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3-day closure for works on Carifesta Ave., Railway Embankment

Jun 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 3-day closure for works on Carifesta Ave., Railway Embankment

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday announced that Carifesta Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from today, June 29, 2016 to Friday, July 1, 2016. This closure will be to...

Guyana aims to submit EITI membership application in Nov.

Jun 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana aims to submit EITI membership application in Nov.

The Ministry of Natural Resources aims to submit its application for membership to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in November. Ana Maria Rodriguez, a consultant from the...

Sam Hinds on the fuel license cancellation

Jun 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sam Hinds on the fuel license cancellation

Dear Editor; A Government can end a licence for good cause and according to set procedures which seek to assure fair play. In this regard, the Government needs to state its position on the article in...

Consultations on copyright legislation underway

Jun 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Consultations on copyright legislation underway

Consultations on copyright legislation have commenced with both government and private sector stakeholders. This is to provide a better environment for people in the creative arts industries,...

Guyana partners with FAO in better land management project

Jun 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana partners with FAO in better land management project

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) will be partnering with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (UNFAO) to implement a Sustainable Land Development and Management...

Courts contributes to CARICOM 10km Road Race

Jun 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts contributes to CARICOM 10km Road Race

Courts Guyana Inc., who are no strangers to 10km Road Races in Guyana, will be partnering with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ministry of Education – Department of Culture, Youth and Sport and the...

King’s privacy, the lady’s store and the fault, Dear Brutus

Jun 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

One of the sickening flaws of Homo sapiens is selfishness. It is as if humans are so possessed of selfishness that they are unfit to be classified as higher animals. A dog would love you without any...

Assuria Insurance supports Enterprise CC Legends

Jun 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Assuria Insurance supports Enterprise CC Legends

Assuria Life-Pensions-Fire and General Insurance Company has supported the Enterprise Cricket Club Legends on their trip to Suriname this weekend. The company, which provides services in Life, home,...

Human development challenges emphasised in new Report

Jun 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Human development challenges emphasised in new Report

The Region of Latin America and the Caribbean requires a renewed focus on public policy to deal with current challenges, as well as to sustain, consolidate and continue with past achievements in...

Plight of a 17 year old on remand

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plight of a 17 year old on remand

Dear Editor; Over the past five to six weeks, amidst the highpoints of the National jubilee celebrations, we who still live here were all too conscious of some high profile crimes and naturally, the...

The Social Partnership Option for National Development

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Social Partnership Option for National Development

Dear Editor; There are many voices calling national dialogue with the major political parties and interest groups to forge a consensus for national social and economic development. Here are a few...

Decent, normal minds do not do these things

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Decent, normal minds do not do these things

How could you argue for a cricketer who was dropped after failure in a five-Test series in which his average wasn’t even 20? You are bound to be greeted with the utterance; “How can you defend...

Points the GTU President conveniently ignored

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor I note with worry and also much anger the replies of GTU President Mark Lyte and one George Cave in the print media recently regarding my letters in the press which highlighted the high...

Charity thump Cotton Field to set up final showdown with Wakapoa- Region 2

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charity thump Cotton Field to set up final showdown with Wakapoa- Region 2

By Zaheer Mohamed in Essequibo Charity Secondary moved one step closer to retain their Region Two crown with a comprehensive 4-2 victory over Cotton Field Secondary when the Digicel National...

Waiting in vain for that which should be given

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; I have applied several times on behalf of poor residents in my community and also for members of my church for birth, death and marriage certificates, but the wait is very long. I...

Guyana already has parking meters

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana already has parking meters

Why are people saying that parking meters are being introduced in Georgetown? Georgetown already has parking meters. Georgetown has human parking meters. If you park outside of New Thriving on Main...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 – Bartica Beacon and Rising Stars make it two in a row

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 – Bartica Beacon and Rising Stars make it two in a row

Beacon and Rising Stars Football Clubs recorded their second win in as many matches when the Bartica Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 League...

Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Sec. hit six past Paruima -an ominous warning to all contenders

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Sec. hit six past Paruima -an ominous warning to all contenders

By Rawle Welch Three-time losing finalist of the Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Secondary (formerly Waramadong) sent an ominous warning to all that this year could mark the...

Questionable Sports Awards to GCB and Sanasie

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questionable Sports Awards to GCB and Sanasie

Dear Editor; It is my firm opinion that awards of any sort must be based on established criteria that involve legitimacy, performance and transparency. Awardees must be selected on the basis of...

Andrew Arts Memorial’ chess tournament HiFeng Su,Pedro Joshua register double upsets but tournament still wide open

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andrew Arts Memorial’ chess tournament HiFeng Su,Pedro Joshua register double upsets but tournament still wide open

HiFeng Su retained his rich vein of form and one day after defeating veteran player, Errol Tiwari, replicated the feat with an upset victory over Anthony Drayton to signal an ominous intention to...

Deportee found guilty of trying to kill “Bully”

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee found guilty of trying to kill “Bully”

Hansel Andre Lewis, called “Smiley” “Hansel” and “Andre”, was found guilty of attempted murder committed on New Year’s morning, 2013 in New Amsterdam, Berbice. He was on trial in the...

Businessman refutes fuel smuggling claim

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman refutes fuel smuggling claim

Former Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) Chairman and businessman, Vic Oditt, is refuting claims that Potaro Fuel Supplies Inc, a firm he now spearheads, is involved in fuel smuggling activities of...

Controversy Continues at Region Five RDC

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

The Region Five Region Democratic Council continues to be plagued by controversy, and there seems no end in sight. Regional Chairman, Vickchand Ramphal, has been accused of disrespecting President...

FATF to visit Guyana to verify AML/CFT reform

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on FATF to visit Guyana to verify AML/CFT reform

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to visit Guyana to confirm the country’s progress made in the implementation of required reforms. The reforms to be...

Tax reform report… Gov’t may lower P.A.Y.E– Pres. Granger

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tax reform report… Gov’t may lower P.A.Y.E– Pres. Granger

On January 18, last, the Tax Reform Committee submitted its report to the government. In the report, were recommendations for sweeping changes. However, there has been little word on the...