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MUZZLED…Cabinet mum on Harmon issue, Ministers reminded of privacy oath

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MUZZLED…Cabinet mum on Harmon issue, Ministers reminded of privacy oath

Cabinet Members were reminded yesterday of their “oath” to keep discussions private. The caution was issued in light of the fact that Cabinet discussed matters relating to controversies...

Posing on a jet with persons under investigation is a “reckless move” – Ramjattan

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Posing on a jet with persons under investigation is a “reckless move” – Ramjattan

Numerous questions are being raised in the press over the recent “controversial” decisions made Minister of State, Joseph Harmon as well as his alleged coziness with the contentious Chinese...

Queens man gets 25 years for fatal stabbing Guyanese wife

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Queens man gets 25 years for fatal stabbing Guyanese wife

New York – A Queens man who killed his estranged wife by stabbing her 150 times in front of their kids was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday. Oscar Novakovsky‘, 41, of 121st. Street in...

AFC tightlipped about Hughes’ resignation

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AFC tightlipped about Hughes’ resignation

…as former chairman champions “better must come” drive “Better must come!” Those are words featured on the Facebook page of Nigel Hughes in the wake of his recent resignation from the...

TIGI to grill Harmon on recent controversies

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI to grill Harmon on recent controversies

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) will be sending a series of questions to Minister of State Joseph Harmon regarding his involvement in a number of controversial activities. The move to do so...

Airport employee drives into roadblock with stolen car

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Airport employee drives into roadblock with stolen car

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have detained a young airport employee who drove up to a roadblock with a stolen Toyota Runx on Monday night. The car disappeared sometime between Sunday and...

Joe Humble pull a three-card trick

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Joe Humble pull a three-card trick

This thing bout Joe Humble is a pappy show. De whole country fussing and vex, because in dem eye Joe Humble do something that nobody who was fighting corruption woulda do. He mix up wid people who...

GCB honors PCL Champions at Gala dinner

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB honors PCL Champions at Gala dinner

Windies U-19s and ladies rewarded for WC success By Sean Devers With pomp and splendor at the Pegasus Hotel on Monday evening the Guyana Cricket Board honored their five championship winning World...

NSC, GOA supports national Junior Table Tennis Team

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC, GOA supports national Junior Table Tennis Team

The National Sports Commission (NSC) and Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) offered their support to the National Junior Table Tennis Team in separate financial contributions to Guyana’s Table Tennis...

British cricketer shot dead in Trinidad

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on British cricketer shot dead in Trinidad

A young British cricketer has died after reportedly being shot during an armed robbery in Trinidad. Adrian St John, 22, is understood to have died following an incident on Sunday night. Local media...

Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai grades 116 Karate students

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai grades 116 Karate students

IKD Chairman and Chief Instructor, 9th Dan Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai who is the Founder of the International Karate Daigaku on Sunday last graded over 110 Karatekas of the Association do...

WIFBSC Short Range champs to defend title in Antigua next month

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC Short Range champs to defend title in Antigua next month

Budget of 4.6M being aimed at Reigning West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) Short Range champions; Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) has commenced training in earnest ahead of...

GT Beer 4-a-side KO football kicks off tomorrow at Aracari Resort

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer 4-a-side KO football kicks off tomorrow at Aracari Resort

The buzz is on as popular football teams from the West Demerara District, prepare for battle in the GT Beer 4-a-side knockout Football tournament which will kick off tomorrow night at the Aracari...

STAG / EBFA Senior League …KK Warriors trounce Grove; Soesdyke edge Mocha

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG / EBFA Senior League …KK Warriors trounce Grove; Soesdyke edge Mocha

Kuru Kururu Warriors recorded the biggest upset of the Stag / EBFA Senior League to date when they handed defending champions Grove Hi Tech their first loss of the season whilst notching up their...

Heaven banking on Windies T20 stars

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heaven banking on Windies T20 stars

Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven hopes the Jamaican members of the West Indies team will make themselves more available to help grow and develop the sport in the...

Netball AGM set for April 24

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netball AGM set for April 24

The Guyana Netball Association will be hosting its Annual General Meeting and Elections on Sunday April 24 at 2pm in the Boardroom of the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue. All members of...

GTC Race Meet will be exciting-Sims

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTC Race Meet will be exciting-Sims

Returning from a four-year haitus due to legal issues surrounding the ownership of the track, horse racing promoter Michael Sims is pulling out all the stops to make his return a memorable one. Sims,...

Was Joe Harmon referring to me?

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Was Joe Harmon referring to me?

In an opinion issued through Malika Ramsey, the following words were made in the name of Joe Harmon; “It is the people who elected the Coalition Government and it is the people who decide whether...

PPP supporters protest Bulkan’s “dictatorship”

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP supporters protest Bulkan’s “dictatorship”

Rain was certainly no deterrent to supporters of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) who travelled miles yesterday to protest on the lawns adjacent to the Ministry of the Presidency, against what...

GPSU head cautiously optimistic about wages talks with Govt.

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU head cautiously optimistic about wages talks with Govt.

When Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced earlier this year that public servants wages increase will be subjected to negotiations with the Guyana Public Service Union, the workers breathed a...

Murder of British teen…Three of five accused granted High Court bail

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder of British teen…Three of five accused granted High Court bail

Three of the five persons accused of murdering British teenager Dominic Bernard have been released on bail. Bail in the sum of $300,000 each was granted to 20-year-old Krystal Thomas, Sisanie Henry,...

DDL, GRA settle billion-dollar consumption tax dispute

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DDL, GRA settle billion-dollar consumption tax dispute

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday announced that an amicable settlement has been reached with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to resolve a longstanding dispute over Consumption Tax that...

GFC officials are as guilty as their former political bosses for corruption — WPA Executive Member

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GFC officials are as guilty as their former political bosses for corruption — WPA Executive Member

By Kiana Wilburg If a public servant is asked by his boss to carry out an unlawful instruction and he complies, should the public servant be pardoned from sanctions? Or, should he be made to face...

GuySuCo settles lawsuit with former Materials Manager

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo settles lawsuit with former Materials Manager

For six years, there was a cloud over his name. In March 2010, as the Materials Manager of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Aasrodeen Shaw, 62, was sacked after reportedly...

Rights Activist worried about “major governance issues”

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rights Activist worried about “major governance issues”

– as NGOs continue picket action for Minister Lawrence’s reassignment “We have major governance issues,” Women and Children’s Rights Activist, Karen DeSouza, asserted yesterday. DeSouza...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more