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Bosai fined $1.5M for March oil spill

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai fined $1.5M for March oil spill

-menu of measures to be implemented The bauxite mining company Bosai Mineral Group (Guyana) Inc. has agreed to pay a fine of $1.5M after accepting responsibility for an oil spill in the Demerara...

Edghill to face Privileges Committee

May 05, 2016 KNews News 1

…He has brought the National Assembly into disrepute with his actions –Govt. MP It appears that it is too late now for Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Juan Edgehill, to say he is sorry for...

Rush Hour at Parliament …FATF is not going to kiss you up for hurrying to pass AML/CFT Bill–says Teixeira

May 05, 2016 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg The rush for complex Bills to go through all three stages in one day was once again raised by the political opposition yesterday. Speaking on the issue was Opposition Chief Whip,...

Wordsworth vows to return to work

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wordsworth vows to return to work

… forensic report yet to be made public Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Lionel Wordsworth, who departed on 10-months leave to facilitate a...

CMO testifies to inner workings of Prison Infirmary

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CMO testifies to inner workings of Prison Infirmary

Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has provided the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the March 3, Prison disturbance with information on the inner workings of the infirmary of the...

Some Guyanese full of excuse

May 05, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some Guyanese full of excuse

De opposition use to be in de government and now that dem out people still can’t forget wha dem use to do. Dem boys know that tiger never lose he stripe suh dem expect that all who been in de...

T&T to host CPL finals as Guyana lose out in bid

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T to host CPL finals as Guyana lose out in bid

By Sean Devers According Dr. Rupert Roopnarine the Education Minister, who holds the responsibility for Sport, Guyana will no longer host the ‘finals’ of this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier...

Sensational Russell spell seals KKR win

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sensational Russell spell seals KKR win

ESPNcricinfo – “One interesting decision and everyone forgets you hit a fifty in the last game.” It seemed Glenn Maxwell was still smarting from an incorrect caught-behind decision in Kings...

Sophia Special School told of benefits of Sports

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sophia Special School told of benefits of Sports

GFF presents tickets for May 15 Jaguars/Canada clash to students By Sean Devers On a sunny morning yesterday in the Community of Sophia the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) put smiles on the...

Berbice Volleyball Association selects junior teams for national competitions

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball Association selects junior teams for national competitions

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) has selected their respective junior U16 teams, male and female, to participate in the national junior Volleyball competition organised by the Guyana...

Basketball stakeholders meet for consultations on CBC U-16 Championships

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball stakeholders meet for consultations on CBC U-16 Championships

Basketball stakeholders met recently at New Thriving Restaurant for much-needed consultations on the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 Championships, which Guyana will host at the...

RHTYSC, MS Shemaine Campbelle becomes Beharry Group brand Ambassador

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC, MS Shemaine Campbelle becomes Beharry Group brand Ambassador

Shemaine Campbelle, a member of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS and the winning West Indies 20/20 female World Cup team, has been officially inducted as a brand ambassador and...

STAG / WDFA Senior League …Double header on today at Den Amstel

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG / WDFA Senior League …Double header on today at Den Amstel

Having to halt matches due to the inclement weather; the STAG sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League is expected to continue today with two matches at the Den Amstel...

Berbice Volleyball Association Extravaganza and fun day successful

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball Association Extravaganza and fun day successful

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) in its continued drive to keep players active and spread the game and unearth new talent in the county recently successfully organised a one day volleyball...

WIFBSC Short Range C/ships 2016 – Antigua…Jaguar edge Lion in latest Team Practice Match; another match set for today

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC Short Range C/ships 2016 – Antigua…Jaguar edge Lion in latest Team Practice Match; another match set for today

Team Jaguar edged Team Lion by three points when members of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) practice continued ahead of this month’s West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council Short...

Mayors Cup football to now kick-off Saturday

May 05, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayors Cup football to now kick-off Saturday

The Annual Mayor’s Cup Football tournament will commence at the Victoria Ground on the East Coast on Saturday. Heavy rainfall over the past few days had forced the rescheduling of the event from...

US State Department report shows loopholes in enforcing labour laws

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US State Department report shows loopholes in enforcing labour laws

The 2015 United States Department report on Guyana has outlined a number of loopholes in the government’s enforcement of labour laws. On Sunday, Guyana observed Labour Day with the traditional May...

“Two Colours” told to keep it low after police killing

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “Two Colours” told to keep it low after police killing

Almost two years after Paul Bascom and Alberto Grant were killed by policemen in a businessman’s yard; a 53-page report revealed by witness Lennox Wayne, called “Two colours”, provided a...

Ogle Airport renaming…NATA calls for proposal to be withdrawn

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport renaming…NATA calls for proposal to be withdrawn

The National Air Transport Association (NATA) said yesterday that it was demanding that the proposal to rename the Ogle International Airport to the “Eugene.F. Correia International airport,”...

Man who was chopped whilst breaking into butcher’s home, jailed

May 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man who was chopped whilst breaking into butcher’s home, jailed

A man, who was caught in the act when he and two others tried to break into a business place and was chopped and hospitalized, has now been jailed for his indiscretion. Anthony Gobin, called...

Investigation into burnt rice farming couple still ongoing – Blanhum

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation into burnt rice farming couple still ongoing – Blanhum

As the investigations into the deaths of rice farming couple Mohamed Munir and his wife, Bibi Jamila continue, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that his ranks are working on some additional...

Trotman misguided National Assembly on Guyana’s forests -Teixeira

May 05, 2016 KNews News 1

…Contends he must be sent to Privileges Committee After House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland, granted a motion to have Opposition Member, Juan Edghill, referred to the Committee of Privileges; a...

Guyana is stuck in a “sugar and rice” mindset

May 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is stuck in a “sugar and rice” mindset

…Fifty years and no major development in Guyana’s manufacturing industry—Dr. Thomas Singh. By Jeanna Pearson Fifty years have passed since Guyana became an independent state but there has...

The Guyanese East Indians from May 2016 onwards

May 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

There are two kinds of East Indians that I see in this country. There are those who, like many African Guyanese, choose to support a party and its government out of the psychological comfort of...

GNIC wharf arms, ammo find…21-year-old freed on gun related charges

May 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GNIC wharf arms, ammo find…21-year-old freed on gun related charges

A 21-year old man walked out of court a free man yesterday after charges of illegal gun and ammunition possession were dismissed against him by City Magistrate Judy Latchman. The charges against...