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Marriott Hotel controversy…APNU intends to flush out ‘secret’ investor

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel controversy…APNU intends to flush out ‘secret’ investor

– Granger It’s almost seven months since government had promised to make the identity of the US$8M Marriott investor known publicly, and Opposition Leader David Granger says that he...

Mabura businessman murdered in shop

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mabura businessman murdered in shop

– cash, gold missing Police are looking for suspects in the brutal murder of a 52-year-old shopkeeper, whose body, with stab wounds to the head, was discovered early yesterday in his...

Newly US$6.6M damaged Black Bush Polder Road…Engineer blames “illegal” weight

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Newly US$6.6M damaged Black Bush Polder Road…Engineer blames “illegal” weight

After being completed in November 2012, parts of the US$6.6M Black Bush Polder Road have already started to deteriorate. In a recent interview, Civil Engineer attached to the Public Works...

Survivor of brutal spousal attack loses home in electrical fire

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Survivor of brutal spousal attack loses home in electrical fire

By: Zena Henry Only last month, 27-year-old Tomeakca Miller was fighting for her life after being stabbed over two dozen times by her now deceased husband, former Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...

Dem boys seh…Edghill de Ten open he mouth and talk Jagdeo name

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Edghill de Ten open he mouth and talk Jagdeo name

Everybody who seek justice gun get it one day. Is not dem boys seh suh. Is de Big Man above seh suh. Fuh years dem boys been praying fuh some relief from de torment and de corruption in de country...

Where are the profits of Leguan night?

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Where are the profits of Leguan night?

…AFC Councilor wants to know The inaugural Leguan Night was held in November 2013, and reports reaching this newspaper suggest that over $1.9M was spent on preparing for the event. It was...

Local attorney bashes Guyana’s judicial system

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local attorney bashes Guyana’s judicial system

– over-reliance on confession statements, missing case files, slow dispensation of Justice By: Kiana Wilburg Accusations of sloth in the dispensation of justice and poor protection...

CFATF warns of draconian measures should Guyana be blacklisted

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CFATF warns of draconian measures should Guyana be blacklisted

The picture the team from the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce (CFATF) painted should Guyana be blacklisted is very draconian and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that...

Justice For All Party opens constituency office today

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Justice For All Party opens constituency office today

…calls on police to address death threat reports With a sense of General Elections in the air, Jaipaul Sharma is making a run for Parliament as an independent and is set to open a...

GFSCA/Trophy Stall tourney…Regal beat Wolf’s Warriors to take open title

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA/Trophy Stall tourney…Regal beat Wolf’s Warriors to take open title

Floodlights are Masters champs By Zaheer Mohamed Regal defeated Wolf’s Warriors by 47 runs to win the open title of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)/Trophy Stall...

Locked gates result in estimated light bills

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Locked gates result in estimated light bills

– GPL Meter readers are being prevented from doing their job as many Guyana Power Light (GPL) personnel are greeted with locked gates, according to the power company. Officials are...

Kanhai’s clutch freebies sink All-Star combination

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kanhai’s clutch freebies sink All-Star combination

Two clutch free throws with 14.2 seconds remaining in game time by Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai led reigning national champions Ravens to a gripping 59-58 victory over an All-Star combination on...

Genuine and comprehensive approach needed for real development – Hutson

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Genuine and comprehensive approach needed for real development – Hutson

Glowing in the success of the fourth place finish at the just concluded Junior Carifta Games in Martinique, President of the Athletic Association of Guyana Aubrey Hutson speaking with Kaieteur Sport...

NDCs to receive ICT boost

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NDCs to receive ICT boost

Twelve Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in Regions Three, Four, Five and Six would be boosted in the area of Information Communication Technology as part of the Community Roads...

GCU&SA conducts successful seminar

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCU&SA conducts successful seminar

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) hosted a successful seminar yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club. The workshop was geared to discuss the latest changes to the...

Regulated Wildlife sector dependent on passage of Wild Life Export Bill

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regulated Wildlife sector dependent on passage of Wild Life Export Bill

The National Assembly will soon be considering the amendments to the Wild Life Export Bill to ensure the sector is fully regulated. The Bill was tabled in the National Assembly prior to the...

Mentore retains DCC presidency

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mentore retains DCC presidency

Despite some amount of confusion initially at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), incumbent Alfred Mentore retained the leadership of the club last Thursday night at their pavilion. The confusion, which...

Joseph Memorial dominoes…Dream Team, Assassin through to semi

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joseph Memorial dominoes…Dream Team, Assassin through to semi

Dream Team and Assassin drew the bye to the semi-finals when the Orin Joseph memorial million dollars nationwide dominoes continued on Saturday night last at the National Gymnasium. TNT, Scramblers...

Skin bleaching in Guyana…An expensive price to pay for self-hate

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Skin bleaching in Guyana…An expensive price to pay for self-hate

“My significant other was often bothered by the dark complexion that stretched from a section of my inner thighs to my private parts. The rest of my body was light brown in skin tone. I...

Non passage of the Anti Money Laundering Bill

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Non passage of the Anti Money Laundering Bill

AG says International Financial Institutions will cease funding to Guyana while Opposition plays political football with Bill “They are unconcerned about the damage that will be caused to...

CJIA, GDF investigate ‘illegal road’ at Timehri

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA, GDF investigate ‘illegal road’ at Timehri

Alarmed at revelations that a secret road was constructed aback the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Camp Stephenson and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Timehri North, airport...

Private Sector Commission Chairman dies

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector Commission Chairman dies

The Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ronald Webster died at the Balwant Singh Hospital yesterday. He was recuperating at the private hospital after he had recently undergone a cancer...

The Donald makes a good move

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Donald makes a good move

Donald Ramotar was never going to change the economic course of the country. He has generally not varied the economic policies that were introduced by the Jagdeo regime, and with just cause. Why...

First batch of visually impaired students to write CSEC

Apr 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of visually impaired students to write CSEC

By Rehanna Ramsay Anxious and a bit nervous but confident are just some of the words that can be used to describe students of the Guyana Society for the Blind, (GSB) who are preparing to...

Open Letter to the Rodney Commission of Inquiry

Apr 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Letter to the Rodney Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, We take note, and draw your attention to calls from the public carried in the Guyana press for more information on the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry as it unfolds. Walter...

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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