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Govt. finally sinks parking meter deal

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. finally sinks parking meter deal

– police to protect vehicle owners against clampers By Murtland Haley Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan signed a new order yesterday suspending the Parking Meter Project as of today for a...

Guyanese need to know more about oil deals, benefits – Private Sector Commission

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese need to know more about oil deals, benefits – Private Sector Commission

By Kiana Wilburg Devastating effects can follow when a nation’s resources are mismanaged; when various forms of corruption are allowed to take the steering wheel instead of effective systems of...

Prisoner takes control of court compound in hour-long stand-off

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner takes control of court compound in hour-long stand-off

A prisoner taunted a police rank to shoot him during unrest between prisoners and police officers yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The episode lasted for approximately an hour,...

Weak policies will give officials easy access to cookie jar

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Weak policies will give officials easy access to cookie jar

– Strong Sovereign Wealth Fund policy crucial to Guyana’s success as an oil producing country—International experts By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell While Guyana may be approaching its economic...

‘Bogus’ tuna prevented from entering local market

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bogus’ tuna prevented from entering local market

– US-based third party agent implicated An attempt to infiltrate the local market with a fake brand of Tuna was recently thwarted by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD)....

Bandit shot dead at Blygezigt was “serial robber”

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead at Blygezigt was “serial robber”

Ray Goulding, the 32-year-old man who was shot dead by a licenced firearm holder during an attempted robbery at Belvoir Court, Blygezigt Gardens, Georgetown, in the wee hours of Sunday, has been...

Soulja Bai clamp City Hall balls

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai clamp City Hall balls

Dem boys did warn Guyana bout dem four people who sleep wid dem hand outside dem window and cat jump it. De four was de Mare, de Town Clown, Clarky and long pocket Garrett. When dem go to Mexico...

City Hall’s delay on parking meter suspension unfortunate

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall’s delay on parking meter suspension unfortunate

– Former Local Govt. Minister The decision by the Full Council of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council not to heed the direction of Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan to suspend the parking...

GMR&SC ‘Reaction’ Dragz Meet…Mohamed’s Enterprises GTR records staggering 7.5 seconds

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘Reaction’ Dragz Meet…Mohamed’s Enterprises GTR records staggering 7.5 seconds

-Surinamese perform outstandingly Mohamed’s Enterprises GTR of Team Goliath scorched the quarter-mile Drag Strip to establish a new record with a staggering 7.5 seconds on Sunday when the Guyana...

Limacol winners receive prizes

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol winners receive prizes

Champions Western Tigers, winners of the recently concluded Limacol Football Competition were officially presented with their prizes on Monday evening, during a simple ceremony that was conducted at...

RHTY&SC Beharry 5/5 Say No Cricket Finals to be played on Sunday

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Beharry 5/5 Say No Cricket Finals to be played on Sunday

The Rose Hall Town Area “H” Ground would be a hive of activity on Sunday, when the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, hosts the grand finale of its historic Beharry 5/5 Say No/Say Yes...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Disgusted by that Somwaru letter

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Disgusted by that Somwaru letter

Dear Editor, It is with total disgust that I have decided to respond to a letter that appeared in your newspaper on Saturday 18th March, 2017. The letter was signed by D. Somwaru and was a response...

Athletics association selects CARIFTA Games team

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletics association selects CARIFTA Games team

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has identified a 15-member contingent that includes 12 athletes, two coaches and a manager for the CARIFTA Games, April 13-20, in Curacao. An email release...

NSC seeking to establish sporting hub for New Amsterdam youths

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC seeking to establish sporting hub for New Amsterdam youths

GINA – The National Sports Commission (NSC) is looking to resuscitate the abandoned sports complex in New Amsterdam, Berbice to provide another avenue for youth development. The complex was...

EBBA/YBG Inter Village Tourney…Prospect Jammers bounce past Bagotstown to win title

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBBA/YBG Inter Village Tourney…Prospect Jammers bounce past Bagotstown to win title

The trio of tournament MVP Drexel Aaron (12 points), Kwame Fox and Mark Richards with 9 points each combined to deliver the winner’s trophy to Prospect Jammers when the IMC of the East Bank...

Head Coach pleased with Jaguars’ performance but concerned with conversion rate

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Head Coach pleased with Jaguars’ performance but concerned with conversion rate

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Cascadia Hotel, Vnet Communications & Stag Beer Head Coach of the Guyana Jaguars, former Guyana pacer Esaun Crandon says he is pleased with his...

GCB/DMLAS/MOE/NSSCL Combined Phase …North Georgetown to do battle with Rest of Georgetown on Saturday 25

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/MOE/NSSCL Combined Phase …North Georgetown to do battle with Rest of Georgetown on Saturday 25

Georgetown Combined compete with Mahaicony-East Coast on Sunday 26 The Guyana Cricket Board/Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society/ Ministry Of Education/ National Secondary School Cricket League,...

Referees put through their paces in FIFA fitness tests

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Referees put through their paces in FIFA fitness tests

Georgetown: Guyana’s referees and assistant referees underwent a series of grueling fitness tests at the Leonora National Track and Field Centre on Saturday, 18th March last, as part of ongoing...

World Water Day Message

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on World Water Day Message

(By Honourable Raphael G.C. Trotman M.P., on the occasion of World Water Day 2017, Wednesday March 22, 2017, under the theme ‘Why Waste Water?’) World Water Day is a day dedicated to focusing...

Body of unidentified man found in trench

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body of unidentified man found in trench

The body of an unidentified man was discovered yesterday morning in a trench along Woolford Avenue, opposite the Richard Ishmael Secondary School. The body, clad in a black jersey and short pants,...

Private Sector worried about economic decline

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector worried about economic decline

-Says Govt. needs to bring an economic plan that actually drives investment The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is worried about the fact that the main driver of the nation’s 2.6 percent growth in...

Standing on our heads

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Standing on our heads

Guyana is an awesome country. Where else in the world can you pick up the newspapers and read that the procurement of $605M in medical supplies is deemed an emergency; four persons put to guard...

Chase-Green acts as GWI Chair

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chase-Green acts as GWI Chair

…in light of no substantive appointment Since the resignation of accountant Nigel Hinds from the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated, there has not been a...

Awareness in TIP sees more cases being reported – Ministerial Advisor

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Awareness in TIP sees more cases being reported – Ministerial Advisor

With more education and sensitization being placed on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, the Ministry of Social Protection is seeing an increase in the number of reported cases being made to the...

SOCIETY’S TREASURE

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SOCIETY’S TREASURE

The development of any country, whether in the first world or the so-called third world, depends largely on youths, who are essentially its future leaders. It is generally believed that those who are...