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BREAKING NEWS… Taxi driver shot dead in car

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The body of a taxi driver, with what appeared to be a bullet wound to the head, was found today at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara. Roopchand Darshan, 24, called ‘Dave’, or ‘Papi’...

Port Kaituma killer succumbs…14 days after burning wife and four children to death

Mar 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma killer succumbs…14 days after burning wife and four children to death

Lenus La Cruz, the father who torched his Port Kaituma house with his wife and four children inside, has succumbed to injuries he sustained while committing the crime. The 50-year-old businessman,...

Guyanese bid farewell to Deborah Backer

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Hundreds of Guyanese gathered at St. Andrews Kirk yesterday. Some spilled over into the compound. They were there to pay their final respects to former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly,...

Bitter Sugar politics…Privatise non-performing sugar estates – former GCCI President

Mar 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bitter Sugar politics…Privatise non-performing sugar estates – former GCCI President

By Kiana Wilburg President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Clinton Urling says that while he supports the $6B allocated in this year’s budget for the Guyana Sugar...

Education Ministry launches locally produced science text series

Mar 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry launches locally produced science text series

As part of its efforts to tackle the challenge of high-priced textbooks, coupled with the need to ensure a wider distribution of these reading materials at the primary level, the Ministry of...

Amaila Hydro project very much alive

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Construction of the 165 MW Amaila Falls Hydropower Plant is still on Government’s radar with the private developer and majority equity investor in the project, the Blackstone Group and Sithe...

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell retires

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– urges successor to listen to ranks, regain public trust By Latoya Giles With just three days left in office, Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell was yesterday honoured with an official...

Mahaicony poisoning tragedy…Spouse had threatened to take children from mother

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– had made previous attempts at suicide The young mother who poisoned her two children last Thursday may have been depressed because her overseas-based spouse had threatened to take the...

Dem boys seh…Is sad when is farewell time

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is sad when is farewell time

Friday was a sad day fuh some. But some did glad anyhow. De man who kill he wife and children three Friday back he dead pun a Friday. Of course, dem boys believe that he was to dead de same day he...

Sammy fires Windies to win in thriller

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy fires Windies to win in thriller

ESPNcricinfo – Dhaka, Bangladesh – West Indian batting power ejected Australia from the previous World T20 in Sri Lanka and has all but done so again after Darren Sammy pulled off a...

3rd win puts West Indies Women on top

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CMC – SYLHET, Bangladesh – West Indies Women stormed to the top of Group B with their third straight win, after trouncing Sri Lanka Women by eight wickets at the at the Sylhet Stadium...

MCY&S/NSC schools Wind ball tourney…

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S/NSC schools Wind ball tourney…

Mendonca hat-trick propels IPE to victory Shellimiah Mendonca captured three wickets for one run including a hat-trick as Institute of Professional Education (IPE) overcame Tucville by 31 runs when...

Final CARIFTA Games team to surface this weekend

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-Nine reportedly shortlisted; Monday is submission deadline By Edison Jefford The final CARIFTA Games team is likely to surface this weekend ahead of the deadline for final submissions on Monday for...

Guyanese pugilists commence battle for honours as tournament gets underway

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese pugilists commence battle for honours as tournament gets underway

By Michael Benjamin in St Lucia with the compliments of Mings Products and Services, Vizion Sounds, LIAT Airlines The three Guyanese boxers participating in Tri Nation Boxing Extravaganza in St Lucia...

BCB/Hand in Hand 2nd Div. in West Berbice Bowls off today

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Hand in Hand 2nd Div. in West Berbice Bowls off today

The Berbice Cricket Board organised Hand in Hand Insurance 40 overs Second Division tournament for teams in West Berbice starts today with matches at seven venues. Fourteen teams would be involved in...

Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…Final spots up for grabs today

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Which two teams will make it to the championship game will be answered today when semi-final action in this year’s Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition is played today, at the...

Joshua House kids feels the love of Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joshua House kids feels the love of Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham

Having a never ending love for children having come from a single parent home where his mother took care of five boys and two girls, Hugh Ross Classic Body Building and Fitness Show Guest Poser, IFBB...

Jacobs thinks CCC was his better choice

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jacobs thinks CCC was his better choice

Proud of CCC’s win against Guyana By Sean Devers For 25-year-old former Guyana and West Indies under-19 Captain, Steven Jacobs, the decision to lead Combined Colleges & Campuses (CCC) in both...

Stag Beer/EBFA Div. 1 League…More exciting action set for tomorrow at Grove Playfield

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Div. 1 League…More exciting action set for tomorrow at Grove Playfield

Two more potentially exciting matches in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division one league are set for tomorrow afternoon at the Grove Playfield, kicking off at 13:00hrs....

Double header to open WDFA U-17 Competition

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The West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Under-17 Competition is set to commence today with a double header planned for the Pouderoyen School ground. According to Vice-President of competitions...

GCB U-15 Inter-County two-day cricket…Igloo Ice Cream on board as sponsors

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB U-15 Inter-County two-day cricket…Igloo Ice Cream on board as sponsors

In collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Sterling Products Limited under their Igloo Ice Cream brand will sponsor the 2014 Inter-County Under-15 two day cricket Competition which bowls...

UG Inter Faculty cricket continues

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The University of Guyana (UG) Inter Faculty t20 cricket competition continued yesterday at the UG ground with Agriculture and Forestry beating Natural Sciences by four wickets in the latest action....

Golfers to battle in Continental Agencies Tournament

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golfers to battle in Continental Agencies Tournament

Weeks of dry weather have made the Lusignan Golf Club course treacherous for this week’s Continental Agencies Tournament. While the hard and dry fairways enable more distance off the tee, the...

GFA Division 1& 2 Leagues…Alfred’s brace sinks Sunburst Camptown

Mar 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA Division 1& 2 Leagues…Alfred’s brace sinks Sunburst Camptown

– Riddim Squad, Black Pearl play to a draw Ever since his emergence on the local football scene dating back to the Edwin ‘Chow’ Sealey Indoor Competition, the diminutive Deon Alfred has...

Agri. Ministry eyes bottling factory for coconut water

Mar 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry eyes bottling factory for coconut water

By 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to establish either a bottling or canning factory to facilitate the exportation of Guyana’s coconut water. The local coconut industry has seen many...

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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