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One man protest against parking meters

Feb 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One man protest against parking meters

On Friday, Mikhail Rodrigues staged a one-man protest in front of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council chambers against the parking meter project which officially rolled out on Tuesday. Rodrigues...

GECOM Chairmanship… Opposition still to meet with Attorney General on interpretation

Feb 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairmanship… Opposition still to meet with Attorney General on interpretation

President David Granger yesterday provided an update to the media on the meeting between the Opposition and the Government on the interpretation of Article 161 (2), which speaks to the nominees for...

Anamayah Memorial Basketball competition Smythfield overcome arch rival New Amsterdam Warriors in overtime

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anamayah Memorial Basketball competition Smythfield overcome arch rival New Amsterdam Warriors in overtime

Arch rivals Smythfield Rockers and New Amsterdam Warriors played a tough game, with the Rockers coming from behind to win in overtime when they collided in a first round encounter of the annual...

GSCL Inc. Republic Cup 4 bowls off tomorrow

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. Republic Cup 4 bowls off tomorrow

The fourth annual Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc Republic Cup will commence tomorrow at several venues in Georgetown. The tournament will be played in the Open and Masters’ (over 40)...

NSC donates sports gear and equipment to Valmiki Vidyalaya High School

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC donates sports gear and equipment to Valmiki Vidyalaya High School

The National Sports Commission (NSC) on Tuesday donated Table Tennis and other sports gear and equipment to the Valmiki Vidyalaya High School that is located at 169 Peter Rose and Crown Streets,...

Harper returned unopposed as GCA President

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harper returned unopposed as GCA President

By Zaheer Mohamed Former West Indies All-rounder Roger Harper was re-elected unopposed as President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) when the body held its Annual General Meeting and...

Everest Cricket Club sprucing up

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest Cricket Club sprucing up

Leading cricket club in Georgetown, Everest Cricket Club is currently undergoing a physical transformation that is spearheaded by the executive body. The move follows a decision taken at the club’s...

FIFA agrees GFF has right to make changes to League

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA agrees GFF has right to make changes to League

The World Governing Football body, FIFA, has written to Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President, Wayne Forde, adding weight to the fact that the GFF has the right to make necessary changes to the...

RHTYSC/GBTI 5th annual Inter-Secondary School Tapeball Tournament launched

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC/GBTI 5th annual Inter-Secondary School Tapeball Tournament launched

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Friday last renewed their sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club/MS Inter-Secondary School Tapeball Cricket Tournament. The...

Ravens edge Nets in low-scoring Division I thriller -Eagles prevail over Plaisance in U-23 humdinger

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens edge Nets in low-scoring Division I thriller -Eagles prevail over Plaisance in U-23 humdinger

Dyna’s Ravens edged Republic Bank Nets in a low scoring First Division encounter when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League of Champions continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

GFF 2017 Mid-Season Transfers Finalised Conquerors boost up with 14, Tigers 9, Kings 8, Topp XX 7

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF 2017 Mid-Season Transfers Finalised Conquerors boost up with 14, Tigers 9, Kings 8, Topp XX 7

At the end of the official mid-season transfer period, eighty-two (82) transfers have been facilitated by the Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF). This period ended at midnight on January 31, 2017...

No AGM at DCC since 2014 as members question state of affairs at club

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on No AGM at DCC since 2014 as members question state of affairs at club

The state of affairs at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has been called into question by a number of concerned members who said that there has been no Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections at...

Guyana Cup rematch organisers release full programme for third edition

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup rematch organisers release full programme for third edition

After some amount of uncertainty, the third annual Guyana Cup rematch horserace meet is definitely on for February 26th. The event is organised by the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing stable in...

Spicer’s declaration fittingly applies to football detractors

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spicer’s declaration fittingly applies to football detractors

By Rawle Welch “Either get with the programme or they can go” were the words of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in response to actions taken by US Diplomats, who expressed disapproval to...

New Era Clash of the Champions set for next weekend

Feb 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era Clash of the Champions set for next weekend

The New Entertainment/Eyefull Entertainment, Stag Beer Futsal Clash of the Champions is set to be played next weekend, Saturday February 11 and the following Saturday February 18. The Guyana Football...

Man to stand trial for sodomising woman

Feb 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man to stand trial for sodomising woman

Euton Lyttle, 40, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court by Magistrate Dylon Bess at the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court which he is...

AFC National Conference … Trotman, Ramjattan and Nagamootoo to wrestle for party’s leadership spot

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News 2

Three of Guyana’s most seasoned attorneys-at-law will battle it out for the leadership position of the Alliance For Change (AFC) come Saturday at the party’s National Conference. The event is...

Registry faces dilemma with two registrars

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News 3

There is a strange situation at the Deeds and Commercial Registry, on the Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown. For more than a week now, there are two officials who are laying claims to the top post...

GRA to vigorously contest tax case with Banks DIH

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News 3

In light of the writ filed by Banks DIH Limited against the Guyana Revenue Authority, the tax entity said that it is fully prepared to vigorously contest this matter and looks forward to a thorough...

DNA test required as two families claim murder victim

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DNA test required as two families claim murder victim

A DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) test will have to be done on the remains of a murdered man, after two families showed up, claiming ownership of the corpse. The body was found at Iguana Sand, Cuyuni...

Special Prosecutors for Omar Shariff case

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Special Prosecutors for Omar Shariff case

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar-Ali-Hack has issued a decree to the six-member Special Prosecuting team to prosecute the money laundering case against former Permanent Secretary of...

Armed bandits storm newly-opened supermarket

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits storm newly-opened supermarket

…grab $700,000 cash, $150,000 in phone cards A Chinese national was gun-butted when four armed bandits, wearing construction hats, stormed his newly opened supermarket on Aubrey Barker Street,...

Foreign nationals fined for forgery, overstaying

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign nationals fined for forgery, overstaying

… after raid at Rio Night Club/Inn Four women – three nationals of the Dominican Republic and a Cuban – were yesterday fined and ordered deported after they were slapped...

‘Mad Max’ jailed for illegal gun, ammo

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Mad Max’ jailed for illegal gun, ammo

Rawle Franklin, who goes by the alias ‘Mad Max’, was yesterday jailed for a total of eight years and fined $120,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of illegal gun and ammunition...

Murder accused beaten by inmates after threatening to kill prison officers

Jan 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused beaten by inmates after threatening to kill prison officers

Collin Alleyne, who is on remand for the murder of Danrasie Ganesh, who was found dead in her Montrose, East Coast Demerara home, sustained several injuries about his body after he was attacked by...

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