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Govt. 10-yr-old accounting system, IFMAS …Finance Ministry refuses to train operators

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. 10-yr-old accounting system, IFMAS …Finance Ministry refuses to train operators

After ten years, the Ministry of Finance has failed to enforce what can be considered as the two most important of the seven features/modules of the Integrated Financial Management and Accounting...

First batch of Travelspan flight attendants set for training

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of Travelspan flight attendants set for training

Thirty local flight attendants have been afforded the chance to attain international certification in their field as Travelspan dispatched the first batch of 14 persons for training in Las Vegas,...

Mahaica man shot dead at Konawaruk

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica man shot dead at Konawaruk

Police at Mahdia are on the hunt for a man who shot dead a 30-year old miner early Tuesday morning following a heated argument. Dead is Devon Anderson, of Jonestown, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. He...

Cows cause plane to run off Parmakatoi airstrip

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cows cause plane to run off Parmakatoi airstrip

By Zena Henry An Air Services Limited (ASL) pilot counted his lucky stars on Monday when he walked away unharmed after crashing into a fence at the Parmakatoi, Region Eight airstrip. The pilot had...

‘Strange’ birth certificate requirement for first time passport applicants

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Strange’ birth certificate requirement for first time passport applicants

-Senior officials unable to justify new criterion By Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Police Force has announced that first time applicants for Machine readable passports are required to present a birth...

Govt. worries as gold declarations plunges by 20 percent

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. worries as gold declarations plunges by 20 percent

Gold declarations have plunged with a worried Government yesterday urging the mining body to help reverse the situation. The current data trend for the first five months of this year has shown a...

Alleged police brutality at Sparendaam…Officer in Charge transferred immediately to police Canine Section

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged police brutality at Sparendaam…Officer in Charge transferred immediately to police Canine Section

The Guyana Police Force has taken swift action in the matter involving the alleged torture of a prisoner at the Sparendaam Police Station. The officer in charge of the sub-division, an Assistant...

Dem boys seh…Donald continuing Jagdeo kokishness

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald continuing Jagdeo kokishness

De evil that men do lives after dem and everybody know that saying. Dem boys did ask in a previous column, ‘Don’t ask wha Jagdeo and he kavakamites own or got dem hands in. Ask wha dem...

Guyana team departs for Guinness Street Football Challenge

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana team departs for Guinness Street Football Challenge

A youthful Guyana Team will be looking to bring home glory at the third annual Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge which opens tomorrow at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex in Trinidad and...

Coach Gibson hopeful of Gayle’s fitness

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach Gibson hopeful of Gayle’s fitness

Cricinfo – Bridgetown, Barbados – Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, is hopeful Chris Gayle will be fit for the first Test against New Zealand, which starts on June 8 in Kingston. Gayle...

Government donates $2 Million towards GABF’s participation at CBC C/ships in BVI

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government donates $2 Million towards GABF’s participation at CBC C/ships in BVI

By Sean Devers According to President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Nigel Hinds, GABF received correspondence on Tuesday from the Office of the President that GY$2 Million will...

Pooranmall takes ‘A’ division Draughts tourney

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pooranmall takes ‘A’ division Draughts tourney

The National Draughts Association held a National Draughts Competition on May 31 and June 1 at National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. On Saturday, in the ‘B’ class, Mark Braithwaite was victorious...

10-man NA Multilateral edge Tutorial Academy in Patrick April U17 Inter football

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10-man NA Multilateral edge Tutorial Academy in Patrick April U17 Inter football

New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS) became the second team to advance to the semifinal of the Patrick ‘Patto’ April under-17 Inter Secondary School Knockout Football Competition...

Young Warriors club questions non-selection of Hetmyer in Guyana CPL squad

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors club questions non-selection of Hetmyer in Guyana CPL squad

Shocked and flabbergasted were the words used by members of the Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice, when they learnt that their young and talented opening batsman,...

Rudi V. Webster talks West Indies cricket…Lessons from Worrell and Lloyd

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rudi V. Webster talks West Indies cricket…Lessons from Worrell and Lloyd

Throughout the IPL competitions West Indies players have done particularly well. This year was no exception – Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith and Sunil Narine performed brilliantly. I feel that if...

David Mohamad elected President of Lusignan Golf Club

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on David Mohamad elected President of Lusignan Golf Club

David Mohamad was elected President, as several new faces were named to the Management Committee of the Lusignan Golf Club at its Annual General Meeting held last weekend at the Club House. Dr....

Sports Minister Frank Anthony endorses ‘Maximum Sports’

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Minister Frank Anthony endorses ‘Maximum Sports’

Dubs programme a refreshing change to local television programmes The producers have dubbed it ‘Maximum Sports’ and viewers would have nodded in affirmation after deriving maximum satisfaction...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Claude Raphael and Boston misguides the public again with their UDCA letter

Jun 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Claude Raphael and Boston misguides the public again with their UDCA letter

Dear Sports Editor, Mr. Boston has become the regular pen name for Claude Raphael throughout the course of this manufactured cricket crisis that erupted at the GCB level ever since his boss and...

City Hall critical of non-action against misappropriated Council funds

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall critical of non-action against misappropriated Council funds

The Mayor and City Councilors (M&CC) have once again expressed discontent over the manner in which public agencies are dealing with reports of misappropriation of Council funds. The council has...

Students flee New Amsterdam Orphanage, claim sexual assault

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Students flee New Amsterdam Orphanage, claim sexual assault

Reports of child molestation and cases of sodomy are coming from a New Amsterdam orphanage. The suspected perpetrator was arrested and released by police. Since then attempts are being made to bribe...

World Environmental Day…Companies can demonstrate care for the environment – GNBS

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World Environmental Day…Companies can demonstrate care for the environment – GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) as the National Standards Body has been helping to protect the environment through the development of national standards. There could be the...

Skeldon factory surpasses first crop target

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory surpasses first crop target

Skeldon Estate has surpassed its target of 13,795 tonnes of sugar for the first crop this year by 40 tonnes. This is according to the Government Information Agency (GINA) which stated that the...

N/A Prisons attract protest over prisoners attack

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Prisons attract protest over prisoners attack

“We need justice! We want Mr. Cornette to tell us how the cutlass and acid meet inside the prison! I want them to know is me child today and it will be somebody’s child tomorrow,” said the...

Ansa McAl uncovers fresh batch of counterfeit products

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ansa McAl uncovers fresh batch of counterfeit products

– warns consumer in light of promotions In keeping with constant efforts to sensitize consumers to the dangers and prevalence of counterfeit commodities on the local market, officials of...

Nursing programme failure rate not unique to Guyana – Chief Nursing Officer

Jun 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing programme failure rate not unique to Guyana – Chief Nursing Officer

Although a high failure rate always brings with it some concerns, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Tarmattie Barker, has asserted that such a development at the local nursing programme level should not...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more