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Venezuela/Guyana boat mishap…Three dead, remaining passengers rescued

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela/Guyana boat mishap…Three dead, remaining passengers rescued

The bodies of two Guyanese were recovered yesterday, two days after the boat they were traveling in sank in the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Mabaruma from neighbouring Venezuela. Kaieteur News was...

GRA fires tax Chief Khurshid Sattaur

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA fires tax Chief Khurshid Sattaur

More than one month after sending the country’s tax chief on more than 200 days leave, a decision has been made to fire him. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Governing Board of...

Abusive man flees after killing wife in trench

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Abusive man flees after killing wife in trench

Police were up to late last night hunting for a Zeelugt New Scheme, East Bank Essequibo man who fled into a bushy area after drowning his wife in a trench in the community. The woman, who was still...

Govt. hijacks opposition income tax motion

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. hijacks opposition income tax motion

– gives own voice, passes it as amended By Abena Rockcliffe History was created in the National Assembly last evening. Following six hours of debate, a walk out, and numerous back and forth...

Speaker rejects Opposition motion on Wales closure

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker rejects Opposition motion on Wales closure

The Opposition finally had its day to discuss important matters of its choice yesterday in the National Assembly. First on the agenda was its motion to debate the imminent closure of the Wales...

Plainclothes police ranks in unmarked vehicles barred from stopping motorists

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plainclothes police ranks in unmarked vehicles barred from stopping motorists

The Guyana Police Force is once again forced to announce that its plainclothes ranks who are in unmarked vehicles are not authorized to stop any motorist, except when they are performing duties on...

Jagdeo trying to feel important

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo trying to feel important

When dem boys seh that Jagdeo is a devil, people use to seh that dem was wicked. Is now people seeing just how much of a devil he is. When he was president he nearly bruck up de sugar industry. He...

Benn (4-26), Braithwaite (80*) steers Pride past Hurricanes into tomorrow’s Final

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Benn (4-26), Braithwaite (80*) steers Pride past Hurricanes into tomorrow’s Final

Man-of-the-Match, left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn spun webs around the Windwards Hurricanes batsmen to finish with 4-26 before Kraigg Braithwaite scored an unbeaten 80 to give Barbados Pride a...

Colts courting Division I League title with blowout tomorrow

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts courting Division I League title with blowout tomorrow

By Edison Jefford Colts is aiming to run away with Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division I League title tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when they face Plaisance...

Murray Survives Brushes of Elimination

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Murray Survives Brushes of Elimination

RTC Championships 2016 It proved true on Tuesday that the easiest points are the hardest ones to win in the game of tennis. Ronald Murray learnt that lesson when 8 match points were snatched from his...

Cladious Fraser slams 98 in Paradise CC’s opening round win

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cladious Fraser slams 98 in Paradise CC’s opening round win

ECCB 40-Overs cricket continues on Sunday … The ECCB Trophy 40 overs tournament commenced last Sunday with three matches and will continue this Sunday with five more games. Following are the...

Softball cricket, Dominoes set for Goed Fortuin

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball cricket, Dominoes set for Goed Fortuin

The newly elected executive members of the Goed Fortuin Centre Council, West Bank Demerara will be staging a softball cricket and dominoes competition on Sunday starting from 09:00hrs. The softball...

GCB sternly reprimands Claude Raphael

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB sternly reprimands Claude Raphael

The Guyana Cricket Board wishes to record its extreme disappointment and shock at the level that a former cricket official has descended to in his most recent letter to the media titled ‘How could...

LABA AGM set for next Saturday

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA AGM set for next Saturday

General Council meets tonight at MSC Lounge The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will discuss the staging of its Annual General Meeting tonight from 19:00hrs when the entities General...

Target Hardware backs Wiltshire Dominoes tourney

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Target Hardware backs Wiltshire Dominoes tourney

Target Hardware and General Store of 44 Public Road, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara has thrown its support behind the Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes tournament which commenced on...

Busta Champion of Champions Final …RHT Gizmos and Gadgets to face Young Warriors on Sunday

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Champion of Champions Final …RHT Gizmos and Gadgets to face Young Warriors on Sunday

The three pavilions art the Area ‘H’ Ground are expected to be filled to capacity when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club hosts the final of the 12th annual Busta Champion of Champions...

NAGICO Super50 review …Poor batting order and team selections hurt Jaguars

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Super50 review …Poor batting order and team selections hurt Jaguars

By Sean Devers After a highly successful 2015 for Guyana’s cricket the Guyana Jaguars started badly this year even before a ball was bowled with some questionable selections. It was no surprise to...

GFF Head Coach Shabazz eager to get going for new season

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Head Coach Shabazz eager to get going for new season

CFU Championship high on radar; training to commence next week By Franklin Wilson “I am very excited to get back on the field. So excited if I get a passport I might register myself as a player who...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs to host tapeball on Sunday

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Foreign Affairs to host tapeball on Sunday

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be hosting a Tapeball competition on Sunday at the National Park Tarmac starting from 09:00hrs. The competition is being held as part of the ministry’s sports...

Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy focused on being first team to repeat

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy focused on being first team to repeat

By Rawle Welch Defending champion of the Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition Chase Academy is leaving no stone unturned in their quest to become the first team to win the title back-to-back....

GCB NSSCL….Singh leads Charlestown Secondary to victory

Jan 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB NSSCL….Singh leads Charlestown Secondary to victory

An impressive all round performance from Captain Sachin Singh led Charlestown Secondary to victory over Lodge Secondary in the final of the South Georgetown Zone as the 2015/16 Guyana Cricket Board...

Students, teacher taken to hospital after “spraying” incident

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Students, teacher taken to hospital after “spraying” incident

Three students and a teacher of Smith Memorial Primary were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after they supposedly inhaled a chemical that was being sprayed in proximity to...

Iwokrama chairman pays courtesy call on PM

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama chairman pays courtesy call on PM

Chairman of Iwokrama, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, yesterday. They discussed matters of mutual interest, especially a green economy and a more...

Union opposes GTT early retirement plan, threatens industrial action

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Union opposes GTT early retirement plan, threatens industrial action

…but CEO insists plan is optional “We are prepared to leave no stones unturned,” said President of the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (GPTWU), Mr. Harold Shepherd, when he...

GWI aims at immunizing all employees against infectious diseases

Jan 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI aims at immunizing all employees against infectious diseases

– partners with Public Health Ministry With an aim to immunize all of its employees against infectious diseases, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is partnering with the Ministry of Public Health...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more