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Mackenzie High, Kwakwani Secondary rout Georgetown opposition

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackenzie High, Kwakwani Secondary rout Georgetown opposition

-NSBF restarts at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Mackenzie High School and Kwakwani Secondary blew away their respective opposition from Georgetown on Sunday in the Under-14 group when the National...

No “get out of jail” for GECOM boss until audit completed – PPP

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No “get out of jail” for GECOM boss until audit completed – PPP

As the controversy at the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) continues over the questionable procurement of several items prior to the hosting of the May 2015 General Elections, it has now begun to...

Cops hunt ex-phantom in murder of Cummings Lodge vendor

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops hunt ex-phantom in murder of Cummings Lodge vendor

Police are looking for Damion Hopkinson for questioning into the murder of Anita Mohan, who was found lying in a pool of blood on the lower flat of her home located at Lot 315 Cummings Lodge, East...

Chris Ram belatedly tries to defend allegations of bias in audit

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram belatedly tries to defend allegations of bias in audit

Forensic Auditor, Christopher Ram is now denying that he tried to shield his clients when reporting about the audit his accounting firm—Ram and McRae—carried out into the affairs of the National...

Damaged submarine cable bites deep…GPL forced to cut power as two Berbice engines go down

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged submarine cable bites deep…GPL forced to cut power as two Berbice engines go down

Generation woes of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) are continuing to affect citizens across the Demerara and Berbice areas. Weeks after a submarine power cable across the Demerara River went...

High Court hearing stalls start of Jennifer Westford’s trial

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High Court hearing stalls start of Jennifer Westford’s trial

The trial of Dr. Jennifer Westford and Ms. Margaret Cummings in relation to the eight state vehicles, for which they forged documents and attempted to transfer to persons, has once again been...

Govt to focus on apartment buildings, mini-malls in major housing drive

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to focus on apartment buildings, mini-malls in major housing drive

Government is moving to introduce what it says is a more modern way of building housing communities. Already, the Ministry of Communities, which is charged with overseeing the housing sector, has...

Burglars cart off cash, appliances from East Canje home

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars cart off cash, appliances from East Canje home

A Fort Ordinance, East Canje home was on Sunday broken into. Now two sisters fear that the burglars will strike again. Tenant Temekia Edwards, who was not at home at the time of the incident, told...

People should hold contractors responsible- Minister Patterson

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on People should hold contractors responsible- Minister Patterson

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson is advocating for all citizens to hold contractors responsible for all state contracts. The Minister contended that each citizen has a right to...

Albouystown teen remanded over liming spot murder

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown teen remanded over liming spot murder

A Calendar Street, Albouystown resident was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Orrett West, 28, who was killed while hanging out at a popular Plaisance, East Coast Demerara liming spot on...

Providence Stadium preparation on track, ready to host CPL opener on Nov 11

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Providence Stadium preparation on track, ready to host CPL opener on Nov 11

By Sean Devers Transformed from a Sugar Plantation into Guyana’s only Cricket Stadium, the Guyana National Stadium at Providence was built at a cost of US$30Milllion from grants and loans from the...

Calvin Ming opens FIA Fórmula 4 México Championships in impressive style

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Calvin Ming opens FIA Fórmula 4 México Championships in impressive style

Austin, Texas, USA – Circuit of The Americas in Texas, USA was the opening round of a total of 8 rounds featuring 24 races in the 2nd F4 Nacam Championships. This past weekend saw just about all...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…

Durant’s 8 orchestrates annihilation of BYD; Mahaica trounce Ann’s Grove On a day when 20 goals were scored in 180 minutes of football, Buxton United’s Captain Kobe Durant led with aplomb in...

Special education needs, other issues amplified as Education COI continues

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Special education needs, other issues amplified as Education COI continues

A call for school buildings to have similar designs complete with learning and teaching aids for children with special needs has been highlighted during the ongoing Ministry of Education Commission...

44th annual CACBBFF

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 44th annual CACBBFF

NSC fuels Mr. Guyana in CAC medal bid The National Sports Commission (NSC) through Director of Sport Christopher Jones has further fuelled Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke in his bid to flex his way to the...

WDFA/STAG Senior League…

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDFA/STAG Senior League…

Uitvlugt Warriors and Stewartville unstoppable Uitvlugt Warriors thumped Beavers FC 4-0, while neighbours Stewartville defeated Wales United 2-0 as the teams from the West Demerara blanked their West...

Rose Hall Town 46th Anniversary

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town 46th Anniversary

RHTY&SC Cricket teams and Ministry of Social Protection honours senior citizens Fifteen senior citizens over the age of 80 years on Tuesday last were honoured by the eight cricket teams of the...

Barnwell leads Floodlights to victory

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell leads Floodlights to victory

National all-rounder Christopher Barnwell struck a fine unbeaten 87 to lead Floodlights to an eight-wicket victory over G Square Cavaliers of Wakenaam in a T20 fixture played on Friday night at...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League – WDFA…

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League – WDFA…

Eagles FC soar past Slingerz When the West Demerara Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association league continued on Sunday last at the Den...

Rising Sun expresses appreciation for support of Real President Cup Horserace meet

Sep 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun expresses appreciation for support of Real President Cup Horserace meet

The management and staff of the Rising Sun Turf Club and Friends of Rising Sun takes the opportunity to express their heartfelt gratitude and thanks to all those who contributed in one way or the...

RHOs meeting prioritises human resources development

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on RHOs meeting prioritises human resources development

The second Regional Health Officers’ (RHO) meeting for this year opened yesterday, at the Regency Hotel, Georgetown, where a number of areas were singled out for immediate attention. The RHOs...

Multi-million-dollar Bourda Post Office robbery /abduction…DPP withdraws robbery charges against defendants

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-million-dollar Bourda Post Office robbery /abduction…DPP withdraws robbery charges against defendants

Employees of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) have testified at the Preliminary Inquiry, (PI) of the men charged with abduction of police officers during the April 2015 robbery committed at...

Bheri no show as court case postponed again

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bheri no show as court case postponed again

Embattled former Health Minister in the PPP regime, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, and his team of lawyers are trying everything possible to keep the magistrate from handing down her decision. For the third...

NAREI tackles Carambola Fruit Fly in hinterland

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI tackles Carambola Fruit Fly in hinterland

More than 3,600 baits were placed on fruit trees in Mahdia and surrounding communities in Region Eight, as the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) took steps to eliminate...

Women business workshop heads to E’bo Coast

Sep 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Women business workshop heads to E’bo Coast

As part of a continuing programme, “Self-reliance and success in business’, aimed at lifting women to becoming successful business personalities, a workshop the likes of which was held previously...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more