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Foulis spare parts dealer kidnapping…Kidnappers reduce demand to $25M

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Foulis spare parts dealer kidnapping…Kidnappers reduce demand to $25M

– Soesdyke woman held Kidnappers holding a Foulis, Enmore auto parts dealer Rajendra Singh hostage, have reduced their demand by half to $25M for his safe release. This was conveyed...

Probe into Gold Board racket unearths collusion

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Probe into Gold Board racket unearths collusion

– Guyana robbed of hundreds of millions$$$ each month Several hundred million Guyana dollars are being siphoned off each month in a racket at the Gold Board, as a result of collusion...

Ramkarran warned of security implication before Sash Sawh’s assassination

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran warned of security implication before Sash Sawh’s assassination

Former Minister of Agriculture, Satyadeow Sash Sawh, was assassinated weeks after the Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran had warned the party to undertake a serious analysis of...

M’cony poisoning tragedy…Murder charges for mom who allegedly killed children

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on M’cony poisoning tragedy…Murder charges for mom who allegedly killed children

Awena Rutherford, the 21-year old who allegedly killed her children by feeding them a poisonous substance, is scheduled to appear in court today to face two charges of murder. Rutherford was...

Death of Guyanese Tourist in Trinidad… Relatives says…What’s the purpose of Caricom if Guyanese are denied medical attention

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of Guyanese Tourist in Trinidad… Relatives says…What’s the purpose of Caricom if Guyanese are denied medical attention

“What’s the purpose of Caricom, if Guyanese are denied medical attention?” This was the lament yesterday from relatives of Jeetindra Sookram, the Guyanese tourist Sookram who died in...

Following explosion…Port Kaituma River contaminated with fuel

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Following explosion…Port Kaituma River contaminated with fuel

– squatters, boat owners also dumping refuse in waterway By Rehanna Ramsay “We use the water to wash dishes, clothes and even bathe sometimes… the water is full of waste fuel; the...

Dem boys seh…Bobby shaping up to get more money from drugs

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bobby shaping up to get more money from drugs

Nuff people got something to hide. Some got to hide family secrets, some got to hide dem own things. Of course, dem got people who does try fuh hide demself. Bobby always trying to hide and is only...

GAPF Novice & Junior Championships…Kevin Brijlall, Roger Callender and Andrea Smith crowned overall winners

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Novice & Junior Championships…Kevin Brijlall, Roger Callender and Andrea Smith crowned overall winners

Kevin Brijlall of Hardcore Gym was crowned Junior and Sub-Junior overall Champion when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) brought off their Novice and Junior Championships yesterday at...

GBBC Jamaican Invasion affair…Dexter Marques retains CABOFE accolade as Guyana and Jamaica share the spoils

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC Jamaican Invasion affair…Dexter Marques retains CABOFE accolade as Guyana and Jamaica share the spoils

By Michael Benjamin Guyanese boxers clinched two victories but their Jamaican counterparts rebounded with a similar number of wins to share the spoils when the curtains were drawn on the Guyana...

Ansa McAl /EDFA U-17 League…BV Triumph United are champs following penalty thriller against Buxton United

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl /EDFA U-17 League…BV Triumph United are champs following penalty thriller against Buxton United

Tournament MVP, highest goal scorer (14) and Captain, Romario Welcome, marshaled his troops admirably to guide BV Triumph United to championship glory in the Ansa McAl sponsored East Demerara...

Georgetown meltdown in the Mining Town

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown meltdown in the Mining Town

– Linden tops ‘Mecca to Mackenzie’ The question was asked and the answer was a resounding no in the “From Mecca to Mackenzie” Basketball Playoffs; Georgetown did not beat Linden in...

Igloo Inter-County Cricket…Demerara retain title after last round draw with B’ce

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Igloo Inter-County Cricket…Demerara retain title after last round draw with B’ce

Nedd named MOM By Sean Devers Demerara successfully defended their Igloo Ice-Cream under-15 Inter-County two-day cricket title when their final round game against Berbice ended in a draw...

