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Guyanese captain tell of horrific pirate attack in Suriname waters… Car batteries tied to crewmen’s legs, 16 missing after thrown overboard

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese captain tell of horrific pirate attack in Suriname waters… Car batteries tied to crewmen’s legs, 16 missing after thrown overboard

Several Guyanese fishermen are said to be missing after a horrific high seas attack over the weekend by persons who are said to be their countrymen. Up to last evening, Suriname authorities including...

Getting answers from accounting officers is like pulling teeth – PAC Chair

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Getting answers from accounting officers is like pulling teeth – PAC Chair

…Plans to have the officers take oath The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is moving to implement a plan to have accounting officers take an oath when they appear before the committee to be...

Major Interpol raids in region…Several rescued from human-trafficking in Guyana

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major Interpol raids in region…Several rescued from human-trafficking in Guyana

-computer equipment, mobiles phones, cash seized Nearly 350 potential victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour have been rescued in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting human...

Stringent policing needed to protect Guyana from oil companies’ excessive debt financing- GRA Boss

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stringent policing needed to protect Guyana from oil companies’ excessive debt financing- GRA Boss

Yesterday, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, acknowledged that the road ahead is no easy one as the Authority gets ready to police the oil industry. However,...

Club shoot-out leaves woman injured

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Club shoot-out leaves woman injured

A shoot-out that occurred at the popular Night Club, Vinz, in the early morning hours yesterday left one woman injured. The club is located at Sussex Street, Albouystown. The 39-year-old...

Pensioner loses home in Crabwood Creek blaze

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner loses home in Crabwood Creek blaze

A 79-year-old pensioner is contemplating his next move after the building he once called home went up in flames. Reports are that Lalman Bhola, of Lot 89 Grant 1802 Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne...

Gross negligence… Contractor paid $3.2M after bond expired on health centre construction

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gross negligence… Contractor paid $3.2M after bond expired on health centre construction

…project still incomplete, not budgeted for 2018 Officials have unearthed a major financial discrepancy where Regional executives paid $3.2M to a contractor to construct a concrete health...

Regardless of the company, regulate without fear or favour – Mexican Regulator

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regardless of the company, regulate without fear or favour – Mexican Regulator

By Kiana Wilburg When it comes to the regulation of the oil sector, there are two key things Guyana must do. The nation must make it mandatory for companies to operate under safety and environmental...

Worker tek Viagra before Labour Day

May 01, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Worker tek Viagra before Labour Day

Today is Labour Day and is not labour pains fuh baby. Is de day set aside fuh workers who wuk all year round, to have some fun in de streets. Dem politicians, year guh, year come does send out de...

Gunmen open fire in Leopold Street

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen open fire in Leopold Street

Around 10:00am yesterday, gunfire erupted in Leopold Street, Work-en-Rust after gunmen opened fire on a security guard who was transporting cash. However, residents in the community are saying that...

Jury to decide fate of Pritipaul security guard charged with murder

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jury to decide fate of Pritipaul security guard charged with murder

The murder trial of Marlon Callender is set this week, for summing up before Justice Sandil Kissoon, at the Georgetown High Court. Callender , 27, a former security guard attached to Pritipaul...

Court does not deter alleged ganja trafficker caught with 158 lbs ganja

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court does not deter alleged ganja trafficker caught with 158 lbs ganja

Two months after a taxi driver was charged for trafficking 19 pounds of marijuana, he was yesterday charged again and remanded to prison on another drug trafficking charge. Anthony Carmichael, called...

Grieving family baffled over Better Hope contractor shooting

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Grieving family baffled over Better Hope contractor shooting

The grieving family of 39-year-old Daniel Nandlall, a Better Hope contractor who was gunned down last Saturday in a suspected robbery said that they are baffled over what may have caused someone to...

One arrested in New Amsterdam Lotto Office robbery

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on One arrested in New Amsterdam Lotto Office robbery

One person is now in police custody assisting with investigations in connection with the robbery that took place at the Lotto Office in New Amsterdam, Berbice on Saturday. According to a police...

CFU Women’s Challenge Series… Late goals relegate Lady Jags to 1-3 loss to Soca Ladies

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Women’s Challenge Series… Late goals relegate Lady Jags to 1-3 loss to Soca Ladies

Guyana’s Lady Jags, the flagship women’s team put a wrap on their Caribbean Football Union Women’s Challenge Series quest in Trinidad and Tobago by falling 1-3 to the home team on Sunday...

Women march against domestic violence

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Women march against domestic violence

In light of the current domestic violence situation, hundreds came out to march along the streets then rallied at Square of the Revolution on Sunday. The march saw members of many different NGOs and...

One witness testifies in Peacemaker murder PI

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on One witness testifies in Peacemaker murder PI

Six months after continuous investigation, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of peacemaker, Hafeez Douglas, got underway before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman. Jermain Abel was on...

35th Défi sportif AlterGo… Phenomenal support propelled me to the gold medal – Grant-Staurt

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 35th Défi sportif AlterGo… Phenomenal support propelled me to the gold medal – Grant-Staurt

Despite competing in conditions that he is not accustomed to, Guyanese Differently Able cyclist, Walter Grant-Stuart landed this nations first ever medal at a Para-Cycling event when he took the gold...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition… Who will play for the national playoffs automatic berths? -this question will be answered this evening in Mackenzie

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition… Who will play for the national playoffs automatic berths? -this question will be answered this evening in Mackenzie

Defending champions Dave & Celena All Stars will tackle Quiet Storm in the opening fixture of quarter-final action as play in the Linden segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’...

Policeman shoots self

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman shoots self

A Police Subordinate Officer is now a patient at the Mabaruma Hospital, Region One, after reportedly shooting himself. According to a police release, the wounds appeared to be self-inflicted. From...

Moves underway to reduce maternal, Neonatal deaths in Region Nine

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Moves underway to reduce maternal, Neonatal deaths in Region Nine

The existing maternity waiting home at the Lethem Regional Hospital, Region Nine, is slated for expansion and upgrades. The home currently houses mothers from far-flung communities until they go into...

Winter, Raekwon, Persaud, Seaton shine at GASA Goodwill Games trials

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winter, Raekwon, Persaud, Seaton shine at GASA Goodwill Games trials

Lian Winter, Noel Raekwon, Aleka Persaud and Leon Seaton turned in outstanding performances when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) held its Goodwill games trials last weekend at the...

Baksh returned as BCCC President

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Baksh returned as BCCC President

Blairmont Centre Cricket Club held its eighth Annual General Meeting last Thursday at the Blairmont Estate Community Centre in the Roy Fredericks Pavilion. Businessman Shabeer Baksh is a former...

Raj Nanan ends another successful T&T season – Royston Crandon scores 2 tons

May 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Nanan ends another successful T&T season – Royston Crandon scores 2 tons

Former National under-15 left-arm spinner Raj Nanan might have a rough time making the senior National team due to the emergence of Veerasammy Permaul and Gudakesh Motie but the 24-year-old, whose...

Yarrowkabra man, 45, dead after minibus accident

May 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Yarrowkabra man, 45, dead after minibus accident

Police say that they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 15:10 hrs yesterday at Pearl, East Bank Demerara. Dead is Ameer Hussein, 45, of Yarrowkabra, located along the Linden...