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Zeeburg and Vergenoegen to meet in Final

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zeeburg and Vergenoegen to meet in Final

Zeeburg and Vergenoegen will meet in final of the Barakat Brother’s West Demerara Cricket competition Sunday October 4 at Meten-Meer-Zorg West ground from 10:00hrs. The winner will pocket $120,000...

Singh (119) Wintz (6-12) spur Canal Number 2 to final

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh (119) Wintz (6-12) spur Canal Number 2 to final

Twenty-one year old former West Indies under-19 left-hander Gajanand Singh made 113 off 79 balls with 14 fours and 5 sixes and Paul Wintz grabbed 6-12 to spur hosts Canal Number 2 Sports Club to...

Khan 68, Persaud guide Rising Star to victory

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan 68, Persaud guide Rising Star to victory

A fine half century by opener Yusuf Khan and a five wicket haul from medium pacer Roland Persaud guided Rising Star to victory over Untouchables as play in Busta twenty/20 cricket competition...

Khan took 4-19 as good Success beat Noitgedacht by 7 runs

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan took 4-19 as good Success beat Noitgedacht by 7 runs

Good Success SC defeated Noitgedacht SC by 7 runs in the final preliminary Zone B game of the Sterling Products 40 overs Cricket Competition last Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground in...

BCB honours 15 Cricket Workers of the Year

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB honours 15 Cricket Workers of the Year

Fifteen outstanding cricket officials drawn from clubs across Berbice were honoured last weekend by the Berbice Cricket Board for their contribution to cricket in the ancient county in 2009. The...

Two former Presidents inducted as BCB Life Members

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two former Presidents inducted as BCB Life Members

The Berbice Cricket Board last Thursday honoured two outstanding former Board Presidents for outstanding services by inducting them as Life Members. Malcolm Peters who served as President from 2004...

Joint Services too close to call after Day One

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joint Services too close to call after Day One

Soldiers hold two-point lead over Police By Edison Jefford

Positive Vibes FC cricket action continues Sunday

Sep 30, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Positive Vibes FC cricket action continues Sunday

The Positive Vibes Football Club situated in Paradise ECD has recently organized several tapeball cricket matches with an aim of promoting the sport in the Foulis/Buxton District. All matches will be...

Tain woman found murdered in bed

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Tain woman found murdered in bed

TAIN, CORENTYNE – The naked body of 49-year old Chintra Punwassy also known as ‘Chandra’ of Fourth Street, Tain Settlement on the Corentyne, was found in her bed early yesterday (Sunday)...

Children among protestors, picket Kwame at fashion show

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Children among protestors, picket Kwame at fashion show

A fashion show at the Promenade Gardens organised by the committee responsible for the Accolade Music Awards was yesterday picketed by a small but vocal group, which included children. The show is...

US-based family makes largest ever donation to local school

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US-based family makes largest ever donation to local school

The students of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School in Corneila Ida, West Coast Demerara will now benefit from advanced technology, thanks to a new computer lab equipped with a total of 47 flat screen...

Waramadong girl wins ‘Low Carbon’ Amerindian pageant

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Waramadong girl wins ‘Low Carbon’ Amerindian pageant

A 16-year-old Akawaio girl from Region Seven won the Miss Amerindian Heritage pageant early yesterday morning. However, the emphasis on the LCDS sucked the excitement and cultural bliss out of the...

CANU officers’ vehicle turned turtle, one critical

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CANU officers’ vehicle turned turtle, one critical

Four ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were injured at around 15:00 hrs yesterday after the vehicle in which they were traveling slammed into a tree after overturning at Timehri....

Man killed in begging turf row

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed in begging turf row

A brawl between two drug addicts over ‘begging rights’ ended with one of them dropping dead at the Georgetown Hospital yesterday after being clubbed in the head. The victim, identified as...

Commissioner of Police launches Scout Group in Linden

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner of Police launches Scout Group in Linden

The recently resuscitated Linden Police Station Management Committee (LPSMC) was on Saturday officially launched by Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, at the Banks DIH Tarmac on Republic Avenue...

Delivery of education should be intriguing – Permaul

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Delivery of education should be intriguing – Permaul

It is crucial that teachers understand their fundamental role to deliver with precision the Education Ministry’s curriculum at the varying levels in the quest to improve literacy and numeracy. Mrs....

Heart patient, 66, succumbs

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Heart patient, 66, succumbs

By Sharmain Cornette “There is no zero risk in heart surgery. Everybody who goes on the table runs a risk of dying from this procedure even though we think we may do our best.” Cardiac...

Relatives seek info on hit-and run driver

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives seek info on hit-and run driver

Relatives of Rory Mohan are pleading for public-spirited individuals to help them identify the hit-and run driver who caused his death last week. Mohan, 36, of Grove, East Bank Demerara and Howes...

Residents unhappy with police response to deliberate fire setting

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents unhappy with police response to deliberate fire setting

Despite recent warnings by Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, to prosecute persons who set fires indiscriminately, a Goedverwagting East Coast Demerara man did just that, much to the annoyance of...

New Vendors’ Mall set for commissioning Saturday

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New Vendors’ Mall set for commissioning Saturday

A massive gala, set for Saturday has been streamlined by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown through its Market Authority to officially declare the New Vendors Mall commissioned. Clerk of...

Locals consume beached whale meat

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Locals consume beached whale meat

A senior Ministry of Agriculture source has confirmed that the dead whale, which could have weighed tons, has now provided the North West District community with another source of meat. The 36 foot...

Construction of approach road for Harbour Bridge scale begins

Sep 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of approach road for Harbour Bridge scale begins

The truck scale constructed on the western side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) may soon become operational as works on an approach road finally commenced yesterday. This newspaper in its...

Robeson Benn’s Vinayak or vinaigrette

Sep 28, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Robeson Benn’s Vinayak or vinaigrette

It is coming on to a year now that the Ministry of Works and Transport under the controversial new PPP Tsar, Robeson Benn has bought a bitumen plant from Indian from a company named Vinayak and it...

BIRDS, BUSHES AND BODICES

Sep 28, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on BIRDS, BUSHES AND BODICES

If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, how many is a “bod” worth? I don’t mean “bod” as in “body” an abbreviation that is now in vogue as “He has...

Pro-Chancellor’s new book on Social Exclusion & Ethnicity

Sep 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pro-Chancellor’s new book on Social Exclusion & Ethnicity

The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr. Prem Misir, has landed another book publication. Ms. Patricia Schultz, Producer Editor, of The Edwin Mellen Press, recently informed the...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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