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NAMILCO outfits Fruta Conquerors for Concacaf Caribbean Shield Championship

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO outfits Fruta Conquerors for Concacaf Caribbean Shield Championship

By Franklin Wilson As the leading manufacturers of flour in Guyana continues to celebrate its 50th year in existence, the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) continues to maintain its...

Guyana Police receives cricket gear form NY Police

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police receives cricket gear form NY Police

On Monday last, the Guyana Police Force received a donation of Cricket gear from their counterp On Monday last, the Guyana Police Force received a donation of Cricket gear from their counterparts at...

Matthews, Knight, Dottin power Barbados to comprehensive win over Windward Islands

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matthews, Knight, Dottin power Barbados to comprehensive win over Windward Islands

Barbados recorded a massive 239-run victory over Windward Islands when the teams collided in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super 50 tournament yesterday at...

Major development for Region 6 sports facilities ― Infrastructural works slated for Scottsburg, Bermine, Rose Hall Town Sports Complex

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Major development for Region 6 sports facilities ― Infrastructural works slated for Scottsburg, Bermine, Rose Hall Town Sports Complex

DPI, Guyana – Several sports facilities in East Berbice-Corentyne, Region Six, are expected to receive major upgrades in 2019. This was disclosed by Director of Sports, Christopher Jones,...

Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Under 18 Schools Football Tournament

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Under 18 Schools Football Tournament

Linden Foundation earn 1-0 win over New Silvercity Secondary to start tourney Another double header on today Play in the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden Schools Under-18 football championship, now...

BCB/NBS Second Division Cricket TournamentKevin and Junior Sinclair inspire Rose Hall Town Bakewell to another Championship

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/NBS Second Division Cricket TournamentKevin and Junior Sinclair inspire Rose Hall Town Bakewell to another Championship

Three years ago, Rose Hall Town Bakewell became the Runner-up of the Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society Second Division 40-Overs Cricket Tournament when they lost to Tucber Park by a...

Dylan Fields is top shot at 2nd GuyanaNRA Recorded Shoot

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dylan Fields is top shot at 2nd GuyanaNRA Recorded Shoot

Vice Captain Dylan Fields ended as the top shot when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) held its second Recorded Shoot on Sunday last at the Timehri Rifle Ranges, Yarrowcabra, Linden...

ITTF Director and Latin American TTU Committee official is Caribbean C/ships Referee

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ITTF Director and Latin American TTU Committee official is Caribbean C/ships Referee

International Table Tennis Federation Umpire Expert and Director of Rules and Umpiring for the Latin American Table Tennis Union Latin America Rules and Judging Committee, Ms Yoanna Ramirez will...

Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Taylor’s 119 overshadows Campbelle’s 111 as Guyana lose again Jamaica join T&T with back-to-back wins

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Taylor’s 119 overshadows Campbelle’s 111 as Guyana lose again Jamaica join T&T with back-to-back wins

By Sean Devers Under a clear blue sky with a cooling breeze from the Atlantic Ocean blowing across Everest in sweltering heat, Guyana Captain Shemaine Campbelle waltzed to the first century in the...

BCB/Elizabeth Styles 2019 Under-21 Cricket Tournament Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion CC among teams advancing to next round

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Elizabeth Styles 2019 Under-21 Cricket Tournament Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion CC among teams advancing to next round

The Berbice Cricket Board organised Elizabeth Styles Under-21 Cricket Tournament continued recently in the Ancient County. A total of 20 teams are participating in the Knockout 50-Overs Tournament...

BCB/Elizabeth Styles 2019 Under-21 Cricket Tournament Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion CC among teams advancing to next round

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Elizabeth Styles 2019 Under-21 Cricket Tournament Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion CC among teams advancing to next round

The Berbice Cricket Board organised Elizabeth Styles Under-21 Cricket Tournament continued recently in the Ancient County. A total of 20 teams are participating in the Knockout 50-Overs Tournament...

2nd London/Lambert Cycling Classic set for tomorrow – Bauxite Flyers Club officials

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd London/Lambert Cycling Classic set for tomorrow – Bauxite Flyers Club officials

Several categories of cyclists are down to compete when the second annual London and Lambert Classic races come off in Linden tomorrow. The organisers of the event are the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle...

Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry improves hinterland social services

Mar 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry improves hinterland social services

Celebrating the Ministry’s Social Work Department on World Social Work Day –Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs invested a lot of money to improve social services across the Hinterland....

Jury acquits rape accused

Mar 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jury acquits rape accused

After about two hours of deliberations, a jury by a verdict of 10 not guilty to two guilty, yesterday acquitted Conway Gray who was accused of raping a three-year-old girl. The proportionate not...

James Patterson is not fit and improper to be GECOM’s chairman

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on James Patterson is not fit and improper to be GECOM’s chairman

Here are my opinions on the unfolding political scenario. 1– From the time President Granger selected Patterson outside of the Carter/Price blueprint, I believed he was laying the foundation for...

Mayor meets Public Infrastructure Minister

Mar 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor meets Public Infrastructure Minister

On March 14, last, the Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, paid a courtesy visit to Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson. The deliberations were deemed successful. The Mayor shared...

Senior Customers – Ill-served

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Senior Customers – Ill-served

DEAR EDITOR, The old lady complained that she did not receive her usual monthly bill from GT&T, through the post. When she eventually got through to – of all places ‘Customer Service’ –...

Memorial Service for Miles Fitzpatrick

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Memorial Service for Miles Fitzpatrick

DEAR EDITOR, Aptly named ‘Miles’ was always ahead of the pack – of colleagues with whom he associated. Somehow, he would seem a different class, even amongst other luminary legal practitioners....

Moving forward in the 21st Century

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moving forward in the 21st Century

DEAR EDITOR, After reading Freddie’s article posted in yesterday’s KN (19th March 2019), I became compelled to write this letter. We, the Guyanese at home, really need to step up our game...

Mr. Pollard misrepresents my argument

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Pollard misrepresents my argument

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Bryn Pollard in his letter yesterday (“My friend’s thinking may have evolved”) accused me of inconsistency. Well, I am in the good company of those who see no problem with...

Pertinent questions for Professor Duke Pollard

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pertinent questions for Professor Duke Pollard

DEAR EDITOR, I read with interest and concern an Article in the press by Professor Duke Pollard, former Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice, in which he wrote touching and concerning the No...

Will this heroic woman be granted national recognition?

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will this heroic woman be granted national recognition?

DEAR EDITOR, On the 14th March 2019, the Guyana Chronicle carried an article of an ordinary woman (Dianne Henry) who placed her husband (a farmer) in a canoe and paddled for about 40 miles to seek...

Dancing between the raindrops

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dancing between the raindrops

DEAR EDITOR, I recently attended a surprise dinner for a close colleague who attained the status of what I fondly refer to as senior citizen first class (NIS pension at 60 is 2nd class).During the...

Without these improved practices, the rice industry’s long term future looks bleak

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Without these improved practices, the rice industry’s long term future looks bleak

DEAR EDITOR, In 2008/2009, I undertook a project to work with GRDB’s Extension Division to improve rice fertilization in Guyana. This field project was sponsored by Fertilizer Corporation of...

These are facts Mr. Ram left out of his letter

Mar 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on These are facts Mr. Ram left out of his letter

DEAR EDITOR, I write in response to a letter by Christopher Ram, captioned “GECOM’s requirement of a minimum period of 148 days to hold elections is an admission of its incompetence” (SN:...

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