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Jun 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A deadly stick of limited pleasure
By Sharmain Grainger Some have described it as cool and even sexy, but lighting a cigarette stick, placing it between your lips and inhaling and exhaling is nothing to gloat over. As a matter of...Jun 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the stalked storekeeper
By Michael Jordan All Mahendra Persaud planned to do that day was buy supplies for his store, and return home to his wife. The gunmen trailing him had other plans. It was Tuesday, April 19, 2016, and...Jun 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CNS TV celebrates 25 years in Broadcasting
By Murtland Haley Despite several stumbling blocks along the way, CNS TV will on Wednesday be celebrating 25 years in broadcasting across Guyana. Named after its founder, Chandra Narine Sharma (CNS),...Jun 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM unified at the OAS – a moment for unbridled pride
By Sir Ronald Sanders Contrary to all who dismissed it as impossible, the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARCOM) displayed strong solidarity at the Organisation of American...Jun 04, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protecting our patrimony
By HE David Granger (on the 5th Anniversary of the Protected Areas Commission, May 24, 2017) Imagine Guyana without its mud-lands on the coastland, its hinterland grasslands, its wetlands, its...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila hydro developer sells stake in hydro project
Sithe Global, the US-owned company that was developing a 160-megawatts hydro-electric project for Guyana at Amaila Falls, Region Eight, seems to have abandoned hopes of the initiative. The developer,...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairperson Nominees…Granger rejects second list from Jagdeo
President David Granger has once again rejected a list of six nominees for the position of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. This was communicated to Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Head of Presidential Guard says goodbye after 35 years in police force
President David Granger yesterday morning, attended a farewell parade organised by the Presidential Guard Service in honour of Assistant Commissioner and Head of the Presidential Guard Service, Brian...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy duty vehicles, equipment racket…Jagdeo wishes GRA Commissioner good luck with corruption probe
By Kiana Wilburg Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, expressed that he has no problem if a racket has been uncovered by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). In fact, he believes that if there was an...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New GWI board to investigate procurement irregularities
…Mayor Chase-Green elected chairperson City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green was yesterday elected the new chairperson of the state-owned Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) during a special meeting. The new Deputy...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Charges dropped against persons arrested in Kaieteur National Park operation
The charges which were instituted against 20 persons for conducting illegal mining activities in the Kaieteur National park have been dropped. This is according to a statement from the Ministry of...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses fear being sidelined in oil sector
A number of Guyanese companies are appealing to Government to pull out all stops to ensure they get a piece of the oil pie. They are registering concerns about not being able to provide goods and...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo telling Statia he can’t find no crook
No tricks no living. People love to smart everybody and this is something dem learn from small. In fact, dem boys believe that people born wid that instinct to smart people. Babies does lie down in...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana sprints into action today at South American Junior Championships
The South American Junior Championships will begin today at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora with 10 South American countries vying for top honours at the meet that is being hosted for...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reckless batting snaps Afghanistan’s winning streak
ESPNcricinfo – BASSETERRE, St Kitts, – A hare-brained approach with the bat ended Afghanistan’s record 11-match winning streak and sent them tumbling to a six-wicket loss in the series...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand Inter-County U-19 cricket …Demerara retains 50-over title
Mohammed, Yadram spur hosts to 6-Wkt win over U-17s By Sean Devers Led by an unbeaten 53 from Renaldo Ali-Mohammed and four wickets from Baskar Yadram hosts Demerara retained their GCB’s...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Xtreme Clean & Maintenance /GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament…A lot at stake for some top teams
-fans in for some exciting action By Rawle Welch A lot will be at stake when the second night of round robin action in the inaugural Xtreme Clean & Maintenance /GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUSA training classes commence on Tuesday
The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scores Association (GCUSA) umpire training classes will commence on Tuesday at the Demerara Cricket Club at 17:00hrs. Classes are open to male and female players,...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Court hears complainant’s robbery plot backfired
– Saw miller placed on bail Joshua Cummings appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Wales Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was granted $35,000 bail on a charge of unlawful wounding. He...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Batavia, Kartabo get new boat to take students to school
Forty-five (45) secondary school students from Batavia and Kartabo in Region Seven, are now being transported to school free of cost, thanks to President David Granger’s Five Bs initiative (boats,...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Manchester vendor loses $3.5M in jewelry, cash during burglary
After working hard for the past 20 years to provide a better life for her family, a Manchester Corentyne provision vendor is now contemplating her next move after burglars on Thursday afternoon broke...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on VAT on forestry, Greenheart ban, oil discussed as GMSA meets Trotman
A team from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) met with Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, on Thursday to discuss critical issues related to the forestry, mining...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bogus kidney donor starts to repay her victims
Bogus kidney donor, Bibi Shabeena Kadir, had a change of heart and repaid at least two of her victims. Ravi Narine, who gave the woman $150,000 to do tests she claimed were required before the kidney...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Triple whammy
Another tax is about to hit consumers below the belt. The Guyana Revenue Authority has indicated that persons who import vehicles with used tyres will be subject to a penalty. This is tantamount to...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt had no input in appointment of GPHC DCEO – Harmon
Government through its spokesperson, Minister of State Joseph Harmon, yesterday made it clear that it had no hand in appointing a former Army Chief to the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer...Mar 23, 2025
Kaieteur Sports- President of Reliance Hustlers Sports Club Trevis Simon has expressed delight for the support of the Youth Programme from First Lady Arya Ali under her National Beautification...Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more
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