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Security cameras, body scanners for Magistrate, High Courts in 2018

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

Security measures at various Magisterial and High Courts around the country will be taken to the next level in the New Year. According to information detailed in the budget estimates for 2018,...

Finance Minister says…Existing template for Production Sharing Agreements must be revised

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– to safeguard nation’s right to fair share of its wealth By: Kiana Wilburg Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is of the firm view that the existing template for Production Sharing...

Barefoot bandits recorded on camera robbing Eccles business

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– premises hit twice in two months One month after three armed bandits stormed the office of Sueria Manufacturing and escaped with cash and cheques, the proprietor of the company, Frank...

Labourer stabs wife to death, hangs self in Corentyne home

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

A quiet Sunday afternoon ended on a gruesome note when a 36-year-old GuySuCo labourer stabbed his common-law wife to death before hanging himself in the couple’s one bedroom home at Lot 26 Third...

Teacher accused of sexual misconduct arrested

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– released on $100,000 bail, lodges passport Embattled teacher, Coen Jackson who is at the center of allegations of sexual misconduct was arrested on Saturday. He was released on...

Christmas tree collapse is a sign to de coalition

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

De time when Christ was to born people look fuh a sign and de wise men did see de sign. It come as a star in de east. Since then coming events does have a sign. Christmas coming again and dem boys...

Govt. explores framework for transfer of skills in oil sector

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– as some politicians voice fears of foreign domination By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The government is not oblivious to the concerns of Guyanese who think that there is an attempt by...

Guyanese man dies after driver rams into crowd on New York sidewalk

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

A Guyanese man died yesterday when an irate driver slashed two men and then plowed into a half-dozen people on a sidewalk during an early-morning parking dispute in Queens, New York, United...

Repainting of State House…Govt. wrong to ‘desecrate’ state buildings with partisan colours

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– Lincoln Lewis warns PPP can follow in areas they control Criticisms are weighing heavily on the decision by President David Granger to repaint State House, which is designated a national...

GAPLF Senior Nationals …Vijai Rahim and Grace Bobb (female) are overall champs

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) brought the curtains down on their 2017 calendar yesterday at the Ramada Princess Hotel, Poolside with the staging of its Senior...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Albouystown teams disappoint in front of massive home support

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

– Round of 16 commences tomorrow at NCC In front of another massive outpouring of fans, Ol Skool Ballers salvaged the night for Albouystown teams by being the only one left standing as round...

CWI Digicel Regional 4-day C/ships …Tagenarine & Johnson fifties lead Jaguars to 8-wkt win over Pride

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

By Sean Devers The Guyana Jaguars roared to their fourth win of the season with an emphatic victory over Barbados Pride on the final day of their fifth round CWI Digicel Regional four-day...

Oil and Gas Sector…Locals will not be left out in the cold

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– promises Business Minister By: Kiana Wilburg Local businesses can be assured that they will not be left out in the cold when it comes to the looming oil and gas sector. In fact, the...

Mohamed’s Enterprise/New Era Entertainment Futsal Tourney…Ten matches lights up Mackenzie Sports Club last weekend

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

The fourth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/ New Era Entertainment Futsal tournament, that will see one of the 26 teams competing walk away with $500,000 come this Boxing Night (December 26th),...

Hussain leads MYO to Amanat Baksh Memorial Inter-Jamaat 10/10 softball title

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

By Zaheer Mohamed Led by a fine century from Wazeer Hussain, Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) defeated Farm by 59 runs to capture the Amanat Baksh Inter-Jamaat Memorial 10/10 softball title yesterday...

Local businessman makes candles and soaps from beeswax

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

It all began with a favour. Back in 1995, a beekeeper in Islington, East Bank Berbice (EBB) asked 15-year-old Devon Gilead if he could accompany him to catch bees in the village. The teenager said...

Region 1 Steering Committee installed

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Sports 0

– Region moves closer to becoming GFF Regional Member Association Region 1 has moved one step closer to becoming a Regional Member Association (RMA) of the Guyana Football Federation with the...

Woman, 64, injured after falling into manhole

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

– seeks compensation from City Hall A 64 year- old woman is contemplating what course of action to take against the Georgetown Mayor City Council (M&CC) after she fell into a city...

$ 1.7B slated for youth programmes in 2018

Dec 04, 2017 KNews News 0

Government is to invest approximately $1.7 billion in youth programmes under the 2018 budget. According to the recent presentation by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, the programmes are...

The government needs empathy

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

Sometimes you have to ask yourself whether senior government officials live in ivory towers. You want to know whether they have lost touch with the common man. You want to plead with them to come out...

The future of the AFC lies in the coffin of reality

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

The last quarter of 2017 perhaps marks the final end of the AFC. It taxes the imagination enormously to envisage a situation where the AFC as a third party that had so much promise could survive to...

A comment that promotes racism

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, On October 19, 2017, President David Granger invoked presidential powers under the constitution that allowed him to supersede a provision requiring nominees from the opposition leader,...

Altering National Monuments without the approval of the National Trust is Unlawful

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The Guyana government’s decision to paint government buildings in green has become contentious, as it should. Particularly, the government has painted the Office of the President as...

Ruel Johnson also needs an investigation, in the Coen Jackson sexual episode

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Sir, “Indeed, it would be a sad day for the young females students, when male teachers, who are supposed to be a father figure and a role model, can within their thoughts start mentally...

Kudos to the government and Brian O’Toole

Dec 04, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Among the many good that this incumbent coalition Government and Ministry of Education has done for the children of this country and also future generations of children is the removal of...

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GTT National Indoor Hockey C/ships… Action bullies off tonight with six matches

Reply to my friend, David Hinds about meaning of words

I am not a lawyer but I have learnt from my long years in social activism that Eusi Kwayana was as good as any lawyer in... more

The window-dresser

The WPA is seeking a political resurrection. Faced with a level of ostracism which would have forced any credible political... more