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North West student among outstanding CSEC performers

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on North West student among outstanding CSEC performers

Travelling miles to go to school and studying without adequate electricity are just two challenges associated with acquiring a sound education in the Guyana’s hinterland, but North West Secondary...

Regional U-19 50-over tourney…Pope guides Windwards to nine-wicket win over Jamaica

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 50-over tourney…Pope guides Windwards to nine-wicket win over Jamaica

T and T overcome Leewards By Zaheer Mohamed Opener Gidron Pope stoked a commanding half century to guide Windward Islands to a nine-wicket victory over Jamaica in the seventh round of the Regional...

YK Investments Pawn Shop, Builders Lumber Yard support Boyce/Jefford Classic V

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on YK Investments Pawn Shop, Builders Lumber Yard support Boyce/Jefford Classic V

YK Investments Pawn Shop and Builders Lumber Yard continued their support for this weekend’s Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic V that will be held at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground,...

AS SIMPLE AS ABC

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AS SIMPLE AS ABC

The environmental lobby did not begin with climate change. Climate change is a creature of the environmental lobby. Climate change is a new phase in the development of financial capitalism. It is...

Region One REO distances self from “bogus” GECOM employees

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region One REO distances self from “bogus” GECOM employees

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region One, Barima/Waini, Nigel Fisher has distanced himself from Community Service Officers (CSO) who were reportedly posing as employees of the Guyana Elections...

TravelSpan working to restore flight normalcy

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TravelSpan working to restore flight normalcy

After a period of extensive delays, Vision Airlines and TravelSpan are assuring their customers that moves are apace to return to normalcy. Several passengers in recent days were forced to vocalize...

E’bo farmers call for better paddy pricing system

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo farmers call for better paddy pricing system

…promise legal action over delayed registration of Association By Zena Henry The Essequibo Paddy Farmers’ Association is calling on the government to revisit the country’s Rice Factories...

Canadian citizen charged with drug trafficking

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian citizen charged with drug trafficking

A 54-year-old Canadian citizen has been indicted on drug smuggling charges following the recent airport bust of over 15 pounds of cocaine in achar, packets of milk and custard powder. Three days...

Writing too few subjects at CSEC may not be challenging enough – Manickchand

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Writing too few subjects at CSEC may not be challenging enough – Manickchand

In light of the fact that the delivery of education at the level of schools is deliberately geared towards the production of leaders, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday said, that...

Temporary closure of DHB to facilitate transom change

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Temporary closure of DHB to facilitate transom change

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be closed to vehicular traffic for several hours between August 17 and 18, to facilitate the changing of a beam on the viaduct. Personnel of DHB Corporation...

Authorities probe sand removal operation at Parika beach

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities probe sand removal operation at Parika beach

The docking and removal of beach sand in parts of Parika has been an ongoing problem, according to members of the local sea operation regulating body. This statement comes even as the agency gears to...

Heatstroke killed Guyanese mom, daughters in car – Coroner

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Heatstroke killed Guyanese mom, daughters in car – Coroner

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – A woman and her two young daughters found dead in their stifling car in a middle school parking lot in June died from accidental overheating, the Maryland Office of the...

Teen jailed for illegal possession of firearm, ammo

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for illegal possession of firearm, ammo

A teenage boy, who was arrested earlier this year at his West Ruimveldt home after an illegal gun and matching ammunition were found in his bedroom, was jailed yesterday. Eighteen-year-old Alex...

Local and overseas Christian bodies hosting free medical clinics

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local and overseas Christian bodies hosting free medical clinics

Two Christian organisations based in New York have collaborated with the Herstelling Assembly of God Church to provide free medical services to Guyanese. This initiative has led to five one-day...

Newtown residents peeved over sanitation problems from ‘prohibited structure’

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Newtown residents peeved over sanitation problems from ‘prohibited structure’

Concerned residents of D’Andrade Street, Newtown, are hoping for a solution to an ongoing sanitation problem, which has resulted in the back up of sewerage and clogged drains in the area. The...

GECOM appoints former PRO as Deputy Chief Election Officer

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM appoints former PRO as Deputy Chief Election Officer

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday announced that Vishnu Persaud was sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Election Officer/Deputy Commissioner of National Registration (DCEO/DCNR)...

Return all text books and school materials before accessing CSEC results – Ministry

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Return all text books and school materials before accessing CSEC results – Ministry

The Ministry of Education, (MOE) is reminding students and parents that failure to return text books and other pertinent school materials can result in students being denied access to their Caribbean...

Parliament will have to wait until October to discuss Bai Shan Lin issue

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament will have to wait until October to discuss Bai Shan Lin issue

Parliament will have to wait until October for any discussion on the activities of the Chinese Company Bai Shan Lin. Parliamentarian Joseph Harmon of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on...

Uncertainty about students’ loans could result in shutdown – UG Vice Chancellor

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Uncertainty about students’ loans could result in shutdown – UG Vice Chancellor

Early this year it was the Staff Union and Association threatening to shutdown the University of Guyana to retaliate a proposal by Vice Chancellor, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, to halt all programmes...

Natural Resources Ministry engages Good Hope residents on agri land acquisition

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry engages Good Hope residents on agri land acquisition

Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud and several other members of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, during a meeting at the Good-Hope Primary School on Wednesday, advised residents of...

Marikana, the PPP and humans’ inherent stupidity

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Marikana, the PPP and humans’ inherent stupidity

The Marikana massacre took place this week in South Africa two years ago. Sadly enough, there will be no anniversary observance in Third World countries. Certainly not in Guyana. Sadly Walter Rodney...

The people need to know

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The people need to know

Governments provide leadership; leaders provide answers to questions by the populace; and politicians always try to keep people as well informed as possible about their every action, unless those...

GT&T new directory to be in circulation next month

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T new directory to be in circulation next month

The telephone directory is a useful tool in this modern era where time and money share the same importance. With this in mind, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has tailored a...

Construction worker on bail for supervisor’s death in highway crash

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker on bail for supervisor’s death in highway crash

A construction worker has been charged with Causing Death by Dangerous Driving following a crash on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, which claimed the life of a supervisor attached to the Kuru Kururu...

Refusing to pay taxi fare lands man in court

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Refusing to pay taxi fare lands man in court

A 47-year-old Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara man, accused of refusing to pay a taxi fare, has been remanded to prison. Magistrate Ann McLennan on Tuesday heard that Gary Banker hopped in Fitzroy...