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Flying Ace Cycle Club receives assistance from former cyclist

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club receives assistance from former cyclist

The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) of Berbice continues to receive assistance from former and current members both in Guyana and overseas. The latest act of benevolence came from former top rider...

Suicide higher among workers in Agri Sector – Minister tells US meeting

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide higher among workers in Agri Sector – Minister tells US meeting

Suicide is high in Guyana but seemingly higher among those working in the agricultural sector. This assertion was yesterday made by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton. The Minister was at...

Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs without general assets register- Permanent secretary

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs without general assets register- Permanent secretary

Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Vibert Arthur Welch, has revealed that the department responsible for overseeing the affairs of Guyana’s first people is...

TSC capture Fraser Dominoes tourney

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on TSC capture Fraser Dominoes tourney

Transport Sports Club (TSC) chalked up 70 games to capture the Kenrick Fraser dominoes title when the final was contested on Monday night at Dynasty Sports bar, South Ruimveldt. Rage placed second...

BCB /Tenelec inc 2015 First Division fifty over cricket competition… Port Mourant and Blairmont CC score massive wins in final round matches

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB /Tenelec inc 2015 First Division fifty over cricket competition… Port Mourant and Blairmont CC score massive wins in final round matches

The club that has produced the most Test cricketers in Berbice, Port Mourant, scored a massive 225 runs victory over the hapless Edinburgh in their last round match of the Bobby Deonarine and Tom...

Ramtahal, Deonarine spur Ogle to victory

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramtahal, Deonarine spur Ogle to victory

A four-wicket haul by Davindra Ramtahal coupled by an unbeaten half century by Michael Deonarine guided Ogle CC to an eight-wicket victory over Golden Achievers when the East Coast Cricket Committee...

Hollywood actor teams up with locals in Grenada for charity run

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hollywood actor teams up with locals in Grenada for charity run

ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEST INDIES, – Canadian actor, Brandon Jay McLaren, who plays Dale Jakes in USA Network hit show ‘Graceland’, has thrown his full support behind...

M&CC workers chided over commitment to clear drains

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC workers chided over commitment to clear drains

Town Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) Royston King, has chided workers over their level of commitment to restore the city’s drainage system. Speaking at a forum yesterday,...

Defence closes case, Prosecution set to respond

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Defence closes case, Prosecution set to respond

…as trial nears end for Sanjay Jewellery Store owner Proprietor of Sanjay’s Jewellery, Bishnarine Persaud, who is accused of causing the death of Mayor and City Council handyman, Leon Hunte, by...

EBDCA T20 tourney bowls off on Saturday

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA T20 tourney bowls off on Saturday

The East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) T/20 tournament is set to commence on Saturday at Farm ground. In the opening fixture, Laluni will take on Sand Pipers at 09:30 hrs, while at 13:00...

Barama gives back to school children

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barama gives back to school children

In keeping with its corporate responsibility, logging-giant Barama Company Limited (BCL) presented bursary awards to five of its employees’ children, recently. The awards were presented at the...

Massy Gas Products team up with NDC in Community Enhancement Exercise

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Massy Gas Products team up with NDC in Community Enhancement Exercise

Massy Gas Products (Guyana) Ltd. joined the National Clean Up initiative when employees of the Company conducted a Community Enhancement Exercise on Saturday last at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The...

It appears as if the way business in the public sector is conducted will be undergoing radical reforms

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on It appears as if the way business in the public sector is conducted will be undergoing radical reforms

Dear Editor, The daily revelations of the Commission of Inquiry into several aspects of the public service pose questions about their likely implications for those public sector areas designated as...

Travelling from St Martin

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Travelling from St Martin

Dear Editor, Guyanese traveling on a Guyana passport can enter Dutch St Marten if they have a U.S. Visa. The same does not hold true if a Guyanese is entering or leaving the seaport Marigot on the...

We are at the mercy of this internet café

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are at the mercy of this internet café

Dear Editor, We the residents of Alberttown are appealing to the relevant authority for help with regards to an Internet café which is situated on Third St. Alberttown. This internet operates from...

There is no room for economic grandstanding and arrogance

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no room for economic grandstanding and arrogance

Dear Editor, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is quoted in the press as saying that “Government could buy out the Berbice Bridge”. Editor, I do not think the Government of Guyana is insane to...

Revitalize and glamourize Agricultural Science in schools throughout Guyana

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Revitalize and glamourize Agricultural Science in schools throughout Guyana

Dear Editor, Agriculture has always been among the main basis of Guyana’s development. History reveals that the country’s economic growth has been dependent on agricultural production — from...

Consultancy vs COI

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Consultancy vs COI

Dear Editor, One TV broadcast quoted the General Secretary of the PPP as having reservations about the current Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service. He appeared to have taken the position...

What is good for the goose, must be good for the gander

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is good for the goose, must be good for the gander

Dear Editor, With all that were brought to light after 2015 election, there are others that are hidden that must be brought to the public’s attention. Between 2014 and 2015 some workers at GPL,...

The integrity of the judicial system is being significantly comprised

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The integrity of the judicial system is being significantly comprised

Dear Editor, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to your publication of an Editorial captioned, “A Failing Justice System” (24.09.15). Editor, apart from “Hitting the...

This is total harassment and an abuse of power

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is total harassment and an abuse of power

Dear Editor, On the morning of Monday 28/09/2015, I was stopped by a recently transferred Traffic Constable, who was previously stationed at Bartica. According to him, “he spotted me” (his choice...

The public service as a victim of politics

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The public service as a victim of politics

When you look back at the Jagdeo era, the destruction of this country’s social and moral infrastructure lies on the ground for the nation to see. But it goes back to Cheddi and Janet Jagan. One of...

GUN AMNESTY NEARING ITS END

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GUN AMNESTY NEARING ITS END

As the countdown to the gun amnesty programme begins, public alarm has heightened across the country. The murder rate for January to August has shocking figures, rising beyond what operated last...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more