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Guyana’s senior men to play Barbados in three warm up games

May 25, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s senior men to play Barbados in three warm up games

With Guyana’s men’s basketball team set to compete in the June 24–30 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) tournament in Suriname, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) announced...

Attempted robbery on Republic Bank… Sergeant testifies to being present when caution statement was taken

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted robbery on Republic Bank… Sergeant testifies to being present when caution statement was taken

The trial involving four men who are charged with attempting to rob Republic Bank, Water Street Branch continued yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Former Police Constable, Anfernee...

Fourth person dies from Kuru Kururu Highway accident

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fourth person dies from Kuru Kururu Highway accident

Rookmin Persaud is the latest fatality of the Highway crash that occurred on May 13, which saw 26 persons being injured and now four of those dying as a result of injuries received. The accident...

Ret’d Guyanese contractor, 71, fined EC$50,000 for coke-in-wheelchair

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ret’d Guyanese contractor, 71, fined EC$50,000 for coke-in-wheelchair

A retired construction workers from Guyana was yesterday fined EC$50,000 (US$18,500) after a guilty plea last week in Grenada for coke trafficking. According to the New Today Newpaper of Grenada,...

Fantastic Feeling to be WIFBSC Individual Champion Again – Goodluck – Delivering for the team is exactly what I desire

May 25, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fantastic Feeling to be WIFBSC Individual Champion Again – Goodluck – Delivering for the team is exactly what I desire

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados in association with Industrial Safety Supplies Inc. and Fitness Express New Individual King of the Caribbean Fullbore Range, Ransford Goodluck has disclosed that after...

BCUA training course commences in June

May 25, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCUA training course commences in June

The Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) training classes on the ‘Laws of Cricket’ for candidates of the various West Indian examinations and persons wishing to either become knowledgeable...

MSC implementing plans to move forward – Karaoke on tonight at Club’s pavilion

May 25, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC implementing plans to move forward – Karaoke on tonight at Club’s pavilion

The new Executive of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) recently held its first Statutory meeting to name the Sub-committees and make plans for the way forward. It was decided that despite the other...

Foster urges cricket leaders to redouble efforts to develop the game

May 25, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foster urges cricket leaders to redouble efforts to develop the game

Newly elected President of the Berbice Cricket Board Hilbert Foster on Sunday last chided Cricket Administrators for their lack of efforts to make positive differences and urged all cricket...

E’bo students benefit from forum on Teenage Pregnancy and Suicide

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo students benefit from forum on Teenage Pregnancy and Suicide

Students from seven secondary schools on the Essequibo Coast, benefitted from a recent forum that which was centered on Teenage Pregnancy and Suicide. The forum, which was facilitated at the Anna...

Grenada court fines Patterson for cocaine charge

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Grenada court fines Patterson for cocaine charge

A Grenadian court yesterday fined Derrick Patterson, 47, a total of EC$75,000 (US$27,750) after he reportedly pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking. Patterson at the time was appearing before...

America does not want me, Guyanese wanted in US tells court

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on America does not want me, Guyanese wanted in US tells court

Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) – A Guyanese national, who is to be extradited to the United States on sexual assault and terrorist threat charges, brought laughter to the Kingston and St Andrew...

Lots of red tape in Guyana- says Movietowne Chairman

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lots of red tape in Guyana- says Movietowne Chairman

Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) – Background work has been completed in preparation for the listing of MovieTowne on the T&T Stock Exchange (TTSE). Chairman Derek Chin, in confirming this...

E’bo Fishermen slam MARAD over delay in issuing Captain Licence

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Fishermen slam MARAD over delay in issuing Captain Licence

As fishermen sat in a multi stakeholder meeting held last Tuesday, the concerns affecting the fishing industry in Region Two were raised. One of them was the delay in the issuing of...

Child killer wants Appeal Court to reduce life sentence

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Child killer wants Appeal Court to reduce life sentence

The Court of Appeal in Kingston is hearing arguments in relation to the matter involving Linden’s Rawle Samuels, who is currently serving a life sentence for the unlawful killing of a four-year-old...

Guyana is part of a selected group benefitting from regional coconut project

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is part of a selected group benefitting from regional coconut project

Guyana is part of a selected group of Caribbean territories participating in the Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean (CIDC) Project. The project was designed to help provide support...

Man, 63, jailed for ganja possession

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 63, jailed for ganja possession

An elderly man was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he was slapped with three separate narcotic charges in the Suddie Magistrate Court. Leonard Paul, of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast,...

Travel, eat and spend less

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Travel, eat and spend less

The rise in fuel prices at local pumps is just the latest sign of Government’s misunderstanding and indifference towards the problems, which are being faced by the small man. In other parts of the...

Caribbean Airlines involved in Flag Concert

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines involved in Flag Concert

Caribbean Airlines is delighted to be the “Official Airline” with the Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport for the upcoming Flag Concert to commemorate the 52nd...

Guyanese man convicted in drug-related murder

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man convicted in drug-related murder

AUGUSTA (SunJournal)— Aubrey N. Armstrong was complicit in the drug-related killing and robbery of Joseph Marceau of Augusta, but there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of personally...

The death of communities and today’s unrealistic expectations

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on The death of communities and today’s unrealistic expectations

DEAR EDITOR, Today in Guyana, with a seemingly fair amount of frustration and resignation, both government and non-governmental agencies plead for communities to shoulder what is seen as their...

It might be better for Guyana Goldfields to defend itself, rather than remain quiet and absorb the blows

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on It might be better for Guyana Goldfields to defend itself, rather than remain quiet and absorb the blows

DEAR EDITOR, I read with shock and amazement an article in one of the leading daily newspapers accusing Guyana Goldfields of completely abandoning hiring local aircraft companies to conduct charters...

Post office, AFC, magistrates; what a shit-hole country!

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Post office, AFC, magistrates; what a shit-hole country!

How did we become like this? How did this nation become so asinine, moronic and primitive? In yesterday’s newspapers, the Guyana Post Office Corporation issued the requirements for posting a parcel...

Apology from Public Infrastructure Ministry

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Apology from Public Infrastructure Ministry

DEAR EDITOR, On Sunday May 13, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, through its contractor, undertook construction works in the Atlantic Gardens area as part of the Upgrade of the East Coast...

Has the Union Jack been replaced by the Exxon logo?

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Has the Union Jack been replaced by the Exxon logo?

DEAR EDITOR, There is a weirdness about the 52nd Independence celebrations. It seems that the Government in its haste to save taxpayers some money has tied bundle with Exxon. So Exxon has equal...

Our homes are vibrating

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Our homes are vibrating

DEAR EDITOR, We the people in Eccles are very uncomfortable with the use of heavy duty trucks using the housing scheme main road and they have the industrial road but trucks are not using it and the...

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