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Auto dealer shot in execution attempt

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Auto dealer shot in execution attempt

– cops detain biker Popular auto dealer Deokaran Sanasie, called ‘Ram’, was shot in the chest at around 18:30 hrs yesterday in the vicinity of Light and Fourth Street, Alberttown, by a...

Govt. flouts new deadline ahead of CFATF review

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. flouts new deadline ahead of CFATF review

…say amendments must be passed by month end Following the non-review by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) this past week, which had been predicted by Government, they have now announced...

Security guard killed in Valentine’s Day accident

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard killed in Valentine’s Day accident

A 54-year-old security guard attached to John Fernandes Limited was killed in a gruesome accident on Mandela Avenue around 06:20 hrs yesterday while on his way to work at John Fernandes wharf. The...

Mazaruni Prisoner escapes while cutting firewood

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni Prisoner escapes while cutting firewood

Police and Prison authorities were up to late yesterday searching for an inmate who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison. The prisoner, identified as Steve Benjamin, reportedly disappeared on Thursday...

Private/public sector dialogue…Construction firm proposes dredging of Georgetown port

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Private/public sector dialogue…Construction firm proposes dredging of Georgetown port

A critical project to dredge around the Demerara River in the vicinity of several city wharves may finally be gaining some traction, with a local firm indicating high interest. Updating...

Dem boys seh…Rob de Earth must lead by example

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob de Earth must lead by example

Some people really bareface and brazen. Imagine Rob de Earth got de nerve to tell people to declare every ounce of gold dem mine. He go in de bush and he tell de miners to declare everything. Dem...

NAGICO Super50 Final tickets going fast

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 Final tickets going fast

Trinidad Express – Port of Spain, Trinidad – Tickets for today’s NAGICO Super50 final were selling fast, according to Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) treasurer Sukesh Maniam....

South Africa v West Indies, Under-19 World Cup, Dubai…

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa v West Indies, Under-19 World Cup, Dubai…

Rabada steamrolls WI to give SA huge win ESPNcricinfo – The opening day of the Under-19 World Cup saw an exhibition of pace in Dubai as South Africa’s bowlers, led by Kagiso Rabada, proved...

Ansa McAl joins list of sponsors for Young Warriors CC Mash Cup 2014

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl joins list of sponsors for Young Warriors CC Mash Cup 2014

At a presentation held recently, Ansa McAl joined a list of sponsors for The Young Warriors Cricket Club Fundraising Cricket Tournament – Mash Cup 2014 – 2nd Edition. The tournament, which...

Illness affected Guyana’s showing in Regional Super50 cricket

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Illness affected Guyana’s showing in Regional Super50 cricket

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals Manager of the Guyana Malta Supreme, 57 year-old...

KIA Motors sponsors Dyna’s Ravens for Suriname tour

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on KIA Motors sponsors Dyna’s Ravens for Suriname tour

KIA Motors, under the auspices of Rudisa Motor Company (Guyana) Inc., yesterday trumped up sponsorship to Dyna’s Ravens, who will compete in a Suriname Basketball Association (SBA) tournament in...

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League to kick off tomorrow

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League to kick off tomorrow

After being pushed back by one week due to the inclement weather, teams on the East Bank of Demerara are getting ready for the start of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) 2014 season with the...

Guyana shift focus to First-Class tourney

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana shift focus to First-Class tourney

Play opening game in Jamaica from Feb 28 By Sean Devers in Trinidad After falling at the semi-final stage of the Regional 50 overs competition in Trinidad and Tobago, the focus for the...

LGC to honour past members in memorial tournament

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC to honour past members in memorial tournament

The Lusignan Golf Club will this Saturday honour two past members as part of the Noble House Memorial Cup Golf Tournament. The first honoree is David de Caires who was an enthusiastic golfer and a...

GCB/WICB Grass roots Programme to commence shortly

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/WICB Grass roots Programme to commence shortly

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)\West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Grassroots Programme is set to commence shortly in various regions of Guyana. The programme, which has been developed due to an...

Courts supports South American Games team

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts supports South American Games team

Courts Guyana Inc. has presented a cheque to the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) for the South American Games that will be held in Santiago, Chile during March 5-8 where Guyana has named a...

Participants challenged to spread word on PED use and its prevalence in Sports

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Participants challenged to spread word on PED use and its prevalence in Sports

Over fourteen (14) representatives from various sports associations and organisations accepted the task to return to their respective institutions and help impart their new found knowledge on...

Football coach, Peter Lashley, dies following collision with truck

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football coach, Peter Lashley, dies following collision with truck

The sudden demise of top football coach, Peter Lashley has left members of the football fraternity in deep shock and already his charges, many of whom he nurtured from the nursery stages, are...

GSCL Inc.Republic Cup…Harper stars as Regal beat Industry by 56 runs

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc.Republic Cup…Harper stars as Regal beat Industry by 56 runs

5 wkt hauls for Budhu, Nizamuddeen By Zaheer Mohamed Raymond Harper stroked seven sixes and three fours in a top score of 82 as Regal defeated Industry Super kings by 56 runs when the...

Boy, 7, killed on Essequibo Public Road

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 7, killed on Essequibo Public Road

Police have detained Deodat, the driver of HC 1292 after he hit and killed a seven-year-old Amerindian Good Hope boy on the Good-Hope Public Road yesterday. Dead is Andre Daniels, of Supenaam Creek....

Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr. Harper is not eligible for re-election as GCA President

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr. Harper is not eligible for re-election as GCA President

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the recent letters to the Editor regarding Mr. Harper’s flouting of the GCA constitution. My interest resulted in me procuring a copy of the GCA...

Enhanced communication between Regional Officers and central Ministries needed

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Enhanced communication between Regional Officers and central Ministries needed

The sharing of information and constant communication between Regional Officers and central Ministries is pertinent for the delivery of improved services across the country, says Norman Whittaker,...

CARTELS ARE NOT BASED IN GUYANA

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CARTELS ARE NOT BASED IN GUYANA

Remember that massive shipment of cocaine that was held in November of 2012 in Malaysia? Don’t remember? Just to jog your memory, a container with about US$7 million dollars worth of cocaine was...

Rice magnate Kayman Sankar hailed a “true patriot”

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rice magnate Kayman Sankar hailed a “true patriot”

– as nation says goodbye 87-year-old Kayman Sankar, regarded as “the rice magnate” of Guyana, was cremated on Friday after a funeral service at his Hampton Court residence. Among the...

Government progressing satisfactorily with youth policy formation

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government progressing satisfactorily with youth policy formation

Government and other stakeholders came one step closer to the enactment of a National Youth Policy for Guyana when representatives of several youth groups convened in the boardroom of the Ministry of...

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