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Govt. warns Rusal: Guyanese workers must be respected , labour laws upheld -labour officials to visit Aroraima today

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. warns Rusal: Guyanese workers must be respected , labour laws upheld -labour officials to visit Aroraima today

Government has warned Rusal that it must respect workers and uphold labour laws. This came from a key meeting yesterday at the Ministry of the Presidency as bauxite workers remained defiant...

Airline tickets to cost more in wake of US$150M airport renovation

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Airline tickets to cost more in wake of US$150M airport renovation

Passengers using the Cheddi Jagan International Airport will be saddled with additional fees to their tickets come April 1. According to a circular dated January 25, 2019, by the Cheddi Jagan...

Another plane crash…Pilot killed after aircraft explodes.

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Another plane crash…Pilot killed after aircraft explodes.

Misfortune struck for the second time this week in the local aviation sector, when a pilot attached to Domestic Airways Inc. died in a fiery crash at Eteringbang, Region Seven around 17.45 hrs...

Foreign envoys meet with GECOM

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign envoys meet with GECOM

Representatives of the ABC countries and European Union met with the Guyana Elections Commission yesterday to discuss preparations for General and Regional Elections. Yesterday, GECOM said that the...

Jagdeo to call on int’l community to sanction GECOM APNU commissioners.

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo to call on int’l community to sanction GECOM APNU commissioners.

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell If it were up to Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) Commissioners, Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman would be...

I did not resign – Solicitor General -denies involvement in no confidence appeal

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on I did not resign – Solicitor General -denies involvement in no confidence appeal

Attorney at law, Nigel Hawke, has refuted claims that he has resigned from his position as Solicitor General of Guyana. Hawke in a statement to the press, cited an erroneous publication in the...

Berbice businessman wins $40M lawsuit against Demerara Harbour Bridge

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice businessman wins $40M lawsuit against Demerara Harbour Bridge

High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted to a Crabwood Creek businessman, Ramesh Sahadeo, judgment in excess of $40M against the Demerara Harbour Bridge,(DHB). The Judgment was granted after...

Irfaan Ali will say nothing more about his qualifications for now – Jagdeo

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Irfaan Ali will say nothing more about his qualifications for now – Jagdeo

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell It has been well over a month since People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Presidential Candidate; Irfaan Ali’s qualifications were exposed as questionable. Yet, he has...

Guyana want

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana want

Is funny how local politicians does want foreign diplomats to intervene but only at certain times. When dem same politicians talk about elections when Jagdeo was president he seh how dem meddling in...

Private Sector Commission warned about political posturing

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector Commission warned about political posturing

Members of the Private Sector Commission have been warned to stop making public statements or affirmations which are politically charged or which comment on the current political climate. A...

Guyana in Group G for Final C/ship; Top 4 finishers qualify for FIFA U-17 WC Peru 2019 Draw Reveals Groups for the 2019 Concacaf U-17 C/ship

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana in Group G for Final C/ship; Top 4 finishers qualify for FIFA U-17 WC Peru 2019 Draw Reveals Groups for the 2019 Concacaf U-17 C/ship

Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) conducted the official draw for the 2019 Concacaf Under-17 Championship, at the Concacaf...

Post mortem inconclusive on baby burnt in GPHC incubator

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Post mortem inconclusive on baby burnt in GPHC incubator

The cause of death of Quavo Daniel, who died after being burnt in an incubator at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, is inconclusive, according to information shared during a meeting...

President Granger’s message just before fight give me a boost – Lennox ‘2 Sharp’ Allen

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on President Granger’s message just before fight give me a boost – Lennox ‘2 Sharp’ Allen

By Sean Devers When Guyanese born Brooklyn based, Super Middleweight boxer, Lennox “2 Sharp” Allen beat American Derrick “Take it to the Bank” Webster on February 15, 2019 at the Grand...

Dominican remanded for forging Peru passport

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dominican remanded for forging Peru passport

Fifty-four-year-old Jose Rodriguez of Dominican Republic was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for allegedly forging a Peru passport. The man, through an interpreter, pleaded not guilty to the...

Zeelugt overcome Cold Fusion by 102 runs

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zeelugt overcome Cold Fusion by 102 runs

Zeelugt defeated Cold Fusion by 102 runs when the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee Dwayne Stephen’s Auto Sale 40-over tournament commenced on Sunday last. Batting first at Zeelugt, the...

Councillor tells Regional Chairman… “REO doesn’t give a damn about your views”

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Councillor tells Regional Chairman… “REO doesn’t give a damn about your views”

It was another month of absolute chaos and confusion at Region Five’s monthly statutory meeting yesterday at the Regional Democratic Council’s Boardroom, after Councillors on the...

World boxing champion, Lennox Allen, arrives home Pays courtesy call on Mayor of Georgetown

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on World boxing champion, Lennox Allen, arrives home Pays courtesy call on Mayor of Georgetown

Last Friday, Lennox ‘2 Sharp’ Allen, overcame the odds to defeat American Derrick ‘take it to the bank’ Webster at the Grand Casino Hinckley in Minnesota, to become Guyana’s fifth...

Twenty years on, Bakewell keeps faith as sponsor of RHTY&SC Foster hails company’s investment

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Twenty years on, Bakewell keeps faith as sponsor of RHTY&SC Foster hails company’s investment

“Today we are widely considered Guyana’s most dynamic and successful youth and sports club but none of our success over the years on and off the cricket field would not have been possible without...

Narayan Ramdhani receives All Conference Award Named Athlete of the Week

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narayan Ramdhani receives All Conference Award Named Athlete of the Week

Narayan Ramdhani was presented with the prestigious All Conference Award for his outstanding achievements in the field of College Sport in Alberta. The leading Guyana Badminton player who is on a...

Taxi driver charged for pawning boss’s car

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged for pawning boss’s car

A man, who was entrusted by his employer to use his car as a taxi, and return the proceeds to him, was yesterday charged for fraudulent conversion and fraudulent misappropriation. Rabindranauth...

Hobodia to battle Sebai in return T20 fixture tomorrow

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hobodia to battle Sebai in return T20 fixture tomorrow

Sebai Sports Club located in Sebai River, Port Kaituma will host their neighbour Hobodia Sports Club from Aruka River tomorrow in a T20 fixture commencing at 09:00hrs. According to Public...

The elections and GECOM

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The elections and GECOM

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot be absolved from responsibility for frustrating the intent of the Constitution in relation to the passage of no-confidence vote. GECOM’s actions since...

GFF successfully conclude FIFA-Facilitated Medicine Workshop

Feb 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF successfully conclude FIFA-Facilitated Medicine Workshop

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last Tuesday, February 19, successfully wrapped up a two-day FIFA-facilitated medicine workshop held for physiotherapists and doctors attached to the nine...

Govt spending tax dollars to woo electorate – Opposition Leader

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt spending tax dollars to woo electorate – Opposition Leader

The leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, held a press conference at his church street office, yesterday, where he accused the A Partnership of National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC)...

Cop in crashed plane tells harrowing tale of survival

Feb 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cop in crashed plane tells harrowing tale of survival

A Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services plane with two persons and a body on board crashed landed in the Nismes, West Bank of Demerara area on February 17, 2019. One of the survivors was the...

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You cannot borrow your way to prosperity

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The Jagdeo Doctrine is an absurd, reckless, and fundamentally shortsighted economic fallacy.... more