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Vieira, France win Masters at Inauguration TT Tournament

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vieira, France win Masters at Inauguration TT Tournament

Michael Vieira and Colin France won the 60 years, and 55 years and over categories respectively in the 8th Executive President H.E. David Granger Inauguration Table Tennis Tournament played on...

GFF host successful Referees Beginners Course

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF host successful Referees Beginners Course

The Guyana Football Federation kicked off its quest to increase the referees pool when it hosted a successful Referees Beginners Course from May 23 – 25 last at the Ministry of Culture Youth and...

Annual End of School year windball – B’ce…Bohemia, St. Patrick’s among winners

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual End of School year windball – B’ce…Bohemia, St. Patrick’s among winners

Bohemia and St. Patrick’s were among the winners when the Berbice zone of the 18th Annual End of Primary School year Al Sport and Tour Promotions Windball competition continued recently at Welfare...

P&P makes donation to Lodge Secondary School

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P makes donation to Lodge Secondary School

P & P Insurance recently made a donation of 17 pairs of complete uniforms to Lodge Secondary School to assist in their preparation for the Digicel Inter Secondary Schools Competition. In brief...

‘Max’ Persaud beats the field at DDL’s El Dorado Golf Tourney

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Max’ Persaud beats the field at DDL’s El Dorado Golf Tourney

Parmanand ‘Max’ Persaud produced a fascinating golf performance last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club as he outstripped the competition, posting a personal best net of 61 off his 20 handicap in...

Restoring the Garden City…Courts join in the cleanup campaign

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Restoring the Garden City…Courts join in the cleanup campaign

Even as the efforts to restore Georgetown, the Garden City, to its original state, progresses, cleanup campaigns continues around the city. Businesses and members of the public have been climbing on...

Bank of Guyana report shows…2014 saw lower exports, imports

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana report shows…2014 saw lower exports, imports

– High decline in exports noted The recently released 2014 report by the Bank of Guyana (BOG) has shown that the year registered both lowered exports and imports for Guyana. However, the...

Mining camp attack…File submitted to DPP to determine criminal liability

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining camp attack…File submitted to DPP to determine criminal liability

The file containing details of allegations against Tessouro mining company, which is accused of sending gunmen on a rampage through a mining camp, has been lodged with the Director of Public...

West Demerara Hospital to be significantly upgraded – Public Health Minister

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara Hospital to be significantly upgraded – Public Health Minister

The West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) serves as the referral hospital in Region Three, offering medical service to thousands of people residing on the West Coast, West Bank, as well as the...

Alberttown joins in city wide restoration initiative

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alberttown joins in city wide restoration initiative

As Independence celebrations were in full swing on Tuesday, civilians and business proprietor Tony Ramcharran joined in the city wide restoration project of cleaning up Georgetown. This particular...

Police detain friend of speedboat accident victim

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police detain friend of speedboat accident victim

Jumal France, the friend of 18-year-old, Trevon Benn, who lost his life while manning a 40-horsepower engine boat on Monday night, has been detained at the Charity Police Outpost. France has...

Ministry threatens squatters with prosecution

May 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry threatens squatters with prosecution

The Government of Guyana is assuring Guyanese that everyone will have fair and equitable access to lands. Interested persons are advised to apply to the Central Housing and Planning Authority...

Coconut pest plague Pomeroon farmers

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Coconut pest plague Pomeroon farmers

With the rapid devastation of acres of coconut trees that have come under attack by an uncontrollable pest, coconut farmers, who solely depend on the crop, especially those farmers in communities in...

Sir Shridath touts national unity

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sir Shridath touts national unity

Sir Shridath Ramphal, a former Guyana Government Minister and Secretary General of the Commonwealth, on Tuesday at the inauguration ceremony for President David Granger said this is a time for...

Mining pit tragedy…Owner denies producing the debris that collapsed

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining pit tragedy…Owner denies producing the debris that collapsed

Owner of the Mowasi Mining camp, Imran Khan, has denied that he produced the overburden that slid into the pit killing ten workers. Instead, he contended that it had been left behind by original...

Hebrew Family of Guyana celebrates Feast of Weeks

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hebrew Family of Guyana celebrates Feast of Weeks

On Sunday the Hebrew Family of Guyana observed the Feast of Weeks or Chag Shavuot. Just for the occasion wishes of joy and prosperity were extended for all those embracing the celebration. The...

PM Nagamootoo meets with US Chargé d’ Affaires

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PM Nagamootoo meets with US Chargé d’ Affaires

As the government officials from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) settle in after their victory at the 2015 Regional and General elections, several dignitaries...

Youths are the nation’s future

May 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Youths are the nation’s future

In Guyana, youths are disproportionately affected by poverty, crime and violence. The quality of education as well as the limited opportunities available for entrepreneurship, skills building and...

New Ministry needs to examine public service decentralisation

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Ministry needs to examine public service decentralisation

The idea of decentralising public services to increase efficiency and decrease transportation cost among the citizenry, is one the new administration will have to examine, according to Minister of...

Guyana Goldfields Inc., on track to officially begin production by August

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields Inc., on track to officially begin production by August

The Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX: GUY) (“GGI”) has announced that the mill commissioning process has commenced and the Aurora Gold Project remains on track for projected initial gold production in...

Mayor Green lauds participants of recent clean-up drive

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor Green lauds participants of recent clean-up drive

Mayor Hamilton Green has lauded the efforts of those who organized and participated in the recent clean- up exercise around the city. Speaking at the Statutory meeting of the Georgetown Mayor and...

The Chanderpaul issue: Sentiments are dangerous things

May 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Chanderpaul issue: Sentiments are dangerous things

Sentiments play a priceless role in civilization but when sentiments are determinants of human action without context, then, they become dangerous things. In life when we express sentiments we must...

Teresa Lalltoo’s stillborn baby…The pain of a grieving mother

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teresa Lalltoo’s stillborn baby…The pain of a grieving mother

A mother’s love for her child is one that cannot be compared to any other. The bonding between a mother and her child begins even before the child is born, so for a mother to lose a child at any...

20 family members were in speeding minibus

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 20 family members were in speeding minibus

Some twenty persons, including a baby, were in the speeding minibus which crashed on Tuesday killing one person at No. 42 Village West Coast Berbice. Dead is Lucklyn Elizabeth Rodney, 54, of Lovely...

Standardization crucial to int’l market success

May 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Standardization crucial to int’l market success

As Guyana seeks to find new ways for its products to break into international markets, a local businesswoman has opined that better international standardization practices are needed to truly put...

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Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more