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ExxonMobil oil drilling…Tensions rise as Venezuela issues ‘subtle threat’ to Guyana

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil oil drilling…Tensions rise as Venezuela issues ‘subtle threat’ to Guyana

– Govt. tells neighbour to be respectful; committed to diplomatic solutions By Leonard Gildarie In one of the worst diplomatic spats with Guyana in recent times, neighbouring Venezuela has...

Assassination of Anti-Gov’t protestor

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Assassination of Anti-Gov’t protestor

“No retreat! No surrender!”- Demonstrators There was an outpouring of support for the third consecutive day as demonstrators from all walks of life gathered in front of the Ministry of Legal...

Gunmen shoot Eccles businessman, escape with $2.3M

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot Eccles businessman, escape with $2.3M

… After tracing him from city bank A 23-year-old businessman was yesterday shot and robbed of $2.3M by two gunmen on a motorcycle, who allegedly traced him from a city bank, where he had earlier...

Seelal’s appointment as Top Cop is unconstitutional – Granger

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Seelal’s appointment as Top Cop is unconstitutional – Granger

– Signals intention to take legal action It appears as if all the constitutionally stipulated criteria needed for the substantial appointment of a Commissioner of Police were not met in...

Taxi driver stabbed 15 times in foiled carjacking

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver stabbed 15 times in foiled carjacking

A 34-year-old taxi driver was stabbed multiple times at around 19.00 hrs yesterday by a passenger who had lured him to Dazelle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, to steal his car. A relative said...

Assassination of anti-government protestor…Post mortem reveals…Three bullets to head, two to chest

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Assassination of anti-government protestor…Post mortem reveals…Three bullets to head, two to chest

– to be laid to rest next Wednesday The gunman who killed political activist Courtney Crum–Ewing shot him twice to the temple, once to the back of the head, and twice to the stomach. The...

De evil ones trying to run from dem smell

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De evil ones trying to run from dem smell

There is an old saying that de evil that men do always lives after dem. Some of dem does wake up and holler and dem boys know plenty of dem. Dem live suh bad that even when dem sleep dem deeds does...

Guyanese going for historic clean-sweep tonight

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese going for historic clean-sweep tonight

-Bulldoze Bermuda in second of three-game series By Edison Jefford The annals of Guyanese basketball history are unkind; they refuse to give favourable evidence to support Guyana’s sweeping of a...

Gayle in doubt as Windies set for do-or-die contest with UAE

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle in doubt as Windies set for do-or-die contest with UAE

NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC) — A nagging back injury has put flamboyant West Indies opener Chris Gayle in doubt for their all-important do-or-die World Cup clash with United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

WICB First-Class Cricket Franchise …Jaguars reach 264-6 on opening day as Chandrika, Bramble hit fifties

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB First-Class Cricket Franchise …Jaguars reach 264-6 on opening day as Chandrika, Bramble hit fifties

By Sean Devers On another flat Providence track the Guyana Jaguars openers produced a firm foundation for their team, but by the time the opening day of their ninth round encounter against Trinidad...

David Granger hands over Fair Play Trophy 25th K&S tournament

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on David Granger hands over Fair Play Trophy 25th K&S tournament

Leader of the Opposition and Presidential Candidate for the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition David Granger yesterday handed over the ‘Fair Play’ trophy...

Local amateurs ready to rumble in Tri-nation Inter-Guiana Games boxing championships

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local amateurs ready to rumble in Tri-nation Inter-Guiana Games boxing championships

Michael Benjamin in French Guiana, Compliments of IPA Pharmacy More than nine hours of travelling from Suriname to French Guiana has left them drained but the ten Guyanese boxers comprising of nine...

Preparations pick up for Jumbo Jet Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet on April 5

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations pick up for Jumbo Jet Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet on April 5

$10M available With less than a month to go for the Guyana Cup Fever 2015 Horserace meet, the organisers have released the provisional programme for the big occasion. Organised by the Port Mourant...

TSC take GPF HQ Dominoes title

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on TSC take GPF HQ Dominoes title

Tactical Service Unit (TSC) chalked up 80 games to win the Guyana Police Force Headquarters Inter- Department dominoes final which was contested recently at Eve Leary. Immigration-two placed second...

Kennard’s Phagwah horserace Meet…Ganesh Parts and General Store, Metro Stationary and Office Supplies on board

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard’s Phagwah horserace Meet…Ganesh Parts and General Store, Metro Stationary and Office Supplies on board

Ganesh Parts and General Store of Robb Street, Lacytown yesterday joined the other sponsors to aid the success of the Kennard’s Memorial Horserace meet set for tomorrow at the club’s racetrack at...

MCYS/EBFA Pee Wee League ends today…Herstelling face Mocha in final game

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/EBFA Pee Wee League ends today…Herstelling face Mocha in final game

While Craig Primary currently head the points table with nine points but all their games exhausted, only one team can deny them championship honours in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports...

Inter-County softball cricket bowls off tomorrow

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-County softball cricket bowls off tomorrow

– GSCL Inc. to host first leg, Trophy Stall on board The first leg of this year’s Inter-County softball cricket tournament bowls off tomorrow at Everest Cricket Club. The competition will be...

Hikers Hockey Club 5th Annual Junior Indoor Tournament continues today

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers Hockey Club 5th Annual Junior Indoor Tournament continues today

The Hikers Hockey Club’s 5th edition of its Junior Indoor Tournament, which promises to be one of the most memorable in since the tournament’s inception, and commenced yesterday, will continue...

Four exciting matches to start round of 16 action today

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four exciting matches to start round of 16 action today

Nestle Milo U-20 Schools Football Competition… By Rawle Welch The real business end of the Annual Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition commences today with four highly anticipated...

Guyana maintains almost 100% vaccine coverage – Health Minister

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana maintains almost 100% vaccine coverage – Health Minister

Despite constraints, the Ministry of Health continues to maintain near 100% vaccination coverage as part of its Childhood Vaccination Programme. This is according to Health Minister Dr. Bheri...

Sod turned for $236M maternity ward expansion

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sod turned for $236M maternity ward expansion

The Maternity Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital is expected to undergo expansion and remodeling, following the turning of the sod for the $263M project. The expansion is being funded by the...

Surgeons slash foetus during C-section

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Surgeons slash foetus during C-section

A baby who accidentally sustained a gash in his head during a surgical procedure undertaken on his 16-year-old mother on March 7, last, will have to remain in hospital until the cut heals. His...

Berbice mother remanded on drug trafficking charge

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice mother remanded on drug trafficking charge

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry ordered that a mother of two be remanded to prison, after she was allegedly found with a quantity of marijuana at her Berbice residence. Nichelle Johnson, 36,...

GPSU accuses PSC of bias, nepotism

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU accuses PSC of bias, nepotism

-junior staff promoted ahead of qualified, senior staffers First Vice Chairman of the Guyana Public Service Commission (GPSU), Mortimer Livan, attacked the Public Service Commission, charging bias...

$1 Billion Clean up My Country Campaign

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $1 Billion Clean up My Country Campaign

– Mayor requests audience with Local Gov’t Minister over works conducted in city While expressing gratitude on the works conducted in the city under the “Clean up My Country Campaign,”...

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The clock and the cloud

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