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CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships… Fifties from Bramble & Hemraj lead Jaguars’ recovery

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships… Fifties from Bramble & Hemraj lead Jaguars’ recovery

By Sean Devers An 83-run seventh wicket stand between Anthony Bramble (62) and Sherfane Rutherford (45) spearheaded a Guyana Jaguars recovery to see them to 258-8 against Jamaica Scorpions when day...

M&CC launches fund to restore City Hall

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC launches fund to restore City Hall

The Council at its last Statutory Meeting endorsed a proposal by Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, to set up a Restoration Fund to begin the process of restoring City Hall. This fund will be...

Govt. allocates $19M for West Berbice playgrounds

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. allocates $19M for West Berbice playgrounds

Government has allocated some $19 million for the rehabilitation of a number of playgrounds in West Berbice, as part of its effort to foster social cohesion through sports. The announcement...

Bad faith

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that it was previously agreed between himself and the President, that should the third list of nominees for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections...

Traditional cures for common ailments are often better than expensive medication

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Traditional cures for common ailments are often better than expensive medication

On a recent visit to Kathmandu, Nepal, I was very pleased and relieved to see that the excellent buffet breakfast at the Shaligram Hotel where I stayed included yoghurt, good old home-made dahi. When...

Shocking proof of the PPP regime’s mistreatment of house lot applicants

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has issued a notice to 100 house lot applicants between 1991-1993 to come in on or before November 10 to discuss their respective submissions. Just...

South Road senior citizens murders…Alleged “mastermind” willing to tell the truth

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on South Road senior citizens murders…Alleged “mastermind” willing to tell the truth

The alleged mastermind behind the strangling of two elderly women for cash and other valuables yesterday made his second appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. When the matter was called...

GGDMA rejects mercury phase-out deadline; urges revamped GGMC

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GGDMA rejects mercury phase-out deadline; urges revamped GGMC

-Adams returned as President Miners are lobbying for a revamped Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and better maintenance of hinterland roads. The call was made, Wednesday, when the Guyana...

Education Minister condemns ‘third party’ presence at meeting with sweeper/ cleaners

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister condemns ‘third party’ presence at meeting with sweeper/ cleaners

Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, recently made a declaration that she was not going to address the sweeper/cleaners in the presence of any third party, be it the Guyana Public Service Union...

Linden taxi-driver freed on 16 lbs ganja bust

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden taxi-driver freed on 16 lbs ganja bust

A Linden taxi-driver who was allegedly transporting a passenger to Linden when he was busted with over 16 pounds of marijuana hidden in compartments and in the trunk of the vehicle, yesterday got the...

Gospel promoter jailed for trafficking ganja

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Gospel promoter jailed for trafficking ganja

Senior Magistrate Dylon Bess yesterday sentenced a Gospel promoter to three years and six months imprisonment and fined him $500,000 for trafficking 834 grams of marijuana. The matter was heard in...

Hamilton Green, Walter Rodney and Tanzania

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green, Walter Rodney and Tanzania

Dear Editor, Dead men, even the mightiest, tell no tales. As such it is unsurprising that someone as uncomfortable with the truth as Hamilton Green should present the late Julius Nyerere as witness...

There is no such entity called Berbice Bar Association

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no such entity called Berbice Bar Association

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the letter by Adrian Anmayah, published under the caption “Berbice Bar Association condemns unilateral appointment of GECOM Chairman” ( KN ..October 25, 2017) and...

We are becoming the saddest country on earth

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, As someone who studies race, ethnicity and politics, I am aware of the insidiousness of ethno-racial feelings, particularly in relation to politics and political power. I know how deep...

Jagdeo cusses out defenders of GECOM Chairman appointment

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo cusses out defenders of GECOM Chairman appointment

Unapologetic about his language, Leader of the Opposition and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo went on a profane tirade against defenders of...

AFC calls Jagdeo “desperate, vulgar and hypocritical”

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AFC calls Jagdeo “desperate, vulgar and hypocritical”

Recent statements by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo have once again convinced the Alliance For Change (AFC) that the former President is not only desperate, vulgar and insincere, but even...

Chris Ram follows Joe Singh …walks off Govt. job

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram follows Joe Singh …walks off Govt. job

Chartered accountant and political commentator, Christopher Ram disclosed yesterday that he has tendered his resignation as leader of Guyana’s negotiating team for the establishment of the JOF...

Prison officer nabbed with smart phones, ganja in sting operation

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officer nabbed with smart phones, ganja in sting operation

Police and prison officials have thwarted what appears to be a massive smuggling racket at the Mazaruni Prison. A release stated that a 27-year-old prison officer was arrested at around 09.00 hrs...

Foreign nationals among nine arrested at Barima River

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign nationals among nine arrested at Barima River

– as high-powered rifles, ammunition, ganja and bullet proof vest found in their boat A Jamaican, a Cuban and a Venezuelan are among nine persons in custody, after two high-powered rifles with...

Bringing transparency and accountability to Natural Resources… Guyana becomes latest member of EITI

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bringing transparency and accountability to Natural Resources… Guyana becomes latest member of EITI

By Kiana Wilburg The International Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) yesterday approved Guyana’s application to become a member of the prestigious...

Escape of rape accused from Lusignan… Three cops, one prison officer to be charged

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Escape of rape accused from Lusignan… Three cops, one prison officer to be charged

Three police ranks and a prison officer are to be charged in connection with the brazen escape earlier this month of rape accused Dellon Blake from the Lusignan Prison. A release stated that...

GCCI consultations on Petroleum Commission Bill… Advisors flag Minister’s uncapped powers

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI consultations on Petroleum Commission Bill… Advisors flag Minister’s uncapped powers

By Kiana Wilburg Like most pieces of legislation in draft mode, the Petroleum Commission Bill has its fair share of flaws. But the most disturbing of them for anti-corruption advocates and advisors,...

Hassan back at work as Rice Board chief after freed from fraud charge

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hassan back at work as Rice Board chief after freed from fraud charge

Embattled chief of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan, has resumed his duties this week, days after being freed of fraud charges. Government officials confirmed that Hassan turned...

Find somebody fuh Jagdeo

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Find somebody fuh Jagdeo

Yesterday Jagdeo had another press conference. He does always talk sh** at dem press conference. Yesterday he talk li’l mo sh**. He even cuss and byuse like dem whores. Just after de press...

Lethem motorcyclist granted $1M bail for soldier’s death in accident

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem motorcyclist granted $1M bail for soldier’s death in accident

A mechanic was yesterday granted $1M bail by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman for causing the death of a member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Devon Fraser, who was struck down...

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Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more