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Wins for SS Jaguars, Maria’s Pleasure and G Square Cavaliers

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for SS Jaguars, Maria’s Pleasure and G Square Cavaliers

Sans Souci Jaguars, Maria’s Pleasure and G Square Cavaliers recorded victories when the Wakenaam Cricket Committee Birbal Constructing Establishment T20 tournament continued on Sunday last. At the...

PPP will not disclose campaign finances, this election cycle – General Secretary

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP will not disclose campaign finances, this election cycle – General Secretary

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that the party is not against publishing a register of campaign donations during an election cycle. However, the...

T&T and Windward Islands unbeaten on Day 1 of Girls U19 T20

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T and Windward Islands unbeaten on Day 1 of Girls U19 T20

COUVA, Trinidad- Hosts Trinidad and Tobago defeated both Barbados and Guyana at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain Couva in the opening day of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Trinidad and...

Minister Cathy Hughes is asking Gail Teixeira to apologise

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Cathy Hughes is asking Gail Teixeira to apologise

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, is demanding $10M from Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, for libel pertaining to statements the latter made recently on a contract issued to...

Former Insurance Manager slapped with $20M Fraud Charge

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former Insurance Manager slapped with $20M Fraud Charge

A former Insurance manager has been charged for fraud. Lyndon Stephney appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to respond to allegations of...

Jumbo Jet Triple Crown final legShoot completed for Sunday’s finale

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Triple Crown final legShoot completed for Sunday’s finale

The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) will complete the first Triple Crown horseracing event to be contested in Guyana this Easter Sunday at the Port Mourant Turf Club in Corentyne,...

International Import and Supplies supports Fisherman Masters

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on International Import and Supplies supports Fisherman Masters

International Import and Supplies has thrown their support behind Fisherman Masters to aid in their successful participation in the New York Softball Cricket League slated for June. At a simple...

Jagdeo calls for police investigation into Housing Minister’s scandal

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo calls for police investigation into Housing Minister’s scandal

Leader of the opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is calling for police investigation into the scandal surrounding the contracts awarded to the husband of Housing Minster, Valerie Adams-Yearwood. Speaking on...

CICC overcome Windsor Forest CC

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CICC overcome Windsor Forest CC

Host Cornelia Ida Cricket Club defeated Windsor Forest Cricket Club by 77 runs when the teams collided on Sunday last in the West Demerara Cricket Association Beacon Café 50-over tournament....

Larry Singh loses bid in challenge to GRA over breach of contract

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Larry Singh loses bid in challenge to GRA over breach of contract

The Full Court of the High Court on Wednesday handed down a decision which essentially upheld a previous ruling against embattled businessman, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Singh for breaching the Procurement...

40 Guyanese to be honoured with entrepreneurial Awards

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 40 Guyanese to be honoured with entrepreneurial Awards

Under the theme ‘Building Bridges, Passing Batons’, Brand YOUth will be honouring 40 young Guyanese at its inaugural Forty Under Forty Entrepreneurial Awards Ceremony. This event will be held on...

BCB launches Stag Beer 50-Overs Round Robin First Division Cricket Tourney with Ansa Mcal

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches Stag Beer 50-Overs Round Robin First Division Cricket Tourney with Ansa Mcal

Between late 2016 to February 2018, the Berbice Cricket Board was unable to successfully complete one cricket tournament, while no proper tournament was being organised at any level. On Tuesday last,...

GNBA releases list of compliant broadcasters

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA releases list of compliant broadcasters

The Guyana National Broadcasters Authority (GNBA) has released the list of who are the only compliant broadcasters for this year. Consequently they are the only broadcasters authorized to...

GSAUMA C/Ship set for July, Locals in need of support

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSAUMA C/Ship set for July, Locals in need of support

On March 31st last, Korean International Martial Arts Guyana (KIMAG) hosted the Pre-Qualifier Martial Arts Championship where over 100 competitors from various organizations across Guyana competed to...

That sacrifice is needed

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on That sacrifice is needed

This country is in dire need of those sons and daughters, those leaders and servers, those powerful and less fortunate to be self-sacrificing. What happened today, some two thousand years ago...

Restricting Jagdeo’s right to free speech will come back to haunt

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Restricting Jagdeo’s right to free speech will come back to haunt

As each day goes by the APNU+AFC leaders are cementing deep in the psyche of countless numbers that they are not morally and politically superior to their predecessors – the PPP. I have always...

Former RHTYSC Member Michael Trim gives back to ClubContinues to make a positive difference

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former RHTYSC Member Michael Trim gives back to ClubContinues to make a positive difference

Since its formation in 1990, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS has had over two thousands pass through its membership and many of them continues to give back on a regular basis to the...

Orealla village now has six internet hotspots

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Orealla village now has six internet hotspots

The village of Orealla in the easternmost part of the Ancient County of Berbice is now online. Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, and head of the National Data Management Authority,...

Trophy Stall rides with Jumbo Jet Triple Crown

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall rides with Jumbo Jet Triple Crown

Guyana’s leading distributors in silverware, Trophy Stall, continued its support of horseracing by committing sponsorship for the final leg of the Inaugural Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee...

Government to review employment policies for persons with disabilities

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Government to review employment policies for persons with disabilities

Minister of Public Affairs, Mrs. Dawn Hastings-Williams, said on Thursday, that the government is committed to reviewing and discussing policies aimed at increasing the number of qualified...

GFF-KFC National ‘Independence Cup’ launched

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF-KFC National ‘Independence Cup’ launched

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Edward B. Beharry Group through their Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise holding, have joined forces to produce a nationwide Under-20 tournament,...

UG students present research projects in Guyana and Georgia, USA

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG students present research projects in Guyana and Georgia, USA

Nearly 400 undergraduate students of the University of Guyana (UG) were involved in research conferences held in Guyana and Georgia, USA, last week. The conferences were intended to showcase their...

Bartica Easter Regatta – Powerboat RacesBattle of the giants when the ‘Jaguar’ meet ‘Quicksilver’

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Easter Regatta – Powerboat RacesBattle of the giants when the ‘Jaguar’ meet ‘Quicksilver’

We are just days away from what is anticipated to be one of the most cracking powerboat races showdown in the history of the Bartica Easter Regatta, this Sunday and Monday at the Golden Beach...

Windies U-15 Championship in Antigua Guyana beat L/Wards by 104 runs

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies U-15 Championship in Antigua Guyana beat L/Wards by 104 runs

Guyana, led be a Player-of-the-Match performance from Zachary Jodah, beat the Leeward Islands by 96 runs yesterday at Liberta after winning the toss and making 264 for 6 in 50.0 overs in Sunny...

Good Friday must not become Bad Friday

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Good Friday must not become Bad Friday

Good Friday is a Christian holiday which marks the death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion some two thousand years ago. It is for Christians a solemn day in which they recap the events of...