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Prisoners ‘takeover’ Camp Street jail

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners ‘takeover’ Camp Street jail

…42 prison officers on ‘sick leave’—a source reveals Tension continues to mount at the Georgetown Prison. Inmates have taken control of the reformatory, forcing some 42 prison wardens to take...

Basic medication absent at GPHC

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Basic medication absent at GPHC

Patients are being asked to purchase basic medications due to the shortage of critical drugs at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). These medications range from panadol, aspirin, and...

One Berbice factory produces more than two Demerara estates

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One Berbice factory produces more than two Demerara estates

GAWU was aware of LBI closure since 2011… The decision to cease the remaining operations of the LBI sugar estate and consolidate it at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, started five years ago, with the...

NGSA layout changes…Nothing sinister in new format – Chief Executive Officer

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA layout changes…Nothing sinister in new format – Chief Executive Officer

The changes by the Ministry of Education that require the children writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), to write their names as opposed to the traditional candidate numbers on...

Robb Street granny execution…Killer refuses to give cops statement against persons he ID’d as plotters

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robb Street granny execution…Killer refuses to give cops statement against persons he ID’d as plotters

He had named the individuals that he claimed paid him to kill 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris. But now that investigators are trying to lay charges against his alleged paymasters, one of the...

US Ambassador pledges assistance with city clean-up

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US Ambassador pledges assistance with city clean-up

US Ambassador, Perry Halloway, paid a courtesy call on recently elected Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan, yesterday morning. During his visit to the Mayor, Ambassador...

Prisoners got life in London in Camp Street

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Prisoners got life in London in Camp Street

De tail wagging de dog is a saying that people does use when dem see a situation in which de boss end up tekking order from he subordinate. That is wha happening now inside de Camp Street jail. Is...

Guyana / Canada May 15 Friendly Int. Launched

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana / Canada May 15 Friendly Int. Launched

By Franklin Wilson The historic May 15 friendly international match between Guyana’s flagship senior team, The Golden Jaguars and Canada’s Olympic Under-23 team was officially launched yesterday...

EDFA Jubilee U-17 Tourney …Buxton and Paradise clash in today’s final

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on EDFA Jubilee U-17 Tourney …Buxton and Paradise clash in today’s final

The battle lines will be drawn today when Buxton Stars Football Club, the only unbeaten team so far and Paradise Football Club clash in the final of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA)...

KK Warriors get support from New Looks Barber Shop, Comfort Villa & Eldon Sobers

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on KK Warriors get support from New Looks Barber Shop, Comfort Villa & Eldon Sobers

The continued rise and consistency of the Kuru Kururu Warriors Football Club (KKWFC), based at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway has been recognized by the corporate community in the village...

Scrabble Association in last GASP effort to resuscitate the sport

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble Association in last GASP effort to resuscitate the sport

Internal issues had brought the activities of the nation’s scrabble players to an unceremonious halt and that situation had prevailed for approximately two years despite the efforts of a few...

Hand-in-Hand three-day Inter-County U-19 Cricket …Demerara crush U-17s by 7-wkts as 13 LBW appeals upheld

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand three-day Inter-County U-19 Cricket …Demerara crush U-17s by 7-wkts as 13 LBW appeals upheld

By Sean Devers Demerara U-19s registered a crushing seven-wicket victory in their opening round match against the National U-17 Select at Wales yesterday to take an early lead in the four-team...

Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Football C/ships ….LFSC trounce MCEI 5-0; LTI needle WSC

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Football C/ships ….LFSC trounce MCEI 5-0; LTI needle WSC

On match day four of the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Football Championships, Linden Foundation Secondary School (LFSS) trounced MC’s Educational Institute (MCEI) 5-0, while Linden...

Volleyball Extravaganza and fun day set for today

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball Extravaganza and fun day set for today

The Berbice Volleyball Association in its continued drive to keep players active and spread the game throughout the county and at the same time unearth new talent, has organised a one day volleyball...

E’bo thump Berbice by an innings and 60 runs

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on E’bo thump Berbice by an innings and 60 runs

Chinkoo grabs 5 Essequibo romped to an innings and 60-run victory over Berbice when the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Hand-in-Hand inter county U19 three-day tournament concluded...

The battle rages on in Golyn 10/10 latest round

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The battle rages on in Golyn 10/10 latest round

The Golyn 10/10 countrywide softball cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League and sponsored by the Golyn and sons, Trophy Stall and Miss Love trading (West Coast) saw the battle...

Inniss on familiarization visit to EBFA

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inniss on familiarization visit to EBFA

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Executive Member with responsibility for the East Bank Football Association (EBFA), Dion Inniss on Wednesday last met with the association’s Executive and General...

WIFBSC Short Range C/ships 2016 – Antigua…Banks DIH maintains support of Caribbean’s top shots

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC Short Range C/ships 2016 – Antigua…Banks DIH maintains support of Caribbean’s top shots

Beverage giants Banks DIH Limited has maintained and increased its sponsorship to the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA), fullbore shooters ahead of their defence of the Short Range and...

Sawpit, Players SC, Zeeburg and All Youths record quarterfinal victories

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sawpit, Players SC, Zeeburg and All Youths record quarterfinal victories

Sawpit, Players SC, Zeeburg and All Youths CC recorded quarterfinal victories when then West Demerara President’s Cup T20 tournament continued on Sunday. Sawpit defeated host Cornelia Ida by four...

RHTYSC, M.S Awards Ceremony…Starr Computers, Sterling Products, Goodwood Racing Service, Fitness Express on board

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC, M.S Awards Ceremony…Starr Computers, Sterling Products, Goodwood Racing Service, Fitness Express on board

Several more companies are on board for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS 26th annual awards ceremony that would be hosted on Sunday 17th of April at the St. Francis Community Developers...

West Berbice league kicks off with matches today and tomorrow

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Berbice league kicks off with matches today and tomorrow

In an effort to keep senior football alive in Berbice, and with no sponsor, the Berbice Football Association (BFA) with its members agreed to organize a league in a self-funding manner, where the...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Objection to Caribbean Premier League government subsidy

Apr 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Objection to Caribbean Premier League government subsidy

Dear Editor, I would like to register my strong protest with the not so secret multi-million, multi-year subsidy of the Caribbean Premier League cricket tournament. I have been informed this subsidy...

Security service provider named new head of GMSA

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Security service provider named new head of GMSA

In keeping with its Articles of Association, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association held its two-part Annual General Meeting (AGM) for fiscal year 2015-2016 and unanimously elected chief...

“I put one shot in he and he fall to the ground…”

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “I put one shot in he and he fall to the ground…”

Gunman tells cops how he executed Mocha electrician “I just put one shot in he and he fall to the ground.” That’s part of the chilling statement that police say they got yesterday from a...

Suspected sex workers fined for overstaying

Apr 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected sex workers fined for overstaying

Three suspected sex workers from the Dominican Republic were fined a total of $45,000 after admitting to overstaying their time in Guyana. They claimed that they liked the country and wanted to...

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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