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Team Unity begins Association visits, UDFA was first

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Unity begins Association visits, UDFA was first

Presidential candidate for the Guyana Football Federation elections on the Team Unity slate, Nigel Hughes and a team of other executive hopefuls on Wednesday last visited the Bauxite Mining Town of...

GCB/Scotiabank Progression one tourney

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Scotiabank Progression one tourney

Wins for St. Ann’s and Mocha St. Ann’s and Mocha Primary Schools recorded victories when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Scotiabank progression one tournament continued yesterday at Thirst Park....

Digicel Guyana Open Golf Tournament

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Guyana Open Golf Tournament

Persaud, Deo will have to be at imperious best to retain titles; over 80 entries expected By Rawle Welch Defending champions in the Men’s and Ladies categories of the prestigious Digicel Guyana...

The National Coach Speaks

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on The National Coach Speaks

STAG Elite Teams Battle For Play Off Spots Pele has emerged as the runaway horse in the Stag Elite League and with the return of experienced midfielder Konata Mannings, they are definitely the team...

GBSA to launch league in December

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBSA to launch league in December

Throws support behind Team Unity for GFF Elections The Rollin Tappin led Guyana Beach Soccer Association (GBSA) is working towards launching a national beach soccer league by mid December that will...

Better Hope overcome Ogle

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Better Hope overcome Ogle

Better Hope defeated host Ogle by 52 runs when the East Coast Demerara Cricket Association (ECDCA)/Tropical Mist Water Under-19 40-over tournament commenced last Saturday. Better Hope batted first...

Guyanese are using “pirated” computer software

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese are using “pirated” computer software

The Guyana National Computer Incident Response Team (GNCIP) is advising that many Guyanese computer home users are using Microsoft Windows in an unlicensed manner. The GNCIP, which falls under the...

The US Embassy needs to ask the police a question

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US Embassy needs to ask the police a question

In Guyana, violence against women is a “federal” offence, meaning it is not confined to geographical location of a police station. The world has frowned upon men bullying women. The courts...

Readying for oil: Key seminar set for this weekend

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Readying for oil: Key seminar set for this weekend

In light of ExxonMobil’s significant oil find in Guyana, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will host a workshop on...

Abuse survivor decries actions of Landlord

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Abuse survivor decries actions of Landlord

A mother of two has accused her landlord of trying to evict her by removing her door and sending gunmen to terrorize her, even though she has paid three months’ rent. On Wednesday, the landlord...

Man wanted for Berbice River cutlass killing surrenders

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man wanted for Berbice River cutlass killing surrenders

A man who was wanted for a murder at Gaetroy Village, Berbice, has turned himself in to the police. Kumar Bowham called “Roy,” 23, of Lot 94 Theatre Alley, New Amsterdam, Berbice is accused of...

The government and the rice sectors

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The government and the rice sectors

Over the past decade under the PPP, the productive sectors in the Guyanese economy were crippled. We had bumper production in rice, but how productive was the industry? The PPP did very little to...

Two testify at PI into sex worker’s murder

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two testify at PI into sex worker’s murder

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of transgender sex worker, Nephi Noel commenced yesterday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Ron ‘Andel’...

Guyana and Belize are identical in many dimensions of life

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana and Belize are identical in many dimensions of life

Dear Editor, Belizians are going to the polls on Wednesday November 4 either to elect a new government or to give the incumbent, UDP another five years term of office. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has...

Who’s cleaning up?

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who’s cleaning up?

Dear Editor, All over Guyana, oversized signs not trees are being planted; signs that destroy the landscape with messages that could hardly be read. Pray, tell me, who Ok’ed these signs? The...

Congratulations to Minister Ramjattan for his Diwali date stance

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to Minister Ramjattan for his Diwali date stance

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your newspaper to congratulate Swami Aksharananda for his succinct and cogent articulation of the 2014 Diwali celebration in Guyana that seems to have the Hindu...

Guyanese in New York turned up in large numbers for slain police officer

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese in New York turned up in large numbers for slain police officer

Dear Editor, I applaud KN’s coverage of the shooting, memorial service and funeral relating to slain Guyanese born New York police officer Randolph Holder. Much credit goes to many New York...

E-Governance cable project has many unanswered questions

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on E-Governance cable project has many unanswered questions

Dear Editor, Does Guyana have the intellectual capital to plan, build and operate both a Core Digital Backbone and a Modern Data Center? Last Sunday (10/25) I was reading an article in Stabroek News...

Swami Vidyanandji was a great monk

Oct 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Swami Vidyanandji was a great monk

Dear Editor, It was around noon on October 28 that I received a telephone call from the Principal of the Hindu College, Cove and John that “guruji has passed away an hour ago”. Swami Vidyanandji,...

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