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Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association holds 1st Championships

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association holds 1st Championships

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association held its 1st annual Karate Championships last Sunday at the Black Cobra Karate Club in La-Parfaite Harmony W.B.D. The association has 5 Branches which...

Did you know

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Did you know

Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series with the question to our readers: Did you know that former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago player Michael ‘Joey’ Carew is the only player to...

Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival…

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival…

Another thriller for Old Fort as they beat GCC The Old Fort men’s hockey team produced their second thrilling performance in as many nights when they upstaged GCC 7-4 as the Diamond Mineral Water...

Urling: Foreign-based Golden Jaguars will return home!

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Urling: Foreign-based Golden Jaguars will return home!

By Santokie Nagulendran Clinton Urling, chairman of the FIFA Normalisation Committee which has been tasked with leading the Guyanese Football Federation for the next ten months, kindly gave an...

The Story within The Story…Gold: Too Big To Fail

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within The Story…Gold: Too Big To Fail

By Leonard Gildarie After almost more than two years delving into housing issues – on matters affecting particularly first-time home owners – I decided that enough had been said and it...

Al-Qaeda operative with Guyanese parents killed by Pakistan military

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Al-Qaeda operative with Guyanese parents killed by Pakistan military

A high-level al-Qaeda operative with Guyanese links, who was wanted in the US over a bomb plot, has been killed during a raid in Pakistan’s tribal region, according to Pakistan’s military. Adnan...

US$58M Marriott to be sold in 10yrs for US$76M

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US$58M Marriott to be sold in 10yrs for US$76M

…named Chinese investors still a no show eight months later The Georgetown Marriott Hotel, currently under construction in Kingston Georgetown, is likely to be sold 10 years after it opens its...

US Court orders ‘cash jet’ owner to surrender all pilot licences

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US Court orders ‘cash jet’ owner to surrender all pilot licences

…travel restricted between New Jersey and Puerto Rico The owner of the private commercial jetliner that was held in Puerto Rico with US$620,000 in undeclared cash is mandated to surrender all...

Teacher claims beating by Presidential Guard

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher claims beating by Presidential Guard

After claiming to be beaten by members of the Presidential Guard for “speaking the truth”, 27-year-old teacher John Adams of the Region Nine village of Aishalton, intends to take action against...

Mr Lall and his private jet

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Mr Lall and his private jet

People would have to very naïve if they are to believe that it was mere serendipity which caused the US authorities to unearth over half-million dollars encased in black plastic garbage bags on a...

GCCI honours business community standouts

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI honours business community standouts

By Kiana Wilburg In classy style, 13 companies were honoured for their outstanding achievements and contributions to Guyana’s economy by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) at...

EZjet boss to know fate by Wednesday

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EZjet boss to know fate by Wednesday

It seems as if disgraced EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo will have to get used to spending many Christmases in a jail cell. His days as a free man are likely to end this week. Following numerous attempts to...

Opposition accuses PPP of campaigning with state assets

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition accuses PPP of campaigning with state assets

‘So what you want us to do… walk?’ – President Ramotar With the confirmation of General Elections early next year, it’s inevitable that political parties will be upping their...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Medical Council says yet another probe launched

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Medical Council says yet another probe launched

– as massive vigil streamlined to mark one-year anniversary Another investigation into the death of four-year-old Jaden Mars, who died under questionable circumstances at the Georgetown Public...

Miners being urged to embrace sustainable production

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miners being urged to embrace sustainable production

By Sharmain Grainger Sustaining the mining sector in Guyana will require that urgent efforts be made to reduce the cost of production. This assertion was made by Chief Executive Officer of MACORP,...

Drunken man walks into path of police motorcycle

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken man walks into path of police motorcycle

A policeman on anti crime patrol duties was involved in an accident on Thursday on the Corentyne Highway. However, on this occasion the police constable is not to be blamed. Rajendra Gowkarran, 61,...

Man caught breaking into premises, jailed

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man caught breaking into premises, jailed

A known felon who was caught with a hammer breaking into a business premises has been jailed for 18 months. Mahendra Seeratan, 39, a father of three of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme, East Canje,...

Parika Backdam rape accused granted $150,000 bail

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Backdam rape accused granted $150,000 bail

The man accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in his car was released on a $150,000 court bond when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Kelvin Lanferman, 25, of Parika,...

Sir Shridath Ramphal never uttered one word about the meaning of democracy

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sir Shridath Ramphal never uttered one word about the meaning of democracy

Dear Editor, One must appreciate the fearless approach to journalism in the context of the questions posed to Sir Shridath Ramphal on the launching of his memoirs. Those questions centered on his...

Maxwell needs to explain his conflicting positions on the Constitution

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maxwell needs to explain his conflicting positions on the Constitution

Dear Editor, Reference is made to M. Maxwell, “The 1980 constitution was not developed by the people,” Stabroek News, 5 December, 2014. For someone who said that he is no constitutional expert or...

Sunday Cartoon

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

In the memory of Martin Carter by Rev.Gideon Cecil

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the memory of Martin Carter by Rev.Gideon Cecil

Dear Editor, As we commemorate another death anniversary of our late National Poet Martin Carter, I believe his poetry should be taught in our schools and private education institutions in our...

From the Diaspora…THEY WERE RAPED AS CHILDREN, “RAPED”AGAIN BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THEY WERE RAPED AS CHILDREN, “RAPED”AGAIN BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

By Ralph Seeram Last week I wrote about sexual assaults on woman in Guyana and the response from readers as well as from social media was overwhelming particularly from women. Many shared their...

Becoming Immovable

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Becoming Immovable

I have this plant in my yard called a Bougainvillea. When I first got it, I put it in a pot and set it in the flower bed so that it could be watered with the rest of the plants when the sprinklers...

The Marriott Hotel financial deals are way over the President’s head

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott Hotel financial deals are way over the President’s head

Dear Editor, We refer to a new item in one of the PPP news outfits captioned “Marriot Hotel not pawned in response to the excellent article by the Kaiteur News captioned “Brassington pawns...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more