3rd Powerade 50-Mile Cycle Road Race…Orville Hinds rides to victory; Michael Anthony tops junior field

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Powerade 50-Mile Cycle Road Race…Orville Hinds rides to victory; Michael Anthony tops junior field

United Bike Shop’s Orville Hinds rode to victory in the 3rd annual Powerade 50-Mile cycle road race which was contested yesterday on the West Demerara. Hinds completed the distance in One Hour 56...

World Twenty20 2014: Sri Lanka beat India to win title

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Twenty20 2014: Sri Lanka beat India to win title

BBC Sport – Kumar Sangakkara guided Sri Lanka to a six-wicket victory over India to win the World Twenty20 in Mirpur and end a run of four defeats in global finals. Sangakkara, playing his...

Women’s World Twenty20: Australia beat England in final

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women’s World Twenty20: Australia beat England in final

BBC Sport – Australia thrashed England by six wickets to win a third successive Women’s World Twenty20 title. England collapsed from 55-1 to post a modest 105-8 after losing the toss in...

Inadequate funds allocated for upgrade of the nation’s roads

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inadequate funds allocated for upgrade of the nation’s roads

– APNU A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) believes that not enough money has been allocated for the upgrade of the nation’s roads. At least this is according to Annette Ferguson...

Straker looks good ahead of CARIFTA Games

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Straker looks good ahead of CARIFTA Games

Excellent running on the curve and a strong finish ensured talented sprinter Jevina Sampson is a strong medal favourite at the impending CARIFTA Games later this month when she competed at the...

Satellite imaging available to track illegal mining

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Satellite imaging available to track illegal mining

– Persaud Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) Robert Persuad has announced that in an effort to stamp out illegal mining and to ensure that extractive practices are being...

Living a double life…Farmer by day, poet by night

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Living a double life…Farmer by day, poet by night

By: Kiana Wilburg Nestled in the heart of a Limlar, Berbice, is a rice farmer who is obsessed with the works of Martin Carter. ‘This is the dark time my love’ and ‘Bare night without comfort’...

Princess Fun City brings down curtains on school tour

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Fun City brings down curtains on school tour

The curtains came down Friday on the school tour orchestrated by the Princess Fun City Entertainment Centre with some schools even taking away brand new computer systems. The two-month long...

10th Linden Secondary Schools Basketball C/ship bounces off today

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10th Linden Secondary Schools Basketball C/ship bounces off today

The 10th Linden Secondary Schools Under-19 Basketball Championship, which is organized by the Linden Amateur basketball Association, will see a hectic opening week of five playing days beginning...

Eureka Medical Laboratory…Staying ahead of the Competition

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka Medical Laboratory…Staying ahead of the Competition

By Kiana Wilburg The world of medical enterprise is a savage one. It involves the mastery of a different kind of trust. It requires of the businessman in this field to build trust with the...

Griffith’s 58, Joseph’s opening burst put Guyana in good position for 1st win of the season

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Griffith’s 58, Joseph’s opening burst put Guyana in good position for 1st win of the season

Guyana were seven wickets away from the their first win at the end of the third day of their sixth round Regional 4-Day cricket match against the Leeward Islands yesterday at the Vivian Richards...

Banks Beer Softball Cup set for May 6

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer Softball Cup set for May 6

The Banks Beer Champion of Champions Inter-Company and Association Softball Cricket competition is set for May 6 at Thirst Park. Entrance fee is $12,000 and action gets underway at 18:00hrs. The...

African Guyanese communities in crisis…Hughes confronts ‘uncomfortable truths’ in Bagotville address

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on African Guyanese communities in crisis…Hughes confronts ‘uncomfortable truths’ in Bagotville address

By Kiana Wilburg “The reality is that the perceived face of crime and violence in our communities is black, young and invariably male. The only thing worse than black on black violence and...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

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