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No more bond scandals…Set up Procurement Commission urgently so ministers can’t make business deals – Ramjattan

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No more bond scandals…Set up Procurement Commission urgently so ministers can’t make business deals – Ramjattan

By: Kiana Wilburg In the wake of the Sussex Street bond scandal, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan is “hoping and praying” for the speedy establishment of the Public Procurement...

A generation betrayed? Coalition reneged on election promises to young Guyanese

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News 1

– say AFC youth leader, political analyst By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “Life is stage where each man must play his part, and mine, a sad one.” That’s the lament of a character in...

One killed, several injured, after speeding cop crashes bus

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One killed, several injured, after speeding cop crashes bus

A speeding mini-bus driven by a police constable slammed into a post before overturning on Regent Street on Saturday night, resulting in the death of one passenger and injury to several others....

Drunk ‘friend’ kills Port Kaituma shopkeeper with arrow

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk ‘friend’ kills Port Kaituma shopkeeper with arrow

A 55-year-old businessman was killed early yesterday morning, after he was stabbed to the neck with an arrow by his drinking partner at his Four Miles, Port Kaituma grocery. Dead is Ramsammy Narine...

Woman, 64, bites armed cops trying to arrest wanted grandson

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 64, bites armed cops trying to arrest wanted grandson

A 64-year-old woman is now in custody after biting an armed policeman and a member of a community policing group who were trying to arrest her grandson. The ranks were bitten on their thumbs by the...

Traffic Chief to clear the roads of bus-driving cops

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News 1

Policemen who operate mini-buses while on duty are flouting the law, and Traffic Chief Dion Moore has vowed to take disciplinary action against these ranks very soon. The crackdown comes in the wake...

Monica Reece’s mother says…“I knew something fishy was going on with my daughter’s investigation”

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Monica Reece’s mother says…“I knew something fishy was going on with my daughter’s investigation”

The mother of the 1993 Good Friday night murder victim Monica Reece says she knew back then that the investigation into the killing of her daughter was not being conducted in a manner that would have...

GBBC ‘Bad Intentions’ Boxing Card…DeMarcus Corley ‘Chops’ Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves title dreams

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC ‘Bad Intentions’ Boxing Card…DeMarcus Corley ‘Chops’ Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves title dreams

Richard ‘The Frog’ Holmes stops Mark Austin Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves spewed venom in the early stages of the bout but DeMarcus `Chop Chop’ Corley applied the right antidote and...

Guyana committed to helping CARICOM fight transnational crime – Pres. Granger

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana committed to helping CARICOM fight transnational crime – Pres. Granger

By: Kiana Wilburg The need to protect the Caribbean Region and its people from transnational crime was one of the key issues raised by President David Granger last Friday. He made this, among other...

GSSF/COMPUSERV Steel Challenge 3-Stage Comp….Ryan McKinnon and Andy Phang take Limited and Production top spots

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF/COMPUSERV Steel Challenge 3-Stage Comp….Ryan McKinnon and Andy Phang take Limited and Production top spots

When the Guyana Sports Shooting Federation / COMPUSERV of Plantain Walk, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara sponsored Steel Challenge 3-stage competition came to an end on Sunday afternoon last at the...

GAPF Classic RAW Nationals set for Sept. 18

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Classic RAW Nationals set for Sept. 18

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation will be hosting its annual Raw National Powerlifting competition on September 18th, 2016 at Critchlow Labour College. It promises to be the largest Local...

Rain ruins third day action at Everest

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain ruins third day action at Everest

Heavy overnight and morning showers which left sections of the outfield waterlogged prevented any play on the third and final day of the first round game in the Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars three-day...

TT reign at Caribbean Pre-Cadet TT Champs

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on TT reign at Caribbean Pre-Cadet TT Champs

Kaysan Ninvalle, Kelsey Davidson are top Guyanese and Jamaican Jamaica Observer – Kelsey Davidson, playing in the Under-11 girls’ singles final, was the best-placed Jamaican with a silver...

Ramkarran makes mockery of excuses for drug bond fiasco

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran makes mockery of excuses for drug bond fiasco

“The Cabinet sub-committee has justified this grossly uncompetitive contract on the ground that a fire can occur and traffic is heavy at certain times on the East Bank. Well, a fire can also occur...

Rosberg eases to victory in chaotic Belgian GP as Hamilton places third after back row start

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rosberg eases to victory in chaotic Belgian GP as Hamilton places third after back row start

(Reuters) German Nico Rosberg steered clear of the chaos unfolding behind him and cruised to an unchallenged win in a disrupted Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. His Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton,...

‘Technical’ delay, rain, wet field: bizarre no-result

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Technical’ delay, rain, wet field: bizarre no-result

ESPNcricinfo – International cricket has lost valuable time in strange circumstances in recent weeks – bright daylight but non-drying outfields in rainy months – but what happened...

Vigilante killing at Pearl….Cops await gunpowder residue results on detained firearm holders

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vigilante killing at Pearl….Cops await gunpowder residue results on detained firearm holders

Police are awaiting the results on tests for gunpowder residue on two licensed firearm owners, to determine who shot and killed 21-year-old Seon Clarke at Pearl, East Bank Demerara. Acting...

De Nobrega thrills fans at Aruwai Regatta

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on De Nobrega thrills fans at Aruwai Regatta

Steven De Nobrega provided the many fans that turned to witness the Aruwai Regatta with excitement as he dominated his rivals, winning several events on Saturday. He first carted off the 125-450cc...

Linden’s visually impaired children need more facilities, transportation

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden’s visually impaired children need more facilities, transportation

– say parents By Enid Joaquin “Nobody is looking towards our children’s interest.” This is the collective cry of several parents of visually impaired children in Linden. They are making...

Woman claims jilted soldier stalks, threats her

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman claims jilted soldier stalks, threats her

– violating restraining order For some women, dating a cop or soldier is a big deal. It means, some believe, that they have a man in uniform who will watch over them. But what happens when...

Police forms another youth and sports club in Berbice

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police forms another youth and sports club in Berbice

Angoy’s Avenue the beneficiary this time The B division of the Guyana Police Force and more so the Central Police station continues with its community outreach initiative with the formation of...

GPHC claim Raphael Trotman Dominoes

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GPHC claim Raphael Trotman Dominoes

Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation won the final of the Raphael Trotman Dominoes competition which was contested recently at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. GPHC chalked up 72 to beat Guyoil on...

The Caribbean laughs at us; we are primitive

Aug 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Caribbean laughs at us; we are primitive

It is not that we do not know we are primitive. We know it but we aren’t doing anything about it, and there is no effort about doing anything about it. You talk to any first time visitor to the...

Lone gunman carts off $2M from C’tyne businessman

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lone gunman carts off $2M from C’tyne businessman

A Corentyne businessman was robbed of $2M yesterday morning just as he was about to make a deposit at a Republic Bank branch located in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. According to reports, Ramlingan...

President of National Mine Workers’ Union promises effective representation

Aug 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President of National Mine Workers’ Union promises effective representation

– as Mining Week commences President of the National Mine Workers Union of Guyana, (NMWG) Sherwyn Delano Downer has vowed to go above and beyond to bring much deserving union representation...

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Mohamed’s Enterprise splurges $1M for One Guyana Futsal tourney

The PPP/C is back to its old ways!

Kaieteur News – Is it mere coincidence that the government has discovered suddenly that the Guyana Human Rights Association... more