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Dispute over Digicel’s ‘illegal’ Suriname bypass…Telecoms Ministry asks GT&T to show it can deliver quality data services

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dispute over Digicel’s ‘illegal’ Suriname bypass…Telecoms Ministry asks GT&T to show it can deliver quality data services

The Ministry of Telecommunications has invited the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to clearly demonstrate that it has the network capacity to ensure that the people of Guyana have...

Economy is slowly being ‘choked to death’ by Govt.’s policies – PPP

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Economy is slowly being ‘choked to death’ by Govt.’s policies – PPP

– Says IMF preliminary findings validate its position The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is of the impression that the government’s policies are slowly choking the economy to death. In...

Bound body in sand pit…Deportee held as cops link killing to drug deal

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bound body in sand pit…Deportee held as cops link killing to drug deal

Investigators have finally arrested a deportee, who had been on the run since the battered body of 28-year-old fisherman Levan Chanderpaul was found in a sand-pit at the Number 68 Village, Corentyne...

460 prisoners given reduced sentences

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 460 prisoners given reduced sentences

– for Republic Anniversary Four hundred and sixty prisoners countrywide have been granted reduced sentences. Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, said that the ‘Special Remission’...

Driver dies in highway collision with truck

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dies in highway collision with truck

A 29-year old man was killed yesterday morning after he lost control of the car he was driving and slammed into a lorry at Harrauni Public Road along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Dead is Simon Paul,...

Guyanese Tricia Teekah named Commonwealth ‘Young Person of the Year’

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Tricia Teekah named Commonwealth ‘Young Person of the Year’

A young, vibrant Guyanese is once again the face of something laudable. Tricia Teekah, who successfully led the ‘Vote Like A Boss’ campaign, has been named the Commonwealth ‘Young Person...

ASP fingered in AK-47 smuggling transferred to another branch

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ASP fingered in AK-47 smuggling transferred to another branch

…as probe continues The Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP) who was fingered in the smuggling of an AK-47 assault rifle out of the Tactical Service Unit (TSU) has been transferred to another...

Court has jurisdiction to hear Red House case – CJ

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Court has jurisdiction to hear Red House case – CJ

Chief Justice (Ag) Madam Yonette Cummings-Edwards, on Friday, delivered her ruling in the matter filed by Cheddi Jagan Research Inc. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil...

Efforts afoot to phase out septic tanks

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts afoot to phase out septic tanks

…as GWI moves to treat waste water Housing schemes being developed in the coming years, will most likely be outfitted with central water treatment plants, intended to replace the erection of...

EDFA Senior League…Buxton Stars still unbeaten after 4 matches; BAPSC is latest club to fall

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EDFA Senior League…Buxton Stars still unbeaten after 4 matches; BAPSC is latest club to fall

By Franklin Wilson The Major brothers were once again the chief architects along with Damion Thomas as Buxton Stars maintained their unbeaten record when the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA)...

Ex-prison officers, active members must combat challenges facing penal system – Acting Director

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-prison officers, active members must combat challenges facing penal system – Acting Director

– Ex-Prison Officers Association celebrates 27th Anniversary Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels yesterday exhorted ex-Prison Officers to continue to work with active members of...

Golden Jaguars ask fans to flood Linden for Martinique clash tomorrow

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars ask fans to flood Linden for Martinique clash tomorrow

Georgetown: The Golden Jaguars have urged football fans to come out in numbers to support the national team in the international match against Martinique tomorrow in Linden. A 30-man Guyana Senior...

Transformative Project on the rise for Paramakatoi – Pt 3

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Transformative Project on the rise for Paramakatoi – Pt 3

– Branding and marketing Sundried Tomatoes One of the central elements missing from many indigenous and local product lines is sound branding, packaging and marketing. Although there are...

Q Mobil Cup t20 series…Khan’s dream debut and Malik’s unbeaten 38 see Pakistan to 1-nil lead

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Q Mobil Cup t20 series…Khan’s dream debut and Malik’s unbeaten 38 see Pakistan to 1-nil lead

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Stag Beer & Vnet Communications Pakistan took a 1-nil lead in the four match T20 series against West Indies with an easy six-wicket win in the first...

Berbice Zone Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Outsiders, Kings, Gunners and M/cony contested semi-finals

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Zone Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Outsiders, Kings, Gunners and M/cony contested semi-finals

Mahaicony, East Bank Gunners, New Amsterdam (NA) Kings and Outsiders were the four teams vying for places in last night’s semifinal of the Berbice Zone Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss under pressure to qualify

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss under pressure to qualify

Unquestionably one of the most consistent teams in the shorter format of the game, Sparta Boss has their own destiny in their hands in their final encounter against Tiger Bay on Thursday, at the...

Berbice U-19 Volleyball squad returns home after successful trip to Trinidad

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice U-19 Volleyball squad returns home after successful trip to Trinidad

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA), U-19 squad recently returned home from a successful trip to the twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The team after suffering mixed fortunes during...

Charity appeals to public to help young mother disfigured in acid attack

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Charity appeals to public to help young mother disfigured in acid attack

By Rehanna Ramsay Your National Identification Card, your passport and your work badge, all have the same things in common – your name, and a photograph of your face. It’s the two things that...

Attorney-at-Law, James Bond, assumes Presidency of Guyana Chess Federation

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Attorney-at-Law, James Bond, assumes Presidency of Guyana Chess Federation

Commits to an aggressive plan to strengthen the respective bases Months of careful planning, while getting their financial business in order, culminated when affiliates of the Guyana Chess Federation...

Guyoil win Trophy Stall inter ministries dominoes

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil win Trophy Stall inter ministries dominoes

Guyoil chalked 90 games to win the final of the Trophy Stall inter ministries dominoes competition which was contested recently at Ministry of Agriculture canteen. GPHC placed second with 68 games,...

Taxi driver shot during robbery attempt

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot during robbery attempt

A 50-year-old taxi driver was shot Saturday night during an attempted robbery at North East La Penitence, Georgetown. Gayford Cordinton of Lot 737 La Parfaite Harmony, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was...

What is the role of the WPA in the Government?

Mar 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What is the role of the WPA in the Government?

If there is any caricature in politics anywhere in the world, it is the Working People’s Alliance in Guyana. I don’t believe the Justice for All Party has any members. I don’t believe there is...

Granger urges Lindeners to become entrepreneurs

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger urges Lindeners to become entrepreneurs

– as Linden Exposition, Trade and Investment Fair 2017 opens By Jacquey Bourne Under the theme “Linden the Gateway to Investment Opportunities; a Window to Future Development” the Linden...

Amid industrial action for pay hike…UG Vice-Chancellor says majority of staff benefit from a host of allowances

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Amid industrial action for pay hike…UG Vice-Chancellor says majority of staff benefit from a host of allowances

Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) Professor Ivelaw Griffith has revealed that a majority of staff at the tertiary educational institution benefit from a host of allowances in addition...

Linden Trade and Investment Fair….Chanzar’s Enterprise, a local manufacturing success story

Mar 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Trade and Investment Fair….Chanzar’s Enterprise, a local manufacturing success story

By Enid Joaquin The Linden Trade and Investment Fair held at the Egbert Benjamin Centre over the weekend, drew hundreds who turned up at the facility to view, sample and purchase the myriad items...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more