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Health Ministry defends $366M drug contract…Procedures were followed; company was only one that tendered

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry defends $366M drug contract…Procedures were followed; company was only one that tendered

The Ministry of Public Health has come out, defending the award of a drug contract last year worth over $366M to New York-based HDM Labs Inc. There were questions about the procedures used in...

ExxonMobil moves ahead with plans for major office complex

Jul 18, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil moves ahead with plans for major office complex

US oil giant, ExxonMobil, is moving ahead with plans to construct a two-building office here. The company has kick started the process by advertising online and in the daily newspapers. It is making...

Campbellville double murder…. Man charged with killing Pandit, son

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Campbellville double murder…. Man charged with killing Pandit, son

A 30-year-old man who is accused of the gruesome killing of a Pandit and his son was yesterday charged and remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

Woman, three others charged with killing and robbery of Westminster phone card vendor

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, three others charged with killing and robbery of Westminster phone card vendor

Four persons, including a 25-year-old woman and two men accused of committing an armed robbery several weeks ago, were charged yesterday with the shooting to death of phone card vendor Ron Mansfield...

ExxonMobil not worried about Venezuela border issue

Jul 18, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil not worried about Venezuela border issue

– Outgoing PR Brasington ExxonMobil’s Kimberly Brasington recently assured that her company is not the least bit worried about Venezuela and the border issue it is involved in with...

Chief Justice stays magistrates’ court proceedings against Dr. Singh, Brassington

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice stays magistrates’ court proceedings against Dr. Singh, Brassington

Chief Justice Roxane George has ordered Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to put a hold on criminal proceedings against Former Minister of Finance,Dr. Ashni Singh and former head of the National...

Conservation Int’l vows independence despite its source of funding

Jul 18, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Conservation Int’l vows independence despite its source of funding

Conservation International (CI) yesterday said that it is no “watchdog group”; distancing itself from any responsibility to speak out whenever a company acts in violation of certain standards of...

He own people plucking Granger tail feather

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on He own people plucking Granger tail feather

Drugs is always big business. Cocaine is de biggest. Then dem got ganja second. Pharmaceuticals third. Jagdeo had Babbie Ramroop and he is a doctor. Dem do de gods wid drugs. Dem bring in and fix dem...

ExxonMobil schools’ football tournament… South win battle of Ruimveldt; Chase cruise into final

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ExxonMobil schools’ football tournament… South win battle of Ruimveldt; Chase cruise into final

East Ruimveldt received a sound 9-1 thrashing from South Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on CARIFESTA Avenue to book the final spot in the girls’ final of...

Bus runs over man on Carifesta Avenue

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bus runs over man on Carifesta Avenue

An unidentified man was run over by a minibus BWW 4632 on the Carifesta Avenue around 03:30 hrs on Tuesday morning. When this publication visited the scene, the 48-year-old driver of the bus, who is...

Morris century leads Barbados to CWI Regional U17 title

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morris century leads Barbados to CWI Regional U17 title

By Zaheer Mohamed in Trinidad and Tobago in association with V Net Communications, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Mike’s Pharmacy and Bel Air Rubis Guyana went into the fifth and final round...

Gold Board to test new mercury burning equipment this week

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board to test new mercury burning equipment this week

The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is assuring that the highest safety measure will be taken in the burning of gold at its new facility. GGB’s new Crown Street office is currently being retrofitted to...

Muscle champions pays courtesy call on sponsor, Jamie McDonald of Fitness Express

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Muscle champions pays courtesy call on sponsor, Jamie McDonald of Fitness Express

Fitness Express athletes, Kerwin Clarke and Emmerson Campbell were lauded by the CEO of the entity, Jamie McDonald for winning the Mr. Guyana Bodybuilding and Physique titles at the just concluded...

Court allows appeal for separate murder convictions

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court allows appeal for separate murder convictions

In separate hearings, last week, the Court of Appeal converted murder convictions to manslaughter for two men on death row and substituted the death penalty with jail terms. The two men, Lennox Syfox...

Early diagnosis of Parkinson Disease should start at health centre level – Neurologist

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Early diagnosis of Parkinson Disease should start at health centre level – Neurologist

The public health sector is increasingly depending on primary health care to ensure that its services reach a wide cross-section of the population. The ultimate aim is to ensure that primary health...

Pele FC 47th Anniversary Fun-Day Tourney… Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton team edge Vibert ‘Durdy’ Butts to emerge victors

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC 47th Anniversary Fun-Day Tourney… Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton team edge Vibert ‘Durdy’ Butts to emerge victors

On a mission to continue empowering youths, Pele Football Club Alumni Corporation and its local beneficiary, Pele Football Club (PFC) on Saturday last hosted the PFCs 47th anniversary with a...

Minister Norton to give feature address at MSC Academy – Girls are encouraged to register

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister Norton to give feature address at MSC Academy – Girls are encouraged to register

Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. George Norton will deliver the feature address at the opening of the 2018 Malteenoes Cricket Academy on July 23 at...

One change made to Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Emancipation Meet

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on One change made to Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Emancipation Meet

One change has been made to the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Emancipation Horserace Meet at Bush Lot Corentyne on Sunday July 29 with the fifth race on the programme, the Guyana Bred 3-year-old...

28 years jail for youth who killed man during break-in

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on 28 years jail for youth who killed man during break-in

Twenty two-year-old Ryan Jones was jailed yesterday for 28 years, after he pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge during his appearance before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown....

Elite League to benefit from capacity building initiatives – As President Forde wraps up successful trip to Brazil

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elite League to benefit from capacity building initiatives – As President Forde wraps up successful trip to Brazil

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League will benefit from significant capacity building partnerships as a direct result of a three-day visit by President Wayne Forde to Rio de Janeiro,...

Berbice Cricket Board names Selection Committees for Sub-Association

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board names Selection Committees for Sub-Association

The Executive of the Berbice Cricket Board met on Thursday last for their monthly meeting and among the topics discussed was the restarting of the 2018 Cricket Season, Cricket Academy 2018, upcoming...

Another successful GTA, Olympic Day championship held

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another successful GTA, Olympic Day championship held

The Guyana Taekwondo Association (GTA) on Saturday last ran off the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) sponsored Olympic Day Taekwondo Championship in observance of Olympic Day 2018. The...

Health Minister’s statement on HDM Inc contract award

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister’s statement on HDM Inc contract award

The Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence wishes to set the record straight on the mischievous, salacious and inaccurate reports in some sections of the media with regard to an August 2017...

$400M New Amsterdam hotel opens doors

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $400M New Amsterdam hotel opens doors

Overlooking the township of New Amsterdam stands the magnificent ‘Leisure Inn Hotel’ and Multi Purpose facility. Boasting five floors from ground up on its solid foundation, the...

IMF wants review of Guyana’s mining tax regime

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IMF wants review of Guyana’s mining tax regime

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a call for a comprehensive review of Guyana’s mining tax regime. The Fund believes that such a review would provide a good basis for introducing a...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more