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Former treason accused, Philip Bynoe abuses, threatens KNews reporters

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former treason accused, Philip Bynoe abuses, threatens KNews reporters

– report made to police Seemingly incensed and ready to put Kaieteur News in its place, Philip Bynoe, attended a press conference hosted by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) Kingston...

Dredge owner gunned down in car, wife wounded

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dredge owner gunned down in car, wife wounded

…motorbike bandits escape with cash, firearm Two bandits on a CG motorcycle shot a dredge owner dead in his car and wounded his wife after cornering the couple at the Regent Street and Vlissengen...

Shaik Baksh is GuySuCo’s new Chairman, but old members remain

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shaik Baksh is GuySuCo’s new Chairman, but old members remain

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy announced on Saturday that former Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, who is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Inc., has been...

US cancels Dynamic Airways’ Guyana operations

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US cancels Dynamic Airways’ Guyana operations

As recent as last Friday, the United States authority on aviation, Department of Transportation (DOT) published its list of Public charters for 2014 and Dynamic Airways’ operation on the...

Logging scandal…GFC defends delays in processing facilities

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logging scandal…GFC defends delays in processing facilities

– says companies find it financially better to export – refers Bai Shan Lin duty free concession questions to GRA The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has defended its handling of logging...

Dem boys seh…Donald using thugs now on reporters

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald using thugs now on reporters

De timber situation get out of hand. People start fuh talk and all of a sudden de government decide that dem gun terrorise all dem reporter who expose de story. When de story buss out and dem realize...

Boyce/Jefford Athletics Classic…George, Alder reign supreme

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce/Jefford Athletics Classic…George, Alder reign supreme

– PPYC claim Team title Olympian Winston George and field athlete Natasha Alder produced outstanding performances to be crowned the Men’s and Women’s individual champions at the 5th Annual...

EBFA/MCYS U-14 Academy kicks off at Grove ground

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/MCYS U-14 Academy kicks off at Grove ground

Close to 100 youths drawn from Agricola, East Bank Demerara to Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway yesterday commenced a one-week Academy at the Grove Playfield, East Bank Demerara organised...

WICB/GCB Scotiabank kiddy camp launched

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB/GCB Scotiabank kiddy camp launched

By Zaheer Mohamed The Scotiabank Kiddy cricket Programme started in 1999 with the aim of utilizing this platform to rekindle the game in the West Indies. Undoubtedly, the West Indies share a proud...

Elcock Racing stable onboard for Guyana Cup

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elcock Racing stable onboard for Guyana Cup

The Elcock Racing stable is onboard for Guyana Cup horserace meet set for Sunday August 24 at the Port Mourant Turf Club. Overseas based Guyanese horseracing entrepreneur, Aubrey Elcock alias ‘Pat,...

Major stables rounding off preparation for August 25 Annual Guyana Cup

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Major stables rounding off preparation for August 25 Annual Guyana Cup

The eight Annual Guyana Cup 2014 horserace meet is less than a week away and the hype is already boiling over for the event organized by the Jumbo Jet Family, one of Guyana’s leading Auto dealers...

Albouystown Masjid An-Najm and Social Centre receives sports equipment

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown Masjid An-Najm and Social Centre receives sports equipment

Sports have always been touted as the most singular vocation to occupy the physical and mental energies of young people and administrators and governments worldwide have found this to be true after...

Shanella Webster surges back to top spot in LGC Club Tournament

Aug 19, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shanella Webster surges back to top spot in LGC Club Tournament

Guyana Open female golf champion of 2013, Shanella Webster, displayed some fine performances as she rose to the top spot in Saturday’s medal-play Club Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club....

Mining lottery for 2,000 medium scale blocks held at Bartica

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mining lottery for 2,000 medium scale blocks held at Bartica

Following on the heels of the mining auction held earlier this month when 950 mining lots fell under the auctioneer’s hammer, a lottery was held in Bartica, Region Seven yesterday. As a result,...

UG accounting system, other areas to improve with technological features – Vice Chancellor

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG accounting system, other areas to improve with technological features – Vice Chancellor

Although threats have been made to shut down the University of Guyana (UG), should no word be forthcoming in relation to the disbursement of students’ loan, there are ambitious plans apace to...

Spaniard, Nigerian languishing in lock-up awaiting deportation

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Spaniard, Nigerian languishing in lock-up awaiting deportation

Two foreign nationals are pleading for help as they continue to be held in the Grove/ Diamond police station lock-ups awaiting deportation. The two men who hail from Nigeria and Spain have been in...

ECHO tells Bai Shan Ling to cease logging operations or face the Courts

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO tells Bai Shan Ling to cease logging operations or face the Courts

The local Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) has warned Chinese company Bai Shan Ling to cease all its logging operations being conducted in the country’s interior region or face...

Missing teacher’s mother disappointed that samples for DNA test still not sent overseas

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing teacher’s mother disappointed that samples for DNA test still not sent overseas

It’s almost a month since the human remains believed to be that of missing St. Stanislaus teacher Nyozi Goodman were found at Pattensen, East Coast Demerara and investigators are no closer to...

Efforts intensify as search continues for missing sailors

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts intensify as search continues for missing sailors

The search has intensified to recover the bodies of the two men who remain missing after Motor Tanker ‘Swift Dolphin’ capsized off the Corentyne Coast, last Tuesday. Four passengers were on board...

Body-dumping murder…Taxi driver held, postmortem shows woman was manually strangled

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body-dumping murder…Taxi driver held, postmortem shows woman was manually strangled

Police were last night questioning a taxi driver in connection with the murder of 26-year-old Pradika Persaud, who was strangled and dumped on a roadway at Boerasirie, East Bank, Essequibo on Friday...

Efforts underway to curb crime situation in Sophia– Divisional Commanders

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts underway to curb crime situation in Sophia– Divisional Commanders

Members of the Guyana Police Force say that while they are cognizant of the concerns of Sophia residents relative to reports of an increased level of crime in the area, efforts are underway to curb...

Lusignan Prison expected to be ready to house first offenders by early 2015

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan Prison expected to be ready to house first offenders by early 2015

– Home Affairs Minister Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee said that construction of the Lusignan Prison is expected to be completed and ready to accommodate prisoners by early next year....

Guyana nominated as VC for new Inter-American Committee on Culture

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana nominated as VC for new Inter-American Committee on Culture

— as OAS Culture Ministers’ meeting concludes in Haiti With a focus on cultural inter-dependence in the context of globalization, the VI Inter-American meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest...

GECOM is ready for Local Gov’t and General elections – official

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM is ready for Local Gov’t and General elections – official

Contrary to the opinions expressed by President Donald Ramotar, officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have noted that the Commission is in a state of readiness for both Local...

Lindeners agitate for restoration of bridge tolls

Aug 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners agitate for restoration of bridge tolls

At a meeting at the Linden municipality last week addressed by Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker, calls were made for the Kara Kara Toll to be restored, but Whittaker, instead of heeding...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more