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Berbice cricket clubs continue to benefit from BCB and RHTY&SC

Feb 04, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice cricket clubs continue to benefit from BCB and RHTY&SC

As the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) gathers momentum, seven cricket clubs in the Ancient County recently received a set of items to aid in their development from the...

Guyana third highest rate of cervical cancer

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana third highest rate of cervical cancer

Studies have shown that cancer is among the leading causes of death around the world, and will result in approximately 84 million dying of this ailment between 2005 and 2015 if interventions are not...

Mega Guatemala company eyes sugar investment here

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mega Guatemala company eyes sugar investment here

A large scale sugar company in Guatemala is in talks with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that could lead to investments here. The industry, faced with constant protests and absenteeism by...

Linden to Lethem Road…Upgrade only feasible from Linden to Mabura

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden to Lethem Road…Upgrade only feasible from Linden to Mabura

The feasibility study recently undertaken for the upgrade of the Linden to Lethem Road indicates that it makes economical sense to improve only the Linden to Mabura carriageway to an asphalted...

Policeman assaults Harbour Bridge GM

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman assaults Harbour Bridge GM

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Rawlston Adams, came face to face with police arrogance and power when a serving policeman crashed into the rails of the bridge a few days ago....

Ministry of Culture roasted by PAC over overpayment to staff

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Culture roasted by PAC over overpayment to staff

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, Mr. Alfred King, found himself between the proverbial rock and a hard place yesterday when he was faced with questions by the members...

Government should not compete with the private sector – Granger

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government should not compete with the private sector – Granger

“It is my view that much of the development of this country has to be done by the private sector,” said Leader of the opposition coalition, A Partnership of National Unity (APNU) David...

Mother and two-year-old fall into manhole

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother and two-year-old fall into manhole

– KFC workers slammed their door into our face- mother A young mother and her two-year-old daughter fell into a manhole around 16:00hrs yesterday and were forced to tread the...

New Amsterdam Banks DIH reports

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Banks DIH reports

Banks DIM Limited on Sunday, reported another profit-making year. At its annual general meeting the company reported that sales in Berbice for 2013 were $2.261 Billion while 1,595,000 cases of the...

Dr Karen Cummings the likely successor to Backer in Parliament

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Karen Cummings the likely successor to Backer in Parliament

…decision still to be taken on nomination for Deputy Speaker – Granger Dr Karen Cummings, wife of Peoples Progressive Party candidate, Dr Emmanuel Cummings, has all but been confirmed as the...

Charlestown family laments police abuse

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown family laments police abuse

– harassed every time some police have to ‘throw box hand’ With recent reports of excessive force being used by members of the Guyana Police Force a Ketley Street, Charlestown,...

Jamaica replaces U.S. rice imports with Guyana rice

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica replaces U.S. rice imports with Guyana rice

The sole rice mill in Jamaica completely replaced U.S. paddy rice with imports from Guyana in 2013 mainly due to higher prices of U.S. rice, according to the USDA. The USDA says that Jamaica did not...

Dr Seeta Roath appointed Head of Guyana’s Caribbean Awards for Excellence

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Seeta Roath appointed Head of Guyana’s Caribbean Awards for Excellence

The Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence has announced the appointment of Dr. Seeta Shah Roath as the head of its Guyana Country Nominating Committee. Dr. Roath replaces Dr. David Singh,...

Guyana opens High Commission in South Africa

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana opens High Commission in South Africa

– First full diplomatic presence since 1991 Guyana has opened a High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa. It is the first time the country has full diplomatic mission on the African...

Only criminals stand to benefit from non-passage of AML/CFT Bill- President Ramotar -questions Opposition’s motives

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Only criminals stand to benefit from non-passage of AML/CFT Bill- President Ramotar -questions Opposition’s motives

President Donald Ramotar is questioning whose interest the combined Opposition is representing, since neither the country’s economy nor its people stand to benefit from the non-passage of the...

Surinamese company targets investment in local mining sector

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese company targets investment in local mining sector

Executives of Earthmoving Company LUNA N.V. met with the Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert Persaud, to discuss opportunities within the gold mining and bauxite sectors. During...

Agri team briefs Essequibo rice farmers

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agri team briefs Essequibo rice farmers

During a routine visit to Region Two, members of the Ministry of Agriculture, including Permanent Secretary George Jervis and Junior Minister of Agriculture, Ally Baksh held a briefing session with...

Murder accused freed after retrial

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused freed after retrial

After enduring more than five years of incarceration and two lengthy High Court trials for murder, Parsram Lalchand, called Desmond, walked out of the courthouse a free man, last evening....

Taxi driver charged for carjacking

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged for carjacking

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $100,000 for a 35-year-old taxi driver who was yesterday brought before the courts for allegedly stealing a rented Toyota Allion which was parked at the...

What does Adam Harris have in common with Whitney Houston?

Feb 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What does Adam Harris have in common with Whitney Houston?

I have known Adam Harris for more than thirty years. We have been with Kaieteur News since it started. One of the things I always remember about Adam is that over the long years we have been...

Agricola housewife died from head, other injuries

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola housewife died from head, other injuries

– suspect for court today Donna Taylor’s killers subjected her to a brutal beating that left the 55-year-old housewife with blunt trauma injuries to the head, as well as injuries to...

Princess Hotel fondling issue…Waitress’s goes public on sexual assault

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Hotel fondling issue…Waitress’s goes public on sexual assault

The father of the 18-year-old waitress who claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the owner of the Princess Hotel held a press conference yesterday and expressed his disappointment with the way...

ARTICLE 171

Feb 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ARTICLE 171

I did not plan to revisit the issue of the Chief Justice’s ruling in the Budget cut case. You learn that in this country that no matter how incontestable are your arguments, you will never change...

Alleged cop killer appears in court

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged cop killer appears in court

Twenty-one-year-old Steve Richard Bacchus accused of whipping out a gun and shooting to death special constable, Quincy Wright, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be...

GT&T’s Mobile Money service awards customers

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s Mobile Money service awards customers

Five lucky customers were awarded 50 per cent cash back of their transaction value for participating in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T’s) “it still a holiday with Mobile...

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