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2014 Budget… APNU will disapprove of spending not in the National Interest

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Budget… APNU will disapprove of spending not in the National Interest

Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brig. David Granger, expressed dissatisfaction with the consultation APNU has had with government over the Budget. He has now promised to disapprove...

Three Guyanese found dead in Ontario home

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese found dead in Ontario home

Brampton, Canada – Jerry Pitamber’s life changed forever the instant he got home after a shift at his family’s restaurant on Monday to find his parents and brother poisoned by carbon...

Anti-money laundering measures… Over 200 Co-op societies face suspension for not complying

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering measures… Over 200 Co-op societies face suspension for not complying

Government has moved to cancel over 200 Cooperative societies across the country as authorities move ahead with the implementation of internationally mandated anti-money laundering measures....

Phagwah Day accidents leave one dead, several injured

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah Day accidents leave one dead, several injured

Amidst the colourful Phagwah celebrations, a fatal vehicular accident threw several families into grief as a pick up truck on the East Bank Demerara Public Road toppled yesterday afternoon leaving...

TSU force APNU MP to remove tint

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TSU force APNU MP to remove tint

It appears that the Guyana Police Force is sparing no one in its ongoing campaign to remove tint from motor vehicles. Last Wednesday, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament...

Two man learn bout de dog story

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Two man learn bout de dog story

Old people got a saying. “Every dog got its day.” Well nuff dog day run out over de holiday weekend and some of de way de thing happen got some people still smiling. A man was riding he motorbike...

Got To Go takes feature at Port Mourant Horserace meet Jumbo Jet stable triumphs again, Colin Ross is top Jockey

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Got To Go takes feature at Port Mourant Horserace meet Jumbo Jet stable triumphs again, Colin Ross is top Jockey

Got To Go of the Jumbo Jet stable, which was guided by Colin Ross and running with a classification of D3, went all the way as it returned to winning ways. The animal carrying a weight of 108 pounds...

Revlon Lake starts his campaign for big bucks as ‘The Contender’ series commence

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Revlon Lake starts his campaign for big bucks as ‘The Contender’ series commence

Barbados based Guyanese boxer, Revlon Lake, is bristling with confidence as he prepares to enter the ring in a highly anticipated slugfest against Jamaican, Sakima Mullings at the Chinese Benevolent...

GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet Roshandin banking on recent upgrade to dominate on Sunday

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet Roshandin banking on recent upgrade to dominate on Sunday

He knows what it takes to be a champion, having earned the accolade many times before, so when Group 2A and B driver Shairaz Roshandin takes to the track this weekend to participate in the Guyana...

‘Sugar’-less Raiders ground Jets; Ravens ‘tie-up’ Colts -Teams to clash in National Basketball C/ship Final

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Sugar’-less Raiders ground Jets; Ravens ‘tie-up’ Colts -Teams to clash in National Basketball C/ship Final

By Edison Jefford Retrieve Raiders and Dyna’s Ravens will play for the National Division I Basketball title Sunday after winning their respective semi-final games at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Large turn out to 1st Annual Thompson’s Reunion and Sports day

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Large turn out to 1st Annual Thompson’s Reunion and Sports day

A sea of national colours filled the National Park yesterday, as colorfully dressed relatives of the Thompson family held its first annual Family Reunion and Fun Day. The event which attracted some...

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League Dick’s five guides Grove Hi Tech to big win over Herstelling

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League Dick’s five guides Grove Hi Tech to big win over Herstelling

Joel Dick banged in five goals for Grove Hi Tech yesterday leading his team to a big 8-0 win over Herstelling Football Club when play in the Stag Beer/East Bank Football Association division-one...

Sparendaam Station MC Softball set for Sunday

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sparendaam Station MC Softball set for Sunday

Sparendaam Station Management committee will stage a 10 overs softball tournament at Hope Community Centre ground starting from 09:00 hrs on Sunday. Entrance fee is $15,000 and the winning team will...

Results from Queen’s College Inter Class football

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Results from Queen’s College Inter Class football

Following are the results of the Queen’s College Inter Class football tournament which was contested recently at the Queen’s College ground. 1 A Girls defeated 1 A D girls 1-0 on penalty, 1 B...

Qualafon Guyana win MSC Corporate cricket tourney Beat Upper Level Barbers in final

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Qualafon Guyana win MSC Corporate cricket tourney Beat Upper Level Barbers in final

Qualafon Guyana romped to an emphatic 10-wicket victory in fading light against The Upper Level Barbers in the Final of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Noble House Seafoods Corporate 15-15 Cricket...

Mohamed hits half century as Everest beat GYO

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed hits half century as Everest beat GYO

Saheed Mohamed slammed a fine half century as host Everest Cricket Club defeated Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 38 runs in a specially arranged 35- over match on Saturday last. Everest took first...

Drop in centre, receives donation from Nigerian medical students

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drop in centre, receives donation from Nigerian medical students

The Ministry of Human Services, shelter for children, became the latest recipient of a donation of food items and essentials the Nigerian Student Association of Guyana, (NISAG). The batch of Nigerian...

Port Kaituma murder victims for burial today -alleged killer to be transferred to Georgetown

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma murder victims for burial today -alleged killer to be transferred to Georgetown

The five victims of Friday’s arson/murder are to be laid to rest today, while their alleged killer, Lenus La Cruz, is likely to be brought to Georgetown to face murder charges. Kaieteur News...

Legislation needed to monitor kidney transplants – Kidney Foundation officials

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Legislation needed to monitor kidney transplants – Kidney Foundation officials

While providing kidney transplant is a step in the right direction, officials attached to the Kidney Foundation of Guyana are convinced that such a move must be backed by legislation. There have been...

19-year-old Corentyne robbery accused says he was tortured

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 19-year-old Corentyne robbery accused says he was tortured

The father of a 19-year-old multiple robbery accused is sparing no effort to see that he gets justice for the brutal beating his son allegedly received at the hands of police ranks who arrested him a...

Wolf’s 58th birth anniversary softball tourney Talechandra guides Wolf’s Warriors to victory

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s 58th birth anniversary softball tourney Talechandra guides Wolf’s Warriors to victory

Vishnu Talechandra stroked six sixes and five fours in a top score of 71 as Wolf’s Warriors defeated Speed Boat XI by nine wickets to claim the Wolf’s 59th birth anniversary 12 overs softball...

Justice Sukul’s disbarment raises many questions

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Sukul’s disbarment raises many questions

DEAR EDITOR, The recent resignation of Mr. Rabi Sukul, a UK trained and admitted Barrister, as a Judge of the Guyana Court of Appeal, was viewed with great concern by many of us in the Guyanese...

It can be done, but please stop the lies!

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on It can be done, but please stop the lies!

DEAR EDITOR, In Hindu philosophy we have a Sanskrit quote from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad “asato ma sadgamaya” which translates loosely into “lead me from the asat to the sat – from...

Let’s not have any confusion; the sugar industry is being destroyed!

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s not have any confusion; the sugar industry is being destroyed!

DEAR EDITOR, There has been a lot of confusion and misrepresentation regarding remarks made at an APNU press briefing on Tuesday 11th March 2014. I was asked to offer some comments about Clement...

South NA Teachers defeat their North counterparts in feature football encounter 6-1

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on South NA Teachers defeat their North counterparts in feature football encounter 6-1

South New Amsterdam teachers defeated their North counterparts 6-1 in the feature football match of a triple header card that also included male and female teams. The games were organised by the...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more