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Robbers abandon safe with $1.4M in Agricola

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers abandon safe with $1.4M in Agricola

Burglars on Friday carted off two money safes from Readymix Concrete Limited after breaking into the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara facility. But police subsequently recovered one of the...

Toshao vows legal action over rape allegation

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshao vows legal action over rape allegation

Moco Moco Toshao Mark George says he is contemplating legal action following allegations of sexual assault leveled against him, just days after he rejected President Donald Ramotar’s visit to his...

Green or Sooba? Confusion looms today over Mash Day spots

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Green or Sooba? Confusion looms today over Mash Day spots

Confusion has erupted over who will vend on designated spots provided by both the Council’s Social Development Committee and the Town Clerk’s office. The Mayor and Councilors and acting Town...

Taxi driver dies in E.B.D. crash

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver dies in E.B.D. crash

Mashramani plans were tragically cut short for Daniel David Hinds after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a nearby culvert at Rahaman’s Park, East Bank Demerara, yesterday. Hinds, who...

‘Home alone’ murders of elderly women baffle cops

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Home alone’ murders of elderly women baffle cops

– at least eight unsolved cases between 2009 to 2015 Although they had detained one person, police at Berbice have made no headway in finding the individual who raped and murdered 67-year-old...

Dem boys seh…Like we, leff we or go to hell

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Like we, leff we or go to hell

De government boasting about freedom of de press and how Guyana got democracy but is like telling people that dem can talk but you put scotch tape over dem mouth. That is wha de government want to do...

Show Stoppers steal show to win NEE Mash Futsal title

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Show Stoppers steal show to win NEE Mash Futsal title

Show Stoppers came from behind to secure literally a last minute goal that pushed them ahead of Silver Bullets Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court in the final of New Era’s...

Harper’s PM candidacy not a threat to APNU-AFC prospects of victory

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Harper’s PM candidacy not a threat to APNU-AFC prospects of victory

– Granger By Abena Rockcliffe Even as he admitted that Elisabeth Harper has had a “distinguished career” in public service, incumbent Opposition Leader, David Granger is of the opinion that...

WICB Four-Day Franchise Cricket…Kraigg Braithwaite’s second ton puts B’dos in control

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Four-Day Franchise Cricket…Kraigg Braithwaite’s second ton puts B’dos in control

But Jaguars still with a chance of a Mash day win By Sean Devers in Barbados In Association with Western Union, Carib Beer & Meet Your Match Dating Service Tournament leaders Guyana Jaguars will...

Burma Road canal tragedy…Govt. to foot all funeral expenses

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burma Road canal tragedy…Govt. to foot all funeral expenses

The Government of Guyana will be covering the funeral expenses of the victims of the Burma Road canal tragedy which claimed the lives of six children and their teacher on Friday afternoon as they...

Redemption: Atwell defeats Mullings to take WBCCABOFE welterweight crown

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Redemption: Atwell defeats Mullings to take WBCCABOFE welterweight crown

By Michael Benjamin He lost out to Johnny Gonsalves in May last year in his World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight world title bid and suffered another crushing blow six months later, in...

Forbes Burnham Memorial…Orville Hinds crowned new champ; John & Fernandes are junior & veteran winners

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forbes Burnham Memorial…Orville Hinds crowned new champ; John & Fernandes are junior & veteran winners

Team Evolution’s Orville Hinds rode a strategic race to take the overall top spot despite not winning any of the two stages when the annual Forbes Burnham Memorial two-stage cycle road race was...

Over 30 vibrant bands expected in today’s Mashramani Parade

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Over 30 vibrant bands expected in today’s Mashramani Parade

Georgetown is expected to be the scene of vibrant costumes, lively music and excited crowds, as 30 bands hit the streets today for the Costume and Float Parade in celebration of Guyana’s 45th...

Spit Fire burns them up on wet day at Rising Sun

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spit Fire burns them up on wet day at Rising Sun

Spit Fire of the Shariff Racing stable and ridden by Rodrigues produced a blistering finish to tear past its opponents and take the feature D1 and lower even when the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and racing...

Eastman tops field in feature 35 lapper at 24th R&R Int. Meet

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eastman tops field in feature 35 lapper at 24th R&R Int. Meet

Team Coco’s Hamzah Eastman got the better of Team Evolution’s Orville Hinds in the feature 35-lap event when the 24th edition of the R&R International 11-race Cycle Meet came off on Saturday...

Guyana’s Reparation move makes US Huffington Post

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Reparation move makes US Huffington Post

Guyana has hit international news, specifically the US-based Huffington Post’s Black Voices arm. The Caribbean’s move for Reparation has also seen American institutions expressing interest in...

Berbice Cricket Board congratulates their winning Under-15 team

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board congratulates their winning Under-15 team

In a release, the president and members of the Berbice Cricket Board took the opportunity to congratulate their Under-15 team which recently won the inter county championship after defeating Demerara...

Dolphin pummel Houston as Nestle Milo Football continues

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dolphin pummel Houston as Nestle Milo Football continues

On a day that saw two of five scheduled matches played, Dolphin Secondary registered the most emphatic victory of the day when they inflicted a 6-0 drubbing on Houston as play in the Nestle Milo...

Hindu youths launch ‘I Love Life’ anti-suicide campaign

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hindu youths launch ‘I Love Life’ anti-suicide campaign

The Golden Om Dharmic Youth Group (GODYG), the Youth arm of the East Berbice Praant of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) has launched its ‘I Love Life’ anti- suicide campaign. The local World...

MASHRAMANI DARTS CLASSIC…N2N team top top prize

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MASHRAMANI DARTS CLASSIC…N2N team top top prize

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) Mashramani Darts Classic Open got underway Friday night at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands. GDA Vice-President Rayman Williams first welcomed the players...

Berbice beat Demerara to take GCB U-15 Inter County title

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice beat Demerara to take GCB U-15 Inter County title

By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice were crowned champions of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County U-15 50-over tournament after defeating Demerara by 31 runs at Wales Community Centre ground, West Bank...

Reformation needed in education sector

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Reformation needed in education sector

– Region 8 education committee member Following weeks of tension in the hinterland village of Princeville, members of the Region Eight Education Committee are calling for reformations to the...

Mark Austin collapses moments before his bout with Dexter Gonsalves

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin collapses moments before his bout with Dexter Gonsalves

GBBC President, Peter Abdool, orders investigation Although boxing officials are working assiduously to curtail injury and death in boxing, there is no absolute guarantee that such efforts are...

Flying Ace Cycle honours long serving president

Feb 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle honours long serving president

The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of Berbice recently recognized the services of their long serving president John Lewis. Mr. Lewis, who is the third president of the club having taken over from...

Mashramani is over for me – says Trevor Rose’s mother

Feb 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani is over for me – says Trevor Rose’s mother

– “The police know exactly who killed my son” Mashramani is that time of the year when you take a break from your everyday life and shake the stress away through the streets of Georgetown...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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