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Guyanese-born NYPD officer laid to rest

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born NYPD officer laid to rest

Guyana-born officer of the New York Police Department, Vincent Persaud, 31, who was killed last week after a car crash, has been laid to rest. Colleagues of Persaud and relatives all turned up for a...

GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup –EBFA LegSoesdyke Falcons smash their way into semis with 13-2 win over Diamond United

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup –EBFA LegSoesdyke Falcons smash their way into semis with 13-2 win over Diamond United

Hat-tricks from Mark Barker and Tyrone Khan along with a double from Nickozie Hope guided Soesdyke Falcons to an emphatic 13-2 triumph over Diamond United and a place in the semi-finals of the...

Thomas leads Regal Masters to victory over Fisherman

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thomas leads Regal Masters to victory over Fisherman

A fine half century from Eric Thomas handed Regal Masters a 47-run victory over Fisherman Masters when the teams collided in a 20-over fixt ure played recently at the Gandhi Youth Organsiation...

Porter, 18, admits stealing over $1M from sister

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Porter, 18, admits stealing over $1M from sister

An 18-year-old porter is in police custody, following the break and enter and larceny, committed on the dwelling house of Samanta Cummings, of the Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast on Saturday....

Third and final day’s play abandoned due to rain at Bourda

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third and final day’s play abandoned due to rain at Bourda

Following a heavy downpour, the entire third and final day’s play of the Hand-in-Hand Inter County U-19 three-day cricket tournament game between the Select XI and Demerara was called off yesterday...

Berbice agri students grow organic cauliflower

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice agri students grow organic cauliflower

Students from the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School who will be writing Agricultural Science at the CSEC level were required to cultivate a vegetable flower crop as part of their school-based...

Families of fishermen murdered in Suiname’s piracy attacks still looking for closure

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Families of fishermen murdered in Suiname’s piracy attacks still looking for closure

By Malisa Playter-Harry It’s been one year and a week but the families of the fishermen whose bodies were never found after they were killed and dumped overboard in Suriname waters last...

Maurice Cummings wins Roger Bishop Senior Linden Table Tennis Championships

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Cummings wins Roger Bishop Senior Linden Table Tennis Championships

Maurice Cummings reigned supreme when he defeated Shavin Greene in the final enroute to victory in the Roger Bishop Linden Table Tennis Championships held on Saturday last at the McKenzie High...

Hand-in-Hand 3-day Inter-County U-19 cricketMOM Sinclair, Algoo & Deodat fires Berbice to 141-run win

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 3-day Inter-County U-19 cricketMOM Sinclair, Algoo & Deodat fires Berbice to 141-run win

A Man-of-the-Match performance from Junior Sinclair who was unbeaten on 50 and captured 3-12, a fifty from Alex Algoo a nd 4-43 from left-arm spinner Nigel Deodat give defending Champions Berbice an...

Guyanese-born Bajan businessman killed in robbery

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born Bajan businessman killed in robbery

Barbados (Barbados Today)- A killer’s single bullet just after midnight Saturday night took 46-year-old Eton Lyken away from his family. He was their sole breadwinner. Since receiving word...

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BY JOHN M. SEERAM

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BY JOHN M. SEERAM

May is designated Internal Audit Awareness Month by the Institute of Internal Auditors, Global (IIAG). The Guyana Chapter is affiliated to the IIAG, hence it has planned a month of activities...

Corona Futsal continues tonight

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Futsal continues tonight

Play in the Corona sponsored Futsal Indoor football tournament continues tonight at the National Gymnasium with the second night of elimination matches. A keen night of competition is anticipated and...

Father suspected after Charity blaze leaves mom, 5 children homeless

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Father suspected after Charity blaze leaves mom, 5 children homeless

A young mother and her five children are now homeless, after their two bedroom home was set ablaze last Saturday night, alleged ly, by her husband. Juliet Badri, 33, said yesterday, that she noticed...

Guyana to benefit from Chile’s mining experience

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to benefit from Chile’s mining experience

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chile´s Minister of Mining, Baldo Prokurica, and the National Service of Geology and Mining...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ CompetitionChamps Silver Bullets among winners on Sunday

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ CompetitionChamps Silver Bullets among winners on Sunday

Defending champs Silver Bullets and former champions Dave & Celina were among the teams registering victories when play in this year’s Linden Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’...

Questions that must be answered

May 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Questions that must be answered

I have a praxis that started since I was sixteen. Since that time, many moons ago, I have not succumbed to intimidation despite living in situations where my life was endangered. The many occasions...

Fisherman not guilty of attempted murder of wife, but guilty of wounding with intent

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman not guilty of attempted murder of wife, but guilty of wounding with intent

The fisherman who is on trial in the Berbice High Court on counts of attempted murder and wounding with intent, was found guilty on the latter charge. Ian Saraswati, 34, a fisherman of Lot 91 Bush...

Cadogan century boosts Bacchus Bulls in Banks DIH softball league in E’bo

May 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cadogan century boosts Bacchus Bulls in Banks DIH softball league in E’bo

Neiland Cadogan struck a fine century as Bacchus Bulls defeated Nazz XI by 85 runs when the Banks DIH 15/15 softball league commence At Affiance, Cadogan struck four fours and 12 sixes in scoring 111...

The unsparing political damnation

May 07, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The unsparing political damnation

What is a government to do? Where can it turn to? To whom can it call upon and send to do the work that has to be done? The horizon is bleak, the options severely limited. So much work; so very few;...

Family of murdered Agricola man seeks justice

May 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Family of murdered Agricola man seeks justice

It has been almost six months since 34-year-old Kacey Da Silva, a father of one, was shot and killed at Agricola, East Bank Demerara. His family is still looking for justice. No one has yet been...

The world needs to hear about this

May 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The world needs to hear about this

DEAR EDITOR, Responding to news that 24 Yemenis from the Baha’i faith – including eight women and a child – are facing charges that could result in death sentences by the Huthi-controlled...

The rampant crime spree is unceasing

May 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rampant crime spree is unceasing

DEAR EDITOR, Every day another murder or robbery is committed, yet the matter is not being addressed, our citizens are living in fear because they are not even safe in their own homes. The...

This law enforcement initiative is a quantum leap in the right direction

May 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This law enforcement initiative is a quantum leap in the right direction

DEAR EDITOR, I recently read with great pleasure an article in the press under the caption, “Office of Professional Responsibility to actively monitor Police performance.” The...

I also have an interest in getting information to the public, Mr. Kissoon

May 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I also have an interest in getting information to the public, Mr. Kissoon

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s present (ANUG – A Nasty, Ugly Goblin. KN: 06/05/2019) and previous articles in this round of communications are intellectually and morally poor, and since it...

In transit inconvenience

May 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on In transit inconvenience

DEAR EDITOR, The night was windy, with the sparkles of diamond-like stars twinkling in a dark, velvet sky. I was so happy to be home in Guyana, in spite of the sharp pain I had felt earlier from the...

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