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Villagers blame three gruesome murders on rampant drug use

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Villagers blame three gruesome murders on rampant drug use

-fear reprisals from rest of ‘killing spree’ gang “Imagine when the police release the other gang members what would happen. We would all be scared since we now know what they are capable of...

Crum-Ewing’s accused killer jailed for escaping from police

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Crum-Ewing’s accused killer jailed for escaping from police

-freed on gun, ammo charges Reagan Rodrigues, who is currently on remand for the murder of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, was yesterday jailed for three years, after he was found guilty of...

Police covering up sexual abuse in Mahdia – Ministers told

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police covering up sexual abuse in Mahdia – Ministers told

-deadly Mowasie mining pit remains closed Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has assured Region Eight miners that the coalition Government is committed to ensuring that they can ply...

Carifesta Avenue triple deaths…President will not interfere in any police, army investigations

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carifesta Avenue triple deaths…President will not interfere in any police, army investigations

A major disagreement has surfaced between the Ministry of the Presidency and former Attorney General Anil Nandlall over remarks made by President David Granger on the investigations into the deadly...

Jagdeo not wanted at Sarwan gym

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo not wanted at Sarwan gym

When Soulja Bai open he mouth and wrang talk to de police, how dem mustn’t kill dem criminals was big celebration through de length and breadth of Guyana. Some of dem criminals even go to church to...

Guyana-born Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Bunbury arrives for two-week visit

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana-born Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Bunbury arrives for two-week visit

-starts consultations to open Sports and Academics Academy By Rawle Welch Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Alexander ‘Alex’ Bunbury of Guyanese parenthood arrived in Guyana yesterday and...

NAGICO Super50 …Fudadin, Permaul see Jaguars to 6-wkt win over Marooners

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 …Fudadin, Permaul see Jaguars to 6-wkt win over Marooners

Assad Fudadin batted positively to score 71 after Veerasammy Permaul grabbed 4-22 as Guyana Jaguars roared to a six-wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners in the third round of...

Leacock, Denhart, DeNobrega and King ensure Friendship Cavaliers reach finals

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leacock, Denhart, DeNobrega and King ensure Friendship Cavaliers reach finals

BCB/NSC/Berbice River Cricket Association second division cricket… The 3-team Berbice River Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition got cracking recently with Friendship Cavaliers making...

Sarjoo guides Laluni to victory

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarjoo guides Laluni to victory

Sunil Sarjoo struck consecutive half centuries to guide Laluni to successive victories over host Lusignan when the teams collided in two T20 fixtures on Sunday. Laluni won the first encounter by five...

Crawford retained as DCUSA President

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crawford retained as DCUSA President

Shannon Crawford was re-elected unopposed as the President of the Demerara Cricket Umpire and Scorers Association (DCUSA) when the entity held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday at Lusignan...

Mayor Hamilton Green’s 81st birth anniversary Football…Uitvlugt reigns supreme; Trayon Bobb carts off lion’s share of incentives

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Hamilton Green’s 81st birth anniversary Football…Uitvlugt reigns supreme; Trayon Bobb carts off lion’s share of incentives

By Michael Benjamin Trayon Bobb was considered Uitvlugt’s ‘ace in the hole’ to take championship honours when that team joined seven others in the Mayor Hamilton Green’s 81st birth...

Letter to the Sports Editor…RAMNARINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED BY THE GCB

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…RAMNARINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED BY THE GCB

Dear Editor, I read with complete astonishment and sought time to digest Mr. Andy Ramnarine’s letter in the Kaieteur Newspaper dated 2015-12-31 under the caption ‘Elroy Stephney seems not to be...

Figures decreasing in Gastro outbreak

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Figures decreasing in Gastro outbreak

…doctor says everything under control The number of cases in the recent gastroenteritis outbreak at Baramita, Region One, which infected over 60 persons, is rapidly decreasing, Public Health...

UNICEF assessment …GPHC fails to meet Baby Friendly Hospital Status

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF assessment …GPHC fails to meet Baby Friendly Hospital Status

The Georgetown Public Hospital last year failed to meet the world renowned Baby Friendly Hospital status following an assessment by a team from UNICEF, but Public Health Minister George Norton says...

Guyana-born Pediatrician meets the needs of children in Washington, DC

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born Pediatrician meets the needs of children in Washington, DC

By Cloyette Harris-Stoute Guyanese Girls Rock: Dr. Tanya Hinds is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and is certified by...

Police still hunting suspect in taxi driver’s murder

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police still hunting suspect in taxi driver’s murder

Police are still on the lookout for the suspect involved in the murder of West Demerara taxi driver, Colin Clarke. Clarke, 55, popularly known as “Ole Boy”, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast...

DIVISIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE

Jan 12, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DIVISIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE

Most Guyanese can see that the Government is attempting to right the wrongs of the previous administration by focusing first on the role of political appointments of PPP activists on State boards,...

Min. of Natural Resources throws support behind Broomes

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Min. of Natural Resources throws support behind Broomes

-seeks legal opinion on conflict of interest Statements by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, about the suitability of junior Minister of Natural Resources,...

PPP calls for data justifying 2:00am curfew, presidential pardons

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP calls for data justifying 2:00am curfew, presidential pardons

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling for data to be provided to the public, showing the impact that the 2:00am curfew and the pardon of young offenders has had on road accidents and...

GAWU denies receiving $18M from GuySuCo for workers training

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU denies receiving $18M from GuySuCo for workers training

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has denied receiving millions of dollars from the Guyana Sugar Corporation to train sugar workers. The union made the statements, yesterday,...

Gold projected to hit ambitious 600,000 ounces in 2016

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold projected to hit ambitious 600,000 ounces in 2016

As the price of gold continues its slow climb in the New Year, Government is ambitiously looking to break a number of records this year when it comes to declarations. According to early estimates...

Cops recover 9mm sub-machine gun

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops recover 9mm sub-machine gun

Two men are in custody following the discovery of a 9mm sub-machine gun and close to three kilograms of marijuana, in separate police operations in the interior yesterday. One of the operations took...

Woolford part of Commonwealth team observing Vanuatu elections

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woolford part of Commonwealth team observing Vanuatu elections

A former Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, will lead a Commonwealth Observer Group to Vanuatu for its General Election on January 22. Included in that team too is Guyanese, Enrico...

GPL’s pre-Paid services goes down

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPL’s pre-Paid services goes down

On Saturday, at approximately 08:00 hours, service at the Main Street office of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) was temporarily disrupted due to a damaged transformer. As a result of this, the...

MPI renames Force Account Unit

Jan 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MPI renames Force Account Unit

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Force Account Unit has officially been renamed – it is now the Special Projects Unit. The new name recently took effect after a decision was made last...

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