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Bangladesh U-19s trash Guyana U-19s by 111 runs

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bangladesh U-19s trash Guyana U-19s by 111 runs

‘We are satisfied with preparations’- Bangladesh Manager By Sean Devers Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team opened their first ever tour to the Caribbean by trashing their Guyanese...

Courts Pee Wee Schools Football…St.Pius upset Tucville; wins also for St. Gabriel’s, St. Sidwell’s, F.E. Pollard

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Schools Football…St.Pius upset Tucville; wins also for St. Gabriel’s, St. Sidwell’s, F.E. Pollard

Tournament favourites Tucville suffered a surprising loss to St. Puis who defeated them 1-0 when the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana Inc. Pee Wee Under-11 Schools Football Tournament continued...

LABA/Trophy Stall regulation Open C/ship…Pistons upset Jets 58-48, Bulls out Flames 69-43

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/Trophy Stall regulation Open C/ship…Pistons upset Jets 58-48, Bulls out Flames 69-43

Another upset was recorded on Friday night in this year’s Trophy Stall Regulation Open Basketball championship as the previously winless sixth ranked Wismar Pistons inflicted a ten point...

GCA/NBS second division tourney…GYO, MSC and Police chalk victories

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS second division tourney…GYO, MSC and Police chalk victories

Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO), Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Police recorded victories when action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)\New Building Society (NBS) second division...

DCC claim GCA/Brain Street U-15 trophy

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC claim GCA/Brain Street U-15 trophy

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) defeated Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) by 4 wickets toemerge champions of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brian Street...

Rising Sun President’s Cup Horse Race Meet

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun President’s Cup Horse Race Meet

– quality races on the cards for today A thrilling day of competitive horse racing is on the cards when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the People’s Progressive Party,...

“Ireland and Afghanistan provide hope for smaller cricketing nations!”

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Ireland and Afghanistan provide hope for smaller cricketing nations!”

Colin E. H. Croft News that Afghanistan has qualified for International Cricket Council’s premier event, 2015 50-overs World Cup, to be held in Australia and New Zealand, reminds us...

Trophy Stall Softball cricket continues today

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Softball cricket continues today

The Trophy Stall Male and Female Softball cricket competition which is organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association continues today. Fixtures Cyril Potter ground: Pitch 1: 9:30am...

Brathwaite makes century before game is drawn

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite makes century before game is drawn

Kraigg Brathwaite went ahead and brought up the only hundred of the match on a final day when everybody just went through their motions. The match was called off at 3.30pm, the earliest it...

Hearts of Oak Master’s Inter Ward Football for Berbice

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Master’s Inter Ward Football for Berbice

With the absence of organised football in Berbice and the seemingly return to dormancy of the Berbice Football Association (BFA), the ever reliant Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club has once again...

Grass Roots Volleyball action set for Berbice today

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grass Roots Volleyball action set for Berbice today

A Grass Roots volleyball competition organised by the Regional Democratic Council and the Ministry of Sports will be staged today at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground, Corentyne, serving off...

GBBC October Fight Night

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC October Fight Night

– multiple champion, Clive Atwell takes on tough Jamaican By Michael Benjamin It was dubbed Friday Night Fights as administrators of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)...

Father, son shot dead, execution style

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Father, son shot dead, execution style

Fear has gripped the Wauna community in the North West District following the execution style slaying of a Guyanese miner and his son by men believed to be Venezuelan military personnel. The killing...

Trip delayed!

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trip delayed!

Plans to start moving the first of three US$26M Wartsila generators from Archie’s Wharf, Parika to Vreed-en-Hoop, in Region Three, were stalled yesterday. The trip, for each of the 130-tonne...

Teacher collapses, dies on World Teachers’ Day march

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher collapses, dies on World Teachers’ Day march

A 50-year-old teacher attached to Grove Primary School, East Bank Demerara collapsed and died on Friday while participating in a march to celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2013. Dead is Carlotta...

Sparendaam aircraft crash…Probe launched into GCAA operations

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sparendaam aircraft crash…Probe launched into GCAA operations

A Task Force established by Cabinet is examining certain aspects of Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)’s handling of the American registered aircraft that crashed at Sparendaam, East...

GPOC workers will no longer operate on Saturdays

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC workers will no longer operate on Saturdays

Employees of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) have vowed to no longer work on Saturdays. According to Harold Shepherd, President of the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’...

Committed to youth development and the underprivileged…Renis Morian is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Committed to youth development and the underprivileged…Renis Morian is a ‘Special Person’

“You know, there is that saying, that the devil finds work for idle hands? That is why we are committed to help keep our youths so preoccupied with positive pursuits, such as sports and...

Dem boys seh…De Bees frighten fuh exercise

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Bees frighten fuh exercise

People use to warn de government when it use to get dem office manager fuh tell people that it compulsory fuh people march. In de end dem stop because in dem days people use to seh that dem...

Jilted woman douses rival with acid

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jilted woman douses rival with acid

Police are hunting for a woman who allegedly threw acid on her ex-boyfriend’s lover, after the man turned up in her street with the new girlfriend. Reports state that the suspect, who is...

Essential Supplies Inc receives another international star award

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essential Supplies Inc receives another international star award

Essential Supplies Inc (ESI), a member of the International Pharmaceutical Agency group, received The International Star Award for quality in the platinum category for its bottled water –...

Momentum

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Momentum

Is your momentum carrying you in the right direction? Are you gaining on your goals and objectives? Have you stopped to think of what you practice in your daily living? Are you doing your best...

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE SKILLS

Oct 06, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE SKILLS

In our society, every employer sets out the prerequisites for potential employees as having a number of certificates: be they Diploma, Degree, Masters or Doctorate. There is no problem with...

Fearless, honest, loyal cops needed for SWAT success – “Gansta”

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fearless, honest, loyal cops needed for SWAT success – “Gansta”

The idea of establishing a SWAT unit of the Guyana Police Force is not bad but it will only be effective if it is staffed by fearless, honest and loyal members who should be backed up by...

It’s not an easy road…Vagrants tell their story

Oct 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on It’s not an easy road…Vagrants tell their story

By Javone Vickerie The word “junkie” is loosely used by Guyanese to characterize persons who ‘do hard drugs’, live on the streets or walk around wearing mere rags and have an...