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Ministers paying half of health insurance

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers paying half of health insurance

– Finance Minister defends deal, rubbishes Ramsammy’s claims Senior Government officials, who are now benefitting from health insurance, are paying half the costs, Finance Minister, Winston...

Jagdeo urges Govt. to release contracts PPP hid for 23 years

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo urges Govt. to release contracts PPP hid for 23 years

…Says coalition administration must stop hiding behind secrecy For almost 23 years, major contracts and concession agreements signed between the PPP regime and foreign entities were hidden from...

Minister Patterson clarifies…Exxon permitted to extract half billion barrels, not half million

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Patterson clarifies…Exxon permitted to extract half billion barrels, not half million

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson yesterday clarified that oil giant ExxonMobil has been given permission to produce 450 million barrels of oil during Liza Phase-1 as opposed to the...

Army in major exercise on border security

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Army in major exercise on border security

Commander-in-Chief, President David Granger, yesterday morning, congratulated the troops of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who participated in the two week-long Field Tactical Exercise...

CJIA prepares for aircraft interruptions in October

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA prepares for aircraft interruptions in October

-duty free shop planned for Arrivals The Management of Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) is preparing for the last lap of the US$150M expansion currently ongoing. The airport...

GPL says electricity will return to normalcy today

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL says electricity will return to normalcy today

– Efforts afoot to address generation shortfall Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) intends to address the issue of constant power outages today by re-connecting a generation engine that was down...

Police might handcuff a dead man next

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police might handcuff a dead man next

Strange things happening. People telling lie and others repeating it. And a man who can’t even run from a baby end up in handcuff. All of a sudden people mekking statements that forcing some...

Windies bowlers shine as England struggle

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies bowlers shine as England struggle

Leeds, England, CMC – West Indies eased some of the pain of last weekend’s debacle at Edgbaston, stunning England with an incisive bowling display despite an even hundred from Ben Stokes, on the...

Parents should encourage their Children to get involved in Sports – Roger Harper

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parents should encourage their Children to get involved in Sports – Roger Harper

Guyana Amazon Warriors Head Coach, DCC Vice-President, GCA President and former West Indies Test cricketer, Roger Harper told a packed DCC pavilion inclusive of over 130 Academy participants, their...

Rising Stars end 1st round undefeated; round two kicks off on Sept. 2

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Stars end 1st round undefeated; round two kicks off on Sept. 2

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Bartica … Rising Stars ended the first round of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association League undefeated...

Ramnauth’s all-round heroics hands Upper Corentyne innings victory over NAC

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnauth’s all-round heroics hands Upper Corentyne innings victory over NAC

A fine all-round performance by Rampertab Ramnauth guided Upper Corentyne to an innings and two runs victory over New Amsterdam Canje when the Berbice Cricket Board Under-13 competition commenced...

Tri-Nation Blind Cricket …Jamaica beat Guyana by eight wickets to take 40-over title

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tri-Nation Blind Cricket …Jamaica beat Guyana by eight wickets to take 40-over title

By Sean Devers Yesterday in sultry conditions, Guyana and West Indies B3 batsman Kevin Douglas scored the competition’s first century before West Indies batsman Denver Shim blasted an explosive...

Belle Vue SC wants to work collectively for an early solution

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Belle Vue SC wants to work collectively for an early solution

Dear Editor, With reference to a letter published in your newspaper on Monday, 21st August, 2017, titled, “Belle Vue Sports Club Issues Warning”. This is to add some much needed clarity on the...

ECB Busta 40-over Festival…East Bank, South and North Essequibo triumph

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB Busta 40-over Festival…East Bank, South and North Essequibo triumph

East Bank Essequibo, South Essequibo and North Essequibo recorded victories when the Essequibo Cricket Board, Busta 40-over tournament commenced yesterday. East Bank Essequibo beat defending...

Man in the street predictions for the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight tonight

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Man in the street predictions for the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight tonight

The world, including Guyana, will tune in tonight for the greatest boxing match of the century when the undefeated Floyd Mayweather fights UFC champion, the unbeaten Conor McGregor. Kaieteur Sport...

Guyanese Trio return from Lawyers Cricket World Cup

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Trio return from Lawyers Cricket World Cup

Charles Ramson, Sanjeev Datadin and Timothy Jonas and other members of the West Indies Lawyers Cricket Team recently returned from the Biennial Lawyers Cricket World Cup hosted this year in Sri Lanka...

Berbice police to the rescue, Commander leads the way

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice police to the rescue, Commander leads the way

Commander of Police ‘B’ Division, Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams has been making the rounds since his appointment to the Division about a month ago. The Commander has been travelling within...

Regal Masters, Wellman, Trophy Stall Angels among victors

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters, Wellman, Trophy Stall Angels among victors

Regal Masters, Wellman and Trophy Stall Angles were among the victorious teams when the Mike’s Pharmacy, Trophy Stall and Nauth Motor Spares softball competition continued on Sunday last. At GCC,...

Second Igloo Hockey Festival commences at GCC

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second Igloo Hockey Festival commences at GCC

GCC Hockey Team, in its effort to promote youth development in Field Hockey in Guyana, is hosting the ‘Igloo Hockey Festival’ this weekend, today and tomorrow at the Georgetown Cricket Club,...

Fire averted at GPL’s Onverwagt Sub-station

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire averted at GPL’s Onverwagt Sub-station

At approximately 21:42hrs Thursday evening, a failed connecting rod on the No. 5 Unit punctured a block resulting in a fire at the Onverwagt sub-station, West Coast of Berbice. According to the...

Cops still seek woman who allegedly killed spouse

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops still seek woman who allegedly killed spouse

Divisional Commander Stephen Mansell yesterday confirmed that his ranks are still hunting for a woman who is suspected to have murdered her husband at Dredge Creek, Upper Pomeroon River on Monday...

Roraima plane crash…Engines to be shipped to manufacturer in two days – GCAA Director

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima plane crash…Engines to be shipped to manufacturer in two days – GCAA Director

The engines from a Roraima Airways plane—a Britten Norman Islander which crashed at Eteringbang a month ago, killing Captain Collin Winston Martin—have been removed from the damaged aircraft and...

Garbage piles continue to build-up around G/town

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage piles continue to build-up around G/town

Despite the numerous warnings and promises made by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), piles of garbage remain around the capital city. With the reopening of school just around the...

Exposure to second-hand smoke is as dangerous as smoking – PAHO/WHO Rep.

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exposure to second-hand smoke is as dangerous as smoking – PAHO/WHO Rep.

There is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke. This is according to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention [CDC], which has been able to deduce that second-hand smoke contains...

Bush medicine man loses home in Blue Berry Hill fire

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bush medicine man loses home in Blue Berry Hill fire

A 59-year-old Blue Berry Hill Squatting Area man is presently homeless, following a fire that razed his house early yesterday afternoon. According to reports, Monty Joseph, well known as ‘Dada’,...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

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