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Ramroop operating three radio stations with one licence

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramroop operating three radio stations with one licence

– Authorities promise investigations The country’s regulators are moving to investigate reports that a radio company misused its licence by illegally operating three different...

Minister Westford should try living on a nurse’s salary for a month – Nagamootoo

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Westford should try living on a nurse’s salary for a month – Nagamootoo

“Minister Jennifer Westford should try living on a nurse’s salary for one month and then she would be able to accurately report on whether the five per cent increase in salary is...

Taxi driver shot, loses licenced gun in car wash robbery

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot, loses licenced gun in car wash robbery

Two men are hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot in separate incidents yesterday. Fenton Duncan, a taxi driver was robbed and shot in the abdomen around 12:25 hrs while at...

EZ Jet boss changes plea

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EZ Jet boss changes plea

…successfully petitions US Court for new lawyer Having pleaded guilty to several counts of fraud in the US two months ago, embattled businessman, Sonny Austin Ramdeo has successfully...

Public Works Ministry, M&CC clearing city outfalls

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry, M&CC clearing city outfalls

The clearing and de-silting of several outfalls around the city is being facilitated by the Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC)....

Guyana slips further down on global perception index

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana slips further down on global perception index

Free, independent media crucial in fight against corruption -TIGI A free and independent media and reasonable access to information are indispensable tools in the fight against corruption....

Dem boys seh…US got Donald Trump; Guyana got Bobby Trump

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…US got Donald Trump; Guyana got Bobby Trump

Dem got some names once you hear dem you get an idea of who this person is. Dem got nuff King but when people hear bout king dem does think bout King Kong. Freddie end up in court fuh that...

Tigers’ win gives credence to sport’s emergence

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tigers’ win gives credence to sport’s emergence

– Guyana women jumps 20 places on FIH latest ranking By Rawle Welch When GCC Tigers defeated Trinidad and Tobago’s Malvern in the final of the just concluded Diamond Mineral...

WI pounded by McCullum, Taylor

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI pounded by McCullum, Taylor

Dunedin, New Zealand – West Indies endured a rough baptism, when Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor hit hundreds to break their drought and give New Zealand’s summer of cricket the best possible...

Guyana Beverage Company Inc. partners RHTY&SC and Enterprise SC

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Company Inc. partners RHTY&SC and Enterprise SC

By Zaheer Mohamed The Guyana Beverage Company Inc. (GBCI) remains committed to the development of sports. Yesterday at the company’s head office at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the entity...

GGMC orders parties off disputed mining claim until probe completed

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC orders parties off disputed mining claim until probe completed

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has ordered a halt to mining on an Upper Puruni claim that is at the centre of an escalating dispute between two parties contesting...

GCC fails to muster AGM quorum

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GCC fails to muster AGM quorum

… pushed back to next week The much heralded Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) has been postponed to next Monday. The meeting failed to attract a...

WI Women short-listed for ICC awards…Taylor, Daley, Dottin nominated

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI Women short-listed for ICC awards…Taylor, Daley, Dottin nominated

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – England’s James Anderson, South Africa’s Hashim Amla and Australia captain Michael Clarke have all been short-listed for the top honours at this...

PPP highlights preparations for Local Govt. elections

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP highlights preparations for Local Govt. elections

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) has highlighted the various preparations being made for the holding of the Local Government Elections—the first in over 19 years. General Secretary...

Businessman shoots ‘big cat’

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shoots ‘big cat’

A businessman in New Amsterdam was on Monday, at around 15:30 hrs, summoned to a residence at Lot 38 Stanleytown, where a ‘big cat’ was spotted up a tree in the bushy yard. Upon...

Govt. signals intention to sign on to Extractive Industries Initiative

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signals intention to sign on to Extractive Industries Initiative

The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is making moves to have within its governance an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to...

GBOC inflexible with indiscipline

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBOC inflexible with indiscipline

-GABA in full compliance By Edison Jefford The new-look Guyana Basketball Officials’ Council (GBOC) has taken an inflexible approach as it relates to indiscipline in the sport, which...

GRPA to promote age appropriate sex education

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA to promote age appropriate sex education

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) is working to engage the education sector as well as community organizations in methods of cultivating a deeper understanding of human...

Still recuperating but zest and vitality intact – Rohee

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Still recuperating but zest and vitality intact – Rohee

The Minister of Home Affairs and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic turned out yesterday to host the first of his usual weekly press conference since he came out of...

Speaker awaits word from PM on “unconstitutional” Bill

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker awaits word from PM on “unconstitutional” Bill

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds is yet to respond to Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, as to whether Government plans to refer the Local Government Amendment Bill – which...

West Indies tour to New Zealand 1969 three Test series drawn one all – Part 2

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies tour to New Zealand 1969 three Test series drawn one all – Part 2

Continuing on his look back at the performances of the West Indies team in New Zealand in their earlier series, Statistician Charwayne Walker looks at the tour there in 1969 which ended in a...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Supporting Democracy caused me to earn a number of enemies

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Supporting Democracy caused me to earn a number of enemies

Dear Mr. Editor, “Every day is a new beginning, so treat it that way, stay away from what might have been and look at what can be.” Mr Editor, I am just responding to a few critics...

Legislation for animal control in the works

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Legislation for animal control in the works

By Zena Henry The ‘pit bull acceptance’ debate continues, with valid questions about the necessity of animal control legislation coming to the fore. There are essentially two pieces...

Public servants continue to reject five percent pay hike

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public servants continue to reject five percent pay hike

– say Govt. being unfair Public servants from several governmental agencies across the country continue to reject the five percent pay hike which was imposed on them by government. The...

Keen competition at RCBG night of boxing in Berbice

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition at RCBG night of boxing in Berbice

The first ever amateur boxing card organised by the Roberts Champions Boxing Gym (RCBG) of New Amsterdam Berbice came off with a bang when the activity was held on Saturday last at the...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more