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Where are the $800M pumps?

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Where are the $800M pumps?

…Minister sings new tune There is more mystery now over the whereabouts of several pumps that Government was supposed to have purchased from an Indian contractor. Questioned about the pumps...

‘Jealous’ wife allegedly stabs partner to death

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Jealous’ wife allegedly stabs partner to death

By Romila Boodram Less than 24 hours after two gruesome murders in the city, another was recorded, this time at Plantain Walk, Klien Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. Around 22:00 hrs on Sunday, Curtis...

Suspected smuggler charged following shootout with GRA officers

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected smuggler charged following shootout with GRA officers

– granted $350,000 bail An East Coast Demerara businessman who was labeled a major smuggler by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was yesterday released on $350,000 bail by Magistrate Sueanna...

Mahaicony man knifed to death, deportee held

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony man knifed to death, deportee held

By Gary Eleazar A violent killing last evening rocked the normally peaceful Strath Campbell, Mahaicony community, leaving two without a father. Dead is Alvy Richmond, 52, who was killed by his...

No DNA testing at $1B forensic lab… Govt. lacks foresight – AFC MP

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No DNA testing at $1B forensic lab… Govt. lacks foresight – AFC MP

“If the government spent over $1B just to arrive at a ‘finished’ product that is not finished, it reflects a serious lack of foresight.” That is the view expressed by Alliance For Change...

Deadline for $3.6B Hope Canal extended yet again…Courtney Benn granted another chance over delayed sluice works

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline for $3.6B Hope Canal extended yet again…Courtney Benn granted another chance over delayed sluice works

Government has decided to keep working with Courtney Benn Contracting Services on a critical phase of the delayed $3.6B Hope Canal project. Yesterday, it announced that yet another deadline has been...

Dem boys seh…Ram Sammy can’t find de pump

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ram Sammy can’t find de pump

There is an old saying that thief from thief mek God laugh. De same thing mek Satan cry. But dem boys seh that three Trinidad thief man mek Bobby de earthly Satan, get diarrhea. He wake up Monday...

4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…St. George’s repeats as G/town Zone champions

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…St. George’s repeats as G/town Zone champions

– National quarter-finals on today Defending champions St. George’s Secondary School made it back to back titles after prevailing 4-2 in a penalty shootout against Chase Academy when the two...

Stakeholders launch fifth Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic …-Six Int’l events programmed, in excess of $2M up for grabs

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stakeholders launch fifth Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic …-Six Int’l events programmed, in excess of $2M up for grabs

Major stakeholders from the corporate community amid the coordinators yesterday launched the fifth edition of the Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic, which will be held on August 16-17 at the...

Guyana hunt 13th three-day title as Regional U-19 cricket begins today in Guyana

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hunt 13th three-day title as Regional U-19 cricket begins today in Guyana

By Sean Devers The 2014 Regional under-19 three-day cricket tournament commences today in Guyana with three matches and host Guyana, the competition’s most successful team, hunt their 13th title...

Swindler seen in Berbice, arrest needed – Residents

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Swindler seen in Berbice, arrest needed – Residents

– “We will print his picture and share it around” Residents of Berbice who were swindled by a con artist they call ‘Canadian’ say that the man lives in Skeldon, Berbice. He was...

Red and Lovely takes feature event as Jumbo Jet Stable dominates at BLUTC Meet

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Red and Lovely takes feature event as Jumbo Jet Stable dominates at BLUTC Meet

Red and Lovely, owned by Lisa Ramkisoon of the Night Eyes Racing stables, ridden by Rupert Ramnauth and trained by Anthony Solomon, ran a lovely race as it created a major upset in dishing out a gate...

Looking back at Guyana’s first regional under-19 title in 1968

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Looking back at Guyana’s first regional under-19 title in 1968

Statistician Charwayne Walker takes a look back at the first time Guyana won the regional U-19 cricket title, even as the tournament this year starts today. Although it was called the Under-21...

Entries close for KMTC August 3 Emancipation Meet July 28

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close for KMTC August 3 Emancipation Meet July 28

Entries close on Monday July 28 next for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Emancipation Meet which is set for August 3 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice. Several races are carded for the day...

Over 60 of Guyana’s top horses entered to race this weekend at Port Mourant

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 60 of Guyana’s top horses entered to race this weekend at Port Mourant

The Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) in collaboration with the Horse Owners in Guyana will be staging the long awaited horserace meet on Sunday 27th July at the club’s track at Port Mourant, Corentyne...

Young Guyanese swimmer to represent T&T again

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Guyanese swimmer to represent T&T again

Guyanese Delroy Tyrrell will be representing Trinidad and Tobago for a second time at the Goodwill Swim Meet in Suriname from August 15th to 17th. Delroy, who represented T&T last year at the...

Region’s tax administrators meeting in Guyana

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region’s tax administrators meeting in Guyana

Drawn from 11 territories, tax administrators are meeting in Guyana for five days to deliberate on a number of tax issues, exchange ideas and share experiences in keeping with the theme for the...

Guyana adopts new surveillance technology for aircraft tracking

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana adopts new surveillance technology for aircraft tracking

By Zena Henry Local aviation is expected to be significantly improved as the sector’s operators have commenced the implementation of new aircraft surveillance/tracking system. By next year, the...

APNU must support the no – confidence motion

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU must support the no – confidence motion

…or answer to supporters – Ramkarran “If APNU [A Partnership for National Unity] contemplates declining support for the motion, it will have to decide what it will tell its supporters...

GECOM directs registration of non-resident voters

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM directs registration of non-resident voters

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has seemingly upped the ante in its preparedness to host General Elections. It is now gearing to prepare a list of non-resident voters. According to a Notice...

PNC/R Linden committee wants issues to be addressed – Gonsalves

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PNC/R Linden committee wants issues to be addressed – Gonsalves

As the countdown for the Congress of the PNC/R draws near, several issues were yesterday raised by the Linden committee of the party. Linden PNC/R committee member Leslie Gonsalves at a press...

Carjacker gets three years for car theft

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carjacker gets three years for car theft

A carjacker, who made off with a $2.7 M car, minutes after a customer went into a city Pharmacy to purchase some tablets, was jailed for three years yesterday. Reports are that after Ijah Byron stole...

Teenage bandit remanded for GuySuCo field foreman’s murder

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage bandit remanded for GuySuCo field foreman’s murder

Residents in Berbice are showering praise on the Commander, Assistant Commissioner Brian Joseph and his investigators, in the division for their diligent and efficient method in which they were able...

HIGHLY UNUSUAL

Jul 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HIGHLY UNUSUAL

There used to be a time in certain workplaces when it was a standard policy to prohibit the employment of more than one person from a family or household. For example, up to the early 1970’s it...

Boy found wandering, instead of being in protective custody

Jul 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy found wandering, instead of being in protective custody

The 13-year-boy at the centre of the scandal that recently rocked the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage in New Amsterdam, is not in protective custody where he is supposed to be. He was found wandering the...