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Letter to the Sports Editor… A Poor perception of football’s marketability

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… A Poor perception of football’s marketability

Dear Sir, With the culmination of the inaugural GFF Stag Beer sponsored Elite League on the 29.11.15 at the Lenora Track and Field Stadium, WBD, with a doubleheader, Slingerz FC recorded a come from...

Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball cricket…Teams gain valuable points

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball cricket…Teams gain valuable points

Wins for Crossbreed Warriors, Zeeburg Warriors, Leonora Youths, Vipers XI, Settle XI The Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball cricket competition organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with...

Guyana remembers Desmond Hoyte on 13th death anniversary

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remembers Desmond Hoyte on 13th death anniversary

President David Granger has described former President Hugh Desmond Hoyte, S.C. as an example of selfless service to the people of Guyana and a man who possessed an acute awareness of the need to...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Nicholas Fraser responds

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Nicholas Fraser responds

Dear Sports Editor, My previous letter captioned ‘My thoughts on the AAG’s role at Nationals’ was indeed spurred by Mr. Jefford’s article, however careful reading would see my intention at...

LDIMAA enjoyed successful year in Martial Arts

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LDIMAA enjoyed successful year in Martial Arts

The Little Diamond International Martial Arts Academy (LDIMAA) has closed the year 2015 on a very high note with the Academy becoming a member of the Kyokushin Schools of Karate Union Worldwide,...

Vryheid’s Lust man in court on illegal firearm charge

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust man in court on illegal firearm charge

There will be no Christmas for a resident of South Vryheid’s Lust after he was remanded to prison after making an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown’s...

Dismissed GuySuCo worker back to work

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dismissed GuySuCo worker back to work

Daniel Stephen, a tractor operator in the Cane Transport Department, employed at Skeldon Estate, who was controversially dismissed more than a year ago, has been reinstated. According to the Guyana...

Repackaging milk without a permit is an offence – Food and Drug Dept.

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Repackaging milk without a permit is an offence – Food and Drug Dept.

— Advisory issued against purchasing such products According to Part II Section seven (7) and eight (8) of the Food and Drug Act Chapter 34:03 and Part II Regulation 18 (1) of the Food and Drug...

Urinating on the floor of a commercial bank

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Urinating on the floor of a commercial bank

The things that poor people have to put up with in Guyana are simply unbelievable. The National Consumer Commission (NCC), a governmental body, went on a trip to Regent Street stores to lecture...

Are they different from the men with the guns?

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are they different from the men with the guns?

Dear Editor, The hideousness of crime is a constant reminder of the social ills which exist in our society and the level of crime currently being experienced speaks volume of our failure to address...

AUDIT OFFICE DEPRIVED OF THE $50,000 BONUS

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on AUDIT OFFICE DEPRIVED OF THE $50,000 BONUS

Dear Editor, It is with a wounded heart, shattered hopes and a state of deep distress that we pen this letter to you. Kindly allow me the space in your newspaper to bring to the Minister of...

Corruption at an Essequibo police station

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption at an Essequibo police station

Dear Editor, A detective corporal attached to one of the station in Essequibo presumptuously violated the law by coercing a young woman to get an out of court Agreement of settlement from a Justice...

Why have Guyanese children gone astray?

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why have Guyanese children gone astray?

Dear Editor, With all respects being given where due, kindly permit me to perhaps act as an illuminator or vision enhancer, all in an attempt to endeavour answering the questions posed...

Four great Guyanese that must be given official recognition

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Four great Guyanese that must be given official recognition

Dear Editor, The City Council initiated the idea of renaming 50 street names in our primate city of Georgetown in anticipation of the celebration planned for the Golden Jubilee of independence. While...

Donald Ramotar bats for Winston Brassington

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar bats for Winston Brassington

Dear Editor, I have seen the sustained attacks on the Winston Brassington in certain sections of the media and from the supporters / operators of the APNU + AFC regime for his work as head of NICIL....

Group formed to pray for criminals to mend their way

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Group formed to pray for criminals to mend their way

Dear Editor, I have this remarkable story that I would like to share. Last Friday18 December, 2015, someone broke into my vehicle and stole our possessions. We had gone into a supermarket for about...

Public Service Training Division building for rehab

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Training Division building for rehab

During yesterday’s opening of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), there were bids for the rehabilitation of the Training Division building at the Ministry of...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…Understanding the Arithmetic – the Local Government Elections and Beyond

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…Understanding the Arithmetic – the Local Government Elections and Beyond

By Sase Singh What is the projection to local government elections (LGE)? In an electoral campaign, individuals matter, but they matter precisely because they represent something; an ideology;...

Solid waste to get temporary holding area in G/town

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Solid waste to get temporary holding area in G/town

In light of the current situation of a spontaneous combustion at the Haags Bosch landfill site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, the City Council is currently working on a logistical arrangement to have...

CALLING FOR A NATIONAL ADDRESS

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CALLING FOR A NATIONAL ADDRESS

The APNU+AFC coalition came into Government with the promise of good governance and a better life for all, against the background of exposure of successive PPP governments’ corrupt practices,...

Father of five jailed for stealing laptop

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Father of five jailed for stealing laptop

A father of five will be spending Christmas behind bars. He was jailed for four months after he pleaded guilty to a charge of simple larceny, when he appeared before City Magistrate Annette Singh in...