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World Bank seeks to ensure Guyana has effective Sovereign Wealth Fund legislation

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank seeks to ensure Guyana has effective Sovereign Wealth Fund legislation

experts as part of large team Experts from the World Bank are here to ensure that Guyana has effective draft Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) legislation in place before it can receive critical funding to...

Guyana partnering with Surinamese agencies to strengthen protected areas

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana partnering with Surinamese agencies to strengthen protected areas

The Protected Areas Commission of Guyana (PAC) is partnering with French Guiana Amazonian Park, the Ministry of Planning, Land and Forest Management and Ministry of Regional Development, Suriname on...

GFG/Health and Fitness Expo 2018 to be launched on Tuesday

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFG/Health and Fitness Expo 2018 to be launched on Tuesday

The battles would have been many and across various sport disciplines over the years between Guyana and Suriname, that is not about to change but intensify come the weekend of October 13-14 when the...

Duo found guilty of attempted murder of storeowner during brutal robbery

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Duo found guilty of attempted murder of storeowner during brutal robbery

The two persons who brutally beat a storeowner, knocking out her teeth during the attack, were yesterday found guilty of attempted murder and robbery with violence. Marisco George and John Caesar...

The Islamic School Karate team outstanding at Open Martial Arts Tourney

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Islamic School Karate team outstanding at Open Martial Arts Tourney

Lead by Instructor, Master Cheteram Mortley, eight students from the Islamic school in Georgetown turned in a very good performance as new comer at a recently held Martial Arts tournament. The...

Nand Persaud sponsors BCB Female Cricket Tourney and Under-15 trial matches

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud sponsors BCB Female Cricket Tourney and Under-15 trial matches

“When we announced in March 2018, that the Berbice Cricket Board intends to host twenty two Cricket Tournaments at the different levels, critics thought we were crazy. Today, we are on the verge of...

45 years in Health Sciences and Education: Dr. Sarah Gordon to be awarded ─ 93 persons identified to receive National Awards today

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 45 years in Health Sciences and Education: Dr. Sarah Gordon to be awarded ─ 93 persons identified to receive National Awards today

Dr. Sarah Gordon is among the list of 41 awardees to be conferred with the Golden Arrow of Achievement on October 6, 2018. They are all a part of a list of 93 persons identified to receive National...

GFF presents equipment to Educational Organisations

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF presents equipment to Educational Organisations

Five groups between September 17 and October 04 have benefitted from the donation of football equipment to foster the growth and development of the sport among the youth population. Three educational...

World Teachers Day observance… Education Ministry lauds teachers, GTU calls on Govt. to respect them

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World Teachers Day observance… Education Ministry lauds teachers, GTU calls on Govt. to respect them

Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry and other officials yesterday heaped praise on the nation’s teachers, even as the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] called on government to respect them. The...

GABF name teams for IBF Antilles 3×3 U18 Men and Women Finals – Guyana to host 8 nations from Oct. 19-21

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF name teams for IBF Antilles 3×3 U18 Men and Women Finals – Guyana to host 8 nations from Oct. 19-21

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has released the names of the players that would represent this nation from October 19-21 when the local body host the IBF Antilles 3×3 Finals for...

Werk-en-Rust dad charged for beating son with pipe

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Werk-en-Rust dad charged for beating son with pipe

Forty year old Rudolph Lyken, a beverage vendor of D’urban Street, Werk-en-Rust, was yesterday charged for allegedly hitting his son on his head with a length of pipe. The charge against the...

COURTS Peewee tourney continues today at Education ground

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on COURTS Peewee tourney continues today at Education ground

Grassroots football continues this afternoon at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue with 16 matches from 12:30hrs in the COURTS under-11 Peewee tournament 2018. The event, which also...

GCCI seeks to foster better working relationship with Guyana Police Force

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI seeks to foster better working relationship with Guyana Police Force

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) recently met with Commissioner of Police, Leslie James in a first step towards fostering a better relationship with the Guyana Police Force...

Courts launches Christmas Promotions

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Courts launches Christmas Promotions

Courts officially launched their October promotion to begin the Christmas season. Courts has partnered with the Whirlpool to see two lucky costumers driving away with two Nissan Juke vehicles. To...

Alleged battery thieves on $100,000 bail each

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Alleged battery thieves on $100,000 bail each

Three men were yesterday placed before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer for the theft of 12.5 tonnes of batteries belonging to Emily Nedd; the owner of Den’s Trading. Clayon...

Aracari Resort launches mini casino

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aracari Resort launches mini casino

Aracari Resort, located at Plantation Versailles, West Bank Demerara opened its Lotto Blast Mini Casino to the public last Thursday. At a special function for shortlisted invitees and the media, the...

Colombian jailed three months after arrested in hinterland

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Colombian jailed three months after arrested in hinterland

A Colombian, who pleaded with a City Magistrate to allow him to stay in Guyana so that he can seek medical attention for colon cancer, was yesterday jailed after pleading guilty to an illegal entry...

E’bo paddy price plunges more than 50% due to poor yields -farmers appeal for assistance to jump start next crop

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo paddy price plunges more than 50% due to poor yields -farmers appeal for assistance to jump start next crop

Quite a number of rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are becoming more concerned about the fate of the local rice industry, especially since the price per bag of paddy has been slashed by more than...

The Full Circle of Opportunism

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Full Circle of Opportunism

Forbes Burnham was the ultimate political gardener. He came back to Guyana from law studies in England and presented himself as a socialist ally of Cheddi Jagan, bent on removing colonial rule and...

Witness tells CoI… City Hall owes insurance companies over $24M

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Witness tells CoI… City Hall owes insurance companies over $24M

The Mayor and City Council owes over $24M in arrears to various insurance companies for payments dating from February 2017 to the present. This was stated by Ewart Adams, Deputy Managing Director of...

2500 to benefit from Housing Assistance

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2500 to benefit from Housing Assistance

The Central Housing and Planning Authority has announced plans to provide affordable housing to 2500 beneficiaries, specifically those from low income communities across Guyana. This was announced by...

Health workers benefit from key training to reduce maternal mortality

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health workers benefit from key training to reduce maternal mortality

Reducing the incidence of maternal mortality has been a key focus of the Ministry of Public Health. Moreover, the Ministry has been embracing support to ensure that it achieves its reduction goal. In...

Has the USA become a frightening, undemocratic country?

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Has the USA become a frightening, undemocratic country?

Of the plethora of intellectual adumbrations in books, journals, magazines, newspapers and blogs around the world on the deadly turn towards authoritarian government in the US, I would rate American...

Some dissatisfaction with Sam Sittlington

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some dissatisfaction with Sam Sittlington

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to an article published in the Stabroek News, October 3, 2018, headlined “Too much time being wasted on prepping criminal case files- -SOCU adviser tells...

The AFC as seen through the eyes of a PPP supporter

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC as seen through the eyes of a PPP supporter

Dear Editor, I must compliment Annalise Humphrey for the brave attempt espoused in her letter captioned, ‘AFC’s lists are fit and proppa’. She claimed that, “the AFC has always enjoyed...

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