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Lusignan escapee ‘EL Sinkie’ killed in high-noon shootout

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan escapee ‘EL Sinkie’ killed in high-noon shootout

– Fugitive Kerry Cromwell surrenders hours after Lusignan escapee Clive Forde was shot dead yesterday during a high-noon gun battle with police, that transformed East La Penitence, Greater...

Fugitive surrenders at Brickdam Police Station

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fugitive surrenders at Brickdam Police Station

Mere hours after fellow escapee Clive Forde was slain in a shootout with the police, murder accused Kerry Cromwell, among 13 who escaped from the Lusignan Prison, surrendered to police at the...

Man who murdered 17-year-old wife had almost killed ex-lover

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man who murdered 17-year-old wife had almost killed ex-lover

–had called first victim weeks before slaying spouse Twenty two-year-old Aszeema Alli has been living in fear for the past two years after her ex-lover stabbed her multiple times on...

Take away financial incentive of corruption to deter future activities

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Take away financial incentive of corruption to deter future activities

– Expert advises Christopher Camponovo of Halcyon Law Group thinks that if the financial incentive of corrupt practices is taken away from past offenders and they are then made to serve...

NICIL’S BIGGEST BLUNDERS…Marriott, Berbice Bridge, Skeldon investments are entity’s worst mistakes

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL’S BIGGEST BLUNDERS…Marriott, Berbice Bridge, Skeldon investments are entity’s worst mistakes

– NICIL Head By: Kiana Wilburg The investments made by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), into the Berbice Bridge, the Marriott Hotel and Skeldon Energy Inc....

Several questions unanswered about nation’s oil find

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Several questions unanswered about nation’s oil find

– Georgetown Chamber of Commerce The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) still has many unanswered questions about the future of Guyana with oil as one of the main...

Mother of nine perishes in Enterprise blaze

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of nine perishes in Enterprise blaze

Horror unfolded last evening in Enterprise Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, when a domestic worker perished in a fire of unknown origin,that gutted her wooden home. Dead is fifty-year-old...

Prisoners getting ketch hand over fist

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Prisoners getting ketch hand over fist

In three days de police ketch three people who get away from de prisons. Of course dem was ketching steady and turning dem in but this one ain’t going back to jail. Of course when he escape he...

GPL satisfied with company that replaced Wartsila

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL satisfied with company that replaced Wartsila

Following the end of Wartsila’s tenure at the Kingston Generation plant in December 2016, government sought not to renew the contract and handed over the plant to a newly formed state company,...

Foreign Affairs Minister lauds improvement in relations with Canada

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Affairs Minister lauds improvement in relations with Canada

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge is pleased with the efforts of Canada’s outgoing High Commissioner, His Excellency Pierre Giroux, in forwarding relations with his country and the people of...

GPL aims to end Anna Regina’s black-out blues

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL aims to end Anna Regina’s black-out blues

– new generators likely by December Blackouts have been a decades-old feature in Guyana, but the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is moving, one area at a time, to make this a thing of the past....

Chase Academy repeat as champs, down Annai 6-2; Waramadong end 3rd

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chase Academy repeat as champs, down Annai 6-2; Waramadong end 3rd

By Franklin Wilson A Stephon Reynolds hat-trick and a double from Nicholas McArthur was the foundation that led to Chase Academy retaining championship honours for the second consecutive year as the...

570 matters completed under new CPRs

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 570 matters completed under new CPRs

At least 570 court matters have been disposed of by way of mechanism under the new Civil Procedure Rules of 2017. According to information recently obtained by this newspaper through the...

GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior’s Championships fixed for Sunday

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior’s Championships fixed for Sunday

By Franklin Wilson It’s that time of the year when the marquee event on the body building calendar is set to unfold on the stage, much to the desire of the athletes and fans. This year’s event,...

Regional blind cricket set for Guyana from Aug. 21

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional blind cricket set for Guyana from Aug. 21

This year’s Regional Cricket Tournament for the Blind and Visual Impaired is set for Guyana from August 21-28 and the Guyana Blind Cricket Association promises the best ever tournament in the...

Minister notes development at Haag Bosch Landfill site

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister notes development at Haag Bosch Landfill site

Even as she expressed concern for the health of the garbage pickers attached to the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill site, Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings -Williams has noted...

Two more sponsors onboard Four horsemen Top Brandz Emancipation horserace meet

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two more sponsors onboard Four horsemen Top Brandz Emancipation horserace meet

Entries close today With all set before the much anticipated Four Horsemen Top Brandz Corona Emancipation one Day horserace meet entries close today. Meanwhile, two more companies have handed over...

Perez makes most of stalemate with half-century

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Perez makes most of stalemate with half-century

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Raymond Perez grabbed the opportunity for a half-century as Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago played to a tame draw on the final day of their second round match in the...

Giving Hope Foundation hosts ‘grief camp’ for youths who lost loved ones

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Giving Hope Foundation hosts ‘grief camp’ for youths who lost loved ones

With the start of the July/August vacation period, many children have been granted some time away from the teaching/learning process. However, some of them may now find the time to dwell on...

GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney…Future Stars and West Front Road-Gold is Money to contest Saturday’s final

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney…Future Stars and West Front Road-Gold is Money to contest Saturday’s final

Following two scintillating semi final clashes, Future Stars proved their billing with a huge upset win, toppling Sparta Boss 7-6 in a ding dong clash, while West Front Road-Gold is Money in another...

Linden Church Basketball…New champions to be decided as Fire and South battle tonight

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Church Basketball…New champions to be decided as Fire and South battle tonight

Multiple champions Carmel relegated to face Temple for third place Pentecostal Fire and South Assembly are to square off tonight to decide the new champions of the 11th annual Pentecostal Fire Church...

Who killed little Isaiah Smartt?

Jul 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Who killed little Isaiah Smartt?

The death of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt, whose body was pulled from a shallow drain on June 20, last at ‘E’ Field Sophia, is proving to be a difficult case to solve. It has been little over a...

Wellman Masters, Floodlights record victories

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wellman Masters, Floodlights record victories

Wellman Masters and Floodlights recorded victories when the Mike’s Pharmacy, Trophy Stall and Nauth Motor Spares 20-over softball competition continued yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club...

Slimy eels that crawled out of the gutter of dictatorship

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Slimy eels that crawled out of the gutter of dictatorship

In the June 16, 1990 issue of The Economist, there is a description of the slime eel. I quote; “The slime ell is an ancient and disgusting beast. Its loose fitting skin, which has been likened to...

LABA and clubs meet to plan league and U-19 tournaments this evening

Jul 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA and clubs meet to plan league and U-19 tournaments this evening

Clubs affiliated to the Linden Amateur basketball Association (LABA) are invited to a meeting this evening with the association from 18:00hrs at the Mackenzie Sports Club pavilion. To be discussed...

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Shadman hits fifty, WI drop three catches on truncated day

A little room to breathe and a podium of their own!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Week after week, the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)... more