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Jagdeo racked up $45M in electricity, travel and security

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo racked up $45M in electricity, travel and security

– does not include monthly pension, other benefits After weeks of not providing answers, the Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has responded to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s...

Gunman kills cosmetologist, 18, after snatching $8,000 phone

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman kills cosmetologist, 18, after snatching $8,000 phone

After snatching her $8,000 cell phone, a gunman fatally shot 18-year-old Ashmini Hariram in the head at around 11:15 hrs yesterday on the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara Railway Embankment, before...

Toy gun bandit nabbed after botched robbery

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toy gun bandit nabbed after botched robbery

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have put a halt to the operations of a toy gun bandit when they captured him yesterday during a botched robbery at the Mon Repos Market. The suspect was nabbed...

Opposition rejects Govt’s attempt to impose new tax

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition rejects Govt’s attempt to impose new tax

…we are overtaxed in this country – APNU’s Williams By Gary Eleazar The political opposition yesterday prevented government from going ahead with the Customs (Amendment) Bill, which it...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and he family building hutel at Liliendaal

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and he family building hutel at Liliendaal

When Jagdeo been to India de Indian Government tell he that dem gun help he meet he family. Dem find some people in a part of de country who had name like he great grandmother and he great...

8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships – St. Croix USVI…

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships – St. Croix USVI…

Osmand Mack snatches gold, Paul Adams silver on day 1 Defending Team Champions, Guyana, made an encouraging start despite fielding a small team when competition at the 8th Annual Caribbean...

Junior Squash team pays courtesy call to Digicel

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Squash team pays courtesy call to Digicel

– departs today for Bermuda The Guyana Junior Squash team is anticipated to depart today to participate in the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships which is scheduled to be held in Hamilton,...

Full Court discharges injunction against the GCB

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Full Court discharges injunction against the GCB

Grants costs against BCB Executives The Full Court comprising of the Honorable Madam Justice Roxanne George and the Honorable Justice James Bovell-Drakes, on wednesday discharged the injunction...

BK International Golf Tournament on tomorrow

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BK International Golf Tournament on tomorrow

The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) is expected to be buzzing with activity this weekend when the BK International Medal Play tournament is contested. According to a release from the club, despite the...

Raekwon Noel shatters three records at GASA July Sprints

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raekwon Noel shatters three records at GASA July Sprints

Over the last weekend at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) July Sprints Meet held at the National Aquatic Centre a number of records were broken, we have mentioned already the...

Guyana sending best athletes to Commonwealth Games

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana sending best athletes to Commonwealth Games

– Yasin tells media By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K.A Juman Yasin, believes that Guyana is sending its best athletes to the Commonwealth Games which will...

Guyanese pugilist captures National United States Masters Amateur boxing title

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese pugilist captures National United States Masters Amateur boxing title

Guyanese Welterweight boxer, Nazar Sulaiman, formally of Port Mourant Corentyne, now residing in the United States of America, has chalked up an important victory in the fourth annual National United...

Schools Circle Tennis …Soesdyke, Supply Primary register victories

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schools Circle Tennis …Soesdyke, Supply Primary register victories

Soesdyke and Supply were among the victorious teams when the inaugural Schools Circle Tennis programme commenced recently. Soesdyke overcame Timehri in their encounter. Timehri mustered 53 off...

Dragsters gearing up for next Sunday’s showdown

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dragsters gearing up for next Sunday’s showdown

With just over one week remaining, local dragsters along with their foreign counterparts are all gearing up for the staging of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) International...

LTI wins NSBF U-19 thriller against Bishop’s High

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LTI wins NSBF U-19 thriller against Bishop’s High

The Linden Technical Institute (LTI) won a thriller against Bishop’s High School 42-40 when the National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Wednesday...

DCB female trials rescheduled

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB female trials rescheduled

As a result of the continued inclement weather which has left the Everest Cricket Club ground waterlogged, the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) trial matches to select their team for the upcoming Guyana...

Regional U-17 50- over tourney…Jamaica and Windwards win; Guyana/Barbados game rained out

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-17 50- over tourney…Jamaica and Windwards win; Guyana/Barbados game rained out

An unbroken fourth wicket stand of 78 between Javelle Glenn and Michael Frew guided Jamaica to a seven-wicket victory over host Trinidad and Tobago in the second round of the regional Under-17...

Regional U19 stays in Guyana

Jul 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U19 stays in Guyana

St. John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday that the Regional Under-19 Tournament will be played in Guyana as originally scheduled. “We are confident that all...

Bandits beat, chop and rob Albion family

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat, chop and rob Albion family

By Leon Suseran Three masked men armed with cutlasses and a handgun stormed a Lower Corentyne residence. They chopped, beat and terrorised the five occupants early Wednesday night. The assailants,...

$170M upgrade for critical hinterland roads

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $170M upgrade for critical hinterland roads

The Ministry of Public Works’ Force Account Unit will be undertaking the rehabilitation and maintenance of the Linden to Ituni/ Kwakwani and Mabura Roads to ensure the smooth flow of traffic during...

Vandals desecrate Le Repentir tomb

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vandals desecrate Le Repentir tomb

Saying goodbye to him was difficult, but to see his tomb vandalized less than a week after he was laid to rest was devastating, according to family members of Noel Campo who passed away three Fridays...

GDF private, brother charged for illegal AK-47 magazines

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF private, brother charged for illegal AK-47 magazines

Two brothers, one of whom is a serving member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), appeared in the city Magistrates’ Court yesterday and were formally charged in connection with the discovery of...

Verbal attack on US envoy…APNU MP demands apology from Manickchand

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Verbal attack on US envoy…APNU MP demands apology from Manickchand

Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday experienced another bout of loud booing yesterday when she stood in the National Assembly to defend her choice to “reprimand” the United States...

Water treatment plants for three regions in $6.3B programme

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Water treatment plants for three regions in $6.3B programme

A US$31.7M ($6.3B) Government programme will see the construction of three water treatment plants in Regions Three, Four and Six, as well as 1,000 septic tanks to replace pit latrines. According to...

Cornelia Ida man shot after leaving Masjid

Jul 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cornelia Ida man shot after leaving Masjid

A 54-year-old Cornelia Ida man had to seek treatment at the West Demerara Regional Hospital for a gunshot wound he received on Wednesday night when he was attacked by a lone gunman. A police press...

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