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Parliament paves way for Local Govt. elections after 19 year hiatus

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament paves way for Local Govt. elections after 19 year hiatus

“…if we are sincere about Local Government Reform and elections soon under these reform then don’t bring back the barnacles of the past to the future,” Nagamootoo Nineteen years after...

Five homeless after mystery fire ravages Little Diamond house

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Five homeless after mystery fire ravages Little Diamond house

Five persons, including a one-year-old baby, are now homeless following a fire of so far unknown origin that ripped through their Lot 42 Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home yesterday...

Uproar outside parliament… Police clash with vendors protesting for Local Gov’t Elections, removal of Town Clerk

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Uproar outside parliament… Police clash with vendors protesting for Local Gov’t Elections, removal of Town Clerk

– Three other groups stage demonstrations outside barriers Tension was high outside Parliament Building yesterday as police ranks, even with the use of force, were unable to place...

High air fares…Govt. threatens to revoke CAL flag carrier status

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High air fares…Govt. threatens to revoke CAL flag carrier status

Amidst growing concerns over the high price of air fares, Government yesterday announced that it summoned senior executive of the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to meet no later than tomorrow. Government...

Dem boys seh…A planeload of tourists come

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…A planeload of tourists come

Imagine that these days when de Americans want deport somebody dem got to find dem own plane. Guyana ain’t even got plane to carry out dem people who either want to go out for business or...

Coaches upbeat about Guyana’s chances

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coaches upbeat about Guyana’s chances

Determined to defend home turf, the three assigned coaches of the national junior table tennis squad currently undergoing preparations for the 8th Pre-Cadet Caribbean Table Tennis...

Inter Guiana Games Cycling 2013…Guyana aiming for another sweep

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter Guiana Games Cycling 2013…Guyana aiming for another sweep

By Franklin Wilson Defending Inter Guiana Games Cycling Champions Guyana will be going all out to retain both male and female crowns when they take on their Surinamese counterparts in the 2013...

Michael Anthony Parris…Kudos is in order for Guyana’s lone Olympics medallist

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Michael Anthony Parris…Kudos is in order for Guyana’s lone Olympics medallist

Today marks an important era in local sports history, the 33rd year since bantamweight boxer, Michael Anthony Parris, defied the critics and broke the Olympics jinx after winning a bronze...

Miami Heat to host season opener

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Miami Heat to host season opener

NEW YORK (Reuters) – LeBron James and the Miami Heat will open the 2013-14 National Basketball Association season at home against the Chicago Bulls, the NBA announced on Tuesday. The...

Regional U-19…Motie takes 5-wkt haul as Guyana thump Leewards by 10 wkts

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19…Motie takes 5-wkt haul as Guyana thump Leewards by 10 wkts

Left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie Kanhai bagged 5 wickets for 73 runs as Guyana defeated the Leeward Islands by 10 wickets in the fifth and final round of the Regional U-19 three day tournament...

Jamaica beat Guyana by 102 runs

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica beat Guyana by 102 runs

Jamaica defeated Guyana by 102 runs as play in the Regional Women’s Super 50 tournament continued yesterday in Grenada. Jamaica batted first and scored 233 all out. De Andrea Dottin stroked 100...

Kevin Pietersen infuriated by Ashes cheat claims

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kevin Pietersen infuriated by Ashes cheat claims

BBC Sport – Kevin Pietersen has angrily denied reports in Australia which claimed he may have used special tape on his bat to prevent the detection of edges. The stories suggested...

FIA President Jean Todt arrives today for 2-day visit

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIA President Jean Todt arrives today for 2-day visit

President of the FédérationInternationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Mr. Jean Todt is expected to arrive in Guyana this afternoon on a private jet to commence a two-day visit. In a release it...

NSC 37th ‘Teach Them Young’ Cycling progressing

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC 37th ‘Teach Them Young’ Cycling progressing

– largest turn out this year – Hassan Mohamed It has been the longest surviving coaching programme for any sport in Guyana over the years. We’re talking of the National Sports...

Bank of Guyana captures GAPSO Team Shoot

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Guyana captures GAPSO Team Shoot

…GDF edges GPF in Joint Service category A THREE man team comprising Shawn Austin, Joshua Ramlakhan and William London representing the Security Department of the Bank of Guyana, did their...

Chanderpaul drops to third in Test rankings

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul drops to third in Test rankings

Australian Michael Clarke knocked Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul to third when he jumped three places to second in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen, following his 187 at Old Trafford against...

Looknauth grabs 5 as Demerara hammer ESC of T&T by 8 wkts

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Looknauth grabs 5 as Demerara hammer ESC of T&T by 8 wkts

By Zaheer Mohamed Off-spinner Richie Looknauth grabbed 5 wickets for 7 runs off 7 overs as Demerara U-15 team defeated the touring Esmeralda Coaching School (ESC) U-15 team of Trinidad...

Wartsila powers Boyce & Jefford Classic IV

Aug 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wartsila powers Boyce & Jefford Classic IV

Wartsila’s Guyana Operation continued its long-term relationship with the now Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV yesterday when the energy company empowered the meet that will be...

Chinese company accused of damaging street with trucks

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese company accused of damaging street with trucks

Residents of Shamrock Gardens, Ogle, East Coast Demerara are frustrated and peeved at the destruction of their street by heavy duty trucks and machinery owned by Chinese wood processing company, Bai...

Local Gov’t. Ministry calls in police in ‘Town Clerk vs. Mayor’ issue

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local Gov’t. Ministry calls in police in ‘Town Clerk vs. Mayor’ issue

In defense of Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba and her staff, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has consulted the Guyana Police Force. This move comes after the woman was...

Woman found hanging at Immigration Detention Centre

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman found hanging at Immigration Detention Centre

Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a female detainee at the Immigration Detention Centre yesterday. According to police reports, 42-year-old Indira Joseph,...

Mahaica farmer’s murder could have been prevented, if…

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica farmer’s murder could have been prevented, if…

– detectives By Dale Andrews “Could you imagine people getting murder two minutes from station and they can’t get help from the police?” The murder of Supply, Mahaica farmer...

Dead Guyanese sailor ….Family insists on “proper” post mortem

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dead Guyanese sailor ….Family insists on “proper” post mortem

Relatives of 48-year-old Guyanese sailor Orlando Allen, who died on a vessel last week in Curacao have informed that the shipping company has once again contacted the family. But the dead man’s...

Seven years have passed…KN’s heroic pressmen remembered

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years have passed…KN’s heroic pressmen remembered

Today, August 8, marks seven years since a gang of vicious youths stormed the Kaieteur News printery at Eccles, East Bank Demerara and slaughtered five workers. On that fateful day in...

Zeelugt horror slaying…Lone survivor fearful husband will return to “finish her off”

Aug 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Zeelugt horror slaying…Lone survivor fearful husband will return to “finish her off”

Bibi Nazarena Houston, the lone survivor of the vicious attack at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) two Wednesdays ago, said she is positive that her husband will return to harm her once he...

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more