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Tax-funded Marriott Hotel…Halt transfer of all shares until complete evaluation – says accountant

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tax-funded Marriott Hotel…Halt transfer of all shares until complete evaluation – says accountant

Disclosures by the Government that it spent at least over US$50M to build the Marriott-branded hotel and is now planning to later hand over control to foreign investors for just US$8M have drawn...

Cop detained under ‘inhumane’ conditions suffers nervous breakdown

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cop detained under ‘inhumane’ conditions suffers nervous breakdown

The wife of a detective stationed at Mackenzie is threatening legal action against the Guyana Police for allegedly detaining her husband under inhumane conditions, which she claimed caused him to...

Financial arrangements, true owners of Berbice River Bridge will be exposed –APNU+AFC

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Financial arrangements, true owners of Berbice River Bridge will be exposed –APNU+AFC

…future of the bridge will also be looked at A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has reiterated its disgust with the “oppressive” financial arrangements for...

Brooklyn man diagnosed with cancer dies

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brooklyn man diagnosed with cancer dies

– after marrying high school sweetheart, and – reuniting with Guyanese sister Two months ago, while in a Brooklyn hospital, he was given 10 days to live. He not only managed to stay a...

Politics blamed for lack of trust in Police Force

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Politics blamed for lack of trust in Police Force

– but Brumell disagrees that Guyana situation is worse than rest of Caribbean By Dale Andrews The revelation that the Guyana Police Force is the least trusted by citizens of this country is...

Dem boys seh…Reporters kissing up Jagdeo pun TV

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Reporters kissing up Jagdeo pun TV

Is not everybody in Guyana bad. Dem have nuff good ones but when dem bad, dem really bad. Dem boys find out that dem got some people who planning all kind of mischief. De mischief makers writing...

Industrial Arts teacher, Henry Munroe, is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Industrial Arts teacher, Henry Munroe, is a ‘Special Person’

“I am a strong advocate for teachers to work hard in schools and do what they are paid to do—teach! Don’t try to short-change the children!” By Leon Suseran To mention the old adage, as...

NACRA 15s…‘Green Machine’ sends warning to all pretenders, maul B/dos 48-22

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NACRA 15s…‘Green Machine’ sends warning to all pretenders, maul B/dos 48-22

By Rawle Welch Guyana ‘Green Machine’ commenced the defence of their NACRA 15s title with a commanding 48-22 triumph over a determined but clearly outclassed Barbados unit yesterday, at the...

WICB First-Class cricket Franchise …Jacobs (5-67) put Jamaica in front despite fifties from Johnson & Chandrika

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB First-Class cricket Franchise …Jacobs (5-67) put Jamaica in front despite fifties from Johnson & Chandrika

By Sean Devers A fourth First-Class five-wicket haul from 30-year-old Jamaican leg-spinner Damion Jacobs and half-centuries by Skipper Leon Johnson (78) and Rajendra Chandrika (69) were the...

Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza…A demonstration of commitment and love for the sport

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza…A demonstration of commitment and love for the sport

By Michael Benjamin It seems as though local football has been forever enmeshed in controversy and there was either a lack of will or total ignorance by the executives to enact strategies and/or...

Pacesetters maintain unbeaten record in Linden

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pacesetters maintain unbeaten record in Linden

By Edison Jefford National basketball champion, Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters maintained an unbeaten record when they defeated Victory Valley Royals Friday night in Linden in the second...

Rotaract Club of Georgetown to stage 5K run and health fair today

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rotaract Club of Georgetown to stage 5K run and health fair today

Rotaract Club of Georgetown will stage a 5K Health Run and Mini Health Fair today starting at the Seawalls on Camp Street at 06:30 hours. Ronnel Lord, Director of Community Service of the Club said...

“West Indies must be sleep walking in Australia and New Zealand!”

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Sports Comments Off on “West Indies must be sleep walking in Australia and New Zealand!”

Colin E. H. Croft Do you get the impression that West Indies are sleep-walking in New Zealand and Australia, or just on one big extended holiday, complete with carnival-like street parties? They were...

Clash of the Titans Horse Race meet …Diplomatic Cat heading to Guyana

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clash of the Titans Horse Race meet …Diplomatic Cat heading to Guyana

Western Charm, Spirit of Dixie, Lady Budapest and Storm Mark also expected to feature By Samuel Whyte With the pedigree of animals already lined up to take part in the “Clash of The Titans”...

‘The surgeon’ has performed his last operation

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘The surgeon’ has performed his last operation

Charwayne Walker reflects today on the life of former national footballer Compton Julian, who passed away recently. The land of many waters lost one of its most gracious footballers, Compton ‘The...

Berbice River Bridge renews sponsorship of BCB 50-over KO 1st division

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice River Bridge renews sponsorship of BCB 50-over KO 1st division

Another sponsor has renews its commitment to Berbice cricket. That sponsor is no other than the Berbice River Bridge who has renewed their sponsorship of the 50 overs first division cricket...

Golden Jaguars look to settle score with St Lucia

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars look to settle score with St Lucia

By Santokie Nagulendran The announcement that St Lucia will travel to Guyana to play an International friendly on March 22nd, Guyana’s first home match in almost three years, has excited Golden...

Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Four matches on today in Nestle Milo Football

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Four matches on today in Nestle Milo Football

Play in this year’s Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition resunes today with four matches as the round robin phase of the competition ends, at the Ministry of Education ground,...

CFU Club Championship 2015-2016…Alpha United to host Group 1; GDF to play Group 11 in T&T

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Club Championship 2015-2016…Alpha United to host Group 1; GDF to play Group 11 in T&T

Guyana’s leading Club side, Alpha United has been selected by the Caribbean Football Union as one of four clubs that will host preliminary round (group) matches in the 2015 CFU Club Championship,...

Hardeo, Mohamed guide Lower East Bank lions to victory

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hardeo, Mohamed guide Lower East Bank lions to victory

Outstanding batting performances by Sahadeo Hardeo and Shaheed Mohamed guided Lower East Bank Lions to a seven-wicket victory over Lower East Coast Bulls when the Cheddi Jagan Memorial/National...

RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee …Rainbow Signs and Benjamin’s Bakery increase list of sponsors

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee …Rainbow Signs and Benjamin’s Bakery increase list of sponsors

Joining the increasing list of sponsors for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Silver Jubilee Anniversary, YEAR LONG celebrations are Rainbow Signs of Hampshire, Berbice and...

Linden shines ‘Bright’ on first day of CARIFTA Games Trials

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden shines ‘Bright’ on first day of CARIFTA Games Trials

Linden’s Chantoba Bright shone at Athletics’ Association of Guyana (AAG) CARIFTA Games Trials yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground when she became one of two athletes from the...

Preparations begins for Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet on April 5

Mar 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations begins for Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet on April 5

The Jumbo Jet Auto sales and racing stables with business in Berbice and Demerara, organisers of the Guyana Cup Fever and Guyana Cup Horseracing events is reminding Horserace fans that the Guyana...

Labourer chopped to death at Hog Island

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer chopped to death at Hog Island

Guyana’s murder rate for the year climbed to 26 yesterday, after the badly chopped body of a 42-year-old labourer was found at East Hog Island. Police said that Neil Deo Hansram, called...

International Women’s Day to be celebrated with two days of activities from CADVA and OBR

Mar 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on International Women’s Day to be celebrated with two days of activities from CADVA and OBR

As today is International Women’s Day, the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness Observation (CADVA and the Caribbean One Billion Group (OBR), will be hosting their Women Speaker Series...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more