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Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Tourney Top seeds begin campaign on night three

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Tourney Top seeds begin campaign on night three

By Sean Devers The eagerly awaited top seeds beginning their campaign on Valentine’s night (Thursday) in the Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street and the...

Guyana among 35 MA’s to compete for regional title and 4 spots at FIFA U-17 WC 2019 Concacaf Under-17 Championship

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana among 35 MA’s to compete for regional title and 4 spots at FIFA U-17 WC 2019 Concacaf Under-17 Championship

Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) yesterday announced the host venue and dates for the 2019 Concacaf Under-17 Championship. The...

Guyanese Badminton Star Narayan Ramdhani battles in the ACAC Championships Hope to make it to Canadian Nationals

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Badminton Star Narayan Ramdhani battles in the ACAC Championships Hope to make it to Canadian Nationals

The sport of badminton has been part of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) landscape since 1965-66. Several schools have come-and-gone since then and the sport even took a brief...

NSC/ Magnum Mash Cup Must win scenario sets up exciting evening -Champs Bent Street, Sparta in race to qualify

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC/ Magnum Mash Cup Must win scenario sets up exciting evening -Champs Bent Street, Sparta in race to qualify

Just when you thought that the excitement witnessed in the three previous rounds of the preliminary phase could not be duplicated, tonight’s matchups in this year’s National Sports...

Patrick Forde Memorial Boxing Championships St Lucia’s Langalier out due to cut over left eye in training T&T’s Prince will now fight Amsterdam

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patrick Forde Memorial Boxing Championships St Lucia’s Langalier out due to cut over left eye in training T&T’s Prince will now fight Amsterdam

By Sean Devers The much anticipated match-up between St Lucia’s Arthur Langalier and Guyana’s Desmond Amsterdam which was set to headline tomorrow’s second annual Patrick Ford memorial...

DCB 2019 Under-15 Inter Association Georgetown emerge winner of the 2019 tourney

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB 2019 Under-15 Inter Association Georgetown emerge winner of the 2019 tourney

In the final round of the DCB 2019 Under-15 Inter Association Cricket tournament, the Georgetown duo Johan Campbell and Romero Deonarine humbled East Bank Demerara to secure the title, while East...

GSCL Inc Republic Cup set for tomorrow at Everest

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Republic Cup set for tomorrow at Everest

The 2019 edition of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc Republic Cup will be contested tomorrow at the Everest Cricket Club starting at 09:00hrs. The tournament, which is also being...

Annual Forbes Burnham Three-Stage Memorial Cycle Road Race pedals off tomorrow

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Forbes Burnham Three-Stage Memorial Cycle Road Race pedals off tomorrow

The nation’s riders will be locked in battle from tomorrow when the first stage of the annual Forbes Burnham Memorial Cycle Road Race, organized by the Flying Stars Cycle Club and sponsored...

Man, pregnant wife charged for scamming persons of house lots

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man, pregnant wife charged for scamming persons of house lots

A man, who told the court that he is an undercover agent attached to the Major Crimes Investigations Unit, and his wife who is seven months pregnant were yesterday charged and remanded to...

Undercover cop robbed at city bar… Third suspect charged

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Undercover cop robbed at city bar… Third suspect charged

A third suspect was yesterday arraigned before the court in relation to the robbery and stabbing of an undercover cop at a city bar last December. Michael Shepherd made an appearance before Senior...

Mixed signals

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mixed signals

While the limelight is now on the impending constitutional crisis, there is brewing another more worrying development. The economy is experiencing signs of stress which if not addressed can trigger...

New Pegasus Centre to be completed by 2020 year end

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New Pegasus Centre to be completed by 2020 year end

Works on the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre at Kingston, Georgetown, will be completed by the end of next year. However, the buildings will ready by the first half of next year. Pegasus owner,...

Indi Beharry, who became a household name, has died

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indi Beharry, who became a household name, has died

One of the executives of the iconic Edward B Beharry Group, whose name became synonymous with a brand of curry powder, has died. Inderjeet Beharry, known more popularly as ‘Indi’, was 78....

Cuban sentenced to prison for break and enter

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban sentenced to prison for break and enter

One of the Cuban nationals who appeared on January 29, 2019 for breaking into two variety stores and stealing a quantity of items returned to court yesterday and opted to change his plea of not...

Valerie Rodway: A fitting tribute

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Valerie Rodway: A fitting tribute

The event to commemorate the 100 birth anniversary of Valerie Rodway together with the naming of a state building after her is one of the refreshing mementos to have emerged since the birth of...

Jagdeo warns… All contractors awarded after March 19 could face court action

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo warns… All contractors awarded after March 19 could face court action

Contractors who accept contract awards from the government after March 19 could face legal action to recover funds disbursed under those contracts. This is according to Leader of the...

Verdict looms for accused in fish cleaner’s murder

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Verdict looms for accused in fish cleaner’s murder

Next week Thursday, High Court Judge James Bovell-Drakes will sum of the evidence in the trial of Quaison Jones, called ‘Blondie’, who is accused of the murder of his fellow fish cleaner,...

GPHC probes death of baby burnt in incubator

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC probes death of baby burnt in incubator

An investigation has been launched by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Brig. George Lewis, into the death of Quavo Daniel, the baby who died after being burnt...

UG administration calls for speedy resolution to industrial standoff

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG administration calls for speedy resolution to industrial standoff

Even as it advocates for a speedy resolution in the interest of all concerned, particularly its primary stakeholders – the students, the University of Guyana [UG] administration has maintained that...

Fallen Heroes Foundation continues to assist affected families

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fallen Heroes Foundation continues to assist affected families

The Guyana Police Force’s Fallen Heroes Foundation yesterday donated just under G$800,000 to the families of police officers who died in the line of duty. Accepting the donation were Enola...

CARPHA inks agreement to strengthen regional health security

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CARPHA inks agreement to strengthen regional health security

The islands and territories of the Caribbean region, though diverse in language, culture and status, share many public health challenges. These include chronic diseases, ageing populations,...

Noel Fernandes talks about winning GTT’s BMW X1

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Noel Fernandes talks about winning GTT’s BMW X1

Noel Fernandes was the grand prize winner of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) 2018 Plus Size Christmas promotion. It has been almost two months since he was announced the winner, but the...

Unity—a viewpoint

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Unity—a viewpoint

Conflicts, which in many ways adversely affect the lives of people can be heard of and be seen regularly. The many forms of conflict jeopardise the well-being of people be it physical,...

Banks DIH remembers charitable organisations

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH remembers charitable organisations

Banks DIH Limited hosted its Annual Senior Citizens Luncheon and Deeds of Covenant presentation ceremony, last week, as the Company provided charitable assistance. Twenty-seven religious and...

Drug running teen changes plea, jailed

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Drug running teen changes plea, jailed

A teenager who was caught with a quantity of drugs in a motorcar on December 3, last, and had pleaded not guilty, changed his plea yesterday and was sentenced to three years in jail. Delroy Paul, 18,...

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more