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Man claims he uses ganja for his eye sight

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man claims he uses ganja for his eye sight

A 41-year-old man who has no fixed place of residence was charged with the possession of narcotics when he appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh. Simon Primo pleaded guilty to the charge which...

Another successful P&P Insurance Brokers Tennis Camp held

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another successful P&P Insurance Brokers Tennis Camp held

The P&P Brokers Insurance Tennis Camp came to a conclusion with its closing ceremony at the National Gymnasium last weekend. Proud parents and excited young players gathered to bask in their...

Hero CPL t20 cricket… Jamaica Tallawahs battle T&T Red Steel

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL t20 cricket… Jamaica Tallawahs battle T&T Red Steel

Winner to face Guyana Amazon Warriors on Saturday By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Stag Beer, Bounty Supermarket, Noble House Seafoods, Leisure Inn & Payless Varity Store The...

Township status will bring order to Mahdia, resurrect business

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Township status will bring order to Mahdia, resurrect business

– Regional Chairman By Jarryl Bryan With Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) being on the brink of township status, according to recent pronouncements from Minister of Communities Ronald...

Lady Jags pays courtesy call on Director of Sports

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags pays courtesy call on Director of Sports

Guyana’s female National Football team; the ‘Lady Jags’, yesterday made a courtesy call on Director of Sports Christopher Jones at his Homestretch Avenue office. The team, in full preparation...

Preliminary report on Guyana’s drainage due in six months – Patterson

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Preliminary report on Guyana’s drainage due in six months – Patterson

… assistance promised from Netherlands Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, yesterday announced that Government is awaiting the approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a...

Man found not guilty of killing sibling

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man found not guilty of killing sibling

Joseph Kalladin, of North Enmore, East Coast Demerara, (ECD) was yesterday acquitted of a manslaughter charge after he was found not guilty of the offence by a mixed jury. Kalladin called ‘Van...

Policeman charged for allegedly defrauding Govt. Ministry

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman charged for allegedly defrauding Govt. Ministry

A serving member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) found himself before the court, yesterday, after charges of forgery and fraud were leveled against him by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports...

TCL/RHTY&SC Cricket Academy concludes

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on TCL/RHTY&SC Cricket Academy concludes

9 year-old Matthew Pattaya cops top award as 97 graduate The 2015 edition of the Trinidad Cement Ltd. (TCL) sponsored Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Cricket Academy concluded on...

GSCL Inc softball festival set for Sunday

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc softball festival set for Sunday

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc will be hosting a softball festival on Sunday at the Everest Cricket Club starting at 09:00 hrs. The competition will be played in the Open and...

SASOD decries ‘cold blooded’ sex worker killing

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on SASOD decries ‘cold blooded’ sex worker killing

…calls for swift justice Following the killing of yet another member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination...

RHTY&SC supports BCB Caricom championship 2015 fundraiser

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC supports BCB Caricom championship 2015 fundraiser

The Pepsi Under-19 team of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club has provided trophies and medals which will be used as tokens for outstanding players in the highly anticipated Berbice Cricket...

Decomposed body found in Burnham Park

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body found in Burnham Park

A decomposed body was found in the Burnham Park, Playfield in New Amsterdam, yesterday. The badly decomposed body of the unidentified male was first spotted around 15:15 hrs by an individual who was...

National Junior Men for Players Tournament in T&T

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Junior Men for Players Tournament in T&T

A strong national junior men’s hockey team is scheduled to depart Guyana on July 30 to participate in the Players Tournament in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) which will run from August 1-8....

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition… Minnows gone, big guns on show in quarter-finals this Saturday

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition… Minnows gone, big guns on show in quarter-finals this Saturday

With the minnows now separated from the top teams, the business end of the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition will commence this Saturday with quarter-final action, at various venues....

Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

A father of three was yesterday jailed for four months by Magistrate Annette Singh after he stole an RCA Tablet from an 11-year-old. Omar Stephens pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him at...

Clash in dates forces Grenville Felix Memorial cycle race to Sunday in Berbice

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clash in dates forces Grenville Felix Memorial cycle race to Sunday in Berbice

With the cycling season well and thoroughly on there is intense competition for dates by cycling clubs and organizers. A clash of dates by rival clubs and organizers in Demerara and Berbice as forced...

The presence of the opposition is needed

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The presence of the opposition is needed

The People’s Progressive Party seems heading to Parliament. In fact, its General Secretary has so confirmed but the actual date of entry is a closely guarded secret although there is the belief...

Toshaos elections… Govt. will not preside over unlawful elections

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos elections… Govt. will not preside over unlawful elections

The postponement of the ‘Toshao’ elections in a few Amerindian communities has to do with the illegalities that obtained prior to the change of government. This is according to Advisor on...

The Coalition Govt. cannot go down this path

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition Govt. cannot go down this path

DEAR EDITOR, In your July 20th edition you published a report on an interview with Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan. It was reported that the Minister said there was likely not enough time to...

Boost our economy through policy and not spending

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Boost our economy through policy and not spending

DEAR EDITOR, There has been lots of talk about how the economy appears sluggish. One newspaper commentator described his tour around the city, noting the slothfulness of some businesses; the...

This Unit should investigate the land deals/grants by the PPP administration

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Unit should investigate the land deals/grants by the PPP administration

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to address two issues raised by your publication. The first refers to Peeping Tom’s column about a State Asset Recovery Unit having been set up to recover stolen...

St. Lucia awaiting greenlight from the UK to delink from Privy Council

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on St. Lucia awaiting greenlight from the UK to delink from Privy Council

DEAR EDITOR, While the St. Lucia Government is awaiting the greenlight from the UK to delink from the Privy Council in order to join the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice...

Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

The judiciary is not the place for defining broad constitutional ideals

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The judiciary is not the place for defining broad constitutional ideals

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Maxwell Edwards has thrown into the works of the Chief Justice’s ruling on term limits two additional legal spanners (SN, 21 July). First, he argues that Article 1 of the Guyana...

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Linden youth dies as tire explodes at vulcanizing shop

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old mechanic from the mining town of Linden died on Tuesday after a tire exploded and struck... more