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$48 million to be expended by year-end to improve Maths performance

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $48 million to be expended by year-end to improve Maths performance

In what is expected to be an earnest quest to improve the results of Mathematics in the public education system, Government has allocated the sum of $48 million to the Ministry of Education. The...

Election outcome will not affect Guyana-US relations – Ambassador Holloway

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News 1

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, does not advise that Guyana brace itself for any major change with regard to its relationship with the world power....

Man walks into hospital with ‘ice pick’ in back

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man walks into hospital with ‘ice pick’ in back

…after telling Rasta man to eat salt A 23-year-old man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 15:00 hrs yesterday with an ice-pick stuck in his back. This was after...

Top Cop-Ramnarine conflict…Cabinet believes matter should have been dealt with internally – Harmon

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop-Ramnarine conflict…Cabinet believes matter should have been dealt with internally – Harmon

The growing conflict between the Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud and the man who held the reins while he was on leave – Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine – was discussed...

Incinerated styrofoam causes panic in Princes St.

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Incinerated styrofoam causes panic in Princes St.

Hundreds of passers-by including schoolchildren, flocked to ‘Old Smokey’ the incinerator at Princes Street, Georgetown, after a massive column of black smoke engulfed the area, sending residents...

Aurora Mine shines with 107,000 ounces gold in first nine months

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Mine shines with 107,000 ounces gold in first nine months

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. has announced a good year so far with 107,700 ounces of gold produced at the end of September. Between July and September (the third quarter), the company’s...

Robbery at Rohee’s home…Woman who rented car gave fictitious name and address

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News 6

Police were yesterday still trying to track down the woman who rented the car in which three bandits escaped after Wednesday’s daring robbery at the Eccles, East Bank home of PPP General Secretary...

Laid-off Barama workers could receive small forest concessions

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Laid-off Barama workers could receive small forest concessions

Government is studying a number of options for the 1.6 million hectares of forests that Barama Company Limited (BCL) has relinquished. Speaking yesterday at the administration’s weekly post-Cabinet...

Rohee want publicity and he get it

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Rohee want publicity and he get it

Rohee sit down at he press conference and claim how crime on de increase. He talk about all dem robberies that does happen every day and how Soulja Bai ain’t got control over crime. Is now people...

Govt. playing by the rules for all Parliamentary sittings – Chief Whip

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. playing by the rules for all Parliamentary sittings – Chief Whip

– rejects allegations by Opposition By Kiana Wilburg Contrary to what is being bandied about by the political opposition, the Government has not hijacked any day in the National Assembly that...

CMRC Final Leg…Leon Dorado Int’l Hotel & Bar sponsors Joel Neblette

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on CMRC Final Leg…Leon Dorado Int’l Hotel & Bar sponsors Joel Neblette

-Speedster promising to be in the mix Superbike racer Joel Neblette added his name to the list of local riders who will be throwing down the gauntlet to the foreign invasion this Sunday when the...

Windies Women suffer defeat after batting flop

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies Women suffer defeat after batting flop

VIJAYAWADA, India, CMC – Another batting failure saw West Indies Women crash to a disappointing six-wicket defeat to India Women, in the opening One-Day International of the three-match series here...

FAT System to be introduced at National Schools’ Championships

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on FAT System to be introduced at National Schools’ Championships

The Fully Automatic Timing System (FATS) that primarily produces and pronounces on photo-finishes in athletics will be introduced for the first time at the upcoming 2016 National Schools’ Cycling,...

Champion of Champions dominoes set for Sunday

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champion of Champions dominoes set for Sunday

The Champion of Champions dominoes competition will be contested on Sunday at 1223 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt Park starting at 14:00hrs. Entrance fee is $12,000 and the winning team will take...

Payless Combine and Tri State Masters Combine clash in 20/Twenty affair today at GCC

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Payless Combine and Tri State Masters Combine clash in 20/Twenty affair today at GCC

The Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda sward, will be teeming with activity this evening when two cricket teams, Payless Combine and Tri State Masters Combine of the USA oppose each other in a highly...

Messiah Primary triumph

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Messiah Primary triumph

Messiah Primary School defeated No. 68 Primary by 18 runs when the National Sports Commission Primary School Windball tournament continued recently in Berbice. Playing at No. 71 Play Field, Messiah...

BCB Tenelec 50-over tourney…Wins for Upper Corentyne, Blairmont, West Berbice and Young Warriors

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Tenelec 50-over tourney…Wins for Upper Corentyne, Blairmont, West Berbice and Young Warriors

Upper Corentyne, Blairmont, West Berbice and Young Warriors registered victories when the BCB/Tenelec Inc. 50-over tournament commenced recently. At Cumberland, Young Warriors defeated Tucber Park by...

Rent-a-Tent launches VIP Pavilion at Giftland Mall today

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rent-a-Tent launches VIP Pavilion at Giftland Mall today

-Fans will have opportunity to meet motor racing stars Rent-a-Tent will launch its VIP Pavilion today during a Meet and Greet Ceremony with competitors of Sunday’s Caribbean Motor Racing...

Chunilall Balgobin Memorial cricket and football set for Sunday – E’bo

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chunilall Balgobin Memorial cricket and football set for Sunday – E’bo

The second annual Chunilall Balgobin Memorial cricket and 5-a-side football competitions have been scheduled for Sunday at Walton Hall ground on the Essequibo Coast. Four teams will battle for a top...

‘Age is just a number’- Tramine-Forde Catwell

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Age is just a number’- Tramine-Forde Catwell

Tensions are running high ahead of this weekend’s International Race meet of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, with team Barbados looking to upset the locals. One such competitor was Tramine...

Furniture World decorates Flying Ace Cycle Club track attack meet

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Furniture World decorates Flying Ace Cycle Club track attack meet

The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of New Amsterdam, Berbice on Wednesday received a sizable financial donation from the principals of the popular Furniture World Business establishment of New...

Bartica Massacre trial…Court hears relatives witnessed autopsies of victims

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bartica Massacre trial…Court hears relatives witnessed autopsies of victims

State witnesses, Ingrid Ferreira, Zaheer Zakir and Faizul Ally testified yesterday during the Bartica massacre trial which continued yesterday at Georgetown High Court. Dennis Williams, called...

Guyana must show effective outcomes under FATF regime – Finance expert

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must show effective outcomes under FATF regime – Finance expert

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday organised a special lecture on anti-money laundering yesterday, during which a Canadian financial expert explained that it is necessary for Guyana to...

Murder charge looms for woman, lover

Nov 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge looms for woman, lover

– as DPP advices detective to take statement from eyewitness A woman and her lover are likely to face murder charges by next week, once detectives obtain a statement from an eyewitness. Alexis...

Husband slaps wife over cheating allegation – Court hears

Nov 11, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Husband slaps wife over cheating allegation – Court hears

A man yesterday appeared before Magistrate Leslie Benjamin to answer to the charge of unlawful assault. It is alleged that on November 7, last, at 70 Norton Street, Lodge, Bodes Persaud unlawfully...