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Logging scandal…Kwakwani residents claim loggers paid to back Bai Shan Lin

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logging scandal…Kwakwani residents claim loggers paid to back Bai Shan Lin

Peeved Kwakwani residents have endorsed the words of Opposition Leader David Granger to the effect that the logging company, Bai Shan Lin, has overstepped boundaries. However, in this case, residents...

Incomplete BK-built Vreed-en-Hoop wharf stalls US$26M power station

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Incomplete BK-built Vreed-en-Hoop wharf stalls US$26M power station

The commissioning of a US$26M power plant at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara has been delayed yet again, with Government now looking at an October completion of a fuel wharf that is also being...

Body found on East B’ce public road not identified

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body found on East B’ce public road not identified

The body found around 21:30 hrs on Wednesday on the East Coast Berbice (No.19) Public Road at Susannah Village has not yet been identified. The deceased is of East Indian descent and appears to be in...

Vlissengen Road shooting…Cops confident perpetrators in custody

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vlissengen Road shooting…Cops confident perpetrators in custody

– Crime Chief lauds detectives Police are confident that they now have the shooter as well as his accomplice in connection with Monday’s brazen killing of dredge owner Ashook Ragghu and the...

Demerara Bridge to retract at night to ease traffic woes

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Bridge to retract at night to ease traffic woes

Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge is moving to re-introduce night-transits for river vessels as part of Government’s strategy to reduce congestion on the East Bank Demerara highway....

Comprehensive review of Guyana/Norway agreement needed – Dr Luncheon

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Comprehensive review of Guyana/Norway agreement needed – Dr Luncheon

By Latoya Giles Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon has said that there needs to be a comprehensive review and examination of the Guyana/Norway Forest Agreement. According...

Clinty de Willie frighten he take home get cut

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Clinty de Willie frighten he take home get cut

Nutten that happen in this country can and should surprise people no more. Dem believe that dem see it all. Imagine, people who got a right to, and who getting pay to protect de people of this...

National football squad in intense training for Caribbean Cup

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on National football squad in intense training for Caribbean Cup

The Tucville ground was inundated with water but this did not prevent more than 10 footballers, training for possible selection to the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification in St. Kitts & Nevis, from...

Walter Moore, the only senior international based Jaguar chosen to play

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Walter Moore, the only senior international based Jaguar chosen to play

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially invited only one senior Golden Jaguar player home to take part in the upcoming Caribbean Cup, whilst failing to offer any other Golden...

Berbice cyclists to match pedals on Sunday

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice cyclists to match pedals on Sunday

Cyclists from Regions 5 and 6 are set to return to the roadways this Sunday when the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) stages a 40-mile race. The event will peddle off from Marks Bridge, New Amsterdam;...

Guyanese Swimmer helps T&T to 2014 Goodwill Swim Championship

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Swimmer helps T&T to 2014 Goodwill Swim Championship

Guyanese born Delroy Tyrrell represented Trinidad and Tobago this year at the 2014 Goodwill Swim Meet and aided the Twin Island Republic to emerge champions. Delroy, competing in his second...

Destructive Criticism!…

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Destructive Criticism!…

Sports psychologist Dr. Webster explains why Gibson failed as Coach Many people might not remember that 75-year-old Barbadian Dr. Rudi Webster took 272 wickets from 70 First-Class matches for...

Alphonso clan upkeeps tradition in Ancient County

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alphonso clan upkeeps tradition in Ancient County

Donates football gear to young footballers The Alphonsos are popular residents of Berbice, having contributed to almost every sector in the Ancient County. That tradition was upheld when 10 year-old...

Stag Beer Inter-Village 5-aside football kicks off tonight…Top city teams to invade the West Side

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer Inter-Village 5-aside football kicks off tonight…Top city teams to invade the West Side

After being postponed for over a week, the Ansa McAl/Stag Beer Inter-Village 5-a-side football tournament is set to kick off tonight at the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac from 19:00hrs and some of...

2014 Regional U-19 cricket review …The highs & the lows

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2014 Regional U-19 cricket review …The highs & the lows

By Sean Devers This year’s Regional under-19 cricket Tournament was played in Guyana for the 14th time and included all the Regional teams for the three-day competition, while the ICC Americas were...

GTTA/ITTF hosts Level I, II Coaches’ Certification Programme

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA/ITTF hosts Level I, II Coaches’ Certification Programme

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)/International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is currently hosting a Level I and II Coaches’ Certification Programme in Guyana at the National Gymnasium,...

Caroline Benn is 100 not out!

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caroline Benn is 100 not out!

By Samuel Whyte She’s been around a long time, looking fit, strong and ready to continue the journey uninhibited. And she’s been given a clean bill of health! With such great news, Caroline...

Is there a power struggle within the AFC?

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is there a power struggle within the AFC?

Every excuse that the PPPC has made concerning its willingness to hold local government elections has been unconvincing. Whatever excuse it has provided has created one overwhelming impression in the...

Officials brief E’bo rice farmers on new markets

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Officials brief E’bo rice farmers on new markets

Senior officers of the Guyana Rice Producers Association and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday engaged Essequibo rice farmers in two outreaches. The initial meetings were held to...

Integrity Commission’s call for declaration of assets should be ignored – Former Auditor General

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Integrity Commission’s call for declaration of assets should be ignored – Former Auditor General

“The returns will be filed away only to gather dust” In light of the recent call by the Integrity Commission for all public officials to submit their 2014 declaration forms, Former Auditor...

UNICEF sponsored MICS survey for completion by year-end

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF sponsored MICS survey for completion by year-end

– to determine Guyana’s gains in achieving MDGs Although not without some challenges, such as limited access to gated communities, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is currently at...

Threatening the journalist

Aug 22, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Threatening the journalist

There is danger in just about every occupation, but globally, one of the most dangerous seems to be journalism. Just a few days ago a reporter, James Foley, was beheaded in Syria. He was not the...

PPP wants extension to Claims and Objections period – Luncheon

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP wants extension to Claims and Objections period – Luncheon

Dr. Roger Luncheon announced yesterday that the ruling party the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has asked for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to extend its deadline for Claims and...

Dukwari boat mishap…Missing five-year-old’s body found

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dukwari boat mishap…Missing five-year-old’s body found

The body of five-year-old Bisham Munilall Jr. was fished out of a river at Dukwari, Cuyuni early Wednesday, two days after the vessel that he and his family were passengers in capsized. His body was...

Months after massive fuel explosion…Disastrous circumstances still exist in Port Kaituma – Residents

Aug 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Months after massive fuel explosion…Disastrous circumstances still exist in Port Kaituma – Residents

By Rabindra Rooplall Months after a massive fuel explosion that damaged several boats and a number of houses at Port Kaituma, residents are once again concerned about the rampant and reckless...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more