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Breaking News!…Prominent K/News Senior Reporter, Dale Andrews, dies

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!…Prominent K/News Senior Reporter, Dale Andrews, dies

One of the country’s most experienced journalists, Dale Andrews, passed away suddenly yesterday, throwing the media fraternity in deep shock. Andrews, 47, a former Queen’s College student, was a...

Emails expose fraud at NCN Berbice branch

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News 2

…Former employee diverted company funds to personal bank account –Forensic Audit report A former employee of the National Communications Network (NCN) has landed herself in hot water as forensic...

NCN Finance Manager gave husband $3M in free advertising

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NCN Finance Manager gave husband $3M in free advertising

Forensic auditors have uncovered damning evidence which shows that even though the National Communications Network (NCN) was neck-deep in debts, the Finance Manager, Shabana Singh, still managed to...

Five pirates charged with High Seas murder

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News 1

Five men who are accused of high seas piracy have been charged with murder. The men are accused of murdering Hemchand Sukdeo, 46, a father of five of No. 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice during an act...

Homemade wine, tattoo machines, phones confiscated during NA Prison search

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Homemade wine, tattoo machines, phones confiscated during NA Prison search

Around 15:20hrs yesterday, a prison search was conducted at the New Amsterdam Prison during which several items were confiscated from inmates. According to a source last evening, 12 cellular phones;...

Nandlall’s use of public funds to buy personal books…Parliament to examine Auditor’s report — AG

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall’s use of public funds to buy personal books…Parliament to examine Auditor’s report — AG

– “It is a criminal matter so it should go before the court” The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly will soon begin examinations of the Auditor General’s report on...

Draft SARU legislation being reviewed – AG

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Draft SARU legislation being reviewed – AG

-witness protection, whistleblower legislations for public consultations By Jarryl Bryan The administration is finalizing several key legislative components that will ensure that action can be taken...

Guyana Chronicle did little to collect $M owed by advertisers

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Chronicle did little to collect $M owed by advertisers

A special audit report on the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL), publisher of the Guyana Chronicle, has found that the entity did little to collect millions of dollars owed by advertisers. As...

Plenty man tun woman in Guyana

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Plenty man tun woman in Guyana

A story doing de rounds in Mabaruma bout a senior man who believe he is a Mammy. Now de whole village calling him ‘Come to Mammy.” De story start when a woman lef she baby in de hospital. This...

Narine’s magic, Pollard’s unbeaten 67 powers Windies to victory

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine’s magic, Pollard’s unbeaten 67 powers Windies to victory

By Sean Devers In a low scoring encounter on a Providence track which made free scoring a tedious task, West Indies, led by a career best 6-27 by Sunil Narine and an unbeaten 67 from Kieron...

GFF GS Diedre Davis among 35 selected from 80 applicants

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF GS Diedre Davis among 35 selected from 80 applicants

Female Leaders coming to Zurich for 2nd edition of FLDP Participants in the second edition of FIFA’s Female Leadership Development Programme (FLDP) will attend workshops in Zurich from 6-9 June....

2J’s on board Soft Shoes Football Competition

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2J’s on board Soft Shoes Football Competition

2J’s General Store joined the growing list of corporate entities to add its support to the Petra Organization / Ministry of Health under the ‘Stop Gender-based Violence’ theme Soft Shoes...

Defending champion Downes hungry for another title

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending champion Downes hungry for another title

GBTI Independence Jubilee / GLTA Open Championships Five-time and defending GBTI / Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Open champion, Anthony Downes is confident that he will make it six in a row...

WICB announces Ballr as sponsor of the Tri-Nations ODI Series

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB announces Ballr as sponsor of the Tri-Nations ODI Series

St. John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board and ITW-Techfront, the commercial rights holder for the series, announced yesterday that Ballr is the title sponsor of the Tri-Nations...

STAG Elite League – FINALE …Final preliminary round matches today at Leonora as Pele’s suspension is lifted

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Elite League – FINALE …Final preliminary round matches today at Leonora as Pele’s suspension is lifted

The final preliminary games of the Stag Elite League Finale are set for today at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora kicking off at 18:00hrs. Taking centre stage will be the Georgetown...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U17 League …Matches kick off this weekend in EBFA and BFA

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U17 League …Matches kick off this weekend in EBFA and BFA

Competitive rivalry in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) / National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 League which would be played in the nine...

International panel facilitates GCUSA interactive session

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on International panel facilitates GCUSA interactive session

With the aim of improving the standard of umpiring, the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) on Wednesday hosted an interactive session which included several international...

Guyana face USVI in crucial match today; Players will be positive – Dover

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face USVI in crucial match today; Players will be positive – Dover

Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016… Coming off a disappointing 2-5 loss to home team Curacao in their opening Round 2 match of the Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup competition on...

THINGS ARE NOT ADDING UP!

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

After one year since the government came to office, many things in the country, it seems, are not adding up. Only some of the promises made by the government were kept. One not kept was the lowering...

Mechanic stabbed to death during argument

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic stabbed to death during argument

Investigators are probing the circumstances which led to the death of a 28-year-old man at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Orrett West, a father of one of Tucville Terrace, was killed around...

Babita Sarjou case…CADVA calls on cops to make DNA result a priority

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Babita Sarjou case…CADVA calls on cops to make DNA result a priority

Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA), the human rights group which has been working closely with the Babita Sarjou case, is calling on the authorities to make the DNA result, taken...

The government is about to become highly unpopular

Jun 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government is about to become highly unpopular

The experience with the creation of parking lots in the city has demonstrated that the Guyanese people are not yet ready for that innovation. Guyanese motorists have shown that they are not prepared...

Ex-lover on the run after pistol whipping woman

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News 1

A Kuru Kururu woman was left nursing lacerations to her face and the back of her head after her ex-lover reportedly pistol-whipped her during which the firearm went off, grazing her cheek. It is...

Legal Affairs Ministry closer to accessing IDB fund for justice system reform projects

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Legal Affairs Ministry closer to accessing IDB fund for justice system reform projects

The Ministry of Legal Affairs seems to be one step closer to receiving financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the project aimed at strengthening the Criminal Justice...

GPF soon to analyse statistics of domestic murders

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPF soon to analyse statistics of domestic murders

Media reports of people confessing to hiring killers to murder family members seem to be on the increase. This trend is being analysed by the Guyana Police Force as part of its efforts to combat...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more