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Malteenoes SC pays tribute to the late friend of the Club Allison Butters-Grant

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malteenoes SC pays tribute to the late friend of the Club Allison Butters-Grant

The Malteenoes Sports Club wishes to express our heartfelt sympathy to the immediate family, relatives and friends of the late Mrs. Allison Butters-Grant, CEO of Global Seafoods, a release...

Breaking News… PPP names former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News… PPP names former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate

Former Housing Minister under the People’s Progressive Party, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, 38, was this morning chosen to be his party’s next presidential candidate. The party, which lost the early 2015...

“Guyana is the gift that keeps on giving…” – Exxon’s latest well could produce 300M barrels of oil -Wood Mackenzie

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Guyana is the gift that keeps on giving…” – Exxon’s latest well could produce 300M barrels of oil -Wood Mackenzie

ExxonMobil’s latest discovery offshore Guyana, the Pluma-1 well, could very well produce around 300 million barrels of oil equivalent of recoverable reserves. This is according to Wood Mackenzie,...

Govt. files submissions in challenge to no-confidence motion vote count

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. files submissions in challenge to no-confidence motion vote count

Lawyers for the government have filed submissions in the High Court regarding its challenge to the ruling of the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland – that the motion of...

Top Cop says police have ‘corroborating statements’ in Charrandass Persaud probe – will approach Canada, if necessary, to question former MP

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop says police have ‘corroborating statements’ in Charrandass Persaud probe – will approach Canada, if necessary, to question former MP

Police have received ‘corroboration’ from gold dealers who were interviewed during an ongoing probe into bribery and other allegations against former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud....

PPP agreed to content of joint statement – Harmon

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP agreed to content of joint statement – Harmon

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Tit for tat? At a press conference on Thursday, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo told the media that the government misrepresented the occurrences of his meeting...

Coalition MPs’ dual citizenship status to be addressed after court ruling – Govt.

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition MPs’ dual citizenship status to be addressed after court ruling – Govt.

Although the High Court is set to rule by this month-end whether a no-confidence vote by expelled parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud, was legal, it is unlikely the Government will pronounce...

Guyana Goldfields’ shareholders await respond from Board -willing to go the whole gamut

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields’ shareholders await respond from Board -willing to go the whole gamut

The group of “concerned” Guyana Goldfields shareholders has signaled its intention to go the full gamut to get the company to move away from its current trajectory, which the shareholders feel...

A New and United Guyana launched

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A New and United Guyana launched

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) made its official launch, yesterday at Moray House, with party leader, Ralph Ramkarran, declaring that the newly-formed grouping will “win the election”. The party...

Coastland braces for high tides next week

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coastland braces for high tides next week

Authorities are warning coast landers to take precautions against above-normal spring tides next week. According to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, the spring tide is expected between...

West Indies First-Class Cricket Pestano (4-50) & Shepherd (3-29) blow away Hurricanes for 175 Jaguars stretch lead to 97 on truncated 2nd day

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies First-Class Cricket Pestano (4-50) & Shepherd (3-29) blow away Hurricanes for 175 Jaguars stretch lead to 97 on truncated 2nd day

By Sean Devers The Berbician pace pair of Clinton Pestano and Romario Shepherd shared seven wickets between on a truncated second day of the fifth round of 2019 Regional First-Class cricket...

Rupununi Football Association bracing for a hectic year

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rupununi Football Association bracing for a hectic year

Secretary of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) Ryan Farias has stated that the association has set their programme for the year and it will be a busy one for villages and teams under its...

Kennard Memorial announces provisional programme for Phagwah Meet

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial announces provisional programme for Phagwah Meet

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club of Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice has released its provisional programme for the Phagwah Horserace Meet fixed for Sunday March 24th at their racetrack. Six...

GCB again questions the selection policy of CWI Selection Panel

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB again questions the selection policy of CWI Selection Panel

Once again, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is compelled to express its extreme disgust with the lopsided and illogical approach displayed by the CWI selectors with their selection of the Test...

Athletics Association of Guyana holds Development Meet

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletics Association of Guyana holds Development Meet

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) held a Developmental Meet in Berbice on Wednesday last, which was in keeping with the IAAF’s mandate of “Taking the sport to the people”....

I prefer a consensus candidate – PPP General Secretary

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on I prefer a consensus candidate – PPP General Secretary

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, has indicated that, though the party will vote for its presidential candidate by way of secret ballot, he...

A PPP govt. will repeal all Bills passed after no-confidence motion – Jagdeo

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A PPP govt. will repeal all Bills passed after no-confidence motion – Jagdeo

Sittings of the National Assembly held following the passage of the Bharrat Jagdeo-sponsored no-confidence motion will prove to be a waste of millions of dollars, if the People’s Progressive Party...

Three Venezuelans among 5 arrested with grenades, gun, ammo

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three Venezuelans among 5 arrested with grenades, gun, ammo

Joint Services ranks conducting patrols last Wednesday and Thursday in the Blackwater Creek, Cuyuni River, arrested five persons, including three Venezuelans and two Guyanese, with drugs, a...

What does it take to be happy in Guyana?

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What does it take to be happy in Guyana?

A woman on her morning walk, noticed an older man sitting on his front step smoking a cigar and looking extremely happy. She guessed that he must be in his eighties, yet he seemed so happy....

Tampering of records… Former Gold Board clerk, accountant to go on trial next month

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Tampering of records… Former Gold Board clerk, accountant to go on trial next month

The trial involving two former employees of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) who were slapped with several charges in relation to stolen money and engaging in fraudulent activities will commence on...

Cuban national fined for overstaying – granted time to conclude pending transactions at U.S. Embassy

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban national fined for overstaying – granted time to conclude pending transactions at U.S. Embassy

A 40-year-old Cuban national found himself before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for overstaying his time in Guyana. The court heard that Hunyays...

Appeal Court denies sentence reduction for convicted rapist

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court denies sentence reduction for convicted rapist

Convicted rapist Ray Thomas has failed in his attempt to have his 18-year jail sentence reduced at the Appeal Court. Thomas, 49, an ex-gambler from Laing Avenue, Georgetown, was unanimously...

Tint policy to be addressed once and for all

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tint policy to be addressed once and for all

The vexing problem of tints on vehicles is heading, at last, for a solution. Yesterday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon, during the post-Cabinet press briefings, disclosed that a recent survey...

‘Shark Oil’ gets March date for hearing of appeal against murder conviction

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Shark Oil’ gets March date for hearing of appeal against murder conviction

Herman Ally, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice resident in 2006, was instructed yesterday to return to court on March 14, when the Court of...

Rice farmers unable to cope with increase in price of fertilizer – Call for removal of VAT, granting of fuel subsidies

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers unable to cope with increase in price of fertilizer – Call for removal of VAT, granting of fuel subsidies

Rice farmers are calling on the Government, in light of the added burden to irrigate fields emanating from the dry spells, and increases in prices of fuel and lubricant, to grant fuel subsidies. They...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more