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Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill passed

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill passed

– changes will limit uncapped powers of ‘Jagdeo Act’ – PM The National Assembly, following an extensive debate yesterday in Parliament, passed the Broadcasting (Amendment)...

COI into alleged assassination plot… Ramnarine denies usurping powers of Top Cop

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI into alleged assassination plot… Ramnarine denies usurping powers of Top Cop

Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine has denied the suggestion that he usurped the powers of the Commissioner of Police, in order to take over the role and functions of the office of the...

Murder accused shot dead after starting unrest at Timehri Prison

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused shot dead after starting unrest at Timehri Prison

– reportedly tried to escape, ignored repeated warnings to halt A 24-year-old remand prisoner was shot dead at around 17.00 hrs yesterday, shortly after instigating a violent clash between...

Waste disposal driver admits being paid to smuggle ganja into Lusignan prison, jailed

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Waste disposal driver admits being paid to smuggle ganja into Lusignan prison, jailed

…admits being paid to smuggle ganja into Lusignan prison Akeem John, a driver attached to Cevon’s Waste Management Service was yesterday jailed for three years after he admitted to...

Mid-Year report reveals…‘Other crops’ industry grows by 2.5 percent

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mid-Year report reveals…‘Other crops’ industry grows by 2.5 percent

Despite the damaging effects of heavy rainfall during the second quarter of 2017, the “other crops” industry still grew by 2.5 percent for the first half of the year. This is a creditable...

Economy sees marginal growth for first half of 2017

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Economy sees marginal growth for first half of 2017

—Agriculture sector experiences overall growth In spite of criticisms in recent months, the statistics show that the economy actually grew in the first half of 2017. This is according to the 2017...

Sugar continues to see miserable performance

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar continues to see miserable performance

As many predicted, the sugar sector has once again churned out another miserable performance for the first half of the year. This was reflected in the Mid-Year report which was released by the...

Minister knocks DEMTOCO over Tobacco control stance

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister knocks DEMTOCO over Tobacco control stance

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence said yesterday none of the 65 legislators felt the Tobacco Control Bill needed scrutiny by a Parliamentary Special Select Committee. The embattled Demerara...

Soulja Bai better don’t legalise that BT thing

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai better don’t legalise that BT thing

Shakespeare seh that as time change man change. Dem boys slowly grow to accept this saying. When Jagdeo tun a Minister he look like ah innocent pity poor boy come from Mahaica. He tun out to be...

Bound body found at Long Creek identified

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bound body found at Long Creek identified

The bound body of a man found at Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway on June 12, last, has been identified as that of Mukesh Tobin. Tobin was found with both hands tied behind his back with a...

Cabinet to closely monitor implementation of Public Sector Improvement Programme

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to closely monitor implementation of Public Sector Improvement Programme

By Murtland Haley Following the presentation of a half-year report under the Public Sector Improvement Programme (PSIP), Cabinet agreed to closely monitor the implementation of the PSIP. Minister of...

Mechanical problems result in delayed Dynamic Airways, Fly Jamaica flights

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanical problems result in delayed Dynamic Airways, Fly Jamaica flights

Passengers who were stranded because of the cancellation of Dynamic Airways flights were expected to reach their destinations between last night and this morning. This is according to airline...

Origin of fire at Forestry Chair’s home still to be determined

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Origin of fire at Forestry Chair’s home still to be determined

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is still to determine the origin of a fire on July 19, last, which destroyed the home of Chairperson of the Guyana Forestry Commission, Jocelyn Dow, and several business...

Prosecution closes case in Debra Blackman murder PI

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution closes case in Debra Blackman murder PI

Police Inspector Gordon Mansfield yesterday closed the case for the prosecution in the preliminary inquiry into the murder of Debra Blackman, the waitress who was shot and killed when bandits stormed...

Siblings accused of trafficking cocaine get trial date

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Siblings accused of trafficking cocaine get trial date

The trial of 23-year-old Dellon Bobb-Semple and his 21 year-old sibling Timeka Bobb-Semple, who were allegedly busted by Police with a quantity of cocaine, is scheduled to commence on August 6,...

Usain Bolt recovers from slow start to win 100m heats

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt recovers from slow start to win 100m heats

Jamaican finishes ahead of Brit James Dasaolu Daily Mail – A bad start, an easy finish and that same old burst of beautiful cruelty in the middle. Usain Bolt is up and running in his final...

GAW begins 2017 Hero CPL campaign today in Florida

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAW begins 2017 Hero CPL campaign today in Florida

Face-off with SKNP from noon By Sean Devers in Florida In association with Carib Beer, Vnet Communications, Ming’s Services & Products & Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club The Guyana...

Mo Farah claims 10,000m gold in glorious return to the London Stadium

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah claims 10,000m gold in glorious return to the London Stadium

Daily Mail – This time Sir Mo Farah even found the time and energy to signal to the London crowd with a defiant beat of the chest to raise the decibel level. This time he even saw off what, at...

Nation’s health more valuable than tobacco revenue – Harmon

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nation’s health more valuable than tobacco revenue – Harmon

By Kiana Wilburg The nation’s health is much more valuable than the billions of dollars in taxes that the government collects annually from the tobacco sector. As such, the Government says it is...

Thunderstorm brewing for GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior Championships tomorrow

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thunderstorm brewing for GABBFF Mr. Guyana Senior Championships tomorrow

By Franklin Wilson With a number of big names being bandied around that are expected to hit the stage tomorrow night at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, the Guyana Amateur Body Building...

Five exhibition games usher tonight’s final between Future Stars and West Front Road

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five exhibition games usher tonight’s final between Future Stars and West Front Road

GT Beer Keep Your 5 Alive KO Futsal Tourney While fans for either finalist in tonight’s final of the Keep Your Five Alive KO Futsal tournament, Future Stars and West Front Road-Gold is Money would...

National Sports Commission keeps pledge to support young athletes

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Sports Commission keeps pledge to support young athletes

– Rogers and McCoy to receive G$230,000 yearly The pair of Claudrice McCoy, who won gold in the 3000m open at the 2017 Carifta Games and Onassha Rogers, who runs the sprint double of 100m/200m,...

Dian Prahalad creates history at RHTYSC

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dian Prahalad creates history at RHTYSC

– First Female to cop Cricketer of Academy Award History was created last weekend when for the first time, a female cricketer was named Cricketer of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club...

Kendall’s Union Sports Club receives equipment from former members

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kendall’s Union Sports Club receives equipment from former members

With this being August month the unseasonal rainy weather continues to wreak havoc with outdoor sporting activities in Guyana, as such a number of sporting organisations are making use of the time to...

Dependable Spares and Universal Electronics support Enmore CC

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dependable Spares and Universal Electronics support Enmore CC

The Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club has benefited through a timely donation from Dependable Spares of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and Universal Electronics of Enmore, East Coast Demerara in...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more