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Bandit guns down money changer

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News 3

– victim shot in head during struggle with robber A gunman in a red hooded sweater shot money changer Shawn Nurse dead at around 10.00 hrs yesterday in front of shocked friends and...

Guyana edging towards another crime wave? THIRTY-TWO GUN ROBBERIES IN 35 DAYS

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana edging towards another crime wave? THIRTY-TWO GUN ROBBERIES IN 35 DAYS

…seven in past four days As Guyana prepares for a Commission of Inquiry into the country’s 2002 to 2008 crime wave, the nation appears to be edging towards a similar crisis. A surge in...

Trotman stripped GRA of statutory duty to examine imports

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News 1

– Chris Ram Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman has effectively stripped the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of his lawful duty to examine imports...

No insurance provision in Oil Contract for destruction of fishing grounds

Feb 05, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News 2

– nothing also for impact on coastal communities, neighbouring countries By Kiana Wilburg There are many examples around the world where the governments ensure that oil companies provide...

Failure to address campaign finance reform will hurt Guyana

Feb 05, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Failure to address campaign finance reform will hurt Guyana

– with oil money on the way, Govt. must act now, says Dr. Hinds If the coalition administration is serious about ridding the election process of dirty money and other suspect forms of...

Girl, 17, set alight, spurned ex-boyfriend on the run

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 17, set alight, spurned ex-boyfriend on the run

A teenage girl is now in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Burns Care Unit after her ex-boyfriend set her on fire, on Saturday night. The victim was identified as 17-year-old Susana Culpeper,...

GAPLF Novices/Juniors Championships…69 year-old Cummings, White, Oudit, Taharally set new records

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Novices/Juniors Championships…69 year-old Cummings, White, Oudit, Taharally set new records

White, Pluck, Bagla, Shewdas and Williams are Overall Standouts The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) ran off another successful Novices and Juniors Championships yesterday at the Cliff...

Eagles beat Patriots in epic Super Bowl LII

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles beat Patriots in epic Super Bowl LII

Yahoo Sports – MINNEAPOLIS – In the wildest shootout in Super Bowl history, unheralded Nick Foles outdueled legendary Tom Brady to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl title,...

Regional Super50 Festival…Johnson, Paul give Jaguars exciting 16-run win despite Cornwall’s 2nd ton

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 Festival…Johnson, Paul give Jaguars exciting 16-run win despite Cornwall’s 2nd ton

By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise Skipper Leon Johnson was run out one short of his maiden ton before...

Bartica Teachers benefit from STEM, Robotics training

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica Teachers benefit from STEM, Robotics training

STEM Guyana in association with the Ministry of Public Telecommunications recently embarked on a series of certification sessions for technology buffs or school leaders who are interested in...

Milo Under-18 schools’ football tournament…Super Sunday produces 29 goals in three games yesterday

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-18 schools’ football tournament…Super Sunday produces 29 goals in three games yesterday

When played resumed in the Milo/Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) sponsored under-18 schools’ football tournament yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, it was goals galore and fans...

Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tourney underway

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tourney underway

Play in the inaugural Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tournament began on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium with 12 matches. The tournament was declared open by president of the Guyana football...

2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament…Wins for Demerara and Berbice

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament…Wins for Demerara and Berbice

The 2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament commenced yesterday with President X1 winning the toss opting to take first strike. Opening batsman, Bhedesh Persaud scored 13, while Alvin...

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concludes

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concludes

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concluded on Saturday last at the National Gymnasium. The tournament running for the fifth year is sponsored by Mr. Darrell Carpenay, Managing...

Elite league clubs boost squads as transfer window closes

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elite league clubs boost squads as transfer window closes

– Clubs to receive monies owed The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite league is set to resume next week Sunday (February 11) and in a bid to heighten squads, some clubs have taken full...

Golf Club President, Aleem Hussain, wins LGC unique Club Tournament

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf Club President, Aleem Hussain, wins LGC unique Club Tournament

Teeing off at the Lusignan Golf Course at just after 8:00am a set of golfers vied for top places in the day’s tournament, striving to let their early morning adrenalin earn them an edge. It seemed...

Depleted City Hall funds raises alarm

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Depleted City Hall funds raises alarm

…Nearly $3B in liabilities by end of 2017 There are growing concerns over the lack of proper management and accountability of finances by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC)....

Upper Corentyne Cricket Association T20 competition pushed back to mid-February

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne Cricket Association T20 competition pushed back to mid-February

28 teams entered The Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) T 20 cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne has been pushed back to later this month due to circumstances beyond the...

Govt. Ministers have no place determining technical issues on oil

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. Ministers have no place determining technical issues on oil

– Opposition The discovery of oil must change Government’s approach to the sector; techical experts must be sought to provide the necessary guidance. This is the view of Opposition Leader,...

GTTA to start 2018 Activities with NSC Mashramani Cadet and Junior C/ships

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA to start 2018 Activities with NSC Mashramani Cadet and Junior C/ships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association is set to kick start its 2018 calendar of activities with the commencement of the National Sports Commission, Guyana Table Tennis Association sponsored Mashramani...

$58M for more living quarters for officers at Mazaruni Prison

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $58M for more living quarters for officers at Mazaruni Prison

Further plans are being made to accommodate more staff at the Mazaruni Prison which is earmarked to receive an additional 400 inmates as part of a major expansion programme to ease...

Delays in prosecution of child rape cases continue to raise concerns

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Delays in prosecution of child rape cases continue to raise concerns

-one matter still in court after six years; another pending after ten With some strides made locally to adequately deal with matters related to sexual offences particularly those involving children,...

No good life, if your pension is under minimum wage

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No good life, if your pension is under minimum wage

Dear Editor, There are pensioners who contribute fifteen years and more to the public service and are not receiving a pension for those years. There is this outdated pension policy that states, if...

Linden Town Council continues to seek collaboration with US Embassy

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Council continues to seek collaboration with US Embassy

A team of officials from the Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) of the United States Embassy, recently met with Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland and other members of the Council to discuss...

Mashramani needs to return to Linden, place of its ‘birth’

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani needs to return to Linden, place of its ‘birth’

– Commemoration Committee Chairman, Charles Sampson By Enid Joaquin This year Guyana celebrates forty eight years as a Republic and it would also mark the forty eight year of Mashramani...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more