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ANSA McAl joins list of sponsors for Mash Cup 2015

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ANSA McAl joins list of sponsors for Mash Cup 2015

The Young Warriors Cricket Club has attracted another big sponsor for their third annual fund raiser – Mash Cup 2015 in the form of beverage giants Ansa McAl. At a presentation ceremony held...

Upsets galore as curtains raised at Mayor’s Cup Football Championship

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upsets galore as curtains raised at Mayor’s Cup Football Championship

Trend threatens to continue tonight By Michael Benjamin A fair sized crowd of cheering supporters trooped to the Victoria Ground ECD and witnessed two pulsating matches and just as many upsets...

Govt’s denial of Telecoms pensioners’ entitlement is unfair

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s denial of Telecoms pensioners’ entitlement is unfair

— Carl Greenidge “Keep your shoulders to the wheel and things will be delivered eventually,” was the assurance of Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge, when he delivered an address to the...

Fly Jamaica to commence non-stop US flights from February

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica to commence non-stop US flights from February

Guyanese-owned airline Fly Jamaica will be launching its newly approved non-stop flight service to and from New York soon. During an event at the company’s Guyana headquarters on Friday, airline...

Skeldon Estate woes force discussions

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon Estate woes force discussions

“I believe within another year or so, Skeldon will be blasting!”- Armogan By Leon Suseran Region Six Chairman, Mr. David Armogan, is confident that the malfunctioning Skeldon Sugar Estate will...

Youman Nabi observance held at National Stadium

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Youman Nabi observance held at National Stadium

The large gathering was reminded by one of the day’s highly respected speakers that “every single hour, every single day is a day of our beloved Prophet. Every hour, every day, numerous examples...

Bibi Shadick appointment came under “Any Other Business”

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bibi Shadick appointment came under “Any Other Business”

Dear Editor, I refer to the news item, “Shadick unsuited to Pro-Chancellor post – Ifill,” SN, Jan 26, 2015. Dr. Ifill is quoted as telling your newspaper in relation to the position of...

Fisherman Envil Pollard’s death should not go in vain

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fisherman Envil Pollard’s death should not go in vain

Dear Editor, Never a day goes by that the news in Guyana does not rock one’s level of mental consciousness. While the Government is seemingly misbehaving on one hand, the natives on the other...

Resolution passed by Council- Linden Municipality

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Resolution passed by Council- Linden Municipality

Dear Editor, The Hon. Minister as has become normal now, bypasses the constitutional bodies for reasons only he can explain. The Clean up my country programme was announced since budget...

MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY!!!

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY!!!

Make sure you’re not putting things off, thinking that one day you’ll go see your family, one day you’ll make things right. Let today be your “one day.” Take time to care for the people...

Sugar Production vs Profitability

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar Production vs Profitability

At the end of 2010, we were heartened when the Minister of Agriculture informed the National Assembly that 2011 would be a “landmark” year for the sugar industry. Alluding to the massive...

Sunday Cartoon

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

It would be patriotic to ask the EU to withhold funds so the PPP cannot undermine political stability

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on It would be patriotic to ask the EU to withhold funds so the PPP cannot undermine political stability

Dear Editor, Dr. Ashni Singh has once again turned his quarrelsome sights on critics of the Government. Joining his colleagues, Messrs Ramotar and Rohee, in particular, he has cavailed against...

Eighth edition of “Guyana where & what” launched

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eighth edition of “Guyana where & what” launched

Published by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento of G.E.M.S. Inc., the eighth edition of “Guyana where & what”, the premier pocket-sized guidebook on Guyana, is now available for visitors to Guyana and...

ImmigrationINFO: Imigration News For Our Community

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: Imigration News For Our Community

Winning in U.S. Immigration Court By Attorney Gail Seeram, [email protected] Most immigrants living in the United States, whether legal or illegal, fear being placed in deportation/removal...

Sri Lanka’s new president reverses ‘revenge politics’ of Rajapaksa regime

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lanka’s new president reverses ‘revenge politics’ of Rajapaksa regime

– Country’s chief justice reinstated two years after impeached by former govt. Sri Lanka’s new president has reinstated the country’s chief justice, who was impeached two years ago...

The Story within the Story… Affordable Home Insurance In Guyana

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Story within the Story… Affordable Home Insurance In Guyana

By Leonard Gildarie They say that life comes in a full circle. While writing on the housing situation in Guyana for over two years, and having brought the curtain down, I thought that was it for such...

Book Review… Bible of West Indian Cricket is a must read!

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Bible of West Indian Cricket is a must read!

Book: WI in Test Matches…Facts and Feats 1928-2013 Author: Ramnarine Sambhudat (Shako) Review: Dr Glenville Ashby WI in Test Matches: Facts and Feats 1928-2013 is an exhaustive study of a game...

Interesting Creatures…

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…

The Mussurana The mussurana or musurana (Portuguese muçurana) is a genus (Clelia) of colubrid snakes found in Central America and South America, from Guatemala to Brazil. They specialize in...

Three months later…Mother of 14-year-old accident victim accuses police of pushing her around

Feb 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Three months later…Mother of 14-year-old accident victim accuses police of pushing her around

The mother of a 14-year old boy who was killed last October in a road accident at Enmore, East coast Demerara, has lost all confidence in the police to guarantee her justice. Ancilla Peters’s son,...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is no end to the drive by young men to deprive honest people of their hard earned earnings. And to support them are the guns that they have managed to acquire. This development has not gone...

Stemming the tide in Indigenous education

Feb 01, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Stemming the tide in Indigenous education

By Nigel Hughes I have been privileged enough, since my entry into politics, to have visited several indigenous communities in Regions 1, 2, and 9. There has been a disturbing recurring trend in the...

Who killed teacher Melissa?

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Who killed teacher Melissa?

By Michael Jordan At around 11:30 hrs on Saturday, April 7, 2007, Tristan Grant, a student, went to the home of a school teacher at Lot 134 Hippani Oval in Retrieve, Linden, to show her a school...

The unhelpful geopolitics of Energy in the Caribbean

Feb 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The unhelpful geopolitics of Energy in the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders US commentators are predicting the death of PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan oil initiative in the Caribbean, and the ascendancy of United States as the dominant player in the...

Why young people will vote for APNU

Feb 01, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Why young people will vote for APNU

Young people, throughout Guyana, are gradually coming to understand how the People’s Progressive Party Civic – PPPC – has been fooling them for over two decades. They have realised how the PPPC...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more