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President seeks common ground with APNU on Amaila… ‘Let us meet to once and for all settle these issues’

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President seeks common ground with APNU on Amaila… ‘Let us meet to once and for all settle these issues’

In a statement issued by President Donald Ramotar last evening concerning the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, the Head of State indicated that his government is willing to meet with officials from...

Guyana Watch medical tour…417 treated at Leonora Clinic

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch medical tour…417 treated at Leonora Clinic

The Guyana Watch team took its medical mission to the Leonora Primary School on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) yesterday. A total of 417 patients took advantage of the service, with some 80...

Fibre optic cable project to miss yet another deadline

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fibre optic cable project to miss yet another deadline

By Keeran Danny Government’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) project is now expected to conclude by year-end, missing its September deadline. Currently, foreign companies are lending...

Blocked US applications will delay lower fares – CAL

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Blocked US applications will delay lower fares – CAL

Until Guyana finds other airlines to fly the Georgetown/New York route, passengers are likely to continue to pay high prices for tickets. This is because the Trinidad-owned Caribbean Airlines...

US-based Guyanese committed to stand trial for wife’s murder

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese committed to stand trial for wife’s murder

Guyana-born United States citizen Ramdhanie Persaud, called ‘Prakash’ or ‘Prak’, who is accused of killing his wife of more than 27 years, Bibi Shameena Deen was yesterday committed...

TPL $17M heist…Security guard still in custody

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TPL $17M heist…Security guard still in custody

Police have released three Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) staffers, but are still questioning a fourth in connection with Thursday’s $17M heist in Charlestown. Kaieteur News understands that...

Amaila project ill-conceived from the beginning – Greenidge

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila project ill-conceived from the beginning – Greenidge

– Argentine consultants did feasibility study The Guyana Government has for the first time made public the name of the company it says it contracted to conduct an “Economic and...

Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold at World Athletics 2013

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold at World Athletics 2013

BBC Sport – Mo Farah’s career reached incredible new heights as the Briton became only the second man in history to complete an Olympic and world ‘double-double’ in the distance...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 200m world gold

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 200m world gold

AFP – MOSCOW: Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the third athlete to achieve the women’s sprint double at the World Athletics Championships when she won the 200m yesterday in...

Demerara Mutual Life part sponsors Leon Seaton

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Life part sponsors Leon Seaton

– action splashed off yesterday With competition underway at the 19th Goodwill Swimming Champions taking place at the Aquatic Centre, Wildey, St Michael, Barbados, Demerara Mutual Life...

Systems in place for Jumbo Jet mega horserace event at Port Mourant Turf Club

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Systems in place for Jumbo Jet mega horserace event at Port Mourant Turf Club

Preparations are continuing in earnest as the 7th Annual Guyana Cup, with a jumbo-sized $30M in cash and prizes on offer, is just a short time away. The event fixed for August 25 at the Port...

Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic set for explosive start today

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic set for explosive start today

The fourth edition of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic is set for an explosive start today from 13:00hrs at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, and coaches from the...

Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL WILL PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL WILL PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE

Dear Editor, The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) it appears does not have the confidence of the cricketing fraternity in its present form since it is void of two thirds of its constituent members...

Guyana register 27-run win over T&T as Women’s Regional T20 begins

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana register 27-run win over T&T as Women’s Regional T20 begins

The first round of the Regional Women’s Twenty20 concluded yesterday with four matches at two venues in Grenada, and Guyana were in winners’ row beating Trinidad and Tobago by 27 runs in...

32 youth footballers benefits as Fruta Conquerors football coaching clinic concludes

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 32 youth footballers benefits as Fruta Conquerors football coaching clinic concludes

By Michael Benjamin After some three weeks of meaningful sessions that dealt with football related and social issues, 32 youth footballers from an initial 40 received certificates of participation...

Grenadian athletes here for Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic IV

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Grenadian athletes Kenisha Pascal and Reon Radix along with Coach, Kwame Hypolite, arrived in the country Thursday morning aboard Caribbean Airlines to compete in the fourth edition of Boyce...

Table Tennis Camp billed for West Dem from August 19-25

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table Tennis Camp billed for West Dem from August 19-25

A West Demerara Table Tennis Camp, sponsored by Payless Varity Store, is billed from August 19-25 at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre from 09:00hrs to 13:30hrs each day. The Camp caters for young...

National Park users request better conditions for recreation

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Park users request better conditions for recreation

By Zena Henry Some parts of the National Park are virtually useless daily users of the recreation and relax area say, as they complain about the unacceptable state of the sporting areas. While...

GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ship…Tournament pushed back to September 7

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ship…Tournament pushed back to September 7

ONCE AGAIN, the Competitions Committee of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Incorporated (GSCL Inc.) was forced to postpone their second 12/12 tournament, following persistent...

Tigers Biannual General Meeting on tomorrow

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tigers Biannual General Meeting on tomorrow

BK Western Tigers Football Club will hold its biannual general meeting tomorrow, August 18th, at the BACIF Sports Club, West Ruimveldt from 10:00hrs. According to a release from the Club, the...

T&T Red Force to begin Champions League preparations

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T Red Force to begin Champions League preparations

With T20 fixtures against Guyana at Providence By Sean Devers When Guyana beat Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-final of the 2010 Caribbean T20 competition at the Queens Park Oval to earn the right...

APNU stresses need to address interpersonal violence

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU stresses need to address interpersonal violence

“We must choose life and find the resources to preserve it” – David Granger By Abena Rockcliffe On the heels of the recent spate of domestic violence comes A Partnership for National...

Pomeroon’s boat operators want hold on licencing clampdown

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon’s boat operators want hold on licencing clampdown

Residents and boat operators in the Pomeroon River, Region Two, are calling on Government to hold further talks before introducing measures that will mandate all vessels and its captains to be...

CPCE Associate Degree graduates to commence Bachelor’s at UG

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE Associate Degree graduates to commence Bachelor’s at UG

Even as moves are being made to improve teachers’ education, an innovative tactic being employed by the Ministry of Education is to reduce the time in which graduates of the Cyril Potter...

Youth group launches topical venture

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Youth group launches topical venture

Professional Youth Alliance Guyana (PYAGuy) launched their “INSPIRE CHANGE for young women and girls” Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Project recently at the group’s Barr Street, Kitty location....

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