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GECOM Chair to render decision today on election timeline

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

By Kemol King Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), (ret’d) Justice Claudette Singh S.C., is expected to render a landmark decision today at 10:30am, which will make way for President...

Local Content Policy… Oil companies and subcontractors should register offices here – GCCI President

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

By Kiana Wilburg President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, wants Guyana to be armed with a robust Local Content Policy that allows for partnerships...

Robbery suspect shot dead by police; fiery protest erupts in Leopold St.

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Police were prevented from entering part of Leopold Street, Georgetown, yesterday after residents blocked the streets and burned tyres in retaliation to the killing of a robbery suspect , 35-year-old...

Chef found dead in Kitty home was strangled – cops detain ‘friend’, seek woman seen leaving premises

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Someone strangled 51-year-old US-based chef Andre Gordon sometime between last Friday night and Sunday in a Station Street, Kitty premises, and police have detained a male friend who had visited him....

Trini cooks paid 12 times what locals get on oil vessels

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

One day after news that a local lawyer is moving to sue an oil services company for discriminating against Guyanese workers, there is emerging evidence of how much disparity there is in the pay. For...

Nine years after passage of law… Support system for Sexual Offences Act still lacking

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Guyana’s Sexual Offences Act is among the most impressive in the Caribbean, yet there has not been a great deal of work towards the implementation of key mechanisms provided for, to support the...

Pensioner, 85, perishes in Springlands blaze – wife injured after jumping through window

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Eighty-five year-old amputee Stanley Brown, of 85 Scottsburg, Springlands, Upper Corentyne, Berbice, lost his life in tragic fashion early yesterday morning, when he was trapped in a blaze that razed...

Funding secured… First phase of Linden to Lethem road to begin shortly

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Government has announced that it is steaming forward with the construction of a paved Linden/Lethem road. Already, funding has been secured and the construction phase is expected to start shortly....

The Public Service Commission should recall all delegated powers

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

The government is stacking the public service with its cronies. Some public officials are capitalising on this process in order to find jobs for their friends and families. Many of the new employees...

2012 Anna Catherina triple murder… Woman testifies spouse confided in her after murdering family

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

The gruesome details of how an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businesswoman and her two sons were murdered, allegedly by their own neighbour, was detailed to a jury yesterday, when the former...

Women in Business conference provides scope for entrepreneurial networking

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

The women in business conference which opened at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre at Liliendaal yesterday, presents the unique opportunity for females in leadership positions to network —...

No teachers resigned from Sophia Training Centre – Ministry of the Presidency

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport has deemed as “inaccurate” a Kaieteur News report that three teachers have resigned from the Sophia...

Venue for GAICO Construction Chess Tournament shifted to Aquatic Centre

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

The inaugural GAICO Grand Prix Chess Tournament gets underway on Saturday September 21, at the at the National Aquatic Centre, Lilliendaal, Greater Georgetown from 13:00HRS. The venue had originally...

Barber jailed for assaulting woman on Regent St.

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

A 48-year-old barber was yesterday jailed for three months after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a young woman in front of a store on Regent Street. Seon Cholmondeley, of 322 East Ruimveldt,...

Early morning East Coast ‘trip’ leaves Berbice, Demerara in darkness

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

An early trip yesterday left Berbice and Demerara without power. According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc., at approximately 03:17 hrs, the L16 Transmission Line which links the Sophia and Good...

Titan Table Tennis Club growing from strength to strength

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

The Titan Table Tennis Club (TTTC) was founded on Oct 2nd, 2011 by Dwain Dick with a total of four players initially and now as the club approaches it eight year anniversary, it now has in excess of...

Matarkai’ Sebai Invincible Talons FC defeated Moruca 4-0 to represent Region 1

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

Sebai Invincible Talons FC of Matarkai have earned the right to represent Region One at the National Heritage football games slated for this weekend at the Everest Cricket Club, following 4-0...

Bosai workers down tools, demand more pay

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

By Enid Joaquin Workers attached to Bosai Minerals’ Mines Division yesterday downed tools and trekked approximately twelve miles to the Company’s North gate, outside the Bauxite plant in...

Truck driver charged for causing death of girl, 7, at Agricola …granted $500,000 bail, licence suspended

Sep 19, 2019 KNews News 0

Three months after the horrific accident on Agricola Public Road that resulted in the death of seven-year-old Ciara Benjamin, the man who was allegedly driving the truck that caused her demise, made...

Fourth EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League Fruta Conquerors and Eagles FC drafted in; five matches on this Saturday

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

The Fourth edition of the East Bank Football Association / Ralph Green Under-11 League has moved beyond the shores of the East Bank this year with teams from sister Regional Members Associations...

Corporate Community ensures Miguel Wong’s trip to Germany becomes a reality

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

A dream of training at high intensity levels in Germany has become a reality for National Table Tennis player Miguel Wong, after a generous group of members of the corporate community forged...

The unpalatable soup of the day

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Editorial 0

First it is, then it is not. Then it is sensed, leading to questioning of senses. Was that real? Are we dealing in the real world? Or is it this something straight out of the spirit world? It is the...

BM Soat Auto Sales assists young rifle shooter Tiwari for WIFBSC

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

BM Soat Auto Sales, one of Guyana’s leaders in the automotive industry, has once again reached out to young rifleman Roberto Tewari with assistance ahead of his quest to make the Guyana...

Gerry Gouveia, Desmond Trotman and my country

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

I am no friend of Gerry Gouveia. I don’t know Gouveia. I think I saw him once in my life at the Guyoil Gas Station in Kitty, many years ago. I can hardly bring myself to socialise with Gouveia,...

NexGen Global Marketing & HJ’s ‘Not in My House’ Boxing Keevin Allicock headlines Amateur bouts on Sept 28

Sep 19, 2019 KNews Sports 0

GBA head applauds the return of Pro-Am Card Come September 28 all roads should lead to Durban Park which will become Guyana’s latest venue to host Professional Boxing and the Caribbean’s number...

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Gerry Gouveia, Desmond Trotman and my country

I am no friend of Gerry Gouveia. I don’t know Gouveia. I think I saw him once in my life at the Guyoil Gas Station in Kitty,... more

The Public Service Commission should recall all delegated powers

The government is stacking the public service with its cronies. Some public officials are capitalising on this process in... more