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Berbice knockout Basketball underway

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice knockout Basketball underway

Play in the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association 2018 Knockout Tournament started on Saturday last at Vrymans Erven Basketball Court, New Amsterdam. The game between Rose Hall Town Jammers and...

GFF Elite League…GDF gain last-minute draw with Buxton United, Den Amstel beat Victoria Kings 2-1

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League…GDF gain last-minute draw with Buxton United, Den Amstel beat Victoria Kings 2-1

By Sean Devers Up until the last minute of full time a vastly improved Buxton United seemed heading to an upset 1-nil win against defending Champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) before Amos Ramsay...

Attempted murder accused freed of robbing Tower Suites accountant

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted murder accused freed of robbing Tower Suites accountant

An attempted murder accused who is currently out on High Court bail, pending trial for attempting to a businessman, Neezam Khan, yesterday got three matters dismissed against him by Senior Magistrate...

Scott’s slams century as MSC thump GNIC SC by 162 runs

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scott’s slams century as MSC thump GNIC SC by 162 runs

Jeremiah Scott struck a fine century as Malteenoes Sports Club defeated Guyana National Industrial Corporation Sports Club (GNICSC) by 162 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association New Building...

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U-15 League – Berbice FA…Orella Falcons win back to back; NA United and Arsenal also triumph

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U-15 League – Berbice FA…Orella Falcons win back to back; NA United and Arsenal also triumph

The first round four match of the Berbice leg of the GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U-15 Intra Association League between Orealla Falcons and Young Strikers scheduled for Saturday last at the...

Easter Vacation Swimming Programme 2018 starts Monday

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Easter Vacation Swimming Programme 2018 starts Monday

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, National Sports Commission will conduct its annual Easter Swimming Programme during March 26 to April 6, 2018 at the...

Wanted bulletin issued for fraud-accused D’Urban Street man

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted bulletin issued for fraud-accused D’Urban Street man

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for Floyd Andrew Primo. He is wanted for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence during the period of November 1-November 30, 2017. The “mixed race”...

Top Badminton players to attend training camp

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top Badminton players to attend training camp

Top National Badminton players Priyanna Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra will be attending a High Tech Badminton Training Camp “Road to Barranquilla” in Ciudad de Guatemala from March 21 to April 22,...

GWI dismantles fence encroaching on Lamaha Canal Reserve

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI dismantles fence encroaching on Lamaha Canal Reserve

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday dismantled a fence, which was found to be encroaching on 66 feet of the company’s reserve near the Lamaha Canal in Georgetown. That section of the...

Attempted murder accused goes on trial

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted murder accused goes on trial

A 12-member mixed jury was yesterday empanelled to decide on the evidence in the trial of George Dover, who is accused of attempted murder over stabbing his rival, Kester Yamster. The incident...

Persaud’s century, Haywood five-wkt haul guide UG to innings victory

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud’s century, Haywood five-wkt haul guide UG to innings victory

A fine unbeaten century from Mahendra Persaud coupled by a five-wicket haul from Dennis Haywood handed University of Guyana (UG) an innings and 102-run victory over Ace Warriors when the Georgetown...

Inquiry launched to probe ‘David G’ boat accident

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inquiry launched to probe ‘David G’ boat accident

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday, swore in Colonel (Retired) Windee Algernon as Chairman of the Board of Inquiry (BOI), which has been established to probe the circumstances surrounding...

Guyana malaria programme to benefit from ‘Breakthrough ACTION’

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana malaria programme to benefit from ‘Breakthrough ACTION’

Efforts at improving the way that at-risk communities view malaria are likely to soon materialise when a strategic programme is implemented. The initiative, which is currently in its initial phase,...

STEAM launches Science Fair in Lethem

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on STEAM launches Science Fair in Lethem

– Paving the way for improved technology to enhance the education sector The Department of Education launched its Biennial Regional Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair...

Xerox, Acer laptops, Camcorder & other equipment donated to the Guyana Police Force

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Xerox, Acer laptops, Camcorder & other equipment donated to the Guyana Police Force

United States Ambassador, Perry Holloway, through the United States Embassy yesterday donated equipment worth US$20,000 to the Guyana Police Force’s Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) to further assist...

Attempted murder accused goes on trial

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted murder accused goes on trial

A 12-member mixed jury was yesterday empanelled to decide on the evidence in the trial of George Dover, who is accused of attempted murder over stabbing his rival, Kester Yamster. The incident...

Land Co-op formed to reclaim Bachelors Adventure backlands

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Land Co-op formed to reclaim Bachelors Adventure backlands

By Feona Morrison Residents of Bachelors Adventure, East Coast Demerara, want to reclaim ancestral backlands which they say were stolen by Booker Sugar Estate in the 1950s. And to do this, the...

Guyanese arrested for attempted robbery of visually-impaired man

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese arrested for attempted robbery of visually-impaired man

Suriname (Loop Suriname) – A 25-year-old Guyanese robber, who is illegally in Suriname, was detained by the police a few weeks ago, after he had tried to rob a visually impaired man of his bag...

Christianburg Primary School, Wismar Market to be upgraded

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Christianburg Primary School, Wismar Market to be upgraded

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, has committed to ensuring the long-awaited rehabilitation of the Christianburg Primary School is executed in a timely manner. This follows an assessment visit...

Recklessness, incompetency and indifference now threaten the fishing industry

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recklessness, incompetency and indifference now threaten the fishing industry

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministers of Agriculture and Public Health are responsible for the loss of the fish export market to America. They are unequivocally guilty of dereliction of duty. The APNU+AFC...

Pomeroon-Supenaam Region has entered uncharted territory

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pomeroon-Supenaam Region has entered uncharted territory

DEAR EDITOR, As a lecturer in Economics since 1989, I would often tell my students that there is no mystery in underdevelopment and no mystery either, as to why nations are poor. One explanation of...

Three bandits killed…But how, and why?

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three bandits killed…But how, and why?

DEAR EDITOR, I have protested in the street, participated in TV programmes and written dozens of letters against extra-judicial killings – because of the questions that exist behind such...

“Journey into ignominy”, a play by the WPA

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Journey into ignominy”, a play by the WPA

There are several WPA stalwarts, that if I didn’t meet them I am uncertain how my politics would have turned out. It was a radical moment for me in the seventies from which I have not taken a...

A cavalier attitude and lack of concern about two very important issues

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A cavalier attitude and lack of concern about two very important issues

DEAR EDITOR, It is rather unfortunate that Minister Amna Ally views the matter regarding the discontinuation of the columns at the Chronicle as a “little issue” that is being blown out of...

BLIND TO REALITY

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BLIND TO REALITY

In Guyana, many appear to be blind to reality about the current situation in the country. The notion of being blind to reality is nothing new. It is not about having a physical disability, which is...