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Guyanese Community in St Lucia Celebrate Guyana’s 48th Anniversary of Independence

May 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Community in St Lucia Celebrate Guyana’s 48th Anniversary of Independence

‘Reds’ to be honoured on 75th birthday The Guyanese Community in St Lucia will be celebrating Guyana’s 48th Independence Anniversary with the hosting of a Gala Dinner & Awards Evening on...

Judo instructor Bruce Fraser ‘fighting on’ despite the odds

May 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Judo instructor Bruce Fraser ‘fighting on’ despite the odds

By Sean Devers At age 30, Bruce Fraser is already a 2nd Dan Black Belt Judo Instructor attached to the Rising Sun Judo and Jiu-Jitsu club at the Marian Academy School on Carifesta Avenue in the City....

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League…Double header on tomorrow at Grove as 1st round nears end

May 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League…Double header on tomorrow at Grove as 1st round nears end

As first round action in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) division-one league draws to an end, two more matches will be contested at the Grove Playfield tomorrow. Feature...

Dominica & T&T on Stand-by for 3rd Test…Regional U-19 tourney could be shifted to Jamaica

May 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dominica & T&T on Stand-by for 3rd Test…Regional U-19 tourney could be shifted to Jamaica

By Sean Devers The third test between West Indies and New Zealand scheduled for the Guyana National Stadium at Providence fixed from June 26-30 could be shifted to either Dominica or Trinidad,...

Cervical Cancer – Join the discourse

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cervical Cancer – Join the discourse

In an effort to sensitise especially womenfolk on one of the major health challenges – Cervical Cancer, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown is partnering with the Georgetown Public Hospital...

GEORGETOWN’S NOTORIOUS REPUTATION

May 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GEORGETOWN’S NOTORIOUS REPUTATION

We hear a lot about Georgetown being stink and dirty. But which parts of Georgetown are stink and dirty? Which parts of Georgetown have stagnant drains, impassable alleyways and garbage heaps? Which...

GRA guards against placement of drugs on scanned containers – Sattaur

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA guards against placement of drugs on scanned containers – Sattaur

Concerns raised by Canadian agro-buyers that narcotics could be slipped into containers waiting on wharves to leave Guyana’s shores after being scanned by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have...

Cost-cutting affecting quality of education at Tain campus – Union Rep.

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cost-cutting affecting quality of education at Tain campus – Union Rep.

A societal crisis may very well be on the horizon if the quality of some courses delivered at the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus is not urgently addressed. This observation was made by...

New business-oriented magazine unveiled

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New business-oriented magazine unveiled

A new magazine, Guyana Inc. has become a leading forum in providing in an easily understandable format, the unique nuances of Guyana’s business and tourism landscape in high quality graphics...

Hogstye shooting death…Father and son on trial for murder

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hogstye shooting death…Father and son on trial for murder

Two witnesses took the stand when the murder trial of a man and his son who are charged with the shooting to death of a Corentyne farmer following a dispute, continued in the Berbice High Court. The...

Canadian mining company boosts local activities

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian mining company boosts local activities

RT Minerals Corp, the Canadian owners of Mahdia Gold has announced that it has mobilized the Phase One surface alluvial exploration program in Guyana. According to the Company, the program will...

Bishops’ celebrate first culture day

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ celebrate first culture day

The Bishops’ High School yesterday celebrated in grand flair, its first ever culture day under the theme “Celebrating our Culture and Heritage through Creativity.” The culture day which is the...

Airport security finds drugs secreted in CAL’s plane

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Airport security finds drugs secreted in CAL’s plane

Law enforcement officials are investigating how over two kilograms of cocaine ended up hidden in a Caribbean Airlines flight yesterday. According to a statement from the Cheddi Jagan International...

New Tera Pak recycling plant launched…

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Tera Pak recycling plant launched…

Guyana’s garbage not enough for large scale recycling operations— Persaud said Multi-layered carton boxes, used to pack juices and milk, are now being recycled by Caribbean Container Incorporated...

Canine Division rank detained for aiding drug mule

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canine Division rank detained for aiding drug mule

A rank from the police Canine Division is under close arrest for allegedly aiding a female drug mule to slip past security at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday. Kaieteur News...

GRA collected $70M in smuggling fines last year

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA collected $70M in smuggling fines last year

Guyana is taking an aggressive posture to clamp down on smuggling, with two vessels seized during the first quarter. According to a newsletter of the Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband,...

APNU chides government for poor youth policy

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU chides government for poor youth policy

The training programmes for which some ministries have responsibility have been deemed to be ineffective when its impact on the lives of the youths is considered. As such, the political opposition...

Some developers cutting corners while erecting high-rise buildings

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Some developers cutting corners while erecting high-rise buildings

– but City Council has too few inspectors to investigate A senior official in the City Engineering Department believes that some property developers are flouting the Council’s new regulations...

Workers’ unions threaten “shut-down” of UG to retaliate downsizing calls

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ unions threaten “shut-down” of UG to retaliate downsizing calls

Plans being touted by Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Jacob Opadeyi, to slash programmes and by extension, staff, are being met with threats of a total shutdown of...

GT&T invests $10M in art and culture

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T invests $10M in art and culture

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) has signed a $10M Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, yesterday which will see the publication of...

Laissez faire to workplace safety

May 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Laissez faire to workplace safety

The Qualfon situation as reported in the media requires some deep reflection from a worker safety perspective. To see the employees milling about the company’s Goedverwagting Public Road...

173 graduate from Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 173 graduate from Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre

More than 100 youths graduated with various skills from the Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre (RBSTC) at Number 68 Village, Corentyne recently. A further 51 single parents and young people, who...

Appointing Senior Counsel – wrong priority, wrong approach

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Appointing Senior Counsel – wrong priority, wrong approach

By Christopher Ram Introduction Depending on the background and interest of who one asks, their responses to identify the principal challenges facing the legal system could include the length of time...

Teenager attempts to smuggle cocaine, marijuana via Ogle Int’l Airport – court hears

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager attempts to smuggle cocaine, marijuana via Ogle Int’l Airport – court hears

After attempting to traffic cocaine and marijuana via the Ogle International Airport on Wednesday, nineteen-year-old, Anastasia Latoya Crawford of Lot 29 Kingston, Georgetown, appeared before the...

Caregivers at NOC should be given “lie detector” tests – MP Chris Jones

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caregivers at NOC should be given “lie detector” tests – MP Chris Jones

At an APNU press briefing yesterday, Parliamentarian Chris Jones made a call to Government to have the caregivers at the New Opportunity Corps undergo lie detector tests.. Jones told the media that a...

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