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Ashni a no-show; fails to attend court …reading of new charge postponed

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni a no-show; fails to attend court …reading of new charge postponed

One month after lawyers assured the court that Dr. Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington, would appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for a fourth charge of Misconduct in Public Office to be...

Guyana tops Caribbean in Cancer deaths …GPHC commissions new Oncology Dept.

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana tops Caribbean in Cancer deaths …GPHC commissions new Oncology Dept.

The new Institute of Health Science Education and Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been commissioned. The building was opened officially yesterday during a...

CJIA tests boarding bridge, corridor as expansion steams ahead

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA tests boarding bridge, corridor as expansion steams ahead

Authorities are hailing it as a significant milestone. The boarding corridor and a boarding bridge at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, were successfully tested yesterday by...

Bisram’s mother accused of attempting to bribe witness

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bisram’s mother accused of attempting to bribe witness

The mother of US-based businessman and fugitive, Marcus Bisram, yesterday appeared at the Springlands Magistrate Court to answer to a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Sharmilla...

Berbice carpenter’s murder… Sohan charged again, this time for allegedly asking witness to lie

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice carpenter’s murder… Sohan charged again, this time for allegedly asking witness to lie

Attorney-at-law and former Magistrate, Chandra Sohan, was yesterday hauled before the court and slapped with a charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice in the preliminary inquiry (PI)...

Mining, sugar, financial sectors in trouble…GCCI President calls for urgent attention in these areas

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mining, sugar, financial sectors in trouble…GCCI President calls for urgent attention in these areas

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) believes that the mining, agriculture and financial sectors are in trouble. On this note, its members are calling for immediate action to be...

Traffic ranks abandon uniforms after crashing borrowed car

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic ranks abandon uniforms after crashing borrowed car

Two traffic ranks were seen running from the scene of an accident yesterday, at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara. Witnesses claim to seeing motorcar PWW 5750 driving at a fast rate of speed around...

Tucville driveway shooting… Miner accused of attempting to offer victim’s mother $5M bribe to drop murder charge

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Tucville driveway shooting… Miner accused of attempting to offer victim’s mother $5M bribe to drop murder charge

A 46-year-old miner of 85 Section ‘C’ Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, who allegedly collected $5M from a woman by falsely pretending that he could get a murder charge instituted against her...

CBC Championship in Suriname… Guyana negotiate Barbados 76-71 to reach final

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CBC Championship in Suriname… Guyana negotiate Barbados 76-71 to reach final

By Calvin Chapman in Suriname in association with Bounty Farm, Mohamed’s Enterprise and Hopkinson Mining Guyana’s best showing in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation’s (CBC) Men’s...

GCF National Road Race Championships 2018 – Senior Road Race… Quality field to test defending champion, Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey tomorrow

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF National Road Race Championships 2018 – Senior Road Race… Quality field to test defending champion, Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey tomorrow

By Franklin Wilson It’s the most prestigious race on the racing calendar and come tomorrow when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) brings off the Senior leg of its 2018 championships, lots of...

Mocha public road smash-up leaves two hospitalized

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mocha public road smash-up leaves two hospitalized

An early morning accident between a truck and car, on the Mocha Public Road, East Bank Demerara has left the car driver with a broken leg and arm, and the passenger being rendered unconscious. The...

$20M Eastville Nursery commissioned

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $20M Eastville Nursery commissioned

A new nursery school was commissioned yesterday in the community of Eastville (Annandale South), East Coast Demerara. The construction of the Eastville Nursery School began in March 2016 and it was...

SARA “Lash It Out” T20 game set for DCC

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on SARA “Lash It Out” T20 game set for DCC

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) in collaboration with several other agencies will be hosting a T20 fixture called “Lash It Out” at the Demerara Cricket Club, Queenstown. The game which is...

Turning Point host BWJ Domino Competition tomorrow -Y2K Construction on board

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turning Point host BWJ Domino Competition tomorrow -Y2K Construction on board

T urning Point Sports Club will come alive today when Boston, Wiltshire and James (BWJ) host an Open Domino Competition for all interested teams, starting at 14:30hrs. According to a release from the...

Soldier gets 2 years, fined $2M on drug running charge

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soldier gets 2 years, fined $2M on drug running charge

A soldier who was heading to Berbice with a quantity of narcotics has been jailed. Collis Beckles, 26, of Lot 70 Barnwell Street Mocha, had identified himself as a soldier when he was nabbed at the...

Lusignan Golf Club to be filled with action through to end of year

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club to be filled with action through to end of year

If you have ever thought about golf, learning, watching or playing the game, there is no time like the present. The weather has changed so golfing fans and players will have several months of...

Overseas based Guyanese presents two bicycles to Flying Ace Cycle Club

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese presents two bicycles to Flying Ace Cycle Club

For its outstanding work throughout the years the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of New Amsterdam has been constantly been rewarded by former members both at home and overseas. The club has also been...

Regional rum producers meet to address labeling, quality standards

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regional rum producers meet to address labeling, quality standards

Senior technical staff of the region’s rum producers, members of the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association (WIRSPA), met in Jamaica on June 13, 2018 for a one-day technical meeting,...

Alex Muntaz tops Region Top

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Alex Muntaz tops Region Top

Topping the National Grade six Assessment [NGSA] in Region Two this year, is 11-year-old Alex Muntaz, student of the C V Nunes Primary School. Muntaz gained 516 marks and secured at spot at Queen’s...

‘Killing two birds with one stone’ – “Standard of B’dos Cricket is far higher than Guyana”- Shaquille Williams

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Killing two birds with one stone’ – “Standard of B’dos Cricket is far higher than Guyana”- Shaquille Williams

By Sean Devers Bridgetown Barbados – A popular Guyanese proverb is ‘Kill two birds with one stone’ which means achieving two results with one opportunity. And that is exactly what former...

Body found in Better Hope gutter

Jun 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Body found in Better Hope gutter

The body of Ravin, aka “Puddock” was yesterday fished out of a gutter adjacent to Robert Street, in the South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara area. Puddock, who was said to be an epileptic, was...

GFF expresses condolence to family of former football administrator

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF expresses condolence to family of former football administrator

The Guyana Football Federation, through its President Wayne Forde, expressed condolence to the family of the late Oliver Hinckson, a former football administrator. In a letter to the family,...

ExxonMobil U-14 Schools Football competition continues today

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ExxonMobil U-14 Schools Football competition continues today

FOOTBALL action resumes today with action in the ExxonMobil U-14 boys and girls Schools Football competition at the Ministry of Education ground. The tournament will enter the round of sixteen phase...

Two Corentyne men found guilty of raping friend

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two Corentyne men found guilty of raping friend

Two Corentyne men, Parshram Guman, called “Naresh”, and Mahesh Lackhan called, Govindra, of Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, have been found guilty of the crime. They are on trial before Justice...

2018 Rainforest Water Senior Nationals Squash Championships… Former National Female champs make good start

Jun 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 Rainforest Water Senior Nationals Squash Championships… Former National Female champs make good start

The 2018 Rainforest Water Senior National Squash Championships continued on Thursday night at the Georgetown Club courts with first round matches in the Women’s Open. Former National Champions Mary...

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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