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WICB announces new contract with Head Coach Ottis Gibson

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB announces new contract with Head Coach Ottis Gibson

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced that Ottis Gibson has signed a new contract as Head Coach. The term of the contract is three years and will go to 2016....

Prisoner pays cop $1,000 for freedom

Feb 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner pays cop $1,000 for freedom

A prisoner of the Cove and John Police Station who was suspected to have escaped from the lockups has alleged that he paid a rank $1,000 on Sunday evening last for his freedom. But, his liberty was...

Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in gold miner’s execution

Feb 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in gold miner’s execution

Police are said to be seeking an individual believed to be one of the gunmen who killed gold miner Jason Wills in a Meadowbrook Gardens house last Thursday. Police officials confirmed that they are...

Vexing issues on agenda for Army Officers’ Conference

Feb 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vexing issues on agenda for Army Officers’ Conference

The recent actions by rogue elements of the Guyana Defence Force in the Cuyuni mining district is likely to be one of the major topics for discussions during this year’s Officers’ Conference,...

NOC Commission of Inquiry…Final report to be presented this month end

Feb 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NOC Commission of Inquiry…Final report to be presented this month end

The final report stating the findings of the inquiry which was set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the violent escape of juveniles from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming...

LBI estate workers are shortchanged

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on LBI estate workers are shortchanged

Dear Editor, Please grant us space in your publication to highlight the following as regards the sugar workers of the now closed L.B.I. Sugar Factory. We the sugar workers of the Berbice sugar...

Fiji’s military leader would win fair elections

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fiji’s military leader would win fair elections

Dear Editor, This has relevance to Sir Ronald Sanders’s commentary (KN Feb 3) on “who is standing up for the people of Fiji” in which he called for sanctions of the military regime and its...

The rejected continue to question the legitimate

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rejected continue to question the legitimate

Dear Editor, We note a few members of the dysfunctional IMC making public pronouncements about the legality of the AGM of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) held on Sunday January 27, 2013, it was...

This demands an explanation

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This demands an explanation

Dear Editor, Sir, the above caption in your Sunday February 3, 2013 page 12 is most interesting. However, I think you should verify if this Mr. Khan is indeed President of the Guyana Bar Association...

Prosecute the seller

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prosecute the seller

Dear Editor, In the follow up to the fatal accident involving a 17-year-old drunk driver on Sunday night, it would be interesting to know whether the law enforcement would also seek out those who...

PPP oligarchy running Guyana into the Ground

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP oligarchy running Guyana into the Ground

Dear Editor, We want to wish all Guyanese the best of health and mental strength because this is what is really needed today to survive the oppression under the uncaring, greedy and selfish cabal. We...

The communities of yesteryear are no more

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The communities of yesteryear are no more

Dear Editor, I wish to thank those media houses which saw the merit of publishing my letter of Saturday, February 01 2013 and also those readers whose e-mails and phone calls indicated that the...

Republicanism: Civic virtue and corruption

Feb 06, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Republicanism: Civic virtue and corruption

Later this month, we will be commemorating our Republic Day (even though most might be excused for believing that we are actually celebrating “Mashramani”). Leading up to February 23, we shall be...

Brazilian succumbs to stab wound to the neck

Feb 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian succumbs to stab wound to the neck

Police at Lethem are keeping an eye out for a TM truck (bush truck) which is believed to have transported the suspected killers of a Brazilian teen who succumbed yesterday from a stab wound to his...

Dem boys seh…Kwame and Bar Raat is Hard Times experts

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame and Bar Raat is Hard Times experts

De Hard Times paper proper finding experts. De other day when de Waterfalls paper report how much security Jagdeo got, de Hard Times paper report that a security expert tell dem that de report...

Impressive ceremony as Fruta Conquerors One Love Classic KO football tourney commences

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Impressive ceremony as Fruta Conquerors One Love Classic KO football tourney commences

Fifteen teams of resplendently attired footballers graced the field in a colorful march pass ceremony when the curtains went up on the Fruta Conquerors One Love Classic knockout football tournament...

Windies women rebound in style as Taylor, Dottin bat SL out of match

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies women rebound in style as Taylor, Dottin bat SL out of match

ESPNcricinfo – A flamboyant knock of 171 from opener Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies Women crush Sri Lanka Women by 209 runs in a Group A match at the MIG Ground in Mumbai. Taylor’s...

Starc, Bailey shine as Australia beat West Indies

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Starc, Bailey shine as Australia beat West Indies

(Reuters) – Seamer Mitchell Starc grabbed a second successive five-wicket haul and George Bailey his maiden international century as Australia beat West Indies by 54 runs in the second...

Mc Kay (Senior), Leal (Junior) & Niles (Veteran) record back to back wins

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mc Kay (Senior), Leal (Junior) & Niles (Veteran) record back to back wins

NSC Mashramani 40-Miler Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay (Roraima Bikers Club) has sounded an ominous warning to all when he successfully defended the National Sports Commission sponsored Mashramani...

Woman freed of ex-boyfriend’s 2007 murder

Feb 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman freed of ex-boyfriend’s 2007 murder

Following seven years of incarceration, murder accused Aliya Boyer was released from prison last week. The lower court did not find sufficient evidence for Boyer to stand trial for the capital...

Mining pit caves in and kills18-year-old

Feb 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mining pit caves in and kills18-year-old

While, the gold fields of Guyana have proven profitable to many, it seems as if it is becoming more and more dangerous as another miner, Thycuf Xavier, lost his life when the walls of the pit in...

Guyana Baseball League President attends IBAF meeting as development targeted

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Baseball League President attends IBAF meeting as development targeted

President of the Guyana Baseball League Mr. Robin Singh attended a IBAF Executive meeting in Cartagena, Colombia on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd of February, as a guest of the President of COPABE Mr....

Sammy leads list of 5 West Indians bought in 2013 IPL auction as Barnwell gets in

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy leads list of 5 West Indians bought in 2013 IPL auction as Barnwell gets in

West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy, leads a list of 5 Windies players picked up during the 2013 Indian Premier League auction. Guyanese Christopher Barnwell also makes his IPL entrance. The auction,...

Rayon Griffith reappointed Chairman of GCB Senior Selection panel

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rayon Griffith reappointed Chairman of GCB Senior Selection panel

Former national fast bowler Rayon Griffith was reappointed as Chairman of the National Senior selection panel when the Guyana Cricket Board held its first Executive meeting last Friday, to appoint...

Thomas evades Giddings to win Cross Country race

Feb 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thomas evades Giddings to win Cross Country race

The surging Cleveland Thomas evaded strong challenges from the consistent Nathaniel Giddings yesterday on the outer grass circuit of the National Park to win the senior male race in the season...