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TERROR GANG SMASHED…Ringleader shot dead

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on TERROR GANG SMASHED…Ringleader shot dead

– 10 captured – gun linked to Ramlall, Nandy Park killings, attack on Land Court Judge Police have smashed the gang that was behind a recent spate of killings and violent robberies,...

SWAT unit will tackle more criminals

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on SWAT unit will tackle more criminals

– Police official The success of the police Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit in yesterday morning’s operation which saw the dismantling of a major criminal gang has buoyed the...

Two wounded in ‘Turning Point’ shooting

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two wounded in ‘Turning Point’ shooting

Police were last night probing a shooting incident near Arapaima and Jackson Streets, Tucville, that left two men nursing gunshot wounds. One of the victims identified as Ayodele Solomon, 32, of...

Dem boys seh…De devil got nuff friends

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De devil got nuff friends

Even de devil got a friend. When de night come people deh in dem house and dem use to sleep wid one eye open. De grill dem had pun dem house was not enough. Wha mek other people even get more...

Jagdeo’s criminal charge…Magistrate must prove she has authority to hear case

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s criminal charge…Magistrate must prove she has authority to hear case

A High Court order has interesting questions being asked about the possible implications it could have on other cases. Magistrate Charlyn Artiga presiding at the Whim Magistrate’s Court had already...

Thriller anticipated as Amazon Warriors battle Tallawahs tonight at Providence

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thriller anticipated as Amazon Warriors battle Tallawahs tonight at Providence

By Zaheer Mohamed Riding high on confidence after a resounding 84-run victory over the Jamaica Tallawahs in their previous game at Sabina Park, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will take on the said...

GABF announces IGG national junior squads

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF announces IGG national junior squads

By Edison Jefford The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has announced the national junior squads to compete in the first stage of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) that Guyana will host, August...

IPL scandal: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals suspended

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on IPL scandal: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals suspended

A panel appointed by India’s Supreme Court has suspended two top Indian Premier League teams for two years over a corruption scandal. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have been found guilty...

Royston King appointed Town Clerk

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Royston King appointed Town Clerk

Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) Royston King, was yesterday appointed to the position of Town Clerk. King’s appointment came after Minister of...

Fire breaks out at St. Rose’s lab

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire breaks out at St. Rose’s lab

Fire, this time at the St. Roses High School’s Biology Laboratory, sent shockwaves around the city early yesterday evening, threatening to repeat the devastation that visited other locations in the...

Fitness Paradise makes donation to Guyana Paralympics Association

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Paradise makes donation to Guyana Paralympics Association

Manager of Fitness Paradise Gym, Donald Sinclair on Sunday evening last made a donation on behalf of the gym to the Guyana Paralympics Association (GPA) to assist in the work of that organization....

CFU 2015 Women’s U-17 Qualifiers kicks off today

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU 2015 Women’s U-17 Qualifiers kicks off today

Groups 1, 2 and 4 of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2015 Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers tournament kicks off today, Wednesday, July 15 at three separate venues. Group 3 action will commence at a...

NIS shares in BBCI…Ram chooses not to take legal action

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NIS shares in BBCI…Ram chooses not to take legal action

….says concerns being addressed Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram has chosen not to move to the courts over the $950M worth of preferential shares in the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) that was...

Castrol Strikers VC aiming for national supremacy

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Castrol Strikers VC aiming for national supremacy

As part of its resuscitation drive, Castrol Strikers Volleyball Club, one of Guyana’s premier clubs recently embarked on a developmental plan with the intention of placing its male, female and...

GAPSO dissatisfied with the Security Company contracted for Hero CPL in Guyana

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPSO dissatisfied with the Security Company contracted for Hero CPL in Guyana

Just hours before one of the most anticipated international sporting events, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) gets underway at the Providence National Stadium in Guyana; the Guyana Association...

Forensic audit reveals…EPA holds 15 accounts with $$M

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit reveals…EPA holds 15 accounts with $$M

A forensic audit launched into the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has uncovered that the entity has been holding some 15 accounts with millions of dollars. A reliable source revealed that the...

Ruling on Presidential term limit…Judgment proves one-man Constitutional Court inappropriate

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling on Presidential term limit…Judgment proves one-man Constitutional Court inappropriate

– Former Auditor General The recent ruling by Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang on the Presidential term limit, is according to Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran, enough evidence to prove just how...

Stewartville goldsmith acquitted of manslaughter

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stewartville goldsmith acquitted of manslaughter

– found not guilty of killing father Bramanand Singh, called Dharmendra or Daro, a goldsmith from Lot 57 Middle Street, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, (WCD) was yesterday acquitted of...

Third Guyanese killed on Antigua roads for 2015

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Third Guyanese killed on Antigua roads for 2015

(Antigua Observer) Hundreds of residents who all claimed they knew the country’s latest road fatality victim personally, gathered on the scene of his death on Sunday evening in shock and disbelief....

Why Venezuela wants to annex two-thirds of the country next door

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Why Venezuela wants to annex two-thirds of the country next door

By Nick Miroff (Washington Post) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is facing a staggering array of problems far too numerous and severe to list here. Things were already going badly before global...

The face of the colonial master still hovers

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The face of the colonial master still hovers

Dear Editor, I find it nauseating as a patriot, nationalist and Pan-Africanist to read in the local newspapers almost on a daily basis Bryan Hunt’s comments on every aspect of Guyana’s internal...

Guyana team for Special Olympics

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana team for Special Olympics

The 2015 Los Angeles Special Olympics World Games will draw 7,000 intellectually challenged athletes and 3,000 coaches from 177 countries. According to a release from the local Special Olympics body,...

Gov’t crime strategy a ‘dog and pony’ show – PPP

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t crime strategy a ‘dog and pony’ show – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday last took a swipe at the security policy of A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC)’s administration, with PPP General...

EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE

Jul 15, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE

Dear Editor, Recently Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, announced that all bars, night clubs and entertainment places will be required to comply with the law and close their doors by...

Protestors call for removal of Jagdeo as new Opposition leader

Jul 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Protestors call for removal of Jagdeo as new Opposition leader

…Ramsaran, Nandlall as MPs The immediate environs of Freedom House was the scene of objection and disapproval yesterday as protestors called for the removal of former President, Bharrat Jagdeo,...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more