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Engineers scramble to fix Harbour Bridge retractor span winch

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Engineers scramble to fix Harbour Bridge retractor span winch

Engineers are working around the clock to fix a broken winch that is critical in opening and closing the retractor span at the Demerara Harbour Bridge. The winch developed a fault Sunday after work...

GTU calls off strike action after meeting with President

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTU calls off strike action after meeting with President

–high-level task force to fast-track salary negotiations Not only did President David Granger apologise for his administration’s delay in addressing the concerns of teachers and by...

Recaptured prison escapee convicted for attempted murder

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Recaptured prison escapee convicted for attempted murder

Recaptured prison escapee, Stafrei Alexander, was yesterday convicted for attempted murder after a 12-member mixed jury returned with a majority guilty verdict before Justice Brassington Reynolds at...

East Canje goldsmith on trial for businessman’s murder

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje goldsmith on trial for businessman’s murder

Murder accused, Deon Sunthgolam, who is charged with the murder of businessman Terrence Malcolm Mc Lean called “Scatchy” 62, of Lot 6 Sheet Anchor, East Canje; Berbice is on trial in the Berbice...

Skeldon Primary wins debating competition

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon Primary wins debating competition

The Region Six Department of Education, held its Inter Primary School Debating Competition finals on Friday. The activity culminated the competition which commenced in September as part of Education...

Lennox Blackmoore National Novice… GDF gym marches away with title

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmoore National Novice… GDF gym marches away with title

Sunday evening, the third and final day of the three-day Lennox Blackmoore National Novice boxing championships hosted by the Guyana Boxing Association at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue,...

Heart of Palm is thirty

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heart of Palm is thirty

Yesterday, President David Granger visited AMCAR’s agro-processing factory in Drum Hill, Region One on the occasion of the company’s 30th anniversary. The company, which commenced...

RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions Softball Tournament 2017… Grill Master defeat Spartan in a thriller to clinch Title

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions Softball Tournament 2017… Grill Master defeat Spartan in a thriller to clinch Title

In what was described as the most thrilling and exciting cricket finals ever organised by Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, Grill...

Two ceremonies to mark UG’s Turkeyen campus’s 2017 convocation

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two ceremonies to mark UG’s Turkeyen campus’s 2017 convocation

The 51st convocation at the University of Guyana [UG’]s Turkeyen Campus slated for November 11, 2017, will be constituted by two ceremonies. This inaugural development will entail ceremonies...

GSCL Inc expresses gratitude to stakeholders on successful Prime Minister’s T20 Cup

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc expresses gratitude to stakeholders on successful Prime Minister’s T20 Cup

Following the successful staging of its inaugural Prime Minister’s T20 Cup last weekend, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) would like to express gratitude to all the...

Persaud and Deo set to defend Guyana Open Golf titles

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud and Deo set to defend Guyana Open Golf titles

On November 4 & 5 at the Lusignan Golf Course, Defending Men’s Champion 7 time winner Avinash Persaud and Defending Women’s Champion Jo-ann Deo will, over the course of two Days of challenge...

Ninvalle to communicate Region’s concerns to AIBA this weekend

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle to communicate Region’s concerns to AIBA this weekend

Decisions made at a meeting of Caribbean Boxing administrators held in Guyana on October 14 would be disclosed to the AIBA Executive Committee president of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve...

Registration begins for Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” Georgetown Zone

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Registration begins for Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” Georgetown Zone

Amid much anticipation, the playoff round for the 2017 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone is slated to commence November 11th. The playoff rounds will occur...

Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team makes donation

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team makes donation

Cricketers and the Management Team of the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team as part of their personal and community development programmes have made donations to several cricket...

“We outplayed Jamaica from day 1 to day 4” Says Jaguars Coach Crandon

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on “We outplayed Jamaica from day 1 to day 4” Says Jaguars Coach Crandon

By Sean Devers Three-times defending Champions Guyana Jaguars moved to an early 7.6 points advantage over second placed Leewards Hurricanes when they defeated Jamaica Scorpions by 263 runs in first...

Itinerary for finals of GFSCA Guyana Cup 7

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Itinerary for finals of GFSCA Guyana Cup 7

The seventh edition of the GFSCA ‘Guyana Cup’ will commence on Friday at several venues across in the city and will conclude on Sunday at DCC, Lance Gibbs St. Queenstown. Admission is $1,000....

Guyana Beverage Company has full confidence in RHTY&SC and Foster – Robert Selman

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Company has full confidence in RHTY&SC and Foster – Robert Selman

General Manager of the Guyana Beverage Company, Robert Selman has hailed the outstanding leadership of long time Cricket Administrator Hilbert Foster and stated that his Company has full confidence...

Male sex workers remanded for robbing elderly man

Oct 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Male sex workers remanded for robbing elderly man

Two male sex workers who were recently charged for robbing two Presidential Guards with a chopper, were yesterday back before a City Magistrate to answer to another robbery charge....

GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle second drawing held

Oct 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle second drawing held

The Guyana Cricket Board hosted its second raffle drawing at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence, LBI on Sunday 29th October, 2017 in the presence of members of the Essequibo, Berbice and Demerara...

Trini fakes kidnapping

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News 2

– found sipping juice in hotel room In less than six hours, investigators from the Major Crimes Unit have solved a kidnapping that appeared to have never happened in the first place. The...

Fixed salaries for Ministers and MPs – Prime Minister

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News 1

-says govt. trying to meet concerns of teachers Ministers of Government and Members of Parliament were not in receipt of an increase for 2016 and 2017 and they certainly will not be eligible for an...

Venez. ‘syndicate’ executed Guyanese dredge boss for causing unrest in area

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Venez. ‘syndicate’ executed Guyanese dredge boss for causing unrest in area

– relatives reportedly had to seek gang’s permission to collect body for burial A ruthless Venezuela gang that demands a cut of the earnings from miners, and is the only ‘law’...

Barima River bust… Boat captain gets 3 years for high-powered rifle, ammo

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Barima River bust… Boat captain gets 3 years for high-powered rifle, ammo

A boat captain was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for illegal possession of a high-powered rifle and a quantity of ammunition. Forty-four-year-old Dexter Valenzuela, was among...

State prepares to appeal GMC case

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on State prepares to appeal GMC case

Government has started the process to file an appeal in the case of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) against its former chief. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Public Security confirmed that...

Local Content Policy must be backed by legislation

Oct 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy must be backed by legislation

TT former Energy Minister By Kiana Wilburg Having a Local Content Policy is not good enough. It must be backed by legislation if one intends to really compel companies to utilize local goods and...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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