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RHTY&SC, Anamayah Memorial honour Retired Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers – passes over 200 programmes/activities for 2017

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, Anamayah Memorial honour Retired Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers – passes over 200 programmes/activities for 2017

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS marked its 200th programmes/activity for 2017 when it hosted the Anamayah Memorial Hospital Tribute to Retired Teachers and Tribute to Law Enforcement...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Champs Team 25 into quarter-finals

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Champs Team 25 into quarter-finals

-joined by Dave & Celina All Stars, Russians Champion Team 25 withstood a stubborn display by Coomacka to squeeze out a narrow 1-0 win as Round of 16 action in the Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of...

Local Martial Arts fraternity loses Grandmaster Stephen Monasingh

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local Martial Arts fraternity loses Grandmaster Stephen Monasingh

The local Martial Arts and sporting fraternity has suffered a big loss following the passing of 10th Dan Grandmaster, Professor, Dr. Stephen Michael Monasingh on Thursday after a period of illness....

Efforts being made to constitute new horseracing authority

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Efforts being made to constitute new horseracing authority

Concerned personnel of the horseracing fraternity have planned to make a concerted effort to constitute a new executive for the defunct Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) with a scheduled meeting...

Several companies receive awards for promoting workplace safety

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Several companies receive awards for promoting workplace safety

Several companies yesterday received awards from the National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), for ensuring that their employees are working in an environment free from...

It’s not just about filling one’s pockets

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It’s not just about filling one’s pockets

Aristotle once famously remarked that man was a “political” animal; but he also pointed out that those societies that chose not to educate their citizens about politics were doomed to perish....

Govt. says Press Freedom report deeply flawed

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. says Press Freedom report deeply flawed

– suspects information that pre-dated 2015 was used The Government of Guyana is contending that the recent World Press Freedom Index, which shows that Guyana has slipped three places down, is...

UG student found not guilty of harbouring wanted man

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on UG student found not guilty of harbouring wanted man

After a month of trial, 23-year-old Aliscia Dennelle Simon, a third year Business Management student at the University of Guyana, was yesterday freed on a charge which alleged that she harboured a...

NDCs under pressure to service new housing schemes

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NDCs under pressure to service new housing schemes

– over 200 incomplete ones across the country The planned programme to hand over hundreds of Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA) schemes to their respective Neighbourhood...

Trotman meets Oil and Gas Energy Chamber members

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman meets Oil and Gas Energy Chamber members

Members of Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC), headed by its President, Manniram Prashad, recently met with Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. Among issues discussed were the...

Rupert Roopnaraine is Rodneyite, Granger is Burnhamite, Nagamootoo is Jaganite

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rupert Roopnaraine is Rodneyite, Granger is Burnhamite, Nagamootoo is Jaganite

Don’t ever doubt President Granger’s embrace of Forbes Burnham. Granger puts his money where his mouth is. Inside his private home at D’Urban Backlands, directly opposite the Natural Cultural...

Shooting at Club Privilege…Charge against employees for deleting CCTV footage thrown out

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shooting at Club Privilege…Charge against employees for deleting CCTV footage thrown out

The failure of Police Corporal Gary Gordon to show up in court has resulted in a case being dismissed. Gordon was the main witness in the trial of Keisha Phillips, Ronald O’Brien and Andre...

UNDP provides climate change training to regional journalists

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UNDP provides climate change training to regional journalists

The Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) has provided climate change training to more than thirty journalists from across the region. On April 26, the J-CCCP, a project of the United...

CARPHA confab to address gaps in human health research

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CARPHA confab to address gaps in human health research

The 62nd Health Research Conference organised by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which began yesterday will place attention on identifying the gaps which exist in the Caribbean regarding...

Crane man remanded over Berbice hijacking

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Crane man remanded over Berbice hijacking

A 34 year old man of Crane Old Road, West Coast Demerara yesterday appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of Robbery Under Arms. Shilendra Boodram appeared before...

Movie Towne gears up for December opening

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Movie Towne gears up for December opening

At a time when many local businesses are reducing their workforce and cutting salaries, the Directors of Movie Towne Incorporated are gearing up to employ about 800 locals, to work at the massive...

Mason remanded for $9M casino robbery

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mason remanded for $9M casino robbery

Jamil Charles, 29, of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, the brother of now dead notorious criminal Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, was yesterday remanded to jail for a multimillion-dollar at...

Former murder accused remanded for fatal stabbing over illegal water connection

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former murder accused remanded for fatal stabbing over illegal water connection

Former murder accused, Shelton John Bowen was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Mark Ifill, who he allegedly stabbed to death during a heated row over an illegal connection from which...

Moruca man remanded for businessman’s killing

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Moruca man remanded for businessman’s killing

Thirty-year-old Daniel Rodrigues of Moruca, North West District was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The...

Driver charged with causing death in Eccles accident

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Driver charged with causing death in Eccles accident

Dwayne Christiani, a driver attached to Tower Suites, Main Street, Georgetown, was released on $400,000 bail after being slapped with a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Christiani, 22,...

Bicycle thief jailed for 36 months

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

Paul Sargeant, a 42-year-old porter, was yesterday jailed for 36 months on a break and entry charge. Sargeant appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleaded guilty to the charge which...

An IDB opportunity that creative artists must make use of

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An IDB opportunity that creative artists must make use of

Dear Editor, On several occasions I have written about the possibilities which exist for the creative industries in Guyana and the rest of CARICOM. The creative industries are well suited for young...

Mark Benschop says SOCU’s actions have descended into a circus

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mark Benschop says SOCU’s actions have descended into a circus

Dear Editor, I’m somewhat concerned about the modus operandi of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and whether its leadership is deliberately creating confusion with regards to the agency’s...

Guyana – MY HEART GRIEVES FOR THEE

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, My heart grieves for the country that I was born and raised in; the country I love. It is so hard to sit back and look, and not be grieved at what is happening in the country that claims...

Parking meters may cause Granger to lose in 2020

Apr 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parking meters may cause Granger to lose in 2020

Dear Editor, My letter here is concerns the parking meter situation. First of all, in USA, the GOVT has control of some things like Immigration, Tax, Minimum Wages, Medicaid and many others, and they...

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