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GGMC drags foot in collecting outstanding $2B from Mahdia Gold

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC drags foot in collecting outstanding $2B from Mahdia Gold

Almost five years ago, Canadian-owned Mahdia Gold Corp. acquired a large portion of the Omai gold mine property, in Region Eight, following proposals from a number of investors to the Guyana Geology...

Recently-wed store owner gunned down by bandits

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Recently-wed store owner gunned down by bandits

-body run over by car A young store owner from the island of Wakenaam on the Essequibo River lost his life after he was shot during a daring daylight robbery and then run over by a passing motorcar...

Missing bridesmaid’s body discovered in trench with throat slit

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing bridesmaid’s body discovered in trench with throat slit

Mere days after leaving home to collect a package coming from her son’s father in Mahdia, 23-year-old Simone Hackett’s partially decomposed body was yesterday discovered in a trench parallel to...

Burnt elderly couple’s employee among two detained

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt elderly couple’s employee among two detained

An employee of Mohamed and Bibi Munir was among two people in custody yesterday as detectives stepped up efforts to track down the individuals who deliberately set the elderly couple’s Good Hope,...

BaiShanLin never did any Environmental Impact Assessment

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BaiShanLin never did any Environmental Impact Assessment

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell If one wants to open and operate a small sawmill, that person is required to carry out an Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) within the intended area of...

GRA roasts Jagdeo over describing DDL settlement as “scandalous”

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA roasts Jagdeo over describing DDL settlement as “scandalous”

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday roasted the former President of Guyana, Bharat Jagdeo, who was cited in a daily newspaper labelling the agreed upon settlement between the Authority and...

Female rescued after Harbour Bridge plunge

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Female rescued after Harbour Bridge plunge

A female city resident who attempted suicide by leaping off the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday is safe after being rescued by passing motorists. The incident occurred around midday. General...

President yanks delayed D’Urban Park project from Ministry of the Presidency

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President yanks delayed D’Urban Park project from Ministry of the Presidency

– Public Infrastructure takes charge An ambitious project to transform the D’Urban Park area is facing delays, with President David Granger yesterday pulling it away from the Ministry of the...

Leech can’t stick pun Soulja Bai

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Leech can’t stick pun Soulja Bai

Soulja Bai open he eye when he see corruption refusing to go away and spreading like a cancer or de spirogyra. That is de word Joe ShanLin use to describe Bai ShaLin, de syndicate wha he now join and...

Dr. Rupert Roopnarine confirms Guyana will host CPL Finals

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Rupert Roopnarine confirms Guyana will host CPL Finals

Georgetown, Guyana – Minister of Education, with the responsibility for sport Dr. Rupert Roopnarine has confirmed yesterday that Guyana will be hosting the finals of the 2016 Hero Caribbean...

West Indies Legends call for dissolution of ‘obsolete’ WICB

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Legends call for dissolution of ‘obsolete’ WICB

ESPNcricinfo – A host of West Indies legends including Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts have called upon the WICB to dissolve the board, in line with the CARICOM cricket...

Stag Beer on board GTC Race Meet this weekend

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer on board GTC Race Meet this weekend

The Georgetown Turf Club (GTC) April 24 Race Meet received a significant boost yesterday when Ansa McAl under its Stag Beer brand pledged its support for the upcoming event which is scheduled to be...

Thompson, Rodney assist Hibiscus into second place

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thompson, Rodney assist Hibiscus into second place

Guyanese Staffanie Rodney and Akaze Thompson helped Hisbicus into second place as the Trinidad and Tobago female 50-over tournament concluded recently. Thompson took 2-31 from 10 overs as Phoenix...

KMTC Gymkhana on May 8

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Gymkhana on May 8

Kennard Memorial Turf Club of Bush Lot, Farm, Corentyne will be hosting a Gymkhana on May 8 starting 12:30 hrs. Events include Horse, Donkey and flat races, cycle races. Additional entertainment will...

RHTYSC, MS Cricket teams honours outstanding Educators

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC, MS Cricket teams honours outstanding Educators

Eight teachers, drawn from across the Lower Corentyne district and four outstanding retired teachers were honoured by the cricket teams of the RHTYSC, MS during the Club’s 26th annual award...

Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County…Paul’s belligerent 96 lights up ‘Dead’ game at DCC

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County…Paul’s belligerent 96 lights up ‘Dead’ game at DCC

E’bo need outright win to dethrone Demerara in Final round By Sean Devers Kemo Paul’s belligerent 96 from just 43 balls and 56 minutes decorated with nine fours and five sixes lit up the last...

Wade slams century as GCC, MYO draw

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wade slams century as GCC, MYO draw

Joshua Wade stroked a fine century as Georgetown Cricket Club and Muslim Youth Organisation played to draw when the latest round of matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Sea Foods...

Crandon half century propels Paradise to victory

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crandon half century propels Paradise to victory

Esaun Crandon struck a fine half century as Paradise defeated Lusignan East by 46 runs when the East Coast Cricket Committee T20 tournament commenced on Sunday. In a game which was reduced to five...

Renee, Perez slam centuries in draw encounter

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Renee, Perez slam centuries in draw encounter

By Zaheer Mohamed Openers Ronaldo Renee and Raymond Perez slammed centuries as Demerara and Berbice played to a tame draw when the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Hand-in-Hand three-day...

Metro Office Supplies renews Cricket sponsorship of RHTYSC, MS Female team

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Metro Office Supplies renews Cricket sponsorship of RHTYSC, MS Female team

Guyana’s only female cricket team on Sunday last received a major boost when its official sponsor renewed its cricket sponsorship for another year. Metro Office and computer Supplies since 2009 has...

ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tournament 2016 underway

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tournament 2016 underway

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel is hosting its third tournament for 2016 with the staging of the Ansa Mc Al Lucuzade Handicap Squash Tournament...

Blyden helps Evergreen to victory

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blyden helps Evergreen to victory

Guyanese Travis Blyden struck 37 to help Evergreen beat Cedros by 113 runs when the Trinidad and Tobago 50-over tournament continued recently. Playing at Pluck Raod, Sanfranquic, Evergreen batted...

Anti-Money Laundering amendments for May 4 sitting of Nat’l Assembly

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering amendments for May 4 sitting of Nat’l Assembly

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, leader of Government business in the National Assembly, says that amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) Act are...

Carvil Duncan faces pressure to resign from constitutional bodies

Apr 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carvil Duncan faces pressure to resign from constitutional bodies

Former Board member of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Carvil Duncan, who is facing criminal charges in the courts, is under pressure to step down from a number of constitutional office...

Accused freed of Haslington toddler’s murder

Apr 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accused freed of Haslington toddler’s murder

The murder charge against Kevin Rankin was dismissed yesterday after a mixed twelve member jury declared him not guilty of killing his two-year-old niece, Kamini Phillips. The verdict was...