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Duo charged with Berbice murder

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo charged with Berbice murder

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison until the middle of next month after a murder charge was read to them in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Kwesi Walker, 25, of Kimbia, Berbice, and...

Ann’s Grove man jailed for ganja, gun and ammo

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ann’s Grove man jailed for ganja, gun and ammo

City Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday sentenced a father of one to three years imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to several charges, when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

$100,000 bail for motorcycle theft accused

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $100,000 bail for motorcycle theft accused

Nineteen-year-old Jamie De Andrade, who was accused of stealing a motor cycle, was released on $100,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Middle Rd. man faces trial for manslaughter

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Middle Rd. man faces trial for manslaughter

– Pregnant victim suffered blunt trauma to head, subdural haemorrhage – Gov’t Pathologist State Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, yesterday testified that manslaughter victim Samantha...

FIFA denies Guyana World Cup appeal

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA denies Guyana World Cup appeal

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has denied the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) appeal against the Disciplinary Committee’s ruling that no further action would be...

Cops detain suspect in cash crop farmer murder probe

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain suspect in cash crop farmer murder probe

Police have detained a well-known robbery suspect as they continue investigations into the murder of 56-year-old Pamela Kendall at 45 Village, Corentyne, last Thursday. The man in custody is a Number...

Couple on drug trafficking charge remanded

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple on drug trafficking charge remanded

Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan remanded a man and his spouse to prison yesterday after they were slapped with drug trafficking charges. Hubert Bartholomew, a miner and his 27 year-old spouse Rochelle...

Director of Sport urges application of lessons learnt at Fruta Conquerors FC camp

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sport urges application of lessons learnt at Fruta Conquerors FC camp

By Michael Benjamin Three weeks of interaction and exposure to the intricacies of football and life enhancing skills climaxed to a delectable culmination for more than 50 children from various...

FIFA RAP Programme set for today to Saturday

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA RAP Programme set for today to Saturday

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) will open today from 9:00am at the Racquet Centre in Georgetown, attracting 21 of Guyana’s top...

ECCB’s 15th annual Cricket Academy opens

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCB’s 15th annual Cricket Academy opens

Director of Sport tells participants to make use of opportunities By Sean Devers Since 2000, under the Presidency of SK Singh, the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) has been making a positive impact on...

Correction

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Correction

In our Monday August 24, 2015 issue, we mistakenly published a headline that made Plaisance Guardians the winners of their game against Half Mile Bulls in the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation...

Letter to the Sports Editor… CONGRATULATIONS TO GUYANA CRICKET BOARD

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… CONGRATULATIONS TO GUYANA CRICKET BOARD

Dear Sports Editor, I would like to first of all congratulate the Executives and Members of the Guyana Cricket Board. Secondly, I must say congrats to the players and management of the senior 4-Day...

More profound changes are needed at GPL to turn things around

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on More profound changes are needed at GPL to turn things around

DEAR EDITOR, I am responding to the article carried in your Sunday edition of 23 August, 2015 with headline ‘GPL’s lack of supervision of Chinese contractor led to US6M cost overruns” This...

A negative agenda and approach towards the govt.

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A negative agenda and approach towards the govt.

DEAR EDITOR, It is time for Guyanese to realize that the opposition PPP\C is on a negative agenda and approach towards this government and Guyana’s development towards the future. This was shown...

Feeling proud to be drinking Guinness

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Feeling proud to be drinking Guinness

DEAR EDITOR, African History Month is celebrated internationally during February of each year, and it seems black or African people place very little emphasis on what slavery was all about and if we...

Setting the record straight on broadcasting licences

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Setting the record straight on broadcasting licences

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Chronicle of August 24th reports that PM Nagamootoo “has promised to revise and reclaim radio and television licences that were doled out under the previous People’s...

There is a problem with the Vishnu Bisram survey

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a problem with the Vishnu Bisram survey

DEAR EDITOR, There is a problem with the Vishnu Bisram survey which was reported in three parts in your newspaper The first was published in KN on the 17 August 2015, titled “Give New Government a...

Commendable international performances show V/ball moving in right direction

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Commendable international performances show V/ball moving in right direction

Following a string of commendable performances internationally, local volleyball has been getting a much needed boost recently and has been making moves in the right direction to be recognised as one...

GFF, FIFA Development Officer visit Linden

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF, FIFA Development Officer visit Linden

Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalisation Committee Clinton Urling along with FIFA’s Development Officer Mr. Howard McIntosh and other officials of the GFF visited Linden on...

Narayan Ramdhani bows out at CAREBACO U-19 quarters

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narayan Ramdhani bows out at CAREBACO U-19 quarters

The CAREBACO (Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation) International Under-19 Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic came to an end for the Guyanese Player Narayan Ramdhani in the...

Yaw strike boosts Alexander Village

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yaw strike boosts Alexander Village

Leon Yaw scored in the second minute to give Alexander Village a 1-0 victory over North East La Penitence when the RDE Vybz King’s of the street champion of champions football tournament commenced...