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Guyana crashes out of CFU Olympic Qualifier, lose to Antigua 2-0

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana crashes out of CFU Olympic Qualifier, lose to Antigua 2-0

Guyana’s chance of moving forward in the CFU 2016 Olympic Games qualifying competition came to an abrupt end when they lost to home team Antigua and Barbuda 2-0 in their second Group 2 match last...

Brooklyn X2 to host seven-a-side football in Linden

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brooklyn X2 to host seven-a-side football in Linden

Brooklyn X2 promotion will be hosting a grand inter-ward seven-a-side football tournament on July 6 at Wisburg Secondary School ground in Linden. Among the teams slated to take part are Blue Beery...

5th annual Trophy Stall Volleyball competition set for tomorrow at Port Mourant CC

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th annual Trophy Stall Volleyball competition set for tomorrow at Port Mourant CC

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) with sponsorship from Mr. Ramesh Sunich of The Trophy Stall will be staging the 4th Annual Trophy Stall Volleyball Competition tomorrow at the Port Mourant...

NPG Packaging Basketball competition in Berbice

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NPG Packaging Basketball competition in Berbice

Rockers demolish Jammers after slow start to reach finals with 75-45 win Smithfield Rockers steadied themselves after a shaky start to hammer Rose Hall Town Jammers 75-45 for a lopsided victory and...

Caribbean Guinness Street Football Challenge Competition…Chase- Green optimistic about team’s chances

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Guinness Street Football Challenge Competition…Chase- Green optimistic about team’s chances

Manager of Sparta Boss, the team that won the right to represent Guyana at this weekend’s Caribbean Guinness Street Football Challenge Competition, Terrence Chase-Green in an invited comment...

Ansa McAl on board with BCB fundraiser…..Caricom Championship 2015.

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl on board with BCB fundraiser…..Caricom Championship 2015.

Beverage giant Ansa MCAL under the Carib brand is on board with the Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser…..”Caricom Championship 2015″. The company will have the full bar rights for the...

2015 motor racing season promises continued excitement

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2015 motor racing season promises continued excitement

Recently, Round 2 of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship concluded at Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago. The weekend was jam packed with excitement with...

The Auditor General’s 2013 report…$22M in overpayments on contracts

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Auditor General’s 2013 report…$22M in overpayments on contracts

– $7M in overpayment on salaries The issue of overpayments on contracts and salaries continues to remain an area of concern for the guardian of the national purse, Auditor General (AG) Deodat...

APNU+AFC set on course to guarantee FATF blacklist of Guyana – says PPP/C

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC set on course to guarantee FATF blacklist of Guyana – says PPP/C

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) criticized the coalition government of A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) for its Anti Money Laundering and Countering of...

GuySuCo’s COI members meet with Agriculture Minister

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s COI members meet with Agriculture Minister

…outcome of probe to be publicised by September Members of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) that will be looking into the affairs of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) met with Agriculture...

Palms’ residents pampered on ‘Spa Day’

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Palms’ residents pampered on ‘Spa Day’

…as Rehab Week activities continue Inmates of the Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam were pampered on Wednesday last, when the Ministry of Public Health hosted one of its many activities for...

Overseas-based team to conduct corneal transplants at GPHC

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based team to conduct corneal transplants at GPHC

– eye patients urged to take advantage of free service Close to a dozen corneal transplants are slated to be undertaken at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the new week....

Missing PetroCaribe funds…Responsibility for missing money lies with past Finance Ministry – Seeraj

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Missing PetroCaribe funds…Responsibility for missing money lies with past Finance Ministry – Seeraj

By Jarryl Bryan General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) and formerly Vice- Chairman of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Dharamkumar Seeraj, yesterday made it...

Lower Amelia’s Ward/ Kara Kara Creek River Front

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lower Amelia’s Ward/ Kara Kara Creek River Front

– a community in dire need of development A boat ride up the Kara Kara Creek is an exhilarating experience, that, to the uninitiated, seems fraught with danger, but the boat captain puts all...

One dead, six injured in Coverden accident

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, six injured in Coverden accident

An early morning collision on the Coverden Public Road, East Bank Demerara, has claimed the life of Marlon Forde, called ‘Goaty’ or ‘Bage’, 38, of Lot P Adams Road, Soesdyke. The accident...

Another family calls for help in finding missing teen

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another family calls for help in finding missing teen

A mother is pleading for her 15-year-old daughter to return home after the girl went missing exactly a month ago. Missing is Nikita Persaud of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara. According to...

The indiscretions in the financial system

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The indiscretions in the financial system

Every year the report of the Auditor General contains what may be considered irregularities by some Ministries and Departments. Most common among these are the hidden accounts, all of which...

Giftland Office Max closes Water Street doors today

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Office Max closes Water Street doors today

… Republic Bank sets up ATM in new Giftland Mall Giftland Office Max will be closing its Water Street, Georgetown, operations today with a massive “blowout” sale. The popular retail...

Concerns voiced about “dumping site” near Society for the Blind

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Concerns voiced about “dumping site” near Society for the Blind

– Lawyer ready to help tackle situation While there is always need for financial and other support to help improve its operations, the Guyana Society for the Blind is faced with a dilemma which...

Barticians protest Regional Chairman’s possible re-election

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barticians protest Regional Chairman’s possible re-election

Barticians, yesterday, through a peaceful picketing exercise in front of the Regional Administration office Building on Bartica, expressed their displeasure about an allegation of the incumbent...

Army recovers missing Pomeroon farmer’s body

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Army recovers missing Pomeroon farmer’s body

Members of the Guyana Defence Force retrieved the decomposed body of 47-year-old Orton Benjamin, the farmer who was struck and killed while transporting his wife and a five-year-old boy to the...

THE GOVERNMENT IS ENTITLED TO A FEW MISTAKES

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOVERNMENT IS ENTITLED TO A FEW MISTAKES

It has been twenty-three years since the PNC aka APNU has been out of political office. Most of those who would have been part of previous PNC governments are not a part the APNU Government. What we...

Statistical analysis of 2015 NGSA still to be released

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Statistical analysis of 2015 NGSA still to be released

Although the Ministry of Education has not yet released a statistical analysis of the 2015 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) which reflects an admitted decline in the performance of English, Chief...

Simona Broomes’ directive to PSC

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Simona Broomes’ directive to PSC

Court rules that Minister overstepped her boundary Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang on Wednesday granted an order in favour of a legal challenge brought by Attorney Euclin Gomes against Junior Social...

Argentine tourism project to boost local sector

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Argentine tourism project to boost local sector

After years of cooperation with the Argentine government in the area of tourism, Guyana is expected to further benefit from the relationship through the implementation of a quality tourism project....

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more