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GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney…Rollins, Mohamed, Persaud slam centuries

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division tourney…Rollins, Mohamed, Persaud slam centuries

By Zaheer Mohamed Floyd Rollins, Shaheed Mohamed and Akshaya Persaud stroked centuries when the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day tournament continued on...

ALL GREEK TO ME

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ALL GREEK TO ME

There are some questions, especially in science and logic, which lead to intense speculation. For example, in the 1970s the biologist Stewart Brand posed the riddle, “What color would a chameleon...

Stag Crown Your Community Awareness Competition…Grove Hi Tech take title in Grove leg

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Crown Your Community Awareness Competition…Grove Hi Tech take title in Grove leg

Grove Hi Tech continued their winning ways when they won the Stag Crown Your Community Awareness 5-aside football competition on Friday night last at the Grove Playfield which was contested under...

Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion kicks off at 704 Lounge, El Latino Bar

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion kicks off at 704 Lounge, El Latino Bar

Heineken’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) 2016 Promotion continued last weekend at 704 Lounge and EL Latino Bars Friday and Saturday nights respectively with...

2016 New York Business Group U-19 Cricket starts Tuesday

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2016 New York Business Group U-19 Cricket starts Tuesday

The recently Lunched New York Business Group Under-19 One-Day, Two-innings Cricket Competition sponsored by a group of overseas Guyanese businessmen of New York, U.S.A and jointly organised by Albion...

The jails of Guyana will always be filled

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The jails of Guyana will always be filled

The sentencing policies of some magistrates and some judges both now and in the past have contributed to the perception that changes in sentencing policy can lead to a reduction in the number of...

Granger’s prison pardons

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Granger’s prison pardons

President David Granger’s prison release programme has come in for some criticism from various sections of the society. There is the view that once a person is sentenced by the courts then that...

Fishing companies that take away the resources of Guyana

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fishing companies that take away the resources of Guyana

Dear Editor, There is a positive side and a negative side to granting licences to foreign fishing companies to engage in deep sea fishing off the coast of Guyana. In theory the arrangements always...

Our thinking on traffic is way behind time

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our thinking on traffic is way behind time

Dear Editor, The construction projects on the East bank and East coast show good foresight, given the projected swell in traffic in the near future. I have but a small suggestion which I hope, if not...

The Govt. has money to pay public servants

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Govt. has money to pay public servants

Dear Editor, I really appreciate the activism of Lincoln Lewis on the wage issues for the workers of Guyana; this man has been at the forefront of the struggle for workers right for decades and ought...

I need the IDB to answer some questions

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I need the IDB to answer some questions

Dear Editor, I refer to Carl Lucas’s letter on the apparent lack of transparency in IDB procurement for forensic auditors. I wish to express my disappointment in the IDB’s involvement in this...

Don’t blame GECOM, blame the candidates

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t blame GECOM, blame the candidates

Dear Editor, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been focused and resolute in preparations for the Local Government Elections. The Local Authorities (Elections) Law stipulates clearly what...

A song for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A song for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese, born in the Pomeroon at a place called Grant Unity next to Charity. I served my country for over 28 years as a teacher and school principal at three locations –...

If radio, cable, TV licences not revoked, Guyana loses

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on If radio, cable, TV licences not revoked, Guyana loses

“If beneficiaries of criminal actions by state officials continue to enjoy the benefits, then corruption is unlikely to be ever stamped out.” – Foreign Affairs Minister By Kiana Wilburg...

$Billions turn-key homes is a wild-west ‘scheme’

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $Billions turn-key homes is a wild-west ‘scheme’

Almost three years ago, at the height of the housing sector boom in the country, an ambitious project to provide low income families with 1,000 ‘turn-key’ homes was launched by the People’s...

Concessions will now be capped – Finance Minister

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Concessions will now be capped – Finance Minister

The ad hoc system which allowed investors to benefit from open-ended concessions will soon be a thing of the past, says Finance Minister, Winston Jordan. The politician said that the scheme is one...

Int’l Observers laud Local Gov’t Elections process

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Observers laud Local Gov’t Elections process

– PPP requests recount in District 6 The International Observers of the Local Government Elections (LGE) yesterday, declared that the elections were free, fair and credible. The U.S. Embassy,...

Magistrate’s sentence encourages dishonesty

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate’s sentence encourages dishonesty

…man fined less than quarter of what he stole The current sentencing policy employed by some Magistrates has led a local businessman to conclude that stealing in Guyana is a profitable venture....

Outstanding educator Mayleen Davis is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Outstanding educator Mayleen Davis is a ‘Special Person’

“I admired them (teachers) a lot, because they were women who were disciplinarians, they were respected, stern, but at the same time, oh so elegant. I knew that was the person I wanted to become,...

Dem boys seh…GNBA pussyfooting wid de airwaves

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…GNBA pussyfooting wid de airwaves

Careful wid you words. Once they are said they can only be forgiven, not forgotten. Moses and Lennox Shadick, de man who head de Broadcast Authority, need not forget dem words. Dem got words that...

Drug enforcement ranks increase busts at airports

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drug enforcement ranks increase busts at airports

Law enforcement agents have been working feverishly around the clock to prosecute drug traffickers. They hope, one day, to halt what is widely believed to be one of the most profitable illicit...

Executive and Judiciary working to address prison congestion – Nagamootoo

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Executive and Judiciary working to address prison congestion – Nagamootoo

A high-level Government team recently met with the Chancellor of the Judiciary, the Director of Public Prosecution and other senior members of the judicial system to identify measures that could...

Smyth Street man executed

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Smyth Street man executed

– suspect believed to be gunman held Former robbery accused, O’Riley Small, was riddled with bullets by a gunman dressed in a ‘hoodie’ in his Smyth Street, Georgetown yard around 03.30...

PPP /C claims 60% victory in LGE

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP /C claims 60% victory in LGE

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has noted that the party was victorious with over 60% of the votes cast in the 70 Local Authority Areas which the party contested. In a detailed...

Rondy Jagdeo murder file disappears

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rondy Jagdeo murder file disappears

– victim’s relatives slams police It’s been almost two years since the Director of Public Prosecutions initiated steps to re-open the case against businessman, Rondy Jagdeo, for the...

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