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Amaila Hydro project…Sithe Global’s future input in doubt

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Hydro project…Sithe Global’s future input in doubt

– Company reportedly pulls out President of Sithe Global, Brian Kubeck, yesterday maintained that “a public-private partnership of this magnitude requires a national consensus in...

Int’l Day of Indigenous People sees protest for rights

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Day of Indigenous People sees protest for rights

By Tiffanne Ramphal Even as the Minister of Amerindian Affairs and members of other Amerindian-represented organisations joined together with the National Toshaos’ Council to...

Local stakeholders meet on CARICOM reform

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local stakeholders meet on CARICOM reform

“Very solid recommendation” is coming out from the reform talks regarding the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a senior official has said. A special group of the regional integration body,...

US climate expert to consult on forestry issues

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US climate expert to consult on forestry issues

The U.S Embassy says it will be hosting Dr. Janaki R.R. Alavalapati, a Senior Fellow with the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, during an August 12 to 16 visit to...

CHI introduces newest cardiac procedure

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CHI introduces newest cardiac procedure

– as plans are streamlined for another by year end As part of its ambitious moves to deliver quality cardiac care to the Guyanese Society, the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) this week...

Teacher wants name cleared after wrongful arrest

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher wants name cleared after wrongful arrest

A school teacher is seeking to have his name cleared after being wrongfully arrested by a member of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in a very embarrassing public...

T&T Red Steel prove too hot for Guyana’s Amazon Warriors

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T Red Steel prove too hot for Guyana’s Amazon Warriors

Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel proved a bit too hot for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in their match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain...

Banks Malta Supreme U-13 cricket launched

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Malta Supreme U-13 cricket launched

The Banks Malta Supreme under-13 cricket tournament was launched yesterday at Thirst Park where the Final of the seven-team tournament will be played. In its second Edition, the competition...

Courts plugs $400,000 to Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts plugs $400,000 to Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic

Courts Guyana Inc made major big input to the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic budget, donating $400,000 to the fourth edition of the event yesterday at the organization’s...

Leal recovering well…..expects to start riding before year end

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leal recovering well…..expects to start riding before year end

Junior cyclist Raul Leal who was involved in a vehicular accident a few months ago and was hospitalized for an extended period said that he is recovering well. Leal, who suffered broken limbs...

IGG Cycling…Guyana sweep Road Race; win Male Time Trials, lose Female

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Cycling…Guyana sweep Road Race; win Male Time Trials, lose Female

By Franklin Wilson As anticipated, Guyana once again dominated the cycling scene when the 2013 edition of the Inter Guiana Games came off yesterday with the Time Trials and Road Race,...

Suriname beat Guyana 2-1 defeat in Inter Guiana Games football

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname beat Guyana 2-1 defeat in Inter Guiana Games football

Surinamese footballers turned in a determined display to defeat their Guyanese counterparts 2-1 and cart off the honours when the two teams clashed in the Inter Guiana Games football encounter...

North Road All Stars, Tarmac Boys to clash

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Road All Stars, Tarmac Boys to clash

Patrice Mitch welcome and Garfield Morris Memorial Tapeball cricket match… Tapeball cricket pioneers Tarmac Bad Boys and Arch Rivals North Road All Stars will roll back the years...

Guyana dominate at Table Tennis in Inter-Guiana Games

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana dominate at Table Tennis in Inter-Guiana Games

Guyana girls whipped Suriname in the final of the Inter-Guiana Games Table Tennis tournament with Akeicia Nedd beating Afielle Hooghart 3-0 in a one-sided encounter at the Cliff...

Albion defeat Esmeralda Coaching School in Berbice

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion defeat Esmeralda Coaching School in Berbice

The touring Esmeralda Coaching School cricket team of Cupina Central Trinidad and Tobago ended their good will tour of Guyana on a losing note when they were beaten by Albion U-15s by...

13th William France Fitness Walk, Run set for tomorrow

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 13th William France Fitness Walk, Run set for tomorrow

The 13th Edition of the William ‘The Conqueror’ France Fitness Walk and Run will be staged tomorrow morning from 6:30am. The event will start from Two Brothers Gas Station and conclude...

Local boxers compete in T&T tourney

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local boxers compete in T&T tourney

Thursday afternoon President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) met with a team of boxers that travelled to Trinidad for the Junior/Youth Invitational tournament which began...

Former Mr. Guyana Alvin Williams dies at 73

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former Mr. Guyana Alvin Williams dies at 73

He lived a full life and at age 73 former Bodybuilding Champion, Mr. Guyana, Alvin George Williams died on Wednesday at his home in Diamond. The former bodybuilder was a regular Champion in...

Airline passengers complain as peak season woes continue

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Airline passengers complain as peak season woes continue

By Zena Henry Taken on a rather strange odyssey, she never could have imagined until it actually happened. A Guyana-born US-based woman is livid with Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) for taking her...

Men’s Affairs Bureau to intensify fight against domestic violence

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Men’s Affairs Bureau to intensify fight against domestic violence

By Rehanna Ramsay In the wake of the vicious attacks on several women by their domestic partners, the Ministry of Human Services Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB) has upped the ante to tackle the...

THE AFC MAY HAVE TO FIND A NEW CHAIR

Aug 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC MAY HAVE TO FIND A NEW CHAIR

You do not offer your resignation; you tender it. The persons to whom a resignation is tendered may opt to accept it or reject it, but once tendered it is for the person tendering the...

New passport application process for overseas-based Britons

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New passport application process for overseas-based Britons

The British Government has announced a number of important changes to the passport service for its nationals living overseas. According to a statement from the British High Commission yesterday, from...

$85M in consumer credit from utilities over nine years – PUC

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $85M in consumer credit from utilities over nine years – PUC

By Rehanna Ramsay Over the last nine years, the Public Utilities Commission, (PUC) has aided in accumulating approximately $85 million worth of consumer credit from the main utility...

Home Affairs Ministry claims “racial hostilities” at recent forum

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Ministry claims “racial hostilities” at recent forum

– Organisers refute allegations The Ministry of Home Affairs via release, accused a number of Opposition officials and members of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA)...

GPHC’s Maternity Unit rallies despite shortage of midwives

Aug 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC’s Maternity Unit rallies despite shortage of midwives

Despite experiencing a shortage of midwives, the Maternity Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been operating in a “fairly reasonable manner,” says Sister June...

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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