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APNU to sanction Finance Minister over NICIL failures

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU to sanction Finance Minister over NICIL failures

Within the next two or three sittings of the National Assembly, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be moving to have Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, sanctioned for his failure to...

No increases, bonuses for GuySuCo’s senior staffers

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No increases, bonuses for GuySuCo’s senior staffers

…Estates shutdown loom …Industry set tentative 216,000 tonnes target More than 400 senior staffers of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are claiming discrimination after...

Youths nabbed with M16 and grenades

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youths nabbed with M16 and grenades

– were planning to smuggle them into Camp St. Prison The police may have averted a major catastrophe in the Georgetown Prisons with the apprehension of two men in whose possession an M16...

Jamaican woman found dead in city guest house

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican woman found dead in city guest house

The body of a Jamaican woman identified as 31-year old Ann Gardener was found in a room at a popular Camp Street, guest house yesterday. Reports disclose that the woman and her male partner were...

Panamanian airline to operate here

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Panamanian airline to operate here

– Guyanese to benefit from visa waivers Citizens of both Panama and Guyana will benefit from ninety-days visa waivers as Copa Airline gears up to commence operations here. The flights will...

Carol Ann Lynch remanded for husband’s murder

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carol Ann Lynch remanded for husband’s murder

After three years on the run, former beauty queen Carol Ann Lynch was yesterday brought before the court to face the murder charge long set to be reinstituted against her for the death of her...

Dem boys seh… Rohee can tame de Bees

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Rohee can tame de Bees

Rohee call fuh new ideas de other day. Fuh some time now he always complaining that it expensive to keep prisoners. Dem boys suspect wheh he get that from, but dem Bajans now showing he how he can...

Hope Canal two year delay… Priority given to completion, not penalties – Minister

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal two year delay… Priority given to completion, not penalties – Minister

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is yet to implement penalties on the contractors who were unable to complete the Hope/Dochfour Canal by its December 2013 deadline. He said that while talks...

Engine, other components to be extracted from ill-fated Trans Guyana aircraft today

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Engine, other components to be extracted from ill-fated Trans Guyana aircraft today

… GCAA teams up with foreign bodies on investigation Now that the search and rescue aspect is over, and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has taken charge of the ill-fated Trans Guyana...

Aviation authorities worried over increased domestic crashes … To review and beef up safety procedures

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aviation authorities worried over increased domestic crashes … To review and beef up safety procedures

The Ministry of Public Works and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will partner up to boost safety measures relating to domestic air travel. With estimations of over 50,000 air travel...

Fire destroys business premises at De Edward Village

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys business premises at De Edward Village

Fire said to be electrical in origin on Wednesday morning destroyed a two- storey wood and concrete house and business premises located at Lot 8 Unity Street, De Edward Village, West Bank Berbice...

Plaisance residents protest deplorable roads

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance residents protest deplorable roads

“Enough is enough!” and “We fed up!” were the utterances of over 50 Plaisance, East Coast Demerara residents who are calling on the Guyana Government to fix the community’s roads. A protest...

10 years later… Police advancing DSC recommendations

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 10 years later… Police advancing DSC recommendations

The Guyana Police Force is advancing the implementation of recommendations made by the Disciplined Services Commission (DSC)of Inquiry of 2004. This was highlighted at a special meeting on Saturday...

Little DIVA Flames Team selected‏

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little DIVA Flames Team selected‏

The Little DIVA Flames Female Football Club will intensify their training as they prepare for their 1st Friendly game on Sunday 26th January 2014 at the #5 Football Ground, West Berbice against...

Rest Team upset Guyana side in first Day/Night practice Match

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rest Team upset Guyana side in first Day/Night practice Match

The Rest team dented the confidence of the Guyana side presently preparing for the 2013 Regional Surper50 cricket competition in Trinidad & Tobago from January 30 to February 16 with a...

St Lucia confirms attendance for GBA National Goodwill tourney

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on St Lucia confirms attendance for GBA National Goodwill tourney

St Lucia has confirmed their participation in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National Amateur Goodwill tournament here from February 14-16. The St Lucians will arrive on February 13, same day as...

Letter to the Sports Editor More support for the Cricket Administration Bill

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor More support for the Cricket Administration Bill

Dear Mr. Editor, We wish to register our support for the Buxton Sports Club’s recent claims of discrimination and unacceptable conduct of the illegally constituted Demerara Cricket Board. We...

GB shooting Coach ends successful two week stint with GNRA

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GB shooting Coach ends successful two week stint with GNRA

Great Britain shooter and Coach Ian Shaw concluded a successful two-week stint with members of the Guyana National Rifle Association which sought to improve the competencies and abilities of the...

Sunburst Linden schools b/ball final fixed for tomorrow at MSC hard court

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst Linden schools b/ball final fixed for tomorrow at MSC hard court

The eagerly anticipated 2013 Sunburst Linden Secondary Schools Under-17 basketball final will be played tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court with Mackenzie High School taking on...

Bank of Nova Scotia renews sponsorship with RHTY&SC

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Nova Scotia renews sponsorship with RHTY&SC

The Bank of Nova Scotia on Tuesday last renewed their ties with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) by co-sponsoring their Annual Magazine, Awards ceremony, Tribute to Teachers...

Wiltshire Birth Anniversary dominoes Wins for C 7, TNT

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Birth Anniversary dominoes Wins for C 7, TNT

C7 and TNT recorded victories when the Mark Wiltshire 59th Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition continued on Monday last at Dynasty Sports Bar. C 7 marked 74 games to beat Scramblers with 70 and R...

Triumph handyman stabbed to neck

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Triumph handyman stabbed to neck

…assailant on the run After being accused of stealing a bicycle, 48-year-old Troy Hope called ‘G’, was beaten and stabbed to the neck. He is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Guyana mulls introduction of automatic ballot counting system

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls introduction of automatic ballot counting system

Results of future elections in Guyana may be announced much earlier if a pilot project to test an automatic ballot scan and tabulation system proves successful. According to the Guyana Elections...

Baroombar murder accused thrashed in prison

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Baroombar murder accused thrashed in prison

Kurt Clarke, the 34-year-old accused in the Baroombar murder case, was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after allegedly receiving a sound thrashing in the Camp...

Harding leaves for medical attention in Jamaica

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Harding leaves for medical attention in Jamaica

Alleged police brutality victim, Colwyn Harding, will be jetting out to Jamaica tomorrow (Friday) to access medical treatment, having been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) last...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more