August 2014 - Page 4 of 56

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

GFF announces 18-man squad for CFU C/bean Cup

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF announces 18-man squad for CFU C/bean Cup

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) announced an 18-man squad along with five officials who are expected to depart shortly for St. Kitts & Nevis to participate in the Caribbean Football Union...

Rose Hall Town U-17 prevails in GPF organized cricket competition

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town U-17 prevails in GPF organized cricket competition

Officials of the Guyana Police Force continue to intensify efforts to form alliances with the communities and Commander of B Division, Assistant Commissioner Brian Joseph and his second in command,...

CORN SEED PRODUCTION increases in Caribbean Region

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CORN SEED PRODUCTION increases in Caribbean Region

Thanks to the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) through its Revenue Generating Unit established in 2013, farmers in the Region would be cultivating over 1,800 acres of...

GT&T proposes hike in landline service charges

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T proposes hike in landline service charges

“GT&T has a history of not delivering to the Guyanese people,” Consumer activist, Leonard Craig contends By Abena Rockcliffe In a bid to justify an application for a rate hike,...

Elvir nets three, Olimpia tops Alpha United

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elvir nets three, Olimpia tops Alpha United

Tegucigalpa, Honduras – MoneyGram Player of the Match Fredixon Elvir netted a hat-trick to help pace Olimpia to a 6-0 win over Alpha United in Group 5 of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) at...

Peters guides Rising Star to NOC T20 title with six-wicket victory

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peters guides Rising Star to NOC T20 title with six-wicket victory

An unbeaten 86 from Ricardo Peters guided Rising Star to a six-wicket victory over Invaders Masters when the final of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) T20 tournament was contested on Sunday last at...

Neighbours granted bail on burglary charges

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbours granted bail on burglary charges

Two miners from Sand Road, Soesdyke who were accused of sneaking into the houses of two Linden/ Soesdyke residents and carting off almost $200,000 in items, were granted bail when they appeared in...

Guyana Independence T20 Cup organizers fulfill promise

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Independence T20 Cup organizers fulfill promise

At a simple ceremony held recently, the organizing committee of the Guyana Independence T20 Cup 2014 made presentations to several charitable organizations with proceeds garnered from the tournament....

Miner remanded for stealing raw gold from “mosquito”

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for stealing raw gold from “mosquito”

A 22-year-old gold miner was granted $100,000 after he was charged for stealing raw gold from an acquaintance. Garfield France, of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara appeared before Magistrate Judy...

Real estate agent charged in land fraud

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Real estate agent charged in land fraud

A 36-year-old real estate agent was granted $100,000 bail yesterday after he was charged for obtaining money from a client for a plot of land he was in no position to sell. Shawn Waaldijk, of Lot 90...

PPP, AFC welcome to join coalition of national unity – Granger

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP, AFC welcome to join coalition of national unity – Granger

Talks of the implications of early general elections are in the air and even though Dr. Roger Luncheon was singing the “elections blues” earlier this week and stressing the need to make minority...

More support for senior citizens on Government’s agenda

Aug 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More support for senior citizens on Government’s agenda

Improving the lives of senior citizens is high on the agenda of Government. In this regard plans are currently being streamlined to put measures in place to help create, as far as possible, a more...

African politics and the no confidence motion

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on African politics and the no confidence motion

DEAR EDITOR, I write this letter fully aware of the political implications and the accusations which will follow from what I consider a bold attempt on my part to draw to the attention of the African...

Investors must positively contribute in communities in which they operate or transit

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investors must positively contribute in communities in which they operate or transit

Dear Editor, We, the Residents of Sub Region Two of Region 10 are somewhat relieved that the time of our journey from Linden to Kwakwani and other Communities is not so long now. This is because...

We are well on our way to becoming a police state

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are well on our way to becoming a police state

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to respond to a letter penned by the Honourable Mayor of Georgetown when he asked if we as a nation live in a police state. Based on my experience, I would have to posit...

When will our sanity return?

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will our sanity return?

DEAR EDITOR I was lying in bed the other night, thinking about the day’s news from around the world. I thought about the recent incident in the USA, where a child, nine years old, was learning how...

A class analysis of Guyana’s political parties

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A class analysis of Guyana’s political parties

Many analysts of political developments in Guyana shy away from undertaking a class analysis of Guyana’s political parties. They do this out of fear being labelled leftist. This is unfortunate,...

Anxious to leave

Aug 30, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Anxious to leave

It has been reported in the not too distant past that close to 80 per cent of the country’s skilled people migrate. This certainly paints a gloomy picture for the future. It means that we are...

Guyana will guarantee financing for India group – company website claims

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will guarantee financing for India group – company website claims

– says it was given 60,000 hectares in Canje Basin Indian conglomerate, Ajeenkya DY Patil, says that it has been provided with a 99-year lease on 60,000 hectares of land located in Canje Basin...

Multi-billion$$$ drug contracts for New GPC…Govt. under pressure to scrap ‘biased’ selection process

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-billion$$$ drug contracts for New GPC…Govt. under pressure to scrap ‘biased’ selection process

Weeks after Government announced that it has selected a preferred supplier of drugs for its hospitals, there are now more calls for the decision to be overturned and a fresh selection held....

AFC promises ban on log exports

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC promises ban on log exports

“We don’t see the vision in the present policy that allows logs to be shipped out of this country. It is obvious that Guyana needs value added; most other countries have banned exportation...

Teens, bus driver remanded for seawall carjacking

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teens, bus driver remanded for seawall carjacking

Two teenagers and a 29-year-old bus driver accused of threatening a man with a gun and robbing him of his friend’s car were remanded to prison when they appeared in court yesterday. The bus...

Teenage miner survives pit-cave-in

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage miner survives pit-cave-in

A teenaged miner is currently nursing a broken leg at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after a pit caved in on him at a gold mining site in Kuribrong, Potaro-Siparuni, on Monday...

Cummings Lodge woman arraigned for friend’s murder

Aug 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cummings Lodge woman arraigned for friend’s murder

A Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara woman has been charged with the murder of her 37-year-old friend whose lifeless body was found with a stab wound to the heart, at the back of her house on Sunday...

Guyana gearing up to put on massive show for CMRA third leg -Persaud voted Most Outstanding Driver in T&T

Aug 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana gearing up to put on massive show for CMRA third leg -Persaud voted Most Outstanding Driver in T&T

By Rawle Welch With two legs of the Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA) completed, all eyes will now turn to the Guyana leg of the series which is slated to be staged on November 16, at the...

PREV 2 345 6 NEXT LAST

Keevin Allicock – the next torchbearer for Guyanese professional boxing

Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more