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“Jagdeo mighta slap yuh, because yuh stupid”

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Jagdeo mighta slap yuh, because yuh stupid”

– Pres. Ramotar tells man during meeting President Donald Ramotar recently exposed the violent nature of former President Bharrat Jagdeo when an Amerindian man questioned the former...

Missing teen’s body found floating in creek

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing teen’s body found floating in creek

– family suspects foul play The agonizing search for 14-year-old Dhaniram Ramgopaul ended in pain for his family when his body was fished out from a creek on the Linden/Sosedyke Highway, two...

Dynamic Airways delays continue

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dynamic Airways delays continue

Up to late yesterday afternoon, several passengers scheduled to go back to the United States with delay-plagued carrier, Dynamic Airways, were unaware that the plane would not be making its return...

Day Three: Miners report possible sighting of missing plane

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Day Three: Miners report possible sighting of missing plane

With still no sign of the Britten Norman Islander aircraft that went missing last Sunday, the search and rescue party is expected to widen its efforts to areas close to the intended destination....

Municipal nurses still not paid

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal nurses still not paid

– might withdraw services; colleagues promise industrial action By Zena Henry The Christmas holiday has come and gone, but municipal nurses Shandra Hanover and Sharon Chase are still to be paid...

Venezuela reaffirms readiness to settle border dispute

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela reaffirms readiness to settle border dispute

The Venezuelan government has released a communiqué in response to the recent statements made by Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, where...

Dem boys seh…Donald expose Jagdeo

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald expose Jagdeo

Somewhere in de Holy Book it seh, “Out of the abundance of the heart de mouth speakest.” That mean that wha deh in you heart does come out yuh mouth. Even if yuh try to hide it, even if yuh...

Vitamalt / Aqua Mist sponsored WDFA KO Cup…Four top finishers receive prizes

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vitamalt / Aqua Mist sponsored WDFA KO Cup…Four top finishers receive prizes

Representatives of the four top finishers of the just concluded Vitamalt / Aqua Mist sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Knockout Cup received their prizes, during a simple ceremony...

CAL’s Timehri crash among most spectacular non-disaster crashes

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CAL’s Timehri crash among most spectacular non-disaster crashes

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Virgin Atlantic flight headed for Las Vegas from Gatwick on Monday made a safe emergency landing after developing a problem with its landing gear, and being forced...

It’s crunch time as Alpha and the GDF battle for top spot

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s crunch time as Alpha and the GDF battle for top spot

By Michael Benjamin Over the past few weeks, football buffs have witnessed several exciting matches when the nation’s top teams engaged in several action packed affairs, each nurturing ambitions of...

Forest body preparing to enter EU market with 5-year-plan

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Forest body preparing to enter EU market with 5-year-plan

At the final board meeting of the Forest Products Development and Marketing Council (FPDMC) for 2014, a new five-year strategic plan was presented. The plan is geared to prepare the industry for...

C’bean body eyes partnership with US to boost sugarcane production

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on C’bean body eyes partnership with US to boost sugarcane production

Guyana (AP) – A Guyana-based organization that oversees sugar production in the Caribbean says it is seeking to partner with U.S. companies to help save one of the world’s oldest sugarcane...

TNT take Wiltshire Dominoes title

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on TNT take Wiltshire Dominoes title

TNT tallied 41 games to capture the Mark Wiltshire four-game dominoes title when the final was contested on Sunday last at R and R Sports Club, Meadowbrook. Mix Up took the runner spot with 32 games...

GAPF 2015 season to lift off on January 25

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF 2015 season to lift off on January 25

– Novices, Sub Junior and Junior Championships on Male and female powerlifters are pumping up for an early start to the 2015 season. The governing body, Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation...

GuySuCo has some questions to answer

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo has some questions to answer

Dear Editor, I refer to the disclosure by GuySuCo that they have surpassed the 2014 target. GuySuCo has been very lucky in 2014, since it received one of the lowest rainfalls in decades. The...

Final day washout forces drawn 2nd Test

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final day washout forces drawn 2nd Test

Brathwaite is man of the match Port Elizabeth, South Africa, CMC – Adverse weather which plagued the second Test between South Africa and West Indies returned to force the abandonment of the final...

Banks DIH, Trophy Stall lead support for Rising Sun New Year’s Day horserace Meet

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH, Trophy Stall lead support for Rising Sun New Year’s Day horserace Meet

Over $8M up for grabs y Samuel Whyte The final race for the 2014 horse racing season is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast, Berbice. The date is Thursday 1st January 2015,...

FIFA Assistant Referee Dion Inniss to hang up his flag after 10 years

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA Assistant Referee Dion Inniss to hang up his flag after 10 years

Another of Guyana’s outstanding officials, FIFA Assistant Referee Dion Inniss has decided that it is time for him to wave his final flag as an active official. The respectful and always fit...

Leslie Amsterdam, Carl Moore influenced Administrative career

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leslie Amsterdam, Carl Moore influenced Administrative career

By Sean Devers New BCB President Anil Beharry says At 44, Anil Beharry possesses tremendous experience as both cricketer and cricket Administrator and last Sunday was elected as the youngest ever...

Stag Super XV1 Finals… Lil’ Rick and Skinny Fabulous to headline after football show

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Super XV1 Finals… Lil’ Rick and Skinny Fabulous to headline after football show

Football fans and players attending tomorrow’s final of the inaugural Stag Super XV1 knock-out competition at the #5 ground West Coast Berbice are in for a treat after the on field action ends in...

60 percent of the economy is run by the underworld – Dr. Clive Thomas

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 60 percent of the economy is run by the underworld – Dr. Clive Thomas

By Kiana Wilburg Years of reviewing reports on the nation’s audited accounts and noting some of the country’s biggest multi-million-dollar developmental projects being ever so often marred by or...

Body in Sophia ‘Blacka’…PM slated for today

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body in Sophia ‘Blacka’…PM slated for today

As police continue their investigations into the discovery of a deceased female on Monday, in the Lama Canal, in an area called the “Blacka” at the entrance of ‘B’ Field Sophia, her partner...

The PPP regime is the most corrupt in the English Caribbean

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP regime is the most corrupt in the English Caribbean

Dear Editor, The people and everyone in the government know that corruption is becoming more pervasive and embedded in the social and institutional fabric of the country. Notwithstanding the promise...

Guyanese envoy to co-facilitate Financing Conference in Ethiopia

Dec 31, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese envoy to co-facilitate Financing Conference in Ethiopia

Addressing the issue of poverty is without a doubt one that requires financing. And Guyana is slated to play a key role when the third Conference for Financing for Development is held in Ethiopia in...

A new look at Guyana/Cuba relations

Dec 31, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A new look at Guyana/Cuba relations

Dear Editor, May I wish all in the homeland the best in the New Year. May I share with your readers a compliment to the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Rashleigh Jackson’s letter...

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Jagdeo’s idea of transparency

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Transparency, as conceived by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, seems to be a peculiar exercise... more