May 2017

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Stag on board WDFA / Derrick Josiah KO …Double header starts action tomorrow at Den Amstel Gr.

May 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag on board WDFA / Derrick Josiah KO …Double header starts action tomorrow at Den Amstel Gr.

The annual Derrick Josiah Memorial knock-out football competition involving the top eight (8) clubs from the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) and sponsored by Stag will kick off tomorrow at...

GBTI supports Matarkai SC T20 cricket

May 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI supports Matarkai SC T20 cricket

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Port Kaituma branch has supported the Matarkai Sports Committee of region one for the staging of its inaugural T20 fixture which is set for tomorrow at...

2nd Boyce & Jefford Relay & Family Fun Day…Improving weather conducive for a day of excitement

May 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Boyce & Jefford Relay & Family Fun Day…Improving weather conducive for a day of excitement

As the weather continues to improve, sporting fans are eagerly anticipating tomorrow’s staging of the 2nd Boyce & Jefford Relay & Family Fun Day which will take place, at the Police Sports...

All set for Rising Sun Turf Club Meet tomorrow

May 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Rising Sun Turf Club Meet tomorrow

Over 60 entered, Banks DIH sponsors main event All is set for “the grand one day of Photo Finish horserace meet” which is organised by the Rising Sun Turf Club and friends of Rising Sun and set...

TRAINING OUR YOUTHS

May 06, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TRAINING OUR YOUTHS

Youths are the future of the country, and the deciding force in elections. Youths determine who gets elected by voting or abstaining from voting. But it seems that there is a high level of...

Sterling Products to open two more Igloo outlets in 2017

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sterling Products to open two more Igloo outlets in 2017

Despite facing some challenges in 2016, Sterling Products Limited (SPL) is set to open two additional Igloo Ice Cream outlets this year. The company remains optimistic that economic conditions in...

Police stations for modernization in two years – Ramjattan

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police stations for modernization in two years – Ramjattan

Plans to have modernized police stations across the country are in the pipeline, according to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan. The Minister said that the government is working to...

Elderly man dies after being struck by sports vehicle

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man dies after being struck by sports vehicle

A 59-year-old man was killed on the busy Amelia’s Ward main road around 18:45hrs yesterday after a sports car struck him. The victim was identified as Michael Simon of Amelia’s Ward, Linden....

More persons now benefitting from Public Assistance programme

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More persons now benefitting from Public Assistance programme

Effective January 1, 2017, the Ministry of Social Protection’s Public Assistance was increased from $6,500 to $7,500. With this increase, more persons are being supported, especially children, said...

Sugar protestors greet Highbury’s Arrival Day celebrations

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar protestors greet Highbury’s Arrival Day celebrations

While many gathered for the historic celebration of 179th Anniversary of Indian Arrival at Plantation Highbury on Friday, PPP/C supporters, sugar workers and representatives of the sugar industry...

CANU officer testifies to searching defendants during drug bust

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CANU officer testifies to searching defendants during drug bust

Mario Mickle, an officer attached to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) has testified to searching Clinton Chase and Oliver Bazilio during a raid on a home located at Lot 261 Blue Sackie Drive,...

Police stations for modernization in two years- Ramjattan

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police stations for modernization in two years- Ramjattan

Plans to have modernized police stations across the country are in the pipeline, according to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan. The Minister said that the government is working to...

Midwives described as unsung heroes

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Midwives described as unsung heroes

-as International Day of Midwives is observed Midwives were placed in the spotlight on Thursday when the Midwives Association of Guyana in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and the...

GTU disassociates self from findings of Education COI

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTU disassociates self from findings of Education COI

The Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] has disassociated itself from the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the Education system. GTU President, Mr. Mark Lyte, said that this move is warranted since...

Govt. to inject US$1M into IDB Multilateral Investment Fund

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to inject US$1M into IDB Multilateral Investment Fund

The government will be contributing US$1M to the replenishment of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). This was announced by Minister of State Joseph...

Cops apprehend suspect in Bourda Market murder

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops apprehend suspect in Bourda Market murder

The cops have arrested the suspect in the murder of 40-year-old Jerome Cumberbatch, who was knifed to death on Thursday during a row at Bourda Market, Georgetown. The suspected killer, who also did...

President Granger and Jagdeo have established a dangerous precedent

May 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Granger and Jagdeo have established a dangerous precedent

I don’t think Bharrat Jagdeo was ever concerned with the preservation of the national fabric of Guyana when he was president. Mr. Jagdeo stands out as the most dangerous leader the post-colonial...

Where does the AFC stand?

May 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Where does the AFC stand?

The AFC has some questions to answer. The answers to those questions go to the issue of whether it is being treated as a doormat by the APNU. The AFC says that it has a solid relationship with the...

Govt seeks readiness for May/June rains

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt seeks readiness for May/June rains

Cabinet last Tuesday, discussed a drainage and irrigation brief, that was presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, and emphasised the need to be in a state of preparedness on the...

After 100 years…M&CC wants to demolish first ever gas station building

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on After 100 years…M&CC wants to demolish first ever gas station building

-Owner opposes decision The owner of that building located on 1 Brickdam and Cornhill Street, west of Public Building, is fearful that City Hall may go ahead with its threat to demolish the property....

704 Sports bar security guard charged

May 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 704 Sports bar security guard charged

A security guard attached to the 704 Sports Bar was placed on $200,000 bail after he appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Orlando Gibson, 28 of Lot 5...

Shop owner remanded on an attempted murder charge

May 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shop owner remanded on an attempted murder charge

A 24-year old man was on Wednesday remanded to prison after facing an attempted murder charge in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Denzel Wilson appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and...

Vendor charged for allegedly stealing ginger

May 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor charged for allegedly stealing ginger

Sherwin Kingston, 43, of Lot 369 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme was placed on $140,000 bail after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before City Magistrate Judy Latchman. Kingston...

Brothers remanded for snatching police officer’s jewellery

May 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brothers remanded for snatching police officer’s jewellery

Darren Wilson, 19, a fisherman, and his brother, Franklyn Wilson, 20, a mason both of Lot 476 Middle Road La Penitence were remanded to prison after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan...

Mason remanded for 2008 murder of woman

May 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mason remanded for 2008 murder of woman

Sylvester Vanderhyden, 34 of Block ‘A’ Lot 3974 Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for murder. Vanderhyden...

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Peeping Tom… (Kaieteur News) – The countdown has begun. In homes across Guyana, television sets will soon be tuned to one thing and one thing only — the FIFA World Cup 2026. From Georgetown to Lethem, from Berbice to Bartica, football fever will once again take over the country. Sleep...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The world was crumbling long before China’s strongman Xi Jinping said so. The leader of the free world surrenders the high ground, the first flakes fly, the crumbling begins. Standards fragment. Come alarmingly close to a world shredded, left...

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