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Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Tamarind balls and coconut water from Thailand, Rice from Pakistan, Packaged plantain chips from Jamaica, Packaged roti and puri from Suriname on our local shelves
By: Kiana Wilburg Rice from Pakistan. Tamarind balls and coconut water from Thailand. Packaged roti and dhal puri from Suriname. These are just five of many imported items that are slowly taking over...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No more slaps on the wrist…Blacklist, prosecute errant contractors
– urge Min. Patterson, Goolsarran By: Kiana Wilburg For years, the state has sustained billions of dollars in losses over shoddy work produced by contractors and subsequently cleared by...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kizzie McLeod crowned Miss Youth Ambassador
– as Police ‘A’ Division hosts successful pageant The Guyana Police Force’s ‘A’ Division hosted a successful edition of the Miss Youth Ambassador Pageant 2016, last evening at the...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist killed after attending friend’s wake
– driver dies after veering into canal A 27-year-old man, who was returning home from a colleague’s wake, lost his life early yesterday when he crashed into a utility pole on the Belle Vue...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrants burning wasps set fire to govt. building
Vagrants who had occupied the abandoned Nurses Hostel at Charles place New Amsterdam are being blamed for a fire which destroyed the inner portion of the two storey building on Friday. According to...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nutten get ketch and he can’t seh nutten
Long time when li’l children thief or try to thief and dem get ketch dem does react in de most funny way. Dem does hide dem hand behind dem back and bend dem head. When dem parents ask dem wha dem...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Work of GNBA Board remains at standstill
– PM says Chairman doing ‘fantastic job’ Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says that he is unaware of any discord within the Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA)....Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t can bring int’l firm to probe assets of past, current officials
– says Jagdeo while reissuing declaration challenge Public accountability is likely to be taken to the next level with the impending State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA). However, former...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on In a ’jungle’ called Le Repentir…Anguish for mother unable to find slain son’s grave
A few months ago, Devi Mahadeo Fung returned from Canada to visit relatives, and to place flowers at the gravesite of her murdered son, Trevor Julius Fung. It is something she has been doing as...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Father pleads for overseas help for burnt three-year-old daughter
The relatives of three-year-old burn victim, Renia Rogers are seeking financial assistance to send the child overseas for medical treatment. Renia was just 16 months old when she sustained serious...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat fish vendor, terrorise and rob family
A bandit with a gun and two others with cutlasses escaped with cash and jewellery after terrorizing a Corentyne family at around 05.00hrs yesterday. Ceenarine Cyril Satrohan, 36, of Lot 232 Reef...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t utilizes $11.5 billion on heath sector
– hospital maintenance, drug procurement, fighting vector borne diseases among highlights Within the past six months Government has utilized $11.5 billion for the health sector for this year....Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery fire guts Rasville home
A fire of unknown origin badly damaged a Rasville, Greater Georgetown home on Saturday night. The fire reportedly started sometime around 19:30 hrs at the south end of the Lot 4682 Rasville building...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Broomes commits to working with GPSU despite differences
The Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, met with officials of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and workers’ representatives as part of an ongoing dialogue...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt crests Legend status as he wins his third Olympic 100m gold medal
Daily Mail – Usain Bolt is still the fastest man in the world. The Jamaican sprint superstar beat out American Justin Gatlin for the gold in the 100m final race last night, running the track in...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Princess She Not reigns Supreme at Guyana Cup
Princess She Not made sure that it was crowned queen of the track as it whipped a top notch field to take the feature event when the 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace event was held at the Port...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rennacko Roberts cops Top Award at RHTYSC/Republic Bank Educational Camp
Eleven years old Rennacko Roberts, an Under 13 cricketer of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS, copped the “Student of the Year” Award when the RHTYSC/ Republic Bank 2016 Educational...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Omar Shariff: Charade or shape-shifting?
Many years ago, I had an argument with my friend, Colin Smith, the editor of the Catholic Standard. The then Minister of Home Affairs, Ronald Gajraj, had denied that the government was bringing in a...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’bean Squash C/ships in T&T…Guyana Men fail to clear Semi-finals’ hurdle
Ladies hunt title Team Guyana came up one match short against a tough Bermuda team in the Men’s Semi-finals of the 2016 Senior Caribbean Squash at the Queen’s Park Oval Squash Courts in...Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Use of chemical agents to ripen fruits in Guyana negligible
– farmers more prone to use natural methods, says NAREI CEO By Jarryl Bryan Concern is being raised about the use of artificial chemical agents to expedite the ripening of fruits, with some...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Auditing has its limits
The ‘forensic’ audits were launched by the government, at selective agencies, with the intention of uncovering fraud and corruption. It was intended, no matter what other explanations were given,...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on LTTC concludes successful Training Camp
The Linden Table Tennis Committee (LTTC) hosted its second Annual Summer Training Camp which targeted students between the ages 6 to 16 years, at the Mackenzie High School Auditorium. According to a...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Growing up (even more) absurd
One of the questions in the student survey was, “In a word, describe school.” The answer was “HELL”. Young Frankie was asked to complete a sentence beginning with, “I earn money...Aug 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AT THE GUYANA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Dear Editor; Regarding the above subject, it would be quite clear to everyone that read my previous letters that something is indeed going on at the institution in question. I have also read several...Mineral and oil rich country borrowing to feed, clothe and house its citizens.
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2024 GCB U13 Inter-County finals… Kaieteur Sports – The Cinderella County boys of Essequibo stormed to their second straight Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-13 Inter-county title, after handing...Kaieteur News – There exists a weapon more insidious than the outright banning of dissenting voices. That weapon involves... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
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