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Port Kaituma man remanded on robbery charge

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Port Kaituma man remanded on robbery charge

A repeated offender who was recently released from prison after serving a 24-month jail term was yesterday back before a City Magistrate, this time to answer to a robbery charge. Twenty-four-year-old...

Exxon detests public scrutiny – Int’l Report

Jun 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Exxon detests public scrutiny – Int’l Report

While USA oil giant says it is open to scrutiny of its contracts, a comprehensive international report states otherwise. The report which speaks to the importance, as well as the benefits of contract...

GECOM Chairman says hiring system has been used for decades – IAC calls for Commission of Inquiry

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman says hiring system has been used for decades – IAC calls for Commission of Inquiry

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice James Patterson (ret’d) says that the system used for the hiring of staff at the entity has been in place for decades. However, the...

GEA inspector dies after flung from vehicle on E’bo coast

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GEA inspector dies after flung from vehicle on E’bo coast

An inspector attached to the Guyana Energy Agency [GEA] is now dead, after the Toyota Land Cruiser that he was driving, slammed into a utility pole yesterday morning. The victim has been identified...

Region 6 REO buckles under evidence of contract splitting …Regional Health Officer to be investigated

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 REO buckles under evidence of contract splitting …Regional Health Officer to be investigated

A wider probe has been ordered after Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), Kim Williams-Stephen was forced to admit that regional officials engaged in contract...

ExxonMobil strikes more oil with eighth well

Jun 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil strikes more oil with eighth well

Exxon Mobil Corporation revealed yesterday that it has discovered more oil with its eighth well in the Stabroek Block. In a statement, the company said that the Longtail-1 well creates the...

Police offer to pay speeding ticket for driver of snake bite victim

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police offer to pay speeding ticket for driver of snake bite victim

A few weeks after a miner reportedly had a harrowing experience trying to rescue a female friend bitten by a deadly snake in the hinterland, he says that police have offered to deal with the speeding...

Don’t rush de local content legislation

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Don’t rush de local content legislation

Love all. Trust few, Everything’s real but not everyone is true. Soulja Bai got to realize this. ExxonMobil come to Guyana and smile wid Jagdeo. As soon as Jagdeo lose de elections dem run to...

Cycling champ, Beyonce Ross, laid to rest

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cycling champ, Beyonce Ross, laid to rest

The Area H Ground Tarmac was packed to capacity, as relatives, friends, classmates, teammates, residents and persons from near and far of former National Cycling Champion Beyonce Dunella Ross,...

Schools’ Welfare Dept. launches database to track, assist at-risk children

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Schools’ Welfare Dept. launches database to track, assist at-risk children

The Ministry of Education’s Schools’ Welfare Department has launched a database to cater to the needs of children who have been affected or might be at risk of some social ills. According to...

Windies Women’s 50-over Cricket… Campbelle’s ton spurs Guyana to 65-run win over L/Wards

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies Women’s 50-over Cricket… Campbelle’s ton spurs Guyana to 65-run win over L/Wards

Guyanese Shemaine Campbelle continued to advance her case for Windies recall with a match winning century in a 65-run win against the Leeward Islands as the Windies Women’s 50-over tournament...

Trayon Bobb set to debut for Portugal’s Sociedade Uniõa 1° de Dezemáro – Fund raiser for Sunday at Leonora

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trayon Bobb set to debut for Portugal’s Sociedade Uniõa 1° de Dezemáro – Fund raiser for Sunday at Leonora

With all systems in place for Golden Jaguar Trayon Bobb to make his debut next month at club Sociedade Uniõa 1° de Dezemáro, owned by Guyanese football icon, Alex Bunbury (Principal and Director...

Lindo Creek victims remembered

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek victims remembered

A sombre atmosphere enveloped the Brickdam Cathedral yesterday when close relatives and friends converged to share memories of the eight men who lost their lives in the tragic Lindo Creek massacre...

Guyana CBC men’s team selected – “We have very high IQ players” – Coach Junior Hercules

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana CBC men’s team selected – “We have very high IQ players” – Coach Junior Hercules

By Calvin Chapman The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has released the team that will be representing the Golden Arrowhead at the 2018 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s...

New EBFA Referees commence Technical Training

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on New EBFA Referees commence Technical Training

The new crop of officials which completed the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Referees Training Programme on Sunday last with a pass rate of 96%,...

Food Town to host Inaugural Golf Tournament

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Food Town to host Inaugural Golf Tournament

Recently opened Food Town Restaurant & Distribution Outlet located at 266 Newton Street, Enmore on the East Coast, Demerara has partnered with the Lusignan Golf Club to host its first ever golf...

Mobile pumps for the city by year-end

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mobile pumps for the city by year-end

Georgetown will have three mobile pumps by December, just in time for the next rainy season. In a recent interview with the Department of Public Information, Chief Executive Officer of the National...

CBC women’s C/ship in Suriname… Guyana women lose third and final match 112-24 to Dominica Republic

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CBC women’s C/ship in Suriname… Guyana women lose third and final match 112-24 to Dominica Republic

On Tuesday evening at the Anthony Nesty Sportshal in Paramaribo, Suriname, the Guyanese girls felt the full force of the hammer when Dominican Republic (DR) nailed them by 88 points to register the...

Clash of the Champions Unity Cup Final on this weekend at Uitvlugt – Omesh XI; Flying Stars; Farm XI; Cane Grove to vie

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clash of the Champions Unity Cup Final on this weekend at Uitvlugt – Omesh XI; Flying Stars; Farm XI; Cane Grove to vie

The Unity Cup organized by the Guyana Softball League will conclude with the national champions of three categories being crowned. The tournament which attracted some 79 teams lasting just over one...

Police ‘uproot’ ganja-planting plot at Lusignan holding facility

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police ‘uproot’ ganja-planting plot at Lusignan holding facility

– Phones, other items found Some inmates at the Lusignan holding facility have taken up gardening—but Prison authorities are not too happy with this enterprising venture. That’s...

Regional radio stations contributed to more democratic village elections – PM Nagamootoo

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regional radio stations contributed to more democratic village elections – PM Nagamootoo

The newly established radio stations played an important role in broadcasting information about candidates and the results of the recently held 178 village elections. This was particularly effective...

ECB, WCC congratulate Paul

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB, WCC congratulate Paul

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) and Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC) have both extended congratulations to Keemo Paul on his call up to the Windies team for the third and final test against Sri...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ futsal competition… Berbice action kicks off tomorrow

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ futsal competition… Berbice action kicks off tomorrow

The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship, will officially kick-off tomorrow at the New Amsterdam (NA) Stelling Tarmac. According to Coordinator Phillip Carrington, “It will...

Farm overcome Enterprise as Rafman Ally softball continues

Jun 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farm overcome Enterprise as Rafman Ally softball continues

Led by contrasting half centuries by Rajesh Reddy and Travis Alphonso, Farm defeated Enterprise by 10 wickets when action in the Rafman Ally softball tournament continued on Sunday last at Everest...

Govt. lacks urgency to address concerns of minibus operators

Jun 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. lacks urgency to address concerns of minibus operators

– Union President The United Minibus Union (UMU) is surprised by the lack of urgency from the Government to discuss a proposal to address bus fares across the country. Minibus operators...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more