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Persaud’s century hands Good Success comfortable victory

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud’s century hands Good Success comfortable victory

Seventeen Year-old Prem Persaud struck a fine century as Good Success defeated Sans Souci/Belle Plaine by 100 runs in a 40-over fixture played on Saturday at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground....

Wolf’s Memorial Softball Challenge Cup starts Sunday

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Memorial Softball Challenge Cup starts Sunday

Imran Hussain, owner of Wolf Furniture World of Leonora West Coast Demerara, and also owner of one of Guyana’s foremost softball cricket teams, Wolf’s Warriors, is sponsoring the next nationwide...

New barrier system for arriving passengers at CJIA

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New barrier system for arriving passengers at CJIA

Expanding its customer service programme, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has introduced a system which it says is designed to provide a hassle-free experience for arriving...

Engineer convinced D’Urban Park could have been better utilised

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Engineer convinced D’Urban Park could have been better utilised

“It will take a culture change to fix many of the deficiencies in our society today.” This is the conviction of a well-placed Government official with years of engineering experience. The...

Prison deaths COI adjourned pending official date of continuation

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prison deaths COI adjourned pending official date of continuation

It is apparent that those desirous of testifying before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the disturbances of the Georgetown Prison, which left 17 inmates dead, will have to put their request on...

Delaying the inevitable

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Delaying the inevitable

In Guyana, there are not too many people who have ever seen a copy of the constitution, let alone thoroughly read its contents. We reckon the few who have seen it are those who have either studied...

GRA increases a range of licencing fees

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA increases a range of licencing fees

In wake of a move by the government to revise tax laws to ensure greater compliance, especially among the self-employed, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has increased a range of licencing fees...

Jamaican rice deal will organize Guyana’s supply, prevent under pricing- GRDB

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican rice deal will organize Guyana’s supply, prevent under pricing- GRDB

– Doerga reiterates country losing out in deal The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), is contending that its agreement with two Jamaican companies, described by some as “corrupt”,...

Guyana records sixth Zika Virus case

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records sixth Zika Virus case

– as Berbice records upsurge in mosquito infestation Guyana has recorded yet another case of the Zika Virus. This was confirmed by Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, who told this...

UK disaster relief/counter narcotics vessel arrives in Guyana

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UK disaster relief/counter narcotics vessel arrives in Guyana

…will lend assistance to local Coast Guard After leaving the United Kingdom in early January, providing security and assurance to the six British overseas territories, the HMS Mersey is...

Bidders vie for $$M contract for contraceptives

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bidders vie for $$M contract for contraceptives

During yesterday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), there were several supply and delivery contracts. One of these was a multi-million-dollar contract...

President meets with Guyana’s envoys to UK, Canada

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President meets with Guyana’s envoys to UK, Canada

President David Granger yesterday met with Hamley Case and Clarissa Riehl who have been appointed to head Guyana’s diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom (UK) and Canada respectively. Riehl who...

Supt. Persaud performs Traffic Officer duties

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Supt. Persaud performs Traffic Officer duties

While Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dion Moore continues to recuperate from injuries he sustained in a vehicular accident a little less than a month ago, the Guyana Police Force has appointed...

New Security Sector Reform Plan taking shape

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Security Sector Reform Plan taking shape

The Security Sector Reform Action Plan is being advanced. Following a meeting between President David Granger and Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, an agreement was reached for the programme...

Most hotels fully booked for independence celebrations

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Most hotels fully booked for independence celebrations

Advertisements for the Bed and Breakfast programme will continue as more lodgings are needed for visitors. Director General for the Department of Tourism, Donald Sinclair made the disclosure during...

Student, 15, drowns in Bartica

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Student, 15, drowns in Bartica

A family of Bartica, Region 7, was once again thrown into a state of grief, following the death of one of its youngest members, 15-year old, Lenon Fredericks. Fredericks, a resident from One Mile...

What to make of our local government 2016 results?

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on What to make of our local government 2016 results?

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS… By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION Congratulations are in order for Minister Ronald Bulkan and his team for making the 2016 Local Government Elections (LGE 2016)...

Intolerance

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Intolerance

“Our task therefore, comrades, is to push on with our endeavours of revolutionizing our entire society. Concomitant with this, however, must be our ability to identify our class enemies and to...

Training teachers costing taxpayers – NCERD Director

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Training teachers costing taxpayers – NCERD Director

– tutors urged to make full use of instruction Providing professional support to the education system mainly through the training of teachers is a key role of the National Centre for...

Tiwarie’s titularity; Government’s titubation

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Tiwarie’s titularity; Government’s titubation

In the dying hours of last January, the government appointed Brian Tiwarie as its business advisor. One must assume that it is a titular thing. It cannot be an essential function, for the basic...

Sisters Village manslaughter case for summing up today

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sisters Village manslaughter case for summing up today

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry is set to sum up in the trial of Shameer Mohamed at the Georgetown High Court, today. Mohamed is facing a charge of manslaughter for Munrajie Amza, his reputed wife....

Lichfield celebrates latest centenarian

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lichfield celebrates latest centenarian

Lichfield’s latest centenarian, James Barrington Layne Esq., still reads without glasses and credits his long life to his motto of honouring your mother and father. Layne turned 100 on March 27,...

Carpenter remanded on ganja trafficking charge

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Carpenter remanded on ganja trafficking charge

A carpenter was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly trafficking 756 grammes of marijuana. Fifty-three-year-old Steve McNeil...

Mr. Kirton wants the President to punish whistle-blowers

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Kirton wants the President to punish whistle-blowers

Dear Editor, “The fear of the PPP’s cry of witch-hunt by the government has backfired with the LGE results. In what ways did the slow movement towards the prosecution of Jagdeo help the APNU-AFC...

Quoting the Bible to condemn health deficiencies

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting the Bible to condemn health deficiencies

Dear Editor, At eighty five and diabetic I had hoped that, with a change of Government, the health post here at Saxacalli, where I live, would have been provided with a blood sugar machine. To my...

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GBBFF boss reflects on milestones and leadership transition

Democracy thrives on dissent and plurality

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, speaking at an event commemorating the death anniversary... more