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Ministry, immigration collaborate to weed out Old Age pension for overseas-based Guyanese

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry, immigration collaborate to weed out Old Age pension for overseas-based Guyanese

The Ministry of Social Protection has been actively pursuing mechanisms which will help to prevent abuse of the Old Age Pension Fund by Guyanese living overseas. Director of Social Work, Wentworth...

Victim’s wife cries outside US court as Bisram refused bail

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Victim’s wife cries outside US court as Bisram refused bail

The alleged mastermind in last year’s murder of a Berbice carpenter was yesterday ordered held without bail until extradition hearings, after he appeared in a New York court. According to CBS New...

14-yr-old kills Berbice taxi driver

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 14-yr-old kills Berbice taxi driver

…arrested in abandoned house By Malisa Playter-Harry In an apparent attempt to rob, a 14-year-old who is now in police custody slashed the throat of a 37-year-old taxi driver. The murder...

Over 1,000 head of cattle, 20 horses dead in Black Bush flooding

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1,000 head of cattle, 20 horses dead in Black Bush flooding

Farmers who occupy the Cookerite Savannah in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice, currently underwater, are to receive assistance. This is according to the Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, on...

Rupununi residents in emergency shelters … as flood woes continue

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi residents in emergency shelters … as flood woes continue

A dozen households have been evacuated to emergency shelters in Region Nine, as flood waters continue to affect citizens there. According to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), which is coordinating...

Bandit move from rooster to a hen

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bandit move from rooster to a hen

Pressure does mek people do all kind of thing. A youth man decide to rob a bank and under pressure after bullet start to fly he decide to tun chef. Dem boys hear how he run into a food stall and...

Govt. to clamp down on food imports that can be produced locally

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to clamp down on food imports that can be produced locally

The Government of Guyana (GoG) intends “to break the back” of the excessive and unnecessary import of a range of food items and other products, which were either previously manufactured in...

Chinese firm approved for $3B contracts to build water treatment facilities

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese firm approved for $3B contracts to build water treatment facilities

Over 50,000 residents are expected to benefit from a $3.977B project, which will see the construction of three new water treatment plants at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara; Diamond, East Bank,...

CARICOM 38… Re-examine dismantling of non-tariff barriers to trade agriculture products – Granger

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM 38… Re-examine dismantling of non-tariff barriers to trade agriculture products – Granger

Guyana’s President and outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), David Granger, has called on the regional bloc to re-examine how it can dismantle the non-tariff barriers to...

Study: Aviation sector contributes $20.7B to economy annually

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Study: Aviation sector contributes $20.7B to economy annually

Guyana’s aviation sector contributes around $20.7B annually to the economy. Director General, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Colonel Egbert Field, disclosed that the findings came...

Uncle Eddie’s home in need of repairs

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Uncle Eddie’s home in need of repairs

US-based Committee donates to start renovations Uncle Eddie’s Senior Citizens Home is in dire need of repairs. A team of executive members from the Guyana Independence Anniversary Celebration...

‘Bail Row’ murder PI reopened for state to call final witness

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bail Row’ murder PI reopened for state to call final witness

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Orin David, who was shot and killed during an argument with a group of men over bail money, was reopened yesterday afternoon for the prosecution to...

CARICOM High-level Confab… Granger calls for advancement of single regional ICT space

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM High-level Confab… Granger calls for advancement of single regional ICT space

The President of Guyana and outgoing Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), David Granger, has called on his colleagues to advance the roadmap for a...

GPL announces scheduled outages as four generators experience failure

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL announces scheduled outages as four generators experience failure

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) yesterday announced that four generators with a combined capacity of 20MW have experienced insulation failure on the alternator. Additionally, imports...

Region Two Tourism Association forms core committee

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two Tourism Association forms core committee

Members of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce formed the core committee of the Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Tourism Association, last Tuesday. The move to form the Association was instigated by the...

Alleged Leopold Street bandit shot trying to disarm cop – court hears

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Leopold Street bandit shot trying to disarm cop – court hears

A 27-year-old mason of Lot 62 Leopold Street, Georgetown, who was shot in the foot by police after he attempted to disarm an officer, was remanded to prison, yesterday, after he appeared before...

32nd FESUPO/16th NAPF & FESUPO Pan American C/ships – Raw/Classic Edwards, Taharally and Petterson combine for 5 more medals – 10 new records set, PBs achieved

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 32nd FESUPO/16th NAPF & FESUPO Pan American C/ships – Raw/Classic Edwards, Taharally and Petterson combine for 5 more medals – 10 new records set, PBs achieved

By Franklin Wilson in Orlando, USA compliments of Crown Mining Supplies, Fitness Express, Secure Innovations & Concepts, Industrial Safety Supplies, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. Guyana...

2017 Digicel Junior CASA declared Open…DS promises Government support for sports

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 Digicel Junior CASA declared Open…DS promises Government support for sports

By Sean Devers The well planned and wonderfully executed Digicel 2017 Junior CASA was officially opened yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street with a colorful parade of the six...

NSBF National Schools Championships Day Two Results

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSBF National Schools Championships Day Two Results

Play in the 12th edition of the NSBF National Championship continued Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Marian Under-14 defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral – 38 to 4 points. Ethan...

Letter to the Sports Editor….Surprised the GCB describes the RHTY&SC as a charity

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor….Surprised the GCB describes the RHTY&SC as a charity

Dear Sports Editor, It was with shock that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, noted that the Guyana Cricket Board in a press release described us as a charity organisation. The press...

Morris helps Woodland CC claim TTCB South Division one T20 title

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morris helps Woodland CC claim TTCB South Division one T20 title

Former Guyana U19 pacer Keon Morris turned in a commendable performance to help Woodland Cricket Club capture the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Division one South championship recently. Morris...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams unveil Logo and Programme for Rose Hall 175th Anniversary

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams unveil Logo and Programme for Rose Hall 175th Anniversary

The smallest Township in Guyana from the 19th August, to the 20th September, 2017 would be a hive of activities as residents celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Rose Hall Village, bought by 57 (fifty...

Junior powerlifters satisfied with Orlando performances …Gonsalves, Chan, Mack and Toney represents Guyana’s future

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior powerlifters satisfied with Orlando performances …Gonsalves, Chan, Mack and Toney represents Guyana’s future

By Franklin Wilson in Orlando, USA compliments of Crown Mining Supplies, Fitness Express, Secure Innovations & Concepts, Industrial Safety Supplies, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. The...

Best of the Best Martial Arts C/Ships …Police, Harpy Eagles put on good show

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Best of the Best Martial Arts C/Ships …Police, Harpy Eagles put on good show

The Guyana Police Force and the Harpy Eagles Martial Arts Academy collaborated in a joint effort to impress at the Best of the Best Martial Arts Championships at the National Gymnasium on Mandela...

GFF-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Intra Association Football…Tournament continues despite inclement weather affecting some matches

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Intra Association Football…Tournament continues despite inclement weather affecting some matches

Four matches were played last weekend in the GFF-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Tournament in two Regional Member Associations (RMAs) that is, the Upper Demerara Football Association...

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Timehri United and Herstelling Raiders FC deliver exciting showdown in EBFA Boys’ U14 League

The end is near for local trade unions

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Within the next twenty years, the trade union movement in Guyana is going to disappear.... more