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GDF confirms late Sergeant was on legitimate (SOCU) operation

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GDF confirms late Sergeant was on legitimate (SOCU) operation

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has confirmed that the late Sergeant Robert Pyle, a member of its Intelligence Unit, was deployed on a legitimate operation in support of the Special Organized Crime...

$2.5M broadcasting fee to be lowered

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $2.5M broadcasting fee to be lowered

By Abena Rockcliffe The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has seemingly begun to accelerate its working pace. The body is now moving to lower the fee attached to broadcasting. The Board...

Despite falling oil prices, GPL unlikely to drop tariffs

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Despite falling oil prices, GPL unlikely to drop tariffs

By Leonard Gildarie Despite the fact that world oil prices continue to plummet, it is unlikely that the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) will drop its tariffs anytime soon. As of yesterday, prices...

Missing British teen…Father pleads for info on son’s whereabouts

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing British teen…Father pleads for info on son’s whereabouts

The father of missing British teenager Dominic Bernard yesterday issued a plea for the public to assist with information on the whereabouts of his son. It has been over two months since the...

Abusive driver scares police ranks

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Abusive driver scares police ranks

Police forced to back off from violent driver who physically and verbally assaulted and threatened traffic ranks on the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday afternoon. Kaieteur News...

Gayle fined for conduct in TV interview with female reporter

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle fined for conduct in TV interview with female reporter

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Chris Gayle was fined but avoided suspension for making inappropriate comments to a female reporter in a live TV interview during a Big Bash League Twenty20 match in...

Rob de Earth run, Brassington get away and people dead

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Rob de Earth run, Brassington get away and people dead

De previous administration had no shame. Everything dem did was lawless and scampish. Dem was lawless when dem give away de radio licence that Craig Shadick now tekking back. All dem pumps wha dem...

Lady Jags committed to complete lifestyle change for the next 8 weeks

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags committed to complete lifestyle change for the next 8 weeks

First camp ends today in Canada By Franklin Wilson Conscious of the enormous but not insurmountable task ahead of them, the Lady Jags and Technical staff have endeavored to pull out all the stops and...

Builders Lumber Yard continues support for D’Andrade

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Builders Lumber Yard continues support for D’Andrade

Builders Lumber Yard yesterday renewed its long-standing sponsorship arrangement of distance-athlete, Lionel D’Andrade, who opened his 2016 competition season last weekend with the Bigi Broki Waka...

Singh, Ram cop top Awards at Soesdyke Vishnu Mandir presentation awards

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh, Ram cop top Awards at Soesdyke Vishnu Mandir presentation awards

The Soesdyke Vishnu Mandir held its annual sports awards presentation last Saturday Night at the Mandir’s Ghaat which was witness by its members & invitees. Heading the list of performers was...

Triple success validates wonderful year for motor racing in Guyana

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Triple success validates wonderful year for motor racing in Guyana

By Rawle Welch Despite a few administrative blunders, the sport of motor racing maintained its lofty status on the sporting calendar with another strong performance last year. The Guyana Motor Racing...

Benn, Badree to play in Unity Cricket on January 30

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Benn, Badree to play in Unity Cricket on January 30

Early bird tickets cost $2,000 Barbadian left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn and Trinidad and Tobago’s leg-spinners Samuel Badree have both confirmed their participation in the in the Legacy and 007...

Mayor Green’s Inter-ward 7-a-Side Football final set for Sunday at Den Amstel

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green’s Inter-ward 7-a-Side Football final set for Sunday at Den Amstel

The Mayor Hamilton Green 81st birthday 7-a-side Inter-ward Football competition coordinated by former National footballer Lennox Arthur will conclude on Sunday at the Den Amstel ground on the West of...

Outstanding performances highlights Rising Sun Horserace meet

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Outstanding performances highlights Rising Sun Horserace meet

On a good day for horseracing a number of outstanding performances were recorded in an exciting day of racing. In the end when the dust settled it was Red Region classified L of the Charles Baker...

Drastic Action Needed: Talk is not Enough

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drastic Action Needed: Talk is not Enough

By Dr. Rudi V. Webster While reading West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) response to the Caricom Sub-Committee on Cricket, I was reminded of the words of the Irish playwright, critic and social...

Ansa McAl, Mike’s Pharmacy supports Boxing Hall of Fame initiative

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl, Mike’s Pharmacy supports Boxing Hall of Fame initiative

The recently inaugurated Boxing Hall of Fame is still in its embryonic stages but sports the pictorial portrait of several of Guyana’s top boxers. The list of those pugilists deserving of the...

Young Warriors CC crowned champions

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors CC crowned champions

BCB/Ramnarine Appiah Memorial 20 overs cricket competition… Betsy Ground Triple Star take 3rd place On a hot but breezy day in a picnic like atmosphere, The Young Warriors Cricket Club of...

Brazilian boxers to match skills with Guyanese counterparts next month

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brazilian boxers to match skills with Guyanese counterparts next month

Gonsalves, Dharry for Commonwealth title fights Boxing buffs still disappointed by the absence of the traditional Boxing Day card may feel somewhat compensated following a recent announcement that...

Guyanese athletes continue dominance of Bigi Broki Waka 10km& 5km races in Suriname

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes continue dominance of Bigi Broki Waka 10km& 5km races in Suriname

Like they did last year, Guyana’s distance athletes ruled the roost at the 13th edition of the annual Bigi Broki Waka 10km and 5km races which took place over the famous Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge,...

Plans apace to strengthen parents’ parenting skills

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plans apace to strengthen parents’ parenting skills

“Parenting is in trouble,” this was the assertion of Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), Ms. Ann Greene. Moreover, Greene at a recent forum related that moves are apace to...

Youths and the working class are not spectators to the development of Guyana

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Youths and the working class are not spectators to the development of Guyana

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS By Sase Singh Agriculture remains at the heart of Guyana’s people-centered development. The Agriculture Strategy for 2013-2020 clearly illustrated that in...

Govt. clarifies Ministerial portfolio

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. clarifies Ministerial portfolio

Ever since President David Granger announced that Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes would be assuming responsibility for public telecommunications, the news spread that the government had scrapped the...

$$M recycling plant/garbage holding area for Mandela Ave.

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $$M recycling plant/garbage holding area for Mandela Ave.

– Residents not enthused Plans are in train for the construction of a multi-million-dollar, environmentally-friendly recycling plant to possibly stem the tide of plastic and other...

Guyana Goldfields projects up to 150,000 ounces this year

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields projects up to 150,000 ounces this year

The country’s biggest gold mining outfit, Guyana Goldfields Inc., has achieved commercial production and is projecting up to 150,000 ounces this year. For just its three months of operation last...

No acts of piracy, less river deaths recorded last year – MARAD

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No acts of piracy, less river deaths recorded last year – MARAD

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) saw a reduction of 21.7% in total marine deaths for the year 2015. This was disclosed during the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s performance...