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Constitution appears to give Govt. blank cheque

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Constitution appears to give Govt. blank cheque

…as Finance Minister justifies $4.5B spending, rules out illegalities By Gary Eleazar The Constitution of Guyana, the supreme law of the land, appears to have provided Government with a proverbial...

Tragic deaths…Boy, 4, dies after swallowing nail

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tragic deaths…Boy, 4, dies after swallowing nail

The village of Nurney on the Corentyne was plunged into a deep sense of shock on Wednesday as news spread of a small child who died after apparently swallowing a tack (a small, sharp, broad-headed...

Girl, 8, fatally struck by car on her way to school

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 8, fatally struck by car on her way to school

– Cuban doctor in custody A Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara mother, early yesterday lost her only child who was struck down just a stone’s throw away from her home by a speeding motor...

$42.7M ECD road extension project…China Railway awarded contract despite incomplete bid

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $42.7M ECD road extension project…China Railway awarded contract despite incomplete bid

“Well I suppose it depends on what the nature of the incompleteness is. Because there may be fatal and non-fatal incompleteness,”- Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh By Kiana Wilburg It...

Brazil expels Dynamic Airways

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil expels Dynamic Airways

– cracked windshield caused problems – Gouveia By Zena Henry Reports out of neighbouring Brazil have stated that American charter company, Dynamic Airways was last Tuesday ousted from the...

Ramotar slams US diplomat over poll remarks

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar slams US diplomat over poll remarks

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) –Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar Wednesday forthrightly dismissed a statement by the outgoing United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt, who accused the head of state of...

Opposition meet on possible no-confidence vote… Decision pending

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition meet on possible no-confidence vote… Decision pending

By Latoya Giles Late yesterday afternoon, talks continued between the joint opposition, the Alliance for Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), on a possible no-confidence vote...

Dem boys seh…Some people mouth does fly off de hook

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people mouth does fly off de hook

Be careful what you say. People can always run away wid de wrang impression. Priya talk a lot of things de other night when she represent de Fareign Minister. De Ambassador was criticising de...

FIBA rule benches overseas-based players

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIBA rule benches overseas-based players

– Guyana faces CBC suspension By Edison Jefford The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is facing suspension from the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) after it supported the...

Hosts braced for another continental challenge

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hosts braced for another continental challenge

Is it possible to predict how exciting a FIFA World Cup™ knockout match will be, simply based on where the two teams are from? On the basis of Brazil 2014, the answer would appear to be no, with...

Achievers waltz to top spot in 4th Trophy Stall Volleyball tourney

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Achievers waltz to top spot in 4th Trophy Stall Volleyball tourney

Achievers Volleyball Club (AVC) of West Demerara defeated Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) of Berbice on Sunday last to win the first place trophy when the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA)...

GSA/Digicel National Squash Championships …Callender wins over-50 title

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Digicel National Squash Championships …Callender wins over-50 title

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with Digicel commenced the National Senior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts on Wednesday evening last. A fit Alwyn...

Favourite Dominoes Tourney…Mix Up, TNT, All Season to battle for title tonight

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Favourite Dominoes Tourney…Mix Up, TNT, All Season to battle for title tonight

Mix Up, TNT and All Season Racing Service will clash in the final of the Orin Favourite 58th Birth Anniversary dominoes competition tonight at R and R Sports Club Meadow Brook Gardens. Mix Up marked...

Guyana to open Regional U-17 campaign against Leewards

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to open Regional U-17 campaign against Leewards

Guyana will begin their quest to win the Regional Under-17 50-over tournament against the Leeward Islands July 8 at Bon Accord, Tobago. The team which is currently undergoing intense training...

Friendship needles Covent Garden in keenly contested affair

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Friendship needles Covent Garden in keenly contested affair

Friendship Secondary (FSS) and Covent Garden Secondary Schools (CGSS) engaged in a fierce battle for honours and after a keen tussle, the former institution emerged victorious compliments of a 64th...

Limacol CPL tickets go on sale from today

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol CPL tickets go on sale from today

CPL OPCO Guyana Inc. has informed that the eagerly awaited sale of tickets for the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League will commence today July 4, 2014 at the CPL OPCO Offices on Middle Street,...

4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…QC exact revenge on Carmel to advance

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…QC exact revenge on Carmel to advance

By Rawle Welch Queen’s College (QC) exacted revenge on Carmel by beating them 4-3 in penalty kicks shootout after regulation time ended in a 2-2 stalemate yesterday, at the Police Sports Club...

School uniform voucher distribution begins

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on School uniform voucher distribution begins

About 165,000 school uniform vouchers are to be distributed to parents at the Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and Georgetown Departments of Education during the phase of distribution that began...

Reception Fallout…PPP executive prepared Manickchand’s 4th of July statement — Source

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Reception Fallout…PPP executive prepared Manickchand’s 4th of July statement — Source

By Gary Eleazar Priya Manickchand, acting in the capacity of Foreign Affairs Minister, was on Wednesday evening vociferously booed and heckled while speaking at a function held at the residence of...

Priya Manickchand and Luis Suárez

Jul 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Priya Manickchand and Luis Suárez

Most, if not all the commentators who wrote on the Suárez biting incident believe he has a psychological problem and should seek help. The factor that they took into consideration was that the...

Charges for salesman who faked $9M heist

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charges for salesman who faked $9M heist

– claims he stashed $1.3M for himself before attack The driver/salesman who police say stole $9M from his employer and then claimed he was robbed is to be charged today. He has been in custody...

Spread of Chikungunya virus… Situation likely to “get worse before it gets better,” says officials

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Spread of Chikungunya virus… Situation likely to “get worse before it gets better,” says officials

“It’s going to get much worse before it gets better,” a few senior health officials have said of the Chikungunya virus outbreak here. Initial reports out of the Ministry of Health were that the...

Food and Drug Dept. set to clamp down on illegal water companies

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Dept. set to clamp down on illegal water companies

The absence of a certified operator on any water processing site could see the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) taking legal action. At least this is according to the...

Truck driver killed in highway crash

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver killed in highway crash

– bus driver detained A 22-year-old truck driver died at around 14.00 hrs yesterday after being struck by a speeding bus near Aruni, on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway. Lenny Jaisingh of Lot 7-8...

US provides equipment to Police Force

Jul 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US provides equipment to Police Force

The United States Embassy, under the auspices of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), recently provided the Guyana Police Force with supplies and equipment to assist in their efforts to...

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