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Guyana’s multi-sectoral drug demand reduction strategy lauded

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s multi-sectoral drug demand reduction strategy lauded

The global war on drugs is an expensive undertaking costing the global economy some US$100 billion annually, according to the UK-based NGO Transform Drug Policy Foundation. Guyana’s 2018 budget by...

ExxonMobil fails to name 309 local companies it utilized last year

Mar 11, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil fails to name 309 local companies it utilized last year

American oil giant, ExxonMobil, has often said that it takes local content “seriously”. But how important is such an issue to this multibillion dollar entity when it is unable to name the 309...

OAI uses airport money to set up car park for Correia family

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on OAI uses airport money to set up car park for Correia family

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI), the company that manages the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, is being accused of further misconduct. Investors are peeved at the fact that OAI spent airport revenues...

Nothing is for free… ExxonMobil will recover every cent spent on training and employing locals

Mar 11, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Nothing is for free… ExxonMobil will recover every cent spent on training and employing locals

Suppose you’re working at a company and you’re sent on a training programme for three months. When you return, you use your skills to enhance and uplift the profile of that company. But how would...

Stop playing politics with Guyana’s oil, release all contracts – Ramson Jr.

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stop playing politics with Guyana’s oil, release all contracts – Ramson Jr.

Charles Ramson Jr., an Attorney at law and one of the few Guyanese with a Masters Degree in Oil and Gas, wants the government to realize that it cannot play politics with the nation’s patrimony....

US bans Gilbacker, other fish

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US bans Gilbacker, other fish

…move seen as part of efforts to protect U.S industry The local fishing industry has been dealt a severe blow as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stopped the export of all...

GGDMA slams Business Minister over oil-versus-gas statements

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GGDMA slams Business Minister over oil-versus-gas statements

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has slammed Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin’s statements last week on the benefits of oil versus gold. During a seminar organised by the...

Devoted physician Dr. Nadia Ramdin is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Devoted physician Dr. Nadia Ramdin is a ‘Special Person’

“One of the things I loved about biology was the cells, how they operate…and I love people. When I did my studies at medical school and my residency, I found myself gravitating to oncology....

Local detergent refill centre in Diamond aims to reduce waste

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local detergent refill centre in Diamond aims to reduce waste

The “Tidy Up” Detergent Refill Center, which aims to promote the 3R initiative – recycling, reduction and the reuse of resources-was officially launched on Saturday. The business...

Sleeping man cremated by mistake

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping man cremated by mistake

St Lucia (Stkuciatimes.com)- According to the Royal Saint Lucia Police, 53-year old Geovanni Dillan Severin, decided to take a nap on a stretcher after working for sixteen hours straight. While he...

Cabinet faces dilemma over new GuySuCo board

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet faces dilemma over new GuySuCo board

The Cabinet of Ministers is facing a dilemma with the appointment of directors for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). On February 22, 2018, the Cabinet approved an 11-member board with financial...

Free glaucoma screening being offered at GPHC

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Free glaucoma screening being offered at GPHC

– as World Glaucoma Week is observed Starting today World Glaucoma Week [March 11- 17, 2018] will be observed. As part of the observance the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC]...

$40M new nursery school for Perth Village

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $40M new nursery school for Perth Village

The community surrounding Perth Village is soon to benefit from a brand new nursery school. About three kilometers south of Central Mahaicony, in Region Five, is situated the quiet Perth Village, on...

GCA Carib Beer T20 division one final….Perez leads DCC’s to Carib Beer Trophy as GCC lose by six runs in last over drama

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA Carib Beer T20 division one final….Perez leads DCC’s to Carib Beer Trophy as GCC lose by six runs in last over drama

By Sean Devers Watched by the largest crowd in recent times for club cricket at Bourda, DCC beat arch rivals GCC by six runs in an exciting last over win yesterday in the 2017 Carib Beer T20 final...

The David Hinds fiasco…Hiring and firing of a columnist is a matter for the Editor, not a Board — Nigel Williams

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The David Hinds fiasco…Hiring and firing of a columnist is a matter for the Editor, not a Board — Nigel Williams

The Board of an entity is there to give direction on policy. It is not there to deal with matters relating to the hiring and the firing of a columnist. This is the viewpoint of Chronicle Newspaper,...

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA…Swan needle Soesdyke; Timehri and KK Warriors also win

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA…Swan needle Soesdyke; Timehri and KK Warriors also win

New kids on the block, Swan FC, a neighbouring village to Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway, posted their fourth win from seven matches yesterday via a 1-0 margin over Soesdyke Falcons when...

GNBS re-certifies the GPHC Medical Laboratory

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS re-certifies the GPHC Medical Laboratory

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Friday re-certified the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Medical Laboratory after it successfully met the agency’s general...

GAPLF’s Women celebrates International Women’s day-Hold Powerlifting exhibition yesterday

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF’s Women celebrates International Women’s day-Hold Powerlifting exhibition yesterday

By Sean Devers Yesterday at Pollo Tropical on Camp and Robb streets Lacytown, Female members of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) celebrated International Women’s day (observed...

Entries for next Sunday’s KMTC Phagwah meet close today

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for next Sunday’s KMTC Phagwah meet close today

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club will be hosting its annual Phagwah Race meet next Sunday at their Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice racetrack and entries for that even will close today. No late...

New Champs to be crowned in Burnham Windball tourney

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Champs to be crowned in Burnham Windball tourney

Two new champions will be crowned in both the girls and boys division when the curtains come down today on The Forbes Burnham Foundation – National Sports Commission – AL Sport & Tour...

UCCA Ramnaresh Sarwan 40 overs First Division competition underway

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA Ramnaresh Sarwan 40 overs First Division competition underway

Former West Indies Captain and batting star Ramnaresh “Ronnie” Sarwan is sponsoring two cricket competitions in Berbice worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sarwan who hails from Essequibo,...

Sleuths receive US training on interviewing techniques

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sleuths receive US training on interviewing techniques

_______________________________________ The U.S. Government through the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, launched the Strengthening of the...

Exxon got Guyana struggling wid dem pole

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon got Guyana struggling wid dem pole

Some people would settle fuh anything. If you tek a man off de road who never sell a pound of sugar, or salt or a pint of oil, would you put him to run Courts? Dem boys seh that is exactly wha Hay...

Something stinks in the green state of Guyana

Mar 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Something stinks in the green state of Guyana

There is a small playground east of the Ministry of Public Health headquarters on Brickdam. For a great many years, this playground was used by youngsters from the Lodge and Wortmanville areas as a...

COMMONWEALTH DAY 2018 OP-ED

Mar 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on COMMONWEALTH DAY 2018 OP-ED

By Greg Quinn British High Commissioner On 12 March the 53 members of the Commonwealth will celebrate Commonwealth Day. The theme of this year’s day is ‘Towards a Common Future’....

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more