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Jagdeo, Ramotar sue government to reclaim unlimited benefits

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Ramotar sue government to reclaim unlimited benefits

By Abena Rockcliffe Former Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar remain vexed with the government over its move to cap their benefits. So upset are the former Presidents they have moved to the...

Legal Affairs PS sent on leave

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Legal Affairs PS sent on leave

…as probe begins into missing law books, computer parts Permanent Secretary attached to the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Indira Ananjit, has been asked to proceed on administrative leave to...

Mining lands approval, $4M food and drinks bill…GGMC’s Chairman should be relieved of duties immediately

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining lands approval, $4M food and drinks bill…GGMC’s Chairman should be relieved of duties immediately

– Ramon Gaskin Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Clinton Williams, should be relieved of duties immediately by Government in light of recent revelations that he...

Springlands family loses home in fire

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Springlands family loses home in fire

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin on Sunday, has left eight persons homeless and millions of dollars in losses, after it destroyed their two-storey home which also housed a grocery store,...

No extension for Rodney COI

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No extension for Rodney COI

– President declines request President David Granger has declined a request from Chairman of Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI), Dr. Sir Richard L. Cheltenham, for yet another...

Police nab bandits after high speed chase across Berbice

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab bandits after high speed chase across Berbice

As the recently implemented country wide Operation Dragnet continues across the country, the security forces continue to reap success even as the bandits seem to be more daring in their feats. Four...

Jagdeo still grabbing

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo still grabbing

Old people got a saying that when dog accustom to suck egg it can’t stop. Dem same old people got a saying that de more some people get, de more dem want. Dem two saying fit Jagdeo and now he got...

Flex Night International 2015…Suriname’s Wendel Sedro is new King; Fortune and Malitia cops Best Legs & Ms. Bikini titles

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night International 2015…Suriname’s Wendel Sedro is new King; Fortune and Malitia cops Best Legs & Ms. Bikini titles

By Franklin Wilson On an entertaining and memorable evening at the National Cultural Centre, Sunday last, Suriname’s Wendel Sedro, winner of the Over 176lbs category was crowned Mr. Flex Night –...

Brilliant Leacock secures title for Milerock in penalty shootout

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Leacock secures title for Milerock in penalty shootout

GTT / Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition… -Topp XX win in similar fashion against Winners Connection Victoria Kings valiant effort after conceding the lead as early as the 3rd...

Uitvlugt Warriors are WDFA qualifier champs

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uitvlugt Warriors are WDFA qualifier champs

Beavers take third Uitvlugt Warriors defeated old rivals Pouderoyen 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time in the final of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA)...

Team Minions celebrate GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior championship

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Minions celebrate GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior championship

Team Minions are in celebratory mode after they were crowned champions of the Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Team Tournament on Sunday last when they edged team Rising Stars at the...

Johnson wins TCL Road Race in Trinidad

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson wins TCL Road Race in Trinidad

-D’Andrade second in 43rd race this year Trinidad-based Guyanese duo, Kelvin Johnson and Lionel D’Andrade finished first and second respectively in the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Sports and...

Regal conquer Wolf’s Warriors to claim DJ Stress open softball title

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal conquer Wolf’s Warriors to claim DJ Stress open softball title

Parika Defenders take Over-40 crown Regal defeated Wolf’s Warriors by 18 runs to capture the DJ Stress open softball title on Saturday night at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara. Regal posted a...

WICB PCL Cricket…Hope, Deonarine century stand in vain as Permaul grabs 5-62 in Jaguars’ win

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB PCL Cricket…Hope, Deonarine century stand in vain as Permaul grabs 5-62 in Jaguars’ win

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Noble House Seafoods, Stag Beer & Cascadia Hotel Trinidad &Tobago Red Force’s overseas pair of Barbadian Kyle Hope and Guyanese Narsingh...

Karamchand Ramnarine and Junior Blair ensure Kennard’s Memorial reach semi-finals

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karamchand Ramnarine and Junior Blair ensure Kennard’s Memorial reach semi-finals

2015 Raffik & Sons Construction Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice The 2015 Raffik & Sons Construction Service Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition organised by...

Hard work and belief in God helps Fudadin through tough times

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hard work and belief in God helps Fudadin through tough times

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Stag Beer, Noble House Seafood & Cascadia Hotel Assad Fudadin, the talented 30-year-old Guyanese left-hander has been through some tough times...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Explosive semi-finals envisaged tonight

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Explosive semi-finals envisaged tonight

Even though all four teams are guaranteed prizes, the fight for the top spot in the Georgetown Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition is anticipated to produce...

Wolf’s Warriors capture Winston Murray Memorial softball crown

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Warriors capture Winston Murray Memorial softball crown

Wolf’s Warriors overcame Speed Boat by eight wickets to win the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) organised annual Winston Murray Memorial 10/10 softball title on Sunday at Everest...

Khemraj Mahadeo (5 for 30 and 80 N.O.) propel Rose Hall Town into play-offs

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khemraj Mahadeo (5 for 30 and 80 N.O.) propel Rose Hall Town into play-offs

2015 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice… Former Berbice Under-19 allrounder Khemraj Mahadeo turned in an outstanding allround performance that...

Cops agonize over fate of missing six-year-old

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops agonize over fate of missing six-year-old

Detectives yesterday expressed fear regarding the fate of six-year-old Daniel Adolphus, who remains missing from his parents’ Richmond Hill, Essequibo home, almost a week ago. They have questioned...

GPOC issues Christmas posting deadlines

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC issues Christmas posting deadlines

To ensure that items arrive at their designated locations by Christmas Day, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has issued its postal deadline. A statement from the GPOC stated that all items...

Minister encourages volunteerism in health sector

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister encourages volunteerism in health sector

“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” This Chinese proverb was emphasised by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, recently when he...

Sonia Noel Foundation hosts blood drive

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sonia Noel Foundation hosts blood drive

Sonia Noel Foundation for the Creative Arts in collaboration with The Ministry of Public Health will be hosting a blood drive on Thursday. The blood drive will be at Waterchris, 184 Waterloo Street...

Dressed to kill

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dressed to kill

Have you seen the Brian De Palma thriller, “Dressed to Kill” starring a unique and world class actor married to a Guyanese woman? In the movie, Michael Caine plays a psychiatrist who goes about...

Essequibo’s oldest centenarian dies

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo’s oldest centenarian dies

May Garraway, also called” “Auntie May” died peacefully Saturday afternoon around 14:00 hours, after complaining to her daughter and caregiver, Joyce Garraway of experiencing an uncomfortable...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more