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Ganja planter remanded after cops find cannabis in music speaker

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja planter remanded after cops find cannabis in music speaker

Mark McLean was yesterday remanded to prison after denying two charges of being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, and cultivating illegal plants in his yard. It was alleged...

GHB/Farfan & Mendes/Woodpecker Products leaguesChampions to be crowned this weekend

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHB/Farfan & Mendes/Woodpecker Products leaguesChampions to be crowned this weekend

The Farfan & Mendes men’s and the Woodpecker Products women’s leagues which are being organised by the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) will see its final matches being played this weekend and the...

Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts first annual karate exam

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts first annual karate exam

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association held its first annual karate and Kung fu exam last Sunday which saw students from the different clubs giving their best performance. There were three...

Pan Am Qualifier’s hopeful in training Coach Roldan expresses satisfaction with progress so far

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Qualifier’s hopeful in training Coach Roldan expresses satisfaction with progress so far

By Sean Devers Training for the Pan Am Boxing Qualifiers from April 2-11 commenced on Monday March 25 at the ‘Six-Head’ Gym in Albouystown and the 51-year-old Cuban Boxing Coach, Francisco...

$30M Lands and Survey building commissioned in Berbice

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $30M Lands and Survey building commissioned in Berbice

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission in conjunction with the Ministry of Presidency yesterday officially declared open a brand new building that will serve as the new location for the entity in...

RHTY&SC, MS congratulates its six female Senior Players on National Selection

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, MS congratulates its six female Senior Players on National Selection

The Patron, President, Executives and Members of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS would like to congratulate the six female...

East Coast and Georgetown record victories

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast and Georgetown record victories

Round two in the Demerara Cricket Board Under-17 Inter Association Competition concluded yesterday with two matches. At Lusignan, East Coast Demerara demolished West Demerara by 166 runs. Batting...

$130M for solid waste, other city projects

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $130M for solid waste, other city projects

Drainage and irrigation, solid waste management and repairs and upgrades to market places are the priority areas for the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown when the council’s...

Man tells magistrate he boils and drinks ganja for asthma

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man tells magistrate he boils and drinks ganja for asthma

A man was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment, yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The man, Bernard Britton, 45, was...

B/ce Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition Trafalgar strong favourite to retain title -NA Kings enjoy similar billing

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on B/ce Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition Trafalgar strong favourite to retain title -NA Kings enjoy similar billing

After two days of entertaining football, the business end of this year’s Berbice Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition will bring the curtains down this Saturday, at the...

Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick passes away

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick passes away

Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick has died. President David Granger, extended condolences at the death of Mr. Miles Fitzpatrick, S.C., yesterday. Mr. Fitzpatrick died on Tuesday at his Cowan Street,...

Trophy Stall supports KMTC Phagwah meet

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall supports KMTC Phagwah meet

The Trophy Stall with several locations, including Bourda Market, has partnered with the organising committee of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) for the staging of their upcoming Phagwah meet...

UK Company 1E continues support for local cricketers -former national middle distance star influential

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on UK Company 1E continues support for local cricketers -former national middle distance star influential

Former national middle distance star Waveney Benn once again used her influence to garner support for young cricketers of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC). Benn, who has made it a habit to journey...

West Indies Championship – Keen interest still in final two matches

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Championship – Keen interest still in final two matches

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – There is still more than just passing interest with the final two matches in the West Indies Championship, starting tomorrow here and in Trinidad. With the Guyana...

Winners receive prizes for Skyy Vodka Domino

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winners receive prizes for Skyy Vodka Domino

The respective winners of the just concluded Skyy Vodka two-day Domino Tournament which was held to commemorate the 48th Birth Anniversary of one of the sport’s ardent enthusiast, Richard...

Dental clinic offers free service, cash to Blind Society

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dental clinic offers free service, cash to Blind Society

An East Bank Demerara dental clinic says it is making it a mission to target the vulnerable in society. On Tuesday, 25 members of the Guyana Society for the Blind visited the Peter’s Hall...

Repsol to drill later this year

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Repsol to drill later this year

Houston, Texas- Rowan Companies plc. yesterday announced that Repsol Exploracion Guyana, S.A. has signed a contract for the EXL II, a high-specification Super 116E Jack-up rig, for work in Guyana....

2018 growth rate to be revised upwards –Finance Minister

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2018 growth rate to be revised upwards –Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, is currently preparing the End of Year Outcome report for 2018 for presentation by mid-April. In providing a preview to the results thus far, the e conomist said...

Three Guyanese among 11 illegals detained in Bahamas

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese among 11 illegals detained in Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS– Eleven foreign nationals were arraigned in a magistrate’s court on Tuesday on various charges ranging from possession of a fraudulent extension stamp, overstaying, illegal...

Republic completes acquisition of Cayman National Corporation Ltd.

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Republic completes acquisition of Cayman National Corporation Ltd.

Cayman Islands – Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) has announced the closure of its acquisition of a majority interest in the Cayman National Corporation Limited (CNC). RFHL has...

PM condemns attacks on journalists

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PM condemns attacks on journalists

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, has condemned the recent attack on the President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), Nazima Ragubir. In a statement, which was published via the Department...

Lamaha Gardens residents concerned over businesses operating in residential only zone

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha Gardens residents concerned over businesses operating in residential only zone

The plague of non-adherence to zoning laws has become a norm on Guyana’s social landscape and has led to a breach in many land regulations. Citizens have been complaining of commercial entities...

Is the TUC smoking conga pump?

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is the TUC smoking conga pump?

I read the TUC’s 19-point document to the power holders. It is a reasonable, plausible and credible submission. But its omissions make it appear either suspect or hastily pasted together....

RUSAL and Guyanese Workers: a Cultural Dilemma

Mar 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on RUSAL and Guyanese Workers: a Cultural Dilemma

DEAR EDITOR, I have noticed with deep concern the ongoing quarrel between the Local RUSAL’S Management, including BCGI, and the Workers, and the Workers’ Union in Guyana. For many decades,...

Clinton Williams back as President of GMSA

Mar 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Clinton Williams back as President of GMSA

With regards to its Article of Association, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the fiscal year 2019-2020 on February 28, 2019, where a...

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