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THE GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD

Aug 07, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD

The 2016 Olympic Games are underway. The Olympic Torch was lit and will remain lit until the Games are over. For the next two weeks, all eyes will be on the Maracana Stadium in Rio Janeiro, Brazil...

Kato School was never certified by supervising firm

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kato School was never certified by supervising firm

-Contractor mislead Min. of Education in progress reports—-consultants By Jarryl Bryan The “completed” works on the Kato Secondary School by Kares Engineering, never received the final stamp of...

UK teachers train 136 local tutors

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UK teachers train 136 local tutors

– Additional training to be offered in Lethem Limited Resource Teacher Training (LRTT), a charitable organization out of United Kingdom (UK) yesterday issued certificates to 136 local teachers...

State Attorney to prosecute Jennifer Westford’s multi-million-dollar fraud case

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News 1

An Attorney-at -Law attached to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP), is scheduled to enter an appearance on behalf of the State in the case for which former Public Service...

Board reinstates Michael Khan as GPHC’s CEO

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Board reinstates Michael Khan as GPHC’s CEO

-Health Minister to “straighten” situation “We can ill afford to have things go wrong at the Georgetown Public Hospital,” said Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton. The Minister was...

Rohee Claims AFC being sidelined by APNU

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee Claims AFC being sidelined by APNU

…Ramjattan says Rohee on campaign to create division General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Clement Rohee, is of the opinion that the policy initiatives of the Alliance for...

What kind of authority Surajbali has at GECOM?

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What kind of authority Surajbali has at GECOM?

My understanding of the nature of GECOM is that it is not a private body although it is independent of Government. I know it is funded by money from the State. If my description is correct then,...

CANU CoI Report unlikely to be made public – Harmon

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CANU CoI Report unlikely to be made public – Harmon

With the full report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into allegations made by alleged self-confessed drug trafficker, Barry Dataram, submitted, it is highly unlikely that this report will be made...

Murder accused granted $0.5M bail

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused granted $0.5M bail

A man who is accused of killing his wife back in 2009 and has been incarcerated since then, has been granted bail following an application by Attorney at Law Mursalene Bacchus. The man,Azam Khan,...

$29 million fraud at GPL …Finance Officer tells court Duncan signed off on cheques payable to himself

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $29 million fraud at GPL …Finance Officer tells court Duncan signed off on cheques payable to himself

Finance Officer of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc, Loris Nathoo, has confirmed that larceny accused and former Vice Chairman of the company, Carvil Duncan, had signed off on the cheques payable to...

Monopoly mek politicians tun thieves

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Monopoly mek politicians tun thieves

This crop of politician, when dem did small dem use to play a game name monopoly. That game had nuff money. It had jail too. De game had a spot when you land pun it, it seh go straight to jail, “Do...

Rio opens Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rio opens Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world last night to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the...

Coach Gilbert satisfied with TFY0 three-week Football Clinic and Training Camp

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach Gilbert satisfied with TFY0 three-week Football Clinic and Training Camp

The Tavel Foundation Youth Organisation (TFYO) launched its 2016 three-week Youth Football Clinic and Training Camp last Tuesday at the Roxanne Burnham Recreational Facility, East Ruimveldt Back Road...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17…Double header and March Past to usher in UDFA leg today

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17…Double header and March Past to usher in UDFA leg today

The commencement of action in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the Guyana Football Federation / NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association League is set...

GASA name 2016 Goodwill Swim Meet Team for St Lucia

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA name 2016 Goodwill Swim Meet Team for St Lucia

D’Andrade defends Emancipation 5k title

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade defends Emancipation 5k title

Guyana’s Trinidad-based, Lionel D’Andrade defended his Emancipation Freedom 5km Run in Sangre Grande, Trinidad in 17:20 with Trinidadians, Colin Pereira second in 17:30 and Joshua James (18:3)...

More sponsors on board for Rose Hall Town Week

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on More sponsors on board for Rose Hall Town Week

Plans to host the biggest and most successful Town Week in the history of Guyana are going full steam ahead as more sponsors come on board for the 46th anniversary celebration of Guyana’s smallest...

Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball…Superior Woods overcome Albion Masters by 60 runs; matches continue tomorrow

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball…Superior Woods overcome Albion Masters by 60 runs; matches continue tomorrow

Superior Woods defeated Albion Masters by 60 runs when the Wolf’s Challenge Cup softball tournament continued on Sunday last. Playing at Malteenoes Sports Club, Superior Woods batted first and...

DCC Annual School Vacation Camp starts on Monday

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC Annual School Vacation Camp starts on Monday

It’s that time again – The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will be hosting its Annual School Vacation Cricket Camp from August 8- 26 at the Club’s ground and pavilion on Lance Gibbs Street,...

Annual Grenville Felix Memorial Cycle Road Race set for Berbice tomorrow

Aug 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Grenville Felix Memorial Cycle Road Race set for Berbice tomorrow

Cycling action will continue in Berbice tomorrow when the Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) in association with the Felix family brings off the 3rd Annual Grenville Felix Memorial 50-mile road race...

Banning student borrowers not supported by the law—President Granger

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Banning student borrowers not supported by the law—President Granger

Despite knowing that “we need the money,” President David Granger is not willing to endorse Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan’s threat to bar University of Guyana loan defaulters from leaving...

Walter Rodney COI Report riddled with unverifiable evidence, fictitious conclusions –Harmon

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney COI Report riddled with unverifiable evidence, fictitious conclusions –Harmon

— it flies in the face of natural justice By: Kiana Wilburg After six hours of debate, Parliamentarians from the Government’s side of the House refused to lend support to the Opposition’s...

Politicking, poor design destroys Hope Canal Bridge

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News 1

The problems associated with the shifting Hope Canal Bridge located at Hope on the East Coast of Demerara, are a result of poor design and not the failure of the contractor, Minister of Agriculture,...

Guyanese soldier tops Physical Instructors’ Course in TT

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese soldier tops Physical Instructors’ Course in TT

Guyana Defence Force 31 Special Forces Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brentnol Carmichael, one of two GDF ranks, was adjudged the Most Outstanding Male, at the conclusion of the 2016 edition of the Physical...

AG meets with reporting entities ahead of FATF/ICRG visit

Aug 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AG meets with reporting entities ahead of FATF/ICRG visit

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, met, yesterday, with insurance companies and brokers as part of ongoing sensitisation meetings in preparation for the Financial Action...

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Boxing Champion Elton Dharry returns to the National Stadium

Where are the next of kin?

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a troubling headline I came across recently, and, trust me, it wasn’t “Meteorite... more