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Breaking News!!! “Bartica massacre killer saved my life”- abducted man

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! “Bartica massacre killer saved my life”- abducted man

With swollen feet, 22-year-old Matthew Shivtahal spoke of how he walked for hours to find land after he was freed by the four prisoners who abducted him after they escaped from the Camp Street...

Escapees came out with guns, cutlasses

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Escapees came out with guns, cutlasses

…prison cameras reveal Just before 17:00 hrs on Sunday, the Camp Street prison’s surveillance cameras picked up six prisoners exiting the facility and making their way towards Bent Street,...

Abducted driver released in E.C.D. backlands

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted driver released in E.C.D. backlands

Twenty-two year-old Matthew Shivtahal last night told detectives a harrowing tale of how he walked through thick bush and plunged through mud to get to safety. Shivtahal of Kaneville, East Bank...

Guyana lacks capacity to handle huge influx of invoices from Exxon – Visiting experts

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana lacks capacity to handle huge influx of invoices from Exxon – Visiting experts

To protect the country’s interest, the Government of Guyana would do well to make swift moves to hire trained professionals in the legal and financial fields. These should have experience working...

Air, ground patrols to boost security at Lusignan

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Air, ground patrols to boost security at Lusignan

– Govt. announces emergency plan to house displaced prisoners, restore normalcy In the aftermath of Georgetown Prison riot, the Government has approved the immediate implementation of a...

Buxton and Agricola don’t want no escapee

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Buxton and Agricola don’t want no escapee

Since dem prisoner bun down de jail Sunday afternoon, nuff people close dem doors and go to bed early. Last night was de same thing. During de daytime and all de place was skimpy. Nuff people...

Guyana face Windward Islands at Gilbert Park as Regional U17 bowls off today

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face Windward Islands at Gilbert Park as Regional U17 bowls off today

By Zaheer Mohamed in Trinidad and Tobago In association with V Net Communications, Mike’s Pharmacy, 4R, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and Ramchand’s Auto Spares Guyana will begin their...

Top Brandz Corona Invitational football Tournament underway

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top Brandz Corona Invitational football Tournament underway

Wins for Northern Rangers and Santos on opening day Play in the Top Brandz Corona Beer Invitational Football Tournament kicked off on Sunday last at the GFC ground in Georgetown with three matches...

GFF/BFA NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U17 League…Paradise Invaders, Monedderlust and NA United chalk up wins

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/BFA NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U17 League…Paradise Invaders, Monedderlust and NA United chalk up wins

In brilliant sunny conditions on Saturday last at the Paradise ground, Paradise Invaders made full use of home advantage including crowd support to needle a spirited Mahaicony Thunderhawks. when...

Berbice Cricket Board First Division 50 overs…Cricket at Rose Hall Canje Welfare Centre revived, wins for YWCC and West Berbice

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board First Division 50 overs…Cricket at Rose Hall Canje Welfare Centre revived, wins for YWCC and West Berbice

First Division action in the Berbice Cricket Board’s 50-Over competition continued last weekend with two matches being played in the county. At the Rose Hall, Canje, Welfare Centre, under brilliant...

Media interactive session held with National U17 Women’s Team

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Media interactive session held with National U17 Women’s Team

As part of the national encampment schedule of activities, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) held an interactive session with members of the National U17 Women’s team at the camp venue to build...

NSC stages ‘TEACH THEM YOUNG’ Table Tennis Camp

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC stages ‘TEACH THEM YOUNG’ Table Tennis Camp

The National Sports Commission (NSC) in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association began its ‘TEACH THEM YOUNG’ Summer Table Tennis Camp at the National Gymnasium Mandela Avenue from...

Gajanand Singh attributes hard work his recent success

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gajanand Singh attributes hard work his recent success

Plans to give 150% to Warriors during CPL By Sean Devers Gajanand Singh, the classy left-hander from Cumberland Berbice, is one of six new recruits in the Guyana Amazon Warriors team for the 2017 CPL...

Nat School B/Ball finals …LTI (boys) & Marian Academy (girls) take U-19 Titles …

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nat School B/Ball finals …LTI (boys) & Marian Academy (girls) take U-19 Titles …

McKenzie High win U-14, Kwakwani take U-16 Divisions By Sean Devers Watched by a fair sized crowd on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the 12th annual National Schools Basketball...

Jammers punish NA Warriors 62-45 to march to semis of Berbice Basketball tourney

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jammers punish NA Warriors 62-45 to march to semis of Berbice Basketball tourney

Rose Hall Town Jammers brushed aside New Amsterdam Warriors 62-45 in a Group B encounter to book a place in the semi-final in the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association 2017 Tournament for teams in...

GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney …

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney …

Battles continue this evening at Gymnasium from 20:00hrs Its win or get out the way time again this evening when the GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive knock-out Futsal tournament continues at the National...

Union President likens planned VC investiture to coronation of a king

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Union President likens planned VC investiture to coronation of a king

The hosting of the July 23 – 28, 2017 Diaspora Engagement Conference [DEC], which will culminate with an investiture ceremony for the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana [UG], is...

Prison officers remain in critical state at GPHC

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officers remain in critical state at GPHC

Prison Officer Hubert Trim is now a patient of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), having undergone hours of surgery and treatment yesterday. Trim was...

A single act by one inhuman magistrate can endanger the entire country

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A single act by one inhuman magistrate can endanger the entire country

The Minister of Public Security has told the nation that those convicted of non-violent crimes will be given early release. He informed us that over 500 hundred remand accused cannot meet bail. Did...

Water receding from Cookrite Savannah

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Water receding from Cookrite Savannah

A composite team including regional officials of East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6), Civil Defence Commission (CDC), and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) visited the Black Bush...

SECURITY, NOT OVERCROWDING, WAS THE PROBLEM

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SECURITY, NOT OVERCROWDING, WAS THE PROBLEM

The prison break and torching of the Georgetown Prisons was not due to overcrowding. It was due to ineffectual security. There were incidents in the past with prisoners breaking out and climbing on...

ExxonMobil to submit plan on how local businesses will benefit by December

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to submit plan on how local businesses will benefit by December

Under pressure to ensure that Guyanese play a more integral role in oil production, ExxonMobil, and its partners Hess and CNOOC Nexen, have announced that a detailed local content plan will be...

Japan donates musical instruments to Music School

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Japan donates musical instruments to Music School

The Japanese Government is playing a role in the Ministry of Education’s efforts to reintroduce music to the regular schools’ curriculum. Yesterday, members of the Japan International...

THE PRISON FIRE

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE PRISON FIRE

The public should not be surprised. The inferno that engulfed the wooden structures at the Camp Street Prison on Sunday was bound to happen for several reasons. There has been chronic over-crowding...

NIS closes Camp Street office

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NIS closes Camp Street office

Following the catastrophic fire Sunday at the Camp Street jail, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced the closure of its office in the area. “Employers are hereby notified that due to...

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