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Amaila Falls runs dry

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls runs dry

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry. Yesterday, Works Minister Robeson Benn said that it is...

Town Clerk suggests that selective debt recovery is in order

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk suggests that selective debt recovery is in order

Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, admits that a taxpayer owes City Hall in excess of $64M. She further admits that no legal action has been taken against that person even though a debt recovery...

Beepat bond ravaged by mid-morning fire

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Beepat bond ravaged by mid-morning fire

By: Javone Vickerie Fire of unknown origin yesterday ripped through the bond of a city business and a two storey house at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, leaving a family of four homeless and...

Venezuela military seizes vessel in Guyana waters

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela military seizes vessel in Guyana waters

…Govt, opposition call move threat to peace in the region An armed Venezuelan Navy vessel on Thursday entered Guyana waters and forced a seismic survey vessel into the neighbouring...

Dem boys seh…Amaila dry like Bharrat face

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Amaila dry like Bharrat face

When a waterfalls dry it mean two things. It mean that is not a river that flowing but some trench that running. It also mean that de place suh dry that it ain’t got enough water to keep a...

$Tech Twenty\20 bowls off in Wakenaam tomorrow$

Tech Twenty\20 bowls off in Wakenaam tomorrow

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tech Twenty\20 bowls off in Wakenaam tomorrow

Tech Twenty\20 cricket competition sponsored by Safraz Sheriffuddin bowls off in Wakenaam tomorrow with several matches. Sans Souci Jaguars will play Maria’s Pleasure at 09:30 hrs and at 13:30 hrs...

The plot thickens: K&S football organization vows to preserve the interest of the sport

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on The plot thickens: K&S football organization vows to preserve the interest of the sport

By Michael Benjamin Twenty five years of glorious football that witnessed many exciting encounters and saw the top finishers carting off millions of dollars in prize money coupled with bragging...

Narine guides Parika Salem to 8-wkt victory; wins for Hydronie and High Park

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine guides Parika Salem to 8-wkt victory; wins for Hydronie and High Park

A fine allround performance by Sase Narine guided Parika Salem to an 8-wicket victory over Hydronie when play in the Roberts Gas Station T\20 competition continued last Sunday in East Bank Essequibo....

Flex night Inc. Outreaches to Upper Corentyne bodybuilders

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex night Inc. Outreaches to Upper Corentyne bodybuilders

In preparation for the upcoming Flex Night Berbice event, scheduled to be held on Saturday October 26 at the Corentyne Comprehensive High School, Port Mourant, Flex Night Inc. recently conducted an...

Trophy Stall Softball tournament continues tomorrow

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Softball tournament continues tomorrow

Play in the Trophy Stall softball cricket tournament continues tomorrow with matches in and around city. At GNIC ground: 9:30am-Regal vs Wolf Warriors. 12:30pm-Regal vs Fazal Kayume Angels....

Mix Up, Snake and Gangster through to zone 1 semis

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mix Up, Snake and Gangster through to zone 1 semis

Mix Up, Snake and Gangster have booked their places in the semifinals in zone 1 of the Georgetown leg of the F and H Million Dollars plus nation wide dominoes competition. Mix Up won their...

Judges still out on the winner but Wreford Trim shine in Multi Inter house Athletics

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Judges still out on the winner but Wreford Trim shine in Multi Inter house Athletics

Sports analysts remain adamant that children can be easily taught the basics of any sport while they are at an impressionable age. It was this rationale that promoted the firm belief that Wreford...

West Berbice savoring chances against weakened Albion in first Universal DVD T20 Semi

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Berbice savoring chances against weakened Albion in first Universal DVD T20 Semi

The first semi-final of the 2013 Universal DVD First Division T20 Cricket Competition in Berbice between Group A winner Albion Community Centre and Group B runner-up West Berbice is scheduled for...

Pool structure not compromised by construction of Warm up facility

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pool structure not compromised by construction of Warm up facility

By Franklin Wilson Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony along with Permanent Secretary, Alfred King, Deputy Permanent Secretary Steve Ninvalle, Director of Sport Neil Kumar,...

The fight for press freedom

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The fight for press freedom

There is an interesting development in Guyana at this time. It seeks to confirm that just about everything, including the highest forum in the land is politicized. Of course this is not unique...

Airport introducing turn system for taxis

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Airport introducing turn system for taxis

One of the first impressions passengers arriving at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) get of Guyana is from the interaction with the ‘Red Cap’ porters and taxi drivers, and the...

Businesses want removal of city’s derelict buildings to become top priority

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businesses want removal of city’s derelict buildings to become top priority

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is in support of the stance of the Guyana Fire Advisory Board, in relation to the removal of derelict buildings in and around the capital...

CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE TRAVEL

Oct 12, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE TRAVEL

In 2007, the government invested more than US$1M in traffic lights. Six years later, motorists in Guyana are pleading for these lights to be turned off. This plea is not taking place only in...

Tomorrow is International Day for Disaster Reduction

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tomorrow is International Day for Disaster Reduction

– In-School Art and Essay Competition set to observe theme Come tomorrow, Guyana will be observing International Day for Disaster Reduction 2013, under the theme ‘Living with Disability and...

Former cyclist dies after falling from coconut tree

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former cyclist dies after falling from coconut tree

The police are investigating the circumstances that lead to the death of former cyclist, Fazam Mohood, 29, of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice. He reportedly died on Thursday morning after falling from...

Hampshire robbery/murder…Slain businessman’s wife IDs two suspects

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hampshire robbery/murder…Slain businessman’s wife IDs two suspects

Detectives in Berbice believe that they have solved the murder of Hampshire businessman, Devendra Deodat, who was chopped and shot dead by bandits who also wounded his wife and father-in-law last...

New Attorneys admitted to the bar

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Attorneys admitted to the bar

Three new Attorneys have been admitted to the bar. Their petitions were presented, yesterday before Chief Justice (Ag), Ian Chang at the Supreme Court. The petitions of Adrian Smith, Brenden...

New sub-station work caused Ruimveldt outages – GPL

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New sub-station work caused Ruimveldt outages – GPL

Technical issues experienced while workers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) was reconfiguring networks in the Ruimveldt area Thursday, sparked an extended outage to the area,...

World Habitat Day 2013… Habitat builds 15 homes for 2013-2014 period

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on World Habitat Day 2013… Habitat builds 15 homes for 2013-2014 period

With its aim to build more low income homes for families who need them the most, Habitat for Humanity (Guyana) has so far given over 15 families the keys to their very own homes during...

Ex-Soldier jailed for trafficking in cocaine

Oct 12, 2013 KNews News 1

Andre Gustav, an ex-soldier will now spend the next five years of his life behind the unwelcoming walls of prison. Yesterday, the defendant appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon at the...

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