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Condemnation grows…Grenade attack was meant to silence freedom of expression – Chilean envoy

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 3

— US Ambassador says justice must run its course In the wake of the botched attack against Kaieteur News, that saw individuals hurling a fragmentation grenade at Publisher Glenn Lall’s...

Grenade attack on KN…Wanted bulletin issued for key suspect

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 2

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a 20-year-old man who they believe is a key player in the failed grenade attack at Kaieteur News. They now have only two suspects in custody but the hunt...

Mechanic stabbed to death in bedroom as parents sleep nearby

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic stabbed to death in bedroom as parents sleep nearby

– Killer leaves murder weapon on windowsill A 25-year-old mechanic was stabbed to death around 21:00 hrs Thursday night right next to the room his parents were sleeping in at their Lot 57...

Venezuela denies Cuyuni shooting incident

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela denies Cuyuni shooting incident

The Government of Venezuela has taken to the media to deny its involvement in an alleged shooting incident late last month between a gunboat from that country and a vessel with local mines officers....

GWI settles $6M debt for controversial billboards

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 1

Leading up to the May 11, 2015 General Elections, many billboards were erected throughout the country to inform the populace about the advancements being made by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)...

$$M in fuel issued to NDIA non-working vehicles

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $$M in fuel issued to NDIA non-working vehicles

…says forensic audit report Tens of millions of dollars in fuel were being lost annually though mismanagement, theft and fraud under the previous Government’s programmes to manage its drainage...

‘Missing’ US $40,000 China donation…Global Foundation refutes allegations of misappropriation

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Missing’ US $40,000 China donation…Global Foundation refutes allegations of misappropriation

Officials from the Global Friendship Foundation (GFF) are refuting suggestions that the Foundation may have misused an $8M donation that the non-profit organization received from China to beautify...

De audit digging up nuff jumbie

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De audit digging up nuff jumbie

Yesterday, dem boys talk about all dem ghost pensioners. People who never exist end up collecting Old Age pension. Dem boys know that people inside de Social Services Ministry got to be involved wid...

Exciting start to Digicel 2016 Nationwide Football Tournament

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting start to Digicel 2016 Nationwide Football Tournament

-Vreed-en-Hoop survive penalty shootout This year’s Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Tournament got off to an exciting start with the opening fixture between eventual winners Vreed-en-Hoop and...

Last goodbye to Muhammad Ali culminates with emotional memorial service

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Last goodbye to Muhammad Ali culminates with emotional memorial service

LOUISVILLE, KY. (Reuters) Religious and political leaders of many stripes joined the sports world and tens of thousands of ordinary mourners yesterday to bid farewell to Muhammad Ali, the boxing...

NAMILCO/GFF Flour Power Nat. U17 League…Matches on in West Dem., East Dem., Berbice, Georgetown and East Bank this weekend

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO/GFF Flour Power Nat. U17 League…Matches on in West Dem., East Dem., Berbice, Georgetown and East Bank this weekend

Matches in the inaugural NAMILCO/GFF Flour Power National Under-17 League will continue this evening across Guyana. West Demerara will host one match today and another tomorrow at the Den Amstel...

GABF, CBC unveil official logo, website for U-16 Championships

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF, CBC unveil official logo, website for U-16 Championships

The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) and the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has revealed the Official Logo for the 2016 Under-16 Men and Women Championships that will be held in...

Atwell to receive $1Million from GOG

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Atwell to receive $1Million from GOG

To appear on TV fund raisers By Sean Devers National Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, Clive Atwell, also holds the WBC CABOFE Super Lightweight and Featherweight titles. The 27-year-old Atwell...

GBTI IJO 2016: Campbell and Persaud gain easy passes to Ladies Singles Quarters

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI IJO 2016: Campbell and Persaud gain easy passes to Ladies Singles Quarters

In the Ladies Singles Round of 16 of the GBTI Independence Jubilee Open Tennis tournament, Rebel Open Finalist Cristy Campbell made light work of the young teenager Sarah Klautky defeating her in...

SSSS/GVF host successful coaching course for teachers

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SSSS/GVF host successful coaching course for teachers

The Samaritan Sports Support System (SSSS) and the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education successfully hosted a one week coaching courses for teachers in...

Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Tournament continues tomorrow

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Tournament continues tomorrow

Play in the Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Cricket Tournament continues tomorrow with several matches at two venues. At the Malteenoes Ground in the city: Pitch 1: 10am Floodlights vs. Wellman....

Mayor’s Cup continues tomorrow at Victoria ground

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup continues tomorrow at Victoria ground

Competition in the Annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament continues tomorrow with a triple header at the Victoria Ground on the East Coast of Demerara. The day’s play opens with BV Triumph taking...

Junior’s Jewellery back on board

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior’s Jewellery back on board

Corporate support for the Ministry of Health-sponsored Soft Shoe Football Competition continues to pour in with Junior’s Jewellery Gallery & Pawn Shop becoming the latest entity to come on...

GOA assists GVA to send team to Columbia

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA assists GVA to send team to Columbia

For U-23 male V/Ball C/Ships Secretary General of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Hector Edwards yesterday presented a cheque for $400,000 to President of the Guyana Volleyball Association (GVA)...

Turning Point, venue for Wiltshire Domino Tournament

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turning Point, venue for Wiltshire Domino Tournament

Turning Point Sports Club situated in East La Penitence is expected to come alive today when Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire host a tournament in memory of the late Jermaine ‘Bruk Up’ McLeod,...

Hearts of Oak Masters, B Division Police to stage Patrick April Schools U18 football

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters, B Division Police to stage Patrick April Schools U18 football

The 2016 edition of the Patrick “Patto” April Inter Schools U18 Memorial knockout football competition, which is organized by the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club (HOOMFC) and sponsored by the...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson Suspension

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson Suspension

Dear Editor, While I was never an advocate of any form of indiscipline, during my stewardship previously as a Club/Association Executive, however, it would be remiss of me not to mention that on...

Overseas NGO to afford 100 Guyanese custom hearing aids

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas NGO to afford 100 Guyanese custom hearing aids

– to train audiology staff from Guyana, 10 other countries More than 100 Guyanese with hearing impairments will be eligible for hearing aids and custom ear moulds compliments of the Starkey...

65 vendors agree to relocation as WCD Road Project progresses

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 65 vendors agree to relocation as WCD Road Project progresses

Vendors from Vreed-en-Hoop have agreed to relocate to facilitate the West Coast Demerara Road Improvement Project, following discussions with Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,...

Childcare Protection head calls on media to be more vigilant

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Childcare Protection head calls on media to be more vigilant

Head of the Child Care Protection Agency, Ann Greene, is calling on the media to assist the entity when it comes to reporting and highlighting cases of children caught in abusive environments. The...

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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