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Judge says AG disrespectful to him in Court

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Judge says AG disrespectful to him in Court

High Court Judge, Justice Franklin Holder, has described the utterances of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams as disrespectful. Justice Holder’s contention was...

Court shocked as seized firearm replaced with toy gun

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Court shocked as seized firearm replaced with toy gun

– Several arrested as OPR called in to probe Imagine the shock when a policeman was called to identify a firearm in the Georgetown Magistrate Court on Tuesday only to discover that the...

Dr. Jennifer Westford trial… Ex-Snr. Personnel Officer collected monies to carry out works region wide

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford trial… Ex-Snr. Personnel Officer collected monies to carry out works region wide

after approval from Permanent Secretary It was Ms. Margaret Cummings, a former Senior Personnel Officer at the then Ministry of Public Service, that collected monies to carry out works throughout the...

Impasse over payments… Marriott’s contractor accuses CEMCO of unfair treatment

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Impasse over payments… Marriott’s contractor accuses CEMCO of unfair treatment

The contractor of Marriott Hotel in Kingston has broken the silence on the current impasse over outstanding monies. Over the weekend, Deputy Project Manager of Shanghai Construction Group (SCG), Jie...

Pay de tax or ride tax-free bicycle

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pay de tax or ride tax-free bicycle

Dem boys notice that some people mekking big fuss over paying tax pun de tuition fee. Like dem believe dem can go anywhere else and send dem children to private school and don’t pay de tax, dem...

Criteria used to dismiss Linden Town Clerk applicable to Royston King

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Criteria used to dismiss Linden Town Clerk applicable to Royston King

The basis under which the former Town Clerk of the Linden Mayor and Town Council Ms Jonellor Bowen was dismissed by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan could be applied to Town Clerk of the...

Govt. invests in vessels to protect maritime resources

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. invests in vessels to protect maritime resources

“Our territorial waters are extensive. It is easy for vessels to unlawfully discharge and transship contraband goods”- President The reputation of the shipping industry in Guyana has been...

Exchange rate yet to stabilize

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exchange rate yet to stabilize

– Dynamic maintains highest rate Guyana’s foreign exchange rate is yet to stabilize. The commercial banks continue to have varying rates of exchange and so do the airlines. Last week it...

Best Guyanese Law Student receives Guyana Prize

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Best Guyanese Law Student receives Guyana Prize

Best Guyanese graduating student at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Latoya Roberts, received her Guyana Government Prize for 2016. The Guyana Government Prize is a mark of distinction awarded to the...

US$15M IDB loan will boost research in lagging agriculture sector – Minister

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$15M IDB loan will boost research in lagging agriculture sector – Minister

By Suraj Narine Acknowledging that the agriculture sector is behind target, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder, is confident that the US$15M loan inked between the Government of Guyana (GoG) and the...

Prosecutor accuses defence counsel of witness tampering

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecutor accuses defence counsel of witness tampering

Police Corporal Deniro Jones, a prosecutor attached to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has accused Attorney Latchmie Rahamat of tampering with a prosecution witness....

EITI not a foolproof mechanism

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on EITI not a foolproof mechanism

Complementary anti-corruption measures still needed – National Director Guyana will soon be looking to its forthcoming membership in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...

Healthy lifestyle could help avert some cardiac issues – Overseas doctor

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Healthy lifestyle could help avert some cardiac issues – Overseas doctor

While it is important to have facilities in place that offer treatment to help restore the health of individuals, it is simultaneously imperative that efforts be made to promote measures that can...

Ceres Ground Structure Engineering signs MoU with Fugro

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ceres Ground Structure Engineering signs MoU with Fugro

…guarantees training to work with ExxonMobil With Guyana now diving fruitfully into the emerging Oil and Gas industry, at least one local company is forging ahead to improve its capacities to...

PAHO urges responsible reporting on suicide

Mar 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO urges responsible reporting on suicide

Suicide is a tragic but highly prevalent public mental health problem. As such, covering the issue poses special challenges for journalists and news organisations. The media and online coverage of...

Windies batting under microscope in second T20I

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies batting under microscope in second T20I

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — West Indies will be seeking to rediscover their once lethal batting prowess, as they go in search of an all-important series-levelling victory in the second Twenty20...

Jeffreys’ confirmation an additional boost for Sunday

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jeffreys’ confirmation an additional boost for Sunday

This Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) ‘National Race of Champions’ Meet, yesterday received an additional boost with the confirmation of father and son duo of Kevin...

Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition Sparta Boss love/hate relationship with fans on display tonight

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition Sparta Boss love/hate relationship with fans on display tonight

Sparta Boss love/hate relationship with fans will be on full put on view this evening when they face Tiger Bay in a must win encounter to guarantee a place in the quarter-final of the Petra...

Karim, Madoo spur Rosignol to victory, Bush Lot beat Belladrum

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karim, Madoo spur Rosignol to victory, Bush Lot beat Belladrum

A fine century by Javid Karim coupled by a five-wicket haul from Chris Madoo handed Rosignol a 103-run victory over Woodley Park when the West Berbice Cricket Association Republic Bank D’Edward...

Draughts Association donates boards to Shaheed’s boys and girls orphanages

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Draughts Association donates boards to Shaheed’s boys and girls orphanages

Three executives of the Guyana Draughts Association were present last Saturday at the Shaheed’s Boys Orphanage in Alexander Street, Kitty to make presentation of draught boards and pieces to...

MYO/Trophy Stall Inter- Jamaat 7-a-side Tapeball commences Sunday

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO/Trophy Stall Inter- Jamaat 7-a-side Tapeball commences Sunday

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) of Guyana seven-a-side six overs Inter-Jamaat Tapeball round robin cricket competition sponsored by Trophy Stall will commence on April 2nd at the M.Y.O. ground,...

RHTY&SC congratulates Lower Corentyne Secondary School – To honour entire team

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates Lower Corentyne Secondary School – To honour entire team

The Patron, Management and the entire membership of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, is expressing congratulations to the Under-17 Cricket Team of the Lower Corentyne Secondary School...

Several entities assist Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several entities assist Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

The efforts of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, to get youths to stay off drugs and alcohol received major boost when several Government Ministries and business entities on Friday last...

GCB/MOE/ DMLAS School’s combined 50-overs cricket Sinclair, Benjamin leads Berbice to semi-final win Face E’bo Schools Combined in final at Bourda tomorrow

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/MOE/ DMLAS School’s combined 50-overs cricket Sinclair, Benjamin leads Berbice to semi-final win Face E’bo Schools Combined in final at Bourda tomorrow

By Sean Devers Well crafted innings from Junior Sinclair and Garfield Benjamin and a three-wicket haul from spinner Nigel Deodat led Combined Berbice Schools to a emphatic 90-run win against...

Faculty of Education and Humanities win UG Inter-Faculty Athletics Championships

Mar 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Faculty of Education and Humanities win UG Inter-Faculty Athletics Championships

The Faculty of Education and Humanities proved that their challenge for the Champions’ Trophy at the Inter-Faculty Track & Field Championship of the University Of Guyana (UG) was not just talk,...