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5,000 housing units, including infrastructural works, to cost $50B – CH&PA Chairman

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 5,000 housing units, including infrastructural works, to cost $50B – CH&PA Chairman

– 80 percent of lots issued over last 5 years still unoccupied – Schemes plagued by incomplete, inadequate infrastructure With over a year and half in office, the David Granger-led...

Charges read to shot robbery suspect in court yard

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charges read to shot robbery suspect in court yard

Eighteen-year-old Mark Anthony yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on a stretcher to answer to several charges instituted against him. Magistrate Delon Bess had to leave his...

Carpenter found dead on Berbice public road

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter found dead on Berbice public road

– Relatives suspect foul play A 26-year-old carpenter was found dead yesterday afternoon on the No 70 Public Road. Dead is Faiyaz Narinedatt, of 36 No. 70 Village, Berbice. Narinedatt...

2008 Bartica massacre trial…Another accused pleads guilty to 12 counts of manslaughter

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 2008 Bartica massacre trial…Another accused pleads guilty to 12 counts of manslaughter

The 2008 Bartica Massacre trial continued to spring its surprises. Yet another accused, Clebert Reece, has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of manslaughter before Justice Roxanne George. On Monday,...

Gunman trails and robs woman outside Grove home

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman trails and robs woman outside Grove home

A Grove, East Bank Demerara woman was left in a state of shock after a gunman in a heavily-tinted car robbed her in front on her home at around 19.00 hrs on Monday. Dolores Thompson says she was held...

Under-pressure GPL announces major plans to ease outages

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Under-pressure GPL announces major plans to ease outages

– new backup transmission lines for city, East Coast, new engines for Bartica, E’bo Two major shutdowns last month that caused outages for hours in Demerara and Berbice will see the Guyana...

Culture Ministry deposits over $367M in special account instead of consolidated fund

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry deposits over $367M in special account instead of consolidated fund

The Office of the Auditor General has flagged the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport for not conforming to financial laws and regulations that mandate the placing of revenues into the Consolidated...

Guyana’s debt profile continues to remain stable

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s debt profile continues to remain stable

…but challenge remains to upkeep sustainability in volatile global economy – Finance Minister By: Kiana Wilburg Under the careful management of the coalition administration, Guyana has been...

Brathwaite, Holder put West Indies in charge

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite, Holder put West Indies in charge

ESPNcricinfo – For the first time on a long, fruitless tour of the UAE, West Indies found themselves ahead in a game, after a stellar century and a spirited bowling effort on the third day in...

Peyton George pockets COURTS annual Golf Tournament

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peyton George pockets COURTS annual Golf Tournament

On Sunday last, as was expected, a highly competitive annual COURTS Golf tournament took place at the Lusignan Golf Club, as a dozen visitors to Guyana for the Guyana international invitational Open...

BM Soat Annual GSSF costume steel challenge match on stream

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on BM Soat Annual GSSF costume steel challenge match on stream

For the second year in a row, BM Soat Auto Sales backed the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation in what has now become an annual costume Steel Challenge shooting match. The themed competition has once...

PCL four-day practice match …Shiv (49), Reifer (68) share unfinished 135 stand as Singh’s XI reach 189-3

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on PCL four-day practice match …Shiv (49*), Reifer (68*) share unfinished 135 stand as Singh’s XI reach 189-3

Veteran West Indies Test player Shiv Chanderpaul (49) and Bajan Raymon Reifer (68) have so far shared in an unfinished 135 –run fourth wicket partnership to see Vishaul Singh’s XI to 189-3 when...

Soldiers begin slow march to third consecutive ISAAC title

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Soldiers begin slow march to third consecutive ISAAC title

-Police facing 42-point deficit with two days left By Edison Jefford The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) extended their lead against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on the second day of the Inter-Services...

Gardner wins ANBF Pro Card

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gardner wins ANBF Pro Card

Flexes to 1st place in open class at Natural Caribbean C/ships Undoubtedly one of the best bodybuilders to come from the Land of Many Waters, Sylvan Gardner has now accomplished another feat in his...

GCB Scotiabank Kiddy tournament …Deonarain leads Marian Academy to victory

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Scotiabank Kiddy tournament …Deonarain leads Marian Academy to victory

By Zaheer Mohamed A fine all-round performance by Romeo Deonarain guided Marian Academy to victory over St. Angela’s when the Georgetown zone of the Guyana Cricket Board Scotiabank Kiddy...

Slingerz FC withdraws from the GFF / Stag Elite League 2016/17

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC withdraws from the GFF / Stag Elite League 2016/17

Kaieteur Sport has accessed a copy of a letter sent to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) informing on the withdrawal of Slingrez FC from the Stag Elite League. We will carry the full text of the...

Saeed Ali is new Junior Chess Champion after brilliant performance

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saeed Ali is new Junior Chess Champion after brilliant performance

Nineteen years old chess player, Saeed Ali, accumulated 6½ points and eventually claimed the top prize when the curtains came down on the Guyana Chess Federation/ Sasha Cells National Junior Chess...

GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships…Pepsi Hikers send ominous warning to opposing teams

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships…Pepsi Hikers send ominous warning to opposing teams

-GCC Pitbulls also impress Pepsi Hikers led by a four-goal spree from the lethal Robert France commenced the defence of their Men’s title with a commanding performance against nemesis GCC Bounty in...

Hamilton’s helmet-trick, Durant and Glasgow’s brace highlight latest round

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton’s helmet-trick, Durant and Glasgow’s brace highlight latest round

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League… Mahaica Determinators cantered to a huge 7-1 triumph over Buxton Youth Developers on account of a helmet-trick off the boot of Julius...

GCB/MOE National School’s Cricket …Singh all-round brilliance gives Chase Academy North title

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/MOE National School’s Cricket …Singh all-round brilliance gives Chase Academy North title

Lenora, Parika also lift zone titles yesterday By Sean Devers Three Zone Finals were played yesterday in the GCB/MOE National Secondary School’s 30 overs cricket competition, with the match of the...

Good oral health can help protect the rest of the body – Dental Surgeon emphasises

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Good oral health can help protect the rest of the body – Dental Surgeon emphasises

Oral health is closely linked to general health; the two cannot be delinked. This assertion was yesterday emphasised by Principal Dental Surgeon attached to the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Shameer...

Trade delegation in Cuba pushes for direct flights, more trade

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trade delegation in Cuba pushes for direct flights, more trade

Some 12 CARICOM member states including Guyana, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados and several OECS countries are among the 75 nations represented at the 34th Havana International Fair...

Conference Center rehab will not draw a cent from national coffers – Public Telecoms Ministry

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Conference Center rehab will not draw a cent from national coffers – Public Telecoms Ministry

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications yesterday released a press statement in an effort to set the record straight on the source of financing for the rehabilitative works to be done of the Author...

Cabinet engages GuySuCo on sugar industry’s future

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet engages GuySuCo on sugar industry’s future

Members of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), yesterday afternoon engaged President David Granger and his Cabinet members on the current status of operations at the...

Just another form of free housing

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Just another form of free housing

The PNC government of the period 1964-1985 had big plans. It had a Development Plan which was aimed at feeding, clothing and housing the nation by 1976. By the time the 1980s rolled by food was in...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more