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Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Pt. 7…More protection possible for manufacturers without hurting international agreements – Foreign Affairs Minister

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Pt. 7…More protection possible for manufacturers without hurting international agreements – Foreign Affairs Minister

By Kiana Wilburg One of the crucial questions coming out of the debate on Guyana’s ailing manufacturing sector is whether it is possible for some level of protectionism to be had for local...

This has never been a ground like that says Simmons

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on This has never been a ground like that says Simmons

Not getting what he wants to improve Windies cricket By Sean Devers in Trinidad Phill Simmons, the 53 year-old West Indies head Coach said he has played at the Queens Park Oval for many years and has...

Brathwaite receives vote of confidence from Sammy

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite receives vote of confidence from Sammy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – New West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite says he has received a vote of confidence from former skipper Darren Sammy as the regional side prepares to play...

Caribbean Badminton team championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyana defeat Barbados 3-2 & Aruba 5-0 to top Group B

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Badminton team championships 2016 – Aruba…Guyana defeat Barbados 3-2 & Aruba 5-0 to top Group B

The Guyana Badminton Team consisting of SUNBURST’s Narayan Ramdhani, Jonathan Mangra, Priyanna Ramdhani and Ambika Ramraj are currently playing in the Caribbean Badminton Team Championships which...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams planning Massive Career and Business Fair

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams planning Massive Career and Business Fair

The eight cricket teams of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS as part of their Youth Development Campaign would be hosting a Massive Career...

Sharpshooting Pools Competition set for Sunday at Jerries in Grove

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sharpshooting Pools Competition set for Sunday at Jerries in Grove

The Grand Central Pools Bar or as popularly known, Jerries Shop, at Grove on the East bank of Demerara will be the venue for a Sharpshooting Pools Competition on Sunday starting at 3:00pm. All Pools...

SUR includes Berbice affiliate for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SUR includes Berbice affiliate for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

-in bid to challenge for top placing The Super Upcoming Runners (SUR) Athletics Club is hoping to steal a bit of the spotlight at the 2016 Edition of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic,...

Eagles thump High Stars, Shattas earn draw against Botofago; matches continue today

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles thump High Stars, Shattas earn draw against Botofago; matches continue today

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League… As rivalry in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour National Under-17 league motors on,...

RHTY&SC, M.S Town Week…Roraima Airways INC and JR Engineering Solution on board as Official Sponsors

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, M.S Town Week…Roraima Airways INC and JR Engineering Solution on board as Official Sponsors

Roraima Airways of Georgetown and JR Engineering Solutions of New Amsterdam have become the latest cooperate entities to support the efforts of the Cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and...

The Bishops’ High School to be extended

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Bishops’ High School to be extended

South R/veldt Secondary to see some rehabilitative works During the opening of the tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday, at the Ministry of Finance, a...

2013 High Reef murder trial… Son saw father choking mother – court hears

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 2013 High Reef murder trial… Son saw father choking mother – court hears

The murder trial of 34-year-old Prabhudyal Tarchand continued yesterday in the Berbice High Court before Justice JoAnn Barlow and a mixed Jury. Tarchand called “Ramesh, “of High Reef, Albion,...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…WHERE IS THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR?

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…WHERE IS THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR?

By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION A decade plus into the 21st century, the role of our manufacturing sector continues to deteriorate. From a position of 11.2% of GDP under Hoyte, it expanded to 12.4%...

West Demerara man caught with gun on Corentyne Coast remanded to jail

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara man caught with gun on Corentyne Coast remanded to jail

A 36-year-old West Demerara man was nabbed with a gun in a car on Saturday, last, on the Corentyne Coast. Leslie Blackwood of 215 Westminster, West Coast Demerara, was travelling in a White Toyota...

Poor power supply affects eight Region Three wells

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Poor power supply affects eight Region Three wells

Poor power supply is among major challenges facing the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in the delivery of water supply in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region (Region Three). According to...

Critical training to improve Customs Officers’ efficiency underway

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Critical training to improve Customs Officers’ efficiency underway

A major training exercise for Customs Officers is underway, with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) announcing yesterday that performance remains a key focus. According to the authority, the training...

Despite challenges, Blind Society willing to offer CSEC Maths

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Despite challenges, Blind Society willing to offer CSEC Maths

Funding continues to be a major issue in sustaining the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination programme at the Guyana Blind Society. This is according to Coordinator of the...

Plans apace to improve image of GPHC’s Maternity Unit

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plans apace to improve image of GPHC’s Maternity Unit

Even with additional beds in a new facility, the space issue that has faced the Maternity Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is not likely to become a thing of the past. This...

A DIRE NEED FOR AMPLE INCENTIVES

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A DIRE NEED FOR AMPLE INCENTIVES

The Ministry of Agriculture definitely needs to come up with more initiatives to develop that struggling sector which we have acknowledged, ad nauseum, is vital to our existence in so many ways....

People do things to win votes; it’s commonsense

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on People do things to win votes; it’s commonsense

I have heard many persons who support the Coalition Government frown on the PPP’s chastisements and castigations of the Granger/Nagamootoo administration with the bellicose exclamation; “they are...

Public administration is decelerating

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

There are many persons within Diaspora and within Guyana who are asking why has more not been done by the government, considering the goodwill and lack of disruptive protests greeting the...

Region Two RDC approves $4.7B budget for 2017

Aug 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two RDC approves $4.7B budget for 2017

The Region Two Regional Democratic Council at a recent statutory meeting approved its $4.7 billion 2017 budget. On the council’s agenda is to resuscitate the region’s once thriving rice cereal...

THE TRUE IDEOLOGICAL FACE OF 1823 MONUMENT IN 2016

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE TRUE IDEOLOGICAL FACE OF 1823 MONUMENT IN 2016

Dear Editor, The hostile email and face Book narrative purportedly by Dr Melissa Ifill and the Kaieteur article on August 21, 2016 by Freddy Kisoon directed at whether the President was making an...

The real reason behind Jagdeo’s New York outburst

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The real reason behind Jagdeo’s New York outburst

Dear Editor, Former President and now Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharat Jagdeo found himself in a sea of controversy for remarks he made while addressing a public forum in New York, which was...

We must keep trying despite the odds

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must keep trying despite the odds

Dear Editor, This letter addresses all the students who wrote this year’s CSEC examinations not only those who did exceptionally well but also those who may not have gotten their desired results;...

EXTENDING THE EDUCATIONAL FOCUS BEYOND ‘STEM’ TO ‘STEAM’

Aug 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on EXTENDING THE EDUCATIONAL FOCUS BEYOND ‘STEM’ TO ‘STEAM’

Dear Editor, The letter by Mr Hamilton Green in the media recently which rightly lamented the importation of foreign fruits grown abundantly in Guyana appealed to my passion as kitchen gardener and...

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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