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Norton $12.5M drug bond fiasco…Possibility of fire, traffic congestion underscore need for Sussex St. bond

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News 7

– PM Nagamootoo, Trotman, Harmon By: Kiana Wilburg Even though an international report categorically states that the state-owned Diamond warehouse can store all of the nation’s drugs and...

AG misled nation on BK settlement

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News 4

The controversial US$5.7 Million settlement between Government and construction firm, BK International, was brought to the attention of the nation by this newspaper on April 8, last. When the...

Robber ‘Cash Money’ shot dead, accomplice beaten

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Robber ‘Cash Money’ shot dead, accomplice beaten

– as residents come to aid of Sarah Johanna grocer A 21-year-old ex-con was shot dead Saturday night and his accomplice was beaten when they were confronted by angry residents, hours after they...

Bandit ‘Grandfather Stew’ shot dead by own partner

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit ‘Grandfather Stew’ shot dead by own partner

The criminal career of a 45 year old grandfather came to an abrupt and ignominious end yesterday, when he was shot dead by a member of his gang while fleeing from the home of an Edinburgh, East Bank...

Dem boys seh…Soulja Bai got a ring in he nose

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Soulja Bai got a ring in he nose

Everybody does try to protect dem own. Fowl does try to protect she chicken; mothers does protect she children and politicians does try to protect dem own. But sometimes dem does expose demself. In...

Guyana must strengthen checks and balances to fight cronyism, corruption

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News 1

–Int’l Report After a detailed examination of Guyana’s systems of governance, an international report is recommending that the nation’s systems of checks and balances be strengthened if it is...

Two weeks later…National Assembly, MPs still await bond storage contract from Norton

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two weeks later…National Assembly, MPs still await bond storage contract from Norton

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall is concerned over the fact that the embattled Minister of Health, George Norton, is yet to make good on his promise to provide a...

No way Atlantic Fuel Inc. could have satisfied requirements for fuel licences

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News 2

– Former AG It was revealed on Friday last that Atlantic Fuel Inc. was granted fuel import, storage and wholesale licenses a mere five weeks after applying to GEA for them. GWI Chief Executive...

Rainy Rio wraps up challenging Games on upbeat tropical note

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rainy Rio wraps up challenging Games on upbeat tropical note

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) A blustery storm, a touch of melancholy and a sense of pride converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics on Sunday as Brazil breathed a collective sigh of relief...

Caribbean Badminton International Championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyana in finals of mixed & boys doubles

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Badminton International Championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyana in finals of mixed & boys doubles

The Caribbean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) being played in Aruba at the Centro Deportivo Sports Hall continued Saturday with the Guyanese players moving into the Finals for Mixed...

NSC August vacation camp concludes

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC August vacation camp concludes

The August vacation camp which was hosted by the National Sports Commission concluded on Friday last with a ceremony at Durban Park facility. The camp saw participants being tutored in several...

GWI annuls bidding process for two wells

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI annuls bidding process for two wells

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has annulled the bidding process for the drilling of two wells at Diamond, East Bank Demerara and at Sophia, Greater Georgetown. The move had left contractors...

No rain, No play…again – Shameful situation in T&T

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on No rain, No play…again – Shameful situation in T&T

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Cascada Hotel & Lifetime Real Estate More frustration greeted those who turned up yesterday for the penultimate day of the fourth and final match of...

Boy, 11, electrocuted in Golden Grove

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 11, electrocuted in Golden Grove

An eleven-year-old student of the Golden Grove Primary School, East Coast Demerara was electrocuted yesterday afternoon, after he reportedly came into contact with an exposed Guyana Power and Light...

Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships – Governor General Final…Mahendra Persaud ends 29th of 48 shooters

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships – Governor General Final…Mahendra Persaud ends 29th of 48 shooters

Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud finished a creditable 29th of 50 shooters in the Governor General Final of the just concluded 134th Canadian Fullbore...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Henrietta move to #2 in Essequibo

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Henrietta move to #2 in Essequibo

Henrietta United FC on account of a walk over from Charity Extreme moved into the second place spot in the points table of the Essequibo leg of the ongoing GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Joshua Jones continues prolific scoring form for Beacons in Bartica leg

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Joshua Jones continues prolific scoring form for Beacons in Bartica leg

Beacons’ Joshua Jones continues to hit the back of the nets with consistency in the Bartica leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 League. Jones scored all three of his...

Boyce & Jefford committee conducts Annual Officials’ Workshop

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce & Jefford committee conducts Annual Officials’ Workshop

The Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Committee hosted its annual workshop for Officials in Linden on Saturday as part of its developmental mandate ahead of this weekend’s Track and Field Classic...

New campaign targets youth, mental health stigmatization

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New campaign targets youth, mental health stigmatization

With a focus on youth and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness, the Miss World Guyana Organisation has teamed up with the Ministry of Health and other concerned agencies to promote the...

Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals to be played Sunday at GFC

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup quarterfinals to be played Sunday at GFC

After a delay for the weather and other circumstances at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground will be the venue for the quarterfinals of the Mayor’s Cup football championship as teams contest...

Gun smuggling, delayed justice plague Lethem, neighbouring communities

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gun smuggling, delayed justice plague Lethem, neighbouring communities

– USAID Report Gun smuggling across the Brazil-Guyana border and the delayed access to justice are two of several issues that are plaguing Lethem and other neighbouring communities. These findings...

Guyana participating in Central American Under 15 B/ball Championships

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana participating in Central American Under 15 B/ball Championships

Following the successful hosting of the Boys and Girls Caribbean Basketball Confederation Under 16 Championships from July 2-17, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, where the Guyana U16 boys placed...

Sinclair is top student at GCUC preliminary exams

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair is top student at GCUC preliminary exams

Andrew Sinclair amassed 83% to be the leading candidate of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council preliminary examination which was held recently in Georgetown. The other successful candidates are Andrew...

The WPA is appearing dishonest and barefaced

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

In April 2013, there was a daily protest outside the Sparendam community ground by folks from Plaisance who rejected the proposed e-governance cable tower inside the ground. I was part of that daily...

Epileptic badly injured in ‘killer bees’ attack

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Epileptic badly injured in ‘killer bees’ attack

– rescued by villager after plunging into drain A 30-year-old epileptic man is still trying to shake off the effects of a near-deadly attack by swarm of Africanised bees at Phase Two, Tuschen,...

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The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more