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Uncle, niece drown during birthday celebrations

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Uncle, niece drown during birthday celebrations

A student of the Houston Secondary School drowned yesterday, while celebrating her thirteenth birthday, and her uncle is missing after attempting to rescue her during celebrations at the 12th annual...

Govt. to release several high-profile reports this week

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News 2

– alleged presidential assassination plot, 2016 camp street prison riot among files More light is expected to be shed on several high-profile events as crucial reports from separate...

Guyana gearing for oil spill readiness

Oct 30, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News 1

– Trotman By: Kiana Wilburg Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman recently assured that the necessary preparations are taking place to ensure that Guyana would not be caught off guard should...

Petroleum hunt will push estimates to over three billion barrels of oil

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum hunt will push estimates to over three billion barrels of oil

– Canadian expert says Guyana/Suriname basin is world’s hottest prospect A Canadian oil and gas expert who has travelled to Guyana five times in the past year alone believes that Guyana...

Demerara Harbour Bridge traffic will be affected due to faulty winch

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Harbour Bridge traffic will be affected due to faulty winch

Critical works to switch the second pontoon at the Demerara Harbour Bridge over the weekend have encountered a problem. According to the bridge managenent, while it has successfully completed...

Are these the bones of a murder victim? Cops take DNA samples from families of missing Berbice women

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News 1

Detectives are hoping that forensic technology will help them identify the skeletal remains that were found last week Monday in an abandoned school compound in New Amsterdam, Berbice. The families of...

Parliament is dem criminals playground

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Parliament is dem criminals playground

All over de Commonwealth, when you tun a Member of Parliament you got to behave in a certain way. You can’t drunk and deh bout de place, you can’t beat you wife and more than anything, you got to...

Teachers have done well in difficult times – says Prime Minister

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers have done well in difficult times – says Prime Minister

– As GTU prepares to meet President Granger to resolve salary increase, other concerns Teachers are a rare breed of humanitarians. This is according to Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, who...

Local content requirements should be specified in oil contracts

Oct 30, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Local content requirements should be specified in oil contracts

– TT’s former energy Minister Former Energy Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine is of the firm view that local content requirements should not only be made into law but...

Social activist says minority voices in City Hall being stifled

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social activist says minority voices in City Hall being stifled

Social activist, Mark Benschop is highly critical of the system of governance at Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Benschop was awarded a seat on the Council following the...

What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana?

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana?

THAG President weighs in By Kiana Wilburg What prevents Guyana from achieving the same level of success in the tourism industry as its Caribbean counterparts? Is it really the absence of blue...

Regal Masters, Speedboat are inaugural GSCL Inc. Prime Minister’s T20 champs

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports 1

By Zaheer Mohamed Regal Masters and Speedboat were crowned champions of the Masters and Open categories respectively when the inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) Prime...

Ron Robinson looks back

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ron Robinson looks back

– Freddie Kissoon chats with a cultural icon at the Demerara Cricket Club FK – How many years have you chalked up in broadcasting and theatre? RR – Sixty-one years in theatre and 52...

CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Scorpions lose by 263 runs as Permaul grabs 5-52

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Scorpions lose by 263 runs as Permaul grabs 5-52

By Sean Devers Three-times defending champions Guyana Jaguars battled the weather and a Jamaica Scorpions batting line-up which demonstrated more fight than in their first innings to register an...

The AFC at 12: The journey has ended

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The AFC at 12: The journey has ended

Yesterday marked one dozen years since the Alliance for Change came into being at the Ocean View Hotel, Liliendaal on October 29, 2005. I thought of doing this article yesterday, the actual birthday,...

Lewis Hamilton wins his fourth Drivers’ Championship

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis Hamilton wins his fourth Drivers’ Championship

Eclipses Sir Jackie Stewart’s 44-year-old record Daily Mail -Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One Drivers Championship for the fourth time after a dogged performance at the Mexico Grand Prix....

7th Powerade40-Mile Cycle Road Race…Jamal John takes top podium spot; Nigel Duguid wins junior division

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Powerade40-Mile Cycle Road Race…Jamal John takes top podium spot; Nigel Duguid wins junior division

Team Coco’s Jamal John claimed the top podium spot when the 7th annual Banks DIH / Powerade sponsored 40-mile cycle road race was held on the West Demerara yesterday from Wales to Bushy Park and...

GTT Pinktober invests to support local entertainment industry

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT Pinktober invests to support local entertainment industry

GTT continues its successful Pinktober initiatives following the inaugural 5k/10K walk which was attended by over 5000 participants. As a continued part of the Pinktober programme, the company...

Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Reigning champion, the Guyana Defence Force Gym, whose participants are hyped before each fight by the melodious battle rhythm of their band, was well on their way to successfully retain the Lennox...

Chairman and councillors pleased with Blue Berry Hill drainage works

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chairman and councillors pleased with Blue Berry Hill drainage works

Region Ten Chairman, Rennis Morian accompanied by Vice Chairman, Elroy Adolph and Councillors Charles Sampson and Gordon Callender on Thursday carried out a visual inspection of massive...

2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Sophia Primary continue title charge Following Saturday’s play in the COURTS/Banks DIH under-11 pee wee football tournament for primary schools, tournament favourites Sophia Primary have inched...

2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

The 30th September 2017 marked the end of the second edition of the Paiwomak Cup football Tournament which saw Kwatamang and Annai United being crowned male and female champions respectively....

Farming group on a mission to transform Wisroc backlands

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Farming group on a mission to transform Wisroc backlands

– challenged by lack of equipment By Enid Joaquin A group of men has banded together on a massive farming project in the Wisroc backlands. The men, who are definitely not short of...

GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Fruta Conquerors were crowned champions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Namilco Flour power, Georgetown Football Association division after amassing a total of 38 points from their 14 league...

Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Ravi Persaud recorded a solid 41 points to triumph in the Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara. The...

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