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Walter Roth Museum relocation on hold

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Roth Museum relocation on hold

No decision will be made on the relocation of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, until consultations have been had with the museum staff and stakeholders, including the leaders of the 212...

Drug bond contract…Jagdeo accuses Govt. of cover-up

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drug bond contract…Jagdeo accuses Govt. of cover-up

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is accusing members of the appointed Cabinet sub-committee – Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Raphael...

Impart knowledge vital for game’s survival – Paul Wintz at MSC camp

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Impart knowledge vital for game’s survival – Paul Wintz at MSC camp

The Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) cricket camp continued yesterday with Guyana Amazon Warriors fast bowling all-rounder Paul Wintz engaging the participants on social development and the art of fast...

The 1995 Lorenzo Withrite led U-20 Team was the First to Play on American Territory

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The 1995 Lorenzo Withrite led U-20 Team was the First to Play on American Territory

According to Statistician Charwayne Walker, It was mentioned that the 2016 National Under-15 team presently participating at the Central American Basketball Under-15 Tournament in Puerto Rico is the...

Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo, governor calls for unity

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo, governor calls for unity

(Reuters) Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike brought the Olympic flag to Japan from Brazil on Wednesday and called for all parties to work together to host a successful Summer Games in 2020. Koike, who was...

Regal Sports T20 softball set for September

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports T20 softball set for September

Regal Sports will be hosting its inaugural T20 softball tournament starting in September in Georgetown. The tournament will be played on a round robin basis in the open and over-45 categories with no...

Guyana to learn from T&T on pitfalls of oil industry

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to learn from T&T on pitfalls of oil industry

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are ramping up efforts to collaborate on this country’s development of the oil and gas sector. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, and Minister of Energy...

Guyana win U-13 Boys’, Girls’ silver in Caribbean Pre-Cadet TT C/ships -U-11 Girls win bronze

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana win U-13 Boys’, Girls’ silver in Caribbean Pre-Cadet TT C/ships -U-11 Girls win bronze

The final points standing in the Boys’ Under-13 competition at the Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championship that is currently being played at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in...

GPSU to consider final Gov’t offer on salary increases

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU to consider final Gov’t offer on salary increases

Yesterday, the Government of Guyana (GOG) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) concluded discussions on Wages and Salaries for Public Servants within the Bargaining Unit for 2016. According to...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League Topp XX hammer Amelia’s Ward

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League Topp XX hammer Amelia’s Ward

Taking on the mantle of leadership from the front, Topp XX’s Captain Emanuel Atkins blasted a hat-trick to lead his side to a thumping 6-0 win over Amelia’s Ward Panthers when play in the Upper...

Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Pt 8…Opposition Leader recommends energy concessions, special tax rates to help locals

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Pt 8…Opposition Leader recommends energy concessions, special tax rates to help locals

To improve the competitiveness of local manufacturers, former President and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo suggests that energy concessions and special tax rates should be implemented....

Man shot in front of Camp St. prison identified

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot in front of Camp St. prison identified

The man who was fatally shot in front of the Camp Street Prison, last Friday, has been identified as 24-year-old Shane Scipio, a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s...

OUR ATHLETES DESERVE SUPPORT

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OUR ATHLETES DESERVE SUPPORT

The Games of the XXXI Olympiad held in Rio de Janeiro are over; the torch is out and will be lit again in 2020 in Tokyo. From the Olympics emerged the three outstanding athletes; Usain Bolt in track...

I have written the JSC on the trial of Kwame McCoy et al

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

The press cannot report on court hearings that are ongoing. The court takes a serious view of that, and contempt proceedings are likely to occur. In the United States, there is a completely different...

GTU representative belatedly dropped from Education COI

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GTU representative belatedly dropped from Education COI

A key education stakeholder – the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) – has been dropped from the Ministry of Education’s Commission of Inquiry (COI). At the commencement of the COI, a...

A lesson not learnt

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A lesson not learnt

A Minister has learnt a lesson. So he says! There are people in Guyana who are keen to ensure that he is taught a lesson: that he is punished for the controversial contract that was signed by his...

Georgetown Franchise players are asked to assemble at DCC today

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Franchise players are asked to assemble at DCC today

Members of the Georgetown team slated to participate in the three-day Jaguars Franchise League which starts tomorrow are asked to assemble at the Demerara Cricket Club at 16:00hrs today for a...

Police urged to do better, to win back civilians’ trust

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police urged to do better, to win back civilians’ trust

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Report, sourcing information from the Government of Guyana’s Justice System Strategy 2006–2010, stated that an estimated 90 percent...

Another beaten ‘bandit’ remanded

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another beaten ‘bandit’ remanded

—also charged for illegal gun Collis Amos, the other man who was severely beaten by residents of North Ruimveldt after he and his alleged accomplice Patrick Goodluck attempted to rob a resident...

Former Health Minister to know fate today

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Health Minister to know fate today

…on insulting language charge Former Minister of Health under the PPP administration, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran who is before the court on a charge of using insulting language is expected to know his fate...

Violent behaviour in our society must be eradicated – Ramjattan

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News 1

– Corrective measures initially aimed at 20 communities The Community Crime and Violence Prevention component of the Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) was launched yesterday...

Under 16 Boxers set for Pepsi Mike Parris action Sunday

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Under 16 Boxers set for Pepsi Mike Parris action Sunday

Under-16 boxers will be involved in pitched battles when competition in the Pepsi sponsored Mike Parris tournament continues on Sunday at the National Gymnasium starting at 1:00pm. President of the...

Essequibo Volleyball Association aims at streamlining an Essequibo team

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo Volleyball Association aims at streamlining an Essequibo team

On Tuesday, executives of the Essequibo Volleyball Association, along with young volleyball enthusiasts from Capoey Mission, Mainstay, Waramuri, a community in Region One and Bartica participated in...

Commonwealth offers to help improve public service

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth offers to help improve public service

– 55 indentified for first batch in Staff College Guyana has received several offers of assistance to improve the country’s public service. The disclosures were made yesterday by Minister of...

Rising Sun Turf Club President Cup Horserace meet set for Sunday Over $7.5M up for grabs

Aug 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Turf Club President Cup Horserace meet set for Sunday Over $7.5M up for grabs

A number of leading racehorses have taken entry, while a number of major companies are on board for the second edition for the real President Cup Horserace meet set for this Sunday at the Rising Sun...

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The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more