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Bartica Teachers benefit from STEM, Robotics training

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica Teachers benefit from STEM, Robotics training

STEM Guyana in association with the Ministry of Public Telecommunications recently embarked on a series of certification sessions for technology buffs or school leaders who are interested in...

Milo Under-18 schools’ football tournament…Super Sunday produces 29 goals in three games yesterday

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-18 schools’ football tournament…Super Sunday produces 29 goals in three games yesterday

When played resumed in the Milo/Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) sponsored under-18 schools’ football tournament yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, it was goals galore and fans...

Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tourney underway

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tourney underway

Play in the inaugural Magnum “Mash Cup” futsal tournament began on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium with 12 matches. The tournament was declared open by president of the Guyana football...

2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament…Wins for Demerara and Berbice

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament…Wins for Demerara and Berbice

The 2018 GCB/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 tournament commenced yesterday with President X1 winning the toss opting to take first strike. Opening batsman, Bhedesh Persaud scored 13, while Alvin...

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concludes

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concludes

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tournament concluded on Saturday last at the National Gymnasium. The tournament running for the fifth year is sponsored by Mr. Darrell Carpenay, Managing...

Elite league clubs boost squads as transfer window closes

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elite league clubs boost squads as transfer window closes

– Clubs to receive monies owed The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite league is set to resume next week Sunday (February 11) and in a bid to heighten squads, some clubs have taken full...

Golf Club President, Aleem Hussain, wins LGC unique Club Tournament

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf Club President, Aleem Hussain, wins LGC unique Club Tournament

Teeing off at the Lusignan Golf Course at just after 8:00am a set of golfers vied for top places in the day’s tournament, striving to let their early morning adrenalin earn them an edge. It seemed...

Depleted City Hall funds raises alarm

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Depleted City Hall funds raises alarm

…Nearly $3B in liabilities by end of 2017 There are growing concerns over the lack of proper management and accountability of finances by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC)....

Upper Corentyne Cricket Association T20 competition pushed back to mid-February

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne Cricket Association T20 competition pushed back to mid-February

28 teams entered The Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) T 20 cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne has been pushed back to later this month due to circumstances beyond the...

Govt. Ministers have no place determining technical issues on oil

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. Ministers have no place determining technical issues on oil

– Opposition The discovery of oil must change Government’s approach to the sector; techical experts must be sought to provide the necessary guidance. This is the view of Opposition Leader,...

GTTA to start 2018 Activities with NSC Mashramani Cadet and Junior C/ships

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA to start 2018 Activities with NSC Mashramani Cadet and Junior C/ships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association is set to kick start its 2018 calendar of activities with the commencement of the National Sports Commission, Guyana Table Tennis Association sponsored Mashramani...

$58M for more living quarters for officers at Mazaruni Prison

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $58M for more living quarters for officers at Mazaruni Prison

Further plans are being made to accommodate more staff at the Mazaruni Prison which is earmarked to receive an additional 400 inmates as part of a major expansion programme to ease...

Delays in prosecution of child rape cases continue to raise concerns

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Delays in prosecution of child rape cases continue to raise concerns

-one matter still in court after six years; another pending after ten With some strides made locally to adequately deal with matters related to sexual offences particularly those involving children,...

No good life, if your pension is under minimum wage

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No good life, if your pension is under minimum wage

Dear Editor, There are pensioners who contribute fifteen years and more to the public service and are not receiving a pension for those years. There is this outdated pension policy that states, if...

Linden Town Council continues to seek collaboration with US Embassy

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Council continues to seek collaboration with US Embassy

A team of officials from the Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) of the United States Embassy, recently met with Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland and other members of the Council to discuss...

Mashramani needs to return to Linden, place of its ‘birth’

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani needs to return to Linden, place of its ‘birth’

– Commemoration Committee Chairman, Charles Sampson By Enid Joaquin This year Guyana celebrates forty eight years as a Republic and it would also mark the forty eight year of Mashramani...

OPR recommends departmental charges for whiskey smuggling suspect

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on OPR recommends departmental charges for whiskey smuggling suspect

As GRA’s probe into whiskey smuggling continues The Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has recommended departmental charges for Deputy Superintendent of...

Fake historical facts in a sixty two year old historiography

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fake historical facts in a sixty two year old historiography

For sixty two years – from the 1955 political split between Jagan and Burnham to the Kaieteur News letter of Friday February 2, 2018 by Sam Hinds – the PPP has gotten away with a...

Man on trial for murder of dredge owner

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man on trial for murder of dredge owner

The trial of Marlon Marian Freeman, of Hodge Lane, Linden, who has denied responsibility for the December 22, 2013 murder of dredge owner, Timothy Adams, commenced yesterday before Justice James...

Venezuela objects to World Court involvement to solve border controversy

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Venezuela objects to World Court involvement to solve border controversy

Dear Editor, As expected, the Venezuelan government rejected the January 30 decision of the UN Secretary General (UNSG) to refer the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to the International Court of...

“Golden girl” athlete, Deshana Skeete now Banks DIH Brand Ambassador

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Golden girl” athlete, Deshana Skeete now Banks DIH Brand Ambassador

Company sells $101 Billion in stocks at Linden Branch By Enid Joaquin Banks DIH Limited Chairman, Clifford Reis at the Company’s meeting of Shareholders in Linden on Friday, made two...

Minister Patterson cannot abandon the Charity Wharf

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Patterson cannot abandon the Charity Wharf

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in the news media on February. 2, 2018, David Patterson, Minister of Public Infrastructure (MPI), disclaimed responsibility for operation and maintenance of...

Trini man charged with killing Guyanese teen

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trini man charged with killing Guyanese teen

A 27-year-old man from Nelson Street, Port of Spain, was due in court on Monday, charged with the daytime murder of a Guyanese national on January 18, last. Josimar Chase is expected to appear before...

TCV has been doing tremendous work on the ground

Feb 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on TCV has been doing tremendous work on the ground

Dear Editor, We are grateful to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, for recognising The Caribbean Voice (TCV) as a credible NGO. We are also thrilled with the Hon Minister’s words, “I...

UG defends hike in administrative fees

Feb 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG defends hike in administrative fees

–says move approved by recognised arm of the Council Although the University of Guyana Student Society [UGSS] has expressed dissatisfaction with the move by the University of Guyana [UG]...

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