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TV stations mount court challenge on $2.5M licence fee

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TV stations mount court challenge on $2.5M licence fee

– says 1,000 percent increase will effectively close operations As time runs out today for a number of TV and radio stations to submit critical documents in order to be licensed, six...

Fire destroys storage bonds

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys storage bonds

– Fire service saves factory By Javone Vickerie Fire fighters last evening risked their lives to fight an inferno which destroyed the stock bond of the Comfort Sleep Company and gutted...

Anti-Money Laundering Bill…CFATF, not APNU, dictates legislation – Dr. Luncheon

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering Bill…CFATF, not APNU, dictates legislation – Dr. Luncheon

Government has made it clear that the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism amendment Bill does not have to satisfy A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) but rather...

Businessman charged for biker’s murder

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman charged for biker’s murder

After evading the law for several weeks, the sole suspect in the execution style killing of the popular biker Kirk Davis has been charged. Randy Jagdeo, alias “Rondy Jagdeo,” yesterday...

Guyana gears to grant Chinese multiple fishing licences

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gears to grant Chinese multiple fishing licences

…reiterates calls for meeting with Agriculture Minister The government is prepared to allow multiple deep sea fishing and trawler licences to Chinese state companies, but the...

Medical report reveals home alone toddler malnourished

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Medical report reveals home alone toddler malnourished

– CCPA calls on mother to come forward A medical examination conducted on the three-year-old who was rescued by officials of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), has positively...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat couldn’t touch de FIFA trophy

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat couldn’t touch de FIFA trophy

De most expensive trophy in de world land in Guyana and de people who bring it had to wait till Bharrat come out of office before dem coulda tek that chance. Bharrat woulda tek it and give he...

FIFA World Cup Trophy visits Guyana

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup Trophy visits Guyana

Yesterday marked another momentous day in Guyana’s sporting history when the FIFA World Cup Trophy touched down on local soil for the first time in our country. Standing 36 centimetres tall...

Visiting Guyanese robbed hours after touching down at CJIA

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News 2

The holiday plans of two overseas-based Guyanese were shattered when bandits attacked them just after they had touched down in the land of their birth. The two men Sureshpaul Latchman, 28...

Mayor to seek Opposition intervention in Town Clerk dilemma

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor to seek Opposition intervention in Town Clerk dilemma

…says telephone operator restricted from making calls for Mayor The ongoing row between the Mayor of Georgetown and his team and the city Town Clerk and her team has led the long...

Businessman robbed, stabbed by cutlass-wielding bandit

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman robbed, stabbed by cutlass-wielding bandit

A Bartica businessman who was stabbed multiple times about his body and robbed of $300,000 last Saturday night is now hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)....

Visiting Guyanese robbed hours after touching down at CJIA

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Visiting Guyanese robbed hours after touching down at CJIA

The holiday plans of two overseas-based Guyanese were shattered when bandits attacked them just after they had touched down in the land of their birth. The two men Sureshpaul ...

Consul General’s visit was above board – St. Maarten govt.

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Consul General’s visit was above board – St. Maarten govt.

The St. Maarten government has joined the local administration in defending the recent visit of Consul General, Michael Brotherson, to that island to conduct business. According to St Maarten,...

Another Berbician admitted to local Bar

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another Berbician admitted to local Bar

Asa Stuart Shepherd, 24, of 21 Manchester, Corentyne, was another young Berbician to be admitted to the Bar recently. Attorney at Law Nigel Hughes presented Shepherd’s petition to Justice Roxanne...

Anti money laundering legislation…AFC will support Bill if PPC is untouched

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti money laundering legislation…AFC will support Bill if PPC is untouched

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has announced that it will not waiver from its position of wanting a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in its entirety before supporting the Anti Money Laundering and...

Giftland OfficeMax ‘The Quest’, Leg 2, Football underway

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Giftland OfficeMax ‘The Quest’, Leg 2, Football underway

Giftland OfficeMax will be spearheading another leg of the ‘The Quest’ called, ‘Mr. Giftland The Scorer’. Stephen King, Kevin Layne, Nathaneal King, Denny Mitchell and Kwadjo Garnett,...

Top animals flown in for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top animals flown in for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet

As preparations continue for the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) in collaboration with the Inshan Bacchus ‘Hard Running’s’ Trucking Service and Nazrudeen “Jumbo Jet...

Corentyne District prepares for National schools athletics championship

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corentyne District prepares for National schools athletics championship

Lower Corentyne retains title As the various education districts wind down preparation for the Ministry of Education/Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) annual National Schools Swimming Cycling...

Woman stabbed at Paruima Landing

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman stabbed at Paruima Landing

Police have launched an investigation into a stabbing, which occurred at Paruima landing in Mazaruni district of Region Seven, around midday on Tuesday. While details surrounding the incident...

Broadcast fee calculated to put operators out of business – Joe Harmon

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcast fee calculated to put operators out of business – Joe Harmon

The new licensing fee imposed on radio and television broadcasters was deliberately calculated by the administration to run some operators out of business, said A Partnership for National...

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

The cardinal rule in journalism is that facts are sacred and that nothing is to be assumed to be fact unless checked. I once read about a sign in an editorial room which stated, “If your...

Petra Organisation / Courts Pee Wee Football…Could anyone stop Bevney Mark?

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / Courts Pee Wee Football…Could anyone stop Bevney Mark?

By Rawle Welch Who could stop the tournament’s leading goalscorer Bevney Mark is the reverberating inquiry among knowledgeable pundits who’ve witnessed his astounding performances in the...

LIAT boosts fleet with another ATR-72

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT boosts fleet with another ATR-72

Antigua -LIAT is moving full speed ahead with the upgrade of its fleet of aircraft with the addition of another new ATR aircraft. LIAT pilots delivered the latest ATR-72 aircraft at V.C. Bird...

“Lil Mark” murder accused dies mysteriously

Oct 31, 2013 KNews News 1

Just eight months after he was acquitted of the murder of Mark Caesar, called ‘Lil Mark’, Dexter Marshall died suddenly Tuesday night under strange circumstances. Marshall was...

United Bike Shop 55 Mile Cycle Road Race set for Monday next

Oct 31, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on United Bike Shop 55 Mile Cycle Road Race set for Monday next

The United Bike Shop sponsored 55-Mile Cycle Road Race is set for Monday next from Homestretch Avenue to Dora on the Linden Soesdyke Highway before ending at Craig Village on the East Bank...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more