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BREAKING NEWS!!! Bound bodies of elderly women…Cops capture mastermind in Pomeroon

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!!! Bound bodies of elderly women…Cops capture mastermind in Pomeroon

Police have captured the 37-year-old man who allegedly led the gang which robbed and brutally murdered elderly Constance Fraser and Phyllis Caesar in their South Road, Bourda home last week...

US$500M PetroCaribe rice deal…SOCU recommends contempt charges against GBTI directors

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$500M PetroCaribe rice deal…SOCU recommends contempt charges against GBTI directors

-Questions raised over bank’s presence on GRDB board Directors of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) are facing contempt charges. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) will have to...

GRA in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion-Tax Chief

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion-Tax Chief

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, has noted that with stringent measures now in place, the agency is in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion...

Cops step up hunt for mastermind in the murders of elderly women

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News 1

Up to press time yesterday, the cops were hot on the trail of the 37-year-old mastermind in the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar,77, whose bound bodies were discovered last Tuesday...

Killers burned block maker’s body twice

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News 1

The men who killed blockmaker, Mahendra Ghanie, said they were forced to burn his body twice in separate graves in a desperate bid to conceal evidence of their grisly crime. The suspects, including...

Aurora gold mine pours record-breaking 18,900 ounces in September

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora gold mine pours record-breaking 18,900 ounces in September

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfield Inc., which operates the Aurora mines in Cuyuni/Mazaruni area, has set a record breaking production in September. According to the company, gold production from mining...

Criminal charges likely for several in Gold Board case

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal charges likely for several in Gold Board case

The police are reportedly set to recommend criminal charges for a number of persons implicated in alleged money laundering transactions at the Guyana Gold Board (GGB). The charges stemmed from...

From labourer to Superintendent of Works, Lloyd Rollins is a Special Person

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on From labourer to Superintendent of Works, Lloyd Rollins is a Special Person

By Keeran Danny Many platitudes of how men rise to success come to mind to describe the journey of Lloyd Rollins, Superintendent of Works within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Special...

Guyana get some dumb leaders

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana get some dumb leaders

Is by de grace of de Man above that Guyana still existing after all dem stupid leaders it had and still got. Dem boys hear when Sam was president he wasn’t only blind, he didn’t have taste. He go...

BCB Elections set for today

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Elections set for today

The Berbice Cricket Board today, Sunday 2017.10.08, would be holding its Annual General Elections a release from that body indicated. The elections would be the first to be held since December 2014...

13th Hand in Hand NP Cycle Meet …Geron Williams takes main event; Nigel Duguid wins juvenile contest

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 13th Hand in Hand NP Cycle Meet …Geron Williams takes main event; Nigel Duguid wins juvenile contest

Continental Cycle Club’s Geron Williams pedaled to an exciting win in the school boys and invitational feature 35-lap race at the 13th annual Hand in Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Companies...

2017 COURTS PEE WEE …St. Angela’s suffer first lost in 2 years during action packed day

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 COURTS PEE WEE …St. Angela’s suffer first lost in 2 years during action packed day

Two-time defending champions St. Angela’s Primary lost their first game in the COURTS Pee wee under-11 football competition in two-years, after being needled by Sophia Primary when round two of the...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …Surujnarine (101), Baldeo (75) share double century stand

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …Surujnarine (101), Baldeo (75) share double century stand

As U/C’tyne in charge An unfinished double century between Kandasammy Surujnarine and Balchand Baldeo left Upper Corentyne large and in charge in their own back-yard against East Bank when stumps...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …E/Coast stumble after century opening stand

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …E/Coast stumble after century opening stand

Anthony Adams grabs another 5-for Essequibo Left-arm spinner Anthony Adams captured his sixth five-wicket haul after Test opener Rajendra Chandrika and Brian Sattaur had posted 110 for the first...

GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Shoot/WIFBSC Caribbean C/ships …Teams set to practice today ahead of shoot off tomorrow; Jamaica out

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Shoot/WIFBSC Caribbean C/ships …Teams set to practice today ahead of shoot off tomorrow; Jamaica out

By Franklin Wilson All systems are in place for what is anticipated to be a keenly contested Guyana National Rifle Association 150th Anniversary Shoot and West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council...

Judge says BCB elections to go on

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Judge says BCB elections to go on

Following the ruling by the Honorable Justice Navendra Singh the Berbice Cricket Board Elections must be held today, October 8, and that Vice President Dhieranidranauth Somwaroo ensures that Notices...

EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League…Mocha Champs, Diamond United, Samatta Point & Herstelling win

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League…Mocha Champs, Diamond United, Samatta Point & Herstelling win

Day five of the 2nd annual East Bank Football Association / Ralph Green sponsored Under-11 League at the Grove Playfield, East Bank Demerara, produced some exciting results with one walk over being...

Caribbean applaud Ninvalle’s appointment to EB

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean applaud Ninvalle’s appointment to EB

President of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle has been appointed with immediate effect to the Executive Bureau of AIBA. Ninvalle was on Wednesday informed of the appointment via an email...

West Berbice defeat Georgetown by eight wickets

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Berbice defeat Georgetown by eight wickets

West Berbice defeated Georgetown by eight wickets when the Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket Guyana Inc Jaguars three-day franchise league continued yesterday. In reply to Georgetown first innings score...

‘The future is in your hands, prevent filaria today’ – doctor urges

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘The future is in your hands, prevent filaria today’ – doctor urges

By Sharmain Grainger Even in a world as modern as ours, tauntings and harsh stares are still among the difficulties faced by some people who manifest signs and symptoms of lymphatic filariasis...

Kiln-dried, dressed lumber for hurricane-affected islands

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kiln-dried, dressed lumber for hurricane-affected islands

-83 Guyanese to return home A Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway lumber establishment has come on board with at least three containers of dressed lumber to several hurricane-hit islands. According...

REMEMBERING THE CUBANA AIR DISASTER

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on REMEMBERING THE CUBANA AIR DISASTER

Forty-one years ago, eleven young Guyanese men and women perished in what came to be known as the “Cuban air disaster.” Wednesday October 6, 1976 will always be remembered by Guyanese as one of...

$$Million lost every crop…OPM investigating cane juice dumping at Skeldon factory

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$Million lost every crop…OPM investigating cane juice dumping at Skeldon factory

A senior Berbice official says that his office has received credible information that figures are being fudged at the Skeldon sugar estate. According to Gobin Harbhajan, representative of the Prime...

Orealla villagers benefit from musical instruments

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Orealla villagers benefit from musical instruments

Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, who is also responsible for Culture, Youth and Sports, recently made a contribution of musical instruments and other equipment to the villagers of...

“Significant assistance” to storm-affected member states hailed-as 71st meeting of COTED opens

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Significant assistance” to storm-affected member states hailed-as 71st meeting of COTED opens

The 71st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture was declared open on Friday, at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Secretary-General of...