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UK threatens sanctions over prorogued Parliament

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UK threatens sanctions over prorogued Parliament

– PPP says diplomat exceeded limit Government of Guyana and the United Kingdom (UK) are at extreme odds over the current suspension of Parliament. The statement of outgoing British...

Auto dealer’s wife slain in hail of bullets

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Auto dealer’s wife slain in hail of bullets

Gunmen clad in black executed the wife of popular auto dealer, Deokaran Sanasie, called Monkey Ram, around 19.00 hrs last night outside her Lot 129 Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home. The...

Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests – report

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests – report

By John C. Cannon (mongabay.com correspondent) Foreign companies investing in Guyana’s substantial forests are supposed to adhere to national laws and international agreements. But civil society...

Gun, ammo found in roof of car

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gun, ammo found in roof of car

The diligent and persuasive work of the Police in Berbice led to them re- impounding a car from a car rental service at Chesney, Corentyne on Monday. The car PPP 1505 was stopped on December 23,...

Brassington fall and Jagdeo get cut

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brassington fall and Jagdeo get cut

Time longer than twine; that is an old saying but plenty people don’t believe it. What that mean in simple terms is that, whatever you do, good, bad or indifferent, gun ketch up wid you. When dem...

Standing against threats to press freedom … PPP was ‘spiritually’ in France – Rohee

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Standing against threats to press freedom … PPP was ‘spiritually’ in France – Rohee

The Minister of Home Affairs and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, was all over the place yesterday as he sought to defend the stance taken by him and...

SHABAZZ appointed Head Coach for Barbados friendly

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on SHABAZZ appointed Head Coach for Barbados friendly

– 26 local players shortlisted; Nurse, Smith & Emery Welshman are foreign based By Franklin Wilson Determined to see Guyana’s football return to a stable platform in every regard, the...

Lady Secret wins feature event at Budhan’s Memorial Horserace meet

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Secret wins feature event at Budhan’s Memorial Horserace meet

It’s My Time is top horse with two wins By Samuel Whyte Lady Secret of the D. McKenzie Stable out of the Kiltern area, Corentyne definitely has a secret for the Budhan Memorial Sports Complex by...

Jagdeo invested $20B from Treasury to enrich self, family and friends

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo invested $20B from Treasury to enrich self, family and friends

Kaieteur News has been at the forefront of reporting on corruption and other questionable deals in which billions of taxpayers’ dollars were blatantly used to secretly fill the pockets of a few. As...

Britton brilliantly starts 2015 Season

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Britton brilliantly starts 2015 Season

Malteenoes-bred, Shemar Britton, another product of National Coach, Idi Lewis, could not have asked for a better start to his 2015 Season on Sunday when he comfortably won Guyana’s Table Tennis...

National ruggers should be the unanimous choice for Sports Team of the Year

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National ruggers should be the unanimous choice for Sports Team of the Year

As Kaieteur Sport continues to highlight top performers in the 2014 sports landscape, the firm choice for Sports team of the year is the national rugby team. This bunch of incredible athletes despite...

Suriname clamps down on Guyanese bus drivers

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname clamps down on Guyanese bus drivers

Suriname (CMC) – The Suriname Government says while Guyanese bus drivers have the right to operate in the country, they must first apply for the necessary licence to do so. The Ministry of...

Jaguars Coach confident despite loss of key batsmen

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars Coach confident despite loss of key batsmen

By Sean Devers Head Coach of the Guyana Jaguars, Esuan Crandon, feels that some fans may identify the Jaguars as favorites, but said the Jaguars have got to back themselves if the team wants to win...

Guyana-Suriname minibus operators face woes at border

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-Suriname minibus operators face woes at border

– urge relevant authorities to make timely intervention Some local minibus operators working the Guyana to Suriname route are pleading with the local and Dutch authorities, to make a timely...

‘Ensure free and fair General Elections’ – PPP tells GECOM

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ensure free and fair General Elections’ – PPP tells GECOM

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to spare no effort in ensuring that the upcoming General and Regional Elections are free and...

Gunmen attack Kara Kara family

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen attack Kara Kara family

Forty-three-year-old Godfrey Marks, of Lower Kara Kara squatting area, Linden, is in the Georgetown Public Hospital, reportedly in a critical condition, as a result of a gunshot wound he sustained to...

Relatives of vigilante murder accused picket DPP office

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of vigilante murder accused picket DPP office

The relatives of four men who are accused of murdering a miner in 2013, moved to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in protest yesterday, demanding that a new Prosecutor should...

Caribbean Super Station to broadcast NAGICO Super50 cricket

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Super Station to broadcast NAGICO Super50 cricket

Ten days, eight teams, two Islands, one Champion. The 2015 NAGICO Super50 Regional one-day Franchise Cricket bowls off in the twin Island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday and the...

Cops hope slain schoolgirl’s conversation leads them to killer

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops hope slain schoolgirl’s conversation leads them to killer

Police are checking on a conversation 14-year-old Tiana Raghber had with an acquaintance shortly before her death in the hope that it leads them to her killer. A police official told Kaieteur News...

Guyana’s fight against Chikungunya was unprecedented – Dr. Rahman

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s fight against Chikungunya was unprecedented – Dr. Rahman

Although Guyana still does not have the capacity to test for the Chikungunya Virus, Director of Regional Health Services, Dr. Reyaud Rahman, is adamant that the local capacity to deal with the...

GFA’s Stag Beer Futsal’s F/ball tourney… Champion Alpha United collect spoils

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA’s Stag Beer Futsal’s F/ball tourney… Champion Alpha United collect spoils

Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Stag Beer Futsal’s top team Alpha United collected their $250, 000 first prize and the beautiful trophy yesterday from Ansa McAl at the presentation of prizes...

Execution-style attack on Parisian magazine … French consulate opens Book of Condolences for Charlie Hebdo victims

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Execution-style attack on Parisian magazine … French consulate opens Book of Condolences for Charlie Hebdo victims

The French Consulate in Guyana has announced that a Book of Condolences will be opened for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. The Book of Condolences will be opened to members of the...

Crawford retained as DCUSA President

Jan 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crawford retained as DCUSA President

Shannon Crawford was re-elected unopposed as president of the Demerara Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (DCUSA) when the body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday last at Wales...

Fireman murder trial continues in Berbice

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fireman murder trial continues in Berbice

The high court trial of the two men who are accused of murdering fireman, Delon Collins, who was shot dead on Saturday December 24, 2011, at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice, is continuing in the Berbice...

President meets Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan

Jan 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President meets Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan

President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar had the honour of meeting Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan during a visit to Maharashtra, yesterday. The President and wife also met with...