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Criminal charges filed against Jagdeo

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal charges filed against Jagdeo

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo has been summoned to appear before the courts to answer criminal charges over racially divisive statements he reportedly made at Babu Jaan, Port Mourant last month....

GECOM’s Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) releases its first report on elections coverage

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM’s Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) releases its first report on elections coverage

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Prime Ministerial candidate says she is being blackmailed

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Ministerial candidate says she is being blackmailed

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Prime Ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper, has come out in support of her son who is embroiled in a bitter court battle over the alleged embezzlement of...

Container falls off of truck in Charlestown

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Container falls off of truck in Charlestown

Scores of people flocked the busy Broad & Saffon Streets, Charlestown intersection to catch a glimpse of a container, which had fallen off of a truck at approximately 15:00 hrs yesterday. The...

Cops detain brother of executed vendor

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain brother of executed vendor

Police have detained the brother of 31-year-old Quincy Bowman, who was slain execution-style in Festival City last Monday. The sibling was reportedly taken into custody on Wednesday, but Kaieteur...

Obama touts clean energy in bid to restore U.S. leadership in C’bean

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Obama touts clean energy in bid to restore U.S. leadership in C’bean

KINGSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with Jamaica’s Prime Minister yesterday, announcing a major clean energy partnership ahead of a Caribbean summit where he hopes to reassert...

Woman critical after setting self ablaze

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman critical after setting self ablaze

The clock is ticking for a 25-year-old mother of one, who is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after setting herself on fire last Tuesday at her Linden home. The incident occurred just...

Sugar workers injured after lorry topples

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers injured after lorry topples

…Seven remain hospitalised By Leon Suseran An estate lorry (GEE 2664) transporting 59 sugar workers attached to the 17B Gang to work at Albion East 112 capsized into a nearby sideline around...

Jagdeo meet he meetah

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo meet he meetah

Old people seh you mustn’t let people wash dem mouth pun you. That mean that people shouldn’t talk bad things about others, but Jagdeo, that young devil, don’t listen to wha old people seh,...

Raj Singh Inter-County U-19 cricket …Birthday boy shines with bat & ball for B’ce

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh Inter-County U-19 cricket …Birthday boy shines with bat & ball for B’ce

Nat-U-17s lose by 10 Wkts in two days By Sean Devers Kassim Khan celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday with a Man-of-the-Match performance to lead Berbice to an emphatic 10-wicket win inside two...

Lucky Dollar latest to support Busta Soft Shoe Football

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lucky Dollar latest to support Busta Soft Shoe Football

Another large entity came forward and offered tangible support to the Petra Organisation- organised inaugural Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition which kicked off yesterday, at the GFC ground. The...

Passengers escape with minor injuries after bus overturns

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers escape with minor injuries after bus overturns

Passengers in a route 40 minibus were fortunate to escape with minor injuries last evening after the vehicle overturned on Vlissengen Road after hitting a car that was travelling in the same...

An important bond

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An important bond

Many Caribbean people continue to wonder if the region will ever achieve its most elusive dream. That dream is for some form of overt political expression of unity. It definitely will take more than...

GDA-organised International Competition…Winners receive prizes

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA-organised International Competition…Winners receive prizes

Shortly before presenting the respective winning teams with their prizes, President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) Faye Joseph urged the business community to support the sport and help...

Bancroft for overseas medical treatment

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bancroft for overseas medical treatment

Former national amateur welterweight boxing champion Eion Bancroft is to travel overseas for urgent medical attention following an eye injury that will force him to have a lengthy absence from the...

Demerara grab first innings from E’bo

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara grab first innings from E’bo

GCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers 3-day U-19 Inter-County Tourney… By Zaheer Mohamed Despite a determined batting display by Essequibo, host Demerara’s managed to grab first innings points when...

GABBFF Novices C/ship tomorrow at Theatre Guild …Fitness Express on board

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Novices C/ship tomorrow at Theatre Guild …Fitness Express on board

Long time partner and supporter Fitness Express (Sheriff Street, Campbellville) has continued its commitment to local bodybuilding as the main sponsor of the Guyana Amateur Body Building &...

Victory Valley Royals launches Schools tournament

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Victory Valley Royals launches Schools tournament

Victory Valley Royals Basketball Club in Linden launched their Annual Schools’ Basketball Competition on Tuesday with stakeholders, including Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) President,...

Torginol Paints Inc. annual Golf Tournament fixed for tomorrow

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Torginol Paints Inc. annual Golf Tournament fixed for tomorrow

Torginol Paints Inc., – “The paint Professionals Prefer” – a member of the Continental Group of Companies, incorporated in 1960 by the late Founder/Chairman Mr. Swarn Kumar Puri is a...

Kallicharran commences GCB Youth Programme

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kallicharran commences GCB Youth Programme

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) commenced its contract with former West Indian batsman, Alvin Kallicharran, with Training Programme sessions at the Wales Community Centre ground Wednesday....

WHAT SKILLS DO WE NEED AS A NATION?

Apr 10, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT SKILLS DO WE NEED AS A NATION?

What skill set should a government promote through the offering of scholarships? This was one of the incidental issues arising out of the discourse so far on the handling of the scholarship issue for...

Girl, 15, allegedly sexually assaulted in lockups

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 15, allegedly sexually assaulted in lockups

– Cop under close arrest A police constable stationed at the Amelia’s Ward Outpost has been placed under close arrest, following allegations that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who had...

Limited test should remove doubt on voters’ list authenticity

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Limited test should remove doubt on voters’ list authenticity

– EAB statistician …will indicate deficiencies where they exist By Zena Henry In the general view of things, there is always room to accommodate “illegal” occurrences with the...

Trade facilitation committee to boost international trade

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trade facilitation committee to boost international trade

Recognising the importance of enhancing trade flows between Guyana and the rest of the world, the government has initiated measures to speed up global trade by reforming customs procedures. The...

Giftland Mall promises to be ‘entertainment capital’

Apr 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Mall promises to be ‘entertainment capital’

The Giftland Mall is touted to become Guyana’s newest entertainment capital with the planned introduction of popular Caribbean and International features to local shores. The Mall, which is located...

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Reliance Hustlers delighted for Youth Programme support from First Lady

Teen arrested over uncle’s murder after sharing burial plan with relative

Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more