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Shoddy work on contracts…Supervising consultants must be held accountable – Govt.

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shoddy work on contracts…Supervising consultants must be held accountable – Govt.

Complaints about poor quality State contracts have come under sharp focus with calls made by Government yesterday to make supervising consultants more accountable for shoddy work. But the calls have...

Ex-wife freed of cop’s murder

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-wife freed of cop’s murder

After almost five years of incarceration, Desiree Jeffers was declared a free woman, after a mixed 12-member jury, found her not guilty of the 2011 murder of Police Detective Igris Bobb-Blackman....

Fight for Town Clerk…Sooba, King asked to justify appointments

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fight for Town Clerk…Sooba, King asked to justify appointments

The Court of Appeal will soon be ruling on the High Court ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang, which says that Carol Sooba is to remain de facto Town Clerk of Georgetown, despite the Local Government...

Hope Canal claims life of former estate worker

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal claims life of former estate worker

Police are investigating the death of a former Enmore Estate worker, who lost his life in the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara yesterday. Dead is Sanjay Sukhram, 23, of Enterprise, East Coast...

East Bank four-lane road expansion…GT&T alleges BK Int’l owes $$M in restoration

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank four-lane road expansion…GT&T alleges BK Int’l owes $$M in restoration

– says contractor’s claims are false By Latoya Giles The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) has debunked allegations by contractor BK International that its utility poles and...

Beware of China’s $$$

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of China’s $$$

By Howard W. French “The problem (though not limited to China) is relying on shady arrangements made at the very top of the political system, often in the president’s office itself. Contracts...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Adam got an old iron

May 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Adam got an old iron

When things look nice in a country people got to talk nice things about it although that is not dem boys job. Dem boys job is to criticize and everybody know criticism does get de best out of...

Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender boxing series …Eastman edges to championship honours; outpoints Kevin ‘Bus Boy’ Hylton

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender boxing series …Eastman edges to championship honours; outpoints Kevin ‘Bus Boy’ Hylton

Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, kept his hopes alive for the $2M (Jamaican dollars) first prize and the Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender 2014 title when he outpointed Kevin ...

Mike’s Wellman overcome Enmore by nine runs

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mike’s Wellman overcome Enmore by nine runs

Mike’s Wellman defeated Enmore by nine runs to win the final of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) 20-over tournament played recently at Demerara Cricket Club. Batting...

No stay of execution granted to GCB

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on No stay of execution granted to GCB

Justice Sandra Kurtzious granted an injunction on Tuesday prohibiting the entire Executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) from acting in the capacity of GCB Executives. The Berbice Cricket Board...

Football gear for Buxton players as Police strengthen relations

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football gear for Buxton players as Police strengthen relations

The recent strained relations between the Guyana Police Force and members of the public have caused officials of the former group to evaluate ways of bridging the gap thus fostering improved...

CULT / EBFA U-17 League

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CULT / EBFA U-17 League

Competition in the Cult sponsored East Bank Football Association Under-17 league is set to continue tomorrow at the Grove Playfield with two more matches. Soesdyke Falcons will renew rivalry with...

Spads Inc. supports Cleveland Forde

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spads Inc. supports Cleveland Forde

Guyana’s leading middle distance athlete Cleveland Forde yesterday received an airline ticket to Trinidad and Tobago compliments of Spads Inc. at their Thomas Street location as sponsorship for the...

Star Sports Independence 10/10 softball cricket set for Sunday in Berbice

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Star Sports Independence 10/10 softball cricket set for Sunday in Berbice

Plans are moving ahead for the staging of the Inaugural Star Sports Independence 10/10 Day/Night softball cricket Festival which is slated for Sunday at the No. 5 Sports Ground, West Coast Berbice....

PPP heartened by passing of Cricket Bill

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on PPP heartened by passing of Cricket Bill

The People’s Progressive Party is heartened by the passage of the Guyana Cricket Administration Bill which it feels now paves the way for a more organized management of this sport. In a release...

NCN U-15 Tourney …Lower Corentyne edge West Berbice to retain title

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN U-15 Tourney …Lower Corentyne edge West Berbice to retain title

West Berbice, after taking first innings honors, defending champions Lower Corentyne stormed back to edge the former in a thriller, winning the game outright, thus retaining the National...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Melanie ‘A’ and BV ‘B’ set up mouthwatering finale; BV ‘B’ and Melanie ‘B’ play for third

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Melanie ‘A’ and BV ‘B’ set up mouthwatering finale; BV ‘B’ and Melanie ‘B’ play for third

Melanie Damishana ‘A’ and Beterverwagting ‘B’ will contest the final of the East Coast Demerara segment of the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Several teams triumph as action continues countrywide

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more