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Executed taxi driver was witness in Kaieteur News grenade attack –injured suspects detained after turning up at hospitals

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Executed taxi driver was witness in Kaieteur News grenade attack –injured suspects detained after turning up at hospitals

Police were last night keeping watch over two injured men, who are suspected to be the gunmen who executed taxi driver Kelvin Walters. Walters, a taxi driver, was the key witness in the...

Against all odds… PPP Govt will reopen sugar estates–Jagdeo

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Against all odds… PPP Govt will reopen sugar estates–Jagdeo

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one of the many institutions that has advocated for Guyana’s authorities to reduce the size of its sugar industry since it was too costly to upkeep...

Pillion rider crushed by fuel truck after bike loses control

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pillion rider crushed by fuel truck after bike loses control

A La Parfaite Harmonie teenaged father is dead after he was thrown under the wheels of a fuel truck on the West Bank Demerara yesterday. The horrific accident left family and friends of John Walcott,...

Govt, Ram debate majority vote for passage of no-confidence motion

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt, Ram debate majority vote for passage of no-confidence motion

Majority or absolute majority! This was the contention of Attorney General Basil Williams and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram as they addressed the court on several issues relating to the...

GECOM, Chief Whips meeting depends on outcome of Commission’s deliberations

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM, Chief Whips meeting depends on outcome of Commission’s deliberations

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have to make a decision on its readiness to host an election this year should there be need for one. This is according to the Minister of State...

Irfaat win and de Chat-3 feel poked

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Irfaat win and de Chat-3 feel poked

Guyanese got a way of describing people as big ones. If a man watch anodda one and seh he is a big one, most people gon understand dat de man claiming dat de odda one powerful. He could be a...

Mc Gill SC secure place in final following two-wkt win against Cornelia Ida

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mc Gill SC secure place in final following two-wkt win against Cornelia Ida

Mc Gill Sports Club of Canal Number One have secured their place in the final of the West Demerara Cricket Association President’s Cup 50-over tournament after defeating Cornelia Ida by two...

Government’s partnership imperative to help propel nation to inaugural Concacaf Gold Cup

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government’s partnership imperative to help propel nation to inaugural Concacaf Gold Cup

By Franklin Wilson Come March 23rd next, and well before that date, it’s is imperative for the Government of the day to ensure that all the necessary support is given to the Guyana Football...

M.Y.O. Inter- Jamaat Softball set to start on February 3

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on M.Y.O. Inter- Jamaat Softball set to start on February 3

The Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana Inter-Jamaat softball cricket competition is schedule to start on 3rd February, at the MYO ground, Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.The...

MYO clears the air on abandoned match

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO clears the air on abandoned match

The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) would like to clear the air on their Georgetown Cricket Association New Building Society second division 40-over game against Gandhi Youth Organisation...

Guinness Greatest of the Streets West Demerara/East Bank Zone continues tomorrow night

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Greatest of the Streets West Demerara/East Bank Zone continues tomorrow night

The opening leg of the 2019 Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ street football tournament continues tomorrow night at the Pouderoyen Market Tarmac with night two of the West...

KMTC President peeved…. Rising Sun’s meet clashes with Phagwah races

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC President peeved…. Rising Sun’s meet clashes with Phagwah races

President of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC), Justice Cecil Kennard is peeved that the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee has set a horserace meet at Rising Sun Turf Club on the...

Fiba Americas Qualifier Doman to replace Victor

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fiba Americas Qualifier Doman to replace Victor

Less than a month remains before the National men’s basketball team are scheduled to depart for Colombia where they will take part in the biggest tournament of Guyana Basketball’s...

Farifield, Ogle, Lusignan B, Enmore triumph

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farifield, Ogle, Lusignan B, Enmore triumph

The 2019 edition of the ECCC/SPR Enterprise 40 overs cricket tournament for teams on the East Coast of Demerara commenced on Sunday last at several venues. The preliminary games are being...

Berbice Cricket Board honours former Secretary Oscar Ramjeet with its highest Award

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board honours former Secretary Oscar Ramjeet with its highest Award

“Over the last ten months, we at the Berbice Cricket Board have achieved the impossible. From a long period of being dormant and almost buried, Berbice Cricket is now the pride of Guyana and...

BCB launches Spready’s Snackette Second Division Tournament

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches Spready’s Snackette Second Division Tournament

The Berbice Cricket Board plans to host at least thirty Cricket Tournaments in 2019 and was given a major boost when another sponsor came on board last weekend. Mr. Manoj Singh, CEO of Spready’s...

The AFC needs a reality check

Jan 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC needs a reality check

Is the AFC living in ‘Disneyland’? The party has to be operating in another galaxy if it is serious about possibly discussing its choice of a Prime Ministerial candidate this weekend. The...

Charity resident freed on ammo charges

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charity resident freed on ammo charges

Hayland Handy, 41, of Charity, East Bank Essequibo, walked out of court a free man yesterday after an ammunition charge was dismissed against him. This was after trial Magistrate Crystal Lambert...

Union offers new ultimatum to state over outstanding pension for retired GTC/GT&T workers

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Union offers new ultimatum to state over outstanding pension for retired GTC/GT&T workers

The Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) has issued a one-week ultimatum to the government over outstanding pension monies owed to retired Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Contractor to fix damaged West Dem. access road

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor to fix damaged West Dem. access road

Officials attached to contracting firm BK Engineering have accepted responsibility for damaged access road located at La Union West Coast Demerara (WCD). In fact, even before the construction, the...

MPs must not be confined to chambers, should visit oil operations –EITI urges

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on MPs must not be confined to chambers, should visit oil operations –EITI urges

When it comes to the oil and gas industry, legislators will have a crucial role to play in ensuring transparency and accountability. But this cannot be achieved by merely sitting in Chambers and...

Confusion at New Amsterdam Hospital A&E -new regulations increase doctor-patient time; many forced to wait for hours

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Confusion at New Amsterdam Hospital A&E -new regulations increase doctor-patient time; many forced to wait for hours

A visit to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital yesterday at the request of residents in Berbice revealed a state of confusion and stress among patients waiting to see a doctor at the Accident and...

Canje hire car driver slapped with sexual assault on 13-year-old.

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Canje hire car driver slapped with sexual assault on 13-year-old.

A hire car driver of New Area Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh on Tuesday, on a charge of sexual assault...

Kaneville woman carries ganja in shoes to lock-ups

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville woman carries ganja in shoes to lock-ups

Sarah Charles was yesterday hauled before the court after she was reportedly found in an unfortunate situation of which she is being accused of trying to introduce narcotics to the Geo rgetown...

Sale of Mercedes car parts leads to fraud charge

Jan 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of Mercedes car parts leads to fraud charge

A resident from Hadfield Street, Georgetown, yesterday appeared in court to answer a charge of fraudulent conversion after he allegedly sold some car parts entrusted to him. Joseph Garraway,...

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