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$100,000 bail for Timehri resident on armed robbery charge

Dec 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $100,000 bail for Timehri resident on armed robbery charge

Winston Younge, an 18-year-old lumberyard worker of Base Road, Timehri, was yesterday placed before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer an armed robbery charge. It was alleged that on December 1,...

Quoting Shakespeare in the analysis of the PPP leadership

Dec 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting Shakespeare in the analysis of the PPP leadership

Dear Editor, Two developments caught my attention recently. Both brought a chuckle on the way things are in Guyana. First, more than a few men within the GRA complained of heavy pressure, and are...

Artist says Carifesta leadership must provide answers

Dec 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Artist says Carifesta leadership must provide answers

Dear Editor, That CARIFESTA X would come up for enquiry is no surprise. What is disturbing is that the leader of the opposition should seek to caste a facade, involving the then PS of Culture, Youth...

Journalist highlights injustices in the Guyana Prize

Dec 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Journalist highlights injustices in the Guyana Prize

Dear Editor, I intentionally waited until the completion of The Guyana Prize for Literature Awards Presentation Ceremony that was held last Sunday at the Pegasus Hotel to pontificate, on what I...

Breaking News!! Body of missing hire car driver found at Uitvlugt

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!! Body of missing hire car driver found at Uitvlugt

A partially decomposed body found at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, has been identified as missing hire car driver Colin Clarke. Clarke, 55, popularly called “Ole Boy” of Crane Housing Scheme,...

GGMC’s Chairman racks up staggering $4M food, drinks bill in 18 months

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC’s Chairman racks up staggering $4M food, drinks bill in 18 months

-spent average $200,000 monthly Since taking up the top position of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) last year, Chairman, Clinton Williams, racked up entertainment expenses of almost...

Guyana Goldfields produces over 21,000 ounces over last two months

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields produces over 21,000 ounces over last two months

The country’s biggest gold mining operations, Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GGI), said it was able to produce over 21,000 ounces of gold over a two-month period ending November. GGI, which commissioned...

Guyana Chronicle sacks GM, Editor in management shakeup

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Chronicle sacks GM, Editor in management shakeup

The state-owned Guyana Chronicle yesterday announced that it has sacked its General Manager, Michael Gordon, and Editor, Mark Ramotar, as part of the moves to rebrand the newspaper. According to a...

Army to be deployed as Gov’t launches ‘Operation Dragnet’

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Army to be deployed as Gov’t launches ‘Operation Dragnet’

… to tackle national security threats Government has bowed to pressure and has authorized the Guyana Defence Force to join with the Guyana Police Force in their efforts to halt the rise in criminal...

‘Hit-and-run’ on Sheriff Street…Driver turns self in

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hit-and-run’ on Sheriff Street…Driver turns self in

A man is currently in police custody assisting with the November 26, 2015 investigation into the ‘hit-and-run’ accident at Pike and Sheriff Streets, Georgetown. Dead as a result is 17-year-old...

GGMC Commissioner sent on administrative leave

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC Commissioner sent on administrative leave

– New board members likely by month end Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Rickford Vieira, has been sent home on administrative leave pending a review by Minister...

Rice production up by seven percent, export by 10 percent

Dec 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice production up by seven percent, export by 10 percent

General Manager of Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan, yesterday reported a production growth of seven percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November. According to...

Clinty de Willie eat more than wha he wuk fah

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Clinty de Willie eat more than wha he wuk fah

Before de election, all de politicians was talking. Some of de people in de opposition use to whisper while some of dem mouth didn’t got bottom. Dem talk so much that dem boys use to seh that dem...

Johnson expects T&T pitch to have a bit more bounce than Providence

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson expects T&T pitch to have a bit more bounce than Providence

Jaguars depart Guyana for PCL By Sean Devers Defending champions Guyana Jaguars departed for the Ogle Airport from the GCC ground in pouring rain early yesterday morning for Trinidad & Tobago...

Female volleyballers for Olympics qualifier in Uruguay

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female volleyballers for Olympics qualifier in Uruguay

Two female beach volleyball teams left the shores of Guyana today to participate in the second leg of the South American Confederation Cup vying for a spot in the 2016 Olympic Games. The...

Klitschko wants heavyweight rematch with Fury

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Klitschko wants heavyweight rematch with Fury

(Reuters) Vladimir Klitschko wants a rematch against Tyson Fury to try to regain his world heavyweight boxing titles, he said on Wednesday. The Ukrainian-born former IBF, WBA and WBO title holder has...

Rose Hall Town Metro Female team defeats No. 52 Under-19 by 61 runs

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Metro Female team defeats No. 52 Under-19 by 61 runs

The Rose Hall Town Metro Female team won their fifth successive game against their male counterparts when they cruised past No. 52 Survival Under-19 team in a 25-Overs cricket match by 61 runs....

Young Warriors CC honours three outstanding Berbicians with life membership

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors CC honours three outstanding Berbicians with life membership

At a simple but significant ceremony held recently, the Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice honoured three outstanding sons of the East Canje area namely: Mr Ancel Hazel,...

Adams to lead E’bo in LFL

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams to lead E’bo in LFL

Left arm spinner Anthony Adams was chosen to lead the Essequibo team in the upcoming Cricket Guyana Inc Local franchise League limited overs tournament. Experienced fast bowler Trevon Garraway and...

GCB/BANKS DIH/DIGICEL NSSCL…Tucville Secondary into South Georgetown semifinal

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/BANKS DIH/DIGICEL NSSCL…Tucville Secondary into South Georgetown semifinal

…Cummings Lodge and Lusignan also victorious Tucville Secondary led by half-centuries from Ricky Stewart and Godfrey Phillips crushed Ascension High School by 145 runs to book a semi-final spot...

What cricket means to West Indians (Part 9)…Lara breaks Sir Garry’s record at ARG

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on What cricket means to West Indians (Part 9)…Lara breaks Sir Garry’s record at ARG

By Sean Devers Lara, who later that year scored the highest individual score in a first class-match (501* for Warwickshire vs Durham in England) broke Sobers’ 59-year-old record of 365 with a...

Plans being finalised for LABA’s yearend tourney starting Saturday at MSC hardcourt

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plans being finalised for LABA’s yearend tourney starting Saturday at MSC hardcourt

As plans are being finalised with one of Guyana’s giant beverage companies for the annual Christmas basketball tournament in Linden, the organizing body, the Linden Amateur Basketball Association,...

MOBILE WIZARD 10/10…Wins for Leonora Youths, Viper XI, Power XI, Meten-Meer-Zorg, Superstreet XI

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on MOBILE WIZARD 10/10…Wins for Leonora Youths, Viper XI, Power XI, Meten-Meer-Zorg, Superstreet XI

The Guyana Softball League (GSL) 10/10 tournament sponsored by Mobile Wizard, Trophy Stall, Miss Love Trading and Wolf’s Furniture Store completed its seventh Weekend with several teams recording...

“We will beat Milerorck in their own backyard”- Coach Marks

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on “We will beat Milerorck in their own backyard”- Coach Marks

Clearly reluctant to divulge the team’s strategies heading into their showdown in the GTT / Limacol Round Robin / Knockout League final on Sunday, Head Coach / Manager of East Coast-based Victoria...

Guyana’s top referees remain on FIFA list for 2016

Dec 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s top referees remain on FIFA list for 2016

Guyana’s eight leading football referees will remain on the FIFA list for 2016 with the World Governing body for the sport conveying such to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) recently. Head 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