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Boxing Association sets the ball rolling

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing Association sets the ball rolling

Submits strategic visionary document to Minister of Sports The poor showing of Guyanese boxers at the Olympic Qualifier tournament in Brazil shortly before the commencement of the 2012 London...

Battle lines drawn at Camp Ayangana Ground today

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle lines drawn at Camp Ayangana Ground today

– Police, Soldiers clash for ISAAC title Traditionally, police are trained to enforce the law while soldiers usually protect domestic affairs drawing a distinct line between their professional...

Hand-in-Hand remains consistent with support for motor racing

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand remains consistent with support for motor racing

Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Company became the most recent entity to offer its support to the Caribbean ‘Race of Champions’ Meeting which is scheduled to be held on November 11, at the...

Converse Footwear backs Banks Beer KO Cup

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Converse Footwear backs Banks Beer KO Cup

With increasing demand for the second staging of the Banks Beer Knockout Cup, yet another Company has stepped forward with assistance for the event which took the country by storm last year when...

WICB announces television broadcast deal with TAJ TV for 7 Years

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB announces television broadcast deal with TAJ TV for 7 Years

– 253 Days of International Cricket ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced that Taj TV Limited has acquired television broadcast rights for West Indies...

Perry believes he should have got a better placing

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Perry believes he should have got a better placing

Guyana’s lone representative to the just concluded Darcy Beckles Invitational Classic, Mark ‘Uno’ Perry is of the view that he should have been given a better place, he ended 8th. The event,...

“Guyana Softball Cup 2” starts today

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Guyana Softball Cup 2” starts today

Fixtures for today in the Guyana Softball Cup cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) show several matches in the preliminary stage of the...

GFF Super League 2012/13…Buxton, Western Tigers & Milerock open on winning note

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League 2012/13…Buxton, Western Tigers & Milerock open on winning note

The 2012/13 edition of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League kicked off last weekend and continued on Wednesday, a total of five games being contested among the ten teams. Jumping...

Fun and frolic as Georgetown Turf Club hosts Gymkhana and Fun Day

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fun and frolic as Georgetown Turf Club hosts Gymkhana and Fun Day

The Georgetown Turf Club, situated aback of Mocha Arcadia, has entertained horse race pundits for over a decade. The club had fallen into hard times after the facility had been neglected. All this...

Female All Stars Team continue Training

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female All Stars Team continue Training

The Scotiabank/Pepsi Female All Stars Team will recommence training tomorrow at the GFC Ground commencing at 09:00hrs under the watchful eyes of Coach Joseph “Bill” Wilson and Asst Coach Andrea...

Paradise Community Day a success

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paradise Community Day a success

Young Stars, Tigers, Sweat Breakers win football titles; Four Corners best in dominoes The village of Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara held a successful Community Day of activities on Sunday...

Scrabble players compete in GASP Open Championships this Sunday

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players compete in GASP Open Championships this Sunday

Local scrabble players will resume their fierce rivalry for honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the GASP Open Championships slated for the Malteenoes Sports...

$GCA\ Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney continues this weekend$

GCA\ Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney continues this weekend

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\ Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney continues this weekend

The Georgetown Cricket Association\ Noble House Sea Foods 2-day second division competition continues tomorrow with three matches. In zone A, Police will clash with Ace Warriors at GNIC with Hortence...

GYO Sports Club to stage a softball competition and BBQ tonight

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GYO Sports Club to stage a softball competition and BBQ tonight

The Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) Sports Club will tonight stage a 10/10 softball cricket competition and Bar-B-Que at their Woolford Avenue ground. Proceedings are set to get...

Hughes quits Commission of Inquiry

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hughes quits Commission of Inquiry

– over grilling of Hicken There was drama at the High Court yesterday when Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes abruptly quit the Commission of Inquiry in the Linden killings following a...

Jagdeo vs. Kissoon libel case…Columnist presents research material to justify article

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo vs. Kissoon libel case…Columnist presents research material to justify article

By Zena Henry Former University of Guyana lecturer and Kaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon presented evidence yesterday in the Bharrat Jadgeo libel suit case to justify claims he made in a...

Another Harbour Bridge in the making

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another Harbour Bridge in the making

Government has announced that it will be embarking on studies for an alternative to the aging Demerara Harbour Bridge. Responding to questions Wednesday at the Office of the President, Transport...

AFC seeking legal advice to halt Marriott-branded hotel project

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC seeking legal advice to halt Marriott-branded hotel project

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is seeking legal advice to ascertain if an injunction could be granted on the grounds of illegality to halt the construction of a Marriot-branded hotel in Guyana –...

Boy, 11, found dead in drain

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 11, found dead in drain

A Herstelling lad was last night found dead in a drain aback of his home after disappearing for hours. Dead is Vikaash Singh, 11, of 447 Back Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. According to his...

Prequalification mechanism used by Health Ministry to come under scrutiny – AFC

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prequalification mechanism used by Health Ministry to come under scrutiny – AFC

The prequalification mechanism used by the Ministry of Health to award contracts for medicines and pharmaceuticals to some contractors, particularly the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation...

Dem boys seh…People got to pope dem big ones parties

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People got to pope dem big ones parties

People like holler when de slightest thing happen. Was de season of birthdays and dem boys seh that dem gun pope all dem birthday parties. Dem start fuh listen to all dem radio announcements and...

Findings of 2011 Auditor General Report… Govt. launches probe of irregularities at Regional level

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Findings of 2011 Auditor General Report… Govt. launches probe of irregularities at Regional level

Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Ganga Persaud, has expressed dissatisfaction over the number of irregularities which have been unearthed in the Auditor General’s 2011 report....

Mahdia residents demand REO’s removal

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia residents demand REO’s removal

– Call for water supply, better roads Residents of Mahdia, Region Eight, took to the streets in their numbers demanding the immediate removal of the Regional Executive Officer, Ronald...

Linden Commission of Inquiry…Lawyer says Rohee “failed to enhance the Police Force”

Nov 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…Lawyer says Rohee “failed to enhance the Police Force”

By Latoya Giles Attorney at law Basil Williams yesterday grilled the Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee as to why several recommendations in relation to police reform have not been implemented....

GUYANA HAS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS REPUTATION

Nov 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA HAS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS REPUTATION

A country has to safeguard its reputation. If it does not, it stands to lose massively. Guyana must not take lightly the allegations facing a top executive of EZjet. Guyana faces the risk of being...

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The PPP/C also drank the IMF/ World Bank Cool-Aid

Kaieteur News – The curious thing about politicians is how easily they forget their own past while presenting a revisionist... more