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Jagdeo’s mansion uses 3 of 4 transformers in Pradoville 2

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s mansion uses 3 of 4 transformers in Pradoville 2

The distribution of electrical transformers has been most irregular with the discovery of three transformers being connected to the home of former president Bharrat Jagdeo. The authorities say that...

Another savage home invasion…Bandits chop, rob West Berbice business couple

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another savage home invasion…Bandits chop, rob West Berbice business couple

– suspect held following shoot-out with police The sounds of screams and gunshots sent Abdool and Neerranie Kadir’s son running to his parents’ Number Two Village, West Coast Berbice home...

Growing Sinkhole on UG Road, potholed Railway Embankment Bridge to be addressed

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Growing Sinkhole on UG Road, potholed Railway Embankment Bridge to be addressed

A section of the University Of Guyana Road is collapsing over what appears to be an inlet beneath. There have been expressed fears of it becoming a possible growing sink hole as has been highlighted...

World Bank, IMF to test Guyana’s Financial Sector – Finance Minister

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank, IMF to test Guyana’s Financial Sector – Finance Minister

In an effort to assess the resilience of the country’s financial sector and its ability to deal with crises, Government has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to...

Drunk driver kills AFC Chairman’s mother

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk driver kills AFC Chairman’s mother

The mother of prominent Attorney-at-Law and Chairman of the Alliance For Change, Nigel Hughes, died yesterday following a horrible road accident Saturday evening. Christobel Hughes 84,sustained her...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo got three transformers

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo got three transformers

Some people don’t get current and dem got others who does set up systems that does give dem more power than a city can use. Jagdeo decide that he got to get more power than what three village can...

CP Got Even wins Guyana Cup 2015 feature event

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CP Got Even wins Guyana Cup 2015 feature event

A large and vocal crowd that included Director of Sports Christopher Jones saw defending champion CP Got Even ridden by overseas based Guyanese Michael Semple of the Elcock/Poonai Stable repeated...

Masjid-An-Najm capture Inter-Jamaat 7-a-side football title

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Masjid-An-Najm capture Inter-Jamaat 7-a-side football title

By Zaheer Mohamed A first half strike by Sheldon Profitt handed Masjid-An-Najm of Albouystown a 1-0 victory over Old Mosque of Alexander Village in the final of Inter-Jamaat 7-a-side football...

Trinidad, Guyana share spoils in Fruta Conquerors’ Goodwill tournament

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trinidad, Guyana share spoils in Fruta Conquerors’ Goodwill tournament

A mixed team of local women’s footballers turned in a lukewarm performance and paid dearly for several tactical blunders with a 6-1 drubbing when it clashed with the Girls’ U19 squad out of the...

DCC Academy cricket…Beaton’s X1 beaten by Jaikaran’s X1 under lights

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC Academy cricket…Beaton’s X1 beaten by Jaikaran’s X1 under lights

By Sean Devers Urged on by a fair sized gathering made up mostly of parents and siblings of the players, Brandon Jaikaran’s X1 registered an emphatic nine-wicket against Nkosi Beaton’ X1 under...

East Coast Demerara Cricket Association competition to restart Sunday

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Demerara Cricket Association competition to restart Sunday

The Competitions Committee of the East Coast Demerara Cricket Association is notifying all participating Clubs in the SPR 40-overs ROUND ROBIN Cricket Competition, which had been delayed because of...

NETBALL WORLD CUP 2015: Australians win 3rd straight title

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NETBALL WORLD CUP 2015: Australians win 3rd straight title

Jamaica Observer – KINGSTON, Jamaica – Australia has won their third consecutive world title after they held on to win against New Zealand in front of 16,849 fans at Allphones Arena in...

MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo takes victory in Czech Republic

Aug 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo takes victory in Czech Republic

BBC Sport – Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo moved level with Italian Valentino Rossi at the top of the championship after winning the Czech MotoGP in Brno. The 28-year-old Yamaha rider got a good start...

Debate on 2015 Budget begins today Opposition PPP/C to enter Parliament for first time

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Debate on 2015 Budget begins today Opposition PPP/C to enter Parliament for first time

Weeks of uncertainty over when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) would enter parliament and take their seats on the opposition benches should be laid to rest today when its members are...

Govt. explores avenues to keep a sinking GWI’s head above water

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. explores avenues to keep a sinking GWI’s head above water

As he stressed “water is life,” Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan recently declared that the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is barely surviving as it is currently operating at a loss. However, he...

Gov’t re-engagement with British security experts showing promise – Harmon

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t re-engagement with British security experts showing promise – Harmon

– US, int’l law enforcement agencies also being consulted Minister of State Joseph Harmon has revealed that efforts to re-engage the United Kingdom for their help in fighting crime have been...

National reconciliation can only come about through truth telling

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on National reconciliation can only come about through truth telling

– Rodney group tells Gov’t As it renewed its calls for the new government to allow the inquiry into Dr. Walter Rodney’s death to be completed, the Justice for Walter Rodney Committee said that...

$233M set aside for cultural institutions

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $233M set aside for cultural institutions

The government has set aside a sum of $233M to support Guyana’s cultural institutions over the next four months. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan in his presentation of the 2015 national budget...

ACDA honours Emancipation Day winners

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ACDA honours Emancipation Day winners

In honour of the cultural achievements on display at this year’s Emancipation Day celebrations, the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) recently hosted a Prizing Giving ceremony at...

Eccles hit-and-run…Police still seeking killer driver, mother released from custody

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles hit-and-run…Police still seeking killer driver, mother released from custody

‘A’ Division police ranks are on high alert as the search continues for the reckless driver that did not look back when he crashed into two motorcyclists at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) last...

Former Ministerial Advisor written to over burnt state vehicle

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Ministerial Advisor written to over burnt state vehicle

Former Ministerial Advisor, Clinton Collymore, has been written to over a state vehicle which was burnt on Elections night, May 11. According to a letter sent to him in late June, Collymore did not...

Sustainability, inclusivity undergirding new Youth Empowerment Policy

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainability, inclusivity undergirding new Youth Empowerment Policy

As issues facing the youths of Guyana are being placed on the front burner, a new National Youth Empowerment Action Plan (NYEAP) is in the works, with sustainability and inclusivity key...

Airbag saves Toddler in two vehicle crash

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Airbag saves Toddler in two vehicle crash

A Saturday morning accident on the Railway Embankment in the vicinity of the Caricom Secretariat has left a toddler shaken but alive thanks to the airbags which inflated upon impact. Reports reaching...

Record turnout at Region Three health fair

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Record turnout at Region Three health fair

Although they had to travel long distances from several villages on the West Coast of Demerara, people turned up at the Uitvlugt Community Centre in their numbers with the common goal of seeking...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING

Aug 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING

BY PAT DIAL From time to time consumers express to us their dissatisfaction with food products they had purchased from the supermarkets or in the municipal markets. We would not recount their...