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Burnt to death East Bank Essequibo elderly couple…Resident captures youth who hatched robbery plot

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt to death East Bank Essequibo elderly couple…Resident captures youth who hatched robbery plot

– youth who lit fire linked to nine robberies – accomplices pointed out customers in commercial banks The net continues to tighten around the gang that burned business couple Mohamed and...

‘Fat cats’ handed more under APNU+AFC

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fat cats’ handed more under APNU+AFC

…$11B budgeted to pay just over 4200 Many, including members of the Parliamentary opposition have highlighted the fact that a number of contract employees remain in the Public system at a huge...

Bandits shot dead in church-yard

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shot dead in church-yard

– after robbery at family function Police are now being hailed as heroes by a Campbellville family after they shot and killed two bandits who robbed persons gathered at a family function at a...

Ramjattan, Top Cop blame media for creating perception of crime surge

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, Top Cop blame media for creating perception of crime surge

“The crime wave is created in the minds of people, because emblazoned on the front pages of the newspapers are all these crimes….” – Ramjattan Minister of Public Security Khemraj...

Ramjattan’s 2:00 a.m curfew stands for Christmas

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News 1

“Is how much more y’all want to drink after 2 a.m.? Are you not concerned about the road accidents and the need to address this? Well, I am concerned. I am not going to bend the laws for a few...

3rd Smalta School Girls Football Competition…St. Angela’s subject West R/veldt to heart break loss in final

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Smalta School Girls Football Competition…St. Angela’s subject West R/veldt to heart break loss in final

– S/Ruimveldt finish third Amongst the most consistent performers at the Pee Wee level, West Ruimveldt was subjected to another heart break when they went down to St. Angela’s 2-1 in the...

STAG Nations Cup KO Football…Police and Riddim Squad into quarter finals following emphatic wins over Berbice duo

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Nations Cup KO Football…Police and Riddim Squad into quarter finals following emphatic wins over Berbice duo

City sides, Guyana Police Force (GPF) mauled Rosignol United 13-2, the biggest margin of victory to date, while Riddim Squad found good rhythm in disposing another Berbice unit, Cougars 5-2 when...

The Guyana Re-migrants Mission: Making a difference in the lives of the ‘forsaken’

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg Involuntary re-migrants, otherwise known as deportees, are not greeted with open arms when they return to their homeland. This is mainly due to the perception that they are a menace...

Fifty-one-year-old Hopkins bows out with knockout loss

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fifty-one-year-old Hopkins bows out with knockout loss

(Reuters) Former world champion Bernard Hopkins’ long and illustrious career ended in a brutal defeat when the 51-year-old light heavyweight was knocked out of the ring in the eighth round of his...

Digicel Regional 4-day cricket…Hope & Rajah orchestrates Red Force fight back

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Regional 4-day cricket…Hope & Rajah orchestrates Red Force fight back

But Jaguars in the ascendency despite threat of rain today By Sean Devers When the truncated penultimate day of the Digicel Regional four-day contest at Providence ended yesterday the Guyana Jaguars...

Pump stations for Hope, Vigilance, Lusignan

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pump stations for Hope, Vigilance, Lusignan

– as Govt. moves to tackle flooding on E.C.D. The construction of pump stations at Hope, Vigilance and Lusignan villages on the East Coast of Demerara will be among major projects that the...

Campbell/Gentle are Trophy Stall’s Ladies Doubles Champions

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Campbell/Gentle are Trophy Stall’s Ladies Doubles Champions

A few curious spectators gathered to watch the anticipated nailbiting final between the mother daughter combination, Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan and Nicola Ramdyhan and the top seeded ladies doubles pair,...

Minister Ally distributes 25 bicycles to Parfait Harmonie pupils

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Ally distributes 25 bicycles to Parfait Harmonie pupils

Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, today, distributed 25 bicycles to students of Parfait Harmonie Primary School, as the Government continues to advance President David Granger’s Boats,...

Man dies after jumping from moving vehicle

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after jumping from moving vehicle

…reportedly had domestic problems A 41-year-old man took his own life two Mondays ago by leaping from a moving vehicle that was making its way into Isano Backdam. The dead man has been identified...

The thrust must be about transforming the GOA

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The thrust must be about transforming the GOA

By Rawle Welch In two days time, a new executive will be installed in the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and many genuinely interested in seeing the advancement of sport will be hoping that the...

DDL backs KMTC XMAS meet

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL backs KMTC XMAS meet

Demerara Distillers Limited under its Ivanoff Vodka Brand had supported the Kennard Memorial Turf Club for the staging of its XMAS meet which will be held on December 26 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne,...

No blue Christmas for GT businesses…Shopping in full swing as holiday inches closer

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No blue Christmas for GT businesses…Shopping in full swing as holiday inches closer

If there is indeed an economic downturn, it does not seem to have deterred the Guyanese Christmas spirit. Evidently almost every day of the week, the streets of Georgetown are filled with persons...

Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side Football kicks off tomorrow

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side Football kicks off tomorrow

With this year’s theme being ‘To aspire and Achieve’ the 7th Annual Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side Football Competition is set to kick off tomorrow with four matches, at the Kumaka Recreational...

Guyana’s lone female FIFA referee nominated for CONCACAF 2016 awards

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s lone female FIFA referee nominated for CONCACAF 2016 awards

Georgetown: Maurees Skeete, the only female FIFA referee in Guyana, has been nominated by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) for the Female...

Waramadong gets Japan grant for grassroots programme

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Waramadong gets Japan grant for grassroots programme

The Japanese government has handed over US$69,739 to the Waramadong Village Council to finance the construction of the Waramadong Indigenous Youth Skills Development Centre through the Grant...

Number of entries received for 3rd Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet on Jan. 1st

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Number of entries received for 3rd Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet on Jan. 1st

With just about two weeks to go before race day a number of entries have rolled in for the Guyana Cup Rematch meet set for Sunday 1st January at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast...

Black lives do not matter

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Black lives do not matter

The only reason why I haven’t repeated the exact line in my 2010 column for which then President Bharat Jagdeo sued me for libel and requested and got an injunction, is my respect for the rule of...

Pollo Tropical opens local franchise

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pollo Tropical opens local franchise

– utilising local produce The first Pollo Tropical restaurant was opened 109 years ago in Miami. It has since expanded its franchise all across the world including cities across the United...

THE RICE MAN COMETH

Dec 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE RICE MAN COMETH

Wherever we came from to the Caribbean, rice quickly became a staple. You can have it with peas in some countries and you can have your peas with rice in Jamaica, you can have “pelau”...

Freshco brings supermarket investment to Guyana

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Freshco brings supermarket investment to Guyana

– more than 60 employed “We believe in the Guyanese economy and as such we are investing here,” says Rebecca Zhang, Managing Director of the newly opened multimillion dollar Freshco...

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