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Contract for emergency pharmaceuticals …GPHC Board to examine procedure used – Minister Lawrence

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Contract for emergency pharmaceuticals …GPHC Board to examine procedure used – Minister Lawrence

-insists she did not breach procurement laws – says lawyer being engaged to deal with delinquent suppliers By Kiana Wilburg Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence has attempted for a second...

New GPC’s 2015 drug contract being investigated – Health Minister

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC’s 2015 drug contract being investigated – Health Minister

An investigation has been launched into the billion-dollar drug contract that was awarded by the former regime to New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) just three days before the General...

‘Backtrack’ regularization…Suriname’s army, police, food inspectors to be stationed at Nickerie crossing

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Backtrack’ regularization…Suriname’s army, police, food inspectors to be stationed at Nickerie crossing

The regularization of an age-old ‘backtrack’ crossing point in Nickerie, Suriname, seems to be taking shape, with authorities there announcing plans to build a checkpoint and landing stage. The...

Evidence points to total closure of East Demerara sugar estates – GAWU

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Evidence points to total closure of East Demerara sugar estates – GAWU

…as GuySuCo tells planting crew to cut cane It appears that the one sugar factory remaining in operation on the East Coast of Demerara is on track for closure too. At least, that is the word of the...

Public servants mull court action over Yarde’s 30-year reign

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public servants mull court action over Yarde’s 30-year reign

By Brushell Blackman As the picketing exercise continued yesterday outside the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)’s headquarters at the junction of Shiv Chanderpaul Drive and Regent Street, Bourda,...

Senior cop charged for verbal assault on junior rank, threat on civilian

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop charged for verbal assault on junior rank, threat on civilian

– granted $120,000 bail Twenty-nine year-old Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Frank Thompson, was yesterday arraigned before City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown...

11 years for man who killed father-in-law with bow and arrow

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 11 years for man who killed father-in-law with bow and arrow

An accused murderer yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter before Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court. He was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for the killing....

Businessman accused of soliciting former employee to kill

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman accused of soliciting former employee to kill

– released on $1.5M bail The owner of Arawak Hotel and Night Club has been accused of soliciting his former employee to kill a man. Businessman, Ganesh Rajkumar, 65, of 16 D’Urban and Henry...

Luncheon and Edghill starting a drug war

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Luncheon and Edghill starting a drug war

Is easy to find fault and when people find fault dem does find good reason. Volda who tek over from Dr Nutten get into trouble because she arrange wid a Trinidad company to bring in drugs. According...

City Council defies Communities Minister

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Council defies Communities Minister

…as paid parking continues amid adjournment Paid parking in Georgetown will continue despite orders from Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan, who suspended the Metered Parking By-Laws for three...

Plans to get rid of Sussex Street Drug Bond…Expansion of Diamond storage facility on the cards – Health Minister

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Plans to get rid of Sussex Street Drug Bond…Expansion of Diamond storage facility on the cards – Health Minister

Last year, the media got wind of a secret deal that was inked between the Government and Linden Holding Incorporated for a Sussex Street, Charlestown building to be used as a pharmaceuticals storage...

Bulkan ‘disappointed’ with M&CC’s adjournment

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bulkan ‘disappointed’ with M&CC’s adjournment

‘It was a national embarrassment’ – attorney-at-law Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan is disappointed with the move made by the Mayor and City Council to further delay its decision...

Final day Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket…Hetymer’s unbeaten 44 powers Jaguars to early win

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final day Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket…Hetymer’s unbeaten 44 powers Jaguars to early win

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Cascadia Hotel, Stag Beer & Vnet Communications A brutal unbeaten 44 from 20 year-old Shemron Hetymer ensured leaders Guyana Jaguars took just 42...

EDFA Senior League…Major brothers orchestrate upset win for Buxton Stars; Plaisance and BAPSC draw

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EDFA Senior League…Major brothers orchestrate upset win for Buxton Stars; Plaisance and BAPSC draw

By Franklin Wilson In what is being labeled an upset win, the young and emerging Buxton Stars Football Club on Sunday after last put away their more accomplished rivals, Ann’s Grove United 2-0 to...

Bel Air Lions Club / Supligen Domino Competition…Linden, Wakenaam confirm participation

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bel Air Lions Club / Supligen Domino Competition…Linden, Wakenaam confirm participation

– entries will exceed thirty-two Organisers of the upcoming Bel Air Lions Club / Supligen Domino Competition confirmed that the March 25-26 event will easily surpass the original target of...

Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques steps up training for fight with Venezuelan

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques steps up training for fight with Venezuelan

As Venezuelan, Luis Alberto Requena, prepares to face off with former local and Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) champion, Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques, in a 10 rounds scrap on February 27 next,...

Two man weightlifting squad for Manual Suarez Weightlifting Tournament in Cuba

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two man weightlifting squad for Manual Suarez Weightlifting Tournament in Cuba

Officials of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) were forced to drastically reduce the number of participants, initially selected to represent this country at the Manual Suarez...

GTTA confirms eight teams for Caribbean Cadet, Junior Championships

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA confirms eight teams for Caribbean Cadet, Junior Championships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has confirmed eight teams for the Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships that will be hosted here, April 13-18 at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Wins for Everest, GCC, DCC and Police

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Everest, GCC, DCC and Police

By Zaheer Mohamed Everest, Georgetown Cricket Club, Demerara Cricket Club and Police registered victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association Carib Beer First Division T20 tournament continued on...

BOYS AND GIRLS ENJOY GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL IN WEST DEMERARA

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BOYS AND GIRLS ENJOY GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL IN WEST DEMERARA

Georgetown: Boys and girls in West Coast Demerara benefited from a lively morning of grassroots football courtesy of the Guyana Football Federation and the Ministry of Education on Saturday, 18th...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Early commotion finished, teams could throw the dice thrice to advance

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Early commotion finished, teams could throw the dice thrice to advance

By Rawle Welch The early commotion regarding who will survive the knockout phase has been settled and teams are no longer in an immediate do or die situation, but now have three throws at the dice to...

Lady Budapest thumps them again at KMTC

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Budapest thumps them again at KMTC

It may be carrying the name of a famous city, but imported from the USA in 2014, Lady Budapest of the Bactowar stable at Bush Lot, Corentyne, Berbice is making a name for itself in Guyana. The animal...

Chalitar, Mohamed guide GSSC to Farmers Cup final

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chalitar, Mohamed guide GSSC to Farmers Cup final

David Chalitar grabbed four wickets, while Shazaam Mohamed hit a composed half century as Good Success SC defeated Noitgedacht SC by four wickets to secure their place in the final of the Wakenaam...

Rose Hall Town Jammers are Anamayah Basketball 2017 champions in Berbice

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Jammers are Anamayah Basketball 2017 champions in Berbice

After a number of weeks of keenly contested basketball action the Rose Hall Town Jammers, the 2015 Anamayah Memorial Basket Ball Champion reclaimed the fourth annual competition and the 2017 edition...

Guyana to benefit from US$40M CDB funding for poverty reduction

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to benefit from US$40M CDB funding for poverty reduction

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced US$40M million in funding for poverty reduction in eight countries in the Caribbean Region, through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF). The...

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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