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Breaking News!!! Success Elementary pupils cop top places at 2015 NGSA

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! Success Elementary pupils cop top places at 2015 NGSA

Eleven-year-old Solomon Cherai of the Success Elementary Primary School has been named the top performing candidate when the Ministry of Education announced the results of the 2015 National Grade Six...

Eleventh Parliament convenes

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eleventh Parliament convenes

– 36 MPs sworn in By Kiana Wilburg One of the most powerful organs of the land, the Parliament, was convened yesterday after being in a state of dissolution for several months. Given its...

Granger tells 11th Parliament…‘Put hostility of the hustings behind us’

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger tells 11th Parliament…‘Put hostility of the hustings behind us’

As he addressed the Eleventh Parliament yesterday about an hour after it was convened, President David Granger charged Members to completely remove themselves from campaign mood and to get into a...

Govt. retrieves almost $10B from disused bank accounts

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. retrieves almost $10B from disused bank accounts

The new Government has managed to retrieve almost $10B lying in “old” bank accounts, a senior Government official confirmed yesterday. In the past weeks, the Ministry of Finance and its...

Territorial claim…Venezuela plans to up pressure to weaken Guyana’s resistance – Greenidge warns

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Territorial claim…Venezuela plans to up pressure to weaken Guyana’s resistance – Greenidge warns

By Abena Rockcliffe “For 49 years we have lived in the shadow of Venezuela’s illegal claim and attempts to despoil our country. The sword of Damocles, for the most part unseen, hangs over our...

Berbice bar owner critical after shooting

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice bar owner critical after shooting

A former policeman turned businessman was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital in a critical condition last evening after he was shot about five times about his body. According to reports, the man...

Convening of the Eleventh Parliament …PPP absence shows contempt, disdain for its supporters – President David Granger

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Convening of the Eleventh Parliament …PPP absence shows contempt, disdain for its supporters – President David Granger

“They will pay a heavy price for their actions” The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday came in for heavy criticisms from President David Granger as well as the Diplomatic Community for...

Police nab suspects in four killings in five days

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab suspects in four killings in five days

Amidst all the killings that have been committed within the past two weeks, the Guyana Police Force can breathe a little easier with the arrest of several of the suspects over the past five days....

Dem boys seh…De audit find Bam-bye money

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De audit find Bam-bye money

When Soulja Bai announce that he gun start fuh audit all dem place that tek money from de treasury and from de people and can’t account fuh de money, Donald tell de Hard Times paper that he ain’t...

CONCACAF / FIFA WCQ Russia 2018…Vincy Heat claw back twice to draw with Golden Jaguars

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF / FIFA WCQ Russia 2018…Vincy Heat claw back twice to draw with Golden Jaguars

By Franklin Wilson in St. Vincent compliments of: Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ gave up the advantage twice which allowed St. Vincent & the Grenadines to claw their...

Bishoo key as West Indies look to draw level

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo key as West Indies look to draw level

ESPNcricinfo – After three days of Test cricket, this series is half over. Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy in Dominica, where the highlight was an unbeaten hundred on debut from...

5th Annual Schools Football Competition…Digicel here to invest in Guyana – Kelly

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th Annual Schools Football Competition…Digicel here to invest in Guyana – Kelly

– over 160 schools to compete in this year’s competition By Rawle Welch The fifth edition of the highly popular Digicel Schools Football Competition which is traditionally played nationwide...

A draw away from home is still good – Shabazz

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on A draw away from home is still good – Shabazz

SVG Head Coach Huggins believes his side deserved to win By Franklin Wilson in St. Vincent compliments of: Golden Jaguars Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz believed that their...

Ninth annual Guyana Cup horserace meet fixed for Sunday 16th August

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninth annual Guyana Cup horserace meet fixed for Sunday 16th August

Over $30M up for grabs The ninth annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet, which arguably is the biggest sporting event in Guyana for the year, is set for Sunday 16th August 2015 at the Port Mourant Turf...

Assuria Insurance 5 Overs Knockout Tournament…RHTYSC Names Strong Bakewell A and B Teams

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Assuria Insurance 5 Overs Knockout Tournament…RHTYSC Names Strong Bakewell A and B Teams

Plans for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Silver Jubilee Anniversary Assuria Insurance 5 Overs Knockout Tournament are forging ahead as the hosting club declared two strong teams for the...

GCB partners with Scotiabank for Coaching Education Programme 2015

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB partners with Scotiabank for Coaching Education Programme 2015

By Zaheer Mohamed Scotiabank has thrown its weight behind the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for its 2015 Coaching Education Programme which was launched yesterday at the National Resource Centre,...

DDL supports GFF for return WCQ against SVG

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL supports GFF for return WCQ against SVG

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under their PEPSI and Gatorade brands has announced their support for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the return leg of the World Cup Qualifier (WCQ)...

GBTI OPEN 2015 set to serve off June 19th

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI OPEN 2015 set to serve off June 19th

Guyana’s premiere competitive tennis event, the GBTI OPEN 2015 is set to serve off at 5:00pm on Friday 19th June 2015 at the GBTI Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street, Bel Air Park. In its 6th...

Ishmail Poultry Establishment first sponsor of BCB Caricom Championship 2015

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ishmail Poultry Establishment first sponsor of BCB Caricom Championship 2015

Ishmail Poultry Establishment of Fyrish Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice is the first sponsor of the Berbice Cricket Board fundraiser “Caricom Championship” 2015. At a simple presentation...

Guyana suffers heavy loss to Jamaica, Barbados

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana suffers heavy loss to Jamaica, Barbados

Defending Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Women champs, Jamaica beat Guyana’s ladies 70-43 Tuesday night while Barbados also whipped Guyana 81-61 yesterday afternoon that ensured a winless...

GABF names national senior male team

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF names national senior male team

– Two overseas-based players included The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday named the senior national male team for the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s...

Health policy training necessary to improve awareness in ‘Abortion’ Act

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health policy training necessary to improve awareness in ‘Abortion’ Act

The training of medical practitioners should take into account all the policies and legislations Guyana has regarding health, to properly implement the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1995....

Kitty robbery, killing…Victim died of punctured heart and lung – post mortem

Jun 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kitty robbery, killing…Victim died of punctured heart and lung – post mortem

A post mortem on the body 18-year-old miner, Keith Daniels, has revealed that the victim died due to a punctured heart and lung. Daniels was robbed and brutally stabbed to death in the wee hours of...

Govt. To restore subvention to Critchlow Labour College

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. To restore subvention to Critchlow Labour College

A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government will restore the annual subvention to the Critchlow Labour College located on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. This was...

CI-Guyana awaiting Government’s policy guidance on Climate Change projects

Jun 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CI-Guyana awaiting Government’s policy guidance on Climate Change projects

The recently elected coalesced A Parternship for National Unity and Alliance for Change Government, will have to give guidance on the way forward for three projects aimed at tackling climate change....