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Amaila Falls Hydropower…Raising external debt ceiling to $150B not requirement of IDB – AFC

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydropower…Raising external debt ceiling to $150B not requirement of IDB – AFC

Raising the country’s external debt ceiling to $150B from $1B is not a requirement of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) before it provides financing to construct the Amaila Falls...

Amaila project in jeopardy – President Ramotar

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila project in jeopardy – President Ramotar

My fellow Guyanese, Following our 2011 elections, I was hopeful that this unprecedented configuration of our Parliament would have allowed us the opportunity to move forward. I had hoped that all...

‘Mothers in Black’ says…Causing death by dangerous driving should be murder

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Mothers in Black’ says…Causing death by dangerous driving should be murder

Agnes Dabydial, a member of ‘Mothers in Black’ is of the opinion that the term ‘Causing Death by Dangerous Driving’ is actually murder, followed by fewer penalties. She is therefore calling...

Soesdyke labourer charged with murdering reputed wife’s lover

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke labourer charged with murdering reputed wife’s lover

A week after allegedly murdering his reputed wife’s lover, Soesdyke labourer, Rudolph Singh, was remanded after he made an appearance yesterday in the Providence Magistrate’s Court. Singh,...

APNU says Amaila can’t be another Skeldon

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU says Amaila can’t be another Skeldon

After voting against two Bills directly linked to the Amaila Falls Hydro Project—two that were said to be extremely critical to the project—A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)...

Dem boys seh…De nation get kok wid de security cameras

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De nation get kok wid de security cameras

People remember good when Bharrat announce that he gun put security camera at every corner fuh ketch criminals. When dem start put up de cameras people ask dem if dem ain’t worry that...

Dramatic tie marks WI’s 700th ODI

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dramatic tie marks WI’s 700th ODI

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia – Jason Holder collected 14 off the final over to take West Indies to a tie with Pakistan in a dramatic finish to their 700th One-day International yesterday here....

Profiles of Guyana Junior Squash Team

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Profiles of Guyana Junior Squash Team

The Junior Caribbean Squash Championships will be held in Trinidad & Tobago from July 22 – July 28, 2013. Guyana will be defending the Girls and Overall Team titles at this...

Mo Farah breaks Steve Cram’s 28-year British 1500m record

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah breaks Steve Cram’s 28-year British 1500m record

BBC Sport – Double Olympic champion Mo Farah broke Steve Cram’s 28-year 1500m British record at the Diamond League in Monaco. The Briton is remarkably the sixth fastest man over...

GFF release names of 32 players for CFU Women’s U-17 WC qualifiers

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF release names of 32 players for CFU Women’s U-17 WC qualifiers

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has begun preparation for the CFU U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers (WCQ). A release from the GFF stated that the team is scheduled to participate in the...

“Guyana is on the verge of great things in athletics…”

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Guyana is on the verge of great things in athletics…”

– Hope says as stakeholders launch Boyce & Jefford Classic IV Digicel’s Sponsorship and Events Manager, Gavin Hope, who also serves as a Vice-President on the Athletics Association of...

GABBFF ‘Bodies of Steel’ Senior C/ship on today @ CASH

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF ‘Bodies of Steel’ Senior C/ship on today @ CASH

…IFBB Pro Andrew Jemmott is Guest Poser The highly anticipated Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation senior championships dubbed ‘Bodies of Steel’ is set for this evening...

Joseph Dominoes on today

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joseph Dominoes on today

President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association, Faye Joseph, sponsored competition will commence today at Gaulding Place in South Ruimveldt. The first placed team will collect $175,000, the...

Top Pools players set for Banks DIH “Premium Cues Showdown” Georgetown leg

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top Pools players set for Banks DIH “Premium Cues Showdown” Georgetown leg

At least forty players are listed to contest the Georgetown leg of the “Premium Cues Showdown” Pools tournament tomorrow at Buddy’s Pool Hall on Sheriff Street. Following three weeks of...

Regional U-19…Guyana in control against Barbados

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19…Guyana in control against Barbados

Guyana are in firm control against Barbados in the opening round of the Regional U-19 3-day tournament which started yesterday in St. Kitts. At stumps on the first day Barbados are 53-3 in 22 overs...

GASA selects team for XIX Goodwill Swim Meet 2013

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA selects team for XIX Goodwill Swim Meet 2013

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has released a preliminary list of fifteen (15) swimmers who have been named to represent Guyana at the XIX Goodwill Swim Meet to be held in...

Sammy becomes BMW Ambassador

Jul 20, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy becomes BMW Ambassador

CASTRIES, ST LUCIA – West Indies Test and Twenty20 captain, Darren Sammy, has etched name into the history books, but it’s not with the bat or with the ball this time. Sammy was...

Mining joins list of deadly jobs in Guyana

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mining joins list of deadly jobs in Guyana

Some 62 persons died on the job between February 2008 and last April, with a third of the deaths occurring in the mining sector. The answers were provided by Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, to...

LIAT gets US$65M loan to modernize fleet

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT gets US$65M loan to modernize fleet

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing loans totalling US$65 million to four shareholder governments of regional airline LIAT (Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the...

FAO to increase its assistance to the Caribbean region

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on FAO to increase its assistance to the Caribbean region

Director General completes successful visit, promises renewed regional focus The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is transforming the way it works in the Caribbean to...

Government’s refuses to debate Bills

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government’s refuses to debate Bills

‘They still think Guyana is theirs’—says Attorney Basil Williams By Abena Rockcliffe “For the last 20 years, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) ran away with the idea that Guyana...

Over 12,000 affected by unexpected blackouts…

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over 12,000 affected by unexpected blackouts…

New substation at Garden of Eden to reduce black outs – GPL Over 12,000 customers were on Tuesday night affected by black out due to unexpected weather which saw a number of power lines being...

CADRES Survey is an important vacuum in LBGT examination – Dr. Ifill

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CADRES Survey is an important vacuum in LBGT examination – Dr. Ifill

By Latoya Giles The much anticipated launch of the survey report “Attitudes toward Homosexuals in Guyana” was held yesterday at the Moray House, where several panelists including...

CHI gearing to improve operation with cutting edge service

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CHI gearing to improve operation with cutting edge service

In the quest to improve the delivery of cardiac care, the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), strategically situated in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), is on an...

‘Ganja farmers’ remanded for possession of cannabis

Jul 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ganja farmers’ remanded for possession of cannabis

Yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, a father, his son and another defendant known to them were remanded for planting a prohibited plant and being in possession of narcotics for the...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more