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Guyana gets $220B budget…… US$4M to build Hospitality Institute…US$30M bail out for GuySuCo… $18.5M bail out for GPL…old age pensioners get US$3 increase

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets $220B budget…… US$4M to build Hospitality Institute…US$30M bail out for GuySuCo… $18.5M bail out for GPL…old age pensioners get US$3 increase

A $6B bailout for the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), a $3.7B bailout for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and a $625 increase for Old Age Pensioners are among the features of the $220B...

Opposition resolute on ‘drastically amending’ $220B Budget

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition resolute on ‘drastically amending’ $220B Budget

– Allocations for GuySuCo, Specialty Hospital and Amaila Hydro Project will not be approved-Greenidge By Kiana Wilburg The political opposition was grossly disappointed yesterday when the $220B...

Gold remains king, sugar earnings decline 13%

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gold remains king, sugar earnings decline 13%

– domestic lendings up whopping 25%; bauxite falls 24% Export earnings from gold continued to serve as a mainstay of the country’s economy, raking in US$649M last year despite a major...

Biker loses arm in CBR accident

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Biker loses arm in CBR accident

A biker lost his right arm at around 23.00 hrs yesterday when his CBR motorcycle crashed into a car on Norton Street Georgetown. According to reports, the biker, who was identified as Kevin Griffith,...

NICIL vs Guyana Stores Limited…GSL Chief was never told that current assets would be reduced by $200M

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL vs Guyana Stores Limited…GSL Chief was never told that current assets would be reduced by $200M

The court yesterday heard that the Executive Secretary of the Government’s Privatization Unit, Winston Brassington, between June and October 2000, did not tell Mr. Tony Yassin, the Chief Executive...

‘Poll’ on Jagdeo’s third term…PPP says it’s fully behind President Ramotar

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Poll’ on Jagdeo’s third term…PPP says it’s fully behind President Ramotar

“Our party policy is not determined by what best friends say; best friends can say anything, that’s quite ok. I’m not seeking to besmirch anyone here but Jagdeo indicated quite some time ago...

Dem boys seh…Budget mean Bud-dy get, says Ash Knee

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Budget mean Bud-dy get, says Ash Knee

Monday was Budget Day. This year de whole nation get to realize that in Guyana, Budget mean Bud-dy get. Ash Knee announce that dem old people get US$3 raise per month pun dem pension. That money gun...

Dyna’s Ravens are National Basketball Champion

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dyna’s Ravens are National Basketball Champion

By Edison Jefford Dyna’s Ravens Basketball Club scored an unbelievable 62 points in the last two quarters Sunday night with Akeem Kanhai feral on an offensive run that included three massive dunks...

World Twenty20 2014: Dutch post record low score in Sri Lanka loss

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Twenty20 2014: Dutch post record low score in Sri Lanka loss

BBC Sport – Sri Lanka dismissed the Netherlands for the lowest score in Twenty20 international history as they cruised to the top of Group One in Chittagong. The sorry Dutch were bundled out...

Delroy Murphy for CAC Judo championships…Eleven practitioners promoted

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Delroy Murphy for CAC Judo championships…Eleven practitioners promoted

Delroy Murphy made the qualifying standard and will represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean judo championships in Mexico, in November this year but his countryman, Hamza Eastman,...

Score’s Even returns with a bang, Iron Man top horse with double win

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Score’s Even returns with a bang, Iron Man top horse with double win

Simple Royal Stable takes top honours By Samuel Whyte Champion horse Score’s Even, Guyana’s only A class animal owned and trained by Dennis DeRoop of the Simple Royal Stable’s stable,...

Brazil’s SoaRaimundo FC for April showdown in Guyana

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brazil’s SoaRaimundo FC for April showdown in Guyana

Brazil’s SoaRaimundo Football Club, who is the current champions of the State of Roraima in the Portuguese-speaking nation, will be coming to Guyana for an April 5 showdown against the Slingerz...

