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GASA Independence Meet continues at Aquatic Centre…Mixed successes on day two

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Independence Meet continues at Aquatic Centre…Mixed successes on day two

Dorado Speed Swim Club member Sarah King clocked 3:48.46secs and swam away with the honours in the Girls 11-12 years, 100 meters Breaststroke event when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA)...

CPL Announces Player Draft Details

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CPL Announces Player Draft Details

ridgetown, Barbados – Details of the upcoming Caribbean Premier League player draft, the names of the remaining international players and the West Indies elite players and the CPL...

Mumbai in final after tense finish

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mumbai in final after tense finish

Half-volleys hit straight to hand. A fielder found perfectly with a long hop. Crazy wide balls. A dropped catch to finally lose the match. Another night in the life of IPL. After which...

G/town and Linden rivalry in sports resumes this evening

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on G/town and Linden rivalry in sports resumes this evening

Leopold Street vs. Silver Bullets promises fireworks This evening will determine the semi-final matchups in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Playoffs which is being played,...

Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Grand Finale tonight

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Grand Finale tonight

– Sparta Boss’ five still alive, Albouystown ‘B’ stunned Fans of pre-tournament favorites Albouystown ‘B’, came out in large numbers Thursday night at Punt Trench and School...

Matrix beat Equals CC to take FSCA plate title

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matrix beat Equals CC to take FSCA plate title

Matrix Cricket Team overcame Equals Cricket Club by 24 runs to win the Plate final of the Florida Softball Cricket Association tournament on Sunday last at Barnett Park Orlando Florida....

MCYS/NSC/Al Sport &Tour Promotions Schools Windball continues

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NSC/Al Sport &Tour Promotions Schools Windball continues

The Annual Primary Schools Windball Championships which is being sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS), National Sports Commisssion (NSC) and Al Sport & Tour Promotions...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy

– several teams register victories as tourney progresses Lodge Secondary School trounced School of the Nations, 9-3 when action in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy continued...

Favorites Butler House edges Etheridge in Saints Hockey final

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Favorites Butler House edges Etheridge in Saints Hockey final

Butler House lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favorites by edging a determined Etheridge side in the final of the St. Stanislaus College Inter-House Hockey Competition on...

Amendments to law on financial crimes…Gov’t to plead for more time to avoid financial blacklist

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amendments to law on financial crimes…Gov’t to plead for more time to avoid financial blacklist

The government has all but failed in efforts to get the opposition to rush amendments to the law against financial crimes to avoid a blacklist being imposed next week in Nicaragua. Head of the...

Mother loses home three months after baby dies in bucket

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother loses home three months after baby dies in bucket

Less than three months after her baby son drowned in a bucket, a North Sophia mother, Candacie Peters, has now lost her home in a mystery fire. The fire broke out in the unfinished structure...

PSC criticizes Govt, Opposition for absence of anti-corruption units

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PSC criticizes Govt, Opposition for absence of anti-corruption units

A major business advocacy group on Thursday criticised Government and the Opposition over their slothfulness in the establishment of essential regulatory bodies to counter corruption. The Public...

Ex-Guatemala President extradited to US

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Guatemala President extradited to US

…to face charges of laundering $70M (AP) Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited yesterday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan...

Dem boys seh…Is nuff hustling tekking place

May 25, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is nuff hustling tekking place

Everybody when dem meet a certain age does seh that age is a number. That is why a big lady use to ride from Bagotville to town every day. She never get in any accident. But sometimes wha...

‘Dabydeen’s letter a camouflage’

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dabydeen’s letter a camouflage’

– candid comments by Rupert Roopnaraine, Al Creighton and others By Kiana Wilburg Since the announcement of the Caribbean Press in 2009 by Ministry of Culture, calls have been made to the press...

Claims of ‘short fuel’ against service stations proved false

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Claims of ‘short fuel’ against service stations proved false

A number of motorists have lodged complaints against several service stations claiming that they have received ‘short fuel’ from these stations as against the fuel provided by other stations for...

THE STATE OF THE MEDIA

May 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE STATE OF THE MEDIA

Sections of the media in Guyana like to hold themselves out as some paragon of virtue and professionalism. But this is far from so. Finding a truly professional outfit that is...

Seven years later acid attack victim gets justice

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years later acid attack victim gets justice

…accused jailed for 66 months One man yesterday proved the saying “the longest rope has an end” to be true after he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment some seven years after he...

Cyclist, 80, killed on Houston Public Road

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist, 80, killed on Houston Public Road

…rode from Bagotville to Georgetown daily Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), yesterday, as the relatives of 80-year-old Helena Jones, the woman who rode...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a...

Hiccups delay operation of several Regional landfill sites

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hiccups delay operation of several Regional landfill sites

After encountering unforeseen setbacks, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is hoping to have several sites functioning early next month. Ganga Persaud, Local Government...

Outbreak at Sophia Care Centre leaves students hospitalised

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Outbreak at Sophia Care Centre leaves students hospitalised

Sixteen children from the Sophia Care Centre were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) yesterday following complaints of vomiting and diarrhea. Four of the children,...

Transfer of Doctors sparks unrest…Elderly diabetes and hypertensive patients turned away from Victoria Health Centre

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Transfer of Doctors sparks unrest…Elderly diabetes and hypertensive patients turned away from Victoria Health Centre

With the Health Ministry transferring the lone doctor operating at health facilities between Haslington and Hope, East Coast Demerara, many elderly patients, who went for their monthly...

GWI working to restore service for Cummings Park

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GWI working to restore service for Cummings Park

– disruption caused by emergency maintenance works Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will be working to restore potable water to the Cummings Park community in Sophia. This...

Richard Ishmael Secondary benefits from Health Drive

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Richard Ishmael Secondary benefits from Health Drive

Teachers and students of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School have benefited from a health day project organized by the Old Students Association (OSA). Students of the school organized a...