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Local entertainer, Dwidth Ferguson, on the run as … Illegal drugs, gun smuggling operations smashed in Canada

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local entertainer, Dwidth Ferguson, on the run as … Illegal drugs, gun smuggling operations smashed in Canada

-22 firearms, US$12M in cocaine, vehicles seized A year-long international investigation into drugs trafficking and gun-running has resulted in the arrest of several persons in Canada. An...

Elderly woman brutally raped, sodomised and murdered by relative

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman brutally raped, sodomised and murdered by relative

The village of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, is in shock following the brutal raping, and strangling of one of their senior citizens. The suspect is believed to be one of the woman’s own relatives....

One bandit shot after gang trails visitor from CJIA

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on One bandit shot after gang trails visitor from CJIA

Police came close to busting an organized ring of criminals who target mainly incoming travelers of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. This happened because of an alert driver and quick response...

Mother pleads guilty, remanded for assaulting child, 6

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother pleads guilty, remanded for assaulting child, 6

City Magistrate Faith McGusty has deferred sentencing for Althea Massiah pending the findings of a probation report. Massiah pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful assault causing actual bodily harm....

Audit on NFMU reveals…$$Millions spent on unrelated projects

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Audit on NFMU reveals…$$Millions spent on unrelated projects

By Kiana Wilburg The forensic audit into the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) continues to bring to the front-burner, even more atrocious acts of dishonesty. Junior Finance Minister,...

NCN paid ‘ghost employees’ $6.6M last year

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NCN paid ‘ghost employees’ $6.6M last year

A State audit of the 2014 financial statements of the National Communications Network (NCN) has confirmed that the entity doled out over $6.6M last year for staffers who were not even working there....

Opposition Leader’s Office decries piecemeal handover of assets

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Leader’s Office decries piecemeal handover of assets

…This is really disrespectful—Teixeira The work of the Office of the Leader of the Political Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is now not only being stymied by the coalition A Partnership for National...

Boycott Jagdeo and he friends

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Boycott Jagdeo and he friends

When people want to sell anything some people does walk pun de road wid dem produce either in basket, pun dem head or in whatever dem carrying around. Then dem does mek nuff noise like calling out....

Granger accredits four new Ambassadors

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger accredits four new Ambassadors

Four new non-resident Ambassadors to Guyana were accredited by President David Granger during separate ceremonies at the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday. Letters of Credence were presented to...

US to provide help in housing sector

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US to provide help in housing sector

Recently accredited US Ambassador Perry Holloway told Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, that the US is willing and ready to provide assistance in the area of housing and renewable...

IDB aims to double financing for climate change

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IDB aims to double financing for climate change

The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday announced the goal of doubling the volume of its climate-related financing by 2020. In order to increase investments in adaptation, particularly for...

Taxi driver remanded for molesting girl, 16, at GPHC

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for molesting girl, 16, at GPHC

Five days after he sneaked into the female ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and allegedly molested a 16-year-old girl, Anand Persaud, was arraigned in a City court charged...

Government may have to repay large sums to IDB

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government may have to repay large sums to IDB

—if unable to account for spending in Sprinkles prog. “Worrying,” was the adjective used by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, as he spoke of the possibility of Government having...

World soccer rocked by suspension of Blatter, Platini and Valcke

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on World soccer rocked by suspension of Blatter, Platini and Valcke

Fifa has provisionally suspended its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days. The punishments were handed out by the ethics committee of...

GMR&SC ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet

Mohamed, Ramchand, Wade, Fagundes among top performers Anand Ramchand, Nasrudeen Mohamed, Winston Wade, Romeo Singh, Imran Khan, Clifford Lallbar, Keron Williams and Fazal Bacchus were crowned...

Alpha and Pele going for full points today

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha and Pele going for full points today

When rivalry in the Stag Elite League (SEL) continues this evening at the Tucville ground, the top two teams so far, Alpha United and Pele FC in that order, will certainly be going all out to...

Jaguars’ PCL Simulation match

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars’ PCL Simulation match

Imlach and Taignarine Chanderpaul score fifties By Sean Devers The final day of the third three-day simulation match ended at Bourda yesterday and saw unbeaten fifties from West Indies Under-19...

Satro capture Phyllis Carter Memorial T20-Leguan

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Satro capture Phyllis Carter Memorial T20-Leguan

Satro CC defeated Young Warriors by four wickets to win the Phyllis Carter Memorial T20 title on Sunday at Enterprise ground, Leguan. Young Warriors took first strike and scored 145 all out in 19.3...

Gentle, Klautky take titles in Bakewell Junior Open

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gentle, Klautky take titles in Bakewell Junior Open

Afruica Gentle capitalized on her chance to cop the Bakewell Junior Open Girls Under-18 title when she defeated Aretta Dey in three sets 4-6, 6-1, (10-5) on Sunday last at the President’s College...

GBBC/Giftland Office Max Nex Generation Boxing Card

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC/Giftland Office Max Nex Generation Boxing Card

Boxers step up activities as fight night draws near By Michael Benjamin Saturday October 24 is merely three weeks away and the boxers are heightening preparations for the Guyana Boxing Board of...

Berbice cricket officials update Minister Nicolette Henry

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice cricket officials update Minister Nicolette Henry

President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Anil Beharry joined an official delegation of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) in paying a courtesy call on Minister within the...

GHB President encouraged by men’s team performance at Pan Am Challenge

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHB President encouraged by men’s team performance at Pan Am Challenge

Makes another plea for an artificial surface President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Philip Fernandes speaking with Kaieteur Sport on Wednesday about the encouraging performances of the national...

Flex Night Int. slated for December 6

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night Int. slated for December 6

The curtains will come down on the bodybuilding season with the much anticipated annual Flex Night International bodybuilding and fitness event on Sunday December 6 at the National Cultural Centre....

Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend Softball

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend Softball

Regal Maters thump Floodlight, wins for Wellwoman, Angels Regal Masters thumped Floodlight Masters by three wickets when the latest round of matches in the Petema Enterprise/Motor Trend softball...

Govt. in advanced negotiations with US/European airlines

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. in advanced negotiations with US/European airlines

The announcement by Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) management to discontinue its London route service in January 2016 was one that was anticipated for some time now with the Ministry of Public...