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Gunman shoots money changer in fast food outlet

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman shoots money changer in fast food outlet

– bike bandits rob gas station In the latest brazen acts by criminals, an unmasked gunman walked into a Popeye’s outlet in Water Street at around 16.00 hrs yesterday and pumped a bullet into...

Decisions on GuySuCo to take crucial IMF commitments into consideration – Harmon

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Decisions on GuySuCo to take crucial IMF commitments into consideration – Harmon

– Says, “In their view, we are basically skewing the economic plans and arrangements of the country when you pour so much money into an industry…” By: Kiana Wilburg Discussions on the...

Granger pleads for patience from crime-weary public

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Granger pleads for patience from crime-weary public

– says strategies are working Have a little patience. That’s the message President Granger is sending to the crime-weary citizens of Guyana. While there is a semblance that crime is on the...

Cops step up search for vanished Prospect woman

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops step up search for vanished Prospect woman

Detectives are likely to step up the search today for Shawnette Savory, the 37-year-old woman who vanished without trace two months ago. Kaieteur News understands that police are preparing to focus...

Baracara revetment controversy…Contractor defends himself against claims of shoddy work

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Baracara revetment controversy…Contractor defends himself against claims of shoddy work

Contractor Mark Gupta of Gupta Contracting, defended his company’s work in the construction of a 260-foot long revetment at Baracara, Canje Creek saying that he carried out his work as specified....

Murder accused stabs prison orderly over woman

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused stabs prison orderly over woman

Murder accused Calvin Bailey was placed in isolation in the Georgetown Prison at around 09.00 hrs yesterday after he stabbed another inmate. The victim, identified as Dwain King, 30, was stabbed...

National Congress for Women raises funds for Region 1 children

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Congress for Women raises funds for Region 1 children

The National Congress of Women (NCW), the women’s arm of the People’s National Congress Reform, hosted a tea party and fashion show on Saturday at Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown....

The sky can be the limit, First Lady tells budding entrepreneurs

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The sky can be the limit, First Lady tells budding entrepreneurs

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, on Saturday said that “the sky can be the limit” for young entrepreneurs, in her address at the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central’s ‘The CEO in You: Young...

Alleged beating of fisherman by GDF ranks…Commander insists action being taken

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged beating of fisherman by GDF ranks…Commander insists action being taken

With Julius Taylor, the man who lost his left eye after he was allegedly beaten by Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen making several visits to the Police Station and Kaieteur News, Commander...

Army’s spectacular display brings down curtains on N/A Town Week

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Army’s spectacular display brings down curtains on N/A Town Week

The New Amsterdam Town week 2016 activities came to an end on Sunday with a wonderful display of paratroop jumping by Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). The activity was held at the New...

Nandlall, Opposition walkout during heated debate over President’s speech

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall, Opposition walkout during heated debate over President’s speech

Say, “The Speaker committed a travesty. There is not even an effort to conceal the bias anymore…Dictatorship is back!” By: Kiana Wilburg The debate over President David Granger’s recent...

Sacrifice and perseverance pay off for new Attorney-at Law Keoma Griffith

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sacrifice and perseverance pay off for new Attorney-at Law Keoma Griffith

By Isanella Patoir Success is no accident; it is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all love of what you are doing or learning to do. That sums up 23-year-old Keoma...

Regular check-ups helped Eileen Baker- Wright beat breast cancer

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Regular check-ups helped Eileen Baker- Wright beat breast cancer

By Enid Joaquin Eileen Baker-Wright is petite, has a glowing complexion and an upbeat personality. It’s hard to believe that she was once in the grip of two diseases-one debilitating, the other...

Human Services Ministry to set up Wismar office

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Human Services Ministry to set up Wismar office

Residents of Wismar, Linden, will soon have access to the services of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Protection without crossing the river to Mackenzie. This is thanks to an initiative by...

Digicel Guyana Open Golf Classic…Persaud claims seventh Guyana Open title

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Guyana Open Golf Classic…Persaud claims seventh Guyana Open title

– Deo dethrones Webster for Ladies crown Reigning champion of the Digicel Guyana Open Golf Classic Avinash Persaud playing with the regular consistency that fans and supporters have become...

Special Miracles Ministries Church marks 21 years

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Special Miracles Ministries Church marks 21 years

The leadership and members of Special Miracles Ministries Royalty Church,(SMMRC) rolled out the red carpet to welcome guests and visitors as the assembly hosted the grand 21st anniversary celebration...

GCF/NSC Three Stage Race…Agard is Overall Champ; Greaves pips Eastman in exciting 3rd stage finale

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF/NSC Three Stage Race…Agard is Overall Champ; Greaves pips Eastman in exciting 3rd stage finale

By Franklin Wilson Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club’s Shaquille Agard pedaled his way to overall victory in the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF), National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored 3-stage...

Property owners will have to foot bill when MCC cleans un-attended lots

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Property owners will have to foot bill when MCC cleans un-attended lots

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown have embarked on another cleaning campaign. This time, the focus will be on the many un-attended empty lots in the Central Business District of the...

Whatley is Mr. New Jersey State Open Bodybuilding 2016 Champion

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Whatley is Mr. New Jersey State Open Bodybuilding 2016 Champion

Earns Overall and Masters Pro Cards Fresh from winning gold in the Masters Over-40 class and silver in the Middleweight division at the 44th Central American and Caribbean Body Building and Fitness...

Letter to the Sports Editor…I did not read Mr Seeraj’s story

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…I did not read Mr Seeraj’s story

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Edwin Seeraj’s letter on my view of his comments on the naming of the Stands at Providence, I don’t read what Mr Seeraj writes on cricket unless it’s a historical...

Can Granger and Nagamootoo tell the nation if they accept this?

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can Granger and Nagamootoo tell the nation if they accept this?

In 2012, we were heading back to Georgetown from Region 6. It was nighttime and we stopped at a restaurant to eat. At the table with me were Christopher Ram, Gerhard Ramsaroop and Michael...

Agro-processors Street Fair highlights Guyana’s manufacturing potential

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Agro-processors Street Fair highlights Guyana’s manufacturing potential

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (New GMC) hosted its third annual Agro-processors Street Fair on Main Street, Georgetown last Saturday. The aim of the annual event is to bring local...

The risks and rewards of conducting emergency medical evacuations in Guyana’s jungle

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The risks and rewards of conducting emergency medical evacuations in Guyana’s jungle

It’s 2:00 am. It‘s raining and it’s dark. A child was born earlier this evening in Mathew’s Ridge, North West District, (a sparsely populated black and Amerindian community located at Barima...

LOST TRIBE OF JAMAICA

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on LOST TRIBE OF JAMAICA

Once upon a time there lived in the Caribbean the Taino people. They gave us words like barbacoa (barbecue), hamaca (hammock), kanoa (canoe), tabaco (tobacco), yuca, batata (sweet potato) and...

More emphasis on reducing Malaria in hinterland

Nov 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on More emphasis on reducing Malaria in hinterland

– Bartica has highest rate of cases among Guyana’s ‘moving’ population The Public Health Ministry’s, Vector Control Services (VCS) unit will be taking a more proactive role to reduce...