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Dog leads child to missing teen buried in house foundation – Rice farmer confesses to gruesome killing

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dog leads child to missing teen buried in house foundation – Rice farmer confesses to gruesome killing

Ten days after he vanished, the search for 14-year-old Christopher Basdeo came to a grim end yesterday, after his remains were found near the foundation of an unfinished property in the backlands of...

Workers worried as Rusal secretly shipping out equipment

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Workers worried as Rusal secretly shipping out equipment

Workers of bauxite industry, in the Upper Berbice area, Region 10, have asked to meet with Government amid news that their employer appeared to be scaling down operations. This development comes as...

Gold miner, bandits shootout… Female cousin in custody for harbouring wanted man

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner, bandits shootout… Female cousin in custody for harbouring wanted man

As investigators place finishing touches in their case against several persons arrested in relation to last week’s robbery attack which saw the death of gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll, there are...

Man jailed for fleeing with phone he ‘borrowed from taxi driver

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for fleeing with phone he ‘borrowed from taxi driver

Fizal Mohamed’s love for other people’s cell phones has landed him in jail once again. Previously incarcerated for stealing a mobile phone, Mohamed was yesterday jailed after he appeared in court...

APNU denies talks with AFC stalled

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on APNU denies talks with AFC stalled

Lead Negotiator of A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Volda Lawrence is denying that talks between her party and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have stalled. This is despite AFC’s Treasurer,...

Sailor stabbed to death at Parika Ferry Stelling

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sailor stabbed to death at Parika Ferry Stelling

A 48-year-old Transport and Harbor Department employee was stabbed to death at around 18:30hrs on Thursday during a fight with another man at the Parika Ferry Stelling. Shurlon Errol Cutting of 2529...

When blind man seh he gun pelt

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When blind man seh he gun pelt

When two people in a relationship dem does get blind to anything around dem. Dem don’t see things that odda people does see. A man got he woman and she seeing odda men but he is de last to see and...

WITH WHOM IS THE AFC NEGOTIATING?

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WITH WHOM IS THE AFC NEGOTIATING?

The new formulation being advanced for the filling of positions within a future APNU+AFC government may appear to be progressive. But under closer scrutiny it’s a recipe for disaster. It is now...

Teens remanded on stolen cell phone charges

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teens remanded on stolen cell phone charges

Three of the suspects from the gang that was caught on camera robbing a man of his cell phone were yesterday remanded after appearing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The 18-year-old boys who...

Expired food products seized from several E’bo businesses

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Expired food products seized from several E’bo businesses

Over the past three days, a number of expired food items were discovered and confiscated from a number of businesses along the Essequibo Coast. Based on reports a number of food items were discovered...

NAMILCO wins four top quality honours at GNBS awards ceremony

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO wins four top quality honours at GNBS awards ceremony

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) just recently hosted its second National Quality Awards Ceremony to honour companies, which have been ensuring high quality within their operations....

Sugar’s 2nd crop target unlikely- GAWU

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar’s 2nd crop target unlikely- GAWU

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said it has continued to follow very closely and with great anxiety, the second sugar crop production. “The union learnt that as of...

CCJ to rule on application to appeal by child rapist serving 37 years

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ to rule on application to appeal by child rapist serving 37 years

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) heard arguments on Thursday in an application for Special Leave to appeal two convictions and sentence by Linton Pompey who was found guilty on September 21, 2015...

CCJ throws out ex-soldier’s bid to overturn manslaughter conviction

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ throws out ex-soldier’s bid to overturn manslaughter conviction

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed an application for Special Leave to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal refusing to set aside a conviction for gross negligence...

All is set for tee-off in the Bridgestone Guyana Open Golf Tourney today – LGC’s Hussain

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on All is set for tee-off in the Bridgestone Guyana Open Golf Tourney today – LGC’s Hussain

From today at 07:00hrs Guyana’s most successful golfers will be aiming to enhance their reputation against several overseas competitors when the two-day Bridgestone Guyana Open Golf tournament tees...

GECOM Chair says she will only speak when decisions are made

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair says she will only speak when decisions are made

Chair of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), (ret’d) Justice Claudette Singh S.C. has informed Kaieteur News that she will address the country about the matters facing the Commission, but only...

Schools Table Tennis action underway at CASH

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schools Table Tennis action underway at CASH

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) and Ministry of Education (MoE) National Schools’ Novices, Elite and Singles championships...

Training programme for U-19 pacers

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Training programme for U-19 pacers

Aspiring fast bowlers between ages 14-19 can apply to be a part of an Elite Performance Training programme conducted by CGI and Barbados Tridents Sport Physiotherapist and Performance Enhancement...

BCB/NBS 40 overs second division Several teams advance to Playoffs; 48 year-old player dies during match

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/NBS 40 overs second division Several teams advance to Playoffs; 48 year-old player dies during match

The Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society 40 overs tournament continued recently with several teams advancing to playoff stage. Those teams advancing to date are Rose Hall Tigers, Fyrish...

Irfaan Ali 19 charges trial further postponed

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Irfaan Ali 19 charges trial further postponed

Anil Nandlall, attorney for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, yesterday asked for a further adjournment of his client’s matters in relation to the 19...

Meten Meer Zorg edge Everest Masters in exciting lash

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Meten Meer Zorg edge Everest Masters in exciting lash

Everest Masters won the toss and asked the host, Meten Meer Zorg to take first strike and they reached 129 all out off 24.4 overs. Openers Muneshwar Balgobin and Mohan Chaitram put on 35, before...

2019 Colonial Medical Super 50 Guyana Jaguars name team; Savory, Smith new caps, Foo recalled

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 Colonial Medical Super 50 Guyana Jaguars name team; Savory, Smith new caps, Foo recalled

Leon Johnson will lead a strong 14-man Guyana Jaguars squad to participate in this year’s Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup which runs from November 6 to December 1 in St Kitts and Trinidad....

Body with head in plastic bag… Labourer on $600,000 bail following manslaughter charge

Oct 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body with head in plastic bag… Labourer on $600,000 bail following manslaughter charge

Sundar Singh, who allegedly killed his drinking partner and neighbour, Abdool Ghanie, and disposed of the corpse, was yesterday released on $600,000 bail after being charged with manslaughter. The...

Everest Masters to face Pakuri Warriors on Monday

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest Masters to face Pakuri Warriors on Monday

One of three Indigenous settlements in Administrative Region number four, St Cuthbert’s Mission has accepted a cricket challenge to the much fancied side Everest Masters. The Georgetown-based side,...

A tricky state

Oct 26, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A tricky state

A property on the Essequibo was found by a judge to have been obtained fraudulently by an offspring. The storied Shanta’s has sibling disputes about proof of claims relative to a sale, among other...