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Smart City, M&CC in contempt of court if operations resume tomorrow – lawyer

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Smart City, M&CC in contempt of court if operations resume tomorrow – lawyer

…company registered week before signing contract …Mayor, Town Clerk run scared, no- show at Town Hall meeting The Georgetown Mayor and City Council and Smart City Solutions may very well be in...

$1B over the engineer’s estimate…Court rules in favour of Govt in GPL US$23M contract case

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $1B over the engineer’s estimate…Court rules in favour of Govt in GPL US$23M contract case

Months of battle in the press and now in the court has ended with the High Court on Friday evening discharging a temporary order halting a multi-billion-dollar state project to run new low and medium...

Jagdeo’s presidency is synonymous with corruption, extra-judicial killings and drug lords – AFC

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s presidency is synonymous with corruption, extra-judicial killings and drug lords – AFC

– Has no moral authority to judge any sitting govt Since Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo’ has a remarkable legacy of failure to his name then he has no place awarding any grade to the...

Attacks on commercial bank customers…Ex-Courts employee trailed, targeted, ID’d them for gunmen—says Crime Chief

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Attacks on commercial bank customers…Ex-Courts employee trailed, targeted, ID’d them for gunmen—says Crime Chief

The hunt is on for a former Courts Furniture Store employee, who has allegedly been pointing out potential victims to the gunmen who have been robbing commercial bank customers. Crime Chief Wendell...

CARICOM to employ lobbyist for corresponding banking issues

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM to employ lobbyist for corresponding banking issues

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have agreed to employ the services of a lobbyist to help the region deal with the issue of de-risking in the banking sector, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime...

Parking meter saga…Smart City Solutions will not release feasibility study

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter saga…Smart City Solutions will not release feasibility study

-Director says the company is not required to do so Smart City Solutions, the company implementing the controversial parking meter project, will not be releasing the study it conducted to determine...

Night courts fulfilled their purpose- Chancellor

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Night courts fulfilled their purpose- Chancellor

With sittings of the night courts scheduled to come to an end on February 28, Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Justice Carl Singh has asserted that they have served their purpose. After almost one...

University of Guyana student wins senior calypso crown

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on University of Guyana student wins senior calypso crown

By Brushell Blackman Twenty-five year old Diana Chapman reigned over a field of 11 and was crowned senior calypso monarch in a highly competitive competition at Thirst Park, Friday night. The Second...

Author and Educator Carmen Barclay Subryan is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Author and Educator Carmen Barclay Subryan is a ‘Special Person’

“I was quite alarmed when I came here and I never saw anybody reading a book. It was quite appalling; all I was seeing was people on their phones and other gadgets. So I thought to myself, I would...

Jagdeo fail Soulja Bai

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo fail Soulja Bai

Soulja Bai people claiming nuff benefits. Every time dem open dem mouth dem claiming how dem improve de benefits to de people. Dem boys hear when dem seh that dem improve old age pension by 45 per...

26th R&R Int. 11 Race National Park Cycle Meet…De Nobrega outsprints Eastman and Agard to take top spot; Crawford is juvenile winner

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 26th R&R Int. 11 Race National Park Cycle Meet…De Nobrega outsprints Eastman and Agard to take top spot; Crawford is juvenile winner

Paul De Nobrega of Digicel Team Evolution comfortably outsprinted Hamza Eastman of Team Coco’s and Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club’s Shaquelle Agard in a three-way battle to win the feature...

Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Tournament 2017 reaches later stage

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Tournament 2017 reaches later stage

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel is staging its 2017 Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc. courts. Play...

All set for Champion of champions Pools today

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Champion of champions Pools today

Shooters Club is set to stage its grand champion of champions pools competition today at the Grand Central Sports Bar, popularly known as Jerries Bar, located at Grove Public Road. The action starts...

KMTC Phagwah Race Meet set for March 19

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Phagwah Race Meet set for March 19

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah race meet has been set for March 19 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne. Eight races are carded for the day with the feature event being the D1 and lower which carries...

Pride beat Scorpions by 59 runs in Super 50 final

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pride beat Scorpions by 59 runs in Super 50 final

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Barbados Pride defeated Jamaica Scorpions by 59 runs in the final of the Regional Super50 at Coolidge Cricket Ground here yesterday. Scores: PRIDE 271 for nine off 50...

Forde and Alves for FIFA Professional Football Conference

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde and Alves for FIFA Professional Football Conference

A press release from the Guyana Football Federation Inc (GFF) has informed that the federation will participate in the FIFA Professional Football Conference 2017 from February 20—21, 2017 in San...

Limacol showdown at MSC and Victoria today

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol showdown at MSC and Victoria today

The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden will come alive tonight when Western Tigers and defending champion Milerock square off in the opeing game of a double header as quarter-final action...

Korean International Martial Arts Guyana to stage Championship on March 25

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Korean International Martial Arts Guyana to stage Championship on March 25

Chairman and Chief Instructor of the Korean International Martial Arts Guyana organisation, Mr. Roland Eudoxie, via a Press Release has indicated that they will be hosting their Annual Martial Arts...

Guyana to have Cricket Museum at National Racquet Centre

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to have Cricket Museum at National Racquet Centre

Reds Perriera, Guyana’s iconic cricket commentator, shared his idea of starting a cricket Museum in Guyana with Director of Sports Christopher Jones last December and made the initial donation of...

League matter is closed in FIFA’s opinion – FIFA Director

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on League matter is closed in FIFA’s opinion – FIFA Director

FIFA’s Director of Member Associations and Development for the Caribbean and Africa Véron Mosengo-Omba said the Elite League dispute was over as far as the global governing body of football was...

BRIS/MAC PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL BOXING CARD …Eagerly anticipated slugfests as local punchers square off with Surinamese counterparts

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BRIS/MAC PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL BOXING CARD …Eagerly anticipated slugfests as local punchers square off with Surinamese counterparts

They are friendly neighbours but this certainly will not be reflected when five of Guyana’s top amateur pugilists square off with their Surinamese counterparts when the BrisMac Promotions, in...

Showstoppers performance extraordinaire destroy Hustlers

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Showstoppers performance extraordinaire destroy Hustlers

-Team Money execute coup d’état over ESPN Defending champion Showstoppers produced a performance extraordinaire to elevate their status as serious contenders for the national title after...

Athletes deserve better

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes deserve better

By Edison Jefford Guyanese athletes, who continue to compete and represent this country against all odds, deserve much better than the shameless, shoddy treatment meted out to them at the façade...

Mashramani Float Parade, Fun day and cycle race planned for Rose Hall Town

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mashramani Float Parade, Fun day and cycle race planned for Rose Hall Town

Shav’eh Business Entity and Benjamin Sports Store are major players Following the successful staging of the inaugural Port Mourant Fun day and Gymkhana, the Sha’veh Business Entity of Lot 33...

Region Two children take to the streets

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two children take to the streets

Department of Education in Region Two hosted its children’s float parade. Children of nursery, primary and secondary schools marched together as one from Coffee Grove to the Anna Regina Community...

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Marian Academy faceoff with Santa Rosa for Pee Wee’s U11 title

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