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Men dressed as cops abduct teacher, husband on way to airport

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Men dressed as cops abduct teacher, husband on way to airport

– victims dumped at Soesdyke, robbed of millions A planned vacation by private school teacher Latchmin Gopaul and her husband began with a nightmare experience last Saturday, when two...

T&T gets rid of scamps but Guyana promotes them – MP

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on T&T gets rid of scamps but Guyana promotes them – MP

By Abena Rockcliffe Guyana would have been much better off if the leaders of the current People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration had policies similar to those of Trinidad and...

Guyana’s accounting system in a total mess

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s accounting system in a total mess

As a result, PAC unable to even scrutinize other areas – PAC Chairman In the United Kingdom, the Auditor General’s report is no more than 20 to 30 pages. But Guyana’s Auditor General’s report...

Captured phone thief’s prints found in murdered woman’s home

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Captured phone thief’s prints found in murdered woman’s home

By Michael Jordan It has taken them almost five months, but police believe that they now know who strangled 75- year-old Joyce Lewis in her home last March. They have linked Mrs. Lewis’...

Two killed, several injured in separate road accidents

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two killed, several injured in separate road accidents

A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) early yesterday, hours after the car he was driving collided head on with another vehicle...

Dem boys seh…Bobby got everything

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bobby got everything

Bobby is a man who don’t like trouble. In fact, he does do everything to keep out of de limelight. He don’t like pose fuh photograph and most of all he don’t like publicity. That is why when he...

4TH Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…CWSS crowned champions for the third straight year

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4TH Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition…CWSS crowned champions for the third straight year

The question about whether defending champions Christianburg/Wismar will extend its dominance over Waramadong or whether the team from Region Seven could redeem its previous losses into a win was...

Guyana reclaim IGG Athletics title

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana reclaim IGG Athletics title

By Edison Jefford Guyana reclaimed the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Athletics title they lost to Suriname last year, against dominant performances in the sprint and middle distance events, with Natricia...

Guyana face Leewards at Enmore today as Regional 50-over U-19 cricket starts

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face Leewards at Enmore today as Regional 50-over U-19 cricket starts

Locals begin road to ‘double crown’ By Sean Devers In 1998, the inaugural Regional 50-over under-19 cricket tournament was held as a replacement for the three-day competition which was rained out...

‘Best of the Best’ Annual Martial Arts Championships…Commendable efforts earn Harpy Eagles lucrative prizes

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Best of the Best’ Annual Martial Arts Championships…Commendable efforts earn Harpy Eagles lucrative prizes

It was dubbed ‘Best of the Best’ and eight clubs participated when the 2nd edition of the Annual Martial Arts Championships concluded at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, July 27 last. The...

41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway underway…Guyana suffer double whammy

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway underway…Guyana suffer double whammy

By Michael Benjamin Guyana’s representatives at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway have suffered poor fortunes, after the first two rounds concluded Saturday and yesterday morning. The...

Guyana shoot for IGG female b/ball title defence

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana shoot for IGG female b/ball title defence

– beat Suriname in opening encounter Defending champions in female basketball at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), Guyana made a winning start to their 2014 campaign Saturday night at the Cliff...

Fitness Express/GABBFF Seniors…Kerwyn Clarke muscles his way to 2nd straight Mr. Guyana title

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express/GABBFF Seniors…Kerwyn Clarke muscles his way to 2nd straight Mr. Guyana title

Kerwyn Clarke proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is the most complete package in the bodybuilding arena in Guyana. The Buddy’s Gym member out foxed six other rivals to win the Mr. Guyana...

Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Competition…Pepsi Hikers and GCC were to decide senior title

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Competition…Pepsi Hikers and GCC were to decide senior title

PEPSI Hikers and GCC seemed poised for a final showdown, while the junior division remains wide open with some surprise front-runners in Old Fort Shooting Stars and Under 19 Mix in the Noble House...

7th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet launches on Thursday

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet launches on Thursday

The seventh annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet will be launched on Thursday at a venue to be announced. The event is set for Sunday 24th August at the Port Mourant Turf club, beginning at 12:00 hrs....

Bare Roots top students rewarded for NGSA performances

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bare Roots top students rewarded for NGSA performances

Thanks to a public-spirited Guyanese national who resides in Grenada, in collaboration with the Mark Benschop Foundation, two outstanding students from the village of Bare Roots, Paradise on the East...

Unused Diamond Market Tarmac to be fenced

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unused Diamond Market Tarmac to be fenced

The unused $24.5M Diamond Market Tarmac is among a number of markets and tarmacs to be rehabilitated and extended under the Guyana Solid Waste Management Improvement Programme. On November 20, 2009,...

Linden couple mourns death of eldest son on eve of wedding anniversary

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden couple mourns death of eldest son on eve of wedding anniversary

Alicia Harlequin celebrated her birthday and wedding Anniversary on August 2nd. That day was to be a special one, so Alicia had left her Central Amelia’s Ward home the day before for Wismar, with...

Africanised bees attack Annandale family, injure infant

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Africanised bees attack Annandale family, injure infant

Pandemonium broke out yesterday when a swarm of Africanized bees attacked an East Coast Demerara family, injuring an infant and two other persons. Maureen Mc Almond of Lot 72 Rabindra Street,...

THE OPPOSITION IS IN DISNEY LAND

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE OPPOSITION IS IN DISNEY LAND

We have an incredible Opposition in this country. It has been decided that the Minister of Finance acted outside of the constitution and the law when he restored sums not approved by the National...

Cabinet rejects $204M bid to construct Secondary School at Zeeburg

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet rejects $204M bid to construct Secondary School at Zeeburg

Construction of a Secondary School at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara, has been delayed since the Cabinet has rejected a $204M bid which was sent to it recently for its approval. The announcement came...

Private hospital treats almost 90 patients with Chikungunya-like symptoms

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Private hospital treats almost 90 patients with Chikungunya-like symptoms

A private hospital is alleged to have treated almost 90 persons yesterday alone for symptoms associated with the much talked about Chikungunya virus. Kaieteur News was reliably informed by the doctor...

Foreign Representatives and local corruption

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Foreign Representatives and local corruption

The denial of state advertisements to the independent media has unsurprisingly again reared its ugly head, this time with regard to the placement of a vacancy notice under a Government of...

The PPP and the PNC– Guyana’s manmade disaster

Aug 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP and the PNC– Guyana’s manmade disaster

Dear Editor, Never mind that geographically, Guyana is outside of the hurricane zone nor has it been hit by a serious earthquake; a visitor visiting for the first time would never be able to tell...

Trucker knifed to death during row over woman

Aug 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trucker knifed to death during row over woman

– assailant’s wife in police custody A heated clash between two truck drivers at a popular bar in Itaballi, Mazaruni River on Saturday night over a woman who was reportedly dancing with the...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more