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Venezuela further urges peace, but maintains territorial claim

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela further urges peace, but maintains territorial claim

While Venezuela maintains a position seeking to deprive Guyana of a significant portion of its territory, the Bolivarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement saying that it wants peace....

11th Parliament opens today without Opposition presence

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 11th Parliament opens today without Opposition presence

By Jarryl Bryan Guyana’s 11th Parliament will open today at 14:00hrs, with the people’s representatives being sworn in, but this time the entire dynamic of the parliamentary system has shifted,...

Shopkeeper found dead with multiple stab wounds

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper found dead with multiple stab wounds

When patrons went to Pooran Lalchand’s business establishment at Block Eight, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning, and got no response to their calls, they assumed that the elderly...

CH&PA wanted free rein on $3B GGMC loan – documents reveal

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA wanted free rein on $3B GGMC loan – documents reveal

Details are emerging over the attempts by the former Government to transfer $3B from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) back in January. The High Court in early May had blocked the GGMC...

Yarrowkabra Murder…Axe-wielding killer claims he put reputed wife to rest

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Yarrowkabra Murder…Axe-wielding killer claims he put reputed wife to rest

Neighbours of 42-year-old Carol Miriam Shako, who was brutally hacked to death with an axe on Monday, have related that the woman lived a life of abuse and misery at the hands of her alleged killer,...

APNU+AFC’s claim of $$B siphoned off is absurd – PPP

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC’s claim of $$B siphoned off is absurd – PPP

Recent claims by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, that billions of dollars were being siphoned off annually during the reign of the previous administration, were sternly denounced yesterday by the...

GuySuCo buried in over $90B in debt until 2017

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo buried in over $90B in debt until 2017

“Industry is sitting on an economic time bomb”- Economist Dr. Clive Thomas By Kiana Wilburg The more local economists continue to analyze the accounts of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo),...

Some live in hell while dem boss live like kings

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some live in hell while dem boss live like kings

Dem got some women who when dem pass by you dem looking good and smelling good. You think de best of dem till you go in and see how dem live. Jagdeo go to Bartica and he see de police station after a...

Golden Jaguars ready to give 100% against Vincy Heat in WCQ today

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars ready to give 100% against Vincy Heat in WCQ today

Team will be compact and organized defensively – Shabazz By Franklin Wilson in St. Vincent compliments of: All the hard work has been put in on and off the field...

Guyanese women edged in CBC opening thriller

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese women edged in CBC opening thriller

Following a valiant effort from the Guyanese women, debut hosts, British Virgin Islands (BVI) edged them 64-61 in an opening thriller of the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Women’s...

Thompson wins prestigious Wingate Award

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thompson wins prestigious Wingate Award

Top Guyanese female sprinter, United States-based, Brenessa Thompson was awarded the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) 2015 Wingate Award as an Outstanding New York City (NYC) Senior Athlete,...

Persaud, Seaforth guide All Seasons to victory

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud, Seaforth guide All Seasons to victory

Mark Persaud and Errol Seaforth chalked up 16 and 14 games respectively to guide host All Seasons Racing Service to victory over Turning Point and Hustlers when the final of the All Seasons Racing...

BCB names strong team for Female Senior Inter County Tournament

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB names strong team for Female Senior Inter County Tournament

The Dhierendranauth Somwaru led senior selection panel of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has named a strong team for the upcoming female senior inter county tournament. The team, which includes...

Investigation ongoing into missing equipment, documents from Cliff Anderson Sports Hall

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Investigation ongoing into missing equipment, documents from Cliff Anderson Sports Hall

Georgetown, GINA – Minister of Education with responsibility for Culture, Youth, and Sport, Dr. Nicolette Henry, said that she will be taking a hands-off approach with regard to the...

National Junior Hockey Squad reduced

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Junior Hockey Squad reduced

The Guyana Hockey Board has reduced its men’s national junior squad to 20 players as preparations intensify for the team’s participation in the Player’s Tournament, scheduled for Trinidad &...

Rockers beat Hardliners

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rockers beat Hardliners

Smythfield Rockers destroyed opponents Ithaca Hardliners to make a strong claim for a semi final berth when play continued in the NPG Inter Club Basketball competitions for teams in Berbice. The team...

Meet the Golden Jaguars squad for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Meet the Golden Jaguars squad for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers

By Franklin Wilson in St. Vincent compliments of: Kaieteur Sport is pleased to introduce you to the Guyana National Senior football squad (Golden Jaguars) and...

All Stars beat Rest XI in STSC 5-a-side football

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Stars beat Rest XI in STSC 5-a-side football

All Starts defeated the Rest XI 3-2 to win the final of the South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) and Bannas Foundation 5-a-side small goal football competition held on Sunday at the National...

Griffith looking forward to working with Hooper

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Griffith looking forward to working with Hooper

CPL team to have first practice session tomorrow at Providence By Sean Devers Forty-eight-year-old former Guyana and West Indies Captain Carl Hooper has been appointed Head Coach of the Guyana...

Guyana Amazon Warriors rope in Umar Akmal

Jun 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors rope in Umar Akmal

ESPNcricinfo – Guyana Amazon Warriors have signed Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal for the 2015 edition of the Caribbean Premier League. Akmal is expected to join the CPL franchise on July 3 after...

Rice Producers’ Action Committee claims GRDB owes $1.9B to millers

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Producers’ Action Committee claims GRDB owes $1.9B to millers

…says price of paddy to drop even further By Nicholas Peters Guyana’s rice industry is in crisis, according to Chairman of the Rice Producers’ Association Action Committee (RPAAC), Jinnah...

Territorial claim…Venezuelan Embassy attracts protest

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Territorial claim…Venezuelan Embassy attracts protest

“We ain’t giving up no mountain”- protesters sing By Abena Rockcliffe The melody of Dave Martins’ ‘Not a blade a grass’ blasted yesterday in front of the Venezuelan Embassy, Thomas...

Doobay Medical Centre puts health programmes on hold

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Medical Centre puts health programmes on hold

– has ambitious plans to continue training initiatives in future A number of young persons were able to benefit from its offerings, but construction work to expand the East Coast Demerara...

GNBS grants renewed approval for PPL pipes

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS grants renewed approval for PPL pipes

A move by Plastics Products Limited (PPL) to have its products certified nationally, has been regarded as laudable by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). PPL’s sustained quality...

Govt. pledges return of power to local govt. bodies

Jun 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. pledges return of power to local govt. bodies

The new administration will be phasing out Central Government’s domination and usurpation of authority of Local Democratic Organs powers practiced by the former government, says Ronald Bulkan,...