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STAG Elite League FINALE … Slingerz and Alpha flawless on the night

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Elite League FINALE … Slingerz and Alpha flawless on the night

Slingerz FC continued their march towards championships honours in the STAG Elite League FINALE which would see them claiming the historical double having won the GENESIS with another clinical...

Barama’s Parent Company accused of boycotting sawmill industry in New Zealand…

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Barama’s Parent Company accused of boycotting sawmill industry in New Zealand…

Malaysian timber giant, Samling Global Limited– the parent company of Barama Company Limited in Guyana, may lose its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard, after the company allegedly boycotted...

City Council wins $100M judgement against 13 defaulting taxpayers

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Council wins $100M judgement against 13 defaulting taxpayers

– 22 more targeted The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) was granted judgement in the High Court in relation to outstanding rates owed to the Georgetown Municipality. ...

NO EXCUSE!

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO EXCUSE!

The IMF report on Guyana indicates clearly that the APNU+AFC government inherited a very strong economy. It also confirms that the Budget deficit has been reduced. The IMF which is very rigorous in...

Guyana urged to guard against economic pitfalls of oil industry

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana urged to guard against economic pitfalls of oil industry

A leading Caribbean business executive is urging Guyana to guard against possible economic pitfalls that accompany the commercial production of oil. Addressing the opening of Massy’s Supermarket at...

Rose Hall Estate strike, protest…Workers being ‘severely misled’ – GuySuCo

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Estate strike, protest…Workers being ‘severely misled’ – GuySuCo

With the protest and industrial actions being carried out by approximately 735 workers of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) said yesterday, that the workers are being...

Those vendors’ stalls are too small

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Those vendors’ stalls are too small

I went to buy at the weekly Thursday market that is held at Merriman Mall. The vendors moved back to their original spot between Cummings Street and Orange Walk. City Hall has drastically reduced the...

Alleged airport bandit charged for shooting at another cop

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged airport bandit charged for shooting at another cop

Collis Collison, one of the men who allegedly trailed an off duty cop to his Kitty home from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was on Thursday, slapped with another charge of discharging...

When technology becomes overpowering

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When technology becomes overpowering

Mankind welcomes the advances in technology and indeed the human race should. From the time man harnessed steam to start the industrial revolution there has been a constant change in the way people...

Early budgets to become the new tradition –Finance Minister

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Early budgets to become the new tradition –Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, is determined to change the manner in which national budgets are presented. He revealed at a press conference, he recently hosted, that early budgets will become the...

Low voter turnout for historic LGE

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Low voter turnout for historic LGE

After a 22-year absence, the much anticipated Local Government Elections returned yesterday only to be welcomed by a low voter turnout. Several ranks stationed at the various Polling Stations stated...

DIGICEL contributes Phagwah powder to Dharmic Shaba

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DIGICEL contributes Phagwah powder to Dharmic Shaba

Telecommunications giant, Digicel, made a commendable contribution of Phagwah powder to the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Shaba (GHDS) in support of the Festival of Colours. Digicel has been supporting the...

Brazil joins the Caribbean Development Bank

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil joins the Caribbean Development Bank

The Federative Republic of Brazil is the newest member country of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), signaling that country’s commitment to sustainable development of the region. This became...

New vending fees at Merriman Mall linked to improved facilities

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New vending fees at Merriman Mall linked to improved facilities

Despite reports from certain sections of the media claiming negative responses from operators of the Georgetown Municipal Wholesale Depot, the Georgetown City Council (M&CC) in a statement...

Treasurer’s Department among areas need tightening up at City Hall

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Treasurer’s Department among areas need tightening up at City Hall

There are key areas in the Georgetown Municipality that must be tightened up. This was the firm assertion of Mrs. Patricia Chase-Green who, ahead of the dissolution of the City Council, held the...

Switzerland offers to share cost of Guyana diplomatic office

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Switzerland offers to share cost of Guyana diplomatic office

Guyana will soon establish a diplomatic mission in Geneva. This was recently disclosed by Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, in a Government Information Agency interview....

GPSU agitated by Jordan’s ‘inappropriate’ remarks on salary increases

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU agitated by Jordan’s ‘inappropriate’ remarks on salary increases

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) took offence to remarks made recently by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, to the effect that public servants should not look out for a significant salary...

Prison deaths COI…Committees to prevent prison discontent were not functioning – says prisoner

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prison deaths COI…Committees to prevent prison discontent were not functioning – says prisoner

By Jarryl Bryan Yesterday, Capital Block inmate, Owen Belfield, took the witness box before the tribunal probing the circumstances surrounding the March 3, 2016 deaths of 17 inmates at the Camp...

More mining lands to be opened for Port Kaituma residents

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on More mining lands to be opened for Port Kaituma residents

Government has announced more mining lands for residents of Port Kaituma, Region One. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, visited the community on Wednesday and announced that more lands...

Cattle owner accuses traffic rank of attempting to kill him

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle owner accuses traffic rank of attempting to kill him

A cattle owner and diesel mechanic is alleging that he was kidnapped by a known traffic rank and another person on Tuesday night last. He contended that the men had the intention of killing him. The...

Overseas based support streamlined to aid City Hall restoration – Green

Mar 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas based support streamlined to aid City Hall restoration – Green

Although his tenure as Mayor has come to an end, Hamilton Green is not only prepared to continue to lend support to the restoration of City Hall but he has already streamlined support that could aid...

Community service for father caught with ganja in pocket

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Community service for father caught with ganja in pocket

A 47-year-old man who told Magistrate Alex Moore that he found a quantity of marijuana while sweeping, and kept it to give it to someone that smokes, was sentenced to serve 25 hours of community...

Duo on bail for separate break-ins

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo on bail for separate break-ins

Two men from Alberttown were yesterday, released on bail after answering to separate charges of break and enter and larceny, when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The first charge...

PPP Parliament chides Minister Lawrence

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Parliament chides Minister Lawrence

Dear Editor, Politics aside children really are the future for our nation. It is for this reason that this story is particularly disturbing. When the Minister of Social Protection, but more...

Local democracy must go beyond voting

Mar 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local democracy must go beyond voting

Dear Editor, Kudos to the coalition government for running the first Local Government Elections after twenty two (22) years. But, do our local leaders and electorate really know their civic...

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