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BREAKING NEWS…Four bandits captured after brutal attack on female judge, husband in gated community

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS…Four bandits captured after brutal attack on female judge, husband in gated community

Quick work by an armed security guard and police led to the capture today of four bandits who had inflicted a brutal beating on Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband, after storming...

Venezuela to cancel rice deal with Guyana after November– says Finance Minister

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela to cancel rice deal with Guyana after November– says Finance Minister

By: Kiana Wilburg The spirit of brotherhood which exists between Guyana and Venezuela may perhaps be running thin. The Spanish-speaking territory is making serious moves to wean itself off of...

Govt. happy Jagdeo has returned… Fmr. President has to answer questions for actions in office – Harmon

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. happy Jagdeo has returned… Fmr. President has to answer questions for actions in office – Harmon

Government says it is waiting anxiously on the return of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has reversed his earlier stance of retiring from public office. Jagdeo is set to make his return as the...

Man rescued hours after being kidnapped

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man rescued hours after being kidnapped

Twenty-two-year-old Treon Harris of Paradise Housing Scheme is lucky to be alive after hours of being held captive in the trunk of his car which was allegedly hijacked by three men. Kaieteur News...

Pandit caught raping ‘sick’ girl

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pandit caught raping ‘sick’ girl

A Pandit of No. 60 Village, Upper Corentyne, is now in hot water after he was caught, literally, with his pants down and having sex with a young woman who was seeking his assistance after she fell...

Ramotar draws curtain on career, confirms Jagdeo as Opposition Leader

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar draws curtain on career, confirms Jagdeo as Opposition Leader

– Ramsammy pulled off list due to serious health problems By Jarryl Bryan Former President Donald Ramotar has finally broken the seal of secrecy on his exclusion from the list of Members of...

Lodge man escapes execution attempt

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lodge man escapes execution attempt

Jamel Lewis, 32, of 77 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown, came face to face with the wrath of the person(s) behind the trigger of the gun(s) which fired some alleged five gunshots at him in...

Billion$ Rural Development Fund… No evidence to support $100M spent on Call Centre, Plantain Chip Factory –Minister of State

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Billion$ Rural Development Fund… No evidence to support $100M spent on Call Centre, Plantain Chip Factory –Minister of State

The Granger administration is unable to locate any documentation supporting the spending of some $100M from the Rural Development Fund on certain projects by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and...

Review starts on multi-billion-dollar OLPF project… Govt. inspection unearths large quantity of unserviceable laptops

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Review starts on multi-billion-dollar OLPF project… Govt. inspection unearths large quantity of unserviceable laptops

Government has started a review of its One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, yesterday, disclosing that an inspection found a large number of unserviceable and defective ones at the Queenstown...

Dem boys seh… Jagdeo seh he never thief, You believe?

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Jagdeo seh he never thief, You believe?

De devil is alive and well. He always creating trouble and pushing people fuh do evil things to one another. He got nuff family in Guyana and he first cousin is none other than Jagdeo. De devil mek...

Granger to address Parliament on Venezuela controversy

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger to address Parliament on Venezuela controversy

President David Granger is set to address Parliament today on the Venezuela claims controversy, the Ministry of the Presidency announced yesterday. The address to the National Assembly will start at...

Regent Multiplex boss was shot six times – post mortem

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Regent Multiplex boss was shot six times – post mortem

– all bullets exited body Investigators who were hoping to use bullets from the body of murdered businessman, Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall, to assist in their probe will have to look...

Rohee calls for ‘scientific data’ to support 2a.m. curfew

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee calls for ‘scientific data’ to support 2a.m. curfew

Former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday made a mockery of the new government’s approach to addressing the spate in crime. He called for “scientific data” to prove that late...

Gap in access to healthcare stymieing HIV/AIDS fight – Health Minister

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gap in access to healthcare stymieing HIV/AIDS fight – Health Minister

As Guyana continues its fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton has said that the gap in access to healthcare is stymieing the fight. During a forum held...

Govt. working to deliver on its 100-day plan – President Granger

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. working to deliver on its 100-day plan – President Granger

With just under one-month to go, A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Administration is pushing to ensure it delivers on the promises in its 100- day plan. President David...

Govt. promises laptops/tablets for NGSA top performers

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. promises laptops/tablets for NGSA top performers

While not detailing at what cost, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday unveiled Government’s plan to reward the top performers of the 2015 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). He made the...

Killer driver jailed for a total of 12 years

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Killer driver jailed for a total of 12 years

The 18-year-old reckless, ruthless drunken driver who struck down five persons in three hit and run accidents on Wednesday June 11at Phillipi Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, killing three in the process...

DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

The Guyana Police Force will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution on the way forward with respect to the two policemen who fatally shot a mentally ill man at Cane Grove,...

Guyana Amazon Warriors beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 23 runs D/L method

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 23 runs D/L method

CPL – A mature fifty from Brad Hodge was instrumental in taking the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a crucial victory in a rain-affected match against St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots. Rain interrupted...

O’Neil dedicates title number six to Andrew “Six head” Lewis

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on O’Neil dedicates title number six to Andrew “Six head” Lewis

Five World titles later and one Guyana national title has not slowed down the Amazon Warrior aka “Stealth Bomber” aka “Big Red” who is still gunning for ten titles before she retires from...

Gwendolyn O’Neil wins UBF women’s heavyweight world title

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gwendolyn O’Neil wins UBF women’s heavyweight world title

St. Maarten played host once again to Guyana’s Queen of Boxing, Gwendolyn “Stealth Bomber” O’Neil, and she rose to the occasion on Saturday once more, despite the tremendous odds she was...

Sharapova manning barricades to halt Serena march

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sharapova manning barricades to halt Serena march

LONDON (Reuters) Maria Sharapova would have done well not to have watched Serena Williams out-slug Victoria Azarenka in a Wimbledon quarter-final of extraordinary quality on Tuesday. The Russian...

Mackenzie High eyes NSBF U-14 title with Bishop’s blowout

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackenzie High eyes NSBF U-14 title with Bishop’s blowout

– St. Roses, MHS, LTI, Kwakwani reach U-19 Final Four By Edison Jefford Linden’s Mackenzie High School (MHS) remained unbeaten yesterday in the Under-14 category of the National Schools’...

Peace Corps forms critical part of US mission in Guyana – US Envoy

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Peace Corps forms critical part of US mission in Guyana – US Envoy

As the 27th batch of Peace Corps was officially sworn in, United States Chargé D’Affaires, Bryan Hunt, emphasised that the organisation forms a critical part of the US mission in Guyana. At...

Greipel wins fifth stage, Martin still leads Tour

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greipel wins fifth stage, Martin still leads Tour

AMIENS, France (Reuters) German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win in this year’s Tour de France with an impressive sprint in the fifth stage...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and its exuberant General Secretary, Bharrat... more