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Cops to be charged with abduction, felonious wounding of suspected burglar

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to be charged with abduction, felonious wounding of suspected burglar

The two policemen who allegedly poured hot water on 17-year-old Ashkay Budhiram after snatching him from a betting shop are to face charges of abduction and felonious wounding today. They are...

Guyana begins producing oil with ‘bad habits’

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana begins producing oil with ‘bad habits’

…look at how we handled mining & forestry—Dr. Mangal By Gary Eleazar The former Petroleum Advisor to the President, Dr. Jan Mangal, believes that Guyana is beginning on its path as an oil...

Two hospitalized after chain selling brawl

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two hospitalized after chain selling brawl

Two ‘D’ Field Sophia residents are now patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after stabbing each other. The altercation stemmed from the sale of a stolen gold chain....

Kaya & Talo Annual Youth Challenge U13 & 16 Football Cup Fiesta

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kaya & Talo Annual Youth Challenge U13 & 16 Football Cup Fiesta

MVPs Seon Cato and Devon Padmore helps Vurlon Mills Academy win both divisions Led by Most Valuable Players in the Under-13, Seon Cato and Under-16, Devon Padmore, Vurlon Mills Football Academy...

Labs are not mandated to be accredited–Product Compliance Head

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Labs are not mandated to be accredited–Product Compliance Head

By Mikaila Prince Testing laboratories in Guyana are not required to be certified or accredited. This is according to the Head of the Product Compliance Services Unit under the Guyana National Bureau...

Duo charged for stealing cash, other items

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo charged for stealing cash, other items

A speedboat operator and a taxi-driver were on Wednesday hauled before the court after they were arrested and charged for stealing a sum of cash and other items from a man. The defendants, Hazel...

MOE and GTTA benefits from Chinese Government support

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MOE and GTTA benefits from Chinese Government support

The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) received a timely boost from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to help their mandate of promoting sports...

Brazilian authorities nab Guyanese woman with coke stashed in underwear

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian authorities nab Guyanese woman with coke stashed in underwear

Local authorities are cooperating with Brazilian law enforcement officers after the arrest of a woman. According to officials, the woman, 29, left Lethem, Region Nine on December 12, last. She was...

KFC Goodwill Football Tourney Semis

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on KFC Goodwill Football Tourney Semis

Shiva Boys’ Hindu College, Lodge, DC Caesar Fox Sec. and Annai Sec. clash tonight The semifinal round for the second annual KFC Goodwill football tournament, being promoted by the Petra...

UDFA Christmas Football continue tonight at MSC

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA Christmas Football continue tonight at MSC

Giant killers Coomacka down Silver Shattas to reach semis; Panthers trounce Botafago Giant killers, Coomacka Football Club which hails from the mines area in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden are...

Canje man jailed for brutalizing father

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Canje man jailed for brutalizing father

A man who brutalized his bed-ridden father and threatened to sodomise him has been jailed for 12 months on three charges. Jaikshun Mohabir, 26, of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice was accused of...

GCB Annual Awards Romario Shepherd and Shemaine Campbell are male and female Cricketers of the Year

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Annual Awards Romario Shepherd and Shemaine Campbell are male and female Cricketers of the Year

By Sean Devers – Tucber Park, Berbice fast bowling All-Rounder Romario Shepherd was adjudged Cricketer of Year beating his West Indies teammates Berbician left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer...

Taxi driver remanded to jail on narcotics charge

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded to jail on narcotics charge

… Female friend and her household released. A taxi driver who allegedly had a quantity of narcotics stuffed in the panel of the trunk of his car has been remanded to jail. The man, Jamal Arjune,...

GFF Super 16 Cup Fruta Conquerors v Buxton United; New Amsterdam United v Buxton Stars tonight at BV Gr.

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super 16 Cup Fruta Conquerors v Buxton United; New Amsterdam United v Buxton Stars tonight at BV Gr.

Night two of the GFF Super 16 Cup 2019/2020 is set to unfold at the BV Ground, East Coast Demerara this evening from 18:30hrs when the home teams, Buxton United and Buxton Stars throws down the...

Antigua elected to OAS External Board of Auditors

Dec 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua elected to OAS External Board of Auditors

Antigua and Barbuda’s Auditor-General, Dean Evanson, has been elected to the External Board of Auditors of the Organization of American States (OAS). Evanson was nominated and supported for the...

GECOM and US Embassy choose IRI: Really!

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GECOM and US Embassy choose IRI: Really!

GECOM’s application for assistance to the US Government channeled through the US Embassy here has resulted in the International Republican Institute (IR1) being chosen as the consulting firm to...

GFF Super 16 Cup Bartica and Essequibo bracing for potentially exciting shin digs tomorrow night

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super 16 Cup Bartica and Essequibo bracing for potentially exciting shin digs tomorrow night

The communities of Bartica and Essequibo are bracing for what is expected to be two exciting matches when the GFF Super 16 Cup 2019/2020 lands in those communities tomorrow evening. It will be the...

Elections, the Presidency, the future development of Guyana and the Judicial System

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections, the Presidency, the future development of Guyana and the Judicial System

DEAR EDITOR, Today I shall write briefly on certain topics which may be of interest to the People of Guyana. These subjects concern the following: 1] Elections 2] The Presidency 3] The future...

Have we lost our minds?

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Have we lost our minds?

DEAR EDITOR, I am perplexed at the miasma emanating from the Guyanese understanding of the word like. Facebook offers online reader an opportunity to express their feelings after reading an article...

Nurturing a lawless road culture

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nurturing a lawless road culture

DEAR EDITOR, It is beyond time that the government brings all public minibus and taxi operators within a strict regulatory and legal framework for standards, public safety and security and price...

The number of road fatalities is deeply worrying

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The number of road fatalities is deeply worrying

DEAR EDITOR, The number of road fatalities is deeply worrying, the most recent of which resulted in the deaths of five persons and injuries to several others at Mahaicony. Accidents, it is said, do...

Some thoughts on local content policy

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some thoughts on local content policy

DEAR EDITOR, It is of great interest to read the debate over local content policy as it relates to the oil and gas sector. At the same time, one hears how the government plans to ensure the economy...

Government can reduce road deaths quickly

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government can reduce road deaths quickly

Dear Editor, I will be brief. For as long as bus operators are not all being paid a fixed flat monthly rental for their much-needed services (and are instead left to fight and race each other for...

APNU – AFC challenged to defend manifesto promises

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU – AFC challenged to defend manifesto promises

DEAR EDITOR, Many promises in the APNU and AFC political manifestos were designed to attract votes form a wide cross section of the population, but essentially to solidify and secure their hard core...

Basil Butcher’s legacy is secure in our hearts

Dec 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Basil Butcher’s legacy is secure in our hearts

DEAR EDITOR, Basil Butcher, in my youth, was a very popular sports figure, and cricket was truly “cricket, lovely cricket”. I remember his performances at Lords and other cricket stadiums...

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Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more