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Govt to review concessions granted to foreign, local firms

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to review concessions granted to foreign, local firms

No place for favoritism to investors –Business Minister By Kiana Wilburg Business Minister Dominic Gaskin has a number of new plans; one is the restructuring of the system for the granting of...

Hope Canal for testing as Conservancy reaches threatening levels

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal for testing as Conservancy reaches threatening levels

A $3.6B project to create an alternative canal in Demerara is to get a rather unusual commissioning under worrying circumstances. Authorities are set this morning to test how well the 10 km canal is...

PPP/C blames new Govt. for empty PetroCaribe Fund

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C blames new Govt. for empty PetroCaribe Fund

– Freedom House behaving like bank robbers who accuse police of robbing the bank – Ramjattan The People’s Progressive Party has charged that after less than a month in office, the new...

East Bank four-lane highway project…Govt moves to cancel Dipcon contract

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank four-lane highway project…Govt moves to cancel Dipcon contract

… after contractor faces cash crunch A section of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway is facing major delays with the contractor in trouble. Several staffers have since been sent home with a...

More judges to be appointed – AG

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More judges to be appointed – AG

By Kiana Wilburg Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, recently emphasized the need for improving the perception of fairness in the Constitutional Court and for...

‘Lover’ charged with taxi driver murder

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Lover’ charged with taxi driver murder

A 20-year-old fisherman was yesterday remanded for the murder of his alleged rival, taxi driver Dennis Narine, who was shot dead at his La Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home on May 31, last....

Donald should shut he mouth to avoid de prisoners’ dock

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald should shut he mouth to avoid de prisoners’ dock

Respect is something money can’t buy. Respect is something you can’t demand. It is something that you got to earn and you don’t earn it like money. Dem boys use to have respect fuh Donald and...

Vincy Heat in town for tomorrow’s return WCQ

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vincy Heat in town for tomorrow’s return WCQ

We Ready to complete this mission – SVG Head Coach Huggins By Franklin Wilson St. Vincent and the Grenadines ‘Vincy Heat’ arrived in Guyana yesterday via the Ogle International Airport on a...

Smith and Lyon strengthen Australia’s grip

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith and Lyon strengthen Australia’s grip

ESPNcricinfo – Steven Smith was batting on 199 on the second afternoon in Jamaica. He had never made a Test double-hundred and this innings comprised 50% of Australia’s total. Running at him...

English quartet receive citizenship

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on English quartet receive citizenship

Englishmen Neil Danns, Matthew Briggs, Marcel Barrington and Sam Cox were all granted citizenship and is now eligible to represent Guyana in tomorrow’s return leg of their 2018 World Cup Qualifier...

Hoops is back as Coach

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hoops is back as Coach

Confident ‘Warriors’ can jump final hurdle this year By Sean Devers The Guyana Amazon Warriors have been the most consistent team in the two-year history of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) t20...

Smalta sponsors AAG Youth and Junior Championships

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smalta sponsors AAG Youth and Junior Championships

Local distribution giants, Ansa McAl Limited, under its Smalta Brand, officially handed over its sponsorship of the National Youth and Junior Championships to the Athletics Association of Guyana...

Busta Soft Shoe Football highest goalscorer receives prize

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta Soft Shoe Football highest goalscorer receives prize

Sophia’s Dwayne Lowe, who copped the highest goal scorer accolade with nine goals in five matches during the Busta Soft Shoe Football Competition which was played in April, received his prize of...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The Normalization/Management Committee have failed Local Football

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The Normalization/Management Committee have failed Local Football

Dear Editor, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to the English based quartet of Matthew Briggs, Marcel Barrington, Sam Cox and Neil Danns non-representation of the Golden...

Safraz Photo Studio on board with BCB fundraiser…Caricom Championship 2015…

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Safraz Photo Studio on board with BCB fundraiser…Caricom Championship 2015…

Young Warriors/Rose Hall Community Center name squad Safraz Photo Studio of No 78 Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice is on board with the Berbice Cricket Board fund raiser “Caricom Championship”...

Students of LDIMAA continue to excel

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Students of LDIMAA continue to excel

The Little Diamond International Martial Arts Academy (LDIMAA) continues to enjoy an outstanding start to the year with a number of their students excelling in various tournaments and examinations....

It’s an honour to play and score for my country – Brandon Beresford

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s an honour to play and score for my country – Brandon Beresford

By Franklin Wilson When he made his international debut he was an 18 year-old college boy. Guyana played Guatemala in a friendly in his home state of Atlanta and through the efforts of Colin Baker,...

Missing PetroCaribe Money

Jun 13, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Missing PetroCaribe Money

EACH day there is some revelation about unexplained happenings in the public treasury, and each day, the public is becoming more and more convinced that financial irregularities were the order of the...

Local aeronautical school eyeing Associate Degree programme

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local aeronautical school eyeing Associate Degree programme

The national status of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School is poised for elevation. At a meeting with representatives of the School on Wednesday Minister of Education,...

Venezuela’s Expanding Claims to Guyana’s Territory

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s Expanding Claims to Guyana’s Territory

By Odeen Ishmael Venezuela’s decree of May 26, 2015, projects yet another extension of that country’s claim to Guyana’s territory. Previously, the Spanish-speaking Republic had generally...

UG lecturer Calvin Bernard elected President of Transparency Institute

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG lecturer Calvin Bernard elected President of Transparency Institute

Watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI), has a new Board of Directors for the year 2015-2016 with University Lecturer, Calvin Bernard, elected President. According to TIGI, it held...

Symbiotic EMT training programme concludes

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Symbiotic EMT training programme concludes

Guyana’s emergency responders are better equipped to execute their duties following the completion of a five-day training programme in collaboration with a US-based institute. For about 7 years,...

Yarrowkabra Murder…‘Killer’ remanded to prison after “putting wife to rest”

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Yarrowkabra Murder…‘Killer’ remanded to prison after “putting wife to rest”

Wallace Stuart, commonly called ‘Killer’ of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway, made a court appearance at the Providence Magistrate’s Court, before Magistrate Leron Daly on Wednesday....

Brooklyn unity parade and rally set for tomorrow

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brooklyn unity parade and rally set for tomorrow

A grand Guyanese-American unity parade and rally which is said to be in honor of Guyana’s 49th Independence Anniversary and the election of a “unity” government is set to be held tomorrow at...

UG students to benefit from training stint in Boston, Massachusetts

Jun 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG students to benefit from training stint in Boston, Massachusetts

… to rub shoulders with Boston’s business communities By Jarryl Bryan As part of the University of Massachusetts Lowell Global Entrepreneurship Program, seven University of Guyana (UG), Faculty...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more