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Sale of GTT shares…Buyer claims side deal done to waive remaining US$5M

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of GTT shares…Buyer claims side deal done to waive remaining US$5M

– Company’s statement contradicts Trotman’s The controversy surrounding the sale of government’s 20 percent shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) continues to...

Baby dies as truck slams into stroller

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Baby dies as truck slams into stroller

The death of a five-month-old baby boy, hours after he was struck in his stroller by a sand truck on Wednesday afternoon, has rocked the East Coast Demerara community of Belmont, Mahaica. The baby,...

Norway team here to assess forest deal projects

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Norway team here to assess forest deal projects

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday received a courtesy call from a visiting Norwegian delegation which is here to meet with their counterpart agencies to discuss Guyana’s REDD+ Investment...

Prisoners throw feces at ranks, set fires at lockups

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners throw feces at ranks, set fires at lockups

– throw feces at ranks Heavily armed ranks and firefighters were summoned to the Golden Grove Police Station yesterday after three prisoners set fires and hurled feces at policemen...

Lamaha St. accident leaves woman dead, one critical

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha St. accident leaves woman dead, one critical

An accident on Lamaha Street late last evening has left one woman dead and another female critical. The dead woman has been identified as Narissa Spencer of Friendship, East Coast Demerara. According...

Police find mutilated remains of missing boat crash victim

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police find mutilated remains of missing boat crash victim

Police at the Charity Outpost yesterday afternoon made the shocking discovery of missing Pomeroon resident Mohamed Shameer’s dismembered body in a black plastic bag, in a clump of bushes in an area...

Security guard hacked to death by intruders

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard hacked to death by intruders

A 53-year old watchman was hacked to death on Wednesday night, when he confronted two men who had entered the compound he was guarding. Abdul Sattaur Kadir, of 380 Ninth Street, Foulis, East Coast...

BaiShanLin cousin, Joe ShanLin, holler this time

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on BaiShanLin cousin, Joe ShanLin, holler this time

Life is a game. You got to be smart if not De world doesn’t have room fuh yuh. A man did seh, “If you don’t read de newspaper you are uninformed, and if you do read de newspaper you are...

Government commits $20mln to host CBC U-16 Championships

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government commits $20mln to host CBC U-16 Championships

By Edison Jefford Government yesterday committed $20 million as a prerequisite to Guyana’s Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) to assist in hosting the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC)...

Caribbean Schoolboys & Juniors Boxing Tourney…Pulsating ‘fights’ expected at Gymnasium from tonight

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Schoolboys & Juniors Boxing Tourney…Pulsating ‘fights’ expected at Gymnasium from tonight

By Sean Devers The much anticipated first ever Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Tournament in the English speaking Caribbean punches off at the National Gymnasium from 18:00hrs tonight. The tournament,...

EBFA/EDFA U-17 Goodwill Series to conclude tomorrow

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/EDFA U-17 Goodwill Series to conclude tomorrow

The four-match goodwill series between the top two Under-17 teams from the East Bank and East Demerara Football Associations is set to conclude tomorrow at the Grove Playfield, East Bank Demerara...

GCA second division continues

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA second division continues

The Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day tournament will continue this weekend with two matches. Georgetown Cricket Club will play Ace Warriors at Muslim Youth...

SPR Enterprise 40-over final on this Sunday at Enmore

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SPR Enterprise 40-over final on this Sunday at Enmore

The East Coast Cricket Committee will host its SPR Enterprise 40-over final on Sunday at Enmore Community Centre ground starting at 11:00hrs. The home team will face Fairfield in what is anticipated...

MSC’s fun raising cricket set for May 2

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC’s fun raising cricket set for May 2

Malteenoes Sport Club (MSC) should be a hive of entertainment, fun and frolic when the Thomas Lands Club holds a fun raising softball cricket festival under floodlight as part of Guyana’s 50th...

Shabazz wants to see more intensity from midfielders

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shabazz wants to see more intensity from midfielders

Kaieteur Sport starts a new series of discussion with National Football Coach Jamaal Shabazz as we get into his mind for Guyana’s upcoming clash with Canada. Today Shabazz focuses on his midfield....

Latif guides Regal to victory

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Latif guides Regal to victory

Richard Latif struck a half century to guide Regal to a seven-wicket victory over Wolf’s Warriors when the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association/Wolf’s Challenge 20-over tournament...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 Intra-Association League launches today

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 Intra-Association League launches today

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in collaboration with the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) will officially launch its Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra-Association...

Another charged for murder of Sophia businessman

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Another charged for murder of Sophia businessman

A South Ruimveldt resident was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Sophia businessman Shawn Anys, which occurred on May 1, last year, when he appeared at the Sparendaam...

Global Fund finds…Guyana’s treated bed net distribution process flawed

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Global Fund finds…Guyana’s treated bed net distribution process flawed

The public health sector has long been advancing its fight against malaria. Primary among its tactics has been the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets. Guyana’s fight against...

Here’s the problem with the APNU-AFC leadership

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Here’s the problem with the APNU-AFC leadership

Ruel Johnson in writing about the need for the Chronicle to be independent of political directives wrote, “The primary reality is that the government (Coalition) from the inception had a general...

120 members of Disciplined Services honoured

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 120 members of Disciplined Services honoured

An air of pride was abundant yesterday at the D’Urban Park tarmac as hundreds of men and women of the joint services braved the rains to witness their comrades in arms being honoured with...

Shop owner shot during brazen daylight robbery

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner shot during brazen daylight robbery

– Police hunt woman among three suspects As if losing his wife several months ago wasn’t enough grief, a 42-year-old shop owner was shot around 11:30 hrs yesterday during a brazen robbery at...

Protected Areas Commission updates President on work to develop parks

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Protected Areas Commission updates President on work to develop parks

President David Granger met with the Chairman and Commissioners of the Board of the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), who updated him on their work plan as it relates to protecting Guyana’s natural...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NOTICE

Apr 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NOTICE

The Ministry of Education in a statement issued yesterday, said that it wishes to inform the public that it has no intention of suspending classes or closing schools during the period propagated by...

Something is not right with the economy

Apr 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Something is not right with the economy

When the PPP government decided that it was appointing a National Economic Council to be headed by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, critics of the government said it was just a ploy to give the...

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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