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Santokie fined for indiscipline

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Santokie fined for indiscipline

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie will part with 75 per cent of his match fee after breaching the Caribbean Premier League’s Code of...

Teams lament deplorable conditions at Enterprise ground

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams lament deplorable conditions at Enterprise ground

No internet at East Coast match venues The 2016 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Senior Women’s Super50 involving all six Regional teams for the first time and the West Indies players who won this...

Banks DIH and Trophy Stall among sponsors for GAWP, Rising Sun Horserace meet

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH and Trophy Stall among sponsors for GAWP, Rising Sun Horserace meet

A hoard of sponsors has rushed on board in support of the grand one day horse race meet organized by the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women Police. The meet...

HOLMES SWEET HOME

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HOLMES SWEET HOME

In 1992, I ended up in Barbados, initially as a communications consultant and then as the Media/Communications Advisor to the World Health Organisation/ Pan American Health Organisation. In 1993, I...

Du Plessis wants improvement from batsmen

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Du Plessis wants improvement from batsmen

By Zaheer Mohamed St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain Faf Du Plassis is calling for an improvement from his batsmen following their loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets at the Guyana...

Culture and Arts … Cultural development and the need for a policy: Is it Govt’s priority?

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Culture and Arts … Cultural development and the need for a policy: Is it Govt’s priority?

By: Kiana Wilburg With proper direction and a policy to safeguard its creations, culture can be a powerful, inspiring and independent force in any nation’s development. And even though this truth...

Absolute power is a danger to any government

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Absolute power is a danger to any government

Administrative czars and pit bulls emerged within the second layers of the PPP government. These persons held high positions on Boards of government corporations and used their positions to lord over...

GuySuCo responds again to Donald Ramotar

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo responds again to Donald Ramotar

Dear Editor; The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to a former President in what he describes as a ‘missive’ in one of the political parties weekend newspaper publications. In...

Providing facilities for our senior citizens

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; Since the media was not present at the opening of the pensions; accommodation at the Blairmont Post Office, I would be grateful if my opening address could be carried in your letter...

Union wants Govt. and Opposition to start cooperating

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor; The People United and General Workers Union(PU&GWU) is calling on both APNU+AFC Government and the Opposition Party People Progressive Party/ Civic to work together in the interest...

Barticans feel they are being neglected

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Barticans feel they are being neglected

Dear Editor; Government contracts can be seen given out to strange contractors who firstly are not Barticians, and secondly do not contribute anything towards the development of Bartica. They are...

The Mayor must be prepared to accept criticism

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; The recent rant by Mayor Chase-Green protesting the apparent unfavorable context(s) in which her name might have been used seems more attributable to a rookie politician than someone in...

REDUCING VAT IS A TOUCHY ISSUE

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on REDUCING VAT IS A TOUCHY ISSUE

On January 1, 2007, Guyana joined a number of other countries in the Caribbean and the world and introduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) as part of the Government’s plan to modernize and streamline...

Every day I see how stupid this country is

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

Sunday morning is newspaper morning for most people in the world. So last Sunday morning, my wife and I were having our customary breakfast on the front porch with our newspapers on the table. I...

Our youths are falling by the wayside

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; In 1886, the US abolitionist Frederick Douglas said “where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society...

The killing of Philando Castle

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The killing of Philando Castle

Dear Editor; Firstly permit me to offer my condolences to the family and loved ones of the two recently slain individuals—Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, the slain Dallas policemen, and all...

Cops re-open Monica Reece, Trevor Rose and Sheema Mangar murder cases

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops re-open Monica Reece, Trevor Rose and Sheema Mangar murder cases

As the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Major Crimes Unit moved to re-open cold cases, the seemingly forgotten cases of Monica Reece, Trevor Rose and Sheema Mangar are top on its agenda. Crime Chief,...

NICIL created fake AGM minutes, annual returns

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL created fake AGM minutes, annual returns

…Marcia Sharma faces jail time — SOCU, Police Legal Advisor Investigators at the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) are currently probing a number of cases involving financial...

GFC hides massive 2012 fire on BaiShanlin’s concession

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GFC hides massive 2012 fire on BaiShanlin’s concession

– company never reported incident – burned areas equal to 10,000 larger house lots A report into a massive forest fire in the Berbice forest concession of Chinese-owned BaiShanLin...

KN Grenade attack suspect reportedly flees country

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on KN Grenade attack suspect reportedly flees country

Shemar Wilson, who is wanted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in connection with the June 4, grenade-throwing incident in front of Kaieteur News on Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, is believed...

E.B.D Road Expansion Project… MPI, Contractor pushing to meet end of August deadline

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on E.B.D Road Expansion Project… MPI, Contractor pushing to meet end of August deadline

Persons who traverse the East Bank Demerara roadways have long been inconvenienced by the construction works being carried out to transform the roadway to accommodate efficient and effective flow of...

UG student died from drowning -post mortem

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG student died from drowning -post mortem

Police have ruled out foul play in the death of University of Guyana student, Harris Anthony Persaud, whose body was fished out of the Demerara River on Friday. Police said that a post mortem...

Man, 71, in custody for raping granddaughter, 13

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 71, in custody for raping granddaughter, 13

Police in “G” Divison on the Essequibo Coast have charged a 71-year-old Bush Lot security guard with rape of his 13-year-old biological granddaughter, after the teenager told her sister that...

Dem boys seh…Careful how you jumping fuh joy

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 1

A man seh, “When you jump for joy, beware that somebody ain’t move the ground from beneath you foot.” Is change does mek we jump fuh joy. A lot of people tell dem boys dem like de change wha...

New legislative policies for mining and forestry sector underway — Trotman

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New legislative policies for mining and forestry sector underway — Trotman

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has indicated that many changes are underway for the mining and forestry sectors. The Minister said that regulations for mining are currently under...

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Teen arrested over uncle’s murder after sharing burial plan with relative

Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more