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GPL commissions US$36M power station

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL commissions US$36M power station

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday commissioned the company’s largest and most modern electricity generating plant at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, yesterday. The US$36M power plant and...

Electricity rates to fall by 10% from March

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Electricity rates to fall by 10% from March

The country’s power company is set to lower its electricity rates by 10 per cent from next month, President Donald Ramotar has announced. The announcement came yesterday from the Head of State as...

Bandits terrorise E’bo family, escape with cash, jewelry

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits terrorise E’bo family, escape with cash, jewelry

Four armed bandits beat and robbed Zorg businessman, Asif Khan, of cash, jewellery and a quantity of phone cards. The businessman’s wife, 37-year-old Shaneeza Khan, and her 11-year-old son were...

Woman resigns from Regional Education Office after alleged sexual assault

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman resigns from Regional Education Office after alleged sexual assault

Frustration and fear have been the two major factors that have led to an 18-year-old (name withheld) resigning her position within the Region Seven Department of Education. The woman’s decision,...

US court order seizure of jet used in cash smuggling

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US court order seizure of jet used in cash smuggling

The US Government has filed applications in the District Court of Puerto Rico to seize the jet belonging to Guyanese pilot, Captain Khamraj Lall, which was reportedly used in the illegal transport of...

Brutal rape, murder of elderly Albion woman shocks Berbice

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brutal rape, murder of elderly Albion woman shocks Berbice

It was a heinous and brutal crime committed on one of Guyana’s senior home alone citizens that sent shockwaves through the Corentyne and Berbice. It was the brutal murder, rape and robbery of a...

WPA Leader’s death was an act of state-sponsored terrorism – Rohee

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WPA Leader’s death was an act of state-sponsored terrorism – Rohee

By Sunita Samaroo Testifying before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, yesterday said...

Sam is a shameless Locknie

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sam is a shameless Locknie

Sam Hinds is going to be one old maid. From de time Papa Cheddi pick he as de first Best man nobody ain’t even try fuh marry him. He is never de groom. Papa Cheddi pass on and fuh a short while he...

WICB Four-Day cricket Franchise …Jaguars maul Jamaica by 105 runs for first win against Jamaicans since 2006

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Four-Day cricket Franchise …Jaguars maul Jamaica by 105 runs for first win against Jamaicans since 2006

By Sean Devers In Association with Western Union, John Fernandes Ltd & Payless Variety Store If Jamaica were harbouring any thoughts of rain saving them from defeat, those thoughts were quickly...

Hopetown Warriors slaughter Ithaca Hardliners in Anamayah Inter Club basketball

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hopetown Warriors slaughter Ithaca Hardliners in Anamayah Inter Club basketball

Hopetown Warriors of West Berbice made a dramatic entry into the Anamayah Memorial first division basketball competition for teams in Berbice by drubbing fellow West Berbice team, Ithaca Hardliners...

Match-Ups set for Mecca II

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Match-Ups set for Mecca II

The Match-ups for Guyana’s National Basketball Club Championship: The Road to Mecca II has been released ahead of the start of the basketball showdown, set for Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Lawrence Simon is new LABA President

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lawrence Simon is new LABA President

Basketball aficionado, Lawrence Simon of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was on Sunday elected President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) when that subsidiary of the national federation...

GCA/Hadi’s World City Mall Inc first division two-day…DCC grab first innings from MSC

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Hadi’s World City Mall Inc first division two-day…DCC grab first innings from MSC

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) grabbed first innings points from Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) as their Georgetown Cricket Association/ Hadi’s World City Mall Inc first division two-day game ended as a...

BCB completes second U-15 trial; team selected for Inter County tourney

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB completes second U-15 trial; team selected for Inter County tourney

For the second day in a row, Kelvin Omroa XI defeated Kevlon Anderson XI by 69 runs in the second and last trial match arranged by the Berbice Cricket Board to help select the Berbice team for the...

GSCL Inc issues strong warning to teams, fans

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc issues strong warning to teams, fans

Following the completion of the first round of matches in the Republic Cup, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL Inc) has issued a strong warning to teams and fans who attempt to bring the...

Thrilling encounters as Mayor’s Cup enters quarterfinals stage

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thrilling encounters as Mayor’s Cup enters quarterfinals stage

The competitive matches that have characterized the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship continue to attract fair sized crowds and those that trooped to the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground last...

A Ally and Sons Showroom latest sponsor of YWCC Mash Cup 2015

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on A Ally and Sons Showroom latest sponsor of YWCC Mash Cup 2015

The Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice was able to secure sponsorship for the second time from A Ally and Sons Showroom of Sheet Anchor Public Road in the Canje area. At a...

DCB Inter association U-15 cricket…Bookie guides Georgetown to victory, East Coast triumph

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB Inter association U-15 cricket…Bookie guides Georgetown to victory, East Coast triumph

By Zaheer Mohamed Georgetown and East Coast recorded victories when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association U-15 50-over tournament commenced Saturday. Alphius Bookie stroked an unbeaten...

Chase Academy, Central High among those registering wins

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chase Academy, Central High among those registering wins

Annual Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition… Chase Academy, one of the teams favoured to go all the way in this year’s Annual Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition...

Letter to the Sports Editor…No Broadcast of World Cup Matches

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…No Broadcast of World Cup Matches

Dear Sports Editor, Most broadcasts are currently centered around the 2015 elections, though it is understood why, ardent cricket fans continue to wonder why there aren’t any advertisements...

GCA/NBS second division tourney…DCC, GCC, MYO and Third Class register victories

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS second division tourney…DCC, GCC, MYO and Third Class register victories

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Muslim Youth Organisation (TSC) and Third Class recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown...

School dropout rates in Caribbean up 20% – IDB

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on School dropout rates in Caribbean up 20% – IDB

– Over 50 percent of the incarcerated population is high school dropouts School dropout rates in the Caribbean are up to 20% higher than the average in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC),...

Not mere serendipity

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Not mere serendipity

This editorial was first published on December 4, last. Today we reprint it. People would have to be very naïve if they are to believe that it was mere serendipity which caused the US authorities to...

‘We don’t send rogue cops to the interior’ – Police

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We don’t send rogue cops to the interior’ – Police

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is refuting claims that it is in the habit of sending misbehaved cops to operate in interior locations. In a public missive released to the media yesterday, the GPF...

Kuru-Kururu residents call for immediate road repairs.

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru-Kururu residents call for immediate road repairs.

Residents of Kuru-Kururu on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway are calling on the government to have repairs done on the main access road leading to the back of the village. According to residents, repairs...

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