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Magistrate seeking paper committal in La Penitence Market shootout case

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate seeking paper committal in La Penitence Market shootout case

Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers, yesterday indicated to Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that the file, in relation to the shootout at La Penitence Market three months ago, is complete. Investigations...

Linden man jailed for sexual activity with underage girl

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man jailed for sexual activity with underage girl

A Wismar, Linden man was yesterday sent to prison for 20 years for engaging in sexual activity with an underage girl. The man, Keon Lawson, was found guilty on two counts of the offence by a...

Trophy Stall to kick start EBFA 2020 Season with U-13 League sponsorship

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall to kick start EBFA 2020 Season with U-13 League sponsorship

Managing Director of The Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich yesterday confirmed his company’s commitment towards sponsorship of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-13 League. At a simple...

Priyanna Ramdhani wins Silver at 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Badminton Tourney

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani wins Silver at 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Badminton Tourney

Priyanna Ramdhani won the Silver Medal after reaching the Finals at the 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Tournament held in Hawaii, USA January 3-5, 2020. This is a great start for her, beginning the...

GWI worker charged with murder

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GWI worker charged with murder

An employee of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly stabbed a man to death following a dispute over a woman with whom they both once shared a relationship....

Jaguars departed Guyana yesterday for 2020 PCL

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars departed Guyana yesterday for 2020 PCL

Five times defending Champions Guyana Jaguars departed from the Cheddie Jagan International Airport at 05:35hrs yesterday to compete in the Professional Cricket League Regional Four-Day...

Hopetown FC outfitted by Owen Humphrey

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hopetown FC outfitted by Owen Humphrey

Know for their consistent commitment towards the development of players over the years the Humphrey’s family of Berbice has kept that legacy intact. At the just concluded GT Beer sponsored Candy...

WINNING REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURS SHOWCASE BUSINESSES AT AWARDS CEREMONY

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on WINNING REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURS SHOWCASE BUSINESSES AT AWARDS CEREMONY

In a recent awards closing ceremony, nine overall winners of the regional Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Programme (CTEP) were named in Barbados. The event was attended by the judges, special guests...

Guyanese Boxers arrives in Cuba

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Boxers arrives in Cuba

Guyanese Olympic hopefuls, Colin Lewis (Captain), Desmond Amsterdam, Dennis Thomas, Keevin Allicock and Manager / Head Coach Terrence Poole arrived in Cuba yesterday Via Panama for a three-month...

Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes to commence on Sunday

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes to commence on Sunday

Senior Organising Secretary of the Guyana Domino League, Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary domino tournament is set to commence on Sunday at Turning Point Sports bar. Wiltshire indicated that the...

GCA 2020 season set to commence on January 18

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA 2020 season set to commence on January 18

By Zaheer Mohamed Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competition’s Committee Shaun Massiah told Kaieteur Sport that their 2020 season is set to commence on January 18. Speaking...

Movie Towne, Mark Benschop and the death of Guyana

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Movie Towne, Mark Benschop and the death of Guyana

It is simply one of life’s saddest places on Planet Earth. Maybe it is the saddest. Guyana, my own country I am referring to. For the third time in less than a year, the management of MovieTowne at...

Motor sport 2019 review: Circuit races

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motor sport 2019 review: Circuit races

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s November international circuit race meet continues to grow as one of the biggest race meets in the Caribbean and fans would’ve left the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri,...

Igloo ice-cream customers win cash!

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Igloo ice-cream customers win cash!

Eighteen lucky Igloo customers will start the New Year with extra money in their pockets after winning a total of $180,000 in cash in the Igloo Cash Reward promotion. The winners’ names were pulled...

Focus beyond first oil

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Focus beyond first oil

Time to move on: first oil was yesterday, good for the significance of the moment, but already with the archival value of an old newspaper. Time to look ahead: to next oil, as in all of it, every...

Albion defeat Rose Hall Town to advance to BCB U15 semi finals

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion defeat Rose Hall Town to advance to BCB U15 semi finals

Albion Permaul’s Trading and Distribution (APTD) U15 team have advanced to the semi-final of the Mike’s Pharmacy U15 inter club cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board...

Bandits hijack taxi, storm Parika rum shop with high – powered rifle

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hijack taxi, storm Parika rum shop with high – powered rifle

By Shikema Dey While police focused their attention on Friday night’s robbery at a Tuschen Chinese Restaurant where a bandit was shot dead; another gang of bandits, that same evening, pounced on a...

The nature of the new cold war

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The nature of the new cold war

DEAR EDITOR, As I see the increased tension between the United States and Iran due to the US killing Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general, on 3 January, 2020 in Baghdad, it allowed me to decipher the...

Take great care when engaging the services of a contractor

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Take great care when engaging the services of a contractor

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to bring to your attention, a situation where my trust and confidence, have been repaid by avarice and greed. In 2014, I engaged the services of a East Bank Demerara...

I need my refund from Republic Bank

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I need my refund from Republic Bank

DEAR EDITOR, In early October 2019, a wire transfer was made to my savings account. When I checked my account via Telebanking the sum that was there was less than expected, so the next day, October...

We must stop the gender discrimination against single fathers and the assault on fatherhood

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stop the gender discrimination against single fathers and the assault on fatherhood

DEAR EDITOR, The Presidential Candidate for the PPP/C for the upcoming elections, Dr. Irfaan Ali, in his speech at the party’s election campaign launch on January 5 at the Kitty Market Square,...

First Oil and the Legacy

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on First Oil and the Legacy

DEAR EDITOR, I am flabbergasted how casually most Guyanese are lured into the belief that oil is the elixir to all their troubles, and that magically Guyana is going to be transformed into a culture...

Constitution violates rights of independent candidates

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constitution violates rights of independent candidates

DEAR EDITOR, I note that only political parties, not individuals, can contest the elections. Is this not a violation of the natural rights of citizens to stand for elections and also restrict their...

One can define the level of civilisation in a State by the way it treats its elderly

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on One can define the level of civilisation in a State by the way it treats its elderly

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, I have become aware that whenever and whatever oil money arrives, Senior Citizens will not benefit much from this new largesse, because Guyanese life expectancy is about 71.6...

Sir Clive Lloyd and the notion of “Nation”

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sir Clive Lloyd and the notion of “Nation”

DEAR EDITOR, Many people, locally and internationally, congratulated Sir Clive Lloyd on his knighthood from the British Queen. But I was astounded that nothing came from the Government of Guyana nor...