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PPP/C rejects bid to lower toll at Berbice River Bridge

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C rejects bid to lower toll at Berbice River Bridge

…Opposition voting strength approves the resolutions “I will not reduce the toll for any person in Guyana until we have determined economically that it will be a benefit,” Robeson Benn. By...

Woman, 26, shot in execution style attempt

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 26, shot in execution style attempt

In what is believed to be an execution attempt, four gunmen around 02:55 hrs yesterday opened fire on a 26-year-old woman outside a house at Garnett Street, Campbellville leaving her in a critical...

$1.3M spent last year on not-working Region 10 vehicle

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $1.3M spent last year on not-working Region 10 vehicle

Region Ten Chairman, Sharma Solomon, has expressed concern that monies amounting to more than $4million are being wasted to repair an old vehicle allocated to his office, which has not been working...

Body with bullets in head…Cops say slain boxer was armed robbery suspect

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body with bullets in head…Cops say slain boxer was armed robbery suspect

Police stated yesterday that slain ex-boxer, Trevor Bumbury, was a suspect in several robberies. Close associates linked him to Charlestown resident Rafeek Mohamed, who was dumped in the Atlantic...

Bee Hive man killed by car driven by Traffic cop

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bee Hive man killed by car driven by Traffic cop

A traffic cop is under close arrest for his involvement in an accident which resulted in the death of 62 year- old pedal cyclist Chandrapaul called ‘Baba’, on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast...

Racket involving “falsified” work permit letters spark probe

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Racket involving “falsified” work permit letters spark probe

The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly launched an internal probe after the discovery of several Immigration letters that appeared to be falsified. According to the Ministry yesterday, in a...

Dem boys seh…Guyana build Marriott without money

May 17, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana build Marriott without money

Dem boys now understand why dem can’t hear from Steve Suruj, de man in charge of elections in Guyana. He try he best to find people to wuk and now that he find de people he got trouble finding wuk...

GCB 50-over U-19 Inter-County cricket…Demerara advance to tomorrow’s final with thrilling win over E’bo

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 50-over U-19 Inter-County cricket…Demerara advance to tomorrow’s final with thrilling win over E’bo

By Sean Devers Demerara beat Essequibo by four wickets in their final preliminary round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-over under-19 Inter-County cricket match at Enmore yesterday in a...

Ansa McAl resumes support as East Demerara Football Association football league set to start

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl resumes support as East Demerara Football Association football league set to start

Eight clubs along the East Coast corridor will compete for championship honours over the next six weeks when the curtains go up on the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) 2014 Senior League at...

GCB Inter County U-19 50 over tourney…Berbice scrape past President’s XI by three runs

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-19 50 over tourney…Berbice scrape past President’s XI by three runs

By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against the President’s XI in the final preliminary round game of the Guyana Cricket Board Inter County Under-19 50 overs...

Sir Viv helps HPC prep for Bangladesh – A

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sir Viv helps HPC prep for Bangladesh – A

Cave Hill, Barbados – Head coach of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre team Graeme West said the presence of Sir Vivian Richards in the training camp ahead of their series against...

GABF names Presidential Team to face RB Nets

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF names Presidential Team to face RB Nets

Quincy De Santos will Captain the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Under-19 Presidential team that will face Georgetown Second Division Champions, Republic Bank Nets this evening at the...

GSA/Woodpecker National Junior Squash C/ships…Harding shows victory over Lewis was no fluke

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Woodpecker National Junior Squash C/ships…Harding shows victory over Lewis was no fluke

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel Guyana, held night-three of its 2014 National Junior Squash Championships sponsored by Woodpecker Products...

East Coast Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ opens in Haslington

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ opens in Haslington

The Haslington Market Square will come alive tonight when the East Coast segment of the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition opens with eight matches,...

Cult/EBFA U-17 League kicks off today…double header set for Grove Playfield

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cult/EBFA U-17 League kicks off today…double header set for Grove Playfield

Competition in the inaugural Cult/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-17 league is set to get cracking this afternoon at the Grove Playfield with double header action from 14:00hrs. Afforded...

Slight change but Kennard Memorial Turf Club horse race meet still set for this Sunday

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slight change but Kennard Memorial Turf Club horse race meet still set for this Sunday

As turfites gear up for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) one day Pre-Independence horse race meet set for tomorrow at the Club’s Bush Lot Farm facility, the organizers have been forced to make...

AFNA Umpire / Trainer begins 3-day Workshop

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on AFNA Umpire / Trainer begins 3-day Workshop

Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Umpire Trainer / Tester Barbadian Veronica Harris arrived in Guyana on Thursday to commence a 3-day Umpiring Workshop for aspiring netball umpires....

RHTY&SC to host 24th Annual Awards ceremony tomorrow …Akshay Homraj is cricketer of the year

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC to host 24th Annual Awards ceremony tomorrow …Akshay Homraj is cricketer of the year

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club will tomorrow host its 24th Annual Awards ceremony at the St. Francis Community Developers Training Centre where a total of 40 awards would be shared,...

13-year-old among three arrested in Maryland’s killing of Guyanese

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old among three arrested in Maryland’s killing of Guyanese

Maryland, US (WJLA) – Prince George’s County Police have made three arrests in connection with a fatal stabbing on the Northwest Branch Trail last weekend. The victim has been identified as...

Revision and adjustment of nursing programme may counter failure – Asst Nursing Director

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revision and adjustment of nursing programme may counter failure – Asst Nursing Director

An urgent revision of the nursing programme is perhaps one of the crucial factors in countering an alarming failure rate among students who participated in the Professional Nursing programme last...

Need for independent inquiry into unlawful police killings – APNU

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Need for independent inquiry into unlawful police killings – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) through its leader, Brig. David Granger, has expressed its alarm at the recurring reports of the unlawful killings by members of the Guyana Police Force. The...

Relatives of abused teenager picket Child Protection Agency

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of abused teenager picket Child Protection Agency

– CPA, Police investigations continuing Distraught relatives of an abused teenager opted to picket the Charlestown Office of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), on Thursday, after...

City Hall woes can only be solved with Local Government Elections – AFC

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall woes can only be solved with Local Government Elections – AFC

Alliance for Change (AFC) Vice Chairman Moses Nagamootoo has asserted that the government’s failure to solve the problems of City Hall is because it has for so long not held Local Government...

GINA ‘distasteful’ campaign ad…Robust defence to be mounted to ensure truth is told- Granger

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GINA ‘distasteful’ campaign ad…Robust defence to be mounted to ensure truth is told- Granger

“A lot of nonsense is being said and much of that is being scrapped in order to malign the PNC [People National Congress] Reform and we won’t have any of it so our lawyers are working and we are...

School official allegedly staged $700,000 robbery

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on School official allegedly staged $700,000 robbery

A senior staff at a private school on West Coast Berbice who reported to the police that he was robbed of over $700,000, but had allegedly staged the entire scenario in an attempt to steal the money,...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more