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Lions Club donates hygienic supplies to David Rose School

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lions Club donates hygienic supplies to David Rose School

As part of its efforts to give back to the community, the Lions Club of Stabroek yesterday donated gift bags filled with hygienic supplies among other things to the students of David Rose Special...

Cotton Tree family jumps from burning home

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cotton Tree family jumps from burning home

The home of a family of Lot 28 Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice was completely ravaged yesterday after a fire ripped through the building destroying whatever was in its path. Sharon Persaud,...

Army Officers take the stand as Lindo Creek CoI resumes

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Army Officers take the stand as Lindo Creek CoI resumes

Major Andy Pompey of the Guyana Defence Force, (GDF) told the Commission of Inquiry, (CoI) into the Lindo Creek massacre yesterday, that based on the findings of an internal investigation by the...

Ashni Singh, Brassington no-shows in court

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni Singh, Brassington no-shows in court

…Prosecutor to submit evidence of summons Three weeks after charges were instituted against former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Ex-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National...

Fallout from deadly high seas attack…Suriname detains 13; deports several undocumented Guyanese

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fallout from deadly high seas attack…Suriname detains 13; deports several undocumented Guyanese

PARAMARIBO – Police authorities here confirmed yesterday that they have detained 13 suspects in the ongoing investigation into the recent armed attacks on several fishing boats offshore...

Deadly pirate attack…Authorities hunt ‘Sanbad’, following arrest of ‘Crackhead’

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly pirate attack…Authorities hunt ‘Sanbad’, following arrest of ‘Crackhead’

‘Sanbad’, ’Bolo’, ’Dick’ and ‘Crackhead’ became names of interest to the G uyanese and Surinamese authorities after the recent deadly pirate attacks in Suriname waters. Initially, 20...

Murdered teen in Triumph cemetery…Police now detain three family members

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered teen in Triumph cemetery…Police now detain three family members

There has been a dramatic twist to the investigation into the gruesome murder of Ranella Benfield, the 18-year-old receptionist who was found in a cemetery at Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD) in...

Contractor who kills bandit during attack placed on $250,000 bail

May 08, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Contractor who kills bandit during attack placed on $250,000 bail

Five days after a 56-year-old contractor stabbed and killed a bandit who attacked and tried to rob him of his caged bird, the man was yesterday brought before the court and charged with...

Scrap, replace Cybercrime Bill – Ram

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap, replace Cybercrime Bill – Ram

…says new Bill must conform to internationally-accepted Budapest Convention Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram has recommended that Government produce a new Cybercrime Bill to the National Assembly...

“Be prepared to share information with the media” – says Minister Cummings

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Be prepared to share information with the media” – says Minister Cummings

“The media must be seen as our friend and not our foe.” This was the assertion of Minister within the Public Health Ministry, Dr. Karen Cummings, as she addressed a communication consultation...

Pearl store owner charged with vigilante murder of bandit

May 08, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Pearl store owner charged with vigilante murder of bandit

Yesterday, two years after a store owner shot and killed a bandit who tried to rob his supermarket, he was charged and remanded to prison for murder. Fifty-nine-year-old Moses Singh appeared in the...

Bandit captured after robbing Soesdyke gas station

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit captured after robbing Soesdyke gas station

This man was said to be part of a two-person team who robbed the Deokie Service Station at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara yesterday, but Lady Luck ran out on him. The motorcycle duo managed to escape...

Guyana giving away gold

May 08, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana giving away gold

When a situation ketch up wid some people dem friends does embarrass dem. A man ask dem boys fuh some money to buy credit fuh he phone. Dem boys advise him to sell de phone and buy de credit. People...

Fire destroys two houses in Hadfield St

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys two houses in Hadfield St

A fire late yesterday afternoon destroyed two houses at 69 Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust and has displaced 14 persons, many of whom are children. Several surrounding houses were scorched. The mood at...

GBA’s Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Nat Novices C/Ships… Miggins is Champion Boxer as GDF retain team title

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA’s Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Nat Novices C/Ships… Miggins is Champion Boxer as GDF retain team title

Stories and photos by Sean Devers The final night of GBA’s Andrew Lewis National Novices Boxing Championships began close to two hours late and climaxed in the wee hours of Monday morning with...

AG claims he saved Guyana by entering into $226M settlement with Guytrac

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AG claims he saved Guyana by entering into $226M settlement with Guytrac

Attorney General (AG), Basil Williams says that he saved Guyana in excess of $63M when he decided to enter into an out of court settlement with Guyana Tractor Equipment (Guytrac), causing the State...

GCB’s Senior Women’s Inter-County 50-over cricket… Giddings all-round brilliance sinks E’bo to all time low – E’bo bowled out for 13 as B’ce win by 161 runs

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB’s Senior Women’s Inter-County 50-over cricket… Giddings all-round brilliance sinks E’bo to all time low – E’bo bowled out for 13 as B’ce win by 161 runs

Led by a brilliant all-round performance from 32 year-old left-arm pacer Erva Giddings, Defending Champions Berbice got their 2018 campaign off to a winning start when they crushed Essequibo by 161...

WIFBSC 2018… Defending Long & Short Range champs fine tuning rifles ahead of title defence this month

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC 2018… Defending Long & Short Range champs fine tuning rifles ahead of title defence this month

Preparations ahead of the defence of their respective Short and Long Range titles at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships (WIFBSC) is almost complete ahead of this year’s championships...

Motor racing icon Pat Holder laid to rest

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motor racing icon Pat Holder laid to rest

Patrick Carl Holder, one of the founding members of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), was laid to rest yesterday after his funeral service at the St. James Church in David Street,...

Archery Guyana successfully completes 8-day World Archery Level 1 Coach Training Course

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana successfully completes 8-day World Archery Level 1 Coach Training Course

Saturday afternoon last, Guyana’s Inaugural World Archery Level 1 Coach Training Course conducted from April 28 – May 6, at the National Resource Centre, Georgetown, Guyana came to a close. The...

Athletes gearing up for GAPF Intermediates/Masters Championships on Sunday

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes gearing up for GAPF Intermediates/Masters Championships on Sunday

Guyanese strongmen and women at the Intermediate and Masters levels will on Sunday throw down the gauntlet to each other when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) hosts its...

Chandrika guides EBSC to three-wicket win over Anthony XI

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chandrika guides EBSC to three-wicket win over Anthony XI

Opener Rajendra Chandrika struck an unbeaten half century to guide Enterprise Busta Sports Club to a three-wicket victory over Anthony XI when the East Coast Cricket Committee T20 tournament...

33rd Pan-American Road Cycling Championships… Eastman ends 77th in Elite division; Crawford DNF

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 33rd Pan-American Road Cycling Championships… Eastman ends 77th in Elite division; Crawford DNF

Guyana’s two riders to the just concluded 33rd Pan-American Road Cycling Championships held in San Juan, Argentina competed with heart but did not achieve the desired results at a grueling and very...

Entries close Sunday for KMTC Pre-Independence horserace meet

May 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close Sunday for KMTC Pre-Independence horserace meet

While fans of the ‘Sport of Kings’ are getting ready for this month’s Pre-Independence horserace meet at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC), Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, the...

Indian firm starts designs for new East Bank/East Coast link

May 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Indian firm starts designs for new East Bank/East Coast link

An Indian firm is currently working to design a new roadway that will link the back of Diamond, East Bank Demerara to Ogle, East Coast Demerara. According to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,...