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Guyana can use radar satellite images to detect, monitor oil spills

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana can use radar satellite images to detect, monitor oil spills

– But Local capacity to read images has to be developed-Chief Scientist, Professor By Kiana Wilburg Instead of depending solely on the operators to inform the authorities when an oil...

Patterson’s promise of Gas to Power Plant by 2021 unrealistic – Charles Ramson Jr.

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson’s promise of Gas to Power Plant by 2021 unrealistic – Charles Ramson Jr.

Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson has said that the government will build a 188 megawatt power plant which will come on stream by 2021. But according to Attorney-at-Law and...

Pork-knocker on the run after killing reputed wife – Sneaked into victim’s home as she slept

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pork-knocker on the run after killing reputed wife – Sneaked into victim’s home as she slept

Waves of horror and shock rippled through Victoria Village, East Coast of Demerara at around 03:55 hrs yesterday, after a jealous pork-knocker stabbed his reputed wife and mother of his three...

Mahaicony rice farmers blast MMA for refuting extent of losses

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony rice farmers blast MMA for refuting extent of losses

– claim NDIA official refused to visit flooded fields Rice farmers from First Savannah, Mahaicony Creek went to great lengths yesterday to prove their claims of severe losses due to...

Top CSEC performer aims to become neurosurgeon

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Top CSEC performer aims to become neurosurgeon

– wants to help treat children diagnosed with conditions like his brother’s Sixteen year-old Daniel Roopchand has always performed well in school and loved the sciences. As such, he...

Local Content Policy must target investment outside Petroleum Sector – Vincent Adams … in line with GSDS Vision 2040 – Dean of SEBI

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy must target investment outside Petroleum Sector – Vincent Adams … in line with GSDS Vision 2040 – Dean of SEBI

Because oil will not last forever, Guyana’s local content plan must target investment outside of this potentially lucrative sector. That was insistence of Energy expert and Head of the...

Another failed anti-crime campaign? Touts and robbers return in full force to Stabroek Square

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Another failed anti-crime campaign? Touts and robbers return in full force to Stabroek Square

It was just a few months ago that the Guyana Police Force promised a sustained campaign against minibus touts on the Stabroek bus parks. It was also around that same time that police promised to get...

GKC claim nine gold medals; Guyanese Rodrigues, Insanally land gold

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GKC claim nine gold medals; Guyanese Rodrigues, Insanally land gold

The Guyanese suffered mixed fortunes when the 2019 International Karate Daigaku Caribbean Cup continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Guyana Karate College (GKC) continued to add...

Guyana claim 7 medals at CAREBACO Open International 2019

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana claim 7 medals at CAREBACO Open International 2019

The CAREBACO Open International came to an end for the Guyanese Players on Friday last at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in St. Michael Barbados and our Guyanese players performed excellently to high...

Guyana Police Force and Harpy Eagle MAA shine at Shuriken Martials Arts C/Ship

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police Force and Harpy Eagle MAA shine at Shuriken Martials Arts C/Ship

The Guyana Police Force and the Harpy Eagle Martial Arts Academy have performed outstandingly at the Shuriken Martial Arts International Championship which was held on Sunday last in Nickerie,...

West Indies Under-15 Rising Stars Conclude Tour to England

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Under-15 Rising Stars Conclude Tour to England

St. John’s, Antigua – West Indies Under 15 Rising Stars team completed its summer tour of England last weekend, winning two out of their four completed games, with rain forcing the other...

Shanella wins A&R Jiwanram Printery 3rd golf classic Saturday tourney

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shanella wins A&R Jiwanram Printery 3rd golf classic Saturday tourney

It was a day when the women shone as in the 16–36 ‘B’ handicap category, former Suriname and Guyana Open Women’s Champion Shanella London (74/15) outperformed the entire field, winning both...

Softball action set for Lusignan on September 1

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball action set for Lusignan on September 1

The Lusignan PPP Central Group will be hosting an over-40 and open softball competitions on September 1. Registration will be done at the venue at 09:30hrs on match day and teams can contact Seeraj...

Trophy Stall T20 Softball cricket… Lewis, Jones share in 185-run stand, Dharam Persaud’s 54 spurs HS Masters to final

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall T20 Softball cricket… Lewis, Jones share in 185-run stand, Dharam Persaud’s 54 spurs HS Masters to final

In energy sapping heat at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground on Thomas Road a large gathering saw fifties from Troy Lewis and Wayne Jones spearhead Mike’s Wellman to victory, while Dharam Persaud’...

Church delegation honours Regional Chairman for contribution to sports and youth

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Church delegation honours Regional Chairman for contribution to sports and youth

Regional Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten, Renis Morian has been honoured for his contributions to youth and sports. He was recognised with an award by a visiting Atlanta,...

Police Force in need of Legal Advisors

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force in need of Legal Advisors

The Ministry of Public Security has advertised for Senior and Junior Police Legal Advisors who will both be based at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary. The Force’s...

Large percentage of patients at Psychiatric Hospital suffer ganja-induced psychosis

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Large percentage of patients at Psychiatric Hospital suffer ganja-induced psychosis

Recent data shows that of approximately 180 in-patients at the National Psychiatric Hospital, two-thirds are there because they are suffering from substance induced psychosis. And of those, nearly...

Fleeing burglar nabbed and beaten after refusing to drop stolen TV

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fleeing burglar nabbed and beaten after refusing to drop stolen TV

An Albouystown resident received a sound beating yesterday morning, after he was caught making off with a Sophia resident’s television set. The 27–year–old had robbed the home of Enid Casey,...

Speeding motorcyclist critical after crash

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding motorcyclist critical after crash

Thirty -year-old Anthony Murphy, of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, is left in a critical state after he crashed his motorcycle into barriers near Montrose, on the East Coast Demerara public Road....

GWI aims to replace century-old pipelines

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GWI aims to replace century-old pipelines

– recent damage to Cemetery Road main highlights challenges Guyana Water Inc.Managing Director, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles says that there are discussions with the Ministries of...

Who stole the chain link fence around the market stalls?

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Who stole the chain link fence around the market stalls?

– former Stabroek Wharf vendors blast City Hall for lax security at new location The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has its hands full investigating a mystery: the...

Govt. offers more scholarships in six university fields

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. offers more scholarships in six university fields

Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is offering a limited number of scholarships for a Master’s Degree in six fields for the 2020/2021 academic...

Royal Castle sells the most expensive cherry juice in the world

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Royal Castle sells the most expensive cherry juice in the world

People would meet me all the time to say that I should not be so hard on Guyana. I would tell them, I love the country just as much as they do, but it is my duty to write to inform my fellow...

Students’ Action Movement to restore UG’s Turkeyen campus sign

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Students’ Action Movement to restore UG’s Turkeyen campus sign

The recently launched Students’ Action Movement (SAM) of the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown campus will be embarking on another project at the tertiary educational...

A MAGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH GUYANA

Aug 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A MAGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH GUYANA

The Barima-Waini The Barima-Waini Region (1) of Guyana is known for some breathtaking sites, friendly people and engaging flora and fauna. This publication is happy to take you on your...