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PPP says it welcomes inquiry in the crime period after 2002

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP says it welcomes inquiry in the crime period after 2002

Dear Editor, The letter published by the KN, penned by one, Earl Hamilton, demands a response, if only to underscore the unschooled repetition of untruths, in the face of available facts. When...

Under the reign of the PPP, a ghost stalked Guyana

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under the reign of the PPP, a ghost stalked Guyana

Dear Editor, During the reign of the PPP it seemed like an evil spirit was hovering over the nation of Guyana. Death from murders, accidents, suicides and the like were prevalent. Many people...

More than 200 new cancer cases recorded at GPHC for 2017

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 200 new cancer cases recorded at GPHC for 2017

Cancer has from time immemorial been a major challenge to health sectors across the world. Guyana, like other countries, has been battling to control its scourge by expanding its cancer screening and...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…NY Judge orders Marcus Bisram extradited

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…NY Judge orders Marcus Bisram extradited

Less than a year after a shocking case that alleged a police cover-up and attempted bribery of investigators into the killing of a Berbice carpenter, a New York court yesterday ordered that...

Absence of GRA’s annual reports for last six years flagged at Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

The absence of the annual reports for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the last six years was flagged at the Private Sector Commission’s prestigious Business Summit which concluded yesterday...

CH&PA demolishes 21 illegal Sophia structures

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA demolishes 21 illegal Sophia structures

… cops forced halt to exercise A demolition campaign was yesterday conducted in the community of ‘A’ Field Sophia, where squatters were seen aggressively displaying grave dissatisfaction. The...

MOU between PPP/C Govt. and Sleep-In secured concessions galore

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

Sleep-In International Hotel had secured a sweetheart deal through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that it had signed with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C). That MOU secured a...

Businessman shot dead while leaving City hotel

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shot dead while leaving City hotel

– Gunmen escape with victim’s gold jewelry A 48-year-old businessman was shot and killed around 18:00 hrs yesterday as he was leaving a City hotel with a female companion. The victim has been...

De local business people chuck de Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De local business people chuck de Business Summit

Yesterday dem boys notice that almost everything at de Business Summit was foreign. And dem notice that dem foreign businesses who come to tek part bring dem own sugar, dem milk, dem tea and some...

Govt. steams ahead with Sheriff St./Mandela Ave project despite mixed signals

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. steams ahead with Sheriff St./Mandela Ave project despite mixed signals

It appears that despite what is being reported, Government is moving ahead with the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue Roadway Enhancement Project. In a full-page advertisement in Kaieteur News on...

Fire Service is 60: From two stations to over 20 locations now

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service is 60: From two stations to over 20 locations now

The Guyana Fire Service yesterday celebrated 60 years of service in Guyana since its establishment in 1957. Prior to 1957, the GFS was an arm of the Guyana Police Force and was known as British...

Guyana’s Elisa Hamilton awarded for outstanding performance at UWI

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Elisa Hamilton awarded for outstanding performance at UWI

In 2014 she was not only named the country’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] top performer but Elisa Hamilton was also, later that same year, bestowed the title of Regional...

Bush Lot man escapes fiery death

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot man escapes fiery death

A 53-year-old man narrowly escaped death late Tuesday night after jumping through his window while his two-storey wooden home went up in flames. Jaikarran Sahadeo is nursing second degree burns about...

Public Service Tribunal gets new Registrar

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Tribunal gets new Registrar

Attorney-at-Law, Amoura Giddings, has been appointed as the Registrar of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal. She took her Oath of Office before President David Granger during a simple swearing in...

WIFBSC Individual C/ships… T&T’s Varma Rambarran is O-Class champion

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC Individual C/ships… T&T’s Varma Rambarran is O-Class champion

Trinidad and Tobago’s Varma Rambarran was declared the winner of the O-Class segment of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council Individual Championships which are being run concurrently with the...

GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Individual Shoot Off… Rain curtails action after 3 of 5 ranges; to be completed tomorrow

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Individual Shoot Off… Rain curtails action after 3 of 5 ranges; to be completed tomorrow

By Franklin Wilson The skies opened up at around 14:20hrs and never relented with the rain coming in from three different directions at varying times, even lightning and thunder visited the ranges...

Bakewell sponsors Region 10 Inter-school Championships

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell sponsors Region 10 Inter-school Championships

In recognition of their late beloved Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Naeem Nasir, Bakewell yesterday sponsored the Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (Region 10) Inter-Schools Championships, which will run off...

National intermediate Boxing Championships punches off in two weeks

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National intermediate Boxing Championships punches off in two weeks

Amateur action returns as the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is set to host their National Intermediate Boxing Championships that will get underway with fierce encounters at the National Gymnasium...

Digital Technology supports Stage of Champions 2

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digital Technology supports Stage of Champions 2

The second edition of ‘Stage of Champions’ body building, miss bikini and Men’s Physique competition which is set for November 18 at Theatre Guild in Kingston has recently gained the backing of...

Antigua independence T20 Tri-Nation series… Jaguars into tomorrow’s final

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Antigua independence T20 Tri-Nation series… Jaguars into tomorrow’s final

By Sean Devers After starting with a loss against Jamaica in match two of the Antigua Independence T20 Tri-Nation cricket tournament Guyana Jaguars rebounded with three consecutive wins to book a...

Banks DIH official beverage sponsor of Pan American Hockey Championships

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH official beverage sponsor of Pan American Hockey Championships

Banks DIH limited has signed on as the official beverage sponsor of the Pan American Indoor Hockey Cups which will kick start on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with nine (9) anticipated...

Upper Corentyne make strong reply to Georgetown’s 274

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne make strong reply to Georgetown’s 274

Upper Corentyne were 131-1 in reply to Georgetown first innings score of 274 when the final round of the GCB/Jaguars 3-Day league commenced yesterday at Port Mourant. Balchand Baldeo is unbeaten on...

GSCL Inc Guyana Panama Softball Cup… Rafeek, Esau strike tons as Ariel, Regal and Amazon Masters triumph

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Guyana Panama Softball Cup… Rafeek, Esau strike tons as Ariel, Regal and Amazon Masters triumph

Mohamed Rafeek struck a fine century as Ariel defeated Tropical Springs by six wickets when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc Guyana Panama Cup continued on Sunday last at Malteenoes SC....

Letter to the Sports Editor… Some persons continue to wreak havoc on Guyana’s Cricket

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… Some persons continue to wreak havoc on Guyana’s Cricket

Dear Sports Editor, That Anand Sanasie, Anand Kalladeen, Dru Bahadur and their other associates took over the court-ordered elections of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is another example of the...

Berbice Cricket Board second division t20… Whim, Chesney and Mount Sinai to participate in inaugural match

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board second division t20… Whim, Chesney and Mount Sinai to participate in inaugural match

The Berbice Cricket Board, thru its member The Chesney Cricket Club will be sponsoring a T20 competition on October 22, 2017 at the Chesney Cricket Club Ground starting at 09:30 hrs. The Competition...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

Peeping Tom… “The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment” Kaieteur News – The cries... more