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NEW GPC and Hand-In-Hand own 50% of Berbice Bridge

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NEW GPC and Hand-In-Hand own 50% of Berbice Bridge

– Contractual agreements allow providers of 5% of capital to control the bridge and receive 23% annual return By Kiana Wilburg The saga of the Berbice River Bridge Company Inc. continues to...

MPs turned National Assembly into a fish market

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MPs turned National Assembly into a fish market

…Opposition concedes By Kiana Wilburg “Thief…whore…son-of-a-b**ch”. These derogatory remarks were not used during a recent “cuss-out” at Bourda Market or a rum shop brawl. These terms...

Dem boys seh…Eye pass ain’t got limit

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Eye pass ain’t got limit

When fowl eye pass corn it really bad but corn does always stick up in he throat and kill am. Dem boys grandmother always use to tell dem that. Even grandfather Soulja Bai know that saying. But it...

Should the State media only express positive views of a Government?

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Should the State media only express positive views of a Government?

– veteran journalist weighs in Veteran journalist Bert Wilkinson believes that Government should appoint a Board of Directors to work along with editors at the State-owned Chronicle, to fix...

Needle in infant…Public Health Minister to probe

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Needle in infant…Public Health Minister to probe

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton has promised a full investigation into the mishap that left 11-month-old Ethan Garnett with a broken syringe needle in his buttocks. According to reports,...

Sophia Indigenous Village ready for Indigenous Heritage Month festivities

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia Indigenous Village ready for Indigenous Heritage Month festivities

…as organisers beckon dawn of golden jubilee celebrations By Nicholas Peters Coming alive with architecture, culture and cuisine is the Sophia Exhibition Centre just in time for Indigenous Heritage...

School built for $170M…Parents vow to lock gates over ‘dangerous’ conditions at One Mile Primary

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on School built for $170M…Parents vow to lock gates over ‘dangerous’ conditions at One Mile Primary

Schools across Guyana are expected to re-open today, and both children and parents eagerly anticipate the beginning of a new school term. But that’s not the case at One Mile, Wismar, Linden, where...

Cops embrace social media as crime-fighting tool

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops embrace social media as crime-fighting tool

By Romila Boodram We all leave small clues about our lives all over the internet like fingerprints. Take Kevin Fields for instance, the 21-year-old gunman who was shot dead during a botched robbery...

Guyanese musicians lobby for copyright, more airplay

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese musicians lobby for copyright, more airplay

By Desilon Daniels “Enough is enough,” is what the Guyana Music Network (GMN) is maintaining with its launch of a petition for more airtime for local music and modern copyright laws the norm in...

Minister promises to make Indigenous Village all-year venue

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister promises to make Indigenous Village all-year venue

– during handing over ceremony THE 2015 Indigenous Heritage Month was given the green light on Saturday afternoon when contractor Colin Andrews officially handed over the new Indigenous Village...

GPL disconnection crew raids Vendors Arcade

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL disconnection crew raids Vendors Arcade

– finds illegal connections that pose fire hazard, risk of electrocution It definitely wasn’t Sunday shopping as usual at the Vendors’ Arcade yesterday. After a long period of enjoying free...

Port Kaituma centenarian Ursula Lowe passes away

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma centenarian Ursula Lowe passes away

Days after she had celebrated her 100th birth anniversary, Ursula Philoemeena Lowe died after losing her vision and battling with various ailments for more than three years. The centenarian died last...

At 103, Aurora Imam still going strong

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on At 103, Aurora Imam still going strong

His birthday was set aside as a day where due gratitude and thanks were expressed to God in the form of a resounding religious service for attaining the coveted age of 103. Mohammed Ram John Khan...

Positives vibes youth gives back to community

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Positives vibes youth gives back to community

While it is said that youth is wasted on the young, Andre July, 23, is proving that this adage doesn’t apply to him. Over the past two years the young police constable has organized an event that...

GCA’s NBS 40-Over…Burnett spurs MSC to win; Singh and Azeez help TSC to victory

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 40-Over…Burnett spurs MSC to win; Singh and Azeez help TSC to victory

In the two opening matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) New Building Society (NBS) 40-overs division-two cricket tournament played yesterday, Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) defeated...

Forbes Burnham Memorial Karate at YMCA

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forbes Burnham Memorial Karate at YMCA

The Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) yesterday held a Kata and Kumite Karate competition at the YMCA pavilion to commemorate the 30th death anniversary of Guyana’s first Executive President Linden...

Bagostown claim Commander A division 5/5 softball crown

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bagostown claim Commander A division 5/5 softball crown

Bagostown defeated Central Georgetown by 30 runs to win the final of the Commander A Division (Clifton Hicken) 5/5 softball competition which was contested yesterday at Police Sports Club ground, Eve...

Here is what I told Imran Khan about the Chronicle

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Here is what I told Imran Khan about the Chronicle

In the light of a raging controversy about a Chronicle headline, I republish a conversation I had with Imran Khan, the Director of Information for the Office of the Prime Minister. It took place one...

Linden’s Half Mile Bulls trample national champions

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden’s Half Mile Bulls trample national champions

– set up rampage with Colts for Forbes Burnham title By Edison Jefford Linden’s Half Mile Bulls trampled National Champions, Pacesetters Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to...

FRINGE BENEFITS

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FRINGE BENEFITS

There are all kinds of liners and while this one-liner about an ocean liner is not the best you’ve ever heard, it certainly didn’t sink into oblivion even though some of the crowd might have...

LFS Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament…Glenford Corlette assumes lead in intricately poised tournament

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LFS Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament…Glenford Corlette assumes lead in intricately poised tournament

Glenford Corlette registered a stunning victory over tournament favourite, Anthony Drayton, to end the third day of competition on 4 ½ points, temporarily assuming the lead when action in the LFS...

Hussein, Singh Spur Speed Boat to inaugural Forbes Burnham Memorial softball title

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hussein, Singh Spur Speed Boat to inaugural Forbes Burnham Memorial softball title

Sterling all-round performances by Wazir Hussein and Greg Singh propelled Speed Boat to a seven-wicket victory over Regal in the final of the inaugural Forbes Burnham Memorial 10/10 knock-out...

Presidential guard knocks two off cycle, both critical

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential guard knocks two off cycle, both critical

Two cyclists were seriously injured yesterday after a car driven by a Presidential Guard staffer struck them on Lamaha Street at about 10:30hrs yesterday. William Nurse, 53, and Lisa Kaydoo, 37, of...

Beijing passes event to London in spectacular send off as Kenya top medals table

Aug 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beijing passes event to London in spectacular send off as Kenya top medals table

The World Championships came to end yesterday in spectacular fashion as Beijing passed the event onto London with a stunning send off. The Beijing National Stadium was a sea of vibrant colour as the...

Multi-agency taskforce set up to address vagrancy

Aug 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-agency taskforce set up to address vagrancy

By Sunita Samaroo The days roll by but the image remains the same: with no place to call home scores sit, sleep, eat, play and roam the most popular paves and City streets. Under the sweltering sun,...