GCA/Noble House Seafoods 2nd division…Mohamed grabs 4-22 as GYO take first innings from GCC

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Noble House Seafoods 2nd division…Mohamed grabs 4-22 as GYO take first innings from GCC

An inspiring spell of medium fast bowling from Wazeer Mohamed handed Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) first innings points over Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) when the Georgetown Cricket Association...

Raghubir Inter Service 40-over cricket…Police arrest City Constabulary

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raghubir Inter Service 40-over cricket…Police arrest City Constabulary

Black, Persaud slam 100s, Benn, Browne, Newland hit 50s Police demolished City Constabulary by a mammoth 491 runs when the Balram Raghubir Inter Service 40-over cricket tournament continued on Friday...

Deos grab Sanjay’s Jewellery Golf Tournament

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deos grab Sanjay’s Jewellery Golf Tournament

Chatterpaul Deo and his daughter Joanne Deo took top honours in the Sanjay’s Jewellery Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. The format was a pairs event where the combined gross...

Rhythm Squad/Santos advance following flamboyant opening ceremony

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rhythm Squad/Santos advance following flamboyant opening ceremony

7th edition of the FCFC/NAMILCO, One Love Reloaded football tournament … By Michael Benjamin Rhythm Squad defeated Santos FC 1-0, compliments of an 80th minute goal by Amos Ramsay while...

Chase Academy supports HRC following courtesy call by Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chase Academy supports HRC following courtesy call by Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham

Bodybuilding fans are assured of top class performances when the curtains go up on the fourth edition of the Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show set for Saturday...

Little DIVA Flames win return match

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little DIVA Flames win return match

The Little DIVA Flames Female FC avenged their loss when they defeated Monedderlust Female Football Club by 2 goals to nil recently at the GFC Gd. In the 1st game played at the #5 Ground, West...

Scotia Bank/Pepsi School tournament …BEI defeat BHS 2-nil

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank/Pepsi School tournament …BEI defeat BHS 2-nil

Berbice Education Institute (BEI) recorded their first victory in the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Football Academy on Saturday against Berbice High School when the Berbice leg of the tournament got underway at...

Regional Four-Day cricket…Four in a row for CCC as Guyana crushed by 7Wkts

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Four-Day cricket…Four in a row for CCC as Guyana crushed by 7Wkts

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Star Party Rentals & Payless Variety Store A diabolical batting performance sunk Guyana to a crushing seven-wicket loss last night against the...

Corriverton CC through to final of Price is Right Upper Corentyne 2nd Division cricket

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corriverton CC through to final of Price is Right Upper Corentyne 2nd Division cricket

The Corriverton Cricket Club has made it through to the final of the Price is Right Supermarket Second Division Cricket Competition when they defeated No.71 Cricket Club by 124 runs in their...

GFA Division Two league…Western Tigers roar to 4-1 victory over Houston Stars

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA Division Two league…Western Tigers roar to 4-1 victory over Houston Stars

Western Tigers clawed back from a 1 nil deficit to inflict a 4-1 beating on Houston Stars in the lone encounter of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Division Two league match at the Guyana...

Education, Health, Public Works, Security gets lion’s share of Budget

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education, Health, Public Works, Security gets lion’s share of Budget

Presented under the theme ‘A better Guyana for all Guyanese’, Education, Health, Public Works and the Security Sector will grab the lion’s share of the $220B Budget. Finance Minister Dr Ashni...

FIA Track Engineer arrives in Guyana for one-day visit

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIA Track Engineer arrives in Guyana for one-day visit

FIA Track Engineer of the Americas Julian Abed arrived in Guyana yesterday for a one-day inspection tour which will see him meet with local officials of the sport as well as pay a courtesy call on...

Men’s National Hockey Team Named for Uruguay

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Men’s National Hockey Team Named for Uruguay

After four months of training the Men’s National Hockey Team is in its final week of preparations for the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cup, scheduled for Uruguay from the 7th to the 13th of April. The...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more