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Govt. mulls Environmental taxes as part of development strategy

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls Environmental taxes as part of development strategy

By Kiana Wilburg As average incomes in Guyana rise, the supply of Official Development Aid (ODA) will fall and borrowing terms will tighten. As such, there will be a need for government to...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Nationals…Gold is Money clinch maiden championship

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Nationals…Gold is Money clinch maiden championship

The anticipated grand finale of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ futsal championship culminated in emphatic fashion early yesterday morning at National Stadium, Providence, tarmac....

GBA School Boys & Junior Boxing C/Ships…Castello adjudged best School Boy, Romeo best Junior, FYF is Champion Gym

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA School Boys & Junior Boxing C/Ships…Castello adjudged best School Boy, Romeo best Junior, FYF is Champion Gym

By Sean Devers The action from the Young Boxers on the final day of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) School Boys and Juniors Boxing Championships at the Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis Gym in...

Tamim, Shakib help sink Windies and level series

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tamim, Shakib help sink Windies and level series

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Half-centuries from veterans Tamim Iqbal and Shakib-al-Hasan condemned West Indies to a 12-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International here Saturday, helping...

Nedd fires Guyana to early win but Barbados come up short

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nedd fires Guyana to early win but Barbados come up short

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Seasoned left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd produced a six-wicket haul to undermine Windward Islands and set up Guyana’s impressive 10-wicket victory, on the final day of...

Design for Mora Point pump station nearing completion

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Design for Mora Point pump station nearing completion

The construction of an irrigation pump station and installation of fixed pumps at Mora Point, Mahaicony River in Region Five is moving closer to realisation with the design phase expected to...

Green, Thomas the new kids on the block for Warriors

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Green, Thomas the new kids on the block for Warriors

By Sean Devers When the ExxonMobil Guyana Amazon Warriors turn up at Providence on Thursday for the 18:00hrs game against Chris Gayle’s St Kitts Patriots they will have a couple new kids in their...

EBFA / Juicy Juice U-13 League – Day 8…Hararuni Eagles, Samatta Point/Kaneville win; Agricola and Diamond United held

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA / Juicy Juice U-13 League – Day 8…Hararuni Eagles, Samatta Point/Kaneville win; Agricola and Diamond United held

When play on the eight day of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) / Juicy Juice Under-13 League continued on Saturday last at the Timehri Red Ground, Hararuni Eagles posted their second win...

Confronting biases while dispensing justice…High Court judge credits training course

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Confronting biases while dispensing justice…High Court judge credits training course

Several judicial officers from across the Caribbean are crediting their recent training on Gender Responsive Adjudication to helping them understand how gender plays a role in the justice...

Guyana Karate College holds second grading exams of 2018

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Karate College holds second grading exams of 2018

The Guyana Karate College held its second grading examinations for the year on Friday last at the Transport and General Sports Club Dojo in Thomas Lands. Approximately 60 students were examined by...

Lusignan Open Golf Tournament…Avinash Persaud, Dr. Joaan Deo, Maurice Solomon overall champions in revived day-2

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Open Golf Tournament…Avinash Persaud, Dr. Joaan Deo, Maurice Solomon overall champions in revived day-2

Avinash Persaud, Dr. Joaan Deo and Maurice Solomon were crowned the overall champions when the Lusignan Golf Club Open tournament concluded yesterday on the East Coast of Demerara. Reigning Guyana...

Lake Mainstay Regatta set for August 12

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lake Mainstay Regatta set for August 12

Lake Mainstay Resort in calloboration with Ministry of Business Tourism Department will be hosting the their 18th annual Regatta event on Sunday 12th August at the magnificent fresh water lake,...

Successful MSC Cricket Academy concludes

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Successful MSC Cricket Academy concludes

Director of Sport, Christopher Jones ceremoniously brought the curtains down on the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Cricket Academy on Friday by urging the parents to continue to support their children...

Farmers’ use of artificial fruit ripening agents sparks concern locally

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers’ use of artificial fruit ripening agents sparks concern locally

– Govt. agencies unable to say who responsible for monitoring Sunday was another hectic day at the La Penitence Market. Sellers lined both sides of Saffon Street anxiously waiting to...

Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tourney…Figgy Green Jags continue devastating form

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tourney…Figgy Green Jags continue devastating form

The fifth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/ExxonMobil futsal tournament continued on Saturday night at the Mackenzie Hard Court in Linden with five more clashes. As the battle for the top prize of...

Drs. Vince Adams and Mark Bynoe and Guyana’s mysteries

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Drs. Vince Adams and Mark Bynoe and Guyana’s mysteries

I don’t know the gentleman named above. Never spoke with him. Never saw him. A conspicuous fact about him is that he is non-controversial. I have never read a word coming from him that has...

Director of Sport hails BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement as football tourney launched

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sport hails BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement as football tourney launched

Director of Sport, Christopher Jones on Friday last at the launch of the inaugural BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Emancipation Cohesion Football League, hailed the BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement, as...

Youth Leadership graduate is now NDC Chairman, seeks political career

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Leadership graduate is now NDC Chairman, seeks political career

Two years after participating in the Youth Leadership Training Programme, Colin Moore is happy that he took that leap of faith. “I was skeptical at first but I mustered the willpower and...

Tracy Douglas’ art captivates at Castellani House exhibition

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tracy Douglas’ art captivates at Castellani House exhibition

The “Wombmyn” Art Exhibition by local artist Tracy Douglas is captivating regular viewers as well as her fellow artists in Guyana. Douglas’ 40-piece show at the National Gallery of Art,...

On Emancipation Eve…UK-based Guyanese launches African- themed anthology of poems

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on On Emancipation Eve…UK-based Guyanese launches African- themed anthology of poems

Tell me of many triumphs Won on the battlefield Of the black regiments Who refused to yield Fashion me a people Rhyme me a rhyme Reveal to me a history Back in time… (poem from anthology...

China lends and then owns

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on China lends and then owns

China’s Road and Bridge Initiative (BRI) can present serious problems for Guyana. It can bury Guyana in debt and lead to the eventual ownership of Guyana by China. Under the BRI, China is building...

Linden youths flock community NGO for ICT training

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden youths flock community NGO for ICT training

– several sponsors on board The Linden Youth Network (LYN) is being flocked with young people wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workshop that the...

SOLE SOURCING AND TENDERING

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SOLE SOURCING AND TENDERING

The sole sourcing of drugs in Guyana is a very contentious issue with accusations of bribery and corruption. It was practiced frequently by the PPP government. The problem with soul-sourcing is that...

Guyanese working onboard Noble Bob Douglasdrill-ship promoted

Aug 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese working onboard Noble Bob Douglasdrill-ship promoted

JSL trains six to become roustabouts Six Guyanese working onboard the Noble Bob Douglas drill-ship are being trained in rigging and slinging for potential promotion from utility hands to the position...

The APA responds to gross misinformation and lies (lead letter)

Aug 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APA responds to gross misinformation and lies (lead letter)

Dear Editor, It has come to the attention of the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) that the organisation has erroneously been accused of playing politics when it comes to the rights of...