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“Hydro Bill support was a patriotic move” – AFC Leader

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Hydro Bill support was a patriotic move” – AFC Leader

By Latoya Giles Leader of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday at the party’s weekly press briefing sought to explain why his party gave its support to Government for the...

Teen murders girlfriend after claiming infidelity

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen murders girlfriend after claiming infidelity

By Javone Vickerie and Dwijendra Rooplall After accusing her of cheating on him, an 18-year-old mercilessly beat his teenage girlfriend with a spade, dragged her by the hair, out of his...

Learning Channel paid TVG $70M since 2011 for transmission

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Learning Channel paid TVG $70M since 2011 for transmission

Since December 2011, Government has paid almost $70M to Television Guyana (TVG) for the airing of educational programmes on the state-owned Guyana Learning Channel (GLC). Answering questions...

Guyana Watch medical outreach begins Sunday

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch medical outreach begins Sunday

The popular Guyana Watch Medical team will once again be conducting a number of medical and dental outreaches all across the country, from August 11 to August 18. Tomorrow is the official...

AFC further defends Nigel Hughes’ Amaila links

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC further defends Nigel Hughes’ Amaila links

By Abena Rockcliffe Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes has indicated to the Alliance For Change (AFC) that in view of the party’s declination of his offer for resignation, he is going to “take some...

Fly Jamaica, CAL applications in U.S. limbo

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica, CAL applications in U.S. limbo

…Delta reveals fuel subsidies, excess tax caused pullout Almost three months after pulling out from Guyana, one of the biggest airlines in the United States is reportedly claiming that...

Dem boys seh…De people seeing dem money going down de drain

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De people seeing dem money going down de drain

Everybody know that dem can cuss wid a man but don’t cuss he family. Wuss yet, don’t cuss he wife and he children. De whole country talk bout Amaila and de opposition talk wid one...

Amazon Warriors battle Red Steel tonight in T&T

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors battle Red Steel tonight in T&T

By Sean Devers Second placed Guyana Amazon Warriors battle Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad tonight from 20:00hrs and despite the home team’s...

Shewdass aiming to excel at World Sub Junior/Junior C/ships

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shewdass aiming to excel at World Sub Junior/Junior C/ships

-holds Commonwealth records in the Squat, Deadlift & Total Guyana’s latest Powerlifting Prodigy 18-year-old Gumendra Shewdas is set to create history by becoming this nation’s...

25 Graduate Nobel House Seafood sponsored Baseball Coaching Education Course

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 25 Graduate Nobel House Seafood sponsored Baseball Coaching Education Course

Baseball in Guyana took a giant leap forward with the graduation of Twenty-Five certified coaches of the Nobel House Seafood sponsored Course. All of the graduating coaches were presented with a...

Slingertz/NAWF ‘Goal for Gold’ Extravaganza…Talk is Cheap & Money Gram/Star Party Rentals renders support

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingertz/NAWF ‘Goal for Gold’ Extravaganza…Talk is Cheap & Money Gram/Star Party Rentals renders support

Football fans are guaranteed action packed encounters when the curtains go up on the Slingertz Football Club/National Association of Women’s Football ‘Goal for Gold’ football...

LCPL – Hyatt, Philander blitz downs T&T

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL – Hyatt, Philander blitz downs T&T

Danza Hyatt and Vernon Philander smashed 41 runs in 14 balls to post just enough for Jamaica Tallawahs as Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel failed to muster similar momentum to overhaul...

Great start augurs well for success of Limacol CPL, says Sir Vivian Richards

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Great start augurs well for success of Limacol CPL, says Sir Vivian Richards

CPL – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards expects the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) to be a resounding success, judging from the fans’ response to the Barbados...

Maria’s Pleasure win Banks DIH softball tourney

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maria’s Pleasure win Banks DIH softball tourney

Maria’s Pleasure were crowned champions of the Banks DIH softball competition when they defeated Melville by 9 wickets in the final which was contested last Sunday at Sewram’s Tarmac, Belle...

Wild Bunch are Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes champs

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wild Bunch are Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes champs

Wild Bunch marked 59 games to win the final of the Deon Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition which was contested on Monday evening at Dynasty Sports Bar, South Ruimveldt. Assassin placed...

Team Guyana confident of retaining Table Tennis title

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana confident of retaining Table Tennis title

A strong group of local racquet wielders will face Suriname today in one of the four disciplines that will be contested in this year’s Inter-Guianas Games which opens today, at the Cliff Anderson...

Govt. ‘exploring other options’ to support Amaila

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. ‘exploring other options’ to support Amaila

Government is having bilateral engagements and trans-border discussions to import hydropower from neighbouring countries with similar geographic potential, because the Amaila Falls Hydropower...

No parliamentary consensus on Amaila

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No parliamentary consensus on Amaila

– Amendments approved – AFC caps debt ceiling guarantee at $50B – Greenidge says cost now US$1.054B By Gary Eleazar While there was no consensus to...

Employment for Amaila project…APNU, AFC express concern for locals

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Employment for Amaila project…APNU, AFC express concern for locals

By Abena Rockcliffe Though A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) now essentially have differing opinions and positions on the Amaila Falls hydro power...

Guyana-born US army veteran arrested in ‘Iron Man’ bank robbery

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born US army veteran arrested in ‘Iron Man’ bank robbery

Florida (Orlando Sentinel) – He was no Tony Stark. The man who posed as the multi-billionaire playboy’s armored alter ego, Iron Man, during a June bank robbery is finally behind bars,...

Anti-money laundering legislation …Joint Opposition stifling Guyana – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation …Joint Opposition stifling Guyana – Dr. Luncheon

The joint Opposition in the National Assembly has essentially stifled Guyana for the non-passage of Anti-money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Act. This is according to Cabinet...

GTU not opposed to “removing” Corporal Punishment

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTU not opposed to “removing” Corporal Punishment

…but insists on replacement measure Although the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is not opposed to the removal of Corporal Punishment from the local school system, it is however...

City Hall remains defiant in face of legal threats

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall remains defiant in face of legal threats

…workers prepared to down tools By Zena Henry “The Mayor and City Council and its supporters will not be intimidated,” were the words used by the Mayor of Georgetown, as he expressed...

I doubt I will vote in the next general election

Aug 09, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I doubt I will vote in the next general election

The Parliament of Guyana passed a motion abolishing the cordons that ring Parliament when it is in session. The Guyana Government, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Guyana...

El Dorado rums sweep int’l awards

Aug 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on El Dorado rums sweep int’l awards

Guyana’s rums are continuing to reel in the awards internationally. This time, El Dorado 8 Year Old Rum has “surprised” its competitors by winning the “Best Rum Trophy” at the annual...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more