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Local banks repeat foreign currency shortage claims

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local banks repeat foreign currency shortage claims

…but Central Bank insists otherwise Even though the Government and the Central Bank have said since last year that there is no shortage of foreign currency, consumers continue to experience a...

Guyana likely to get Law School by 2018

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana likely to get Law School by 2018

There has been an amplified call for the setting up of a local Law School over the past several years and finally the government of Guyana has made a concrete step in the direction of making such an...

$50M in medical supplies, equipment lost in Patentia blaze

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $50M in medical supplies, equipment lost in Patentia blaze

– arson suspected Fifty million dollars in consumable medical supplies were destroyed in a fire, suspected to be arson, at a bond in Patentia Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, around 07:00...

GNBA headless and lost – Members

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA headless and lost – Members

The image of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) continues to go from bad to worse. Officials within the Authority told this newspaper yesterday that they are peeved at the fact that a...

Delays being experienced under all Exim Bank-funded projects – Finance Minister

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Delays being experienced under all Exim Bank-funded projects – Finance Minister

During a recently held bilateral meeting with the Export Import (Exim) Bank of India, Finance Minister Winston Jordan disclosed that delays are being experienced under all projects funded by the...

‘Frenchie’ remanded for 2009 murder of reputed wife

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Frenchie’ remanded for 2009 murder of reputed wife

After almost eight years on the run, Charles ‘Frenchie’ Chapman was yesterday remanded to prison for the March 12, 2009 murder of his reputed wife, Savitri Arjune. The now 61-year-old Chapman was...

Selection of new GECOM chairman…I am not prepared to repeat decade-plus breach of Constitution – Granger

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Selection of new GECOM chairman…I am not prepared to repeat decade-plus breach of Constitution – Granger

President David Granger yesterday said that the Constitution is very clear on the matter of the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and that he is committed to...

Trump and Jagdeo is birds of a feather

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trump and Jagdeo is birds of a feather

Dem boys hear Jagdeo send congratulations to Trump before Soulja Bai. And was something dem boys find strange. Is only now dem understand. Any man who don’t have shame is a dangerous person. Donald...

No paid parking on National Holidays

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No paid parking on National Holidays

As the landscape of the city of Georgetown is being transformed by the installment of Parking Meters, motorists should note that they will not be charged to park in the Capital on any of the National...

Bandits invade newly-opened supermarket at Belvedere

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits invade newly-opened supermarket at Belvedere

Just a few weeks after opening their new business to the public, a young Chinese couple, owners of the ‘Good Life Supermarket’ located along the Belvedere Public Road, Corentyne, was on Wednesday...

Justice Claudette Singh receives Senior Counsel award

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Claudette Singh receives Senior Counsel award

President David Granger yesterday presented Justice Claudette Singh with her Commission of Appointment as Senior Counsel. Justice Singh was recently named among the nine legal practitioners to be...

Jaguar’s super50 practice match

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguar’s super50 practice match

4-35 from Motie and fifties from Tagenarine Chanderpaul & Crandon highlight upset Fifties from Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Royston Crandon and a four-wicket haul from left-arm spinner Gudakesh...

Three matches set for Guyana as West Indies host Pakistan

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three matches set for Guyana as West Indies host Pakistan

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies and Pakistan Cricket Boards have agreed to play three Tests, three One-Day-Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in the Caribbean from Monday, March 27 to...

GFF Statement on Club’s participation in 2017 Caribbean Club Championship

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Statement on Club’s participation in 2017 Caribbean Club Championship

Following is a statement issued by the Guyana Football federation on the withdrawal of participation by CONCACAF of Slingerz and Alpha United from the Caribbean Club Championship. CONCACAF has...

Kendall Union Sports Club receives more sports gear

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kendall Union Sports Club receives more sports gear

With the rainy weather in full flow at the moment, most outdoor activities are being affected. As such a number of sporting organisations are making use of the time to do other things, such as...

Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet officially off

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet officially off

The Guyana Cup rematch Horserace meet, which was rescheduled from the 1st January to a date in February due to the inclement weather, has now been officially called off. That is the word from...

Blairmont Cricket Club U-15 in practice matches

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Cricket Club U-15 in practice matches

Blairmont Cricket Club of West Bank Berbice has begun preparations for the 2017 cricket season. The U-15 cricket team recently played three matches winning all. Wicketkeeper batsman Farook Subhan has...

Alpha and Slingerz booted from Caribbean Club Championship by CONCACAF Players on the breadline as clubs face dissolution

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha and Slingerz booted from Caribbean Club Championship by CONCACAF Players on the breadline as clubs face dissolution

Football in Guyana has been thrown into another unforeseen dark era with the official booting of Slingerz Football Club and Alpha United Football Club from participation in the Caribbean Club...

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