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BCB/Ansa Mcal Skyy Vodka 20/20 Tournament… Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Upper Corentyne advance to Final

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Ansa Mcal Skyy Vodka 20/20 Tournament… Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Upper Corentyne advance to Final

High level cricket returned to the Upper Corentyne area on Sunday and residents turned up in large numbers to witness the Semifinals of the 2018 Berbice Cricket Board’s Skyy Vodka at the No. 69...

EBDCA Sarjoo Memorial 40-over tourney… Esau, Bharat, Baksh, Dhanpaul shine as Herstelling thump Silver bullet

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA Sarjoo Memorial 40-over tourney… Esau, Bharat, Baksh, Dhanpaul shine as Herstelling thump Silver bullet

Safraz Esau, Anand Bharat and Buddan Baksh struck half centuries, while Mahendra Dhanpaul grabbed four wickets to guide Herstelling to a 277-run victory over Silver bullet when the East Bank Demerara...

Man, 31, who raped girl, 8, jailed for life

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man, 31, who raped girl, 8, jailed for life

In what she described as one of the worst cases, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow yesterday jailed a 34-year-old man for life after he appeared before her and pleaded guilty to brutally raping an eight-year-old...

Businessman busted with illegal gun, ganja on Aranka trail

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman busted with illegal gun, ganja on Aranka trail

Police ranks on patrol duty in the Aranka Trail, Cuyuni River about 12:30hrs on Monday, arrested a businessman after he was found in possession of an unlicensed 9MM pistol with 10 live matching...

139 potential Custom House brokers begin training in oil and gas, ASYCUDA

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 139 potential Custom House brokers begin training in oil and gas, ASYCUDA

On Monday, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) commenced training for 139 potential Custom house brokers. The six-week training programme will encompass doctrines on various aspects of Customs and...

49 women to receive National Awards on Saturday

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 49 women to receive National Awards on Saturday

Recipients of this year’s National Awards will be conferred by President David Granger on Saturday, October 6, at the National Cultural Centre (NCC). Forty-nine women from various fields will be...

Local agencies to be trained by Brazilian Engineering and Construction Batallion

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local agencies to be trained by Brazilian Engineering and Construction Batallion

A team of 48 military personnel from neighbouring Brazil was received and officially welcomed by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Monday in Lethem. The team will be drilling eight wells in eight...

Guyana set to host ninth Caribbean Beekeeping Congress

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana set to host ninth Caribbean Beekeeping Congress

The ninth Caribbean Beekeeping Congress is scheduled to be held at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) over five days from November 19. The congress will be the second of its kind held in Guyana...

MoPH intensifies its fight to reduce maternal mortality rate

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MoPH intensifies its fight to reduce maternal mortality rate

The Ministry of Public Health has amplified its efforts in reducing maternal deaths nationwide. MOPH has recently collaborated with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health...

My explanation of diaspora Guyanese who return

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My explanation of diaspora Guyanese who return

When I was courting my wife in 1978, we met for lunch often at one of the leading restaurants. One of the co-owners of that place who left in the late eighties is visiting. Over lunch, he said that...

GTU to announce way forward at press conference today

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTU to announce way forward at press conference today

– in wake of govt.’s failure to rescind appointment of Professor Lucas Even as seven days elapsed yesterday following a threat to resume strike action, officials of the Guyana Teachers Union...

Crisis of confidence

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Crisis of confidence

The Ministry of Finance may not consider the parting of ways of four of its senior officers as constituting a crisis but it surely should not rule out a loss of public confidence because of its rapid...

Teens to stand trial for killing Berbice man

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Teens to stand trial for killing Berbice man

City Magistrate Fabayo Azore ruled yesterday that there was sufficient evidence against two teenagers for them to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder. The duo is accused of the...

Three consultancies bid for Architectural Design of New GNBS Lab

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Three consultancies bid for Architectural Design of New GNBS Lab

The National Tender and Procurement Administration yesterday opened three consultancies for the Architectural and Engineering Designs of a New Laboratory Facility at the Guyana National Bureau of...

We need urgent investment in our Police Force

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need urgent investment in our Police Force

Dear Editor, On my recent visit to the Police Headquarters in Brickdam where I was pursuing the enforcement of a warrant, I was very surprised to see the lack of infrastructural investment in the...

Mayor Arrindell is a hypocrite

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mayor Arrindell is a hypocrite

Dear Editor, I read a letter to the editor, “Linden Mayor stands against sexual abuse”, and felt an agony of betrayal for the victims. The Mayor clearly is out of her league, out of her league as...

For now, the Broadcast Authority cannot legally sanction any broadcaster

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on For now, the Broadcast Authority cannot legally sanction any broadcaster

Dear Editor I again remind the public, the authorities and the persons pretending to function in a Broadcast Authority which is under legal challenge. Since the legal challenge essentially addresses...

There are many other cases of illegal squatting facilitated by the Council

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are many other cases of illegal squatting facilitated by the Council

The recent hubbub that has surfaced about the contentious leasing of a Sussex Street Wharf to a shipping company whilst the municipality is not the bona fide owner of that property speaks to the...

We need to empower municipal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to empower municipal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing

Dear Editor, The recent exposé by a vendor of being victimized after giving testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the administration and operations of the Mayor and City Council...

Geriatrics in the PNCR

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Geriatrics in the PNCR

Dear Editor: Now that the PNC has had a chance to declare their results from their Congress, the confirmed results were astonishing. Astonishing for the fact that the PNC, although it is in...

Local Government Elections and racial voting

Oct 03, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Local Government Elections and racial voting

As the nation prepares for Local Government Elections (LGE) scheduled for November 12, there is cause for serious concern by many about racial voting and the outcome of the elections. In Guyana,...