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RHTY&SC and Ansa McAl renew long standing relationship

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC and Ansa McAl renew long standing relationship

Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and beverage giants Ansa McAl (Guy) Ltd on Tuesday last renewed their long standing relationship...

Hamilton Green birth anniversary 9-a-side football Fiesta on tomorrow

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green birth anniversary 9-a-side football Fiesta on tomorrow

Former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green, 83rd birth anniversary inter-ward/village 9-a-side football tournament is scheduled for one-day action at the Den Amstel community centre ground, tomorrow, with...

Barnwell to replace Reifer after Jaguar’s 3rd match

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell to replace Reifer after Jaguar’s 3rd match

The Guyana Jaguars team, which commenced their mission to claim the 2018 CWI Regional Super 50 title with victories against Kent Country Cricket Club and USA thus far, will enter their fourth round...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee & New Level Sports Bar host Domino tourney

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Committee & New Level Sports Bar host Domino tourney

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) and New Level Sports Bar are set to host a six-team domino “Pre-Mashramani” competition in honour of Johnny “Overseas” Barnwell at Sadam Place, lot...

Neighbour jailed in absence for felonious wounding- Arrest warrant issued

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbour jailed in absence for felonious wounding- Arrest warrant issued

An arrest warrant has been issued for an East Canje resident who has been sentenced to four months in jail in his absence. Somdat Indal, 46, of 1178 New Area, East Canje, Berbice, was yesterday found...

East Canje man jailed for brutalizing woman

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man jailed for brutalizing woman

Roy Archer, 32, of Main Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail for causing grievously bodily harm. The act was perpetrated on Jaia Bansie on 9th...

City Hall is a source of laughter

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall is a source of laughter

Dear Editor, There is a new lake in Georgetown, it is called ‘Bel Park Lake’ and it has been created through the foolishness of the Georgetown Municipality. With the City Council having a...

Let’s have a Zip code

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Let’s have a Zip code

Dear Editor, With the rapid changes taking place in Guyana, it is very imperative for our postal system to have a Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) code. When doing transactions abroad you are always...

GTT’s crappy service

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT’s crappy service

Dear Editor, GTT is in need of major improvements as it relates to their overall service. However I am writing today to zoom in on one service in particular. I signed up and paid for the “BLAZE”...

The Self Proclaimed Pharaoh, PPP and GAWU

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Self Proclaimed Pharaoh, PPP and GAWU

Dear Editor, As the sugar industry is facing a crisis and the government is doing all that it can to ensure that it is once again profitable, much is in the air that makes Guyanese, especially sugar...

A cesspool of lawlessness

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A cesspool of lawlessness

Dear Editor, According to reports in the local press, the proposed date for the election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of Committees of the Georgetown Municipality has...

The Marudi miners are desperate

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marudi miners are desperate

Dear Editor, We are distraught to learn of Mr. Harmon’s comment regarding the importance of resolving the Marudi Mountain dispute. ‘I can’t say that it is something that has engaged the level...

There are bees at this school

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are bees at this school

Dear Editor, For a long time now bees have been invading and attacking teachers, children and parents at the All Saints Primary School in New Amsterdam. They come from the surrounding area nearby the...

`Ogle Airport Inc. says KN malicious

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on `Ogle Airport Inc. says KN malicious

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News (Tuesday, 30th January, 2018) you published yet a third story headlined “Ogle Airport granted 25-yr lease, but subleases to companies for 50 years”, targeting the...

Dismissed Sugar Workers hardships

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dismissed Sugar Workers hardships

Dear Editor, I do strongly believe that the severed sugar workers must be given subsidized water and electricity due to the tremendous hardships they and their families have been facing. At this...

Public Financial Management reforms… Limited capacity at Finance Ministry will pose significant challenges – IMF

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Financial Management reforms… Limited capacity at Finance Ministry will pose significant challenges – IMF

Strong Public Financial Management (PFM) systems are essential for any country to ensure effective and sustainable economic management and public service delivery. Guyana has been carrying out...

Miner remanded for 2016 North West murder

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for 2016 North West murder

After being on the run for nearly 18 months, a miner was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the capital offence of murder. Thirty-year-old Allen Fredericks of Golden City, Baramita Village,...

GO-Invest anticipates creating almost 6,000 jobs in 2018

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GO-Invest anticipates creating almost 6,000 jobs in 2018

Some 5,725 jobs are expected to be created this year through the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) as the agency anticipates investments totalling $154B. According to Minister of Business,...

Dr. Carissa Etienne commences second term as PAHO Regional Director

Feb 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Carissa Etienne commences second term as PAHO Regional Director

Improving access to health for the most vulnerable, ensuring sufficient financing for health, and preparing health services to withstand the effects of climate change are among the priorities of Dr....

Sam Hinds personifies the collective mind of the PPP leadership

Feb 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

There appeared a letter at the beginning of the week in this newspaper and all the other dailies with the same heading; “The morbid one is Freddie, not the PPP/C nor Jagdeo” authored by former...

Rape accused beaten in court lock-ups

Feb 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rape accused beaten in court lock-ups

A 44-year-old bus driver who is accused of raping a three year-old girl was yesterday charged and remanded to prison. William Gomes, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was not required to...

Trees on 10-acre plot earmarked for ExxonMobil begin to die

Feb 02, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Trees on 10-acre plot earmarked for ExxonMobil begin to die

– Approval for lease still to be granted The thick vegetation that once occupied the 10-acre plot of land that has been earmarked for oil giant, ExxonMobil, is starting to diminish. Since last...

There is no sharing in Exxon’s Production Sharing Agreement

Feb 02, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil Comments Off on There is no sharing in Exxon’s Production Sharing Agreement

– Have some compassion and renegotiate–says Accountant, Nigel Hinds By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell If one adds the collective losses from contracts that were mismanaged; investments that...

GRDB defendants served with over 2,000 statements

Feb 02, 2018 KNews News 3

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) matter yesterday continued in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman. Yesterday when the matter was called, Special...

Jamaican utility official named new GPL Chief

Feb 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican utility official named new GPL Chief

-new equipment now online will reduce number of trips- outgoing Chairman The state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has named a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after more than 18 months of...

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Shadman hits fifty, WI drop three catches on truncated day

A little room to breathe and a podium of their own!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Week after week, the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)... more