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AFC pickets US Embassy seeking visa sanctions against Govt

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AFC pickets US Embassy seeking visa sanctions against Govt

– Embassies have a moral obligation to support democracy and the upholding of the rights of the citizenry – says executive member Members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) protested...

Those criticisms by diplomats against Govt … Ramotar’s Presidency will be remembered forever

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Those criticisms by diplomats against Govt … Ramotar’s Presidency will be remembered forever

…for inflicting the greatest damage on democracy-Williams A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, yesterday examined a number of criticisms...

Engine failure caused deadly Olive Creek plane crash

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Engine failure caused deadly Olive Creek plane crash

– search for missing ASL aircraft to continue Almost a year after a Trans Guyana Airways plane crashed and killed its Canadian-born pilot and cargo handler, authorities says that the incident...

Parliamentary payment to Opposition MPs is a pittance, gross insult – Basil Williams

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary payment to Opposition MPs is a pittance, gross insult – Basil Williams

Opposition Parliamentarian, Basil Williams, deemed his Parliamentary payment of approximately $200,000, plus allowances, as a pittance. The Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs for the A Partnership for...

Cops probe ganja link to body found in river

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops probe ganja link to body found in river

Quincy Johnson, whose body was fished out of the Demerara River last week Thursday, may have been slain during a dispute with marijuana farmers, police said yesterday. Johnson’s body, with an...

Dem boys seh … Careful who or what you kiss

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Careful who or what you kiss

Guyana got nuff people who deh in de boat wha a certain big man find heself in. This man was a love daag. He does sing sheer love song at karaoke. Everywhere you see de man was he and his lady...

Feasibility study for new Demerara River Bridge underway

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Feasibility study for new Demerara River Bridge underway

– current structure struggles to handle growing volumes As Government continues to actively pursue the construction of another bridge across the Demerara River, authorities have assured that...

Fugitive driver remanded over teen’s death

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fugitive driver remanded over teen’s death

The man, who was behind the wheel of the vehicle which ploughed into a teenager and his friends on the Providence Public Road last month and flung them in a nearby trench, has been remanded to prison...

Ministry contemplating merging two city schools

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry contemplating merging two city schools

—as part of efforts to address space concerns The possibility of two city secondary schools being merged and placed in a state of the art type facility is being contemplated by the Ministry of...

Shock therapy reintroduced at mental hospital

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shock therapy reintroduced at mental hospital

By Leon Suseran The re-introduction of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) at the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) at Fort Canje, Berbice, is expected to boost the capacity of the mental hospital in...

Abandoned children still in state care

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned children still in state care

The four children who were removed from their Guyhoc Park, Tucville Georgetown home by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) almost two weeks ago is still in state care. This is according to a...

West Coast hairdresser’s murder trial gets underway

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Coast hairdresser’s murder trial gets underway

The trial into the murder of West Coast Demerara, hairdresser Bibi Rafeena Saymar, is ongoing at the High Court in Georgetown. Troy Green, a labourer from Holmes Street, Georgetown, is indicted for...

South Africa v West Indies, 1st ODI, Durban: Amla milestone sets up easy SA win

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa v West Indies, 1st ODI, Durban: Amla milestone sets up easy SA win

ESPNcricinfo – Hashim Amla became the fastest South African batsmen to reach 5000 ODI runs a run-a-ball 66 in his 101st innings and set South Africa up to take the series lead. He starred in a...

NAGICO Super50 in T&T: Confident Jaguars battle defending champs today

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 in T&T: Confident Jaguars battle defending champs today

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Carib Beer, GT&T Lifetime Reality & Cascadia Hotel In 33 matches between the two sides Guyana have won 16, Barbados have won 15 while two of...

Fireman’s murder… Fiancee completes testimony

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fireman’s murder… Fiancee completes testimony

The murder trial of the two men who are charged with killing a fireman in 2011 in Berbice is continuing in the Berbice High Court. On trial are Hallman Hunte, 37, of Alness, Corentyne; and Sohan...

Carl Hooper appointed coach of Guyana Amazon Warriors for CPL 2015

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carl Hooper appointed coach of Guyana Amazon Warriors for CPL 2015

In a release yesterday, The Management/Ownership Team of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Franchise was pleased to announce the appointment of former outstanding West Indies and Guyana cricketer, Carl...

Lennox Braithwaite, a solid nominee for 2014 Sportsman of the Year

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Braithwaite, a solid nominee for 2014 Sportsman of the Year

Like many of the names that have been put forward for the Sportsman of the Year award that is conferred by the National sports Commission (NSC) annually, Guyana and Caribbean Individual top shot...

Clean-Up My Country programme in its final lap

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Clean-Up My Country programme in its final lap

The Clean-Up My Country Programme which commenced in July 2014 and implemented by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (MLGRD), is nearing completion. Four communities that are...

Parliament Office donate fans to TSU ranks

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament Office donate fans to TSU ranks

The Parliament Office yesterday donated four industrial fans, worth over $200,000, to the ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Tactical Services Unit (TSU) based at the Public Buildings. Clerk of...

SCOTIABANK SUPPORTS TO YWCC MASH CUP 2015

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on SCOTIABANK SUPPORTS TO YWCC MASH CUP 2015

Scotiabank, New Amsterdam Branch is the latest sponsor to come on board with the Young Warriors Cricket Club annual fundraiser – Mash Cup – 2015 – The third edition. The...

RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015: Scotia Bank maintains support of entity

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015: Scotia Bank maintains support of entity

The Bank of Nova Scotia has renewed its partnership of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) which has been established since 2009. In accepting the company’s contribution of...

Rampaul helps T&T to rain-shortened win

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rampaul helps T&T to rain-shortened win

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago Red Force defeated West Indies Under 19 by five wickets in their rain affected third match of the NAGICO Super50 at Shaw Park Tobago on Friday. Ravi...

Electrocution of Plaisance man…Family still awaiting compensation

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Electrocution of Plaisance man…Family still awaiting compensation

More than a month after Leroy Francis- Harris was electrocuted while working on a three-storey building in Evans Street, Charlestown, his family, including his seven-month-old baby is yet to be...

THE GRAVEST DANGER TO ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN GUYANA

Jan 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GRAVEST DANGER TO ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN GUYANA

I have pointed out in a previous column to one of the problems that can be experienced in instituting a liberal economy in Guyana. That problem is the dearth of social capital which hinders trust and...

UNASUR Secretary General to visit Guyana

Jan 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UNASUR Secretary General to visit Guyana

Dr. Ernesto Samper Pizano, Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will be paying a visit to Guyana on January 20, 2015. The Secretary General will be accompanied by two...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more