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Bikers hold woman at gunpoint, steal car by Russian Embassy

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bikers hold woman at gunpoint, steal car by Russian Embassy

Carjackers struck again last night, making off with a woman’s Toyota Allion after holding her at gunpoint in Pere Street, Kitty, in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy. Kaieteur News...

Seized vessel not submersible, was being used to transport fuel

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Seized vessel not submersible, was being used to transport fuel

– police The vessel that police had seized last week at Annbisi River, Port Kaituma, may not have been involved in any nefarious activities. In fact, a senior police official revealed...

Gender disparities in TVET takes centre stage at special workshop

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gender disparities in TVET takes centre stage at special workshop

To address the disparities that exist with the access to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) by both genders, the Council for TVET has partnered with stakeholders to mainstream...

Key institutions to be strengthened in preparation for oil boom

Nov 29, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Key institutions to be strengthened in preparation for oil boom

Many citizens are concerned about Guyana’s vulnerability to poverty and corruption when it becomes an oil-producing nation. It is often stated that oil can be a blessing and can just as...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – East Bank FA …Agricola, Friendship, Diamond United & Mocha to tangle as zone ends on Friday

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – East Bank FA …Agricola, Friendship, Diamond United & Mocha to tangle as zone ends on Friday

The inaugural GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association League /East Bank Football Association leg is anticipated to end on Friday afternoon following the final two...

Race of champions horse race meet to produce major fireworks

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Race of champions horse race meet to produce major fireworks

The Rising Sun Turf Club will come alive on Sunday December 3 from 1:00pm when the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee stages their Race of Champions horserace Meet. Much fireworks is promised...

Tax-free vacation allowance for private sector workers

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tax-free vacation allowance for private sector workers

On Monday, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan unveiled Budget 2018 before his colleagues in the National Assembly. One of the budget measures spoken about is tax-free vacation allowance for...

Phillips and Springer Weightlifting Championship – Barbados …Guyanese snare 3 gold, 1 silver & 2 bronze; Krystol Chanderban is best female

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phillips and Springer Weightlifting Championship – Barbados …Guyanese snare 3 gold, 1 silver & 2 bronze; Krystol Chanderban is best female

Krystol Chanderban competing in the 58kg class (Junior Female) and Deion Nurse who competed in the Masters category were declared Best Overall Lifters in their respective categories at the just...

Mix Up win New Amsterdam Town Week Domino competition

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mix Up win New Amsterdam Town Week Domino competition

The Mix Up Domino team put aside their differences and quickly jelled together to win the one day Domino competition organised by the New Amsterdam Town Council as part of its Town Week...

National Schools’ Track and Field Championships…Defending champions on top after day 2

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ Track and Field Championships…Defending champions on top after day 2

Three long Jump records broken Day two of the National Schools’ Track and Field Championships being held at the Leonora Track and Field facility on the West Coast of Demerara saw District 10 (Upper...

Moves apace to end outsourcing of breast cancer screening

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moves apace to end outsourcing of breast cancer screening

-among extensive plans to improve delivery of health care Intended to boost its cancer screening capabilities, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] is currently outfitted with a...

GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Chase Academy, Number 8 and Patentia register conclusive victories

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Chase Academy, Number 8 and Patentia register conclusive victories

The 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sports Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued recently with...

Rose Hall Jammers looking stamp authority during Mecca IV

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Jammers looking stamp authority during Mecca IV

The lone team from the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) that will be contesting in the 10 team National Club Championship which is being dubbed “Road to Mecca IV” is Rose Hall...

Hubbard guides Zeeburg B to victory over MMZ A

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hubbard guides Zeeburg B to victory over MMZ A

A fine all-round performance from Malcolm Hubbard guided host Zeeburg B to a nine-wicket victory over Met-en-Meer Zorg B when play in the West Demerara Cricket Association 50-over tournament...

Int’l Companies dominate bids to supply forensic equipment

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Companies dominate bids to supply forensic equipment

Securing hundreds of millions in bids yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) from several international companies was the Ministry of Public Security. These...

2017 CWI Regional 4-Day PCL…Akshaya Persaud returns to the Jaguars Squad in Round 5

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 CWI Regional 4-Day PCL…Akshaya Persaud returns to the Jaguars Squad in Round 5

With the fifth round of the 2017/2018 CWI Digicel Regional 4-Day PCL set to commence tomorrow at Providence, Guyana Jaguars will enter the match at the top of the points table with 64.8. The Jaguars,...

Fire Service probes cause of blaze that destroyed La Jalousie house

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service probes cause of blaze that destroyed La Jalousie house

– GPL says currently not in position to discuss compensation A process of investigation to officially determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a house at Lot 31 La Jalousie Estate,...

Balram Shane Memorial Competition…Port Mourant get past powerhouse Albion 4 years in succession

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balram Shane Memorial Competition…Port Mourant get past powerhouse Albion 4 years in succession

A fine and disciplined display of batting and bowling from the Port Mourant Cricket Club players led them to another victory over the star studded Albion Cricket Club in the Annual Balram Shane...

GTUC flays Govt. over Rusal’s behaviour

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC flays Govt. over Rusal’s behaviour

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling on Government to take note of the delay by Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) to pay its workers tax-free overtime. The...

PMTC teams take top spots in Balram Shane Volleyball Competition in Berbice

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on PMTC teams take top spots in Balram Shane Volleyball Competition in Berbice

The Volleyball Teams of the Port Mourant Training Center (PMTC) took the top two spots when the fifth edition of the Balram Shane Senior Inter Club Volleyball Competition was played on Sunday. The...

Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts 3rd Annual Karate Exam

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts 3rd Annual Karate Exam

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosted their 3rd annual exam on the 18th and 19th of November. The Iron Fist Karate Club held their exam on the 18th, while the Black Cobras Karate...

The promises that need to be fulfilled

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The promises that need to be fulfilled

Dear Mr. Editor, Please permit some space in your most informative newspaper to remind our Prime Minister, our President and all the politicians who campaigned in 2015 general elections and made...

BCUA OGM now set for Dec. 2

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCUA OGM now set for Dec. 2

The Ordinary General Meeting of the Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) which was slated for Sunday last at the former Berbice Cricket Board office, Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam will now...

JUSTICE PATTERSON’S APPOINTMENT WAS BY FIAT OF THE CONSTITUTION

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on JUSTICE PATTERSON’S APPOINTMENT WAS BY FIAT OF THE CONSTITUTION

Dear Editor, On October 19, 2017 President David Granger appointed 84-year-old former Guyana Supreme Court Justice, James Patterson, as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. This appointment,...

The ExxonMobil arrangement

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ExxonMobil arrangement

Dear Editor, From media reports there seems to be a furor over which choice of Agreement with Exxon Mobil Corporation Guyana ought to find suitable for full satisfaction to all concerned. If there is...

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