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City council suspends clamping

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City council suspends clamping

… 50 percent reduction in parking fees likely By Brushell Blackman As the parking meter saga deepens, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has suspended booting vehicles until further notice. At a...

Dutch firm to drill three wells at half the price PPP govt. paid

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch firm to drill three wells at half the price PPP govt. paid

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday, announced at the Post Cabinet Press Briefings in the Ministry of the Presidency, that a Dutch company was awarded with a $121,628,000 contract to drill...

Parking meter official tells protestors: “You all possess the mentality of slaves, indentured servants…”

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter official tells protestors: “You all possess the mentality of slaves, indentured servants…”

Ifa Kamau Cush, the man who helped engineer the controversial parking meter deal with the city, is under fire for charged statements on Facebook accusing protestors of possessing the mentality of...

Woman poisons children aged 2, 6, 8 after husband’s alleged infidelity

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman poisons children aged 2, 6, 8 after husband’s alleged infidelity

…Destroys household items A bitter telephone call between a couple has resulted in the woman feeding her three children a poisonous substance before consuming it herself. The children have been...

Bar Association Head in court for allegedly misappropriating funds

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bar Association Head in court for allegedly misappropriating funds

President of the Guyana Bar Association, Gem Sandford-Johnson, is currently before the High Court as a writ has been filed requesting that she pay outstanding money from the sale of property to Elsa...

Teachers finally get duty free concessions

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers finally get duty free concessions

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, said that favourable consideration was given to teachers who had difficulties with their application for duty free concession. The Minister made this statement at a...

Mark Williams gets additional death penalty for Bartica massacre

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mark Williams gets additional death penalty for Bartica massacre

The Bartica massacre trial concluded yesterday with Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Durant’ or ‘Smallie’ given an additional death penalty on a murder charge; and life imprisonment on four...

One squeeze and de clamping done

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on One squeeze and de clamping done

De parking meter people was a set of bully. Dem know how to mek money. Dem had people walking round de city peeping to see who park near parking meter and who paying. All of dem got cell phone and as...

Execution of Berbice domestic worker..Barber released, tattoo artist detained

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Execution of Berbice domestic worker..Barber released, tattoo artist detained

Police have now detained a tattoo artist from Rose Hall Town, Berbice in connection with the apparent execution-style murder of Tain Domestic worker Leelawattie Mohamed. Investigators have received...

Cabinet approves $77 M contract to improve Mazaruni Prisons living quarters

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves $77 M contract to improve Mazaruni Prisons living quarters

Cabinet has approved the contract for the construction of six living quarters at the Mazaruni Prisons of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS). This was according to the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon,...

PSC urges SARA Bill be sent to Special Select Committee

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PSC urges SARA Bill be sent to Special Select Committee

-claims despite consultations, no meaningful changes made The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is of the impression that consultations held last year on the draft Bill for the State Assets Recovery...

One suspect to be state witness in Phone Card robbery/murder

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One suspect to be state witness in Phone Card robbery/murder

As investigators begin to wrap up their investigation into the brutal shooting to death of Danian Anthony Jagdeo, a phone card vendor and father of four, the men in custody are likely to be charged...

Cops seek drug addict after fire razes three houses

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek drug addict after fire razes three houses

The police are said to be looking for a drug addict in whose room a fire started around 00:45 hrs yesterday and subsequently destroyed two neighbouring buildings, including a liquor bar at Kitty,...

Thieves in fancy car trail, break into US-based Guyanese vehicle

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves in fancy car trail, break into US-based Guyanese vehicle

– Escape with US$5000, personal documents Three men in a brand new Nissan Bluebird were recorded on surveillance camera trailing an overseas-based Guyanese to a Saffon Street, Charlestown...

GRA explains 2016 motor vehicle licence fee problems

Feb 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA explains 2016 motor vehicle licence fee problems

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday assured that the problems with the charges for vehicle licences will soon be fixed. GRA, in a statement, said that motorists may have been baffled or...

GCF to pedal off national season tomorrow with 75-mile Road Race

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF to pedal off national season tomorrow with 75-mile Road Race

Working on implementing points system In a break from the usual tradition of just focusing on the National Championships, the Horace Burrowes led Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) will run off the...

GMR&SC Annual General Meeting & Elections…Mohammed new Boss of motor racing

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Annual General Meeting & Elections…Mohammed new Boss of motor racing

-promises inclusivity Newly-elected President of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Rameez Mohamed speaking after his victory said he will embark on inclusivity and pay close...

Flying Ace Cycle Club re-elects businessman John Lewis as President

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club re-elects businessman John Lewis as President

Popular businessman and long serving president John Lewis has been returned unopposed at President of the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) when the club held its annual general meeting recently in the...

Young Warriors Cricket Club Mash Cup 2017 postponed due to inclement weather

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors Cricket Club Mash Cup 2017 postponed due to inclement weather

The fourth edition of Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) fund raiser, Mash Cup 2017 has been postponed to a date in March. A release from the Cumberland based cricket club said that the current...

Karim, Drakes star as Omesh XI, Super Power secure final berths

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karim, Drakes star as Omesh XI, Super Power secure final berths

Omesh XI and Super Power have secured their places in the final of the West Side 10/10 softball tournament after recording victories in their respective semi-final matches played recently at Leonora...

Ogle CC softball on tomorrow

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ogle CC softball on tomorrow

Ogle Community Centre on the East Coast of Demerara will be hosting a four-team Over-40 softball tournament starting at 09:30 hrs tomorrow. The competition will be played on a 20-over basis and the...

Milo schools football commences today

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo schools football commences today

The 5th Annual Milo 18 and Under Schools Football Competition commences today with four matches at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue. Thirty-two teams have been confirmed to...

Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Must win situation face Camptown today

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Must win situation face Camptown today

-Ann’s Grove look to defend home turf against Den Amstel Action in the Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition swings to the Victoria ground this evening with a doubleheader scheduled...

Executive Officer of President’s Youth Award visits Berbice makes gear donation

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Executive Officer of President’s Youth Award visits Berbice makes gear donation

The Executive Officer of the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (MS) programme, Allister Collins recently travelled to Region 6 to have a first-hand look at the Award’s development and...

‘Top order, fielding let us down’ says Griffith

Feb 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Top order, fielding let us down’ says Griffith

High in praise for Bajan pitches By Sean Devers in Barbados In Association with Bounty Supermarket, Vnet Communications, Life Time Reality & Ming’s Products & Services The biggest...

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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