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Going back on promises is a no-no

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Going back on promises is a no-no

Transparency was supposed to be the watchword of the new administration. President David Granger had given the promise that everything his government does would be transparent. And this was as a...

See the ability and not the disability

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on See the ability and not the disability

By Sharmain Grainger Some people are born with it, some develop it from various circumstances, but they all have to eventually try to embrace their fate in order to live a normal life. But is living...

Here is the reason why Guyana is where it is

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here is the reason why Guyana is where it is

Dear Editor, I am providing preemptive notice (Saturday, August 13) that I am unwilling to continue any dialogue with Mr. Tyrone Talbot. KN did say that due to the length of his writing on August...

Mr. Martinez and his apartment of secrets

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Mr. Martinez and his apartment of secrets

By Michael Jordan I guess you can call it a jigsaw puzzle withmissing pieces. We know the killer. We know his victim. But there are things that we may never know. Like what, if anything, did a...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The holidays are for fun things but some people do not know that fun does not include dangerous things. Tell that to the young man who is going to borrow a car and crash. He was not even a certified...

Let us not be distracted … our economy is growing

Aug 14, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let us not be distracted … our economy is growing

The Business Support Organisations such as the PSC and the GMSA have been asking for our response to the consistent yammering of the opposition, of their claims that the Guyana economy is tottering,...

The Chinese woman I hugged in Montreal

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Chinese woman I hugged in Montreal

Last Monday after the court case of in which Kwame McCoy and company are charged for a nasty attack on me in May 2010, David Hinds and I exited the court yard together and I suggested we hop across...

US fully supports State Asset Recovery concept

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News 2

– Ambassador says legislation will better enable Guyana to fight corruption By Kiana Wilburg Consultations on the draft legislation for the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) recently received...

Norton delivers grave blow to Govt.’s accountability image with crookish behaviour – Chartered Accountant

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Norton delivers grave blow to Govt.’s accountability image with crookish behaviour – Chartered Accountant

The image of a new type of Government that would actually adhere to the principles of accountability and transparency is what the APNU+AFC painted before the citizenry during the May 11, election...

Correcting wrongs of PPP turning out to be very expensive – President Granger -cites $780M Kato School, $350M Hope Canal Bridge

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Correcting wrongs of PPP turning out to be very expensive – President Granger -cites $780M Kato School, $350M Hope Canal Bridge

By Jarryl Bryan The debacle at Kato Secondary School is one in a series of projects which were undertaken by the previous administration that will have to be corrected by the new one. And according...

Dipcon gets $446M settlement and AG didn’t know

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dipcon gets $446M settlement and AG didn’t know

Dipcon Engineering Services Limited has won a huge settlement against the government of Guyana. Attorney General Basil Williams said that he was not aware of the Court case until after government...

China Harbour taken to court over loam dispute

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News 1

China Harbour Engineering Company has been taken to court by Fazal Mohamed, a private citizen, who claims that the company is stealing his loam. The matter was heard by Justice Brassington Reynolds...

Jamaican caught smuggling coke in roll-on deodorant – court hears

Aug 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican caught smuggling coke in roll-on deodorant – court hears

A Jamaican national is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of trafficking narcotics. According to the facts provided to the court, Easton Stapleton was caught by...

Ayana wins stunning gold, denies doping

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ayana wins stunning gold, denies doping

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reeuters) Olympic athletics got off to an astonishing start on Friday when Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed a 23-year-old world record to win the greatest-ever women’s 10,000 meters...

Mohamed’s Enterprise agrees to upkeep MSC Pavilion

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed’s Enterprise agrees to upkeep MSC Pavilion

Mohamed’s Enterprise of 29 Lombard Street Werk-en-Rust has agreed to support the development of Linden’s main sporting facility, the Mackenzie Sports Club. Managing Director of Mohamed’s...

Kumar puts India in command against West Indies

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kumar puts India in command against West Indies

(Reuters) A devastating spell of swing bowling by Bhuvneshwar Kumar put India in command on the fourth day of the third test against West Indies in St Lucia on Friday. Kumar ripped through the middle...

Manuel and Oleksiak tie for 100m free gold

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Manuel and Oleksiak tie for 100m free gold

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) Canadian Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel of the United States were inseparable at the finish and even more united in joy after a stunning 100 meters freestyle dead-heat...

YK Investments Pawn Shop continues support for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on YK Investments Pawn Shop continues support for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

-Sponsors Male Long Jump Event The Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic continued to receive support from YK Investments Pawn Shop yesterday when the entity officially handed over its...

Guyanese runners fail to get past first round

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese runners fail to get past first round

Guyanese runners Winston George and Brenessa Thompson failed to advance past the respective 400m and 100m qualifying events at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last evening. George finished...

Prime Minister Nagamootoo receives special edition Amazon Warriors bat

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prime Minister Nagamootoo receives special edition Amazon Warriors bat

Guyana’s Prime Minister Moses V. Nagamootoo was Thursday (August 11, 2016) presented with an autographed bat by the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ Manager, Omar Khan. The bat bore the signatures of all...

Rage claim Faye Joseph Dominoes title

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rage claim Faye Joseph Dominoes title

Rage chalked up 81 games to win the final of the Faye Joseph free entry dominoes tournament which was contested on Wednesday night at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Thunder placed second with 79...

Record 120 entries received for $30M Guyana Cup Horse race meet

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Record 120 entries received for $30M Guyana Cup Horse race meet

-16 horses to start in feature “A” class event The 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meeting has attracted a record 120 entries. According to the organisers it is the first time that so many...

GKC delighted Karate now an Olympic medal sport

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GKC delighted Karate now an Olympic medal sport

The Guyana Karate College (GKC) has received with pure delight and gratification, the news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has agreed at its 129th IOC session in Rio de Janeiro...

Guyana Cup horserace fans asked to note bridge closing time

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup horserace fans asked to note bridge closing time

Fans attending tomorrow’s Guyana Cup horserace meeting at the Port Mourant Turf Club must take note of the closing time of the Berbice River Bridge, that’s the word of Organiser Nazrudeen...

Alpha United lead list of transfers for new SEL season set to kick off in September

Aug 13, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United lead list of transfers for new SEL season set to kick off in September

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United has signaled their intentions early that they are going full throttle to regain top club status in Guyana following their loss to Slingerz FC in the inaugural Stag Elite...

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The Vice President has it wrong!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Now, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the government’s anti-corruption system... more