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“Mecca V was a huge success” – Nigel Hinds -Anthony Moe confirms participation for Guyana in FIBA Americas qualifiers

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Mecca V was a huge success” – Nigel Hinds -Anthony Moe confirms participation for Guyana in FIBA Americas qualifiers

Eleven teams were unsuccessful in dethroning the Georgetown based Bounty Colts as the national champions; one club from Berbice, four from Linden and six from the capital city, as Colts played...

Ranks must be trained to deal with domestic violence cases

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ranks must be trained to deal with domestic violence cases

The Police Force has a key role to play in bringing to justice those guilty of perpetrating domestic violence. But in order to deal appropriately with victims of domestic violence, ranks of the...

High Court commences hearing application to block charges against Singh, Brassington

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court commences hearing application to block charges against Singh, Brassington

The High Court has commenced hearing an application to stay the Magistrates’ Court proceedings filed against former Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Mercy Wings claim NSC Special Schools Windball title

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mercy Wings claim NSC Special Schools Windball title

Mercy Wings won the National Sports Commission/AL Sport and Tour Promotions Sponsored Inaugural Special Schools Windball Cricket Competition played recently at the Jubilee Park; they defeated Saint...

Human trafficking campaign features at Linden Town Week

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Human trafficking campaign features at Linden Town Week

With the prevalence of human trafficking in Guyana, the Ministry of Social Protection, last week, used the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue during the Linden Town Week activities. The...

GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…. Parika Salem snatch victory from the brink of defeat

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…. Parika Salem snatch victory from the brink of defeat

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 with competitive...

Labour Day Pools competition fixed for Saturday at Grand Central Sports Bar

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Labour Day Pools competition fixed for Saturday at Grand Central Sports Bar

The Guyana Pool and Billiard Club will stage a Labour Day Pools competition on Saturday at the Grand Central Sports Bar in Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. The nine ball tournament is sponsored by...

Entries pour in for Unity Cup National T10 championships

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries pour in for Unity Cup National T10 championships

Over 61 softball cricket teams have so far indicated their participation with the bulk coming from the East Coast area in all categories as teams line up to be involved in the Unity Cup Softball...

Twenty two Cricket Clubs benefit from RHTY&SC and BCB Development Project

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Twenty two Cricket Clubs benefit from RHTY&SC and BCB Development Project

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and the Berbice Cricket Board with support from Food-for-the-Poor (Guy) Ltd, MC Samaroo Grocery & Wholesale, Odyssey Transportation and the National...

50 trained in radiation use and management

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 50 trained in radiation use and management

Fifty participants from the public and private sectors from nine regions across Guyana are now trained in the use of radiation, radioactive sources and its management. This follows the successful...

GCB Summon Extraordinary Meeting

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Summon Extraordinary Meeting

It now appears as though the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has decided that the Guyana Cricket Administration Act #14 of 2014 should be implemented in full. The Cricket Board has, in the past, indicated...

Linden patients no longer have to pay for laboratory tests – critical drugs restocked

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden patients no longer have to pay for laboratory tests – critical drugs restocked

The Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) is now in a better position to meet the medical needs of its patients. It is now in possession of a biochemistry analyser. The laboratory machine, which has been...

Labourer charged for attacking lawyer’s vehicle- To undergo psychiatric evaluation

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer charged for attacking lawyer’s vehicle- To undergo psychiatric evaluation

A 23-year-old man was yesterday ordered to undergo evaluation at the psychiatric ward after he allegedly attacked a motor vehicle, owned by a lawyer. Zhovito Braithwaite, of 177 Layou Street, North...

A retraction

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A retraction

In the Wednesday, May 2 edition, the wrong photograph was used to depict “Jermain Samuels”, the man who was hospitalized in the “Two perish in Linden Highway” article. The photograph that...

Mahaica man wanted for Crane taxi driver murder

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica man wanted for Crane taxi driver murder

A Mahaica, East Coast Demerara man is wanted by police for the 2015 murder of a 55-year-old taxi driver from Crane, West Demerara. According to police, yesterday, they want to question Sheldon Colin...

GuySuCo delays proposal to send pensions to banks

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo delays proposal to send pensions to banks

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) says that it has delayed the decision to forward pensions to the banks. This followed the protests of pensioners recently. GuySuCo said that it noted that...

Man charged for robbery under arms of over $200,000

May 03, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man charged for robbery under arms of over $200,000

Philbert McPherson appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, yesterday, to answer to the charge of robbery under arms, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was alleged that on April 20, last, at...

$10M crab and fish processing facility for Smith Creek

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $10M crab and fish processing facility for Smith Creek

The selling of crab and fish is the main source of income for residents of Smith Creek, Morawhanna and Imbotero in Region One. Plans to establish a processing facility will allow them to add value to...

No shelter for accounting officers breaking financial regulations – Bulkan

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No shelter for accounting officers breaking financial regulations – Bulkan

The Ministry of Communities is streamlining the financial systems of municipalities across the country. It has warned that financial records must be kept in good order and turned over to the Auditor...

Corentyne farmer harvests 450 pounds of onion in a single crop

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne farmer harvests 450 pounds of onion in a single crop

Rawle Medford, a young farmer from Philippi Village, East Berbice-Corenytne on April 26, reaped the single largest crop of onions in Guyana. Medford harvested some 450 pounds of the Mercedes variety...

Fundraising luncheon

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fundraising luncheon

As part of the continuing efforts to garner resources to support the Bursary Award Programme of the Burnham Education Scholarship Trust (BEST), the Board of Trustees is sponsoring an annual...

Improve police relations in minority communities

May 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Improve police relations in minority communities

DEAR EDITOR, For a very long time, Guyanese, West Indians, Latinos, Sikhs and other minorities in Richmond Hill, Queens, Brooklyn and elsewhere, have accused New York Police of racism and abuse of...

How can anyone come to the conclusion that a dictatorship is in the making?

May 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can anyone come to the conclusion that a dictatorship is in the making?

DEAR EDITOR, I am compelled to comment on a letter published this week under the name Aryan Ghosh. Though it appears to be one made up for letter writing purposes, it was nevertheless carried and...

I saw nonsense not orientalism in the Labour Day March

May 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I saw nonsense not orientalism in the Labour Day March

Each year, I march with the two UG unions (really, it’s time they merge, but this is a class driven country where false consciousness is more evergreen than the parapet grass) on May Day. This year...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is transforming Guyana’s landscape

May 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is transforming Guyana’s landscape

DEAR EDITOR, No nation develops without investing in infrastructure, it is an enabling aspect, which is important, since infrastructure is supposed to facilitate and spur economic growth by providing...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more