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Alarming find in Georgetown Prisons…Shotgun cartridges smuggled in boots to ‘terror gang’ accused

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Alarming find in Georgetown Prisons…Shotgun cartridges smuggled in boots to ‘terror gang’ accused

Prison officials appear to have foiled a plot to smuggle ammunition to a high-profile inmate accused of committing acts of terror against the state. The plot was reportedly unearthed around...

STANDOFF!!!…BM Soat, Min of Public Works in standoff over fence on government reserve

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on STANDOFF!!!…BM Soat, Min of Public Works in standoff over fence on government reserve

Employees of the auto dealership BM Soat located at Success, East Coast Demerara, yesterday blocked officials from the Ministry of Public Works from breaking down a fence which the...

Tuschen woman stabbed to death

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tuschen woman stabbed to death

– ex-reputed husband in police custody A 37-year-old woman was fatally stabbed yesterday morning in her 2400 Block 8 Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home, an act that was reportedly carried...

Guyana undertakes US$25M CDB sea defence rehab

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana undertakes US$25M CDB sea defence rehab

Government will receive a loan of US$25M from the Caribbean Development Bank to fund a project which will protect a number of communities from flooding and other hazards brought on by the effects of...

Policing group member, 20, charged with labourer’s killing

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Policing group member, 20, charged with labourer’s killing

A 20-year-old member of a West Bank Demerara policing group has been charged with murder following the shooting death of Belle Vue labourer, Godfrey Jhaggroo, last week, in a case that left a...

Woman with no legs gets new home for Christmas

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman with no legs gets new home for Christmas

In its continued efforts to improve the living conditions of low income families, especially those in marginalised groups, Habitat for Humanity Guyana has provided the opportunity for another...

Dem boys seh…Don’t dream bout lights fuh Christmas

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Don’t dream bout lights fuh Christmas

Dem boys seh that in America dem does sing how dem dreaming bout a white Xmas. In Guyana dem does sing about a black Christmas. And is every year dem does sing de same tune. De other day de fat...

Ravens tame Colts for second Phillip George title

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens tame Colts for second Phillip George title

– TGH Pacesetters remain atop Div. III basketball By Edison Jefford Dyna’s Ravens blew away Colts Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to win their second Phillip George...

Score’s Even destroys top notch field in ‘Champion of Champions’ horserace meet

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Score’s Even destroys top notch field in ‘Champion of Champions’ horserace meet

Shariff, Simply Royal stables take top honours It’s all over and there is no doubt that Score’s Even, the Kentucky Bred animal, imported from the USA by Mr. Dennis DeRoop of the...

Major changes made for December 29th Horserace meet…

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Major changes made for December 29th Horserace meet…

Venue switched to Port Mourant feature event now for B class horses As preparations continue for the December 29th horse race meet jointly organised by the Jumbo Jet Business enterprise...

Dwayne De Rosario to puts up Golden shoes for K&S School’s tournament MVP

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dwayne De Rosario to puts up Golden shoes for K&S School’s tournament MVP

Major League Soccer Super Star Dwayne De Rosario was the latest contributor to the 24th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament which has taken on, for the first time, the secondary schools...

Kharag family partners with KMTC for XMAS meet

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kharag family partners with KMTC for XMAS meet

For the fourth consecutive year the Kharag family of Bush Lot Corentyne has supported the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) XMAS meet which will be held on Boxing Day at Bush Lot Farm,...

Athlete Alika Morgan gives back to less fortunate

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athlete Alika Morgan gives back to less fortunate

National Middle distance runner, 23-year-old, Alika Morgan, who ended 2013 second to Trinidadian Tonya Nero in the Caribbean and her Coach of 11years, Leslie Black, recently made their annual...

Letter to the Sports Editor…What are the reasons Linden is not being afforded football on January 1

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…What are the reasons Linden is not being afforded football on January 1

Dear Sir, Football still continues to be shrouded in controversy in Guyana. Different people yet the same stuff continue. New Elections, new executives but nothing changes or maybe it is even...

Ninvalle, Edghill, Britton win GTTA Open titles

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle, Edghill, Britton win GTTA Open titles

Khalil Ninvalle, Chelsea Edghill and Shemar Britton won Open titles on Saturday when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) hosted a year-end tournament at the National Gymnasium....

Dwayne De Rosario holds coaching clinic at the MSC ground

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dwayne De Rosario holds coaching clinic at the MSC ground

Kids from Linden on Sunday benefited from a coaching clinic held by the K&S Organization in collaboration with Canadian International Football star Dwayne De Rosario at the MSC ground...

GTUC condemns Govt. rejection of USAID project

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC condemns Govt. rejection of USAID project

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has condemned what it said is government attempts to distract the nation from its refusal to pursue a path of meaningful democratic strengthening...

THE GENESIS OF THE INTEGRITY COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMMISSION

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GENESIS OF THE INTEGRITY COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMMISSION

A number of misleading statements and generalization are being peddled about the origins of both the Integrity Commission and the Public Procurement Commission. Amongst the gamut of misleading...

Cabinet is responsible for decisions by Ministers – AFC

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet is responsible for decisions by Ministers – AFC

As the fallout continues over Muri Brasil Ventures Inc receiving permission to conduct surveys in the “sensitive” south eastern New River Triangle area, arguments are surfacing over the...

Procurement Bill could be voted down again

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement Bill could be voted down again

The Financial Spokesman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Carl Greenidge has warned that the Procurement Amendment Bill will suffer the same fate if the government does not bring a...

Over 2500 jobs found for applicants this year – CRMA

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2500 jobs found for applicants this year – CRMA

Government has helped to secure jobs for more than 2,500 people for the year, according to Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA.) Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul said that...

Shoppers desert Anna Regina market

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shoppers desert Anna Regina market

The trend of shopping mere days before Christmas Day is a norm. For many, and Essequibians are included, tend to become caught up in all the late hustle and bustle. However, walking through...

Digicel in major deal to acquire regional submarine fibre network

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel in major deal to acquire regional submarine fibre network

Digicel yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement with the Guadeloupe-based Loret Group and with Caribbean Fibre Holdings to acquire a submarine fibre network across the Caribbean region....

The unconscionable nature of the Guyana Government at Christmas

Dec 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The unconscionable nature of the Guyana Government at Christmas

We got six hours of blackout on Sunday. Yes, I know you were not surprised. Is there anything about this Government that surprises the Guyanese people? Any small child is asked which...

Chinese shipyard building logging vessel locally

Dec 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese shipyard building logging vessel locally

The speed and efficiency with which Zhanghao Shipyard has constructed a 63-metre long logging vessel, has impressed a high-level Government team which visited the shipyard in Coverden, East...