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Sugar production for 2017 will be the lowest since 1999

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar production for 2017 will be the lowest since 1999

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to an article titled ”Sugar sliding to worst performance in years as workers stay away” appearing in October 5, 2017...

Diamond/Grove NDC appeals for Govt. support to fix deplorable roads

Oct 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond/Grove NDC appeals for Govt. support to fix deplorable roads

The Diamond/Grove Neighbouring Democratic Council (NDC) is appealing to government for financial assistance to fix the deplorable roads and other infrastructure in the large East Bank Demerara...

IDB slowness adversely affecting the income of Amerindian people

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on IDB slowness adversely affecting the income of Amerindian people

Dear Editor, Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) project, Guyana’s Redd+ Readiness activates has not been managed satisfactorily by the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) leading to the...

Noise pollution in Region 6 is out of control

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Noise pollution in Region 6 is out of control

Dear Editor, Permit me space to address the issue of mobile vendors and commercial noise nuisance and noise pollution in Region 6 especially Central and Upper Corentyne areas. It seems to me that the...

Several screened for breast, cervical and prostate cancer

Oct 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Several screened for breast, cervical and prostate cancer

– at Linden Hospital Complex medical outreach A medical outreach was on Saturday hosted by the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) It was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Public...

Missing cocaine and police corruption

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Missing cocaine and police corruption

Dear Editor, Recently, we were inundated by the story of the missing cocaine. The illegal drug item was taken into ‘safe keeping’ by law enforcement officers but when the exhibits were tendered...

This Commission of Inquiry will create serious problems it cannot solve

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Commission of Inquiry will create serious problems it cannot solve

Dear Editor, Speaking on a Motion moved by the PPP/C in the National Assembly on the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) by the President to enquire into claims of loss of ‘ancestral...

Region Ten Educators pulled out the stops in celebrating Teachers’ Week

Oct 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten Educators pulled out the stops in celebrating Teachers’ Week

Teachers in Region Ten on Friday participated in a grand rally which started at the Linden Technical Institute and ended at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. It was by far, the biggest event...

What’s the criteria used for financial assistance for medical purposes?

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s the criteria used for financial assistance for medical purposes?

Dear Editor, I have observed the public disclosure on financial assistance for medical purposes that were rendered to the distinguished gentleman and former magistrate, Fazil Azeez, who suffered at...

City Council is on a march of corruption and incompetence

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council is on a march of corruption and incompetence

Dear Editor, In their absolute greed for money and as part of their unscrupulous pattern of behaviour, I have observed some new goings-on by the City Council of Georgetown. Using their special...

GRFU/Bounty Farm 15s…Guyana Defence Force drill Police Falcons 62-10

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU/Bounty Farm 15s…Guyana Defence Force drill Police Falcons 62-10

The Guyana Defence Force followed up their combative 34-29 victory over the mighty Panthers team last week with a devastating 62-10 victory over an almost clueless Police Falcons unit yesterday at...

NA Multilateral wins Berbice Inter School Chess Championship

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA Multilateral wins Berbice Inter School Chess Championship

New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMSS) is the winner of the seventh edition of the Berbice Inter-School Chess Championship which was held recently in Berbice. The championship, which was...

Over 100 children benefit from CANI distribution programme

Oct 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over 100 children benefit from CANI distribution programme

The Come Alive Network Inc (CANI) yesterday executed the second leg of their Shoes and Stationery distribution. The team went to different communities around Guyana, such as Mocha Arcadia Community,...

Fake qualifications

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Fake qualifications

There was once a man who lived in Guyana who used to pretend that he was a certified medical doctor from an international university. When someone decided to check on his qualifications, the...

All set for final stages of BVA Inter school competition today at Port Mourant

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for final stages of BVA Inter school competition today at Port Mourant

With the teams confirmed and the date and venue finalized, all is now set for the final stages of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) inter school competition. The event is set to be held today...

Kevlon Anderson is a batsman to watch

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kevlon Anderson is a batsman to watch

Idolises Windies opener Kraigg Braithwaite By Sean Devers When Kelvon Anderson made his GCB/CGI three-day Franchise debut for Lower Corentyne, he was just 16-years old but batted with a maturity that...

Bakewell Junior Tennis Tournament underway

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell Junior Tennis Tournament underway

The Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) in collaboration with Bakewell has undertaken the fourth edition of the Bakewell Junior Open tournament with the objective to strengthen and expose the junior...

Hamilton on verge of fourth Formula One title

Oct 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton on verge of fourth Formula One title

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton was within reach of his fourth Formula One title yester after winning the Japanese Grand Prix for Mercedes, while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel suffered...

BREAKING NEWS!!! Bound bodies of elderly women…Cops capture mastermind in Pomeroon

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!!! Bound bodies of elderly women…Cops capture mastermind in Pomeroon

Police have captured the 37-year-old man who allegedly led the gang which robbed and brutally murdered elderly Constance Fraser and Phyllis Caesar in their South Road, Bourda home last week...

US$500M PetroCaribe rice deal…SOCU recommends contempt charges against GBTI directors

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$500M PetroCaribe rice deal…SOCU recommends contempt charges against GBTI directors

-Questions raised over bank’s presence on GRDB board Directors of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) are facing contempt charges. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) will have to...

GRA in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion-Tax Chief

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion-Tax Chief

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, has noted that with stringent measures now in place, the agency is in a better position to trace offshore tax evasion...

Cops step up hunt for mastermind in the murders of elderly women

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News 1

Up to press time yesterday, the cops were hot on the trail of the 37-year-old mastermind in the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar,77, whose bound bodies were discovered last Tuesday...

Killers burned block maker’s body twice

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News 1

The men who killed blockmaker, Mahendra Ghanie, said they were forced to burn his body twice in separate graves in a desperate bid to conceal evidence of their grisly crime. The suspects, including...

Aurora gold mine pours record-breaking 18,900 ounces in September

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora gold mine pours record-breaking 18,900 ounces in September

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfield Inc., which operates the Aurora mines in Cuyuni/Mazaruni area, has set a record breaking production in September. According to the company, gold production from mining...

Criminal charges likely for several in Gold Board case

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal charges likely for several in Gold Board case

The police are reportedly set to recommend criminal charges for a number of persons implicated in alleged money laundering transactions at the Guyana Gold Board (GGB). The charges stemmed from...

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