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Cutlass-wielding pensioner drowns in attempt to elude police

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cutlass-wielding pensioner drowns in attempt to elude police

The body of 69-year-old Leon Williams of 133 Kwakwani Waterfront, was fished out of the Berbice River on Monday morning. The man reportedly drowned sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning...

Insufficient resources to monitor porous borders costing country billions – GRA

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Insufficient resources to monitor porous borders costing country billions – GRA

Yesterday, Public Relations Manager of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Melissa Baird asserted that Guyana has lost and will continue to lose billions of dollars as a result of smuggling. Baird...

Exxon’s premature handout of contracts is “a breakdown of process” – Robert Badal

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s premature handout of contracts is “a breakdown of process” – Robert Badal

Presidential Candidate of Change Guyana Robert Badal has opined that ExxonMobil’s handing out of contracts for works related to the development of the Payara oilfield constitutes a “breakdown of...

Eccles, Diamond, Sophia and La Parfaite Harmonie change Guyana map

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Eccles, Diamond, Sophia and La Parfaite Harmonie change Guyana map

Lands and Surveys gun soon start mapping out Guyana. That mean tracing de boundaries and every river and creek in de country. De map gun tell everybody wheh all de mountains deh and how high dem...

Voir Dire ongoing in trial of man accused of dismembering US-based trader

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Voir Dire ongoing in trial of man accused of dismembering US-based trader

A Voir Dire is in its final stages in the trial of 29-year-old Imran Ramsaywack, who is accused of the March 2015 murder of US-based Guyanese trader, Samantha Benjamin, whose dismembered body was...

Guyana to update its National Trade Strategy

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to update its National Trade Strategy

Professor Craig VanGrasstek of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University recently visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss ongoing efforts to update Guyana’s National...

Government’s bag of Christmas goodies

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Government’s bag of Christmas goodies

Is it an early Christmas gift, a New Year’s resolution from near mid-December, or simply more politics in the making and on the move? Whatever it is, the government has saved its best for this last...

Operations at Leguan Stelling to recommence by Friday – Public Infrastructure Ministry

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Operations at Leguan Stelling to recommence by Friday – Public Infrastructure Ministry

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has advised in a statement released yesterday that the Leguan Stelling, which partially collapsed on Monday, will be back in operation by Friday (December 13) as...

Verdict looms for accused in night club murder

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Verdict looms for accused in night club murder

The prosecution has closed its case in the trial of Shawn Harris who is accused of the February 05, 2017 murder of Sunil Singh who was stabbed to death at the Blue Martini Nightclub on Lamaha, Street...

Bike thief chooses prison cell for Christmas

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bike thief chooses prison cell for Christmas

A 20-year-old electrician yesterday found himself behind bars after he admitted to robbing a police officer at gunpoint for his motorbike. Levar Moore, of 59 Leopold Street Georgetown, was on trial...

Teen dies after colliding with motorcar

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen dies after colliding with motorcar

A Melanie, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital after his motorcycle collided with a car on the Non Pareil Public Road,...

UNICEF to procure 10,000 HIV testing kits for Region Four

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF to procure 10,000 HIV testing kits for Region Four

– gesture to enable more persons know their status As part of its blossoming relationship with the Regional Health Services Department of Region Four, the United Nations International Children...

GECOM renews Lowenfield’s contract… Opposition-nominated Commissioners abstain

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM renews Lowenfield’s contract… Opposition-nominated Commissioners abstain

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has renewed the employment contract of its Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, for three years, as the current contract is coming to an end. A...

Lima man accused of dumping coke, driving away from police, remanded

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lima man accused of dumping coke, driving away from police, remanded

Police in Region No. 3 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) acting on information received on Monday, intercepted a motorcar at Charity, Essequibo Coast, about 13:20 hrs. However, seconds after, the vehicle sped away...

Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers School League

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers School League

Saints get first points; Marian move to third as tourney concludes today The curtains will fall on the second annual Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Schools Football League this afternoon at the Guyana...

Torginol Paints Inc. backs KMTC Boxing Day Meet

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Torginol Paints Inc. backs KMTC Boxing Day Meet

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) has gained the backing of Torginol Paints Inc. for the staging of its annual Boxing Day Meet which is set for Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne. At a simple ceremony held...

Tullow Oil shares slump as CEO resigns, dividend scrapped

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tullow Oil shares slump as CEO resigns, dividend scrapped

More than half of the value of Tullow Oil was wiped out yesterday as chief executive Paul McDade stepped down. The Africa-focused oil producer also scrapped its dividend after failing to meet...

Over $200,000 in cash prizes for this Saturday’s Pool tourney at Jerry’s Bar

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over $200,000 in cash prizes for this Saturday’s Pool tourney at Jerry’s Bar

Grand Central Sports Bar has set this Saturday as the day for a big Pool tournament that will be hosted at the Jerry’s Bar in Grove, East Bank of Demerara from 18:00hrs. The tournament, being...

UG student allegedly attacked by mother who beat primary school teacher

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG student allegedly attacked by mother who beat primary school teacher

A 25-year-old University of Guyana student is now sporting a gash to her forehead and bruises about her body after she was attacked last Friday by a woman who accused her of sleeping with her...

Showtime! Our World Champions in Mega-T20I in Mumbai

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Showtime! Our World Champions in Mega-T20I in Mumbai

It is being billed as one of the biggest T20 Internationals of the decade! Our world champions West Indies (Men in Maroon) will face home team India (Men in Blue) in the grand finale today in Mumbai....

Rio Indoor Championship Sparta Boss confident of taking care of Gold is Money in semi final

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rio Indoor Championship Sparta Boss confident of taking care of Gold is Money in semi final

Sheldon Shepherd, Captain of Sparta Boss said that his side is focused and prepared for the semi-final encounter with fierce rival Gold is Money in the inaugural Rio Indoor Championship, which is...

Leonora hit-and-run victim identified

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Leonora hit-and-run victim identified

Police have made headway in their quest to identify a man who was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Leonora public road on December 1, 2019. The man was positively identified by family members...

BCB/Banks Beer two-day Tournament

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Banks Beer two-day Tournament

Albion, Young Warriors and RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour win outright Most Sports Organisations in Guyana have already closed off for the year but the cricket season in Berbice continues to be action...

BCB/RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions 40-Overs tourney

Dec 11, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions 40-Overs tourney

RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour to face Albion in Saturdays final The Area ‘H’ Ground located in Guyana’s smallest Township is expected to come alive on Saturday when the Berbice Cricket Board...

Exxon wins climate change lawsuit

Dec 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon wins climate change lawsuit

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday scored a win in a closely-watched case after a judge ruled that the company did not hide the true cost of climate change regulation from investors. The...

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The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more