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Early General Elections likely as…APNU supports AFC’s no-confidence motion

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Early General Elections likely as…APNU supports AFC’s no-confidence motion

By Zena Henry It is likely that the country would be holding its General Elections very soon now that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has officially decided to lend its support to the...

Harbour Bridge fails to submit audited statements for four years

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge fails to submit audited statements for four years

– Board members should be sacked – Chris Ram By Kiana Wilburg The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) is four years behind in its audited financial statements, which are supposed...

Pit bulls kill woman, 51

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bulls kill woman, 51

By Zena Henry A 51-year- old woman was yesterday mauled to death by two pit bulls that were supposed to secure the premises where she resided. Dead is Joan Carter of Lot 232 Berbice Street, Block N,...

House not sanctioning Ministers is one of PAC’s biggest problems – Greenidge

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on House not sanctioning Ministers is one of PAC’s biggest problems – Greenidge

By Kiana Wilburg The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is at its wits’ end as there seems to be no immediate solution to some of the chronic factors affecting the execution of its work. Some...

Police Prosecutor’s car torched, arson suspected

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police Prosecutor’s car torched, arson suspected

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the torching of a car that belonged to well known Traffic Prosecutor, Sergeant Preston John, early yesterday morning. The vehicle, a...

E’bo teenager stabbed to death

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo teenager stabbed to death

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Anna Regina Squatting area resident for the murder of 17-year-old Alex Narine, formerly of Colombia Village on the Essequibo. Reports are that the two men had a...

Dem boys seh…Who gun throw wata pun de fire?

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Who gun throw wata pun de fire?

Everybody got a destiny and it will throw up different pothole for different people. The trick is that you got to expect dem. Dem boys know that from experience, indeed, you must prepare yourself to...

CONCACAF Champions League …Alpha lose to Olimpia by lone goal at Providence

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Champions League …Alpha lose to Olimpia by lone goal at Providence

A 17th minute Alberth Elis goal was all that was needed to seal victory for Olimpia over home team Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United when CONCACAF Champion’s League (CCL) Group 5 action kicked off at...

UG Library set to host 10th ‘Reading is Fun’ programme

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG Library set to host 10th ‘Reading is Fun’ programme

With a keen focus on bolstering the reading ability of children, mainly of the Sophia area, the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday launched its 10th annual ‘Reading is Fun’ programme. The...

Leonora records large turnout at Guyana Watch outreach

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Leonora records large turnout at Guyana Watch outreach

The Guyana Watch Medical team completed their third medical outreach clinic, at Leonora, West Bank Demerara yesterday, treating a total of 490 residents from the community. A large number of...

Sooba to know fate as acting Town Clerk today

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sooba to know fate as acting Town Clerk today

Carol Sooba will know her fate today as High Court judge Justice Brassington Reynolds is set to make a ruling this morning on whether she remains in the position of Acting Town Clerk. Sooba...

Plans moving apace for BCB 75th anniversary celebrations

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plans moving apace for BCB 75th anniversary celebrations

The Special Events Committee (SEC) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that all plans are moving apace for what is anticipated to be a highly successful Diamond Jubilee, for the BCB. The...

East Coast Cricket Board recommences its competitions

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Cricket Board recommences its competitions

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) recommences its competitions on Saturday August 23, 2014. The first division competition is at the final stage with Ogle Sports Club and Lusignan Sports Club...

41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway …Guyanese chess players amass 4 points after clean sweep of Burundi players

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway …Guyanese chess players amass 4 points after clean sweep of Burundi players

Guyanese chess players turned in a better performance and chalked up 4 valuable points when action in the 41st Chess Olympiad continued in Tromsø, Norway yesterday. Playing Burundi, the Guyanese...

Regional 50-over U-19 cricket …Fifties from Homraj, Paul give Guyana second consecutive win

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional 50-over U-19 cricket …Fifties from Homraj, Paul give Guyana second consecutive win

By Sean Devers Guyana made it two from two when they defeated the ICC Americas by 49 runs at Bourda yesterday in the second round of the Regional under-19 one-day tournament. Half-centuries from...

Joaan Deo wins Vish Trading Golf Tourney

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joaan Deo wins Vish Trading Golf Tourney

– breaks Mohamad’s record The competitiveness at the Lusignan Golf Course continues to be an amazing spectacle. Youthful Joaan Deo, second in the Female category of the Crown Mining tournament...

BCB invites writers for Diamond Jubilee Republic Bank Essay Competition

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB invites writers for Diamond Jubilee Republic Bank Essay Competition

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 75th Anniversary Committee, which is spearheading the board’s Diamond Jubilee celebration, is inviting essays from members of the Ancient County as part of the BCB...

Corrupt and despotic PPP leadership fear loss of party control with Local Govt. elections

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corrupt and despotic PPP leadership fear loss of party control with Local Govt. elections

Dear Editor, In 1992, the current hijackers of the PPP leadership, secure in power through a manipulated congress election in 2013 were in love with elections. Today, they will fight to their dying...

Youths Against Crime Programme…RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to face Police in fundraising match on Sunday

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youths Against Crime Programme…RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to face Police in fundraising match on Sunday

The Area ‘H’ Ground, Rose Hall Town would be buzzing this Sunday when the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division joins forces with Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall...

Past footballer Trevor Maxwell passes away

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Past footballer Trevor Maxwell passes away

He had represented Guyana with distinction as a football player in the right wing position and was a member of what pundits feel was the best team to have represented Guyana during the mid...

R&D Engineering continues to build Boyce/Jefford Classic

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on R&D Engineering continues to build Boyce/Jefford Classic

R&D Engineering Services Inc. continued to have its brand attached to the Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic when it handed over its sponsorship cheque yesterday, as organisers prepare to host...

Regional U-19 50 over tourney…Drakes guides Barbados to narrow victory over Windwards

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 50 over tourney…Drakes guides Barbados to narrow victory over Windwards

A fine spell of fast bowling by Sherman Lewis was overshadowed by an unbeaten 45 from Joshua Drakes who guided Barbados to a two-wicket victory over Windward Islands in the second round of the...

Another Jamaican Invasion as GBBC stages ‘Battle of the Contenders’ extravaganza

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another Jamaican Invasion as GBBC stages ‘Battle of the Contenders’ extravaganza

After a somewhat lengthy absence, boxing returns to Banks DIH Thirst Park when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages 28 rounds of fistic fury August 30 next. Dubbed the ‘Battle of the...

U.S. military cadets complete jungle survival training

Aug 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. military cadets complete jungle survival training

Forty-two U.S. military cadets completed a training course at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School (CRMJATS), as part of the Cultural Understanding and Language...

We have seen through your veil and spotted the wolf

Aug 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have seen through your veil and spotted the wolf

Dear Editor, The recent letter in the Guyana Chronicle news paper on the 4th August 2014 titled “UDFA suspension to be revisited” is indeed interesting. The alleged authors...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more