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GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas team tournament…Team Minions Crowned 2015 Champions

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas team tournament…Team Minions Crowned 2015 Champions

Team Minions were crowned champions of the Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Team Tournament on Sunday when they narrowly edged team Rising Stars at the Georgetown Club. Makeda Harding, Lucas...

Govt. looking at new dates for “Common Entrance”

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking at new dates for “Common Entrance”

Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnarine has revealed that the National Grade Six Assessment will not be held at its customary date at the end of the Easter School Term. The revelation was made...

CGI Local Franchise Cricket…Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown, NA Canje record victories

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI Local Franchise Cricket…Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown, NA Canje record victories

Peters, Paul slam centuries, Jawahir, Lord grab 5 By Zaheer Mohamed Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown and New Amsterdam Canje recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the Cricket...

Guyana’s Aviation standard below compliance with the ICAO

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Aviation standard below compliance with the ICAO

As the international aviation fraternity gears up to observe International Civil Aviation Day today, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has been cited as below 50% compliance with the...

Berbice gyms receive gears from overseas-based Guyanese

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice gyms receive gears from overseas-based Guyanese

Reginald and Darius Ford among donors Overseas-based Guyanese Nazar Sulaiman, 62, a masters boxing champion in the United States has been living up to his dream there, to keep the Guyana Flag flying...

Essequibians get chance to interact with Public Infrastructure officials

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibians get chance to interact with Public Infrastructure officials

Officials from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) on Saturday participated in an outreach to Essequibo and used the opportunity to meaningfully interact with the public. The outreach was put...

LABA/Banks Malta Supreme Christmas basketball…Bulls humble Flames 64-54, Raiders trounce Falcons 82-23

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/Banks Malta Supreme Christmas basketball…Bulls humble Flames 64-54, Raiders trounce Falcons 82-23

Half Mile Bulls triumphed over Block 22 Flames 64-54 but Retrieve Raiders crushed Bankers Trust Falcons 82-23 to begin their quest when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s (LABA) Open...

HURRY HURRY COME FOR CURRY

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HURRY HURRY COME FOR CURRY

New Governments come into town, their guns blazing, not literally like the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday in the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral, but more like the American nuclear bombing of...

Too many sellers for a small economy

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Too many sellers for a small economy

Has anyone ever wondered why there are no “Sale” campaigns in Guyana? In the past, at various times of the year, the major department stores would call a ‘sale’ in which the prices of most...

Mounted police recommence work in Lethem

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mounted police recommence work in Lethem

With the aim of enhancing its operational capability and capacity building, the Guyana Police Force has reintroduced the establishment of a section of the Mounted Branch at Lethem. The ranks...

P&P Insurance Brokers makes $1M donation

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers makes $1M donation

P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited made a donation of $100,000 to each of 10 organisations in Guyana. The beneficiaries were Bless the Children Home, Canaan Children Home, Ptolemy Reid...

Men must respect women’s equality

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Men must respect women’s equality

– President Granger tells Adventist Men’s Conference President David Granger has called on men to respect women’s equality as he outlined, what he called, the three pillars of gender...

Elaboration on the public service pension structure

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elaboration on the public service pension structure

Dear Editor, Reference the; The Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service, I would like to add the following, as it relates to, Pensions in the Public Service, GPF, GDF and Joint Services. If...

POWER GRABBING BY SOME

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on POWER GRABBING BY SOME

It is refreshing to see that many Guyanese, especially the youths, are becoming more dissatisfied with the new administration and are speaking about the ills in the society and its effects on them....

The debate on corporal punishment continues

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The debate on corporal punishment continues

Dear Editor, “Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in”- famous quote from Al Pacino’s godfather character in Godfather III. I was just about done with the corporal punishment...

GECOM Commissioner accuses three others of hypocrisy

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM Commissioner accuses three others of hypocrisy

Dear Editor, I am now the longest serving commissioner on GECOM, 2007 to 2015. For those eight years I have seen two significant negative phenomena that have raised their ugly heads from time to time...

Former UG Registrar speaks on the Freddie Kissoon dismissal from UG

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former UG Registrar speaks on the Freddie Kissoon dismissal from UG

Dear Editor, My disposition on writing letters to the Press has been to give factual reports, dispel erroneous information and expose mischief makers. On this occasion, my objectives is to draw the...

Seed paddy sold to farmers is horribly infested

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seed paddy sold to farmers is horribly infested

Dear Editor, I have previously written in the press about the poor quality of seed paddy produced and sold to farmers by the GRDB Rice Research Station, now there is a second and more serious...

Questions for Ralph Ramkarran

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions for Ralph Ramkarran

Dear Editor, Referring to SN 3rd December 2015. It is most interesting that Ralph Ramkarran can level these accusations against the PPP Government only now. However, I would to like to ask Ralph some...

Are Wesleyan Christians true Christians?

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are Wesleyan Christians true Christians?

Dear Editor, In an effort to promote religious tolerance and bring to an end religious intolerance in my community, I would have detailed a missive which was carried in your November 20, 2015...

SARU launches investigation into BaiShanLin operations

Dec 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on SARU launches investigation into BaiShanLin operations

Chief among the complaints made to the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) are those on corrupt land deals. But SARU’s Head, Dr. Clive Thomas is alarmed that Chinese logging company, BaiShanLin has...

Soldier, four others nabbed with guns in car

Dec 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier, four others nabbed with guns in car

-may have been planning robbery It seems that some Joint Services ranks may be as much a danger to the public as the criminals they are supposed to keep an eye on during the Christmas holidays. Two...

Subhan, McCoy fleeced $$M through GINA newspaper

Dec 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Subhan, McCoy fleeced $$M through GINA newspaper

– Criminal investigation must be launched- KN publisher By Abena Rockcliffe Owner and Publisher of the Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall, believes that a criminal investigation should be launched...

NICIL is a ‘blood sucking zombie’ that must be banished –Presidential Advisor

Dec 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL is a ‘blood sucking zombie’ that must be banished –Presidential Advisor

By Kiana Wilburg Presidential Advisor on Sustainable Development, Dr. Clive Thomas, is in total agreement with having the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) liquidated as...

Fedders Lloyd to Nandlall: You lied about the Specialty Hospital

Dec 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fedders Lloyd to Nandlall: You lied about the Specialty Hospital

Indian contractor, Fedders Lloyd, which recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the new administration to complete the Specialty Hospital, has accused the current Opposition of lying about...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more