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Mother burnt to death after bandits set house alight

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mother burnt to death after bandits set house alight

– son makes daring escape Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Anita Baichan, 49 years, of Hope, West Coast Berbice, who perished in a fire at her home about...

Economy fails to meet 3.4 % growth rate for 2015 – Finance Minister

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Economy fails to meet 3.4 % growth rate for 2015 – Finance Minister

…Forestry sector takes hardest blow in recent years …Construction and Bauxite growth targets fell through By: Kiana Wilburg The projected growth rate of 3.4 percent for 2015 was not achieved....

Truthfully and critically examine my Administration’s work – Pres. Granger tells media

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Truthfully and critically examine my Administration’s work – Pres. Granger tells media

– pledges financial support for Guyana Press Association The Local Press Corps is to be further strengthened through training programmes and workshops, which will build capacity. President...

Visiting British teen vanishes in Guyana

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Visiting British teen vanishes in Guyana

It has been over two months since British born, Dominic Bernard landed in Guyana via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on his second solo trip out of England. But since then he has not...

NICIL sold out state assets to finance Marriott – Audit

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL sold out state assets to finance Marriott – Audit

An audit into the state of affairs of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has revealed that the entity went on a selling spree in order to get cash to finance the...

GuySuCo’s privatization would be a strategic mistake – PPP

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s privatization would be a strategic mistake – PPP

– Country’s GDP, drainage and irrigation at stake Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that his party will oppose any moves to privatize the sugar industry. On Wednesday last,...

Cane Grove man was beaten to death for pelting vehicle

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Grove man was beaten to death for pelting vehicle

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are still hunting a Mon Repos man who they believe is the leader of a gang that beat 22-year old Cane Grove, Mahaica labourer Deokumar Basdeo to death on New...

T&HD facilities, vessels to undergo further repairs in 2016

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on T&HD facilities, vessels to undergo further repairs in 2016

– General Manager General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Marceline Merchant has outlined a number of projects to be completed for this year. Speaking at the recently...

Bulls raid Raiders to win LABA Malta Supreme Open title

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bulls raid Raiders to win LABA Malta Supreme Open title

By Edison Jefford Half Mile Bulls raided Retrieve Raiders off of the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court Saturday night, after trampling the number one ranked unbeaten team in the Linden Amateur...

My pet didn’t get baked chicken on Old Year’s Night

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My pet didn’t get baked chicken on Old Year’s Night

On Thursday morning I sent off my New Year’s column to KN. It was about GPL. In that column I complained about the almost (not daily, almost) daily blackouts we get where I live at Turkeyen, right...

Lady Jags in preparation mode for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier tournament

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags in preparation mode for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier tournament

Guyana’s senior National female football team, more popularly known as the ‘Lady Jags’, are presently encamped in Toronto Canada, in full preparation mode for their participation at the...

Body in Demerara River…Escaped murder suspect died of head injuries

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Body in Demerara River…Escaped murder suspect died of head injuries

The mystery surrounding the demise of escapee Robin Maxwell Thomas has deepened with a post mortem indicating that he was murdered. The post mortem revealed that Thomas, whose corpse was found in the...

Those who fell from grace in 2015

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Those who fell from grace in 2015

FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini are both currently serving eight-year suspensions from all football-related activities following an Ethics investigation. They were found...

Former Bishop’s High School student admitted to Local bar

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Bishop’s High School student admitted to Local bar

Last Tuesday another young Attorney was admitted to the local bar after a petition was presented on his behalf before Justice Sandra Kertzious in the Georgetown High Court. Twenty five-year-old,...

GFF President ready for ‘uphill’ task in 2016

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF President ready for ‘uphill’ task in 2016

– Cites CONCACAF licensing, STAG Elite League as biggest achievement in 2015 President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde in a release described the year 2015 as one of the...

Basketball exceeded expectations in 2015

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball exceeded expectations in 2015

By Edison Jefford Local basketball exceeded all expectations last year, if the sport is to be analysed on the basis of domestic activity and programmes, with its one disappointment being the...

Prominent international Muslim Scholars to visit Guyana for Youman Nabi

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent international Muslim Scholars to visit Guyana for Youman Nabi

The Muslim Community in Guyana is scheduled to be graced with the presence of three prominent renowned and respected Muslim scholars, as the Muslim community of Guyana, through The Anna Catherina...

Relatives remember loved ones lost in 2015

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives remember loved ones lost in 2015

By: Romila Boodram While 2015 might have been 52 wild and wacky weeks of fun, comedy and laughter for some of us, it was a tough year for a few, who would have lost their loved ones in the most...

Red Region wins two races as Juts Call me Boss takes feature at Rising Sun

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Red Region wins two races as Juts Call me Boss takes feature at Rising Sun

Just call Me Boss of the Jagdeo Stable with Jockey Nicholas Patrick in control enacted sweet revenge as it won the feature D and lower 1400M event when the Rising Sun Turf Club held the inaugural...

FIRE IN WE WIRE

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FIRE IN WE WIRE

Three men – an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman had joined the French Foreign Legion and after a few months of the intolerable Saharan desert heat, attempted to desert. They were caught and...

Australia’s spinners peg West Indies back in Sydney rain

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia’s spinners peg West Indies back in Sydney rain

SYDNEY (Reuters) Australia’s spinners Nathan Lyon and Stephen O’Keefe took key wickets between rain showers to peg West Indies back to 207 for six at the end of a weather-disrupted opening day of...

Islamic State executes ‘British spies’ and threatens to invade UK

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Islamic State executes ‘British spies’ and threatens to invade UK

LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) — The Islamic State released a video showing what it says is the execution of five men who were working for British intelligence services. In the 11-minute film released by the...

Full computerization among 2016 plan for GPOC

Jan 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Full computerization among 2016 plan for GPOC

By Jarryl Bryan The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) is moving to make its services on par with other postage companies such as FEDEX and DHL, for 2016. This will include fully computerizing...

THE DEMERARA HARBOUR BRIDGE AND CRIME-FIGHTING

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE DEMERARA HARBOUR BRIDGE AND CRIME-FIGHTING

Human intelligence is becoming more important in solving crimes than any of the other traditional factors. As societies become more complex and increasingly impersonal, however, the building of...

GETTING ITS PRIORITIES RIGHT IN 2016

Jan 04, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GETTING ITS PRIORITIES RIGHT IN 2016

The holidays are over and despite the talk about a recession from the opposition and other critics, it is not yet looming over Guyana. But whether Guyana was in a recession or not, it would not have...