Ceremony

May 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne Cricket Association hosts first ever Award Ceremony

History would be created on the 10th June, 2018, when the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association holds the first ever Award Ceremony for Cricketers in the Upper Corentyne Sub-Association. The hosting of...

GCCI to focus on Sovereign Wealth Fund at public lecture today

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI to focus on Sovereign Wealth Fund at public lecture today

As the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) endeavours to make a significant contribution to the building of Guyana’s oil and gas sector, the Chamber will be hosting a public lecture...

PAHO/WHO issues MMR vaccination advisory ahead of World Cup

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO/WHO issues MMR vaccination advisory ahead of World Cup

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization [PAHO/WHO] has recommended that all those travelling to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ensure that they´re up-to-date with all their...

Suriname grapples with solutions for Guyanese-dominated fishing sector

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname grapples with solutions for Guyanese-dominated fishing sector

Authorities in Suriname are continuing to brainstorm how to handle Guyanese fishermen there. That nation’s fishing sector, until now, has over the years remained one that was largely...

Mining company manager’s alleged killer remanded

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mining company manager’s alleged killer remanded

A 20-year-old mechanic who allegedly confessed to killing Guyanese/Canadian Neil Whyte, a Supply Chain Manager at Aurora Gold Mine, was yesterday arraigned and remanded for the crime. Anthony...

Public Service Credit Union reopens today

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Credit Union reopens today

…with Justice Prem Persaud-headed IMC Under the control of an Interim Management Committee [IMC], the Hadfield Street, Georgetown office of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union...

$200,000 bail for pregnant woman accused of strangling spouse

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $200,000 bail for pregnant woman accused of strangling spouse

Bail to the tune of $200,000 was yesterday granted to Melisha Silas, nearly a week after she reportedly confessed to strangling her reputed husband, Julian Anthony Ribeiro, during an...

It’s that time of the year again!

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on It’s that time of the year again!

Well, it’s the rainy season, and the going on the Linden/Lethem trail is proving once again to be a headache. This was the situation recently on the section between Mabura and Kurupukari.

Indigenous Issues in Guyana “Our Peoples”

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indigenous Issues in Guyana “Our Peoples”

Dear Editor, Silence is no longer the answer to the increasing level of disrespect that is being meted out to the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana. This public statement is only being made as a desperate...

28 companies bid to fence New Opportunity Corps

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 28 companies bid to fence New Opportunity Corps

As is usually done on Tuesdays, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board opened several bids. Among the first, the Ministry of Social Protection received 28 for the construction of a...

The coalition partners give rise to many questions

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition partners give rise to many questions

Dear Editor, If life were not precious and the well-being of people something to be taken seriously, the comical, dare I say, actions of politicians would be worthy of theatrical location. The...

Businessman gets reduced sentence for causing death of four-year-old

May 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman gets reduced sentence for causing death of four-year-old

The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced a four-year jail sentence imposed on businessman Tazim Gafoor in November 2014 for the death of four-year-old, Varshanie Seelall. In 2014, Gafoor, of Lot 39-40...

An apology is needed

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An apology is needed

Dear Editor, The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG) is calling on the administration of Mae’s private school in Subryanville to apologise to the Amerindian child it discriminated...

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