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Houston Fishing Complex explosion…Owners resume operations, dead worker’s family still to be compensated

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Houston Fishing Complex explosion…Owners resume operations, dead worker’s family still to be compensated

B M Enterprise fishing complex located at the Guyana Fisheries Limited (GFL) wharf at Houston East Bank Demerara continues to operate even as questions linger as to what safety measures were put in...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Russians host reigning champs Team 25 tonight

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Russians host reigning champs Team 25 tonight

– Favourites Dave & Celina All Stars also in action Another large crowd is expected to converge at the Amelia’s Ward Basketball Tarmac to witness quarter-final action in this year’s...

Chase hundred rescues wobbling Windies

May 01, 2017 KNews Peeping Tom, Sports Comments Off on Chase hundred rescues wobbling Windies

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Phlegmatic right-hander Roston Chase carved out a fluent unbeaten hundred to avert another West Indies catastrophe and frustrate Pakistan, on the opening day of the...

AFC appoints Cummingsburg Accord Review Committee

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AFC appoints Cummingsburg Accord Review Committee

…reaffirms APNU+AFC Coalition is strong and cohesive On the eve of the second anniversary of the historic May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Alliance For Change has appointed a...

T&T brush aside Barbados to retain Super50 title

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T brush aside Barbados to retain Super50 title

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Opener Felicia Walters stroked a half-century as Trinidad and Tobago defeated Barbados by 21 runs here yesterday, to successfully defend their Women’s Regional...

Minister Henry briefed on GuyanaNRA’s preparations for 150th Anniversary in October

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister Henry briefed on GuyanaNRA’s preparations for 150th Anniversary in October

Executive members of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) on Friday last paid a courtesy call on Honourable Nicolette Henry, Minister within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and...

2nd Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day…Organisers forced to postpone event due to inclement weather

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day…Organisers forced to postpone event due to inclement weather

Organisers of the second staging of the Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day were forced to postpone the event until next Sunday. The event which was scheduled to be held...

Hacking off of mentally ill man’s hand…Conflicting reports surround Sophia chopping spree

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hacking off of mentally ill man’s hand…Conflicting reports surround Sophia chopping spree

The police are still gathering information relating to a brutal chopping-spree last Sunday in ‘A’ Field Sophia, Georgetown where a mentally ill man’s hand was hacked off and his brother-in-law...

Going the Extra Mile – Chantelle Fernandes runs London Marathon for her ailing father

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports 1

On an unusually sunny day in England, with thousands of people crowding the route of the London Marathon, a small runner makes her way to the finish line with a message hand-written on her back;...

Guyana clinches bronze at World Masters Weightlifting championships

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana clinches bronze at World Masters Weightlifting championships

Guyanese weightlifters continue to define themselves on the international scene and overseas based, Howard Bovell, lifted a combined total of 91kg to win a bronze medal when the World Masters Games...

GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section .22 Precision Pistol Shoot…Ramlakhan tops senior field; Dundas is leading junior

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section .22 Precision Pistol Shoot…Ramlakhan tops senior field; Dundas is leading junior

Joshua Ramlakhan improved from his second position in the previous competition as he shot his way to the top spot when the Smallbore Section of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) held...

Covent Garden, Charlestown, St. Mary’s triumph

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Covent Garden, Charlestown, St. Mary’s triumph

Covent Garden, Charlestown and St. Mary’s registered victories when the Ministry of Education National Sports Commission in association with AL Sport & Tour Promotions inter zones Secondary...

Amy Grant leaves Silver Sharks and joins Dorado Speed Swim Club

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amy Grant leaves Silver Sharks and joins Dorado Speed Swim Club

Fifteen year-old Amy Grant started this year with a bang by claiming five gold medals at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Republic Anniversary Long Course Meet which was held at the...

Support continues to pour in as changes made and prize money increased

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Support continues to pour in as changes made and prize money increased

Over 50 entered so far Preparations continue for “the grand one day of Photo Finish horserace meet”. The event, which is organised by the Rising Sun Turf Club and friends of Rising Sun, is set...

Sad state of an institution that is priceless to workers’ freedom

May 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sad state of an institution that is priceless to workers’ freedom

In no other country in the Caribbean, is trade unionism in such a decrepit, tattered, lifeless state as in Guyana. When one looks back at history at the two names of Burnham and Jagan, the proof is...

YWCC Mash Cup postponed due to rain

May 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on YWCC Mash Cup postponed due to rain

For the third time, The Young Warriors Cricket Club fund raiser, Mash Cup 2017 is forced to be postponed due to heavy rainfall that has left the venue water logged. This, the fourth edition was...

Linden Town Week to end with Bikers Fest

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Week to end with Bikers Fest

Linden town week culminates today, with the eagerly anticipated Bikers Fest, which was scheduled for Friday last, but had to be postponed, due to inclement weather. The popular “Wash Down” will...

Government must respond to Foster’s call for end to cricket chaos

May 01, 2017 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Government must respond to Foster’s call for end to cricket chaos

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to express my whole hearted support for Mr. Hilbert Foster’s call for immediate Government intervention in the local cricket fiasco. Mr. Foster’s...

Bring Food For a Child holds outreach in Berbice

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bring Food For a Child holds outreach in Berbice

Bring Food For A Child (BFFC), a newly formed charitable project, conducted its first Food Hamper Outreach in several areas in Berbice, namely Fort Ordinance, Angoy’s Ave, and East Canje. BFFC was...

GTT joins in observing Girls in ICT Day

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT joins in observing Girls in ICT Day

Female students from several Secondary Schools across Guyana were exposed to the Information & Communication Technology operations of GT&T during a tour of the company’s facilities last...

MAY DAY MESSAGES

May 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MAY DAY MESSAGES

PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) joins all Guyanese workers as well as those of our Region and the world at large in celebrating Labour Day. This is...

WORKERS NEED A BREAK

May 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WORKERS NEED A BREAK

Today is May Day, a day which in socialist countries in marked by the holding of mass workers’ rallies. It is a day in which unions and workers lay bare their problems. In Guyana, there are a lot...

THEY DO NOT WANT THE GREATER EVIL

May 01, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THEY DO NOT WANT THE GREATER EVIL

In Guyana as in other countries, no fundamental, social or political change would occur because of governments’ action. Governments in general do not rock the boat, most tend to maintain the...

Labour Day 2017 demands the unity of our working-people

May 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Labour Day 2017 demands the unity of our working-people

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) extends warm and fraternal greetings to the workers of Guyana on the occasion of Labour Day 2017. This year, as workers in...

Vincent Alexander is disseminating fictions about me

May 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vincent Alexander is disseminating fictions about me

Dear Editor, Mr. Vincent Alexander has on the 24th and 25th April responded to the article on my grievances with the University of Guyana. Kindly give this letter the same prominence. Mr. Alexander...