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Carter Birth Anniversary Domino Competition starts tomorrow at Phantom Sports Bar

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carter Birth Anniversary Domino Competition starts tomorrow at Phantom Sports Bar

Domino fans from all across the country are expected to converge at the Phantom Sports Bar, 76 Meadow Brook Drive in Meadow Brook tomorrow to participate in Dion Carter’s Birth Anniversary...

Teen accused of armed robbery spared jail time

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen accused of armed robbery spared jail time

“I am not going to send you to jail. Jail is not going to help you,” said Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore to 18-year-old Mawali Clarke before sending him to undergo counseling for narcotics...

Boiler fire affects Aurora Mines operations

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boiler fire affects Aurora Mines operations

Large-scale gold producer, Guyana Goldfields Inc., which has operations at Aurora, Region Seven, on Wednesday evening suffered a fire. The blaze at the elution circuit boiler was quickly put...

Guyana Amazon Warriors box- office opening hours extended

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors box- office opening hours extended

Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors has informed of the extended opening hours for the Ticket Offices in Guyana as the Hero Caribbean Premier League matches scheduled for Providence draw closer....

Deportation for chocolate-stealing Guyanese in Barbados

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deportation for chocolate-stealing Guyanese in Barbados

Barbados (Barbados Today) – A 52-year-old Guyanese man who stole a chocolate, gave police a wrong name, and has been living here illegally for the past ten years, was handed over to...

GABF U19s for encampment ahead of IGG

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF U19s for encampment ahead of IGG

A confident Guyana will be participating in the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) Under-19 under the auspices and full financing of the National Sports Commission (NSC). The games will be hosted by Suriname...

Nia Fraser eligible to represent Guyana at Goodwill games – GASA’s Ivan Persaud

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nia Fraser eligible to represent Guyana at Goodwill games – GASA’s Ivan Persaud

President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Ivan Persaud said that female 9-10 age group swimmer Nia Fraser is eligible to represent Guyana at the upcoming Goodwill Swim Meet later...

Parika Defenders, Amazon Warriors, Regal Allstars triumph

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parika Defenders, Amazon Warriors, Regal Allstars triumph

Parika Defenders, Amazon Warriors and Regal Allstars recorded victories when the Mike’s Pharmacy, Trophy Stall and Nauth’s Motor Spares 20-over softball competition continued recently. At...

Cops capture one in oral sex killing

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops capture one in oral sex killing

Police have detained a suspect in last June’s bizarre shooting death of Orlando La Cruz, over his alleged refusal to perform a sexual act with one of his drinking buddies. A release stated that the...

God has made up his mind; Guyanese are on their own

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on God has made up his mind; Guyanese are on their own

In my Tuesday, April 18 column last year with the title, “God gave Guyanese a chance in 2015; he won’t do it again,” I wrote the following; “As the days pass, Guyanese in and out of the land...

CJ orders SOCU to return seized $9M Dataram’s brother

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CJ orders SOCU to return seized $9M Dataram’s brother

Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George, last month, granted an order instructing the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) to return $9M it had seized from Troy Dataram, the brother of convicted drug...

Pomeroon boat operators bemoan licensing requirements

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon boat operators bemoan licensing requirements

Speed boat operators in the Pomeroon River, are now in fear as the Maritime Administration [MARAD], has reinforced its will to have all such operations within the Pomeroon licensed. Hire Boat...

GOODBYE TO A SUPERHUMAN

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GOODBYE TO A SUPERHUMAN

Almost a century ago, the world recognized Jamaica because of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a black nationalist whose Pan-Africanism philosophy known as Garveyism was meant to inspire a global movement and...

God has made up his mind; Guyanese are on their own

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on God has made up his mind; Guyanese are on their own

Govt. takes further steps to improve procurement procedures

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. takes further steps to improve procurement procedures

In an effort to improve the evaluation process in public procurement, the Government has taken the decision to ensure that all evaluators are paid so as to expand the available pool of these...

An asteroid hit Astor

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An asteroid hit Astor

Astor Cinema was closed a long time before it was sold. It was not the sale that led to the closure of Astor. What the sale precipitated was the vandalizing of the building. No sooner had it been...

$6M SLED project launched in Region Nine

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $6M SLED project launched in Region Nine

Estimated at approximately $6.3 million, the Ministry of Social Protection has launched a Substantial Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Development (SLED) sheep-rearing project. The project was...

Ministry completes assessment into Carifesta Ave. potholes

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry completes assessment into Carifesta Ave. potholes

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has successfully determined the cause of the developing potholes along the Carifesta Avenue and has completed minor rehabilitative works to remedy the situation....

Army staff sergeant dies after crashing into truck

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Army staff sergeant dies after crashing into truck

An army rank was killed last night after crashing into a parked low bed truck at Timehri, East Bank Demerara. The accident occurred at around 22.00 hrs. An army official identified the victim as...

GPL creating havoc with our lives at Uitvlugt

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL creating havoc with our lives at Uitvlugt

Dear Editor, The treatment meted out recently by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to the residents of Ocean View, Uitvlugt has been reprehensible. For more than a decade, the two western blocks of...

Floods pose a serious threat to the future of Linden

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Floods pose a serious threat to the future of Linden

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your column to share my view on the topic “The flood of 2017-08-04 in the town of Linden”. The name Linden is synonymous with the late President Linden Forbes...

GOVT. SHOULD ACQUIRE NEW AVIATION EQUIPMENT FROM NORTH AMERICA

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GOVT. SHOULD ACQUIRE NEW AVIATION EQUIPMENT FROM NORTH AMERICA

Dear Editor, We have upcoming oil production with significant cash guaranteed for the national development of the country, therefore the government could look at possibly forming a national aviation...

The RAISE ACT will weaken the United States of America

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The RAISE ACT will weaken the United States of America

Dear Editor, “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt “Our journey is not...

The bite of the scorpion kills people in Guyana

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The bite of the scorpion kills people in Guyana

Dear Editor, The Mabaruma sub- regional hospital (Barima- Waini) is desperately in need of medical drugs to treat patients bitten by scorpions and snakes, since it is a Hinterland hospital. On...

My description of poor construction on Agriculture Road stands

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My description of poor construction on Agriculture Road stands

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter written by Mr.Anthony A.Haynes published in the Kaieteur News on August 4th 2017 under the caption; ‘’The Reverend’s description of the execution of...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more