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Passengers shoot bus driver dead for gold chain

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers shoot bus driver dead for gold chain

By Michael Jordan Two young gunmen posing as passengers shot a route 42 bus driver dead in plain sight of several Grove, East Bank Demerara commuters at around 14.00hrs yesterday, before fleeing with...

Police nab Essequibo serial rapist

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab Essequibo serial rapist

Police on the Essequibo Coast have finally captured and charged the man, who habitually broke and entered women’s homes and physically assaulted them. He is suspected to have been doing this for a...

Police, CPA investigate bus conductor’s sexual act with girl, 13

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police, CPA investigate bus conductor’s sexual act with girl, 13

State agencies are investigating reports of a 33-year-old minibus conductor, who lured a 13-year-old school girl into an abandoned yard where he reportedly had sexual intercourse with her. The...

GPL responsible for wharf delay…Harmon

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL responsible for wharf delay…Harmon

With Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and BK International pointing fingers at each other about the US$242M fuel wharf delays at the new Vreed-en-Hoop station, APNU General Secretary and shadow minister...

Mother of three killed in two bus collision

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of three killed in two bus collision

One more road accident claimed the life of another Berbician, yesterday. Speed and carelessness were said to be the cause. Dead is Vidwattie Persaud, called “Bedoo”, 42, of No.43 Village...

Hanna and Hanan mek a big mistake

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hanna and Hanan mek a big mistake

When people want to mek a mess of you reputation dem does seh all kinds of things bout you. Dem big ones does call it character assassination. If you talk to you niece somebody who don’t know de...

GCB Inter County U-15 tourney…Omroa bowls Berbice to huge win over Essequibo

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-15 tourney…Omroa bowls Berbice to huge win over Essequibo

By Zaheer Mohamed Left arm spinner Kelvin Omroa grabbed eight wickets for five runs off 5.5 overs to hand Berbice a comprehensive 177-run win over Essequibo when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-15...

Plaisance Guardians ground Jets to advance in National Basketball Championships

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plaisance Guardians ground Jets to advance in National Basketball Championships

-Kings, lone Linden team moving forward after Opening Night By Edison Jefford Thirteenth ranked, Plaisance Guardians grounded the fourth-ranked Amelia’s Ward Jets Sunday night in a major upset...

Letter to the Sports Editor…An Affront to the Nation’s Football!

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…An Affront to the Nation’s Football!

Dear Sir, With the 31st December, 2014 being the last working day for the General Secretary, Guyana Football Federation, automatically a vacancy existed. However, what is most “mind boggling” is...

Packed schedule planned for powerlifters

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Packed schedule planned for powerlifters

Pan Am and Commonwealth C/ships on GAPF radar By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) has released a packed schedule of activities for the next two years with numerous...

GFSCA Mash Softball is Saturday at DCC

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA Mash Softball is Saturday at DCC

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association Mashramani One Day Softball tournament is Saturday. This day/night tournament will be held at the DCC ground on Lance Gibbs St., Queenstown. Matches...

Stewart impresses at AAG Development Meet

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stewart impresses at AAG Development Meet

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sprinter, Akeem Stewart won one of two Open 300 metres on Sunday at the second Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Development Meet at the Base Camp Ayanganna Ground,...

Silver Bullets, Show Stoppers to clash in NEE Mash Futsal Final

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silver Bullets, Show Stoppers to clash in NEE Mash Futsal Final

Silver Bullets and Show Stoppers will battle in the final of the New Era Entertainment (NEE) Mackeson Mashramani Futsal Final on Saturday after setting up the riveting showdown in the semis last...

Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Hockey Competition opens 2015 hockey season

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Hockey Competition opens 2015 hockey season

In the brilliant Sunday afternoon sunshine on an immaculate Providence stadium field, the GCC ladies and Hikers men shone brightly as they took gold in the opening competition of the hockey calendar...

Exciting match ups envisage for Rising Sun Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting match ups envisage for Rising Sun Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic

Curfew Tower out, newly imported Piz a Holiday to race for first time By Samuel Whyte Strategically organised, one day before Mashramani day and with thousands of persons expected home for the...

Mayor’s Cup Football Championship…Final four go after spot in finals in semi-finals action tomorrow night

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup Football Championship…Final four go after spot in finals in semi-finals action tomorrow night

After several weeks of competitive action the wheat will be separated from the crop when the four surviving teams in the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship battle for a spot in the finals when...

GCC take first innings from Police, GNIC and GDF draw

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC take first innings from Police, GNIC and GDF draw

GCA/Hadi’s World City Mall Inc first division… Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) grabbed first innings from Police, while GNIC and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) played to a tame draw when the...

GCA/NBS second division 40-over tourney…Everest, DCC, MSC and GCC chalk wins

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS second division 40-over tourney…Everest, DCC, MSC and GCC chalk wins

By Zaheer Mohamed Everest, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Malteenoes SC (MSC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) recorded victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society...

Fly Jamaica offers significant support to Guyana’s participation at CMRC in Jamaica

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fly Jamaica offers significant support to Guyana’s participation at CMRC in Jamaica

– Seaboard Marine reaffirms sponsorship By Rawle Welch Following on the heels of celebrating two years of its presence in Guyana, Fly Jamaica demonstrated its gratefulness for local support...

Guyana Horse Racing Authority holds successful first meeting for 2015

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horse Racing Authority holds successful first meeting for 2015

Number of initiatives taken By Samuel Whyte The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) recently held its first meeting for the year 2015. The meeting was staged at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima...

Cyclists getting ready for Forbes Burnham 92nd 2-stage race Sunday

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cyclists getting ready for Forbes Burnham 92nd 2-stage race Sunday

The nation’s leading cyclists including juniors and veterans are gearing up for Sunday’s two-stage road race that will commemorate the 92nd birth anniversary of former President of Guyana, Linden...

GSCL Inc Republic Cup…Regal are open champs, Floodlight take Masters title

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Republic Cup…Regal are open champs, Floodlight take Masters title

Regal defeated Farm by seven wickets, while Floodlight overcame Regal Masters by six wickets to win the open and over-40 titles respectively when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc)...

Joyful Ireland deepen West Indies turmoil

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joyful Ireland deepen West Indies turmoil

ESPNcricinfo – Ireland put the world in the cup as the obliging West Indies sleepwalked to an embarrassing – does it embarrass them anymore, though? – defeat during which only...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Response to Mr Lowe’s letter

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Response to Mr Lowe’s letter

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to a letter penned by Mr Ricky Lowe which appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News accusing me of being ‘disrespectful’ to former West Indies...

Traffic Chief warns ‘Untouchables’, “no one is above the law”

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief warns ‘Untouchables’, “no one is above the law”

If newly appointed Traffic Chief, Ian Amsterdam, gets his way, motorists, especially bikers who feel that they are “untouchables”, had better think twice. In a clear message that he intends to...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

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