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Cops question Jagdeo over his Babu Jaan comments

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops question Jagdeo over his Babu Jaan comments

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo was yesterday questioned by ranks of the Criminal Investigations Department, (CID) over statements he made during his address at a rally held in commemoration...

Substandard US$150M airport warrants-Opposition full-fledged probe Leader.

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Substandard US$150M airport warrants-Opposition full-fledged probe Leader.

There must be a thorough investigation into the renovation done on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo, made this...

Woman accused of murdering mother faints twice in court- Magistrate orders psychological evaluation

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman accused of murdering mother faints twice in court- Magistrate orders psychological evaluation

The Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court was in total chaos yesterday when 41-year-old murder accused Kamela Jameer, a mother of two, appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, to answer to the...

Teixeira, Anamayah resign as PPP MPs

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teixeira, Anamayah resign as PPP MPs

Two of three dual citizens from the People’s Progressive Party, Gail Teixeira and Adrian Anamayah, have resigned as Members of Parliament. This announcement was made by Opposition Leader, Bharrat...

Parliament to reconvene on April 26…GECOM funding not on agenda

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament to reconvene on April 26…GECOM funding not on agenda

The Parliament Office has announced Friday, April 26th as the next sitting for the National Assembly, but it is not likely that funding for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), critical to the...

American Airlines aims to service NY-G/T route- will conduct daily Miami flights from next month

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on American Airlines aims to service NY-G/T route- will conduct daily Miami flights from next month

A mere five months after American Airlines made its first flight from Miami to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, the US carrier has announced plans to go daily from next month....

City Council to remove three-card tricksters, scam artists–perpetrators will face full force of the law

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Council to remove three-card tricksters, scam artists–perpetrators will face full force of the law

The Mayor and City Council, through the City Constabulary, yesterday began a full-fledged campaign to rid the city of the ‘three-card tricksters’ and scam artists operating around the...

PPP wants clean elections, but hires US firm linked to tampering

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP wants clean elections, but hires US firm linked to tampering

By Kiana Wilburg The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has been saying for months that its principal concern at this point in time is having free and fair elections. But on March 7, last, the Party...

Police now have security ring on East Bank, Harbour Bridge with live video feeds

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police now have security ring on East Bank, Harbour Bridge with live video feeds

Authorities are quietly building their arsenal in the fight against crime. One of the biggest weapons, it has now emerged, will be security cameras on the East Bank Demerara. For several months now,...

American Airlines want kick out de airlines who struggle wid Guyana

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on American Airlines want kick out de airlines who struggle wid Guyana

When dem got sugar ants does follow. Guyana got to be a bowl of sugar water. Anybody who see a bowl of sugar water gun see nuff ants running to get in and anodda set trying to get out....

Too little, too late

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Too little, too late

The children writing the National Grade Six Assessment would wish that the examinations were held every day. They have been treated with so much kindness and consideration, far better than at...

Man gets three years for ganja

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets three years for ganja

Daniel France was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $30,000 on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. France, who appeared in Court Five of the Georgetown...

Murder accused jailed for 12 months for robbing fruit vendor

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused jailed for 12 months for robbing fruit vendor

Twenty-four year-old Jason Howard, who was last year committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murders of an elderly rice farming couple, was yesterday handed a 12-month jail...

Robert Persaud will play no role in elections campaign – Opposition Leader

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Robert Persaud will play no role in elections campaign – Opposition Leader

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo made it pellucid yesterday that former Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, will have no role to play in the PPP’s election campaign...

Thief shot after robbing trainee nurses

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thief shot after robbing trainee nurses

A 27-year-old ‘D’ Field, Sophia resident was shot in the abdomen on Tuesday night, shortly after he had robbed two trainee nurses on Main Street. According to a release, public spirited...

Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure and G Square Cavaliers victorious

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure and G Square Cavaliers victorious

Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure Combine and G Square Cavaliers registered victories when the Wakenaam Cricket Committee/Mike’s Pharmacy and Trophy Stall U-19 40-overs tournament continued on Saturday...

Team Mohamed’s Enterprise patronises GMR&SC again

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Mohamed’s Enterprise patronises GMR&SC again

The generosity of Team Mohamed’s Enterprise to local motorsports continued yesterday with them volunteering more infrastructural works at the South Dakota Circuit. The team, which is responsible...

GPHC commemorates new, improved Maternity Ward- Plaque designed and constructed by staff unveiled

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC commemorates new, improved Maternity Ward- Plaque designed and constructed by staff unveiled

Yesterday the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) held a simple ceremony to commemorate its new Maternity Ward and unveiled a plaque that was designed and constructed by the staff. Manager...

Stag Easter Futsal FestivalSizzling rivalries anticipated in tonight’s Quarter Finals

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Easter Futsal FestivalSizzling rivalries anticipated in tonight’s Quarter Finals

Gold is money and Leopold Street will kick off quarter final play from20:00hrs in the Stag Easter Futsal Festival championship tonight at the National Gymnasium following the end of the round-of-16...

Pouderoyen FC mourns the loss of former player, Nathan Allicock

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pouderoyen FC mourns the loss of former player, Nathan Allicock

The football fraternity on the West Bank and West Coast of Demerara and more specifically, Pouderoyen Football Club is in a state of mourning following the loss of one of their senior members, 23...

Orinduik Development Inc. supports GSSF

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Orinduik Development Inc. supports GSSF

Every Guyanese, upon hearing the word “Orinduik” immediately thinks of the major tourist attraction on the Ireng River which borders Guyana and Brazil before merging with the Takutu River and...

Consumer Affairs Commission urges shoppers to learn their rights

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Affairs Commission urges shoppers to learn their rights

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) launched its website in early 2018 which allows customers to find information on laws surrounding consumer rights, to make reports and to learn...

2019 NGSA results will surpass that of previous years – Education Minister

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2019 NGSA results will surpass that of previous years – Education Minister

The 2019 National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] commenced yesterday and senior Ministry of Education officials were on hand to encourage some of the young pupils as they prepared to get down to...

Lionel D’ Andrade places second in Country Harvest 5K

Apr 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lionel D’ Andrade places second in Country Harvest 5K

Guyanese athlete Lionel D’ Andrade continues to shine in Trinidad and Tobago as he took the runner-up spot in the Country Harvest 5k which was held recently. The race was won by Shivran Baboolall...

‘Great Minds’ initiative expected to boost Region Four’s 2019 NGSA performances

Apr 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Great Minds’ initiative expected to boost Region Four’s 2019 NGSA performances

Although this year’s sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] only commenced yesterday, officials attached to the Region Four Department of Education are convinced that pupils within the...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more