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Cricket is in good hands

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cricket is in good hands

The rivalry for control of cricket administration in Guyana is just as intense as the contest for the Chairmanship of the People’s National Congress Reform. Cricket administration is the local...

Conservation Int’l is funded by world’s largest polluters

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News, What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Comments Off on Conservation Int’l is funded by world’s largest polluters

…Utterly silent on crimes of corporate partners like ExxonMobil By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell There is the age-old saying “you never bite the hands that feed you.” With that in mind, what if it...

Alleged $200B procurement fraud under PPP…‘How come SARA can’t charge someone for $1M?’ – Jagdeo

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged $200B procurement fraud under PPP…‘How come SARA can’t charge someone for $1M?’ – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is questioning the assertions made by the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) of $200B in state assets lost under the previous People’s Progressive Party (PPP)...

$366M drug contract… Company traced to two NY homes

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $366M drug contract… Company traced to two NY homes

PS reneges on interview with K/News One week after questions were raised over the awarding of a multimillion-dollar drug contract in June last year to New York-based HDM Labs Inc., there is...

Man found strangled in toilet

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man found strangled in toilet

…family members in custody Thirty-year-old Rajendra Lall Hira was found motionless in a toilet at his of lot 76 Sixth Street, Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara home in the wee hours yesterday. By...

Men on unlicenced ATV beat police rank, fire shots, damage patrol car

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Men on unlicenced ATV beat police rank, fire shots, damage patrol car

A licensed firearm holder turned himself in to police at the Brickdam Police Station yesterday morning, having been involved in an altercation with police ranks who made attempts to arrest him, after...

Toshaos Council Chairman blasts President over broken promises “I don’t know any promise was broken” – Granger

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos Council Chairman blasts President over broken promises “I don’t know any promise was broken” – Granger

President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger were warmly greeted outside the Arthur Chung Conference Centre yesterday by leaders of Indigenous Peoples before the opening ceremony for...

Senior police officer creating nuff playthings

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Senior police officer creating nuff playthings

When people got power dem does believe dem is de biggest thing on earth. Some of dem does get so big that people does have to wonder if is de same people. Dem boys seh de country got so many murders...

Teen drowns in creek

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen drowns in creek

The body of 18 year old, Ronaldo Gomes was fished out of the creek at the Splashmin’s Resort on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Saturday last, after going there with cousin and friends for an...

Guyana averts possible maritime export ban -as new mobile container scanner site commissioned

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana averts possible maritime export ban -as new mobile container scanner site commissioned

Since June 2016, Guyana was without a functioning container scanner. It meant that the country was at risk with its exports which could be tainted with illegal drugs, to countries which have tough...

Man, 20, pleads guilty to raping girl, 6

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 20, pleads guilty to raping girl, 6

A 20-year-old man, pleaded guilty to raping a six-year-old girl when he appeared before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the High Court in Georgetown. Delon Clementson confessed that between August...

GABBFF Seniors 2018… Space Gym’s Kerwyn Clarke reclaims Mr. Guyana crown – Fans show disapproval after heavyweight placing

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Seniors 2018… Space Gym’s Kerwyn Clarke reclaims Mr. Guyana crown – Fans show disapproval after heavyweight placing

Story and photos by Franklin Wilson The 2018 edition of the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) ended with former Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke of Space Gym reclaiming the title...

Wanted bulletin issued for boat captain in 91 kilos coke haul

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted bulletin issued for boat captain in 91 kilos coke haul

Authorities have issued a wanted bulletin for a Mon Repos man who they believe had a hand in an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into the country over the weekend. According to the...

Ninth annual GBTI Tennis Open launched

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninth annual GBTI Tennis Open launched

The Guyana Bank of Trade & Industry (GBTI) has always been a good corporate Citizen, especially with their commitment to Sports development, and yesterday at GBTI Tennis Court in Bel Air the Bank...

Balram Narine rides away with Franco Crawford 50th Birth Anniversary cycle race

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balram Narine rides away with Franco Crawford 50th Birth Anniversary cycle race

On a day blessed with brilliant sunshine, Balram Narine once again dominated proceedings when the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) held the Franco Crawford 50th Birthday Race. The event saw the riders...

Kwakwani floodwaters slowly recede

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani floodwaters slowly recede

Residents and officials of the heavily inundated areas in Kwakwani, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Region 10, have reported that up to Sunday afternoon, the water level receded four inches. For the past...

Bramble’s men earn CWI big bucks Consider Rutherford for Providence ODI against Bangladesh

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bramble’s men earn CWI big bucks Consider Rutherford for Providence ODI against Bangladesh

Says Sean Devers The West Indies ‘B’ team led by Guyanese Keeper Anthony Bramble enjoyed a wonderful tournament in the Canada Dry Global T20 at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario,...

Guyana Goldfields announces new chief

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields announces new chief

– says 2018 production will fall below projections The country’s biggest gold mine, Guyana Goldfields Inc., has named a new chief. The news comes after the Canadian company has also...

Youth gets 23 years for Tiger Bay killing

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youth gets 23 years for Tiger Bay killing

After admitting that he fatally stabbed a man, 22-year-old Christopher Stanley was yesterday sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of 23 years and seven months by Justice Sandil Kissoon. He...

Budhan Memorial Turf Club to stage August 26 Meet at Number 66 racetrack

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budhan Memorial Turf Club to stage August 26 Meet at Number 66 racetrack

The Budhan Memorial Turf Club will stage a one day horserace meet on Sunday August 26 at their Number 66 Village, Corentyne Racetrack starting at 1:00pm. The organisers have informed that six races...

CWI Regional U17 50-over tourney Guyana inch closer to title with 31-run victory over Jamaica

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Regional U17 50-over tourney Guyana inch closer to title with 31-run victory over Jamaica

By Zaheer Mohamed in Trinidad and Tobago in association with V NET Communications, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Mike’s Pharmacy and Bel Air Rubis Guyana moved closer to lifting the Cricket...

Mahdia accident leaves six injured; two critical

Jul 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia accident leaves six injured; two critical

An accident at Tiger Creek, Mahdia, on Sunday night has left six persons injured, with two said to be in a critical condition. Monica Mendonca, Ray Baptiste, Serena Fraser, Gabriella Marques,...

GFF Elite League Season III Den Amstel needle Buxton 1-0 in Sunday’s feature match

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League Season III Den Amstel needle Buxton 1-0 in Sunday’s feature match

Den Amstel Football Club (FC) continue to put pressure on the front runners Western Tigers FC and Fruta Conquerors FC after holding their nerves to needle Buxton United FC 1-0 in the feature match of...

Discount Store saddles with Guyana Cup 2018

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Discount Store saddles with Guyana Cup 2018

The Guyana Cup Horserace meet 2018 is set to be the biggest in the event’s history with over $15 million in cash and prizes up for grabs. The August 19th event is gaining traction both locally and...

ExxonMobil under-14 schools’ football Semifinal matches on today

Jul 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ExxonMobil under-14 schools’ football Semifinal matches on today

The finalists in the boys’ and girls’ final of the ExxonMobil under-14 schools’ football tournament will be decided today at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on CARIFESTA Avenue from...

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Williams and Wharton register hat-tricks as Round 2 of Republic Bank U18 League heats up

Jagdeo should withdraw his comments

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo found himself at the center of a controversy regarding... more