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Guyana has capacity to teach other countries about forest monitoring – Norway report

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has capacity to teach other countries about forest monitoring – Norway report

A mid-term report by Norway has lauded Guyana on its increased capacity to monitor its forests. The report by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), has been prepared by LTS...

Guyana is not prepared for the coronavirus

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana is not prepared for the coronavirus

There is something much more serious than the threat of violence should the loser in next Monday’s general elections not accept defeat. The discovery of the first case of the coronavirus in the...

Driver implicated in teen’s death turns self in – vehicle was stashed in container

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver implicated in teen’s death turns self in – vehicle was stashed in container

Balram Nellie, who was implicated in the hit-and run death of 17-year-old Kwon Trotz, turned himself over to police yesterday, mere hours after police issued a wanted bulletin for him. Police said...

Windsor developer pays $900M for 30-acre Ogle plot

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Windsor developer pays $900M for 30-acre Ogle plot

An ambitious second-phase development at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, cost the developers of Windsor Estates $900M. According to Danny Sawh of Navigant Builders Inc., the development will see a...

43 joint services ranks will vote on Monday …due to failure of aircraft to land

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 43 joint services ranks will vote on Monday …due to failure of aircraft to land

Several members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are set to vote on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thirty-five police officers and eight soldiers will be flown to their...

Gary Best to be slapped with DUI, dangerous driving charges – DPP recommends

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best to be slapped with DUI, dangerous driving charges – DPP recommends

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that former Chief-of-Staff and Ret’d Rear Admiral, Gary Best, be placed before the court for causing the February 8, 2020 death of cyclist Jude...

Fisherman, wife bedridden after LBI accident

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman, wife bedridden after LBI accident

Almost one month after they were struck down by an ex-policeman on the La Bonne Intention (LBI) public road, 23-year-old Naresh Chunilall and his 20-year-old wife, Priya Mangra, are now bedridden due...

CEO of ERC resigns

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CEO of ERC resigns

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Yvonne Langevine, has resigned from her post as the head of that constitutional agency. The Commission confirmed Langevine’s...

11 witnesses to testify in Christmas Day stabbing

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 11 witnesses to testify in Christmas Day stabbing

Eleven witnesses will be called on to testify when the preliminary inquiry (PI) begins into the murder of Latoya Haywood, who was fatally stabbed on Christmas Day, last year. Twenty-three year-old...

2020 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2020 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship

Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ go down to Mexico; focus now turn to round-of-16 Guyana’s ‘Lady Jaguars’ went down to group winners Mexico by a 0-3 margin last night at the Olimpico Felix Sanchez...

Elections Day declared National Holiday

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections Day declared National Holiday

Monday, March 2, 2020 the day designated for National and Regional Elections, has been declared a public holiday. This was on February 25, officially gazetted under the Public Holidays Act (CAP...

Porkknocker’s partly decomposed body found floating in Konawaruk River

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Porkknocker’s partly decomposed body found floating in Konawaruk River

The partly decomposed body of a porkknocker was discovered floating in the Konawaruk River, Essequibo, on Wednesday. Dead is 30-year-old Cecil Marco, of Moruka, North West District, Region One....

2020 Concacaf Men’s U-20 Championship Guyana’s performance hailed as best ever

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2020 Concacaf Men’s U-20 Championship Guyana’s performance hailed as best ever

By Zaheer Mohamed Despite five of its players being denied entry into Nicaragua the Guyana male Under-20 team had a commendable outing in the 2020 Concacaf Men’s U-20 Qualifying championship,...

Justice Claudette Singh needs to safeguard her integrity ASAP

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Justice Claudette Singh needs to safeguard her integrity ASAP

I refer readers to my column titled, “Claudette Singh, Lennox Shuman, GECOM and tragic Guyana” of Saturday, February 1, 2020. In that piece I wrote the following; “I have always had a good...

Regional Four-Day Championship Permaul rips apart Scorpions to give Jaguars edge

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Four-Day Championship Permaul rips apart Scorpions to give Jaguars edge

Florence Hall, Jamaica, CMC – Veerasammy Permaul’s 28th five-wicket haul in first class cricket helped cripple Jamaica Scorpions on the opening day of the sixth round encounter here yesterday....

Guyana Rice Development Board commissions $109.7M seed cleaning facility

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Rice Development Board commissions $109.7M seed cleaning facility

The Government has opened a multimillion-dollar state-of-the-art seed cleaning facility. Over $109.7M through the auspices of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) was invested into the new...

Energy Director clarifies aspects of oil and gas sector

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Director clarifies aspects of oil and gas sector

Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe is dispelling claims that the two percent royalty fee is all Guyana will receive for its oil. The Director appeared on the National Communication...

President’s 50th Anniversary Shield Rapid Chess Taffin Khan and Sheriffa Ali emerge as male and female champions

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on President’s 50th Anniversary Shield Rapid Chess Taffin Khan and Sheriffa Ali emerge as male and female champions

Earmarked as an activity to celebrate Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary, the President’s 50th Anniversary Shield Rapid Open Chess tournament concluded at the weekend with former national senior...

GCB/Dave West Indian Imports and Exports distribute exercise books to U15 players

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Dave West Indian Imports and Exports distribute exercise books to U15 players

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Dave West Indian Imports and Exports expanded their support reach for the Under-15 players who participated in this year’s edition of the GCB/Dave West Indian...

That ExxonMobil contract

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on That ExxonMobil contract

Major political leaders have to stand by the divisive and inflaming ExxonMobil oil contract. The government must be on the tongue tied defensive, while the opposition is free to wage verbal war on...

Lands and Surveys opens $36M Crane Village office

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands and Surveys opens $36M Crane Village office

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission commissioned a spanking new $36M sub-office and living quarters at Nouvelle Flanders (Crane Public Road), West Coast Demerara, yesterday. The opening occurred...

GBA secures funding from NSC for Olympic qualifiers

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA secures funding from NSC for Olympic qualifiers

The National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday supported the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to the tune of $2.5M in order to have an eight-man team participate in the Olympic Qualifiers scheduled...

Commonwealth observer team calls on Nagamootoo

Feb 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth observer team calls on Nagamootoo

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo met with Chairman of the Commonwealth observer team, former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur, yesterday. During the meeting, the Prime Minister reiterated the...

Bel Air Rubis Service Station U-17 Inter-County 50-over

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bel Air Rubis Service Station U-17 Inter-County 50-over

MoM Renaldo Scouten leads Essequibo past U15s; Demerara defeat BErbice in round two Demerara beat Berbice by eight wickets at Everest while Essequibo defeated the National U-15 Select at Bourda in...

Boodie spurs Parika Salem to YGSC Republic Day Cricket Title

Feb 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boodie spurs Parika Salem to YGSC Republic Day Cricket Title

Parika Salem Sports Club were crowned champions of the Young Guns Sports Club (YGSC) Republic Day seven-over cricket competition following a 49-run win over Golden Fleece in the final which was...