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Massive corruption unearthed…Inspector wrongfully targeted by GEA after seizing stolen fuel marker

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Massive corruption unearthed…Inspector wrongfully targeted by GEA after seizing stolen fuel marker

The oil and gas industry is of critical concern for nations across the globe, providing both the fuel that drives transport and global distribution and the excise tax revenues that sustain...

Tears flow as Asst. Commissioner Balram Persaud laid to rest

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tears flow as Asst. Commissioner Balram Persaud laid to rest

By Jarryl Bryan Tears flowed yesterday as friends, family and colleagues paid tribute to the late Assistant Police Commissioner, Balram Persaud, at his funeral service. Among the anecdotes, it was...

CH&PA was never required to implement IFMAS – Irfaan Ali

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA was never required to implement IFMAS – Irfaan Ali

Former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali is refuting claims that he allowed the accounts of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) to be run on a manual system. He went on to categorically...

Pregnant mother remanded for strangling son to death

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant mother remanded for strangling son to death

A pregnant mother was on Friday charged with the murder of her eight-year-old son, Emmanuel King, when she appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court. Sonia King, 28, of Lot 565 La Parfaite...

Green tells Whittaker…Show me how $500M was spent to clean up Georgetown

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Green tells Whittaker…Show me how $500M was spent to clean up Georgetown

“We don’t know where the money has gone. I wrote the Minister seven letters asking what works were done, so the council can continue the works and do the maintenance. I never got a reply….”...

Five years later…Is Babita Sarjou alive?

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five years later…Is Babita Sarjou alive?

– if so, why is she not coming forward? Five years after Babita Sarjou’s mysterious disappearance, a Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man says he knows where to find her. Are the police...

Dem boys seh…People talking and runnin

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People talking and runnin

When people realize that dem gun get ketch at something dem does run away. That is why Guyana got so much wanted men. All of dem do wha wickedness dem do and as soon as people start to zero in on...

Where are they?

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Where are they?

1) June Ann Davis, disappeared in 1999, when she was just 18. Reportedly was a guest at the home of ‘spiritualist’, Patricia Alves, who was subsequently convicted for the murder of another woman...

PPP has a lot to answer for on State violence – Dr. Hinds

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP has a lot to answer for on State violence – Dr. Hinds

…But Ramotar insists no such thing occurred under its watch When it comes to addressing the issue of State violence, University Professor, Dr. David Hinds says that the People’s Progressive Party...

GBBC ‘Hostile Territory’ Boxing Extravaganza…Amidst drizzles Dharry and Marques warm fans’ hearts with winning displays

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC ‘Hostile Territory’ Boxing Extravaganza…Amidst drizzles Dharry and Marques warm fans’ hearts with winning displays

By Michael Benjamin Light showers and a damp atmosphere permeated the Giftland Shopping Mall, Liliendaal ECD but failed to quell the heat in the ring when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)...

Two weeks later…Army Intelligence rank struck by bus still unconscious

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two weeks later…Army Intelligence rank struck by bus still unconscious

Two weeks after he was struck by a speeding minibus on Church Street, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Army Intelligence rank, Sergeant Selwyn Woodroffe is showing signs of improvement after being in a...

Mashramani Steel band Competition…Parkside prevails, North Ruimveldt dethrones Buxton

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani Steel band Competition…Parkside prevails, North Ruimveldt dethrones Buxton

In one of the most keenly contested steel band competitions in years, the Parkside Steel Orchestra beat back the challenge of its two competitors to cop the top prize in the Large Band Category in...

PCL First-Class cricket…Jaguars extend unbeaten streak with 6-wkt win against Volcanoes

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on PCL First-Class cricket…Jaguars extend unbeaten streak with 6-wkt win against Volcanoes

By Sean Devers in St Lucia In association with Tower Suites, Trophy Stall & Golden Arrow Inn The Guyana Jaguars roared to a six-wicket in three days against the Windwards Volcanoes at the...

Ramjattan pledges speedy licensing for Amerindians who turned in shotguns

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan pledges speedy licensing for Amerindians who turned in shotguns

“It had to happen, those guns were illegal,” said Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan as he spoke about that fact that many Amerindians were left defenseless when they handed in their...

Phenoms complete sprint doubles

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phenoms complete sprint doubles

By Edison Jefford Sprint phenoms, Kenisha Phillips, Compton Caesar and Daniel Williams ensured they completed doubles yesterday when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) continued its National...

Two more 50-seater school buses for East Berbice

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two more 50-seater school buses for East Berbice

President David Granger on Saturday commissioned two more 50-seater buses for East Berbice Corentyne, Region 6 in three days. This makes it three buses that have been commissioned for this area in...

Demerara ‘Mankad’ Berbice to take Inter-County U15 title

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara ‘Mankad’ Berbice to take Inter-County U15 title

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara were crowned champions of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Dave West Indian Exports Guy-NY Inter-county Under-15 50-over tournament after left arm spinner Daniel Mootoo...

DPP’s Chambers launches Outreach Programme

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DPP’s Chambers launches Outreach Programme

Pursuant to its Constitutional mandate to be of service to the people, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will commence its Public Awareness and Public Outreach Programme 2015 in...

Government outreach to be continuous exercise

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Government outreach to be continuous exercise

– Greenidge By Enid Joaquin Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday said that Government outreach programs like the one held in Linden last Saturday would be continuous to enable...

C’tyne ‘a sleeping giant’ that could lead Guyana’s economic recovery

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne ‘a sleeping giant’ that could lead Guyana’s economic recovery

– President Granger President David Granger, on Saturday called on the Rotary Club of New Amsterdam to play its part in ensuring that the East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) becomes a...

Guyana NRA Smallbore Section hosts season opening .22 Precision Match

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana NRA Smallbore Section hosts season opening .22 Precision Match

Dr. Johan DaSilva and Vyvian Crandon are top shots The Smallbore section of the Guyana National Rifle Association opened their 2016 season with a bang when they hosted a .22 Precision Pistol Match on...

Granger blundered with partisan position on Walter Rodney COI report – WPA Member

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Granger blundered with partisan position on Walter Rodney COI report – WPA Member

“President and the government must be sensitive to the impact of any campaign to deny justice for Walter Rodney or to taint the evidence in that regard on the WPA, one of its constituent...

Moses Nagamootoo Road

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo Road

Last Friday, my column described a police stop and search operation on the Railway Embankment and a cross street whose name I am yet to determine. I did mention in that article that the Prime...

A few of the fine dining gems in our midst

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on A few of the fine dining gems in our midst

By Kiana Wilburg With a number of competitive fast food restaurants popping up on a regular basis, some question whether the days for fine dining in Guyana are numbered. But a visit to just a few of...

Guyana Judo Association hosts Mash competition

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Judo Association hosts Mash competition

The Guyana Judo Association (GJA) hosted a Mashramani competition at the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) ground last Sunday. Five clubs participated in the event which saw about 40 competitors in...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more