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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...

Guyana’s popularity as a tourism destination improving

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s popularity as a tourism destination improving

Guyana has seen an 11.6 percent increase in tourist arrivals as of September 2016, over the corresponding period last year, according to Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth...

Africanized bees create havoc at City Court

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Africanized bees create havoc at City Court

Several persons attending hearings in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday were sent running for cover after a swarm of Africanized bees went wild, viciously attacking anyone in proximity;...

Cattle farmer survives home invasion

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmer survives home invasion

A resident of Catherina’s Lust, West Coast Berbice, is happy to be alive after what is believed to be an attempted robbery, was thwarted by his neighbours on Monday night last. Fifty-year-old...

CARICOM hosts one-day CSME education workshop

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM hosts one-day CSME education workshop

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says it continues its drive to ensure that key stakeholders are knowledgeable about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and its significant...

Customs broker testifies to forging signature of alleged drug trafficker

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Customs broker testifies to forging signature of alleged drug trafficker

A customs broker testified to forging the signature of an alleged drug trafficker on several shipping documents to export frozen seafood in which over 20 pounds of cocaine were discovered earlier...

New GPC bids highest for GPHC procurement contract

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC bids highest for GPHC procurement contract

Bids were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on Main Street yesterday. These tenders were for the procurement of medical supplies for the Georgetown Public...

Former UNDP official chosen as Central Housing chief

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former UNDP official chosen as Central Housing chief

After several months of interviewing, it appears that the all-important Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has chosen a new chief. Yesterday, the Board of Directors approved Lelon...

In Guyana, white collar scandals are never born

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

Only Pelé in Brazil stands between him and the crown of being the greatest footballer that ever lived. Lionel Messi of Argentina is as phenomenal as that. Yet as an international superstar, he and...

Guyana seeking to promote agri tourism

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeking to promote agri tourism

The Ministry of Tourism is seeking to craft a policy to boost agriculture tourism, and create awareness of the sector’s importance. Director General of Tourism, Donald Sinclair explained that at...

An absence of lateral thinking

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on An absence of lateral thinking

Education has historically played a critical role in the development of Guyana. It has imparted knowledge and skills and has empowered the people to solve everyday problems in society. It has...

Trinidad blast victim to be flown home to Guyana

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad blast victim to be flown home to Guyana

Trinidad (Newsday) – An autopsy done on the body of Keshwar Ragoobeer, a Guyanese national who died in an explosion at his Longdenville workplace on Friday, has confirmed that he suffered...

Management of industrial estates to move from NICIL to Business Ministry by year end

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Management of industrial estates to move from NICIL to Business Ministry by year end

As part of its 2016 to 2020 Strategic Plan, the Ministry of Business will be assuming the management responsibility of the Belvedere, Eccles, Lethem and Coldingen industrial estates, currently...

Oral Health Month launched

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Oral Health Month launched

– emphasis on promotion through education Under the theme “promoting oral health through education,” the Ministry of Public Health’s Dental Services yesterday launched Oral Health Month....

Two charged in connection with Stabroek News photographer’s stolen camera

Nov 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged in connection with Stabroek News photographer’s stolen camera

Two men yesterday appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of corrupt transaction. Jevon Patterson and Rommel Guttery were granted bail to the tune of $50,000 each, after it was...

My position is that Guyana’s future is linked to sugar

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My position is that Guyana’s future is linked to sugar

Dear Editor, The current APNU/AFC administration need to seriously reconsider its position regarding the sugar industry and by extension sugar workers which despite the challenges still remain the...

Ideas for embracing the elderly in national development

Nov 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ideas for embracing the elderly in national development

Dear Editor, Editor’s note; this concludes Mr. Prince’ correspondence carried in our Saturday edition. We carried it in our edition yesterday but unfortunately, it was truncated Interestingly in...