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Berbice rape/murder… Accused child-killers remanded

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice rape/murder… Accused child-killers remanded

Escorted by heavily armed ranks, alleged child-killers Hillary Edwards and Obediah Christopher were remanded yesterday for the murder of 13-year-old Leonard Archibald, whose decomposed body was found...

ExxonMobil contract with Guyana… Trotman’s actions make him a liability to Guyana – Ram

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News 1

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has missed a most significant opportunity to correct two major errors committed by the PPP regime in relation to the ExxonMobil contract with Guyana....

Cocaine vanishes from office of senior narcotics officer

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News 1

A senior officer of the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Narcotics Branch is in some serious trouble after a large quantity of cocaine, tendered as evidence, disappeared from a storage room in his...

Goalpost falls, killing 6-year-old

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Goalpost falls, killing 6-year-old

A pregnant mother is currently mourning the death of her six-year-old child who sustained severe head injuries after a goal-post fell on him yesterday morning. At the time there was a sports practice...

UG receives radio licence after 27 years

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG receives radio licence after 27 years

The University of Guyana marked a historic moment on Wednesday when Minister of Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes; and Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leslie Sobers,...

Gunmen kill dredge owner

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen kill dredge owner

…workers held hostage for eight hours Eight “Spanish-speaking” gunmen shot and killed a 36-year-old Brazilian dredge owner about 500 meters from his Akaiwanna, Cuyuni, Region Seven mining camp,...

Taxi driver charged for sexually assaulting 7- year- old girl

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged for sexually assaulting 7- year- old girl

A taxi driver who was hired by the parents of a seven year old child to take her to and from an Islamic school, yesterday found himself in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly fondling...

Body of suspected rape victim washed up at Foulis foreshore

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body of suspected rape victim washed up at Foulis foreshore

The partly decomposed body of a woman, suspected to have been sexually molested, was discovered at the Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) foreshore around 21:30 hrs on Wednesday. The victim, who...

Jagdeo on de cussing spree again

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo on de cussing spree again

Yesterday Jagdeo, that scamp, call dem reporters fuh talk to dem. He tell dem how he got a hard time getting de Waterfalls paper to lie like he. And is not fuh de want of trying. This is a man who...

UK group vying to build new Demerara River bridge, meets with Scott

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UK group vying to build new Demerara River bridge, meets with Scott

Preparations for the construction of a new crossing on the Demerara River are underway with at least one overseas company signaling interest in taking part. Yesterday, officials from the European...

Man falls from scaffold, dies hours later

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man falls from scaffold, dies hours later

Krishna Balwant Diaram, 43, of Vryheids Lust, East Coast of Demerara was at his work site at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara, around 08:30am when he went up a scaffold that was approximately 10...

Key report taps benefits of offshore medical universities to small CARICOM states

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Key report taps benefits of offshore medical universities to small CARICOM states

On Tuesday, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spain hosted an expert group meeting (EGM) which discussed the ECLAC study “A global value...

Civil Aviation moves to hire more inspectors

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Aviation moves to hire more inspectors

The Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) yesterday said it welcomes and is fully supportive of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority‘s (GCAA) recently announced decision to increase its...

Marcus Bisram’s mother, another went to CID Headquarters to hand over $4M bribe – Detective

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Marcus Bisram’s mother, another went to CID Headquarters to hand over $4M bribe – Detective

Sharmilla Inderjali, the mother of Marcus Bisram, who was arrested by the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) for murder, and Maryann Lionel, the daughter of a murder accused, visited the...

New wharf, bond at Springlands

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New wharf, bond at Springlands

A newly constructed wharf and bond at Springlands is expected to bring significant relief to farmers and residents in riverain communities in Region Six. Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, in a...

Specifics of ExxonMobil’s cost recovery still to be worked out – Minister Patterson

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Specifics of ExxonMobil’s cost recovery still to be worked out – Minister Patterson

Many countries have paid a terrible price for failing to make oil contracts with foreign companies available for public scrutiny. Tanzania is a classic example of this. It was only when the African...

How can Granger offer free land to foreigners when Guyanese still longing to get their own? – Nandlall asks

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on How can Granger offer free land to foreigners when Guyanese still longing to get their own? – Nandlall asks

Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall, is of the opinion that President David Granger overstepped his authority, acted recklessly and without consideration for his own people when he made an...

CDC receives over $16M in cash, supplies for hurricane-ravaged islands

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CDC receives over $16M in cash, supplies for hurricane-ravaged islands

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday received over $16M worth of much needed relief supplies from the members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), which will be shipped to the...

PI into shooting of ‘John Kirby’ to close today

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PI into shooting of ‘John Kirby’ to close today

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the shooting of Martin Atwell, also known as ‘John Kirby’ is expected to close today with the prosecution recalling its final witness, Police Lance Corporal...

Lewis, Joseph career-bests in vain as England take series

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis, Joseph career-bests in vain as England take series

LONDON, CMC – Evin Lewis’s sublime career-best hundred and Alzarri Joseph’s maiden five-wicket haul both proved in vain as West Indies crashed to a six-run defeat under Duckworth/Lewis in the...

More than 400 cases of sexual abuse under investigation

Sep 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 400 cases of sexual abuse under investigation

CPA to launch fresh sensitisation campaign There are currently more than 400 cases of sexual abuse under investigation by the Childcare and Protection Agency, (CPA) and the Guyana Police Force,...

Grimes, Khan shine on debut at Suriname Bodybuilding & Fitness Comp.

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grimes, Khan shine on debut at Suriname Bodybuilding & Fitness Comp.

Guyanese bodybuilders, Yannick Grimes and Chandani Khan made themselves and country proud with respective 2nd and 3rd finishes on Sunday last when they competed at the Suriname Weightlifting...

Archery Guyana/Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs holds successful collaboration

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana/Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs holds successful collaboration

Once again Archery Guyana’s collaboration with the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs concluded with a very successful archery competition at this year’s Indigenous Heritage Games at the...

Ravi Ramkumar heads Mt Sinai Cricket Club

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravi Ramkumar heads Mt Sinai Cricket Club

– Director of Sports hands over cricket gears Youth Leader Ravi Ramkumar was elected President of the Mt. Sinai Cricket Club on Sunday last during a special meeting of the newly reformed club....

Well Teen, Trophy Stall, Nauth Motor Spares, Tropical Spring U13 cricket continues

Sep 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Well Teen, Trophy Stall, Nauth Motor Spares, Tropical Spring U13 cricket continues

A fine all-round performance by Daniel Mootoo guided Demerara Cricket Club to a nine-wicket victory over Everest Cricket Club when the Well Teen, Trophy Stall, Nauth Motor Spares and Tropical Spring...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more