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GGMC engineer murder suspects for court today

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC engineer murder suspects for court today

Police may be able to boast soon that they have solved at least one of this year’s eight execution-style killings. This follows the arrest of a man they claim was the mastermind behind the slaying...

PPP Linden Rally…Ramotar promises Linden more jobs, paved Linden-Lethem road

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Linden Rally…Ramotar promises Linden more jobs, paved Linden-Lethem road

As elections loom closer and politicians are hot on the campaign trail, a team of high ranking officials from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) made their way to Linden yesterday where hundreds...

PPP/C kept ailing bauxite industry going to preserve Linden jobs – Hinds

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C kept ailing bauxite industry going to preserve Linden jobs – Hinds

The PPP/C yesterday held their Linden Rally at the Leiue Ken Pen Square on Burnham Drive Wismar where they exhorted a sizeable crowd that had turned out, to vote for them come May 11th. Among the...

PPP/C Bartica Rally…Hinds promises new power station for Bartica by next year

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C Bartica Rally…Hinds promises new power station for Bartica by next year

– insists Amaila Hydro project could have created 2,000 jobs By Sharmain Grainger Government has committed to starting a new power station at Bartica by next year, if elected by the people on...

Dem boys seh…Donald, rice and sugar dear a shop, wha yu tink at all?

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald, rice and sugar dear a shop, wha yu tink at all?

Donald practising another profession. Dem boys hear that he seh in de grapevine that he nah certain he going back to de wuk suh he practicing fuh another wuk. He know he like sing suh de only thing...

Presidential and Prime Ministerial debates…Harper ready to debate Nagamootoo – Ramotar

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential and Prime Ministerial debates…Harper ready to debate Nagamootoo – Ramotar

By Abena Rockcliffe With less than one month remaining before General and Regional elections, incumbent President Donald Ramotar has declared that his running mate, Elisabeth Harper is pumped and...

Fitness Express / GABBFF Novice C/ships…Chaitram Nagessar crowned new King of the stage; Junica Pluck is top female

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express / GABBFF Novice C/ships…Chaitram Nagessar crowned new King of the stage; Junica Pluck is top female

By Franklin Wilson Berbican Chaitram Nagessar of Tej Mahal Gym was crowned the new Novice bodybuilding of Guyana when the Fitness Express sponsored Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness...

Windies bringing the passion

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies bringing the passion

St.John’s, Antigua, CMC -West Indies appear set to launch a passionate challenge against England when the two sides meet in the first of a three test series here today. The West Indies have vowed...

DCC are GCA/Brainstreet U-15 champs

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC are GCA/Brainstreet U-15 champs

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) overcame Transport Sports Club (TSC) by five-wickets to capture the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brainstreet Under-15 title yesterday at Malteenoes Sports Club....

NECC/Cricketers protest against ECB chief selector

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NECC/Cricketers protest against ECB chief selector

President of the North Essequibo Cricket Committee (NECC), Prince Holder and members of the North Essequibo Cricket fraternity yesterday staged a peaceful protest in front of the “House of Praise...

Exciting matches highlight Day Two of Busta Soft Shoe Football

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting matches highlight Day Two of Busta Soft Shoe Football

– action continues tomorrow at Tucville ground Day Two of the inaugural Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition saw some exciting matches with five of the six engagements producing outright wins...

Raj Singh Inter-County U-19 Three-day cricket…Nedd grabs 5-50 for National U-17s, E’bo dismissed for 262

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh Inter-County U-19 Three-day cricket…Nedd grabs 5-50 for National U-17s, E’bo dismissed for 262

By Sean Devers Ashmead Nedd captured 5-50 from 21 impressive overs of Left-arm spin yesterday for the National Under-17 team against Essequibo Under-19s in the second round of the Guyana Cricket...

GCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Inter-County U19 tourney…Berbice poise for first innings honours against Demerara

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Inter-County U19 tourney…Berbice poise for first innings honours against Demerara

By Zaheer Mohamed Berbice were in a comfortable position for first innings points against Demerara when the first day of their second round game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Raj Singh Insurance...

Body on La Jealousy foreshore…Video of girl on the day she disappeared comes to light

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body on La Jealousy foreshore…Video of girl on the day she disappeared comes to light

…spoke on tape of being abused, staying with paramour out of love A video recording, made on the very day she disappeared, has surfaced of 17-year-old Davykumarie Ramadar, with visible injuries,...

CJ to rule in GGMC/CH&PA $3B loan agreement cases

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CJ to rule in GGMC/CH&PA $3B loan agreement cases

Chief Justice (Ag), Ian Chang is set to hand down his decisions in the two court cases involving the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority...

Business community says…New Govt. must provide vision for private sector

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Business community says…New Govt. must provide vision for private sector

By Desilon Daniels “There is a lot of work that we have to do in terms of growing the economy and moving forward and I think if we’re going to ask our potential leaders anything, it is to provide...

APNU+AFC concerned over non-issuance of certificates of employment

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC concerned over non-issuance of certificates of employment

– plans to challenge Gecom’s decision A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has expressed concern over the recent decision by the Guyana Elections Commission...

The boys who never came home

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The boys who never came home

– two unsolved murders still haunt Sophia families One boy was running an errand for his mother. The other was returning home from a game of cricket. But these lads never made it home....

Corruption, misuse of state resources will continue in a Ramotar administration – Badal

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption, misuse of state resources will continue in a Ramotar administration – Badal

It is more than clear that another term by the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) would see the culture of systemic corruption continue. This is according to hotelier, Robert Badal,...

Manickchand opens $82.3M Nursery school at Corriverton

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Manickchand opens $82.3M Nursery school at Corriverton

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) commissioned the Number 77 Nursery School complex recently at Number 77 Housing Scheme, Corriverton, Berbice. The project...

CARICOM says new US$70M initiative could spur youth entrepreneurship

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM says new US$70M initiative could spur youth entrepreneurship

– Guyana looks to boost ICT sector The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which has long lamented the lack of opportunities for youths, has hailed a new U.S government initiative in the region....

Ganja dealer found hanging in Lethem lock-ups

Apr 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja dealer found hanging in Lethem lock-ups

A team on investigators from the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) was dispatched to Lethem to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner in the lock-ups of...

Don’t cut me off! Don’t cut me off!

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Don’t cut me off! Don’t cut me off!

I was a guest last Saturday evening of the television programme in Berbice hosted by Dr. Ramayya of the Alliance For Change. When it was time to take calls, one caller began by saying, “Please...

THE MILITARIZATION OF POLITICS

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MILITARIZATION OF POLITICS

A central tenet of military-civil(ian) relationship in democracies is that the military is subservient to civilian rule. Attending to the affairs of the State is the responsibility of civilians....

BLUE MOUNTAIN BLUES

Apr 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on BLUE MOUNTAIN BLUES

Regardless of how far-fetched, ridiculous, obscene or even groaningly gruesome a pun is, I have time for it. Even the one about the Bizarro Doctor to the little Bizarro Kid, “Hey I haven’t seen...