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Omar Adams performs creditably at 25th Aquatic Centre Int. Invitational in Barbados

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Omar Adams performs creditably at 25th Aquatic Centre Int. Invitational in Barbados

Achieves PB in 50M Fly Dorado Speed Swim Club’s Omar Adams turned in creditable performances when he represented his club last weekend at the 25th Annual Aquatic Centre International Invitational,...

GAPF Claude Charles Memorial/Intermediate & Masters on this Sunday …

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Claude Charles Memorial/Intermediate & Masters on this Sunday …

Buddy’s Gym & Sports Masseuse Kathleen Paul support Athletes are all focused on this weekend’s Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) Annual Claude Charles Memorial / Intermediate and...

Minister of State receives courtesy call from WICB President

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of State receives courtesy call from WICB President

Georgetown, Guyana – President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Mr. Dave Cameron yesterday paid a courtesy call to Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon at the Ministry of the Presidency....

Prison COI recommends no more overcrowding at prisons

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prison COI recommends no more overcrowding at prisons

Overpopulation at the prisons was once again highlighted when the report on the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the recent disturbances at the Camp Street Prisons was handed over to President David...

Shot waitress still to undergo surgery

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shot waitress still to undergo surgery

… bullet passes through waitress’ windpipe; oesophagus The surgery which was supposed to be performed on 16-year-old Onika Luke to remove a bullet said to be lodged in her throat, has been...

Dried tomato project soon to begin in Paramakatoi

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dried tomato project soon to begin in Paramakatoi

The residents of Paramakatoi, in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni), will be launching a project that will allow them to grow, dry, package and market organic tomatoes. This project will be supported by...

Scrap Metal Unit officials neglected their responsibilities — Audit Report finds

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap Metal Unit officials neglected their responsibilities — Audit Report finds

Officials of the Scrap Metal Unit (SMU) were not carrying out their responsibilities and duties for the period of 2012 to 2015. According to a key audit report by Ram and McRae Chartered Accountants;...

Periwinkle Cancer Club keeps focus on a killer

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Periwinkle Cancer Club keeps focus on a killer

The Periwinkle Cancer Club collaborated with the Ministry of Health to spread the message, “Early detection saves lives” through outreach programmes to Regions Four and Nine. During those...

Jagdeo defends PPP “walkout” during flag-raising ceremony

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo defends PPP “walkout” during flag-raising ceremony

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, during a press conference held at Freedom House yesterday, expressed what he considers clear misconceptions about his party’s actions at the national flag raising...

The law has not removed the helmet- Acting Traffic Chief

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The law has not removed the helmet- Acting Traffic Chief

Motorcyclists are once again being reminded that riding on the country’s roadways without proper safety helmets is an offence. Once caught, charges will follow. This reminder is coming from Acting...

Country’s financial system healthy and sound

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Country’s financial system healthy and sound

– Central Bank Governor The country’s financial system is quite healthy, sufficiently capitalized and sound in terms of liquidity. This is according to the Governor of the Central Bank of...

Guyanese teen shot dead at Brooklyn apartment while babysitting

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teen shot dead at Brooklyn apartment while babysitting

New York (New York Daily News) -A woman and an armed man were spied on video entering and fleeing a Brooklyn apartment where a 16-year-old girl was senselessly shot to death, a police source said...

Priya Manickchand and the dead man from Timbuktu

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Priya Manickchand and the dead man from Timbuktu

I don’t have a Facebook account. Don’t know what happens in that sphere, but from time to time friends show me interesting posts. Yesterday, I was shown one such posting which I was told belonged...

Recent mine cave-in…GWMO reminds Trotman, Govt of its Safety in Mining recommendations

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Recent mine cave-in…GWMO reminds Trotman, Govt of its Safety in Mining recommendations

In the wake of another mining pit collapse, the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) said Tuesday, that it wishes to “remind” the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Government of their...

Foundation of the Guyana Defence Force: A Soldier of Valour Story book launched at Camp Ayanganna

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Foundation of the Guyana Defence Force: A Soldier of Valour Story book launched at Camp Ayanganna

On Monday evening the Officers’ Mess of the Guyana Defence Force Headquarters Base Camp Ayanganna saw the launching of Foundation of The Guyana Defence Force: “A Soldier of Valour”; a book...

The audit findings and the inaction

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The audit findings and the inaction

There have been a lot of revelations coming from the audits ordered by the Granger administration. These audits were forced by the many reports of corrupt transactions during the tenure of the Jagdeo...

West Berbice police report drop in crime

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice police report drop in crime

The Police have reported a significant drop in the crime rate in the West Berbice Sub-division over the past two months. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police, Antonio Fredericks,...

Gem Sanford-Johnson is new Bar Association President

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gem Sanford-Johnson is new Bar Association President

– has plans to raise awareness about prescriptive rights A number of Guyanese in the Diaspora who returned to participate in the Golden Jubilee celebration also took the time to check on...

‘We are worried that our voices will be muzzled in Parliament’ – Jagdeo

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News 1

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, has deviated from established parliamentary norms. This view was expressed during a...

Police arrest Supenaam rapist

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest Supenaam rapist

The man who raped a mother of two in her Supenaam home was arrested almost four days after the incident. Charges against him will be levelled soon. The man, Troy Richards, was taken to the police by...

Government, GTT announces free access to basic 4G services

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Government, GTT announces free access to basic 4G services

GTT and the Government of Guyana yesterday held a press conference in GTT’s Fogarty’s outlet to launch GTT’s “Free Basic 4G Services”. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public...

Airport technicians to serve jail time for cocaine in rum

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Airport technicians to serve jail time for cocaine in rum

– fined over $17M Two former airport technicians who were convicted over two weeks ago for trafficking cocaine in rum were on Monday jailed by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, after probation...

‘We are worried that our voices will be muzzled in Parliament’ – Jagdeo

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We are worried that our voices will be muzzled in Parliament’ – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, has deviated from established parliamentary norms. This view was expressed during a...

GBTI/ Buxton Steelband to perform at “Guyana Jubilee Celebration NYC”

Jun 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI/ Buxton Steelband to perform at “Guyana Jubilee Celebration NYC”

Twelve young members of the GBTI/Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra landed in the United States of America yesterday to be part of Golden Jubilee celebrations there. The band members, who are all secondary...

Mike Tyson freed of third robbery charge

Jun 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mike Tyson freed of third robbery charge

Yesterday, Magistrate Fabayo Azore, sitting in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court freed Mike Tyson of robbery under arms. The Magistrate found the identification issue very problematic in that the...

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Protest against Commissioner of Information continues today

Kaieteur News- A protest organized against the Office of the Commissioner of Information, Charles Ramson SC, will continue... more