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Overpayments, financial irregularities by Ministries at intolerable level – Goolsarran

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Overpayments, financial irregularities by Ministries at intolerable level – Goolsarran

Several Ministries have been hauled before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in recent weeks based on financial irregularities documented in the reports of the Auditor General (AG). The AG Report...

Teen’s body found on dam with crushed skull

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen’s body found on dam with crushed skull

– police looking for truck driver Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 14-year-old street child whose mangled body was discovered...

Embassies, civil society reiterate calls for early Local Govt. Elections

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Embassies, civil society reiterate calls for early Local Govt. Elections

The pressure is piling up for Guyana to hold local government elections early with a joint statement from civil society and three embassies yesterday signaling a growing unhappiness over the current...

President seeks Army’s support on AML Bill

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President seeks Army’s support on AML Bill

… “We refrain from partisan politics”- COS By Zena Henry President Donald Ramotar has sought the support of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), highlighting the underlying security effects the...

Thieves target B/dam Police Station two nights in a row

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves target B/dam Police Station two nights in a row

In what has been described a total embarrassment to the Guyana Police Force, thieves targeted the headquarters of the most high profile police division at Brickdam for two nights in a row,...

New GPC lawyer in NY displays confusion, acts outside his lawsuit

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC lawyer in NY displays confusion, acts outside his lawsuit

…signals hatred for Glenn Lall, Adam Harris A period of deposition that should have lasted three days lasted a mere 42 minutes. Sam Beckerman, the lawyer for the plaintiff, was unaware of the...

Dem boys seh…Bobby and he lawyer confused

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bobby and he lawyer confused

Bobby ain’t stupid because he now trying to get a court in Uncle Sam to try de Waterfalls paper. This is de paper that talking he story and he don’t really want people know wha he doing. De man...

England survive Ramdin onslaught to take series

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on England survive Ramdin onslaught to take series

ESPNcricinfo – For the first time since July, England have won two matches in a row – with starring roles for two young batsmen – though it was not without some tension towards the...

School Reps attending 2-day GBV Workshop

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on School Reps attending 2-day GBV Workshop

By Rawle Welch Representatives of the twenty-four schools currently participating in the Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition began attending a two-day Gender-based Violence (GBV)...

Jeffrey set to defend Berbice leg of Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle race Sunday

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jeffrey set to defend Berbice leg of Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle race Sunday

Following the successfully staging of the first leg on the West Demerara last Sunday, the organisers of the annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycling race will shift action to the Ancient County of...

March 23 GMR&SC Race Meet set to attract overseas-based competitors

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on March 23 GMR&SC Race Meet set to attract overseas-based competitors

Determined to attract a large crowd at all of its calendar activities, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) March 23 Race Meet is anticipated to draw a large turnout judging from...

ECB U-15 tourney to start on Friday

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB U-15 tourney to start on Friday

The Essequibo Cricket Board/ Sterling Products and Doodnauth Samaroo Construction U-15 50 overs inter association tournament is set to commence on Friday. Wakenaam and Leguan combined will face North...

$SECC\Skeete T20 final set for Sunday$

SECC\Skeete T20 final set for Sunday

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on SECC\Skeete T20 final set for Sunday

The South Essequibo Cricket Committee (SECC)\ Edward Skeete T20 final between Eldorado and Rising Star is set for Sunday at Pomona ground on the Essequibo Coast at 13:30 hrs. Jaguars and Invaders...

PMCC to hold fund raising match on March 30

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on PMCC to hold fund raising match on March 30

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) will be holding a one day fund raising four-team cricket tournament at its Port Mourant based ground on Sunday March 30. President of the PMCC Vickram Seubarran...

Cheddi Jagan Memorial cricket set to commence on Sunday

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan Memorial cricket set to commence on Sunday

The Cheddi Jagan Memorial T20 over 40 hardball and softball tournaments are slated to commence on Sunday on the East Coast of Demerara. Enterprise Busta SC will host Enmore CC and Lusignan SC will...

EBDCA/ Sarjoo Memorial cricket continues this weekend

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA/ Sarjoo Memorial cricket continues this weekend

The East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA)/Neville Sarjoo Memorial T20 competition continues this weekend with several matches. The competition started in 2013 but was suspended due to the...

GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy cricket – Lower East Coast…Enterprise Primary register consecutive wins

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy cricket – Lower East Coast…Enterprise Primary register consecutive wins

Enterprise Primary School recorded consecutive victories when action in the lower East Coast district of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Scotiabank nationwide Kiddy cricket festival continued...

7-year-old hospitalized after Friendship accident

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 7-year-old hospitalized after Friendship accident

A Craig Primary School student was rushed to the Accident and Emergency unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, after being hit by a car on the Friendship, East Bank...

Port Mourant Turf Club, Horse Owners Association Meet set for March 16

Mar 06, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Turf Club, Horse Owners Association Meet set for March 16

With the racing season truly on, the Port Mourant Turf Club in association with the Guyana Horse Owners Association has organised a grand one day horserace meet scheduled for Sunday March 16 at the...

Corruption laws not effectively implemented in Guyana – US State Dept. Report

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption laws not effectively implemented in Guyana – US State Dept. Report

Although the laws of Guyana provides for criminal penalties for corruption by officials, Government however, did not implement these effectively. This was one of the major concerns which were...

Govt. revisiting design for laying of fibre optic cable – Ramotar

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. revisiting design for laying of fibre optic cable – Ramotar

Whilst Government’s E-Governance Project on the Coastland has moved ahead with the erection of 40 towers thus far; the designs for the relaying of the 560-kilometre fibre optic cable from Lethem to...

Digicel donates shoes to Hinterland students

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel donates shoes to Hinterland students

Believe it or not, in some parts of the country, there are children who still walk to and from school, barefooted. This is the situation occurring in Mabaruma, Region One. Following a request from...

Police blast media for exposing Lusignan Massacre eyewitness

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police blast media for exposing Lusignan Massacre eyewitness

The Guyana police force is upset at recent publications in the media which it said could endanger the life of the state witness in the Lusignan Massacre trial. The Force in a press statement...

Deplorable prison and jail conditions flagged in US State Dept Report

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Deplorable prison and jail conditions flagged in US State Dept Report

The 2013 US Human Rights Report has not given Guyana a passing grade. The Report which was published last week, noted that the most serious human rights abuses involved suspects’ and detainees’...

50 years a national heroine…GAWU pays tribute to killed sugar worker, Kowsilla

Mar 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 50 years a national heroine…GAWU pays tribute to killed sugar worker, Kowsilla

Yesterday marked 50 years since female sugar worker, Kowsilla, was killed during a strike action at the Leonora estate, West Coast Demerara. The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU),...

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Hauls from Persaud and Farley highlight MVP Sports Girl’s U11 Football Tourney commencement

The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more