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GCB extends heartfelt condolences on the passing of Mr. Harold Dhanraj

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB extends heartfelt condolences on the passing of Mr. Harold Dhanraj

It was with great sadness that the executives and staff of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) learnt of the passing of former Vice President of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) and Club Captain and Coach...

Monedderlust is new Berbice FA 2019 NAMILCO U17 League Champions

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Monedderlust is new Berbice FA 2019 NAMILCO U17 League Champions

Played on Sunday in brilliant sunshine at the Esplanade Park in New Amsterdam before a fair-sized crowd, Monedderlust with a rearguard Tyrone Delph strike in the dying minutes (84th) defeated NA...

Solitary bid submitted for completion of solar farm at Mabaruma

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Solitary bid submitted for completion of solar farm at Mabaruma

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened 62 bids for 11 major governmental projects. One notable project included the completion works for the 400kWp solar PV...

Merriman Funeral Homes Inc supports Champion of Champions 2

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Merriman Funeral Homes Inc supports Champion of Champions 2

Organising secretary of the Guyana Domino League (GDL) Mark Wiltshire has gained the backing of Merriman Funeral Homes Inc for the staging of the Champion of Champions 2 dominoes competition which is...

Timber sales up as industry records US$18M in first half

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Timber sales up as industry records US$18M in first half

– 61 concessions awarded recently to small operators Local sales for timber are up despite a slight downturn in exports for the first half of the year. The disclosures were made yesterday by...

Lack of urgency cost Jaguars a semi-final spot – Johnson

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lack of urgency cost Jaguars a semi-final spot – Johnson

By Sean Devers in Trinidad The weather was gloomy as the Guyana Jaguars departed the Hilton Hotel in Port-of-Spain just after mid-day yesterday for the Piarco Airport and their flight back home and...

Give local companies first consideration of refusal – CEO, Africa Energy Consortium

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Give local companies first consideration of refusal – CEO, Africa Energy Consortium

Local companies should be given the first consideration of refusal for the provision of goods and services for the oil sector. That was the assertion of Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Energy...

Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers schools’ football league

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers schools’ football league

Lodge Secondary lead points table Lodge Secondary look primed to dethrone East Coast boys’ Annandale Secondary in the Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers schools’ football league after maintaining their...

Good Success/SS/ Jaguars claim Mike’s Pharmacy and Trophy Stall U19 title-Wakenaam

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good Success/SS/ Jaguars claim Mike’s Pharmacy and Trophy Stall U19 title-Wakenaam

Good Success/Sans Souci/Sans Souci Jaguars combined defeated Maria’s Pleasure/Zeelandia combined by 23 runs to win the final of the Mike’s Pharmacy/Trophy Stall U19 40-over cricket competition...

Three injured as truck crashes into Republic Bank fence at Triumph

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three injured as truck crashes into Republic Bank fence at Triumph

Even though the police force is trying desperately to educate drivers about the dangers of speeding, commuters still continue to ignore their warnings as well as safety signs; thus putting their...

GCUC BGM set for February 16; DCUSA AGM to be held on January 12

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUC BGM set for February 16; DCUSA AGM to be held on January 12

The Bi-annual General Meeting of the Guyana Cricket Umpires’ Council will be held on Sunday February 16 at the Mayor and City Council Union Hall Building, Woolford Avenue at 10:00hrs. The agenda...

EPFA Senior KO Charity Extreme and Mainstay Gold Star to clash in final

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on EPFA Senior KO Charity Extreme and Mainstay Gold Star to clash in final

Ahead of the GFF Super 16 2019/2020 championship, the Essequibo Pomeroon Football Association (EPFA) has put together a knockout tournament to arrive at its representative team for the year-end...

Smaller-sized GuySuCo braces for major shortfall this year

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Smaller-sized GuySuCo braces for major shortfall this year

Problems with factories have been blamed for the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) likely suffering from a major shortfall this year. According to the Guyana Agricultural and General...

GTT hosts Christmas Blood Drive

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT hosts Christmas Blood Drive

GTT, in collaboration with the National Blood Bank, yesterday hosted its first internal Christmas blood drive at the telephone company’s 79 Brickdam location. Staff members took the opportunity and...

DMW Hockey Festival Guyanese clubs looking to retain titles

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMW Hockey Festival Guyanese clubs looking to retain titles

The 15th Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) international hockey festival hits off this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall ( CASH) with five matches from 17:00hrs. This year, the tournament will...

Multimillion-dollar soil and disease-testing lab commissioned in Port Mourant

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Multimillion-dollar soil and disease-testing lab commissioned in Port Mourant

At a cost of $40M, Nand Persaud and Company Ltd, led by business moguls Rajendra and Mohindra Persaud, on Monday officially opened the doors to its newly-constructed soil and plant-testing laboratory...

Guyana’ participation C’bean Boxing C/ships in Limbo

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’ participation C’bean Boxing C/ships in Limbo

TTBA worried this could adversely affect C/Ships By Sean Devers in Trinidad Guyana’s participation in this year’s Caribbean Boxing Championships which is scheduled for December 4-9 at the...

Amy Grant keeps overcoming the challenges – claims 5 golds again at Schools C/ships

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amy Grant keeps overcoming the challenges – claims 5 golds again at Schools C/ships

Amy Grant, the sixth former from School of the Nations has done it again in the 59th edition of the GTU/MOE 2019 Nationals Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships. Grant, who...

Berbice businessman suspects arson as home, business razed

Nov 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice businessman suspects arson as home, business razed

A businessman of Number 75 Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice believes that his home and business were targets of arson after he was awakened to find his property up in flames yesterday just around...

A crucial point Donald Rodney missed on the PNC-WPA union

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A crucial point Donald Rodney missed on the PNC-WPA union

In the Donald Rodney vigil last Thursday outside the Court of Appeal, a little but serious disagreement broke out between Donald and Tacuma Ogunseye. I didn’t think it was proper for me to get...

Albion whip Port Mourant by 106 runs in Balram Shane Memorial Cricket

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion whip Port Mourant by 106 runs in Balram Shane Memorial Cricket

It was Albion’s 15th title in the 20 years’ history of the match, organised by Rose Hall Town’s Businessman Deonarain Balram in memory of his late father Balram Shane and also as a...

East Coast Demerara Inter Secondary School 5 miles Road Relay set for Saturday

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Demerara Inter Secondary School 5 miles Road Relay set for Saturday

Secondary Schools on the East Coast of Demerara will compete in a 5 miles Road relay race on Saturday 30th November starting at 6:00am. The race will be run from Unity, Mahaica Gas Station to...

A master organisation in action

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A master organisation in action

The group can claim to be the best organised, most efficiently produced and directed entity in Guyana. It is ahead of the rigid command and control structure of even the Guyana Defence Force. Like it...

What is the surge in school violence telling Guyana?

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the surge in school violence telling Guyana?

Dear Editor, No need for an answer–— the wave of school violence reveals an ailing culture Bullying and school violence remains a multi-faceted issue, that not only affects public health but...

An injustice is being inflicted on the memory of Walter Rodney

Nov 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An injustice is being inflicted on the memory of Walter Rodney

Dear Editor, The current APNU-AFC administration continues to makes blunders, the most recent being the dropping of the Walter Rodney name from the National Archives. The Walter Rodney National...