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Ministers to discuss NICIL report at next Cabinet meeting

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers to discuss NICIL report at next Cabinet meeting

The forensic audit report on the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has finally made its way to Cabinet. For the next week, it will be the subject of an intense review by...

Two burnt to death in horrific two-car collision

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two burnt to death in horrific two-car collision

A popular Pharmacist of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice, and a second occupant of a car were killed in a horrific accident at Bath Settlement yesterday afternoon. Four others are listed as...

Stranded scrap metal containers cleared to leave Guyana

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stranded scrap metal containers cleared to leave Guyana

-special Govt-appointed team to overlook trade resumption More than 40 containers stranded on the wharf since June will be allowed to leave, Government announced yesterday. According to Minister of...

Guyana set for another Norway forest deal

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana set for another Norway forest deal

– hope for non-viable Amaila hydro slims -access roads touching US$50M Guyana is set to sign another Norway forest conservation deal next year with that country preferring to fund energy...

Yonette Cummings-Edwards sworn in as Chief Justice

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Yonette Cummings-Edwards sworn in as Chief Justice

Although judicial backlogging is not unique to Guyana’s newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice, Yonette Cummings-Edwards plans to invite all hands on deck to tackle the issue. She gave the assurance...

GGMC Chairman vs. Commissioner …Allegations confirm terrible state of mining regulations–Governance Minister

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC Chairman vs. Commissioner …Allegations confirm terrible state of mining regulations–Governance Minister

Governance Minister, Raphael Trotman, said yesterday, that the recent allegations of corruption leveled against Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Rickford Vieira, and...

Some of de crooks buy out Soulja Bai right hand people

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some of de crooks buy out Soulja Bai right hand people

When you build up people hopes and then drop dem down put you pot pun de fire, you goose cook. De next time you want dem same people to support you, dem gun watch you and suck dem teeth. Dem might...

Platini will not attend FIFA ethics committee hearing

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Platini will not attend FIFA ethics committee hearing

PARIS (Reuters) Suspended European soccer chief Michel Platini will not attend tomorrow’s FIFA ethics committee hearing in protest at what he condemns as a political process designed to prevent him...

Lanferman, Somerset depart for CFU/MLS Combine in Curacao

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lanferman, Somerset depart for CFU/MLS Combine in Curacao

GFF sponsors airfare Alpha United’s Delon Lanferman and Jumane Somerset of Pele FC will depart Guyana tomorrow (December 17) to participate at the 2015 Major League Soccer (MLS) Combine in Curacao....

Sports Commission host incisive forum with sport associations/federations

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Commission host incisive forum with sport associations/federations

The newly minted National Sports Commission (NSC) last Saturday met with the representatives from national sport associations/federations at the National Resource Centre at Woolford Avenue as part of...

President Granger to be inducted as 5th Honorary Patron of RHTY&SC

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on President Granger to be inducted as 5th Honorary Patron of RHTY&SC

His Excellency, President David Granger has accepted an invitation from Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation to become its fifth Honorary Patron from January, 2016. The Club’s current...

UG honours athletes for outstanding contribution to sports

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG honours athletes for outstanding contribution to sports

The University of Guyana (UG) hosted its Annual Sports Award for the year 2014/2015 Friday last, at the institution’s Campus, Turkeyen. Among those present at the occasion was Sports Co-ordinator...

Colours Boutique outfits Western Tigers for Banks Beer Cup

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colours Boutique outfits Western Tigers for Banks Beer Cup

Former city powerhouse Western Tigers Football Club now under new management and aiming to recapture their glory days in city football and by extension Guyana, has received a new set of uniforms,...

Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Christmas singles tourney concludes

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Christmas singles tourney concludes

The Woodpecker Products Annual Christmas Singles was played off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall December 14 & 15, 2015 and the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is pleased with the turn-out...

The first father and son that played in a regional first class match

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on The first father and son that played in a regional first class match

Leburn and Learie Constantine from Trinidad and Tobago Yes it happened at Bourda the first time a father and son featured in the same first class match at the Regional Level was October 1922 when...

Walk-a-ton honouring Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell set for Saturday

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Walk-a-ton honouring Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell set for Saturday

The South Sophia Sports Committee’s fund raising Walk-a-Ton in honour of Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell which was to scheduled for December 12 is now set for Saturday December 19 from 6:00AM. The...

Trophy Stall 10/10 Tapeball Final set for Saturday at Soesdyke ground

Dec 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall 10/10 Tapeball Final set for Saturday at Soesdyke ground

Trophy Stall in Collaboration with the Soesdyke Cricket Group’s 10/10 Tapeball finals, semi-finals and third place play-off is set for Saturday December 19 at the Soesdyke Cricket ground under...

Brothers on the run after battering peacemaker

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers on the run after battering peacemaker

A father of one died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, after he was beaten unconscious by two brothers, when he tried to settle an ongoing dispute between the suspects...

IT is now an integral part of crime fighting – says 2015 Best Cop

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IT is now an integral part of crime fighting – says 2015 Best Cop

Another specialist in the field of Information Technology has copped the Best Cop award for the second year in a row. Deputy Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus copped the coveted award yesterday, in...

City Hall takes control of parking

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall takes control of parking

While some minibus operators are complaining of what they deem to be a major inconvenience of having to wait in line and not having enough space to park, the Mayor and Councillors of Georgetown...

Slain cops’ spouses receive monetary donations

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Slain cops’ spouses receive monetary donations

Members of the Police Force’s Fallen Heroes Foundation Inc., led by its President Pastor Raphael Massiah, made its first set of donations on Tuesday, last, to relatives of four police ranks who...

2015 was year of incredible challenges

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 2015 was year of incredible challenges

…but force has achieved a lot – Top Cop As the year comes to a close, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has described the past 11-plus months as a period filled with incredible challenges...

Shot minibus driver loses kidney

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shot minibus driver loses kidney

– battles for life in ICU Jermaine Burrowes, the bus driver who was shot Tuesday night by one of two armed bandits during an attempted robbery at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has...

Permanent Secretary makes preliminary recommendations for formation of Staff College

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Permanent Secretary makes preliminary recommendations for formation of Staff College

Permanent Secretary of the Department of Public Service, Reginald Brotherson has made preliminary recommendations for the formation of the Public Service Staff College. Brotherson was responding to...

AG not opposed to non-custodial sentences for small amounts of ganja

Dec 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AG not opposed to non-custodial sentences for small amounts of ganja

-Rastafarians demanding legalisation Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, yesterday said that he was not against the removal of the mandatory imprisonment for possession of...

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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