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Human Services Minister resigns

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Human Services Minister resigns

Government has announced the resignation of one of its top ministers. Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, was not included in the lists that the People’s Progressive...

Sugar producers urge EU to delay quota abolition

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar producers urge EU to delay quota abolition

– complains about slow cash support By Leonard Gildarie A decision by the European Union to open up the sugar market and slash prices is continuing to have dire effects on affected small...

Canter truck kills 12-year-old as road fatalities continue to climb

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Canter truck kills 12-year-old as road fatalities continue to climb

By Zena Henry Anger engulfed residents of the small East Bank Demerara community of Friendship yesterday afternoon, when the life of one of its youngest members was snuffed out by an alleged speeding...

Burnt victim says…Lover set me on fire

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt victim says…Lover set me on fire

In a surprising turn of events, Ashawnti Parris, the woman who was thought to have set herself on fire last Tuesday at Linden, has confessed to police that it was her lover who set her on fire...

Festival City bridge execution…Cops question victim’s brother over GGMC engineer’s murder

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Festival City bridge execution…Cops question victim’s brother over GGMC engineer’s murder

The brother of executed vendor Quincy Bowman remained in custody yesterday, as police sources confirmed that he is being questioned about last February’s killing of Guyana Geology and Mines (GGMC)...

Presidential debates in limbo as PPP refuses to partake in Prime Ministerial leg

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential debates in limbo as PPP refuses to partake in Prime Ministerial leg

By Abena Rockcliffe It seems as if the electorate would be deprived of the benefit of Presidential debates in the run up to next month’s General and Regional elections. This is because of the...

Donald would never learn

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald would never learn

Everybody is a consultant these days. Nastimento is one. He was never a successful businessman but de Pee Pee Pee and that one Brassington hire him and paying him a fat salary to be a consultant fuh...

Busta Soft Shoe Football Tournament…Sparta Boss among three teams registering wins

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Soft Shoe Football Tournament…Sparta Boss among three teams registering wins

Sparta Boss, one of the teams highly favoured to capture the inaugural Busta Soft Shoe Football Tournament made a positive start to the campaign after registering a come-from-behind 4-2 win over a...

Chanderpaul, Bishoo in Windies first Test squad

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul, Bishoo in Windies first Test squad

No place for Johnson or Permaul By Sean Devers The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced a 14-member squad on for the first Test against England, starting on Monday at the Vivian...

Foreign Affairs Ministry to host Workers’ Day of Sports on April 26

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foreign Affairs Ministry to host Workers’ Day of Sports on April 26

On Sunday April 26, the Saint Stanislaus College ground on Carifesta Avenue should be a hive of activity with plenty of fun and frolic anticipated when the Foreign Affairs Ministry hold its...

Basketball competition begins in Berbice tomorrow

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball competition begins in Berbice tomorrow

Another Basketball competition is set to bounce off tomorrow in Berbice when the Inaugural Nand Persaud Group of Companies (NPG packaging) first division competition bounces off with one game. The...

DeFreitas slams 100* for Guyana Eagles, Chris Sulker takes 6 for 9 for Angoy’s Avenue

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DeFreitas slams 100* for Guyana Eagles, Chris Sulker takes 6 for 9 for Angoy’s Avenue

2015 NBS Second Division forty overs cricket competition… The 2015 New Building Society Limited Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued...

NACRA 15s Tournament…Guyana and T&T square off for South Zone title

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NACRA 15s Tournament…Guyana and T&T square off for South Zone title

Reigning NACRA 15s champion Guyana will resume their defence of the title when they go up against nemesis Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) today in the Twin Island Republic. The Guyanese ruggers ...

Harry grabs Man of the match prize as Demerara and E’bo play to a draw

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harry grabs Man of the match prize as Demerara and E’bo play to a draw

GCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Inter County U19 3-day tourney… By Zaheer Mohamed A spirited performance by Essequibo earned them a draw against host Demerara when their opening round game of...

MCY&S commissions modern all-weather outdoor volleyball court at Corentyne

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S commissions modern all-weather outdoor volleyball court at Corentyne

By Leon Suseran The Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport through the Guyana Volleyball Federation commissioned the first all-weather outdoor volleyball court at Port Mourant, Corentyne recently....

Big companies on board for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet April 26

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Big companies on board for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet April 26

With just over two weeks to go before race day, a number of major sponsors are already on board for the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) one day horserace meet set for Sunday 26th April 2015 at the...

Sinclair, Gibson lead Courtland to victory, M. Singh hits 50 for Kennard memorial

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair, Gibson lead Courtland to victory, M. Singh hits 50 for Kennard memorial

2015 Raffik and Sons Construction Services second division 20-over cricket … The 2015 Raffik and Sons Construction Services Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition for teams in...

4R sponsors biggest t20 in Upper Corentyne

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4R sponsors biggest t20 in Upper Corentyne

– Final under lights & winner to cash in on $100,000 and trophy prize At a simple ceremony held recently at the Crabwood Creek Sports Complex, proprietor of 4R Bearings Mr. Ricky Deonarain...

APNU+AFC pledges assistance to EAB

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC pledges assistance to EAB

A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has said that it stands firmly behind the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) as they seek to investigate the revised list of electors....

Is Elisabeth Harper, the stupidest person in the world?

Apr 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Elisabeth Harper, the stupidest person in the world?

Elisabeth Harper told the press there are attempts to blackmail her over the alleged $700 million that her son is being sued for and which, according to reports, she legally guaranteed the repayment....

PPP never read MMU report

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP never read MMU report

…but criticises MMU for chiding Jagdeo The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), has accused the Media Monitoring Unit of bias. A letter signed by PPP’s Executive Secretary, Zulfikar...

Sexual Violence Awareness Month…Citizens picket for greater intervention in cases on sexual violence

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual Violence Awareness Month…Citizens picket for greater intervention in cases on sexual violence

Given the alarming images and figures that usually depict sexual violence in Guyana, a group of social activists and concerned citizens from stakeholder organisations, joined in public condemnation...

ELECTIONS CORNER

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ELECTIONS CORNER

Voting by Proxy Proxy Voting is exercised in most forms of voting activity practised around the world. Regardless of the form its takes, the principles of Proxy Voting have remained firmly...

DPP’s recommendation to retry PM’s son smacks of Gov’t interference – APNU+AFC

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DPP’s recommendation to retry PM’s son smacks of Gov’t interference – APNU+AFC

The recently formed coalition, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change has strongly condemned the recommendation of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that the son of Prime...

Murder rate up by 11 percent, but armed robberies down

Apr 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murder rate up by 11 percent, but armed robberies down

Forty-two people have been murdered between January and the end of March. This is an eleven percent increase from the same period last year, when 38 murders were recorded. Kaieteur News’ statistics...

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