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No turnaround for sugar industry…GuySuCo produces sugar at double world market price

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No turnaround for sugar industry…GuySuCo produces sugar at double world market price

– owes over US$170M in debts – employees’ contributions not paid, benefits in jeopardy As concerns continue to grow over the viability of the country’s sugar industry, Government...

Customs Officers trade bullets with heavily-armed chicken smugglers at Mahaicony

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officers trade bullets with heavily-armed chicken smugglers at Mahaicony

Four officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)’s Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LIED) came under heavy gunfire from smugglers, around 23:25hrs on Wednesday, when they intercepted...

Colwyn Harding on violent robbery charge

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Colwyn Harding on violent robbery charge

– granted $75,000 bail Colwyn Harding, who filed a hefty lawsuit against the State for alleged torture and constitutional infringements earlier this year, appeared yesterday before a senior...

BOSAI denies owing royalties

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BOSAI denies owing royalties

…questions if GGMC, Govt. reneging on agreement BOSAI Minerals Group Inc has responded to claims that it owes millions in royalties and has denied that this is the case. The company has since...

Pirate attack…Missing fisherman’s body washes up on M’cony foreshore

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pirate attack…Missing fisherman’s body washes up on M’cony foreshore

After exactly one week of intense searching by investigators in neighbouring Suriname, the body of 40-year-old Andrew Gopie, washed up on the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara foreshore around 16:00 hrs...

Jagdeo’s light bill alone exceeds most MPs’ pension and salary – Greenidge

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s light bill alone exceeds most MPs’ pension and salary – Greenidge

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Shadow Finance Minister, Carl Greenidge, is contending that the political opposition does not have an issue per se with the pension of Former President,...

Jagdeo Skeldon factory mekking de dearest sugar in de world

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo Skeldon factory mekking de dearest sugar in de world

GuySuCo is de cash cow fuh dem Pee Pee Pee boys. That is wheh Jagdeo seh he spend US$200 million and de nation want fuh see wha that money spend pun. Dem want know how come so much money spend and de...

Narine’s magic sees ‘Warriors’ home after sensational tie

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine’s magic sees ‘Warriors’ home after sensational tie

By Sean Devers Sunil Narine showed why he is undisputedly the top T20 bowler in the world with a magical one over spell to see the Guyana Amazon Warriors home after their Limacol CPL match against...

Tallawahs trounce Hawksbills by 8 wickets to record biggest win

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tallawahs trounce Hawksbills by 8 wickets to record biggest win

The reigning Limacol Caribbean Premier League champions, the Jamaica Tallawahs brushed aside the Antigua Hawksbills in a comprehensive eight wicket victory at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium at North...

GCB Senior Female Inter County 50-over tourney…Millington inspires Berbice to 9 wicket win over Essequibo

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Female Inter County 50-over tourney…Millington inspires Berbice to 9 wicket win over Essequibo

Off spinner Plaffiana Millington grabbed five wickets without conceding a run off seven overs as Berbice crushed Essequibo by 9 wickets in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior...

Guyana win Junior Overseas Competition at Bisley

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana win Junior Overseas Competition at Bisley

Guyana’s rifle shooting team Bisely, won the Junior Overseas Team shoot with a score of 408.40 beating out NewZealand which totaled 407.49 points. The Guyana team, coming off another successful...

Digicel Schools Football Competition…Leonora Secondary makes it three in a row

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Competition…Leonora Secondary makes it three in a row

Champions Leonora Secondary made it three regional titles in a row after easing to a comfortable 4-0 triumph over St. Johns Secondary 4-0 in the final of the Region 3 Zone when the Digicel Nationwide...

Mohan resigns as GBOC Interim Chairman

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohan resigns as GBOC Interim Chairman

Another resignation rocked the basketball community this week when former Ravens player and Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) all-star guard, Lugard Mohan resigned from Guyana Basketball...

Eagles Netball Club to host Marathon @CASH

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles Netball Club to host Marathon @CASH

The Eagles Netball Club will be hosting a one-day Netball Marathon sanctioned by the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Activities will get underway at...

BK Golf tournament rescheduled for tomorrow

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BK Golf tournament rescheduled for tomorrow

Local golfers are set to return to the Lusignan Golf Course tomorrow for the BK Golf tournament which was postponed last week due to soggy nature of the ground. Tee off time tomorrow is 11:00hrs and...

CFU Men’s U-20 competition resumes on July 18

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Men’s U-20 competition resumes on July 18

The 2014 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men’s Under 20 Biennial competition will continue today with the staging of Group 3 and 4 games in Haiti and Aruba respectively. Suriname takes on St Lucia...

GMR&SC Drag Race Meet…Ramchand’s reign will end on Sunday-Persaud

Jul 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag Race Meet…Ramchand’s reign will end on Sunday-Persaud

This Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag Race Meeting scheduled for the South Dakota Circuit is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent times. This is...

Corrupt activities are offspring of Local Govt. Elections denial – Transparency Inst.

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corrupt activities are offspring of Local Govt. Elections denial – Transparency Inst.

By Zena Henry Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has joined the long list of public, private, local and foreign bodies who have called for long overdue Local Government Elections (LGE). The...

NCN report saga…We continue to hope the president is a man of his word – Cathy Hughes

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN report saga…We continue to hope the president is a man of his word – Cathy Hughes

President Donald Ramotar’s delay into making public, his decisions on the findings of the National Communications Network (NCN) report into irregularities, should be a question of “ethics”....

AFC touts Special Select Committee to deal with GuySuCo woes

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC touts Special Select Committee to deal with GuySuCo woes

By Gary Eleazar The Alliance for Change (AFC) says that at present it has not arrived at a decision on whether to support more financial bailouts of the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Private sector to address concerns about skilled workers with UG

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Private sector to address concerns about skilled workers with UG

…as financial aid handed over to 50th Anniversary Committee In light of the fact that there is limited availability of skilled workers, the private sector is gearing to collaborate with the...

Prime Minister explains Guyana/Singapore development comparison

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister explains Guyana/Singapore development comparison

There may be a plausible explanation for Guyana’s slothful development when compared to that of Singapore. At least this is according to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who noted that while recent...

“Major skulduggery” at CJIA – AFC

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Major skulduggery” at CJIA – AFC

As corruption and fraudulent transactions remain rampant in almost every government agency, the Alliance For Change (AFC) promises to continue investigations into the recent discovery of “major...

Ministry corrects itself on birth certificate requirements for new passports

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry corrects itself on birth certificate requirements for new passports

After a confusing statement on Wednesday on the birth certificate requirement for new passport applications, government yesterday corrected itself. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, birth...

Missing St. Stanislaus teacher…“Friend in the making” is main suspect – police source

Jul 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing St. Stanislaus teacher…“Friend in the making” is main suspect – police source

Police investigators are questioning a male friend of missing St. Stanislaus College teacher, Nyozi Goodman, who disappeared without a trace from the National Sports Hall two Sundays ago. A police...