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Sunburst / EBFA U17 League …Marshall and Khan lead Soesdyke past Warriors into semi finals

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst / EBFA U17 League …Marshall and Khan lead Soesdyke past Warriors into semi finals

Soesdyke Falcons mauled Kuru KururuWarriors 12-0 to book a semi final date with Herstelling Raiders when the group stage of the SUNBURST / East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-17...

Guyana to participate in 2016 CFU Futsal Tourney

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to participate in 2016 CFU Futsal Tourney

With Guyana set to participate at the January 22 – 26 CFU Futsal Tournament in Cuba, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be hosting a closed door tryout for prospective Futsal National team...

GFF concerned about misinformation on SEL prize monies

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF concerned about misinformation on SEL prize monies

The Guyana Football Federation has responded to what it says was an erroneous article published in another section of the press yesterday. Following is the full text of the federation’s release....

West Indies out to regain respect

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies out to regain respect

From the pink ball, big crowds and a sense of excitement to the red ball, fewer spectators and a sense of trepidation. Such is the shift in the Test landscape in Australia over the past fortnight....

Nagamootoo heads for Argentina

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo heads for Argentina

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, will represent Guyana at the upcoming Inauguration Ceremony of Argentina’s newly elected President, Mr. Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, today. Mr. Macri was elected...

Chinese University, UG seek to forge alliance

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese University, UG seek to forge alliance

An alliance is being sought between the University of Guyana (UG) and China’s Minjiang University. The Minjiang University (MJU) is a public full-time multi-disciplinary undergraduate and post...

Drunken getaway driver knocks down farmer

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken getaway driver knocks down farmer

..then crashes into truck about 30 miles away A 60-year-old drunken hire car driver who on Tuesday morning stuck down and injured a cattle farmer on the No.19 Public Road, then failed to stop, is now...

Guyana signs US$300,000 grant with Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs US$300,000 grant with Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, signed a US$300,000 grant with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on the side lines of the United...

US Ambassador visits Amerindian Community

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US Ambassador visits Amerindian Community

On Monday, United States Ambassador, Perry Holloway, visited Mashabo, an Amerindian Community located in the Ituribisi River in Essequibo. While Mr. Holloway’s visit was merely one of...

Project Restore Guyana…NTFC submits Draft Restoration Plan to Cabinet

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Project Restore Guyana…NTFC submits Draft Restoration Plan to Cabinet

Chairman of the National Task Force Committee (NTFC), Retired Major General Joseph Singh revealed yesterday that the Draft Restoration Plan for Phase 1 under the “Project Restore Guyana” has been...

Chant down Babylon!

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chant down Babylon!

The crescendo to change the marijuana laws is occurring alongside some strange, unusual, mysterious actions by Magistrates who loved to jail people for a few grams of marijuana. But first, the man...

ADVOCATING THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ADVOCATING THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN

Two little girls aged five and seven, were sexually abused by their mother’s boyfriend and subsequently taken into local authority care. The trauma of being taken away from everything they knew as...

Agricola man gets 80 years for taxi driver’s murder

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Agricola man gets 80 years for taxi driver’s murder

Agricola resident Balram Singh has been jailed for 80 years for the murder of taxi driver Bhomeshwar Sukdeo. He was sentenced yesterday, after more than four hours of deliberation, by a mixed jury,...

Truck driver dies after slamming into utility pole

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver dies after slamming into utility pole

Reckless driving on the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, allegedly caused the death of 50-year-old Youghraj Singh of Lot 30 B Coverden, on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) early...

MPI installs streetlights in Timehri North

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MPI installs streetlights in Timehri North

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) has installed streetlights in Timehri North, a week after Minister David Patterson visited the area. The action was taken in an attempt to make the...

RESTORING HOPE TO THE HOPELESS

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on RESTORING HOPE TO THE HOPELESS

Guyana’s economy is slowing down. Based on the Poverty Index Indicator range from zero to ten where zero is the lowest and ten is the highest, Guyana, a year ago was rated at seven. Today, it is...

First Bauxite gets two-year extension on Bonasika project

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on First Bauxite gets two-year extension on Bonasika project

Government has granted First Bauxite Corporation a two-year extension to the construction commencement date under the Bonasika Mining Licence (“BML”), the company announced yesterday. The period...

After years in limbo…Linden Enterprise Network to be officially launched today

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on After years in limbo…Linden Enterprise Network to be officially launched today

By Enid Joaquin Entrepreneurs across Linden and Region 10 will finally be afforded the opportunity to access loans to further expand or consolidate their businesses, when the Linden Enterprise...

GPHC records zero mortality rate after a year of paediatric heart surgeries

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC records zero mortality rate after a year of paediatric heart surgeries

After a year of paediatric heart surgery, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been able to boast of a zero per cent mortality rate. A total of 42 cases were conducted during the...

GTT confirms Justin Nedd as new CEO

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTT confirms Justin Nedd as new CEO

The country’s largest telecoms company, GTT, has confirmed Justin Nedd as its new Chief Executive Officer. Nedd, the entity, disclosed, was formerly the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He has...

Guyana, US sign MOU for counter-narcotic initiative

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, US sign MOU for counter-narcotic initiative

Vice-President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, and Ambassador of the United States of America, Perry Holloway, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the...

Former Guyana Ambassador urges talks with new Venezuelan legislature

Dec 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyana Ambassador urges talks with new Venezuelan legislature

A former Guyanese Ambassador to Venezuela said Tuesday, that his Government should engage with the opposition parties who just won control of the Venezuelan legislature to assess their view on the...

Cubans fined for forging United States passports

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cubans fined for forging United States passports

Five Cubans were fined a total of $500,000 for uttering forged United States (US) passports at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The fine was imposed when they made appearances before...

Timehri woman found guilty on narcotics charge, mother freed

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Timehri woman found guilty on narcotics charge, mother freed

After 10 months of trial, Magistrate Leron Daly found a Timehri woman guilty of trafficking in narcotics and remanded her to prison. Attorney Nigel Hughes had requested that his client be sentenced...

Wesleyan pastor is guilty of Pharisaic blindness

Dec 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wesleyan pastor is guilty of Pharisaic blindness

Dear Editor, I read the letter “Are Wesleyan Christians true Christians?” (Nov. 7), with disappointment and sadness. The KN letter, written by Ganesh Mahipaul, related an incident that occurred a...

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Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more