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GuySuCo to slash workforce by 7,000

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News 2

– Rose Hall, Enmore closures confirmed for year-end – workers offered harvesting, cultivation, transportation contracts Cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is already letting...

Improper conduct, dereliction of duty among reasons Deputy Solicitor General fired – AG’s Chambers

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News 1

The Ministry of Legal Affairs and Attorney General’s Chambers has “reluctantly” disclosed a list of reasons why its Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Tiwari Kissoon has been fired. The reasons...

‘APNU+AFC is the most expensive Govt. of our time’ – Chris Ram

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘APNU+AFC is the most expensive Govt. of our time’ – Chris Ram

– serious issues of governance and transparency exist – Chris Ram By Kiana Wilburg When one takes into account, the configuration of the APNU+AFC Government, along with its lineup of...

Man jailed for stealing AC that was “partly outside” hospital

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing AC that was “partly outside” hospital

A vagrant who told the court that he was walking peacefully in Georgetown, when he saw an air conditioning unit partly protruding from a fence and decided to pick it up, was yesterday sentenced to...

Ex-con confesses to killing ‘Sagga’ with borrowed gun

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con confesses to killing ‘Sagga’ with borrowed gun

– after seeing victim’s jewellery A 26-year-old ex-convict has confessed to robbing and killing businessman Godfrey Scipio on Thursday night, with a gun he borrowed from an associate. The...

Former Health Ministry PS sues Govt. for over $18M

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Health Ministry PS sues Govt. for over $18M

– Cites unlawful dismissal Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, Leslie Cadogan is suing the Government over what he deems as his unlawful dismissal. Cadogan is being...

Business Ministry being guided by five-year strategic plan – Gaskin

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News 2

By Kiana Wilburg The stimulation of commerce in Guyana will require more than just a single-pronged approach. For the Ministry of Business, it will take a most detailed strategic plan that spans over...

WIFBSC Milex/Crown Mining Long Range Team Match… Battle for collective glory takes center stage today

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC Milex/Crown Mining Long Range Team Match… Battle for collective glory takes center stage today

The combined capabilities and knowledge of the nations contesting the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) Team Championships will be severely tested today and tomorrow when the Long and...

Thief man following politicians

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Thief man following politicians

Everybody in de world want peace. Nuff men want piece and some don’t care how dem get it. Some go to jail fuh tekking piece of people thing. Up to yesterday, a man end up before a magistrate fuh...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League… Chanderpaul hit undefeated 53 on truncated day at Tuschen

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League… Chanderpaul hit undefeated 53 on truncated day at Tuschen

By Sean Devers Shiv Chanderpaul, at age 43, continues to prove that age is just a number with an unbeaten 53 at Tuschen on a truncated opening day of the GCB/CGI seventh round three-day franchise...

South American Youth Games champ Deshawna Skeete calls on Dr. George Norton

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on South American Youth Games champ Deshawna Skeete calls on Dr. George Norton

Most of the delegates of the successful team that represented Guyana in the quadrennial South America Youth Games that was held in Santiago, Chile, paid a courtesy call yesterday on Minister of...

BVA Inter Secondary Schools Competition… Tagore Memorial and Skeldon Line Path lift male and female titles

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA Inter Secondary Schools Competition… Tagore Memorial and Skeldon Line Path lift male and female titles

By Samuel Whyte Upper Corentyne based Tagore Memorial and Skeldon Line Path Secondary served their way to the respective male and female tittles when the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Inter...

Women blazing the Caribbean Fullbore Shooting Landscape

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women blazing the Caribbean Fullbore Shooting Landscape

The 150th Anniversary shoot of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) is being run alongside the 2017 edition of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council Championships at the Timehri...

German’s Restaurant donates to EBFA

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on German’s Restaurant donates to EBFA

Ralph Green U-11 League continues today The East Bank Football Association (EBFA) was the recipient of a water cooler and three Futsal balls compliments of German’s Restaurant, located at...

World renowned marksman David Calvert excited to be in Guyana again

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on World renowned marksman David Calvert excited to be in Guyana again

WIFBSC President salutes icon By Franklin Wilson World renowned shooter, Irishman David Calvert who is a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist who have also shone brightly at Biseley and Palma...

Khan, Yadram hit unbeaten half centuries on rain affected day at Everest

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan, Yadram hit unbeaten half centuries on rain affected day at Everest

Baldeo, Ivan slam tons; five -wkt hauls for Pestano, Barrington Amir Khan and Kamesh Yadram struck unbeaten half centuries as East Coast Demerara closed day one of the final round of the Guyana...

Hand in Hand presents BMX cycles to three young riders

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand presents BMX cycles to three young riders

Maintaining the tradition which started many years ago of presenting BMX cycles to young riders in need, the Hand in Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Companies on Saturday last handed over three...

Junior Road Caribbean Cycling Championships 2017 – Barbados… John, Dey, Duguid and Ramshucit to represent GCF

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Road Caribbean Cycling Championships 2017 – Barbados… John, Dey, Duguid and Ramshucit to represent GCF

The cream of this nations junior riders and a promising juvenile have been selected by the Guyana Cycling Federation to be the nations representatives at next month’s Junior Road Caribbean Cycling...

S.S Jaguars and G.S Cavaliers square off for VNet T20 title tomorrow

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on S.S Jaguars and G.S Cavaliers square off for VNet T20 title tomorrow

Sans Souci Jaguars and G Square Cavaliers of Belle Plaine will clash in the final of the seventh annual V Net T20 Blast tomorrow at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground, Good Success. Jaguars are...

RHTY&SC and King Solomon Logistics launch U-12 Cricket Team

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC and King Solomon Logistics launch U-12 Cricket Team

The Cricket Development Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club continues to unveil new initiatives as the club strives to remain the leader in Guyana. On Wednesday last, the club...

Uruguay snatch win against Guyana in warm up match

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uruguay snatch win against Guyana in warm up match

In a bid to fine tune their skills ahead of the Pan American Indoor Hockey Cups which gets underway with anticipated excitement on Monday, Uruguay and Guyana’s women who will contest the second...

Street Vybz Entertainment Futsal C/Ship… Quarterfinals decided

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Street Vybz Entertainment Futsal C/Ship… Quarterfinals decided

Late Thursday night the fixtures for the quarterfinals of the inaugural Street Vybz Entertainment Futsal C/Ship were set after the final round of group games at the National Gymnasium, Mandela...

BCB – Universal DVD Store U-15 50-over competition launched

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB – Universal DVD Store U-15 50-over competition launched

In keeping with his promise to start an intensive campaign to revamp cricket in the county of Berbice, newly elected President of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control, Mr Dhieranidranauth Somwaru has...

WDCA T20 … Independence, Independence A, Canal #2 victorious

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCA T20 … Independence, Independence A, Canal #2 victorious

Independence Sports Club (ISC) along with the Independence Sports Club ‘A’ (ISCA) team and Canal #2 Sports Club have registered victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) T20...

Ansa McAl/Georgetown Football Association Premier League kicks off tomorrow

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl/Georgetown Football Association Premier League kicks off tomorrow

Following a lengthy hiatus, league action is set to make a welcome return to the City when the Ansa McAl sponsored Premiere League kicks off at the GFC ground with the traditional March Past and...