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Region 10 tops in log production – Forestry Commission targets 10% increase this year

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 tops in log production – Forestry Commission targets 10% increase this year

The Upper Berbice area, Region Ten, has been dominating the production of wood products this year. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the forestry concessions still have considerable...

Houston Chemical Facility… Nalco was misled – CH&PA official

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Houston Chemical Facility… Nalco was misled – CH&PA official

It appears Nalco Champions, a company intending to provide chemical services to ExxonMobil when oil production starts, was misled when it started constructing what is meant to be a chemical storage...

Thief gets sound beating while stuck through window

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thief gets sound beating while stuck through window

A 25-year-old James Street, Albouystown resident received the beating of his life after he was stuck in the window of the house that he was about to rob. The young man, who has been identified as...

Sod turned for $79M mortuary at New Amsterdam

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sod turned for $79M mortuary at New Amsterdam

The Ministry of Public Health will be constructing a $70M mortuary in New Amsterdam. This facility will also have a chapel for funeral services, a viewing area for post mortem examinations and an...

Law students meet with Attorney General to discuss eligibility of full scholarships

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Law students meet with Attorney General to discuss eligibility of full scholarships

Guyanese students in their second year at the Hugh Wooding Law School, (HWLS) have met with Attorney General, Basil Williams S.C to discuss the eligibility for the full scholarships offered by the...

Three months later… little word on Canawaima Ferry

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three months later… little word on Canawaima Ferry

Almost three months after Government was forced to suspend the ferry service between Guyana and Suriname, there seems little headway. A meeting was supposed to be between representatives of the two...

Two accused in Robb Street arson murders for trial today

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two accused in Robb Street arson murders for trial today

The two men who are accused of killing two sisters and their father by setting fire to their Lot 65 Robb and King Streets, Georgetown home, will go on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a...

Dem thief man losing dem sense

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem thief man losing dem sense

If things wasn’t so serious nuff people woulda laugh. But as old people seh “things fuh cry got people laughing.” Just de odda day dem boys talk out de man who thief and try to get away. He...

Country above self – 8 awarded Cuban scholarships to advance Guyana’s healthcare

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Country above self – 8 awarded Cuban scholarships to advance Guyana’s healthcare

“I am very thankful for this opportunity, and I will make the best of it,” exclaimed Jennifer Mahabir, one of the young scholarship awardees from Canje, Berbice. Eight Guyanese, with the mission...

Cops capture Hururu man who stabbed ex-lover and partner

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops capture Hururu man who stabbed ex-lover and partner

Police have captured the Hururu, Upper Berbice man who sneaked into the home of his ex-lover last Wednesday and stabbed the woman and her partner. An official said that the suspect, Gilbert Thomas,...

Accident or foul play? Cop and girlfriend among persons questioned about Presidential Guard’s death

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accident or foul play? Cop and girlfriend among persons questioned about Presidential Guard’s death

A police rank and his girlfriend are among individuals who have been questioned by investigators seeking answers to how presidential guard Winston Cooper met his death. Senior officials confirmed...

Gunman caught by exposed big toe remanded

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman caught by exposed big toe remanded

An alleged thief who was a few days ago apprehended by city constabulary ranks, was yesterday brought before the courts to answer a charge in which he reportedly discharged a loaded firearm at a...

CGX Energy has new Chair ─ oil and gas company makes changes to its Board of Directors

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CGX Energy has new Chair ─ oil and gas company makes changes to its Board of Directors

Duncan Nightingale has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CGX Energy Incorporated, the parent company of CGX Guyana. According to a media release from the company, Nightingale’s...

Christiansburg Primary School sees Engineer’s Estimate higher than bids

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Christiansburg Primary School sees Engineer’s Estimate higher than bids

A notable project document opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday was for the construction of a primary school at Christiansburg ,Upper Demerara Berbice....

Service and construction sector grows by 4.6% -Report finds this is the highest in eight years

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Service and construction sector grows by 4.6% -Report finds this is the highest in eight years

Based on the findings of the Mid-Year Report 2019, which was presented by the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, the service sector is estimated to have grown by 4.6 percent in the first half of...

Ceres’s libel lawsuit against Jagdeo, newspapers, heads to trial after judge refuses to grant injunction

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ceres’s libel lawsuit against Jagdeo, newspapers, heads to trial after judge refuses to grant injunction

With Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln refusing a request made by prominent engineer, Charles Ceres, for an injunction against Kaieteur News, Guyana Times and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo who...

2019 Senior CASA Nicolette Fernandes prevails over Megan Best in women’s squash final Guyana’s Richard Chin halted in Semis by Safford of C/Islands Taylor Fernandes, Khalil go down to B’dos in Women’s doubles final

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 Senior CASA Nicolette Fernandes prevails over Megan Best in women’s squash final Guyana’s Richard Chin halted in Semis by Safford of C/Islands Taylor Fernandes, Khalil go down to B’dos in Women’s doubles final

Story & photos by Sean Devers Watched by large and raucous crowd the Curtains came down on day three of 2019 Senior Squash Championship in Guyana as veteran Racquet wielder the ever green...

Watchman found dead in trench near Adventure gas station

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Watchman found dead in trench near Adventure gas station

A 67-year-old watchman who worked at the Sukhram’s Gas Station at Adventure Village, was found dead in a trench near his place of employment Monday afternoon. Aubrey Alexander lived opposite...

Keith Scott’s bodyguard shot during attempted robbery

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Keith Scott’s bodyguard shot during attempted robbery

A 62- year-old man from the Rural Constabulary is now in the care of doctors after he was shot in the leg by two men who attempted to rob him on Monday. According to the police report, the victim,...

Pan American Games 2019 GOA host presser following medal-less campaign

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan American Games 2019 GOA host presser following medal-less campaign

By Calvin Chapman The 2019 Pan American Championship that was hosted in Lima, Peru, from July 23rd to August 13th this year, was a well organised and hiccup free tournament. The amount of...

Dowridge is new GCF President

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dowridge is new GCF President

“I wish to thank people who have put their trust in me in giving me this obviously difficult task in moving this sport forward”, the first words of new President of the Guyana Cycling Federation...

Education sector more crucial with expected rapid growth of economy – Govt.

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Education sector more crucial with expected rapid growth of economy – Govt.

In order for a country to realise improved livelihoods, economic growth and development in an effective and equitably manner, these features must all be underpinned by a citizenry with a strong...

Tucber Park Cricket Club concludes first ever camp

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tucber Park Cricket Club concludes first ever camp

Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) completed its first ever summer camp on Saturday last. The camp, which was the first official cricket camp to be held in the New Amsterdam area, commenced on Tuesday...

15 Guyanese companies to attend oil and gas expo in Scotland

Aug 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 15 Guyanese companies to attend oil and gas expo in Scotland

President of the Guyana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, revealed on Monday that 20 delegates from 15 Guyanese companies will represent Guyana in an oil and gas...

Theresa & George Bobb – RFA 7-A-Side Women’s Football Tabatinga and Moco Moco FCs are latest winners

Aug 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Theresa & George Bobb – RFA 7-A-Side Women’s Football Tabatinga and Moco Moco FCs are latest winners

Tabatinga Football Club (TFC) and Moco Moco Football Club (MMFC) are the latest winners of matches when play in the Theresa and George Bobb – RFA Under-17 Women’s round-robin tournament organized...

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TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more