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Captured bank robbers reveal details of operation

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Captured bank robbers reveal details of operation

– carried out surveillance on target, planned getaway routes Investigators are closing in on the remaining members of a gang that staged a daring daylight robbery on the Mon Repos East Coast...

El Nino crisis…Cops called in as rice farmers ‘hijack’ MMA irrigation system

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on El Nino crisis…Cops called in as rice farmers ‘hijack’ MMA irrigation system

In what can be considered the latest fallout from the El Nino weather conditions, some farmers in the Mahaica/Mahaicony, Region Four have taken matters into their own hands, diverting crucial...

Seven years after disappearance…Uncle of missing US citizen wants cops to resume search for body

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years after disappearance…Uncle of missing US citizen wants cops to resume search for body

“I gave them (the area) where the body was buried. If they had gone and dug up, they would have found my nephew. If no work has been done in the area, I believe that it is still there…”...

Betrayed and raped by a policeman…A mother’s fight for justice

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Betrayed and raped by a policeman…A mother’s fight for justice

Who is a policeman? According to Wikipedia, a policeman is a warranted law employee whose main focus is to serve and protect their country and its people. His or her job of law enforcement and crime...

Wales Estate closure…PPP using sugar workers for political benefit

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wales Estate closure…PPP using sugar workers for political benefit

– Dr. David Hinds When it comes to the noise being made by the political Opposition over Government’s decision to close the Wales Sugar Estate by year end, University Professor Dr. David...

Parliament an undemocratic place for opposing views

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament an undemocratic place for opposing views

– Dr. David Hinds By Kiana Wilburg At every sitting of the National Assembly, it becomes clearer, that bygones will never remain bygones. Insults will be thrown. Insinuations about a...

Specialist advocates ‘levels’ to tackling domestic violence

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Specialist advocates ‘levels’ to tackling domestic violence

While the issue of domestic violence in Guyana, has increased rapidly, Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Dianne Douglas holds the view that there are different levels to effectively tackle the problem....

Norwegian team expected for talks on Guyana-Norway Agreement

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Norwegian team expected for talks on Guyana-Norway Agreement

– Minister of Natural Resources A team headed by Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Brazil and Guyana, Mrs. Aud Marit Wiig, is expected to arrive in Guyana this week, to conduct a...

Colts top Georgetown Division 1 Basketball League

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts top Georgetown Division 1 Basketball League

By Edison Jefford Colts stormed Cliff Anderson’s Sports Hall Saturday night, used their experience and superiority,and strode away atop the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division...

The race to LGE…“#Team Benschop Promises sustained development, accountability

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The race to LGE…“#Team Benschop Promises sustained development, accountability

By Abena Rockcliffe Call it transition, or year of renaissance as is being touted by the government, however it is put, Guyana renews democracy this year with the holding of Local Government...

Shot Belizean UG student remains critical

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Belizean UG student remains critical

Belizean University of Guyana student Glenfield Dennison remains in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC). Dennison was shot twice by a gunman in Cummings Lodge,...

GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals Cricket…Chanderpaul’s unbeaten double century highlights latest round

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals Cricket…Chanderpaul’s unbeaten double century highlights latest round

By Sean Devers A brilliant unbeaten 205 from 19-year-old Tagenarine Chanderpaul highlighted the latest round of matches in the GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals two-day first division...

Restoration of City Hall unlikely for 50th Jubilee

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Restoration of City Hall unlikely for 50th Jubilee

Restorations work on City Hall, one of the country’s historic buildings, is not likely to start in time for Guyana’s 50th Jubilee Anniversary. This is according to Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton...

Alex Bunbury named GFF International Ambassador

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alex Bunbury named GFF International Ambassador

Guyanese born Canadian former international football star and Hall of Famer, Alex Bunbury, who is on a visit to his country of birth to promote a sports academy project here, has been made the Guyana...

Agriculture, mining worse revenue earners for Guyana – GRA

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture, mining worse revenue earners for Guyana – GRA

Initial assessments of the country’s tax systems by the new Board of Directors for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) continue to throw up a number of startling findings. On Friday, Rawle Lucas,...

Murray crowned Rebel Champion

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Murray crowned Rebel Champion

The Men’s final of the RTC Championships closed with the biggest twist of the tournament when the unseeded Ronald Murray dashed the hopes of the number 2 seed, Leyland Leacock of being the first...

East Berbice rice farmers face millions in losses as GuySuCo blocks waterway

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice rice farmers face millions in losses as GuySuCo blocks waterway

Rice farmers on the East Coast of Berbice, along the No. 19 road, are appealing for help as they are on the verge of losing millions of dollars in their rice crop after GuySuCo cut off a water...

Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…North Georgetown registers first upset in this year’s competition

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…North Georgetown registers first upset in this year’s competition

– Morgan’s, St. Joseph’s, Queen’s College also in winners’ row Former champions Lodge became the first team to suffer an upset when they were defeated 3-1 by North Georgetown on the...

Golyn and Sons to sponsor countrywide Guyana Softball League 10/10

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golyn and Sons to sponsor countrywide Guyana Softball League 10/10

Games begin Sunday 30th January, registration starts this week Golyn and sons will sponsor a 10/10 softball tournament that is to be administrated by the Guyana Softball League. The tournament will...

CH&PA allocated 251 house lots over six months

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA allocated 251 house lots over six months

…switches focus to community consolidation in 2016 With approximately 25,000 house lot applications still to be processed, the Housing Ministry recently revealed at a press conference hosted by...

The Traffic Chief, the Deputy Mayor and…

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Traffic Chief, the Deputy Mayor and…

The leadership of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) hasn’t a clue as to how unknown they are to the Guyanese people. For more than a decade and a half the GHRA has been inactive. I...

GSSF’s Trapshooting Committee starts off 2016 with successful Practice Session

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF’s Trapshooting Committee starts off 2016 with successful Practice Session

The Guyana Sport Shooting Federation officially opened its sport shooting season last Saturday 16th January, by hosting a Practice Session for its members in the usual regulated manner at the GDF...

Digicel, GFSCA partner for Triple Treat in Essequibo

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel, GFSCA partner for Triple Treat in Essequibo

Digicel (Guyana) has collaborated with the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) as part of its Triple Treat in the county of Essequibo on March 20. According to Retail Sales Manager...

Controversial East Street parking lot likely to see toll reduction – Mayor

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial East Street parking lot likely to see toll reduction – Mayor

Although City Mayor Hamilton Green has affirmed that the paid parking lot on the East Street tarmac across from the Georgetown Public Hospital will remain, there is a possibility that the cost to...

Lord, Wilson hand GCC victory despite Dutchin ton

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lord, Wilson hand GCC victory despite Dutchin ton

Devon Lord struck a fine hundred while Stefan Wilson hit a fluent half century as Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) by 116 runs when the Georgetown Cricket...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more