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Central Bank, Jordan threatens cambios – says PPP

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Central Bank, Jordan threatens cambios – says PPP

-matter to be raised in Nat’l Assembly The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed alarm over what it says are reports that Central Bank has threatened cambio operators to be derisked by...

Parliamentary Sectoral Committee hears of…Lack of key equipment, medication at Diamond hospital

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary Sectoral Committee hears of…Lack of key equipment, medication at Diamond hospital

The Diamond Diagnostic Centre (DDC) has once again found itself in the spotlight after the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services discovered that a shortage of drugs and key laboratory...

Parika wife-killer escapes police., plunges into E’bo River

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parika wife-killer escapes police., plunges into E’bo River

Alleged Parika wife-killer, Ganesh Dhanraj, narrowly eluded police yesterday at Roden Rust, East Bank Essequibo, but G Division Commander Leslie James is optimistic that he will be caught.. Police...

Lawyer held in contempt, fined after clashing with magistrate

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lawyer held in contempt, fined after clashing with magistrate

Prominent lawyer and former Senior Magistrate Chandra Sohan and his team of lawyers are in the process of taking legal action against Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer for wrongful imprisonment and...

SARU seizes Enmore NDC computers after learning of plot to sell them

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SARU seizes Enmore NDC computers after learning of plot to sell them

-PPP demands police probe, charges The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is urging a police probe into an incident at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, after a group of men reportedly seized several...

Unkempt conditions abound Sussex Street drug bond

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Unkempt conditions abound Sussex Street drug bond

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell As if the very agreement governing the use of the Sussex Street drug bond was not enough to cast a dark cloud over the facility, the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Trump and CN alike in nuff ways

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trump and CN alike in nuff ways

Everybody in de world got a double. Dem have people who does always meet wid others who swear that dem two meet up before. When dem do check is somebody who look just like de other ones. People get...

Holder, Ahmed confident as Brighto Paints Q Mobile Cup ODI series bowls off today at Providence

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Holder, Ahmed confident as Brighto Paints Q Mobile Cup ODI series bowls off today at Providence

By Zaheer Mohamed The newly re-laid pitch at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence will come under the microscope when the West Indies take on Pakistan in the first of the three-match One-day...

GFF Youth Development Programme to be presented at XXXII CONCACAF Ordinary Congress

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Youth Development Programme to be presented at XXXII CONCACAF Ordinary Congress

The Youth Development Progamme of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be a key highlight at the XXXII CONCACAF Ordinary Congress in Aruba tomorrow via a formal presentation from the President...

LABF/Hamid Foundation U23 Basketball …Bulls face Kwakwani, Riders oppose Falcons in tomorrow’s semis

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABF/Hamid Foundation U23 Basketball …Bulls face Kwakwani, Riders oppose Falcons in tomorrow’s semis

Kwakwani is set to face the Bulls while Retrieve Raiders will oppose Falcons when the semi finals of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association / Hamid Foundation Under-23 basketball championship are...

Georgetown Grand Prix…Local motor racing most prized property on show tonight; large turnout expected

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Grand Prix…Local motor racing most prized property on show tonight; large turnout expected

By Rawle Welch He is undoubtedly the most prized property in local motor racing, a status gained after dominating both the traditional segment and now karting and Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey...

Petra Organisation supports WDFA U-17 Tournament

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation supports WDFA U-17 Tournament

Petra Organisation as part of its stated mission to assist in the development of football within communities listed the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) as the latest recipient of its...

Sixteen Team U19 tourney deal sealed between RHTY&SC and Republic Bank

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sixteen Team U19 tourney deal sealed between RHTY&SC and Republic Bank

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club on Monday last received a major boost from long serving sponsor Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd. in the form of sponsorship for a 16-team Under-19 cricket tournament,...

Substantial damages” for Samuels as Lawson settles defamation case

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Substantial damages” for Samuels as Lawson settles defamation case

Kingston, Jamaica, CMC — West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels is set to receive “substantial damages” and a full public apology after succeeding in a defamation case against former Australian...

GCF launches Chess in Prison initiative

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF launches Chess in Prison initiative

Less than one month after assuming the helm of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) and committing to viable initiatives towards the sport’s advancement, President, James Bond, paid a visit to the...

Ministry of Public Security does it again in Domino humdinger

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Public Security does it again in Domino humdinger

-Edge Officers in one-game win at ‘A’ Division Games Day The Ministry of Public Security won for a second consecutive week on Wednesday afternoon in a domino humdinger at the Police ‘A’...

RHT Pepsi Intermediate are Farouk Kudrath Memorial champions

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi Intermediate are Farouk Kudrath Memorial champions

Assists All-Rounder Sports Club Led by brilliant performances from the talented Kevlon Anderson and left arm spinner Keith Simpson, Rose Hall Town Pepsi Intermediate team easily defeated the...

Bosai Inter Department B’ball …General Services retain title with commanding 61-44 win over Mines

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bosai Inter Department B’ball …General Services retain title with commanding 61-44 win over Mines

General Services romped to their second straight title when they brushed aside Mines in the final of the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc. Inter Department basketball championship last Saturday...

Contract or pensionable service?

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Contract or pensionable service?

Governments have two options when it comes to employing workers. The first is to hire them on contracts. The second way is to place them on the pensionable establishment. In the first case, workers...

Proposal for Credit Unions to provide low interest mortgages

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Proposal for Credit Unions to provide low interest mortgages

The Guyana Cooperative Credit Union League (GCCUL) plans to join with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) to facilitate low interest mortgages to its members for the purchasing of...

President should hold regular press conferences-GPA

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President should hold regular press conferences-GPA

…has not held a press conference in over a year By Brushell Blackman It has been more than a year since Head of State David Granger has held a press conference outside of the fortnightly televised...

Father of 3 buckles after wife leaves home

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father of 3 buckles after wife leaves home

Medical reports have confirmed that a West Berbice father of three, died after ingesting an agro chemical. Chaitram Mackhan, 51, of Plantation Ross, West Coast Berbice, is believed to have committed...

Ramsammy is a ramshorn that is ramentaceous

Apr 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ramsammy is a ramshorn that is ramentaceous

Open the papers and the consistent propaganda of this man stares you in the face as you read the letter pages. It is Leslie Ramsammy who writes a missive more than once a week. He is published in the...

MARAD grounds, suspends boat operator…after passengers seen sitting on roof

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD grounds, suspends boat operator…after passengers seen sitting on roof

The Maritime Administration Department has announced that it has grounded and suspended the operations of a speedboat that was plying the Parika/Bartica route over inappropriate operations. The move...

Region Five Exposition and Trade Fair set for next weekend

Apr 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five Exposition and Trade Fair set for next weekend

The much anticipated Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice) Exposition and Fair, has been set to commence from April 15 at the Bath Settlement Community Centre Ground. The two-day event is part of the West...

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