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WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament… Miller, Brown bowl Jamaica to 215 runs win over Guyana

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament… Miller, Brown bowl Jamaica to 215 runs win over Guyana

Baugh hits 99, Johnson slams half century By Zaheer Mohamed Left arm spinner Nikita Miller and leg spinner Odean Brown shared eight wickets between them to hand Jamaica a 215 run win over...

Mathias wins GFF Presidency

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mathias wins GFF Presidency

Christopher Mathias survived three stiff rounds of voting to eventually amass 11 votes to defeat his nearest rival, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major to ascend to the presidential seat of the Guyana...

Hand in Hand on board as DCB second division club cricket competition resumes

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand on board as DCB second division club cricket competition resumes

After a two years absence from rendering sponsorship, the Hand in Hand group of Companies have once again acquiesced to the renewal of a previous commitment to support cricket and yesterday...

Powerade cycle race set for Sunday April 21 on the Westside

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerade cycle race set for Sunday April 21 on the Westside

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the Second Powerade 50 Miles Cycle Road Race on Sunday, April 21, 2013 on the West Bank of Demerara. The race will commence at 08:00hrs...

Guyana Boxing Board of Control ‘Firestorm’… Jamaican, Sakima Mullings adding ‘Fiah’ to ‘Firestorm’ as fight night nears

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Board of Control ‘Firestorm’… Jamaican, Sakima Mullings adding ‘Fiah’ to ‘Firestorm’ as fight night nears

By Michael Benjamin Guyanese boxing buffs lamenting the paucity of qualitative boxing cards locally will be able to quench those desires when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)...

Georgetown Masters Footballers preparing for overseas tourney with practice game today

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Masters Footballers preparing for overseas tourney with practice game today

The Georgetown Masters Football Club will continue their preparations for a visit to Barbados during May month to participate in a tournament there. They are set to face a Brazilian team in a...

LABA Secondary Schools U-19 basketball Championship…Defending champ LTI battle Christianburg Wismar in Monday’s opener

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA Secondary Schools U-19 basketball Championship…Defending champ LTI battle Christianburg Wismar in Monday’s opener

– Statisticians clinic set for today at MSC This year’s Linden Secondary Schools Under-19 basketball championships will bounce Monday with one game between defending champions...

All set for Bush Lot United Turf Club grand horserace meet tomorrow

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Bush Lot United Turf Club grand horserace meet tomorrow

All systems are in place and all roads lead to the Bush Lot United Turf Club, Sea View Park, Bush Lot West Coast Berbice tomorrow for the entity’s grand One day Horserace meet. The...

STSC to hold Dominoes competition tomorrow

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC to hold Dominoes competition tomorrow

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee will be hosting a 12 team Dominoes competition in honour of Johnny Barnwell (67th) and Kevin Mingo Birth Anniversaries tomorrow at Belladrum West...

GRFU starts preparations for NACRA 15’s Men’s championship today

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU starts preparations for NACRA 15’s Men’s championship today

The new Executives of the GRFU met on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Guyana Olympic Association to discuss matters pertaining to Rugby Season 2013. Several administrative and financial...

Riverton Suites sponsors Upper Corentyne Cricket Association U-19 tourney

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Riverton Suites sponsors Upper Corentyne Cricket Association U-19 tourney

Dr. Pooran Seepersaud, proprietor of Hotel Riverton Suites and founder president of UCCA, said he was please to be on board to assist in the development of youth cricket in the Upper Corentyne...

Sukhpaul Business Enterprise on board for Upper Corentyne 20/20 cricket

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sukhpaul Business Enterprise on board for Upper Corentyne 20/20 cricket

Cricketers on the Upper Corentyne will soon be in action with the playing off of a one day 20/20 cricket competition for teams in the area. Recently the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association...

Ansa McAl/Stag Beer outfits Seawall Football Club

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl/Stag Beer outfits Seawall Football Club

The players of the Seawall Football Club of Pouderoyen, West Coast Demerara were all smiles yesterday as they were outfitted with full football uniforms compliments of Stag. The Seawall...

US based Linden ‘Sancho’ Alphonso donates balls for LABA Secondary Schools C/ships

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on US based Linden ‘Sancho’ Alphonso donates balls for LABA Secondary Schools C/ships

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) continues to receive support for the staging of this year’s 9th Linden Secondary Schools Under -19 basketball championship. This time a...

Roriama Bikers Club to stage Caribbean Int’l Distributors race meet at Seawall Bandstand

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roriama Bikers Club to stage Caribbean Int’l Distributors race meet at Seawall Bandstand

The Roraima Bikers Club & Caribbean International Distributors Inc. have teamed up to stage the “Blue Life Water” cycle race meet tomorrow, Sunday April 14 at the Seawall Bandstand...

Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition…MHS, LFSS latest teams to register wins

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition…MHS, LFSS latest teams to register wins

Mackenzie High School (MHS) defeated Marcia Craig’s Educational Institute 3-1 as play in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition continued on...

Opposition demands NCN fraud report

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition demands NCN fraud report

– or agency risks losing $162M budget subsidy “The public needs to know why we are giving away more of its money, we need to provide that accountability if the government is...

WOMAN, 89, BRUTALLY MURDERED AT COVE AND JOHN

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on WOMAN, 89, BRUTALLY MURDERED AT COVE AND JOHN

By Dale Andrews The shocking murder of an 89-year-old woman has incensed the usually quiet community of Cove and John, East Coast Demerara. The semi nude body of Millicent Adriana Cummings,...

Man on $60,000 bail for stealing car mirrors outside KN

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man on $60,000 bail for stealing car mirrors outside KN

Yesterday, Winston Bovell, a 39-year-old father of two, who resides at 7 Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty and was instructed to post a bond of $60,000 on a charge of Simple...

NDIA fraud allegations…Audit Office wrapping up investigations, to interview CEO- AG

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA fraud allegations…Audit Office wrapping up investigations, to interview CEO- AG

– Former Field Auditor appeals to Ramotar for justice The Audit Office is currently in the interview stage of its investigations into fraud allegations at the National Drainage and...

Dem boys seh…De government got we losing

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De government got we losing

How a country perform in sports does tell de world how good de government is in that country. America does do good in all dem sports suh is a good government running that country. Is de...

As stone shortages continue…Natural Resources ministry seeks to open new quarries

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on As stone shortages continue…Natural Resources ministry seeks to open new quarries

As complaints of a significant shortage of quarry materials (stones) pour in, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, yesterday said that the Ministry is currently...

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE ON CANDID CAMERA

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE ON CANDID CAMERA

The driver had an attractive female sitting next to him in the front of the car. He was chatting with her and every time he neared a traffic light in the city he would veer off into a side street. I,...

The defanged Georgetown mayor

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The defanged Georgetown mayor

The more one looks at the running of the Georgetown municipality the more one recognizes that local government in Guyana is just another area of central government control. It has also...

No surgeon’s fee for kidney transplants at private hospital

Apr 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No surgeon’s fee for kidney transplants at private hospital

With hospital care amounting to some US$20,000 ($4 million), patients are able to access kidney transplant operations at the Dr. Balwant Singh’s East Street, Georgetown, hospital through a...