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Sans Souci, SS Jaguars record victories

Dec 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sans Souci, SS Jaguars record victories

Sans Souci and Sans Souci Jaguars recorded victories when the Badri Prasad Memorial T20 competition continued recently in Wakenaam. Sans Souci defeated Good Success by nine runs at the Wakenaam...

President meets Indigenous leaders on mining, security concerns

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President meets Indigenous leaders on mining, security concerns

President David Granger and Vice-President and Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Sydney Allicock; Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally and Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, yesterday met with...

Husband critical after in house cutlass brawl

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Husband critical after in house cutlass brawl

A 45-year-old Trulie Island man is battling for his life at the Suddie Public hospital, after his wife dealt him several chops to his head Thursday morning at the couple’s Trulie Island home, in...

Local businesses placed on high alert about computer malware threat

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses placed on high alert about computer malware threat

-hackers demand payment to restore data The Guyana National Computer Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) is putting local businesses and organsations on alert to the threat of individuals who are causing...

THE BONUS IS NOT A CONDITION OF SERVICE

Dec 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BONUS IS NOT A CONDITION OF SERVICE

This is the first year that a Christmas bonus has ever been paid in Guyana by the government, dating back to at least the mid-1970s. The PNC government never paid any Christmas bonus. They never...

Queenstown knife robber gets 3 years for armed robbery

Dec 19, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Queenstown knife robber gets 3 years for armed robbery

A Queenstown robber, who has been reportedly terrifying women in the neighbourhood, made his first appearance before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Devon Wilson, 22, a mechanic, who...

CH&PA repossesses Core Homes due to multiple breaches- Min. Scott

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA repossesses Core Homes due to multiple breaches- Min. Scott

– accuses Nandlall of fostering indecency, dishonesty Junior Minister of Communities, with responsibility for Housing, Keith Scott, has blasted former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, for his...

West Berbice farmer died from heart failure

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice farmer died from heart failure

The West Berbice farmer who was found dead on Tuesday at his farm at No. 16 Village, West Coast Berbice, died from heart failure. That was the finding of a post mortem examination conducted on the...

Beer that in mind: Banks DIH defends sales of Bajan shares

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Beer that in mind: Banks DIH defends sales of Bajan shares

Barbados (Barbados Today) – The Guyana-based sister company of Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) says that it is not to blame for BHL’s recent takeover by the Brazilian beer giant, AMBEV. In fact,...

Mackenzie High School students picket DPP Office

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mackenzie High School students picket DPP Office

Students of Mackenzie High School and friends of the late Denielson Rose staged a protest in Linden on Thursday. They gathered in front of the Director of Public Prosecution’s Chambers calling for...

The APNU-AFC is taking a road that is paved with chasms

Dec 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The APNU-AFC is taking a road that is paved with chasms

Politicians do not learn. Of all the categories of human behaviour, including repeat offenders, powerful politicians tend not to want to mend their misdirected attitudes. After a long era of...

Police welfare dept. hosts children’s party

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police welfare dept. hosts children’s party

On Thursday, the Welfare Department of the Guyana Police Force held its Annual Christmas Party for Other Ranks Children. The event is a yearly undertaking to give back to the children of other ranked...

Dharm Shala hosts 94th Christmas party

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dharm Shala hosts 94th Christmas party

Christmas came early for 350 children who were feted at the 94th annual Dharm Shala Children’s Christmas party. The Dharm Shala event took place on Tuesday in the compound. Sita Nagamotoo, wife...

Guyanese charged with stabbing Trini woman to death

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese charged with stabbing Trini woman to death

Canada – Rosemarie (Kim) Junor, who died after being stabbed at a downtown Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart, had got married in the summer and could effortlessly pick up the steps for the intricate...

Understanding the Arithmetic – the May 2015 Victory and Beyond

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Understanding the Arithmetic – the May 2015 Victory and Beyond

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS By Sase Singh I plan to present this series with the hope that there shall be some refinement of the political strategy of the APNU+AFC government in time for the...

Focusing on the dysfunctional child

Dec 19, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Focusing on the dysfunctional child

As the Christmas holidays approach one cannot help but be drawn to the various shelters set up to cater for the indigent, the abused and the children who simply appear to be people that nobody wants....

President takes Govt. to the people with first ‘Public Day’ meeting

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President takes Govt. to the people with first ‘Public Day’ meeting

-Minister Harmon says more than 300 people served President David Granger and the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday demonstrated the Head of State’s pledge to work in pursuit of a good life...

Scotiabank, Bartica International Volunteer take Christmas Cheer to seniors

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank, Bartica International Volunteer take Christmas Cheer to seniors

Scotiabank and the Bartica International Volunteer, for the 16th year, brought cheer to the senior citizens of Bartica at the annual Senior citizens party which was held on Thursday at the Lighthouse...

Govt. passes legislation to secure LGE

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. passes legislation to secure LGE

The fact that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) opposition walked out of the National Assembly during the introduction and debate of the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill...

President Granger inducted as a member of Rotary Club of Georgetown

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger inducted as a member of Rotary Club of Georgetown

The Rotary Club of Georgetown, on Thursday, inducted President David Granger as an honorary member of the Club during a courtesy call, at the Ministry of the Presidency. The group was led by Club...

President serves lunch at Base Camp Stephenson

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President serves lunch at Base Camp Stephenson

President David Granger on Thursday wished Guyana Defence Force Troops a Merry Christmas, even as he partook in the traditional serving of lunch to soldiers at Base Camp Stephenson, at their...

CARICOM free trade tested…Guyana rice shipment blocked at Belizean wharf

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM free trade tested…Guyana rice shipment blocked at Belizean wharf

Belize – A shipment of milled rice from Guyana arrived at the Big Creek Port in southern Belize overnight and there it remains at present. At the port, all was quiet and calm throughout the...

18 more graduate as education administrators

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 18 more graduate as education administrators

Eighteen teachers from schools in Region Two are better trained to now provide effective leadership qualities in various departments to which they have been assigned in their schools. They recently...

Christmas cheer!

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas cheer!

GTT on Thursday held its annual gift presentation to various children’s orphanages and child care groups across the country. The donation to the groups is their second consecutive. Previously the...

Despite surpassing production… GuySuCo likely to see more bailout next year

Dec 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Despite surpassing production… GuySuCo likely to see more bailout next year

Government is upbeat that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) has accomplished and exceeded its production target for 2015. The management and workers have also been commended for ensuring this...