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Youth teams benefit from capacity building sessions

Jul 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth teams benefit from capacity building sessions

The male and female youth teams, which recently wrapped up national encampment, have benefitted from two sessions aimed at building their capacity for understanding the Laws of the Game and...

Grandfather among three jailed for planting ganja

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Grandfather among three jailed for planting ganja

Three elderly men who were found guilty on two charges of possession of ammunition and cultivating prohibited plants were sent to jail when they appeared before by Magistrate Alex Moore in the New...

Natural Resources Corps of Warden benefit from TIP training

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Corps of Warden benefit from TIP training

The Corps of Warden attached to the Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday begun a training exercise on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), conducted by the Ministerial Task Force of the Ministry of...

GPF 179th Anniversary Volleyball Finals serves off today

Jul 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GPF 179th Anniversary Volleyball Finals serves off today

As the Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues to celebrate its 179th Anniversary, the eagerly anticipated Volleyball Championship Finals will be hosted today from 13:00hrs, in the Mounted Branch...

Assault accused remanded

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Assault accused remanded

Forty-year old, Sunil Persaud, a city businessman, was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Annette Singh when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on an assault charge. It is...

Implementation and planning are the problems

Jul 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Implementation and planning are the problems

The world this week observed the 100th birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela. As part of the centenary reflections, it was accepted that the objective conditions which Mandela faced required him to...

Ministry of Health takes training on substance abuse prevention to Region Two.

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health takes training on substance abuse prevention to Region Two.

The Ministry of Health recently commenced a five-day training workshop on the Essequibo Coast, which is centered on the reduction of drug and substance abuse within Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam]....

Sexual violence awareness campaign to be translated in Indigenous language

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual violence awareness campaign to be translated in Indigenous language

Indigenous Peoples are among the most susceptible groups to a number of socio-economic issues including sexual and other types of violence according to a study. Studies conducted by the United...

Ministry of Health takes training on substance abuse prevention to Region Two.

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health takes training on substance abuse prevention to Region Two.

The Ministry of Health recently commenced a five-day training workshop on the Essequibo Coast, which is centered on the reduction of drug and substance abuse within Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam]....

Teen accused for attempted murder

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen accused for attempted murder

Eighteen-year-old, Ron Lehman, of Philippine Village, Kamarang, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on July 15, last, Lehman at the...

‘STEAMS’ exposition to be Education Month signature event

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘STEAMS’ exposition to be Education Month signature event

With an innovative touch of class, the Ministry of Education is currently making preparations for what is expected to be an exposition to remember. Poised to be the signature event of this year’s...

Girl, 10 struck down on E’bo Public road after summer classes.

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 10 struck down on E’bo Public road after summer classes.

A ten-year-old girl from the Taymouth Manor Primary school is now in a critical state, after she was struck down on the Affiance Public road, Essequibo Coast on last Tuesday. The incident is believed...

Drinking partner faces murder charge after man dies from cuff to face

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drinking partner faces murder charge after man dies from cuff to face

A Rose Hall Town man is set to appear at the Whim Magistrate’s Court today for the death of Wayne Sundar Singh, 43, who succumbed at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital due to injuries sustained...

1,608 persons recruited to Guyana People’s Militia – Min. Harmon

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 1,608 persons recruited to Guyana People’s Militia – Min. Harmon

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday informed the National Assembly that to date, 1,608 persons have been recruited to the resuscitated Guyana People’s Militia. The Minister, who was...

GPHC attendant charged for attempting to kill friend

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC attendant charged for attempting to kill friend

An attendant attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday made an appearance before a City Magistrate where an attempted murder charge was read to him. Andre Ferdinand, 29,...

Region records 23 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths between 2000 and 2017 – UNAIDS

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region records 23 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths between 2000 and 2017 – UNAIDS

There were an estimated 310,000 people living with HIV in the Caribbean at the end of 2017. Almost three of four [73 percent] people living with HIV in the region were aware of their status. Of all...

Please see if you can help with this request

Jul 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Please see if you can help with this request

Do you shop often at the supermarkets? Well if you do, except Massy in Providence, Bounty branches on Water Street and Regent Streets, and DSL on Mandela Avenue, I shop not regularly but incessantly...

The Extractive Industries… Political parties risk fueling corruption, economic distortion in the absence of informed policies-NRGI

Jul 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Extractive Industries… Political parties risk fueling corruption, economic distortion in the absence of informed policies-NRGI

Political parties have a fundamental role to play in designing and implementing good resource governance systems. By developing comprehensive resource positions, they are better able to communicate...

Laid-off sugar workers are not likely to embrace cooperatives

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