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Coastal flooding…M&CC monitors overtopping in city

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coastal flooding…M&CC monitors overtopping in city

– Operation Room set up to receive info from sluice, pump attendants The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) following a tour throughout the city yesterday, said that a special technical team is...

UK’s biggest buyer relaxes outright ban for greenheart

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UK’s biggest buyer relaxes outright ban for greenheart

– agrees to allow Iwokrama’s FSC-certified timber More than a year after one of the biggest traders in the United Kingdom (UK) placed a procurement ban on Guyana’s greenheart timber,...

GRA clamps down on auto dealers still shipping vehicles over 8-yrs-old

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA clamps down on auto dealers still shipping vehicles over 8-yrs-old

Over a year ago, Government announced a number of critical changes regarding the importation of vehicles into the country. Among other things, it included restrictions on vehicles over eight years...

NIS eyes better compliance from employers

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NIS eyes better compliance from employers

– receives boost with 14 new inspectors The capacity of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to ensure compliance with employers has been boosted with the graduation of 14 inspectors. According...

Berbice fireman’s home goes up in flames

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice fireman’s home goes up in flames

A Berbice fireman will be spending a bleak Christmas after an early morning fire destroyed the two-storey wooden and concrete home he occupied. Kaieteur News understands that the fire started about...

Bandits tie, rob overseas-based Guyanese

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits tie, rob overseas-based Guyanese

An elderly woman, who came to Guyana to spend Christmas with her family, was tied and robbed by two men around 09:30 hrs on Friday at Meadow Bank, Georgetown. According to information received, the...

Soulja Bai show up Jagdeo when de rain fall

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai show up Jagdeo when de rain fall

Rain fall bucket a drop Friday morning. In fact, dem had so much rain that all who use to boast that flooding is a thing of de past had to shut dem mouth. Road tun river and car tun boat. People...

Coastal flooding…PM blasts Hydromet Office for ‘misleading’ citizens

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coastal flooding…PM blasts Hydromet Office for ‘misleading’ citizens

While empathising with flood-affected residents, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has labelled the forewarning mechanism at the Hydrometeorological Office as “unsatisfactory”. Nagamootoo said that...

Major works planned for UG with $202M approved allocation

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Major works planned for UG with $202M approved allocation

The University of Guyana is expected to undergo a number of upgrades and changes in 2017 as the government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education plans to spend a total of $202M on the Tertiary...

eGovernance project…Govt. has no choice but to buy bandwidth from GTT – Minister Hughes

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on eGovernance project…Govt. has no choice but to buy bandwidth from GTT – Minister Hughes

The government will continue to expand the E-Government project across Guyana in 2017. In doing so, Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes has said that government will have to buy...

Analyst Food and Drug refuses entry to Chinese sardines

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Analyst Food and Drug refuses entry to Chinese sardines

…importer falsifies date of manufacture The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) in collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority – Customs Department – has refused...

NDIA says fully prepared to address flooding

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA says fully prepared to address flooding

– open to assisting M&CC where necessary The Christmas season has arrived with a seemingly unwanted guest. Guyanese awoke yesterday morning to discover several of their villages along the...

Proposals for GuySuCo’s future far exceed IMF expectations – Agri. Minister

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Proposals for GuySuCo’s future far exceed IMF expectations – Agri. Minister

By Kiana Wilburg Thousands of workers within the sugar sector will soon know their fate, as a Cabinet subcommittee has finally finished drafting its recommendations on the way forward with the...

Kvitova determined to play again after knife attack

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kvitova determined to play again after knife attack

(Reuters) Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said yesterday she would do everything she could to return to tennis after suffering a hand injury in a knife attack that will keep her out of the...

Dave Pharmacy onboard for KPL fundraiser

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dave Pharmacy onboard for KPL fundraiser

Dave Pharmacy of Albert and Sixth Streets Georgetown has supported the KPL fundraising softball tournament which is set to commence on January 2 at the Carifesta Sports Complex. The entity recently...

Letter to the Sports Editor…More of Juman Yassin

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…More of Juman Yassin

Dear Mr. Editor, I was so upset but not surprised to wake up and see in the newspaper that Juman Yassin re-elected to the post as President, and I have my reasons why. Knowing how things are in...

Eagles gain 1-0 over Kwakwani Strikers, Winners halt Botafago to advance to semifinals

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles gain 1-0 over Kwakwani Strikers, Winners halt Botafago to advance to semifinals

Yonnick Simon got the deciding goal of the game as Eagles United gained their first win, a 1-0 victory against Kwakwani Striker as champions Federal Winner Connection halted previously unbeaten...

STAG Nations Cup KO Football put on hold

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Nations Cup KO Football put on hold

Due to the current inclement weather and yesterday’s heavy rainfall which left the Grove Playfield waterlogged, the Stag Nations Cup knockout football tournament has been put on hold until further...

Trophy Stall continues support for KMTC Xmas meet

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall continues support for KMTC Xmas meet

The annual Kennard Memorial Turf Club XMAS race meet set for Monday December 26 at their racetrack Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, has received the usual backing of the Trophy Stall of Bourda Market....

Guyana Horseracing Authority releases classifications of horses eligible to race in Guyana

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horseracing Authority releases classifications of horses eligible to race in Guyana

After a long time and in an effort to bring some semblance of order back to Horseracing in Guyana members of clubs of the now defunct Guyana Racing Authority (GHRA) has sat together and released a...

Caricom Secretary General stresses importance of reform

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Secretary General stresses importance of reform

-points to need to make CSME more response As difficult and challenging as reform is, it is absolutely essential in order to confront the ever-changing nature of today’s global environment. This...

BRING BACK THE VAT

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BRING BACK THE VAT

The rains have come with an intensity which would be considered, in the old days, as moderate. Yet the whole coast is flooded. The rivers are swollen in some riverain communities. There is no doubt...

Jagdeo’s GECOM choices

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jagdeo’s GECOM choices

This column is not in the least a personal commentary on Mr. Jagdeo’s selections for the position of GECOM’s Chairman. But as an opinion-maker, I am entitled to offer my take on the person that...

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017

In just over a week, Guyanese and the rest of the world will usher in the New Year and many are hoping that 2017 will be better than 2016. It should be not surprising to anyone how quickly the...

Cold case unit to be set up in 2017

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cold case unit to be set up in 2017

It seems as though cases like Monica Reece, Trevor Rose, Alicia Foster, Luciana Bhagwandin, Trevor Julius Fung and Deborah Blackman might finally be solved with the formation of a cold case unit come...

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