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2018 Milo schools’ under-18 football tournament…Friendship get walkover, Buxton win big during yesterday’s match day

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 Milo schools’ under-18 football tournament…Friendship get walkover, Buxton win big during yesterday’s match day

The weekend only featured one match day in the 2018 Milo/ Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) schools under-18 football tournament and that was yesterday. Four matches were scheduled for the...

Not a cent more for Guyana if oil price increases

Feb 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Not a cent more for Guyana if oil price increases

– ExxonMobil Oil Agreement Not a cent more… That’s what Guyana will be getting if international oil prices rise, thanks to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) the Government has...

Guyana paying ExxonMobil to exploit its resources – Nigel Hinds

Feb 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Guyana paying ExxonMobil to exploit its resources – Nigel Hinds

Chartered Accountant, Nigel Hinds said that ExxonMobil has been able to outsmart Guyana. He said that the company is now making Guyana pay it to exploit its resources when the company should...

Gunmen storm compound…Barama CEO, supervisor robbed, shotgun stolen

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen storm compound…Barama CEO, supervisor robbed, shotgun stolen

Police are trying to track down five bandits who stormed the Barama, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara compound on Saturday evening and robbed the company’s CEO and supervisor, both of whom...

Govt. not actively considering funding Auditor General’s scrutiny of oil sector

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not actively considering funding Auditor General’s scrutiny of oil sector

The Government of Guyana is not currently looking to see how it can make finances available to the Office of the Auditor General to carry out additional investigations, particularly in the oil...

Body of farm labourer found on disputed land

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Body of farm labourer found on disputed land

The body of a 55-year old man was found on Saturday on an Abary Creek rice farm that is at the centre of a dispute over ownership. Trivowan Singh’s body was discovered at around 13:30 hrs by...

Some murder investigations on hold as Forensic Lab swamped with evidence

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Some murder investigations on hold as Forensic Lab swamped with evidence

By Michael Jordan Police are still awaiting the results from gunpowder residue tests in some shooting deaths, including the slaying of Korner Kick Manager, Tevin Parris, and the mysterious...

Bandits playing dog and de bone

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bandits playing dog and de bone

Dem have some people like dogs. Dem only waiting fuh something dat people got. People who does mind dogs know dat once dem got something good in dem hand and de dog see it, it does jump all over you....

HOW POOR TESTING STOPPED A MURDER INVESTIGATION

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on HOW POOR TESTING STOPPED A MURDER INVESTIGATION

Patricia James was an attractive 19-year-old student of the Cyril Potter College of Education when she married Police Corporal William Henry in December, 1996. He was in his thirties. They had...

Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal Tournament…Future Stars win big, Tiger Bay upset Sparta Boss on opening night

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal Tournament…Future Stars win big, Tiger Bay upset Sparta Boss on opening night

The opening night of Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal tournament kicked off on Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with six entertaining matches. This tournament which will carry...

South Korea brings curtain down on ‘Peace Games’

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Korea brings curtain down on ‘Peace Games’

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea brought the curtain down on its “Peace Games” yesterday, with winter sports athletes dancing and singing together at a vibrant closing...

Regional Super50 Festival… Volcanoes dethrone depleted Pride with exciting last over 3-wkt win

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 Festival… Volcanoes dethrone depleted Pride with exciting last over 3-wkt win

By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise Nineteen year-old former West Indies U-19 player Alick Athanaze (23)...

Maurice Solomon beats the field in exciting Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf tourney

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Solomon beats the field in exciting Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf tourney

Playing in fine style under excellent golf course and weather conditions, veteran and senior golfer Maurice Solomon played a great game to emerge the champion in the Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf...

Brenessa Thompson scorches to new personal best 200m at SEC Games

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brenessa Thompson scorches to new personal best 200m at SEC Games

Guyanese athlete Brenessa Thompson on Saturday last scorched the track to a new personal best indoor time at the SEC Games in Texas, United States. Thompson ran 23.15 in the heats for Texas A&M...

Green returned at the helm of the GRFU; will not seek re-election in 2020

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Green returned at the helm of the GRFU; will not seek re-election in 2020

Three sports journalists also elected By Franklin Wilson President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Peter Green was returned to lead the union for the next two years un-opposed yesterday...

Ministry of Communities staff undergo training for Local Govt. reforms

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Communities staff undergo training for Local Govt. reforms

Over 20 middle-management employees of the Ministry of Communities participated in a training exercise last week through the Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP). This exercise was facilitated...

Govt. downplays absence of public hearings in Lindo Creek CoI

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. downplays absence of public hearings in Lindo Creek CoI

More than two weeks after being established, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deaths of eight miners whose burnt remains were discovered at a camp at Lindo Creek, in the upper Berbice...

PM Nagamootoo could return April

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PM Nagamootoo could return April

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is recuperating in the United States after bypass heart surgery, could return in April. Kaieteur News understands that doctors, who continue to monitor his...

More West Berbice farmers challenge revocation of leases to state lands

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More West Berbice farmers challenge revocation of leases to state lands

Three more rice farmers have challenged President Granger‘s revocation of leases for state lands situated in the Mahaica/Mahaicony Abary main canal in the rear of Number 40 Village, West...

New date set for Presidential term limit hearing at CCJ

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New date set for Presidential term limit hearing at CCJ

The appeal in relation the Presidential Term limit is set to be heard by the Caribbean Court of Justice, (CCJ) on March 12 at 10:00 am. The Court had previously set a tentative date for the hearing....

‘Internet access at Fairview will revolutionise learning’ – Fairview Toshao, Headteacher

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Internet access at Fairview will revolutionise learning’ – Fairview Toshao, Headteacher

Toshao of Fairview, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight), Lucy Marslow, has welcomed the efforts of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications in providing internet access to that community, given the...

Exxon sprints ahead

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Exxon sprints ahead

No one likes to get a bad deal. And Guyana has gotten a rotten deal from ExxonMobil. The deal amounts to highway robbery. To better understand what has happened, let us assume that you have a...

Beetroot— the ‘super food’ that lowers the risk of heart disease

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Beetroot— the ‘super food’ that lowers the risk of heart disease

Beetroot, also known as beet, is an ancient food that has been gaining popularity due to its ability to treat ailments – notably, heart disease, fevers, constipation, blood pressure – and...

Why do couples divorce?

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Why do couples divorce?

In life, things happen not only by accident but for a reason and divorce is one of those life events that just does not happen by accident. Today, the divorce rate in most countries is very high with...

GTT cannot be forgiven for what it has done to the people of Guyana

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT cannot be forgiven for what it has done to the people of Guyana

Dear Editor, It is with deep anger that I write to you about the behaviour of GTT. I do hope that it can be carried to express our deep frustration. This company came here in the 90s when Guyana...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more