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GCB/DMLAS/MOE 50 overs Schools Cricket Final… B’ce schools Combined destroy E’bo counterparts

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/MOE 50 overs Schools Cricket Final… B’ce schools Combined destroy E’bo counterparts

By Sean Devers Led by a swash-buckling 74-run opening partnership between Junior Sinclair and Alex Algu in just 8.2 overs and a mesmerizing spell of left-arm spin bowling from Man-of-the-Match Alex...

Locked and Loaded Boxing card re-scheduled for April 23

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Locked and Loaded Boxing card re-scheduled for April 23

To facilitate Mixed Martial Arts locally By Zaheer Mohamed The Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) has re-scheduled their ‘Locked and loaded’ boxing card which was slated for April 9 in order...

GOLDEN JAGUARS’ GOALKEEPERS HAVE A SUCCESSFUL STINT

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOLDEN JAGUARS’ GOALKEEPERS HAVE A SUCCESSFUL STINT

– Says Newly-Appointed Senior Men’s Team Goalkeeping Coach Eon De Viera Georgetown: The competitive International Friendly between Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and the Martinique senior national...

Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition… Two exciting encounters kick off quarter-final action

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition… Two exciting encounters kick off quarter-final action

-Play continues tomorrow The quarter-finals of this year’s Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition opens today with two exciting encounters at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta...

BCB Inter Zone U-17 cricket competition… Wins for New Amsterdam Canje and West Berbice

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Inter Zone U-17 cricket competition… Wins for New Amsterdam Canje and West Berbice

New Amsterdam Canje and West Berbice score victories when play began in the Berbice Cricket Board U-17 Inter Zone cricket competition being held in the Ancient County. In the two matches that were...

Police forms new youth and sports club at Felix Austin Training College in Berbice

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police forms new youth and sports club at Felix Austin Training College in Berbice

The Police in B Division, Berbice under the command of Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam have been doing a lot to set the image of the force better and do things differently to enhance the work of...

GOA/Olympic Solidarity conduct successful Sports Admin. Course in Bartica

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA/Olympic Solidarity conduct successful Sports Admin. Course in Bartica

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) in conjunction with Olympic Solidarity, the training arm of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has seen the increase in the number of certified nationally...

MYO/Trophy Stall Inter- Jamaat 7-a-side Tapeball on tomorrow

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO/Trophy Stall Inter- Jamaat 7-a-side Tapeball on tomorrow

The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana seven-a-side six overs Inter-Jamaat Tapeball round robin cricket competition sponsored by Trophy Stall will commence on tomorrow at the M.Y.O. ground,...

Bosai Inter Department Basketball…Services beat Operations 52-43, Mines roll over Maintenance 43-32 to reach final

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bosai Inter Department Basketball…Services beat Operations 52-43, Mines roll over Maintenance 43-32 to reach final

General Services ensured that they make an attempt of retaining their 2015 title after disposing of Plant Operations 52-43 and now face Mines, who cruised past Plant Maintenance 43-32, when the...

Not totally done with parking meters…Central Govt. hopes City Council can renegotiate better contract

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Not totally done with parking meters…Central Govt. hopes City Council can renegotiate better contract

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, said he hopes the three-month suspension of the parking meters will allow the Georgetown Mayor and City Council to renegotiate their fees with Smart City...

COI to probe unnamed private vessel in Guyana’s waters

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI to probe unnamed private vessel in Guyana’s waters

Brigadier Retired Bruce Lovell has been sworn in as Chairman of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the circumstances surrounding the entry into, interception, detention and subsequent release of an...

Leadership and the mess we are in

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Leadership and the mess we are in

Many theories are being bandied about as to why the government is stumbling from one controversy to the next. It seems that with each week that goes by, a new scandal breaks out. Recently, there was...

Trotman, Jordan to discuss fate of Lotteries Commission

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman, Jordan to discuss fate of Lotteries Commission

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, and Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, are to meet sometime in the near future to discuss what will be the fate of the Guyana Lottery Control...

Lending to private enterprises declined in 2016

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lending to private enterprises declined in 2016

According to the Monthly Economic Bulletin for November 2016, lending of finances to private business enterprises accounts for three-quarters of all lending in Guyana. When compared with a year ago,...

I have “protected” former Chancellor Carl Singh all these years

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I have “protected” former Chancellor Carl Singh all these years

You put a footnote at the end of a column. In this case, I am breaking with tradition. This footnote doesn’t concern the main content of this article which is about the former Chancellor, Carl...

Training commences to assist police prosecutors in detecting TIP cases

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Training commences to assist police prosecutors in detecting TIP cases

The Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has embarked on a training exercise for police prosecutors on the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP). The...

Granger to underscore Guyana’s interest at Heads of Missions conference

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger to underscore Guyana’s interest at Heads of Missions conference

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be hosting a Heads of Missions Conference (HOMC) from April 3-8, 2017 at the Pegasus Hotel, under the theme “Advancing Guyana’s Diplomacy in the 21st...

Women of child-bearing age urged to be immunised

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Women of child-bearing age urged to be immunised

-or risk giving birth to children with hearing loss, other defects Expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age are encouraged to ensure that they receive all necessary vaccinations. This is...

TEEN MARRIAGE

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TEEN MARRIAGE

A few weeks ago the Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency reported that her entity was investigating a situation where a 14-year-old girl was “married off” by her parents, to a much...

Criminal charges for ranks responsible for swapping gun – Blanhum

Apr 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal charges for ranks responsible for swapping gun – Blanhum

Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force have taken over the case where a seized firearm was replaced with a toy gun while it was lodged at the...

Magistrate to proceed with Westford trial

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Magistrate to proceed with Westford trial

…as High Court quashes Constitutional Motion filed by lawyers A Constitutional Motion filed by the attorneys of Dr. Jennifer Westford and Margaret Cummings, to prevent a Magistrate from hearing the...

If the nurses failed, then maybe the teachers are a failure

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on If the nurses failed, then maybe the teachers are a failure

Dear Editor, I read with great interest in the Kaieteur News, March 16, 2017 where the shocking news was reported that only 23 of 179 nurses passed all segments of the State Final Nurses Examination....

The fantastic four are wreaking havoc in the capital city

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fantastic four are wreaking havoc in the capital city

Dear Editor, The recent action by an exasperated citizen to remove (by himself) a clamp illegally placed on his car wheel by employees of Smart City Solutions and agents of the City Council, shows...

Numbers of and amounts in Sovereign Wealth Funds

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Numbers of and amounts in Sovereign Wealth Funds

Dear Editor, All the talk about Sovereign Wealth Fund has caused me to question who will benefit from the investment returns and principal. If you are a politician or money manager you will be...

Jagdeo’s mistakes I believe were not intentional

Apr 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s mistakes I believe were not intentional

Dear Editor, It took the efficient and effective management of the nation’s financial resources and the wizardry of Bharrat Jagdeo who became Senior Minister of Finance in May 1995, and President...

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Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

Due diligence on investments must become a priority

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more