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GT All Stars triumph as Canada based Guyanese celebrate Independence Golden Jubilee

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT All Stars triumph as Canada based Guyanese celebrate Independence Golden Jubilee

GT All Stars got the better of Ghetto Youth United 3-2 in a specially arranged soccer match on July 2 to commemorate Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary in Scarborough, Canada. Leading the...

Further delay to GPHC’s Maternity Unit extension… Minister opines legal intervention might be needed

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Further delay to GPHC’s Maternity Unit extension… Minister opines legal intervention might be needed

Legal intervention might be needed on the way forward, after the construction company that was tasked with erecting a new wing at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Maternity Unit,...

Male underachievement continues

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Male underachievement continues

Dear Editor; The results of the National Grade Six Assessment Examinations, previously referred to as the Common Entrance Examination, have revealed that much more needed to be done to reduce...

Forensic audit reports… Cabinet sub-committee continues to peruse for criminal conduct

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit reports… Cabinet sub-committee continues to peruse for criminal conduct

A Cabinet sub-committee that had been established to examine the audit reports for criminal and negligent conduct is continuing its work. Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, told...

NBS wrongful dismissal lawsuit… Director taken to task over sacking of former CEO

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NBS wrongful dismissal lawsuit… Director taken to task over sacking of former CEO

Director of the New Building Society Limited, (NBS), Seepaul Narine, was taken to task yesterday over the protocol used to terminate the employment of former Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of the...

Unpleasant welcome… CJIA official says substandard washroom “a work in progress”

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Unpleasant welcome… CJIA official says substandard washroom “a work in progress”

After an arriving passenger complained earlier this week about the unsatisfactory state of a particular washroom facility at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, a representative of the Airport...

2012 killing of Mahaica trucker…Businessman, alleged hired gunman remanded

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 killing of Mahaica trucker…Businessman, alleged hired gunman remanded

Sookranie Dass watched yesterday as police escorted businessman Amarnauth Bhopaul and the alleged hitman Nanda Kumar Ganesh into the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court to face charges for the murder of her...

Manufacturers meet GRA, Foreign Affairs on importation tax worry

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Manufacturers meet GRA, Foreign Affairs on importation tax worry

Manufacturers said that they are preparing to lobby the Government to lead the process to call on Government to reverse the shutdown of tax-free importation of inputs for the sector. Yesterday, the...

East Dem. sugar estates merger by second crop – GuySuCo CEO

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Dem. sugar estates merger by second crop – GuySuCo CEO

The process of integrating sugar estates at La Bonne Intention (LBI) and Enmore, is set to be completed by the beginning of the second crop scheduled to start later this month. Chief Executive...

Man charged with ‘junkie’ murder

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with ‘junkie’ murder

A man accused of fatally stabbing a “junkie” was yesterday remanded to prison after facing a murder charge, when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

APNU-AFC derailing Parliamentary Democracy – Teixeira

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on APNU-AFC derailing Parliamentary Democracy – Teixeira

Chief Whip of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Gail Teixeira, has expressed her party’s dissatisfaction with the government for not allowing some Bills to go before a parliamentary select...

KEEPING AN EYE ON OBESITY

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Editorial 1

Obesity is arguably becoming a problem in Guyana, but fortunately it has not overtaken our society, at least not yet. But there are more than a few persons in our midst who are obese, and who have...

NBTS in dire need of blood donations – appeals to voluntary donors

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NBTS in dire need of blood donations – appeals to voluntary donors

A need for blood, particularly types O Negative and O Positive, currently exists at the Ministry of Public Health’s National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS). A statement issued by the NBTS states...

Argentina making “significant strides” in fortifying diplomatic ties with Guyana

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Argentina making “significant strides” in fortifying diplomatic ties with Guyana

Argentina’s Ambassador to Guyana, Luis Alberto Martino, during a press briefing yesterday, told media operatives that his Government is making significant strides in strengthening its relations...

GABBFF Senior Championships Space Gym, Status Hotel and Salon J & Spa support

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Senior Championships Space Gym, Status Hotel and Salon J & Spa support

With the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Senior Championships set for this Sunday at the National Cultural Centre from 19:00hrs, a number of corporate citizens have...

Release of NGSA results was not delayed – CEO

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Release of NGSA results was not delayed – CEO

Speculation has surfaced about what could have led to a possible delay in the completion of the marking of the 2016 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). Some reports that have reached this...

PPP-control NDCs is bent on sabotage

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; As a resident of living within the above NDC, I am very much compel to write yet another letter as to what is happening in region 5 and this time around its about the said NDC that being...

Guyana down Jamaica to reach CBC U16 Final Four – play Barbados tonight for shot at title

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana down Jamaica to reach CBC U16 Final Four – play Barbados tonight for shot at title

Guyana downed group leaders Jamaica last night in a game they had to win big to advance to their first Final Four of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 Championships at the Cliff...

Acceptable habits of the American and Canadian

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Acceptable habits of the American and Canadian

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight an unsavory habit that is being practiced by a few foreign missions in Guyana, namely the sponsorship of events such as American Independence Day and Canada...

MFK murder conspiracy… Main witness grilled in cross-examination

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MFK murder conspiracy… Main witness grilled in cross-examination

Lennox Wayne, the prosecution’s main witness in the trial of Police Sergeant Leon Lindo, who is charged for conspiring to murder businessman Mohamed F. Khan, was yesterday intensely cross-examined...

Captains, Coaches disappointed with wash-out game

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Captains, Coaches disappointed with wash-out game

Both Captains and Coaches expressed disappointment with yesterday’s washed out opening round game of the historic Regional Women’s Super50 cricket Tournament between host Guyana and the Windwards...

Kaieteur News should investigate this IDB/EU project

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kaieteur News should investigate this IDB/EU project

Dear Editor; First, I must commend you and your newspaper for the anti-corruption stance you have taken. In any democracy, free speech and the right to question things should be respected and...

“I don’t remember killing my wife and baby,” murder suspect claims – alleged killer to be charged today

Jul 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “I don’t remember killing my wife and baby,” murder suspect claims – alleged killer to be charged today

“I don’t remember killing my wife and baby,” says Suresh Ganesh, who allegedly butchered the two persons and almost hacked off his mother’s right arm at their Lot 57 Best Village, West Coast...

You cannot deny us our pension

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on You cannot deny us our pension

Dear Editor; It was shocked and dismayed when I read the article in your publication re: pensioners who live overseas will be denied their pensions. Is this Minister for real? Does this Minister...

The monocrat and his paladins will never accept democracy

Jul 08, 2016 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The monocrat and his paladins will never accept democracy

A curiously intriguing, little letter appeared in the newspapers a few days ago. Written by a young East Indian Guyanese who lives in the United States, the gentleman, Sean Ori, says that he is...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more