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Stalemate in selection for new GECOM chief as Surujbally departs

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Stalemate in selection for new GECOM chief as Surujbally departs

The search for a new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is at a stalemate with another meeting between Government and the Opposition described as “futile” by the latter....

Ministerial team visit…Region 8 officials to monitor repairs of $1B unfinished Kato school

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministerial team visit…Region 8 officials to monitor repairs of $1B unfinished Kato school

A Ministerial team on Saturday visited the Kato Secondary School in Region Eight, to get a firsthand look at the state of the building and what needs to be done to make it operational. The team...

Kim Jong Un ‘ordered’ half brother’s killing, South Korean intelligence says

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kim Jong Un ‘ordered’ half brother’s killing, South Korean intelligence says

(CNN) Two North Korean ministries orchestrated the plot to kill Kim Jong Nam on the orders of his half-brother, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency has said. Lawmakers in...

‘Unidentified’ Stabroek murder victim is Top Cop’s brother

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Unidentified’ Stabroek murder victim is Top Cop’s brother

A body that had been lying at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for the past two weeks has finally been identified as the brother of top cop, Commissioner Seelall Persaud. This would...

Fire destroys Buxton bakery

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Buxton bakery

Proprietor blames 23-year-old land dispute A fire, suspected to be arson, destroyed a well known bakery at Lot 33 Middle Walk, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) around 01:00hrs yesterday. A little...

Guyanese teen designs App to reverse decline in Maths

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teen designs App to reverse decline in Maths

The internet is the new tool being utilised to improve the Mathematics grades of students sitting the National Grade Six Assessment. An online application was launched yesterday, by the Science,...

GTT launches LTE 4G internet in Region Two

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT launches LTE 4G internet in Region Two

Persons living on the Essequibo Coast now have the opportunity to connect, and keep up with the Caribbean, and the world at large, all thanks to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s new LTE...

UN names Norwegian to mediate in Guyana, Venezuela border controversy

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UN names Norwegian to mediate in Guyana, Venezuela border controversy

Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, yesterday announced the appointment of Dag Halvor Nylander of Norway as his Personal Representative on the border controversy between...

Jagdeo is a fake

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo is a fake

Yesterday Jagdeo try to put Guyana pun de map. But as everybody know he does do dem things fuh de wrang reason. He try to mek friends with Donald Trump because since Trump win de elections he,...

Smalta U14 Indoor Hockey League…Marian Academy use homecourt to perfection

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smalta U14 Indoor Hockey League…Marian Academy use homecourt to perfection

The Smalta U14 Indoor Hockey League continued the action last Friday at Marian Academy. The Marian Academy facility is the largest being used for the league and is able to accommodate two courts. In...

West Dem Secondary beat St Cuthbert’s in low scoring contest …

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Dem Secondary beat St Cuthbert’s in low scoring contest …

Face E’bo district winner on Friday By Sean Devers The Amerindian Village of St Cuthbert’s Mission, 30 minutes off the Linden Highway was a hive of activity yesterday as the largest crowd to...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Is this a hostile takeover of Berbice cricket?

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Is this a hostile takeover of Berbice cricket?

Dear Editor, On December 29th, 2014, the Berbice Cricket Board held its last Biannual General Meeting, when Anil Beharry of the Young Warriors Cricket Club, succeeded Keith Foster of the Rose Hall...

Milo 18 and under Schools Football Tournament…Morgan’s hammer St. John’s College 13-0

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo 18 and under Schools Football Tournament…Morgan’s hammer St. John’s College 13-0

-Masters Academy also impress Play in the Milo 18 and under Schools Football Tournament continued over the past weekend with matches played at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue....

Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Millington strikes thrice to secure Tigers final berth

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Millington strikes thrice to secure Tigers final berth

-Police subdue Winners attempt to resist arrest Devon Millington struck thrice in the space of 18 minutes to secure Western Tigers 3-2 triumph over Santos and a place in Saturday’s final of this...

Guyana’s basketball continues on historical path

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s basketball continues on historical path

-Under-18 3X3 team lose in FIBA Final Guyana’s Under-18 3X3 basketball team played unbeaten up until the final where they lost 8-9 to Martinique yesterday to create history in the International...

Congratulations to National Cricket Coach Crandon

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Congratulations to National Cricket Coach Crandon

National cricket Coach Esuan Crandon & his wife Lestra at the renewal of vows ceremony on Saturday night last. Kaieteur Sports congratulates the couple on this wonderful occasion.

Weekly GFF-Scotiabank grassroots sessions begin in Berbice

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weekly GFF-Scotiabank grassroots sessions begin in Berbice

New Amsterdam: Young boys and girls in New Amsterdam enjoyed fun football drills with free coaching at the first GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centre (ATC) grassroots session in Berbice on Saturday...

Thunder, Mix Up chalk wins

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thunder, Mix Up chalk wins

Thunder and Mix Up emerged champions of the Faye Joseph and Mark Wiltshire dominoes tournaments which were played simultaneously on Sunday night at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Thunder marked 76...

Faye Joseph retained as GDA President

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Faye Joseph retained as GDA President

Faye Joseph was re-elected unopposed as President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association when the body held its Annual General Meeting and Elections on Sunday at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt....

Night Court concludes after six months in operation

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Night Court concludes after six months in operation

-Five Magistrates successfully attack backlog The five Magistrates who were assigned to tackle the backlog of cases, have managed to complete a great deal of work. After almost six months in...

IMPACT OF TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER

Feb 28, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IMPACT OF TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER

Less than two weeks into office, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order, temporarily -banning immigrants to the United States from seven Muslim–majority countries. It is one of the...

Sophia murder trial set to commence on Thursday

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia murder trial set to commence on Thursday

A mixed 12-member jury was yesterday empanelled before Justice Navindra Singh to oversee the murder trial of Marcellus Verbeke. Verbeke is charged with the murder of Richard Anthony Skeete. The...

Yellow fever vaccine valid for 10 years – Minister Cummings

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Yellow fever vaccine valid for 10 years – Minister Cummings

– says Ministry not administering to those within timeframe “It isn’t unlikely for someone to receive a yellow fever vaccination certificate to travel without first receiving the...

MoPH works to tackle abandoned patients at GPHC

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News 1

…looks at extending opening hours of health centers countrywide Overcrowding at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has, for many years, been a sore point. A significant contributing...

Bharrat Jagdeo ‘dances’ around possible third term again

Feb 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo ‘dances’ around possible third term again

…despite saying in the past he had no such intentions By Brushell Blackman On the heels of the Court of Appeal ruling that found that presidential term limit was unconstitutional, opposition leader...

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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