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NIS to receive $5.6B loan for CLICO fallout

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NIS to receive $5.6B loan for CLICO fallout

Government has announced a $5.6B long-term loan for the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), to help the entity recover its investments in the now bankrupt Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO). Today,...

Jagdeo continues to prove he has no genuine concern for Guyana’s development

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News 5

…Mischievous letter to Norway will bear no fruit By Abena Rockcliffe “Jagdeo choose to run to foreign authorities as if (Guyana is) supposed to be slapped around and disciplined. His moves are...

Pit-bulls kill one, injure two

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News 2

A Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) woman ran from her home early yesterday after her four pit bulls ran out of the yard and killed a man before attacking two others in the village. When this...

Discovered Cessna aircraft had false US markings

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Discovered Cessna aircraft had false US markings

A Cessna aircraft discovered hidden near a Region Nine airstrip had false registration markings, a top Government official said yesterday. The aircraft was discovered Wednesday morning after security...

GuySuCo to plant rice on 485 acres at Wales Estate

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News 2

-pilot project to help diversification programme, says CEO The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is moving to convert 485 acres of lands at Wales Estate to plant rice. The move, according to Chief...

FATF/CFATF pleased with Guyana’s progress in short period

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on FATF/CFATF pleased with Guyana’s progress in short period

A team that is in Guyana to assess progress with the implementation of new anti-money laundering laws is pleased with the steps taken. Assessor from the Americas Regional Review Group (ARRG)...

PI into KNews grenade attack…Cop testifies to taking statement from accused

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on PI into KNews grenade attack…Cop testifies to taking statement from accused

-also called as witness in Voir Dire Detective Sergeant Rodwell Sarrabo, yesterday testified about a statement he took from Alfie Garraway- one of the three men-accused of lobbing a grenade against a...

Contractors mekking profit at Govt expense

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Contractors mekking profit at Govt expense

Jagdeo and he boys really spoil dem contractors. Dem had a law that seh a contractor can bid pun how much project he want. And he can win how much contract de government want to give him. Like de...

Govt. Approves $17M to begin works on damaged Supenaam Stelling

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. Approves $17M to begin works on damaged Supenaam Stelling

The damaged Supenaam stelling is expected to benefit from repairs in the nearest of time as the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has secured $17M to begin repairs on...

SOCU will not be removed from GPF jurisdiction – Harmon

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU will not be removed from GPF jurisdiction – Harmon

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has made it clear that there has been no Cabinet decision to place the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) under the superintendence of the Ministry of Legal Affairs....

Tribunal to investigate Carvil Duncan sworn in

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tribunal to investigate Carvil Duncan sworn in

-President says administration committed to due process The members for the Tribunal, appointed by President David Granger to inquire, investigate and recommend whether Carvil Duncan, Chairman and...

New Guyana Ambassador among 11 envoys received by Chinese President

Sep 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Guyana Ambassador among 11 envoys received by Chinese President

Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials of 11 new ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday. The ambassadors, according to news from the China.org...

This team gets hungry once game time arrives – Adonis

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on This team gets hungry once game time arrives – Adonis

Preparations around 75-80% complete By Rawle Welch Guyana’s ‘Green Machine’ has intensified preparations ahead of their clash against Mexico for the Rugby Americas (RAN) Cup slated to be staged...

Shabazz shortlist 55 for Round 3 of Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shabazz shortlist 55 for Round 3 of Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016

To face host Suriname on Oct. 8 and Jamaica on Oct. 11 here Head Coach of the Men’s National Team, ‘Golden Jaguars’, Jamaal Shabazz has announced a provisional list of 55-players local and...

Good Success, SS Jaguars triumph

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good Success, SS Jaguars triumph

Good Success and Sans Souci Jaguars recorded victories when the Badri Prasad Memorial T20 tournament commenced on Sunday last in Wakenaam. Good Success defeated Zeelandia by 109 runs at the Wakenaam...

National U19 Captain’s conduct on tour must be investigated

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U19 Captain’s conduct on tour must be investigated

As a cricket administrator, I was extremely disturbed by a damning official report against Guyana’s national Under-19 Captain following the conclusion of the WICB U-19 tournament held in St....

T&T National U-20 on one-week training camp in Guyana

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T National U-20 on one-week training camp in Guyana

to play Alpha United today and Elite League All-Stars tomorrow The Trinidad and Tobago National U-20 squad is in Guyana on a one-week training camp in preparation for the Under-20 Cup, scheduled for...

GFF suspends Slingerz FC President Javed Ali

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF suspends Slingerz FC President Javed Ali

Club seek support of fellow Elite clubs to overturn decision The Guyana Football Federation in a show of muscle flexing has suspended the President and owner of Guyana’s leading club side, Slingerz...

Elite League Clubs accuse GFF of High Hand Approach

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elite League Clubs accuse GFF of High Hand Approach

Unilaterally set rule changes deemed illegal, clubs not prepared to play The eight Elite League Clubs of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has accused the governing body’s executive committee of...

SS Jaguars and G Square Cavaliers clash in Dunbar T20 final on Sunday

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SS Jaguars and G Square Cavaliers clash in Dunbar T20 final on Sunday

Sans Souci Jaguars and G Square Cavaliers will clash in the final of the Kelly Dunbar T20 competition on Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground in Good Success. A keen contest is anticipated...

GMR&SC Int’l Drag Race Meet…Daby’s super-charged Supra touted as game changer

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Int’l Drag Race Meet…Daby’s super-charged Supra touted as game changer

As the rivalry between Guyana and Suriname heats up, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) – organised October 2 International Drag Race Meet should produce some fiery...

Floodlights and Cavaliers clash in T20 fixture tomorrow night at DCC

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights and Cavaliers clash in T20 fixture tomorrow night at DCC

A keen contest is anticipated tomorrow night when city side Floodlights face G Square Cavaliers of Wakenaam in a T20 fixture at the Demerara Cricket Club ground. Former Test batsman Travis Dowlin and...

‘Forgotten Youths’ lay the ‘Foundation’ for future successes

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Forgotten Youths’ lay the ‘Foundation’ for future successes

By Michael Benjamin The old adage to ‘train a child the way he should grow so that when he advances in age he will not depart from it’ still rings true today centuries after it was first...

TO DO OR NOT

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on TO DO OR NOT

I write with reference to two articles written by Mr. Rawle Welch which were published in the Kaieteur News of the 5th September, 2016 and 8th September, 2016. I have always advised persons not to...

Sarwan retires from cricket at Alma mater

Sep 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan retires from cricket at Alma mater

Stella Marris Primary gives cricketer hero’s welcome Yesterday at the Stella Marris Primary school in Woolford Avenue, former Guyana and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan’s career came full...