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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...

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...

GTT spreads LOL to media houses

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTT spreads LOL to media houses

GTT’s Lots of Love [LOL] this summer promotion began the rounds in the LOL this Summer Caravan. First on their agenda were GTT’s valued media personnel. Yesterday, the LOL caravan made its...

Ministry of the Presidency clarifies St. Cuthbert’s name change matter

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of the Presidency clarifies St. Cuthbert’s name change matter

The Ministry of the Presidency says it is not responsible for the delay in the name change that was proposed for St. Cuthbert’s Mission, but rather there appears to be some disagreement among...

La Parfaite Harmonie Freak Storm

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite Harmonie Freak Storm

Freak Storm: Several homes at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, were damaged by a freak storm yesterday morning. There were no reports of injuries but several roofs were damaged during the...

Is it safe?

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is it safe?

Many Guyanese are today living in fear. There is nothing that they can do to reduce or remove this fear. Citizens are afraid of venturing outdoors in the evening because of the threat of banditry....

Jury empanelled

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jury empanelled

A 12-member mixed jury was yesterday empanelled to decide on the evidence in the trial of Sudesh Rambhajue who is charged with attempting to murder Latchman Narine Persaud. Rambhajue, who had no...

GPF trainees cleans up Suddie Hospital surrounding

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPF trainees cleans up Suddie Hospital surrounding

Trainees from the Guyana Police Force Richard Fiakal Training College gave a fine display yesterday as they went about cleaning the environs of the Suddie Public Hospital, Essequibo. Yesterday 29...

Appeal Court orders new trial for man on Death Row

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court orders new trial for man on Death Row

The Court of Appeal has handed down a decision overturning the conviction and sentence of murder accused, Gowkarran Ramdyal. In 2011, the accused was sentenced to death by hanging for murder....

Bartica woman with ganja galore

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bartica woman with ganja galore

Thirty-one year old, Ayana Campbell, a domestic worker of lot 64 Patentia Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Campbell pleaded not guilty to...

Man wounds sister-in-law

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man wounds sister-in-law

Gold miner, Lawrence Benjamin, 24, of Barima/Waini, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on...

Toshaos to access passport, birth registration services at NTC

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos to access passport, birth registration services at NTC

Indigenous village leaders attending the 12th Annual National Toshaos Council Conference will be able to access passport application and birth registration services at the Arthur Chung Conference...

Educators being prepped to implement ambitious TVET plan

Jul 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Educators being prepped to implement ambitious TVET plan

A total of 50 technical educators have been carefully selected by the Ministry of Education with a view to preparing them to fast-track a crucial Technical, Vocational Education and Training [TVET]...

Aren’t you scared to know what “per capita” is?

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Aren’t you scared to know what “per capita” is?

I don’t think if Jaws turned up on the Sheriff Street seawall it would scare Guyanese as much as the thought of a professor explaining to the citizens of this world what the economic methodology of...

Comparing and contrasting the CSME and EU

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comparing and contrasting the CSME and EU

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me as I indulge in comparing and contrasting the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the European Union (EU). I’ll start with the EU. The EU is a political and...

This is my final intervention on the Guyana Prize

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is my final intervention on the Guyana Prize

DEAR EDITOR, According to the Stabroek News Editorial on the Guyana Prize, “the debate has strayed off course” (July 11, 2018). I was constrained to respond to false notions that kept reappearing...

An ever-present Bharrat Jagdeo is creating a headache for his critics

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An ever-present Bharrat Jagdeo is creating a headache for his critics

DEAR EDITOR, Tacuma Ogunseye, interestingly, writes about trying to maintain political objectivity while, at the same time, he pronounces definitively on the “hope harboured” by Bharrat Jagdeo...

Government can buy the Berbice River Bridge

Jul 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government can buy the Berbice River Bridge

DEAR EDITOR, As a kid growing up in Skeldon/Corriverton, I was among the many people of that area who dreamt of the day when there would be a bridge across the Berbice River, because crossing by...