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Sweet news as GuySuCo ups its production target

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sweet news as GuySuCo ups its production target

– industry asks for $6B to buy more harvestors In what may be considered a shift for the better in the sugar industry, the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has ambitiously revised...

Raid on Sheet Anchor camp unearths ammo, dried marijuana

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Raid on Sheet Anchor camp unearths ammo, dried marijuana

Police yesterday raided a camp at East Canje, Berbice, and found a significant amount of shotgun cartridges and dried marijuana. Acting on information received, police said that at about 1400hrs,...

Five days later…No clue on whereabouts of missing St. Stanislaus teacher

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Five days later…No clue on whereabouts of missing St. Stanislaus teacher

Five days have passed and there is still no news of the whereabouts of the 34-year-old St. Stanislaus College teacher who disappeared after leaving the National Sports Hall where she took a few of...

Inquiry into rice industry needed to fix problems – APNU

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inquiry into rice industry needed to fix problems – APNU

Parliament’s largest Opposition bloc, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is calling for an inquiry into the rice industry, following a fiery day of protests two Fridays ago that ended with...

Home Affairs Minister to answer questions on work permits

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Minister to answer questions on work permits

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, is set to provide answers to the National Assembly on questions pertaining to the issuance of work permits over the past four years. The questions were placed...

Broadcasting Act…Govt. protests bid to curb Presidential, Ministerial powers

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcasting Act…Govt. protests bid to curb Presidential, Ministerial powers

By Gary Eleazar Joseph Harmon of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has re-tabled the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly, which was immediately met with protestation...

Dem boys seh…Donald love Jagdeo pension package

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald love Jagdeo pension package

The most unreasonable human this country see since it born is Jagdeo. When he lef de presidency he was a strong young man who coulda go and look wuk anywhere. But he decide that he ain’t gun wuk...

Police express disappointment over Bryan’s non-selection to Commonwealth Games team

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police express disappointment over Bryan’s non-selection to Commonwealth Games team

The Guyana Police Force yesterday expressed its disappointment over the non-selection of Nigel Bryan to represent Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 22-August 3, stating that...

Letter to the Sports Editor Oditt responds to Kennard’s letter

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Oditt responds to Kennard’s letter

Dear Sports Editor, I note that finally the leader of the pack has emerged into the public eye. Mr Cecil Kennard, the former President of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA), was soundly...

Guy U-15s commence one week Camp with early morning training session at CASH

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guy U-15s commence one week Camp with early morning training session at CASH

By Sean Devers Guyana will face the Leeward Islands at the Melbourne ground Jamaica in one of three opening matches in this year’s Regional under-15 cricket tournament from July 22 in Jamaica and...

8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships – St. Croix USVI Marino Jeffrey & Germaine Snagg powers to gold; Smith settles for bronze on day 2

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships – St. Croix USVI Marino Jeffrey & Germaine Snagg powers to gold; Smith settles for bronze on day 2

Guyana’s power-men have continued their excellent showing on the international stage despite continued challenges with another exhilarating performance at the 8th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting...

Warriors edge through to opening win in as CPL gets underway

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warriors edge through to opening win in as CPL gets underway

Guyana’s Amazon Warriors squeezed through to a 2-wicket victory over the Antigua Hawksbills in the opening match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 20/20 cricket tournament at the...

City mechanic fined for dumping derelict vehicles on Govt reserve

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City mechanic fined for dumping derelict vehicles on Govt reserve

Owing to its ongoing campaign to enforce penalties on defaulters for littering, the monitoring and enforcement litter unit, attached to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has taken legal...

Marriott begins recruitment of senior staff

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…being advertised worldwide The Georgetown Marriott Hotel has begun to recruit staff for its five-star facility, currently in the final stages of construction at Kingston, Georgetown....

Guyana moves to protect small scale fisherfolk

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana moves to protect small scale fisherfolk

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, called on all fishermen in Guyana to be registered and to have their boats registered if the industry is to remain sustainable and viable. He was...

Guyanese woman arrested in Antigua’s 1,000 pounds cocaine bust

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman arrested in Antigua’s 1,000 pounds cocaine bust

Antigua (Antigua Observer) – The biggest drug haul to be made in recent times by Caribbean law enforcement agencies was carried out by The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control...

Rodney Commission could never hurt the relationship between PNC and WPA – Granger

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney Commission could never hurt the relationship between PNC and WPA – Granger

By Latoya Giles Opposition Leader, Retired Brigadier David Granger said that he does not believe that the ongoing Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry could or will ever hurt the relationship between...

Intellectual Property rights must be consistent with countries’ realities – AG

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Intellectual Property rights must be consistent with countries’ realities – AG

The Government of Guyana has partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in the hosting of a two-day workshop on the use of Intellectual Property (IP) as a tool for growth and...

National Chess Coach freed of robbery charges

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on National Chess Coach freed of robbery charges

Almost one month after his first arraignment, the charge instituted against the national chess coach for a “failed mugging attempt” was yesterday dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court....

Local ports adopting anti-terrorism measures

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local ports adopting anti-terrorism measures

Local port facilities have been submitting security plans to the Maritime Administration Department for scrutiny and approval as part of the country’s anti-terrorism arrangement with the United...

CXC to accept Sagicor Visionaries Challenge projects as SBAs

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CXC to accept Sagicor Visionaries Challenge projects as SBAs

The principles that apply to the Sciences offered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) are not separate and apart from that which governs the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge. In light of this...

COPA’s inaugural flight arrives

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on COPA’s inaugural flight arrives

– promises punctual and hassle-free flights COPA Airline, the flag carrier of Panama, officially made Guyana its 67th destination after it touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

Granger denies that Aubrey Norton was ever “sidelined” by party

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Granger denies that Aubrey Norton was ever “sidelined” by party

– says party was able to achieve success By Latoya Giles Leader of the Opposition David Granger on Thursday denied that his party, the PNCR has ever sidelined former Parliamentarian Aubrey...

Man shot, robbed in Sophia

Jul 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot, robbed in Sophia

A 42-year-old driver was shot in the left shoulder and relieved of his valuables by a robber on a bicycle at around 16.00 hrs yesterday in ‘D’ Field, Sophia. Alim Mohamed, of Lot 521 ‘D’...

Police B Division forms Youth and Sports group in lower East Canje

Jul 12, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police B Division forms Youth and Sports group in lower East Canje

In their continued drive to do things differently and to provide alternatives to tackling the many social ills affecting the society, B Division of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has formed another...