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DCC to hold wake for Roberts

May 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC to hold wake for Roberts

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Lance Gibbs and New Garden Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown will be holding a wake at 19:00 hrs tomorrow night in memory of the late Calvin Roberts – a past member...

2015 Raffik and Sons Construction Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition Balchand Baldeo takes 6 for 13 for Albion

May 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2015 Raffik and Sons Construction Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition Balchand Baldeo takes 6 for 13 for Albion

– half centuries for Narian, Subadar and Persaud As the 2015 Raffik and Sons Construction Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition, specially organized by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in...

Businessman flown overseas for medical treatment after accident

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman flown overseas for medical treatment after accident

Popular Berbice businessman, Roy Hanoman, 65, of Industry, East Coast Berbice, has been flown overseas for medical treatment after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a serious accident at...

Granger wages war on illiteracy, unemployment, violent crimes in Berbice

May 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger wages war on illiteracy, unemployment, violent crimes in Berbice

With E -Day mere days away, the ‘unity train’ driven by the coalition, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) on Saturday once again made its way to the ancient...

How can we go wrong if we choose the path of a coalition govt?

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can we go wrong if we choose the path of a coalition govt?

DEAR EDITOR, It is quite encouraging to know that many countries around the world that Guyanese long to visit, or even work, are being run by coalition governments. On Sunday, I noticed an...

Opinions are free, Mr. Jagdeo

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Opinions are free, Mr. Jagdeo

DEAR EDITOR, So Jagdeo opined that the APNU+AFC Manifesto is “a waste of time”. Says who? Someone who has been in charge of Guyana’s economy since 1999 and has provided us an average growth...

A change is needed in the direction our country is going

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A change is needed in the direction our country is going

Dear Editor, The elimination of Minister Ramsaran from the political landscape at this moment in time (even though he should have been sacked the same day he destroyed his political career), is not...

Guyanese travel the world to sustain their families while Govt. gives away our assets

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese travel the world to sustain their families while Govt. gives away our assets

DEAR EDITOR, The gifting of the US$30m taxpayer-funded fibre optic cable from Brazil to Dax Contracting Services should be condemned by every Guyanese. There is no limit to the extent the PPP...

Please make Old Age and NIS pensions relevant

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please make Old Age and NIS pensions relevant

DEAR EDITOR, Pension and what it signifies is often important only to pensioners. For pensioners, the bulk of whom are poor, it is about the pain of increased medical bills that come with old age...

Jagdeo’s ghosts have come back to haunt him

May 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s ghosts have come back to haunt him

Dear Editor, It is often said that the truth will set you free and it often does. In the case of the Jagdeo, the truth has and continues to be his political nightmare, especially in this election...

BREAKING NEWS…Bhena’s Footwear staff abducted in family dispute

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS…Bhena’s Footwear staff abducted in family dispute

Police are on the hunt for three gunmen in a car who staged a daring abduction of a 27-year old male staff of the popular Bhena’s Footwear on Regent Street. The incident in the full view of members...

Brazil to Guyana fibre optic cable… Dax contract is born out of corrupt intentions – Lawyers

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil to Guyana fibre optic cable… Dax contract is born out of corrupt intentions – Lawyers

– agreement ignores termination and penalty clauses, time frame for completion Most, if not all contracts between Government and any contractor for any national project are supposed to have...

President Ramotar says…Guyana has lowest corruption rate in entire Caribbean and most of the world

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar says…Guyana has lowest corruption rate in entire Caribbean and most of the world

– PPP/C restored accountability By Desilon Daniels Despite his government being accused almost daily of condoning corruption, President Donald Ramotar has come out and said that not only are...

Cops thwart breakout at Grove/Diamond Station

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops thwart breakout at Grove/Diamond Station

Police appear to have narrowly thwarted a prison breakout at the Grove/Diamond Police Station. An official confirmed that the prisoners punched a large hole in the northern wall of the station...

Ram to take NICIL, NIS to court over BBCI shares

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ram to take NICIL, NIS to court over BBCI shares

Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram has signaled his intention to move to the courts over the $950M worth of preferential shares in the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) that was dumped by the National...

Over half GTU membership ready for industrial action today

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Over half GTU membership ready for industrial action today

– GTU President More than half of the Guyana Teachers Union’s (GTU) members have indicated their willingness to participate in industrial action set to commence today. This is...

Nagamootoo promises ‘Day of National Embrace’ after E-Day

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo promises ‘Day of National Embrace’ after E-Day

-urges supporters to remain calm and respectful With exactly one week to elections day, the recently formed coalition, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has...

Police Constable accidentally shot by colleague

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Constable accidentally shot by colleague

A young Police Constable was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday after a round from his colleague’s gun accidentally struck him in his left shoulder. Nathaniel...

Ramotar maintains that Jagdeo was speaking the truth

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar maintains that Jagdeo was speaking the truth

“Jagdeo was speaking and he was speaking to an audience and he felt in his judgment that he should bring it out. I don’t see anything wrong with that. My own discretion is whether he was...

Dem boys seh…Dem red shirt fool Donald

May 04, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem red shirt fool Donald

People really touchous these days. A man announce how de Joint Service vote support he party and dem boys never see people run fuh complain like that. De thing quiet down li’l when de man seh how...

APNU+AFC’s manifesto undermines rule of law-Attorney General

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC’s manifesto undermines rule of law-Attorney General

…places private property under siege After conducting what he termed as a “peripheral” examination of the opposition’s recently launched manifesto, Attorney General (AG), Anil...

Freedom of the press is a form of liberty that must be pervasive throughout society

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Freedom of the press is a form of liberty that must be pervasive throughout society

– US Chargé d’Affaires Freedom of the press is a form of liberty that must be pervasive throughout society- US Chargé d’Affaires Charge‘d’ Affaires of the United States Embassy in...

Intoxicated man survives after falling into well

May 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Intoxicated man survives after falling into well

Leonard Dorrick, 63, was so drunk that he thought he was merely stepping into a pothole in the road; but instead it turned out to be a 40 foot well on April 18 last at Yupukari, Central Rupununi. He...

Windies crush England in three days

May 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies crush England in three days

First win against the Brits since 2009 By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer & Noble House Seafoods Barbados is littered with fabulous Beaches and while many of the English...

Mayweather cements legacy with Pacquiao win

May 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayweather cements legacy with Pacquiao win

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats by improving to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in a fight that...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more