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Govt. should condemn ‘thuggery’ at Region Five RDC – Jagdeo

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

From the onset of the year a number of statutory council meetings held at the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five have been disrupted by APNU-AFC council members. Opposition leader Bharrat...

Central Corentyne Chamber calls Government out on Business support

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Central Corentyne Chamber calls Government out on Business support

At the launch of Berbice Expo and Trade Fair 2016 attended by Business and Tourism Minister Dominique Gaskin, President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), Mohamed Raffik called on...

Council should review business proposals– President Granger

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Council should review business proposals– President Granger

By Murtland Haley President David Granger, yesterday, made his first official address to the Full Council of the Georgetown Mayor and Council. His presentation preceded the sitting of the scheduled...

St. Cuthbert’s Mission teen found wandering .. Funeral parlour had reported him dead

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on St. Cuthbert’s Mission teen found wandering .. Funeral parlour had reported him dead

Days after he was presumed dead, St Cuthbert‘s Mission teenager, Travaun Kattow, has been found. The teen was wandering at the Soesdyke/ Linden Junction, on Friday. According to his Grandmother,...

Vryheid’s Lust man jailed for illegal gun, ammo.

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust man jailed for illegal gun, ammo.

A security guard of South Vryheid’s Lust was yesterday sentenced for the possession of an Intratec 9mm Luger submachine gun, which police said he tried to hide in a septic tank on June 5, at East...

Aurora mine raises C’dn$130M for expansion -company targets 75,000 ounces for first half

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora mine raises C’dn$130M for expansion -company targets 75,000 ounces for first half

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. announced yesterday that strong demand in the industry has forced it to increase the size of its previously announced public offering to C’dn$130 million. The...

Moraikobai becomes latest beneficiary of Granger B’s programme -receives school boat; bicycles to follow

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Moraikobai becomes latest beneficiary of Granger B’s programme -receives school boat; bicycles to follow

The village of Moraikobai, situated up the Mahaicony River, Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five), has become the latest beneficiary of the President David Granger’s Five B’s or ‘Boats, Buses, Bicycles...

Belvedere gang prey on residents

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Belvedere gang prey on residents

Several residents in the Belvedere Corentyne area were mugged and relieved of personal belongings by men residing in the area. The first incident occurred last Monday on 41-year-old Nalini Narine...

Minister of State visits East Berbice

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of State visits East Berbice

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, over the weekend made an extensive visit to the various places of East Berbice-Corentyne in Region Six, including many villages, schools, streets and other places of...

GPL came to the rescue and saved the day

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL came to the rescue and saved the day

Dear Editor; Reference is made to your front page photograph in your Monday June 27, 2016 Issue captioned “BEWARE OF TUMBLING POLES! This has been the situation recently on the Diamond Housing...

GPTWU continues protest action against GTT

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPTWU continues protest action against GTT

The alleged imposition of working conditions by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on their employees without consulting the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers Union (GPTWU) had...

PRISONERS ON REMAND!

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on PRISONERS ON REMAND!

There is absolutely no doubt in the minds of many that President Granger was correct to pardon a number of prisoners last year, both men and women. Today, in the public interest and for the concern...

Police track cell phone, nab bandits in Berbice hotel

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

Quick action and brilliant thinking by ranks in Berbice, and by detectives attached to the Blairmont Police Station, led to the capture of two bandits who had earlier robbed a Chinese national. They...

EU donates $2B, Engineering Design manual for Guyana’s Sea and River Defences

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EU donates $2B, Engineering Design manual for Guyana’s Sea and River Defences

Citizens who have long been plagued by flooding will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief. The sea and river defences will undergo a positive transformation in the coming months – courtesy of...

Major shakeup at GRA… Two senior officials axed, Hema Khan named Deputy Head

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Major shakeup at GRA… Two senior officials axed, Hema Khan named Deputy Head

By Jarryl Bryan Citing the unsatisfactory performance of divisions within the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Chairman Rawle Lucas, revealed that there has been a major shakeup in management....

Bound and murdered gold miner… Victim reportedly tried to rape woman, threatened residents with cutlass

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bound and murdered gold miner… Victim reportedly tried to rape woman, threatened residents with cutlass

Porkknocker Shawn Mc Donald was reportedly murdered after he had threatened individuals with a cutlass and had attempted to rape a woman in the Kurupung area. This is the report that has been given...

Bandits beat, shoot, rob West Demerara Businessman

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

A 36-year-old businessman is now a patient at a city hospital after he was attacked by bandits who invaded his home early yesterday morning. The victim has been identified as Dhaniram Tirbeni, of Lot...

Gold roars past 300,000 ounces -as authorities project beyond 600,000 ounces for year

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold roars past 300,000 ounces -as authorities project beyond 600,000 ounces for year

Government is aiming to top the 600,000 ounces mark for gold declaration this year with the first half showing encouraging signs. As of June 22, last, around 315,000 ounces have been declared for the...

Dem boys seh … Senna pass inside GRA

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Senna pass inside GRA

De news spread like wildfire. C fuh Satar get send home. Dem boys seh that de people at de GRA had to suspect something. And when indeed dem check, de man had seven company car park up under he...

GRA removes entire Customs team from CJIA

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA removes entire Customs team from CJIA

An entire Customs team that was fingered in a tax evasion scheme at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has been removed with officials indicating that investigations are not yet over....

Missing aircrafts… CoI needed to provide answers about overall security lapses- Ramjattan

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing aircrafts… CoI needed to provide answers about overall security lapses- Ramjattan

The fact that two planes, in the centre of a court battle, were flown out of Guyana’s jurisdiction without official authorization, is causing much concern for Minister of Public Security Khemraj...

Guyanese should rally behind national youth basketball teams

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese should rally behind national youth basketball teams

Dear Editor, Guyana will host the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U16 Championships, for young men and young women, July 3-9 and July 12-16, 2016, respectively. This is indeed a historic...

CIOG contributes to Atwell’s Surgery fund

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on CIOG contributes to Atwell’s Surgery fund

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) was pleased to offer assistance to Mr. Clive Atwell, the popular Guyana boxer that requires a brain surgery. This will be undertaken in Trinidad, the...

James Krakowsky carts off spoils in Insurance Brokers Guyana Ltd Open Scrabble

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on James Krakowsky carts off spoils in Insurance Brokers Guyana Ltd Open Scrabble

A scintillating performance by top seed, James Krakowsky, saw him amassing an impeccable 6 points with a positive spread of 589 to take the honours in the Insurance Brokers Guyana Ltd Open Scrabble...

Merriman’s Funeral Home / Guyana NRA Practical Pistol Shoot Harold Hopkinson tops senior class; Joseph Lewis is junior winner

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Merriman’s Funeral Home / Guyana NRA Practical Pistol Shoot Harold Hopkinson tops senior class; Joseph Lewis is junior winner

Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson by the slightest of margins won the senior category of the Merriman’s Funeral Home sponsored Guyana National Rifle Association – Smallbore Section organized...