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In four years, GuySuCo spends over US$11M on outdated spare parts

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on In four years, GuySuCo spends over US$11M on outdated spare parts

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Growing evidence continues to suggest that the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not without blame for huge debt the company finds itself in....

Norway’s Auditor General rips into rainforest billions

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Norway’s Auditor General rips into rainforest billions

-risk of fraud not well managed, payment were delayed Over the past ten years, Norway has handed out almost US$3 billion (NOK 23.5 billion) on stopping tropical deforestation. In November 2009, the...

Crashed plane with Cubans was barred from Guyana last year

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Crashed plane with Cubans was barred from Guyana last year

BY MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and BERT WILKINSON HAVANA (AP) — The Mexican charter company whose plane crashed in Havana, killing 110 people, has been the subject of two serious complaints about its...

Timber Expo opens…Locals urged to cash in on valued-added, other timber products

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Timber Expo opens…Locals urged to cash in on valued-added, other timber products

Sawmillers, lumber yard dealers, architects value-added producers and exporters are among those looking to sensitize the Guyanese public about the vast uses of locally produced woods. Guyana’s...

Govt. keeps hopes of Amaila Falls Hydropower Project alive

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. keeps hopes of Amaila Falls Hydropower Project alive

Although mired in controversy from its inception, the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project is still alive. Before being elected to government in 2015, Government members soundly criticized plans for the...

GRA nabs man trying to renew licence for stolen car

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA nabs man trying to renew licence for stolen car

A labourer who went to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and allegedly uttered a forged document to a clerk was arrested and placed before a City Magistrate on Friday. Pablo Paul Joseph, 30, a...

Some people silent and de politicians better listen

May 20, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some people silent and de politicians better listen

You ever examine de words LISTEN and SILENT? Some of us does listen and some of us like to remain silent. Dem got a reason fuh that. De two words spell wid de same letters. De politicians like talk...

Security guard charged for misplacing ammo, magazine

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard charged for misplacing ammo, magazine

A security guard attached to Bank of Guyana was on Friday charged and granted $50,000 bail for misplacing two 9mm magazines and 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Fifty-two-year-old Randolph Dawson...

Guyanese need legislative protection for local content, as foreign companies get preference – Ramson

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese need legislative protection for local content, as foreign companies get preference – Ramson

Former Member of Parliament and Oil and Gas Consultant, Charles Ramson, is of the opinion that if the Government proceeds on its current trajectory, Guyanese will benefit the least from the oil...

Apology

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

Kaieteur News retracts the statement made in an anonymous letter published in the Kaieteur News Letters of May 18, 2018. The letter states that Dr. Van West Charles has a fuel import licence....

WIFBSC 2018 Championships – Barbados… Team Guyana arrive, confident of defending titles – Captain Dylan Fields

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC 2018 Championships – Barbados… Team Guyana arrive, confident of defending titles – Captain Dylan Fields

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados in association with Industrial Safety Supplies Inc. and Fitness Express Debutant Captain of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Fullbore Team in Barbados,...

Cartoon May 20 2018

May 20, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon May 20 2018

Troy Doris to Visit Guyana

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Troy Doris to Visit Guyana

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has extended an invitation to 2018 Commonwealth gold medalist, Mr. Troy Doris, to visit Guyana during the week of Guyana’s 52nd Independence anniversary...

Curtis Dey wins Powerade Cycle race

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Curtis Dey wins Powerade Cycle race

Under a steaming mid-day sun in strong breeze, Berbician Curtis Dey yesterday won the 35-lap Powerade School Boys and Invitational Cycle race in the National Park. Jamal John finished second, while...

Guyana Police Force boosted by 150 new ranks

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force boosted by 150 new ranks

Some 150 new constables were added to the Guyana Police Force after successfully completing a rigorous six months of training, at the Felix Austin Police College, which began on November 20, 2017....

Boxing coach Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers pushing his hinterland programme

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing coach Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers pushing his hinterland programme

Former boxer and seasoned Boxing coach, Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers has been traversing the hinterland of Guyana unearthing talent for the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Boxing...

GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL… Chase Academy romp to 3rd consecutive GT title

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL… Chase Academy romp to 3rd consecutive GT title

Chase Academy continued their dominance in local school cricket defeating North Georgetown Secondary by 37 runs in a truncated Georgetown Zone final of the GCB/DMLAS/NSC National Secondary School’s...

Convicted prisoner admits to threatening to kill president

May 20, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Convicted prisoner admits to threatening to kill president

Five months after a convicted prisoner was charged for calling the emergency number 911 on several occasions and threatening to kill President David Granger, he appeared in court yesterday and was...

“You will see results”- Lindo Creek CoI Chairman tells Kwakwani residents

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “You will see results”- Lindo Creek CoI Chairman tells Kwakwani residents

… criticizes former government for failing to hold earlier inquest Chairman of the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry, retired Justice Donald Trotman, has assured residents of Kwakwani, Upper...

GASA Independence Swim Meet… Seaton, Raekwon, Mahaica, Persaud Gonsalves, Lewis shine on day two

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Independence Swim Meet… Seaton, Raekwon, Mahaica, Persaud Gonsalves, Lewis shine on day two

By Zaheer Mohamed Leon Seaton, Noel Raekwon, Patrice Mahaica, Aleka Persaud Ethan Gonsalves, Shareefah Lewis swam brilliantly as they give the fans much to cheer about when the Guyana Amateur...

Astute Attorney-at-law, Andrew Pollard S.C. is a ‘Special Person’

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Astute Attorney-at-law, Andrew Pollard S.C. is a ‘Special Person’

“As we say in law, the day you stop reading, is the day you stop learning, is the day you start dying. Law is a constantly evolving legal system, it is never static. As social factors change and...

Success Village makes it three wins in Unity Cup – West Coast, NA, Canje to start this weekend

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Success Village makes it three wins in Unity Cup – West Coast, NA, Canje to start this weekend

The Unity Cup organized by the Guyana Softball League saw the village of Success staying on top by having three teams going on to the next round by defeating their neighbouring village in Better...

GTT Launches More to love Campaign

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTT Launches More to love Campaign

The past year has been quite an exciting one for GTT and its customers as the company continues to roll out new products, services and promotions. The company, last Tuesday, launched its ‘More...

Four undergo ground-breaking cardiac procedure at Woodlands Hospital

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four undergo ground-breaking cardiac procedure at Woodlands Hospital

A ground-breaking cardiac procedure was yesterday for the first time conducted in Guyana at the Woodlands Hospital. The procedure, cardiac electrophysiology, caters to patients who suffer from...

Minister Harmon conducts community outreaches in three West Coast communities

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Harmon conducts community outreaches in three West Coast communities

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Friday, committed to working with residents of De Kinderen Village and the Boerasirie Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, the Neighbourhood Democratic Council...