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BREAKING NEWS…Another tragedy rocks Port Kaituma

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS…Another tragedy rocks Port Kaituma

Man shoots reputed wife dead, kills self A pre-dawn dispute between a Port Kaituma couple turned deadly today with a reputed husband shooting his spouse and then turning the weapon on...

Manickchand/ Sharma episode a “black eye” of shame

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Manickchand/ Sharma episode a “black eye” of shame

MPs’ behaviour leaves much room for improvement – Speaker The National Budget 2014 has been passed in the National Assembly after two weeks of debates and consideration of the...

Morphine disappears from hospital, guard claims gunmen stole it

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Morphine disappears from hospital, guard claims gunmen stole it

A security guard attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is in police custody assisting with information relating to the disappearance of a large quantity of morphine...

President promises continued Gov’t support for Rupununi’s development

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President promises continued Gov’t support for Rupununi’s development

– presents $500,000 cheque to Lethem Rodeo Committee President Donald Ramotar and several other members of the Cabinet, including Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali yesterday participated in...

Dem boys seh…Donald investigation mek people get sick

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald investigation mek people get sick

Today is Easter and plenty li’l children deh flying kite. Dem boys want tell dem parents fuh mek sure that dem pickney keep far from de electric wire. But de state in which Brazzy and Jagdeo got...

Budget Cuts…Opposition disapproval of $37B based on suspicion not evidence – Ramkarran

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Budget Cuts…Opposition disapproval of $37B based on suspicion not evidence – Ramkarran

“Where corruption, extravagance, wastage or political use of funds are suspected, other legislative mechanisms must be deployed to deal with them, not the haphazard and unsystematic slashing...

Opposition’s cuts to 2014 budget will have severe effects for all – Government

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition’s cuts to 2014 budget will have severe effects for all – Government

The government has lashed out at the combined opposition through a paid advertisement in yesterday’s edition of a section of the local print media, where it showed specifically how the cuts...

Measures apace to improve vector control fight – Vector Control Director

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Measures apace to improve vector control fight – Vector Control Director

With an improved operational structure in place coupled with continuous and efficient surveillance reports, the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services will be poised to further bolster...

Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce building roads and drains

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce building roads and drains

Apparently the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has extended its portfolio to include the construction of roads and drainage structures. In an advertisement in yesterday’s...

COI into Rodney’s death sees the participation of GTUC

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on COI into Rodney’s death sees the participation of GTUC

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has declared that it will be taking part in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney and to that end it has retained Civil...

COP Inter-Division t20 cricket…TSU maul ‘B’ division in one-sided Final

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on COP Inter-Division t20 cricket…TSU maul ‘B’ division in one-sided Final

By Sean Devers The Commissioner of Police (COP) Inter Division t20 Cricket Competition sponsored by C. Persaud Dental Clinic and Laboratory climaxed yesterday at Eve Leary with Tactical Services Unit...

City Mayor defends Royston King in Beacon Foundation saga

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor defends Royston King in Beacon Foundation saga

Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green has come to the defence of Public Relations Officer, Royston King stating that the decision to exempt rates and taxes payment from the well known...

Jamaica dominate opening day of 43rd Carifta Games with 23 medals

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica dominate opening day of 43rd Carifta Games with 23 medals

Guyana strike double gold Jamaica Observer – THE Jamaican junior sprinters reclaimed their supremacy at the regional level with a marvellous show of speed on Saturday’s first day of the 43rd...

Lewis Hamilton eases to victory in China GP for Mercedes

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis Hamilton eases to victory in China GP for Mercedes

BBC Sport – Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to win three consecutive races for the first time in his career. Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg took...

Lack of sufficient material pushes back Rodney Commission of Inquiry opening

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of sufficient material pushes back Rodney Commission of Inquiry opening

Lawyers attached to the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry have now stated that instead of a Tuesday opening the CoI will now commence on April 28. According to Attorney at Law Glenn Hanoman,...

Influence and Destiny

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Influence and Destiny

By Rawle Welch Just recently I was reading a BBC news item of April 17 captioned, ‘Iran killer’s reprieve stokes campaign against executions’ which centred on a mother who pardoned her son’s...

GTUC alarmed over inactive constitutional Commissions

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC alarmed over inactive constitutional Commissions

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has found it alarming that important constitutional Commissions are still currently inactive. The Commissions that the GTUC noted as being inactive are...

BCB releases revised list of activities for Golden Jubilee month of Celebration

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB releases revised list of activities for Golden Jubilee month of Celebration

The Special Events and 75th Anniversary Committees of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) chaired by Mr. Hilbert Foster have released a revised schedule of activities for its Diamond Jubilee month of...

SURINAME EASTER INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON TOURNAMENT…Guyanese continue to do well

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on SURINAME EASTER INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON TOURNAMENT…Guyanese continue to do well

The Suriname Annual Easter International Badminton Tournament at the Walter Amo Sports Hall in Paramaribo continued on Saturday with matches in the Under-15, 19 and Open Events and several members of...

Labourer falls three floors through elevator chute

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer falls three floors through elevator chute

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a labourer fell though an elevator chute three storeys high Saturday last at a building under construction at Lot 51, Camp and Robb...

Bush Lot, Preysal play to thrilling tie

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot, Preysal play to thrilling tie

Bush Lot United and Preysal of Trinidad and Tobago played to an exciting tie in a feature Over-40 game on Friday last at the Bush Lot ground, West Berbice. At the completion of the allotted 30 overs...

Vendors paying $20,000 Easter Monday price tag

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors paying $20,000 Easter Monday price tag

Despite the controversy surrounding the sale of spots along the city’s seawall route for this year’s Easter celebrations, some citizens are paying as much as $20,000 to participate in the...

Amended Budget 2014 is a victory of sorts for the Opposition

Apr 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Amended Budget 2014 is a victory of sorts for the Opposition

– Chris Ram The mixture of surprise and relief when Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, announced in the National Assembly that he would be amending the 2014 Appropriation Bill to...

Price is Rite Second Division Cricket competition rained out, new date to be fixed

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Price is Rite Second Division Cricket competition rained out, new date to be fixed

Players and cricket fans of the Upper Corentyne area will have to wait a little bit longer to witness the final of the much anticipated Price is Rite Supermarket sponsored Upper Corentyne Cricket...

Eton Moses’ Misguided Conceptions!

Apr 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eton Moses’ Misguided Conceptions!

Dear Sir, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to the publication of a letter captioned “A reply to Lester Sealy’s letter” by Eton Moses (K.N. 12.04.14). Editor, apart...

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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