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Fake kidnapping of Trini…‘Kidnappers’ booked victim’s plane ticket

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News 1

Trinidad national, 33-year-old Sawak Maraj, seems to have an obsession with kidnapping. In 2001, Maraj was supposedly abducted in Trinidad and Tobago and his alleged kidnappers demanded a ransom of...

Deteriorating discourse…Cuss-down politics poisonous to Guyana’s children

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deteriorating discourse…Cuss-down politics poisonous to Guyana’s children

“We are seen as bad exemplars due to our vocabulary and citizens are going to see it and copy it…Lawless behaviour at the top trickles down to the bottom. When leaders are negative it affects...

NY lawyers moves to block Bisram’s extradition

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News 1

Lawyers for embattled New York-based businessman, Marcus Bisram, who has been ordered extradited from the US to face a murder charge here, is confident that he will not be sent back. Updating...

GECOM resumes ads placement in KN

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM resumes ads placement in KN

More than nine months after halting its ads placement in Kaieteur News, amidst reports of procurement malpractice, the Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) appears to have reversed...

Guyana & Venezuela hold mediation talks with U.N Envoy on border controversy

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana & Venezuela hold mediation talks with U.N Envoy on border controversy

Officials from Guyana and Venezuela started a two-day formal meeting yesterday in New York with the aim of mediating a solution to the decades-old border controversy that has overshadowed relations...

Pressure mounts for restructuring of lawyers’ disciplinary body

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News 1

The pressure appears to have mounted over a need for the restructuring and strengthening of the disciplinary committee for lawyers. The Laws of Guyana provide for a disciplinary body or Legal...

Integrity Commission a must for oil and gas sector –advisors

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Integrity Commission a must for oil and gas sector –advisors

By Kiana Wilburg A magnifying glass is not needed to find global or regional instances where oil money was able to corrupt “the incorruptible.” From Asia, to Africa and even the USA, the oil...

Passion-driven educator, Gordon French, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Passion-driven educator, Gordon French, is a ‘Special Person’

“Educators do not retire; they are works in progress and agents of change…” – Gordon Wayne French By Sharmain Grainger “The work of a teacher is a work of love, it can’t be anything...

Lawlessness tek over Guyana under Soulja Bai

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lawlessness tek over Guyana under Soulja Bai

Dem boys always look deep into some things or somebody because dem realize from a young age there is always more than what meets de eye. Is over 25 years now dem boys watching we politicians. Nuff of...

Skills, Spills and thrills expected as overseas vaqueros arrive for Rising Sun Rodeo today

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skills, Spills and thrills expected as overseas vaqueros arrive for Rising Sun Rodeo today

Banks DIH Limited and Trophy Stall among major entities on board The big day has arrived and the place to be is the Rising Sun Rodeo arena. Thousands of fans are once again expected to throng to the...

GCB’s 75th Anniversary Raffle consolation prizes to be drawn

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB’s 75th Anniversary Raffle consolation prizes to be drawn

As the Guyana Cricket Board anticipates celebrating its 75thanniversary in 2018, the Board is hosting a grand raffle as part of its celebrations where there are several consolation prizes to be won...

Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate Boxing …GDF on Top, SBG gets first win ever as event concludes tonight

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate Boxing …GDF on Top, SBG gets first win ever as event concludes tonight

The Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate competition punched off on Friday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with six bouts. Defending...

Singh Travel Service sponsors U19 tourney in West Berbice

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh Travel Service sponsors U19 tourney in West Berbice

Singh Travel Service of 4 “A” Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice has partnered with the West Berbice Cricket Association for the staging of an U19 50-over tournament in the area. A release from the...

PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day…Cycling added to today’s programme

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day…Cycling added to today’s programme

-Futsal, Dominoes, Athletics, B/ball also carded Organisers of today’s PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day have added the sport of cycling to the programme, making it an even more...

Guyana Open Golf tourney promises to be exciting

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Open Golf tourney promises to be exciting

On November 4 & 5, 2017 at the Lusignan Golf Course, Defending Men’s Champion 7 time winner Avinash Persaud and Defending Women’s Champion Jo-ann Deo will, over the course of two Days of...

Silica Sandport inaugural Golf tourney on tomorrow at Lusignan

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silica Sandport inaugural Golf tourney on tomorrow at Lusignan

Silica Sandport Inc. of 73 Lusignan East Coast Demerara are the sponsors of what promises to be an exciting golf tournament and pre-Guyana Open preparation session, today. Silica Sandport –...

CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Paul’s maiden ton takes sting out of the Scorpions

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Paul’s maiden ton takes sting out of the Scorpions

As Jaguars hunt 7th successive win against Jamaica By Sean Devers Kemo Paul, at just 19 and in only his fourth First-Class match, fashioned a wonderfully compiled maiden century on the penultimate...

Brusche’s Classic Invitational Basketball…Ravens and Jets shock top ranked clubs to secure final’s spot

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusche’s Classic Invitational Basketball…Ravens and Jets shock top ranked clubs to secure final’s spot

Ravens scored a 61-58 points victory over the Georgetown top ranked club Bounty Colts, while Amelia’s Ward Jets upended the current number one ranked club in Linden, Victory Valley Royals on a...

GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Cup…Regal All stars and Masters, NY Hustlers and Speedboat storm into finals

Oct 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Cup…Regal All stars and Masters, NY Hustlers and Speedboat storm into finals

Singh, Chunilall, Rafeek slam tons By Zaheer Mohamed Regal All stars and Masters, New York Hustlers and Speedboat have secured their places in the finals of the inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket...

As pressure mounts, miners urge $2B allocation to research mercury-free operations

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on As pressure mounts, miners urge $2B allocation to research mercury-free operations

As the wheels turn towards a 2027 deadline for Guyana to stop using mercury altogether in gold extraction operations, miners are urging technical assistance from Government. “The Guyana Gold and...

Authorities move to introduce tougher regulations for wildlife trade

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities move to introduce tougher regulations for wildlife trade

The Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission has announced that it will be hosting a public consultation on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 from 09:00 hours to 16:30 hours at the Everest Cricket...

LEN distributes seedlings to Linden farmers

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on LEN distributes seedlings to Linden farmers

Linden Enterprise Network, (LEN) launched its second “Plant a tree” initiative to commemorate Agriculture month. The initiative was birthed by LEN last year under the former Chairman Klensil...

Queen’s College students claim Presidential scholarships for CSEC, CAPE

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Queen’s College students claim Presidential scholarships for CSEC, CAPE

Although there have been many questions about the availability of Presidential scholarships for the nation’s top performers, concerns in this regard were on Friday put to rest. At its 2017 Awards...

The Story within the Story…CH&PA clearly has some things to think about

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News 1

By Leonard Gildarie It has been a while now that we have touched on housing in Guyana. There is a simple reason. The top brass of the entity which pushes Government’s housing projects and policies...

Local producers welcome ‘Guyanese Flavour Uncapped’

Oct 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local producers welcome ‘Guyanese Flavour Uncapped’

With October being designated to Agriculture, the Government of Guyana along with the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has collaborated to launch one of the first of its kind,...

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The U.S. pressure on Venezuela may backfire on Guyana

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The world is full of unintended consequences, those sly little gremlins that slip into... more