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Breaking News!!! David Granger sworn in as the 8th President of Guyana

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! David Granger sworn in as the 8th President of Guyana

extends olive branch to PPP/C David Arthur Granger has been sworn in as Guyana’s 8th Executive President, minutes after the Guyana Elections Commission Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally formally...

PS shuts out Irfaan Ali from Ministry

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PS shuts out Irfaan Ali from Ministry

‘You are no longer a Minister’ – Clerk tells him Government ministries appear to be readying themselves for a new administration. The readiness was never more evident than on Thursday after...

Overseas-based Guyanese shot dead in home invasion

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese shot dead in home invasion

An overseas-based Guyanese man who came home on Friday with his family to do some religious work is now dead, the victim of a robbery/murder. Four masked bandits armed with guns and cutlasses,...

MFK execution…Detectives grill implicated Sergeant, informant expresses fear

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MFK execution…Detectives grill implicated Sergeant, informant expresses fear

Investigators have begun questioning persons who are implicated in the murder of businessman Mohamed F. Khan. Kaieteur News understands that detectives from the headquarters of the Criminal...

No evidence of irregularities in 2015 polls – ABC countries insist

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence of irregularities in 2015 polls – ABC countries insist

As the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) continues to come under fire for refusing to vacate office, the ABC countries are holding firm to their conviction that elections were free and fair....

Former Ministers say goodbye to staff, return vehicles

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Ministers say goodbye to staff, return vehicles

– EU tells divided PPP/C to take grievance to court As pressure mounts on the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to withdraw its objections over a recount of Monday’s votes, it is...

Irfaat get chase out from de Ministry

May 16, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Irfaat get chase out from de Ministry

Yesterday dem boys put a death announcement in de papers. Was about de death of the Pee Pee Pee See. Last night was de wake at Babu Jaan and nuff people tun up, but nobody see Donald Dumb. Ever...

GCC ladies off for second stint in Trinidad

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC ladies off for second stint in Trinidad

After mixed results in their debut trip to Trinidad to compete in the Trinidad & Tobago women’s hockey outdoor season, the Georgetown Cricket Club ladies travel today, Saturday 16th, for their...

‘Lady Jags’ getting ready to roar again

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jags’ getting ready to roar again

By Franklin Wilson They were the first team in the history of Guyana to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals, Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ back in 2010 (October/November), led by classy and nippy...

‘Remain calm’— Chief of Staff warns

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Remain calm’— Chief of Staff warns

Chairman of the Joint Services, Brigadier Mark Phillips, is urging all Guyanese to remain calm and to continue to exercise restraint and good judgement. “As we await the final declaration from...

GECOM likely to make final elections declaration today

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM likely to make final elections declaration today

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has indicated that a final declaration for the 2015 General and Regional Elections results is likely to be made today. GECOM had been scheduled to make the...

Johnson to Captain to lead President’s X1 against Australia

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson to Captain to lead President’s X1 against Australia

Rajendra Chandrika included Guyana Captain Leon Johnson will lead a West Indies President’s X1 in a three-day game against the touring Australians from Wednesday May 27 at the Sir Vivian Richards...

Foo hits ton & fifty in Berbice trail

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo hits ton & fifty in Berbice trail

Fudadin to lead Berbice in Inter-County cricket After two one day trials and a two days trial, the senior selection panel of the Berbice Cricket Board named a strong 14 man squad to represent them in...

GCB 4-Day Inter-County on hold

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 4-Day Inter-County on hold

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Men 4-Day Inter-County Competition which was scheduled to commence today, has been put on hold until further notice. This is due to the continuous inclement...

Victory Valley/Scheme win LABA Inter-Ward title

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Victory Valley/Scheme win LABA Inter-Ward title

Victory Valley/Scheme won the inaugural Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Inter Ward Championships last weekend at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court Linden with Keifer Tappin putting in...

2015 NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket …Edwards (74), Fraser (58 n.o) in 150 run opening stand for Young Warriors

May 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2015 NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket …Edwards (74), Fraser (58 n.o) in 150 run opening stand for Young Warriors

Jason Thomas slams 86 n.o and takes 5 for 26 for Jai Hind In latest action in the 2015 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice, Young Warriors of Cumberland were...

Women nabbed at CJIA with 12 kilos of cocaine

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Women nabbed at CJIA with 12 kilos of cocaine

Two women were nabbed around 16.00 hrs yesterday attempting to smuggle some 12 kilograms of cocaine out of Guyana. The women were arrested while preparing to board a Caribbean Airlines aircraft that...

Mother still overwhelmed with grief after daughter’s murder

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother still overwhelmed with grief after daughter’s murder

Like most parents, Denise McPherson, did not imagine having to bury any of her four children. But as fate would have it, she had to do just that earlier this year. McPherson lost her eldest child,...

Donald Ramotar— a kinsman of King Canute

May 16, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Donald Ramotar— a kinsman of King Canute

The lid blew off the pressure cooker when the Guyana Elections Commission announced the total votes from the 2,299 polling stations that dotted the landscape for the May 11, 2015 elections in Guyana....

GCCI laments hampered business

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI laments hampered business

…blames sloth in declaration of results The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) issued a public missive yesterday, to the effect that it is deeply concerned by the apparent refusal...

Granger promises to abolish poverty, hatred

May 16, 2015 KNews News 1

– says victory is not his but the nation’s “…We are one nation and we are going forward together to make sure that every child, every mother, every young person, every old person has...

GECOM likely to make final elections declaration today

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM likely to make final elections declaration today

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has indicated that a final declaration for the 2015 General and Regional Elections results is likely to be made today. GECOM had been scheduled to make the...

NIP calls for official election declaration

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NIP calls for official election declaration

– in the interest of peace, order and good governance The National Independent Party, (NIP) has joined calls demanding the final declaration of the results of the Regional and General elections...

ACP Group of States marks 40th anniversary

May 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ACP Group of States marks 40th anniversary

The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States marks its 40th anniversary this year with a focus on regional integration, cultural diversity and forging strategic partnerships for the...

Donald Ramotar once asked me what is “the poetic essence of history”.

May 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar once asked me what is “the poetic essence of history”.

In a letter in the Kaieteur News, published several years ago, long before he became President, Donald Ramotar, inquired about something I wrote in one of my columns, “the poetic essence of...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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