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Govt. authorises bailout for GuySuCo

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. authorises bailout for GuySuCo

– interim managers take helm The new Government says it has approved the release of monies to help the sugar industry return to normalcy. The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday, in the statement...

Shaun Samaroo CoI contract for Cabinet discussion – Attorney General

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shaun Samaroo CoI contract for Cabinet discussion – Attorney General

The payment of $16M to journalist Shaun Samaroo for the covering of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) will be up for discussion in Cabinet. This is according to Attorney General and...

Man sentenced to 11 years for killing 5yr old

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man sentenced to 11 years for killing 5yr old

Kiskino Williams was sentenced to 11 years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to setting fire to a house, which led to the death of five year- old Joy Singh, his niece. The incident is said...

GINA owes Chronicle over $70M, still refuses to disclose amount spent on “The Guyanese”

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GINA owes Chronicle over $70M, still refuses to disclose amount spent on “The Guyanese”

Well placed sources in the new government have said that the Government Information Agency (GINA) owes the Guyana Chronicle over $70M for advertisements placed. This amount, the source said,...

Dem boys seh… De audit gun skin up nuff people

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De audit gun skin up nuff people

When dem boys use to talk bout de pumpkin jumpsuit people use to believe that dem only talking fuh suh. But old people seh that wheh smoke deh, fire deh. De government now decide that it gun conduct...

Australia win inside three days

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia win inside three days

ESPNcricinfo – On Wednesday morning Australia began their defence of the Frank Worrell Trophy. By Friday evening they had retained it. Such is the nature of modern scheduling that a two-Test...

Prime Minister Nagamootoo becomes Honourary member of Golden Jaguars

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prime Minister Nagamootoo becomes Honourary member of Golden Jaguars

– Urges the entire nation to ‘Roar’ with the National team “Let’s get behind the Golden Jaguars” exclaimed an enthused Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday during a courtesy call...

Heineken UEFA Final Viewing Party on at Gravity Lounge today

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heineken UEFA Final Viewing Party on at Gravity Lounge today

Heineken’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League Final will be held today at 2:45pm and local distributors, Ansa McAl will host its annual grand viewing party at Gravity...

Eight annual Guyana Cup horserace meet set for Sunday 16th August

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eight annual Guyana Cup horserace meet set for Sunday 16th August

Over $30M up for grabs The eight annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet, which arguably is the biggest sporting event in Guyana for the year, is set for Sunday 15th August 2015 at the Port Mourant Turf...

Guinness football on tonight at National Cultural Centre Tarmac

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness football on tonight at National Cultural Centre Tarmac

With the commencement of action in the national playoffs to select a team to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Guinness Challenge Tournament scheduled to begin last night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac,...

BERBICE ELATED WITH BISHOO’S BOWLING PERFORMANCE

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BERBICE ELATED WITH BISHOO’S BOWLING PERFORMANCE

The Berbice Cricket Board has congratulated Devendra Bishoo on his outstanding bowling performance in the test match against Australia. In a release, the board said, “The board is always in...

Guinness to bring football icon Marcel Desailly to Jamaica for Caribbean Challenge Final

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness to bring football icon Marcel Desailly to Jamaica for Caribbean Challenge Final

The Guinness Street Football Challenge Caribbean finals set to take place on June 27-28 will see a special appearance by Guinness ‘Made of More’ ambassador and former French international...

Pan American Boxing Trials…Guyanese boxers, Delon Charles and Dewani Lampkin fail to qualify

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan American Boxing Trials…Guyanese boxers, Delon Charles and Dewani Lampkin fail to qualify

Guyanese boxers suffered a jolting blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Pan American Boxing Championships, slated for Toronto Ontario Canada in early July, when two of them registered...

Scotiabank, GCB initiate Bank-player relationships on financial investments

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank, GCB initiate Bank-player relationships on financial investments

Scotiabank in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) met with Cricket Guy Inc (CGI) contracted players yesterday at GCB boardroom, and disseminated valuable information relating to...

Jealous ex charged with Corentyne double murder

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jealous ex charged with Corentyne double murder

Twenty-six-year-old Ian Boodhoo was charged yesterday with the hacking to death of his wife, Parbattie Vijrauren, and her US-based lover, Ramdat Persaud. Boodhoo, a mason of No.3 Settlement,...

Jaipaul Sharma to organize forensic audit teams –Finance Minister

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jaipaul Sharma to organize forensic audit teams –Finance Minister

– GGMC, NICIL, GRA among first batch of agencies to be inspected By: Kiana Wilburg Cabinet has given the green light for forensic audits to be conducted in 30 state agencies, national projects...

Canada funds local justice system improvements

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Canada funds local justice system improvements

International support continues to pour in for Guyana. This time, the support has come from a Canadian non-government organization in the form of a $750,000 grant which is set to be used for the...

Family Court likely within the month – Chancellor

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Family Court likely within the month – Chancellor

…lawyers urged to end adjournment culture Five years after its construction, the country’s first Family Court is set to open its doors within the next month following the first sitting of the...

Regions 3, 6 and G/Town dominate Skip-to-Be-Fit competition…As National Championships continue

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Regions 3, 6 and G/Town dominate Skip-to-Be-Fit competition…As National Championships continue

By Shyon Hoppie Regions Three, Six and Georgetown clearly dominated the Skip-Be-Fit competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. It was the continuation of the Ministry of Education’s Schools...

Cops apprehend man, retrieve submachine gun

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops apprehend man, retrieve submachine gun

– possible homicide thwarted His intent, from all indications, was a sinister one. But swift action from crime fighting ranks ensured that the plans of a gun-toting man were thwarted. The ranks...

40 years of EU’s presence in Guyana…More than $150B invested in projects during period- Ambassador Kopecký

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 40 years of EU’s presence in Guyana…More than $150B invested in projects during period- Ambassador Kopecký

Today marks 40 years since the European Union started its relationship with Guyana. Over the period, more than 630M Euros ($150B) in combined funds have been coming this country’s way. According to...

Time for country to move forward, OAS Ambassador says

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Time for country to move forward, OAS Ambassador says

Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin has called on political parties to work together to ensure they fulfill their duty to the people, emphasizing that...

Burnham, Jagan, Rodney: Time for revisionist history

Jun 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Burnham, Jagan, Rodney: Time for revisionist history

Guyanese scholars must now free themselves of the cultural and ethnic loyalty they felt they owed Forbes Burnham and the PNC, Cheddi and Janet Jagan and the PPP and commit themselves to scholarly...

‘Frying Pan’ found dead with shotgun wounds

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Frying Pan’ found dead with shotgun wounds

The bullet-riddled body of a 40-year-old farm labourer was found yesterday at Tain Settlement, Corentyne, two days after he was believed to have escaped an attack on a camp by a gun-toting man....

The Berbice Regional Health Authority is an Illegal—says Health Minister

Jun 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Berbice Regional Health Authority is an Illegal—says Health Minister

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton said that the Berbice Regional Health Authority is illegal. His comments came during a visit to Berbice. He met with the Board of Directors of the Health...