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Granger rejects Jagdeo’s list of GECOM Chairperson nominees

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News 1

– Nandlall says attempts being made to rig next election The list of names submitted by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to President David Granger from which the new Chairman of...

Five inmates wounded in N/A Prison brawl

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Five inmates wounded in N/A Prison brawl

– fracas began over a cell-phone An early morning brawl between several inmates erupted at the New Amsterdam Prison yesterday morning left one prisoner seriously wounded and four others...

Cop turns Thief! – caught in the act, tied up and beaten

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cop turns Thief! – caught in the act, tied up and beaten

By day, he was a policeman, but it appears that by night, the same rank became a professional thief. The embarrassing state of affairs came to light at around 03.00 hrs yesterday, when a resident of...

Children rescued after boat sinks in Canje River

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Children rescued after boat sinks in Canje River

Residents of communities along the Canje river are calling on Government to provide a boat service, following a recent incident where a boat sprung a leak and sank with two children and other...

1, 289 citizens lost to road accidents in ten years

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 1, 289 citizens lost to road accidents in ten years

– 133 children, 161 minibus passengers among victims A nation with a population of around 700,000 loses over 100 of its citizens yearly, due to careless use of the roadways. That death toll is...

Dem boys seh…Businessmen looking fuh big tarpaulin

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Businessmen looking fuh big tarpaulin

Any company that mekking tarpaulin gun do big business. When SARU talk about going after dem high rise property that some of dem big businessmen was putting up all of a sudden, nuff of dem same...

Miners demand meeting with Govt. on pending tax measures

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miners demand meeting with Govt. on pending tax measures

Members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association are calling on the government to meet with them to discuss the new tax measures which the state wishes to implement as part of this year’s...

Govt. setting stage to name its own GECOM Chairman

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. setting stage to name its own GECOM Chairman

– Ramsammy The rejection of the nominees for Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by President David Granger indicates a new level of election rigging. This is according to PPP...

Govt. taking WPA for granted, party’s influence on nation’s direction muted

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. taking WPA for granted, party’s influence on nation’s direction muted

– Dr. Hinds By: Kiana Wilburg The role that the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is being allowed to play in the coalition administration is limited and Government is taking the party for...

GNBS certifies 10 laboratories

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS certifies 10 laboratories

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has certified ten laboratories to provide service to the public. A laboratory certification is the process by which a third party gives written...

Truth and Reconciliation process still needed on Rodney issue – WPA

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Truth and Reconciliation process still needed on Rodney issue – WPA

From all indications, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), is of the belief that the Government has more or less, brushed the Walter Rodney issue under the carpet. WPA Members insist, however, that...

Grocery van robbery caught on CCTV…Vehicle still to be located as cops question one person

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Grocery van robbery caught on CCTV…Vehicle still to be located as cops question one person

One person is being questioned as investigators try to close in on the small gang that broke into and emptied a grocery van parked in front of the La Penitence Market on Saffon Street, Georgetown...

Hearing into Presidential third term ruling to begin Friday

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hearing into Presidential third term ruling to begin Friday

The hearing of the appeal into the Presidential Third ruling is slated to begin on Friday. The matter comes up months after it was filed by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil...

St. George’s Cathedral undergoes rehabilitation

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on St. George’s Cathedral undergoes rehabilitation

– condition of heritage buildings raises issue of ‘National Trust’ Rehabilitative works have begun on the historic St George’s Cathedral building, more than one year after repairs...

Alleged cover-up of carpenter’s murder

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged cover-up of carpenter’s murder

– OPR report on two cops likely this week Did two policemen try to cover up the murder of Berbice carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt? That question is likely to be answered within a few days, when the...

Juniors’ 12th consecutive CASA title was the highlight of 2016 for Squash

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Juniors’ 12th consecutive CASA title was the highlight of 2016 for Squash

By Sean Devers The highlight of another successful year for the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) was the National Junior team’s performance in July in the Cayman Islands where they continued their...

Prices for vegetables double as flooding continues

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prices for vegetables double as flooding continues

Shoppers around the city are feeling the impact of the recent floods that rocked the nation, with the prices for cash crops in some instances doubling. On a walk around at the La Penitence, Bourda...

CCPA steps in to monitor children neglected by alcoholic parents

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CCPA steps in to monitor children neglected by alcoholic parents

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CC&PA) has stepped in to overlook the wellbeing of six children between the ages of 10 years to six months, who were forced to live in a house made with...

Darts enjoyed a year of constant activity

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darts enjoyed a year of constant activity

By Rawle Welch One of many disciplines that do not enjoy mainstream viewing or even discussion for that matter, nevertheless, the pastime of Darts has been able to record a year of constant activity...

GTTA starts 2017 activities with Doubles, Novices and Fundamental Challenge tourney

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA starts 2017 activities with Doubles, Novices and Fundamental Challenge tourney

The Guyana Table Tennis Association will kick start its 2017 Calendar of activities with a Doubles, Novices and Fundamental Table Tennis Challenge competition scheduled for the 20th to 22nd January...

Never trust Guyanese politicians

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

For the purpose of this column, I went back to my files to look for a column I did for the Stabroek News, many moons ago, in which I described the absolute deception and confusion in Guyanese...

Taxi driver, accomplices break into 17 vehicles on E.C.D.

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver, accomplices break into 17 vehicles on E.C.D.

– nabbed and beaten by villagers; batteries and other spares recovered Residents at Mahaica and Mahaicony may now be able to sleep soundly, after capturing a taxi driver and two men who had...

Georgetown M&CC to present annual budget by month end

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown M&CC to present annual budget by month end

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is getting ready to present its annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure to the citizenry of Georgetown by the end of January, 2017, according...

HAPPY NEW YEAR?

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HAPPY NEW YEAR?

A drunk man who smelled like a barrel of beer sat down on a subway train next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was...

Never which way but lose!

Jan 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Never which way but lose!

The government finds itself in a bind. It had campaigned on the back of criticisms of the Amalia Falls Hydroelectric Project. It is now faced with a difficult situation. It has to make a decision on...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more