October 2016

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Webster and Sukhram, Bissessar, dominate at Suriname Open Golf Tournament

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Webster and Sukhram, Bissessar, dominate at Suriname Open Golf Tournament

As if enchanted by her victory at the Digicel Guyana Open in 2015, emerging then as the champion lady golfer in Guyana, Shanella Webster took the Ladies’1st or ‘A’ Flight by storm, in the just...

NBS 40-over cricket continues this weekend

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 40-over cricket continues this weekend

The Georgetown Cricket Association New Building Society 40-over tournament is set to continue this weekend with several matches. On Saturday DCC will host Sophia (Aslyn Lambert and Daniel Richmond),...

NSBF continues today at Sports Hall

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSBF continues today at Sports Hall

-Finals set for Sunday The 2016 National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) has released its weekend schedule as the tournament continues into its second week at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall....

Regal overcome Floodlights by five wickets

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal overcome Floodlights by five wickets

A 109-run fifth-wicket stand between Mahase Chunilall and Eric Thomas prevented a batting collapse and handed Regal Masters a five-wicket victory over Floodlights when the Wolf’s Challenge softball...

BCB/NY Business Group tourney…Blairmont ‘A’ through to quarter finals

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/NY Business Group tourney…Blairmont ‘A’ through to quarter finals

Half centuries by Alex Algoo, Steve Deonarine, Joel Seitaram, Krystof Bahadur, Zameer Inshan, Javid Karim and a six- wicket haul from Nigel Deodat highlighted the latest round of matches in New York...

Umpire Pritipaul George cremated

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpire Pritipaul George cremated

Former President of the West Demerara Cricket Umpires Association Pritipaul George was cremated on Wednesday at Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara. George died suddenly last Saturday following a brief...

Forbes Burnham Award and Mentorship scheme

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forbes Burnham Award and Mentorship scheme

23 more students inducted The Burnham Foundation awarded 23 more students who successfully completed the National Grade Six Assessment examinations this year. The group was inducted on October 2,...

Sector performances underscore need for structural fixes – Finance Minister

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sector performances underscore need for structural fixes – Finance Minister

When it comes to the performance of the economy for the first half of the year, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, is of the view that there is a need for significant improvements going forward. The...

Woman held for Golden Fleece fire

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman held for Golden Fleece fire

Police have taken into custody a female associate of Elton Bacchus whose dwelling was destroyed by a fire that is suspected to be the work of an arsonist. They are awaiting special reports, as well...

City Constab finds rifle in Stabroek Market

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Constab finds rifle in Stabroek Market

Ranks of the City Constabulary unearthed a rifle during a sting operation conducted at Section Seven of Stabroek Market. This is according to Assistant Superintendent of Police, Gordon Langevine, who...

Cuba honors victims of 1976 jetliner bombing

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cuba honors victims of 1976 jetliner bombing

HAVANA – Several hundred people gathered in Cuba’s capital on Thursday to remember the 73 killed in the October 6, 1976, terrorist bombing of a Cubana de Aviacion jet. Civil servants, airline...

Missing girl causes worry for mother

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing girl causes worry for mother

Tishana Fraser, a 16 year old of Lot 254 Lamaha Park, Georgetown disappeared four days ago with Tonza Odessa Armani, a 23-year-old. Tishana’s mother, Sherril Fraser, told this newspaper that her...

MARAD warns of crackdown on unlicensed Bartica river vessels

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD warns of crackdown on unlicensed Bartica river vessels

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) plans to establish a permanent presence in Bartica to tackle the operation of unlicensed river vessels. Acting Harbour Master, Michael Tennant, said that...

Import licenses for chicken

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Import licenses for chicken

Guyana has the pens and the poultry supplies to be self-sufficient throughout the year in chicken. Guyana is generally self–sufficient in chick all year round. The chicken price is relatively high,...

The rarely used President’s Coat of Arms appears at 2016 Investiture

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The rarely used President’s Coat of Arms appears at 2016 Investiture

It is not every day that persons are allowed to see their national symbols in use at State events. However, at last evening’s Investiture Ceremony, the use of the President’s Coat of Arms may...

IS IT WORTH SUBSIDIZING GUYSUCO?

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IS IT WORTH SUBSIDIZING GUYSUCO?

Whenever GUYSUCO is in the news, the nation has to take a deep breath, because it is asking the government to cough up more of the taxpayers’ dollars to keep it afloat. GUYSUCO is on its dying bed...

Linden TC refutes reports of burglary in Mayor’s office

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden TC refutes reports of burglary in Mayor’s office

Town Clerk at the Linden Municipality, Jonellor Bowen, on Wednesday refuted allegations of burglary in the Mayor’s office as was reported in sections of the media recently. According to the Town...

Moses gets Honorary Doctorate…India to set up Centre of Excellence in Guyana; to train 500 professionals

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Moses gets Honorary Doctorate…India to set up Centre of Excellence in Guyana; to train 500 professionals

India (The Hindu) – India has agreed to set up a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) in Guyana, at a cost of US$1M, to train about 500 Guyanese professionals, disclosed Prime...

A day in the life of a shambolic country

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A day in the life of a shambolic country

Living in Guyana is not for the people with ordinary minds. You have to be made of enormous mass of mental fiber to endure life here. I get these police notices to attend court each time the assault...

$8.1M in Jubilee grants handed over to several indigenous communities

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $8.1M in Jubilee grants handed over to several indigenous communities

Residents of several indigenous communities in Region One received Jubilee grants to start projects of their choice, over the weekend. The grants are a part of the government’s effort to help...

West Berbice Education District stages rally

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice Education District stages rally

The Region Five Education Department, last Tuesday, held a mass rally at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice for schools between Bush Lot and Ithaca under the theme: IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE THROUGH...

Oncologist preaches early detection, proper treatment to combat cancer

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Oncologist preaches early detection, proper treatment to combat cancer

“Cancer treatment is very expensive,” said Oncologist, Dr. Carl Niamatali, as he stressed the importance of early detection as a means of helping to reduce the financial impact of the disease on...

‘We Shall Never Forget Them’—says President Granger

Oct 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We Shall Never Forget Them’—says President Granger

…As Guyana Commemorates 40th Anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster Guyana observed yet another anniversary of the 1976 bombing of the Cubana 455 aircraft that left 73 persons dead, 57 Cubans, 11...

Accused murderers cross examine key witness in Berbice businessman murder PI

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accused murderers cross examine key witness in Berbice businessman murder PI

– After lawyer withdraws service Rocky Profitt, the main witness in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Berbice businessman, Shameer Ali Mursalin, faced several questions from two...

The Government is proactively preparing for oil production

Oct 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government is proactively preparing for oil production

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Natural Resources has noted the perspectives and opinions expressed by members of the public on how the country should be preparing for the oil and gas sector. The...

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Kaieteur Sports – The Limacol WCPL yesterday confirmed the overseas players who will represent franchises in the upcoming season, with a host of international stars from South Africa, Australia,...

Constitutional reform and the absence of political will

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is quite entitled to be unimpressed by the pace of the present Constitutional Reform Commission. In a recent letter, he compared the performance of the Carl Singh-led Commission with that of the 1999 Commission and concluded that the present body, after more...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The $1.4B Port Kaituma Wharf

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(Kaieteur News) – My position on Hon Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill relative to the MV Barima tragedy is well known. Calls for his resignation or termination is mistaking a sardine for a shark. The tragedy is bigger than a minister (or two), bigger than the Cabinet. It reaches to...

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