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BCB/Tenelec inc Under-15 two-innings cricket competition starts tomorrow

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec inc Under-15 two-innings cricket competition starts tomorrow

The annual Tenelec Inc. one day, two innings under-15 inter club tournament for teams in Berbice is set to commence tomorrow across several grounds in Berbice. The competition sponsored by Bobby...

Coalition to discuss future of alleged child molester — Granger

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition to discuss future of alleged child molester — Granger

– But GECOM says no provisions for recall For further action to be taken against Winston Harding, who was nominated in Constituency 13 (East and West Ruimveldt) with the backing of A...

Anamayah memorial basketball semifinals set for today

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anamayah memorial basketball semifinals set for today

Ithaca Hardliners take on Rose Hall Jammers The first semi final of the Anamayah Memorial first division Basketball competition for teams in Berbice is set to tip off today. The game will bring...

Guyana Cup Fever horserace meet…

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup Fever horserace meet…

Nand Persaud and Company Limited makes massive investment in $10M event Preparations are continuing for the Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet set for Sunday March 27 (Easter Sunday) at the famous Arima...

Pele FC to observe 45th Anniversary

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC to observe 45th Anniversary

Pele Football Club has planned a number of activities in celebration of its 45th Anniversary starting on March 26 with U15 and U17 matches which will see Stella Maris Playing St. Stephens in an all...

Regional heads to meat after weak AMBC performance

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional heads to meat after weak AMBC performance

Following a poor performance at the recently concluded AMBC boxing Qualifier, English speaking Caribbean nations are to meet to carry out a post mortem and plot the way for the future of the sport in...

Birthday 6 capture Gittens dominoes title

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Birthday 6 capture Gittens dominoes title

Birthday 6 amassed 81 games to win the final of the Lyall Gittens Birth Anniversary dominoes competition which was contested on Wednesday night at Strikers Sports Club. Mix Up took the runner up spot...

Can Guyana checkmate tax evasion with FATCA? (Part 2)

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Can Guyana checkmate tax evasion with FATCA? (Part 2)

By Kiana Wilburg Two weeks ago, I shared with you, extracts of my interview with Chartered Accountant Shawn Naughton, on the importance of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and how...

Region 10 proposes 5-yr tourism development plan

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 proposes 5-yr tourism development plan

The Region Ten Tourism Sector in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism is in the process of implementing a five-year Tourism Development Plan. A meeting focused on further discussing the...

MATCHING WORDS WITH ACTION

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MATCHING WORDS WITH ACTION

On the attainment of Guyana’s political independence on May 26, 1966, there was loud political rhetoric about the need to remove the shackles of colonialism and dependency and of the people...

Green completes ‘The Rocky but Righteous Road to Independence’

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Green completes ‘The Rocky but Righteous Road to Independence’

‘The Rocky but Righteous Road to Independence’ is a publication that chronicles, through the eyes of the author, how Guyana became an independent nation. The author is Mr. Hamilton Green, who...

Sunday Cartoon

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme

– A proven success in Guyana The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) in its capacity as the National Accreditation Focal Point (NAFP) is the administrative link for promoting the use of...

Youth For Local Government expresses its appreciation on LGE

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth For Local Government expresses its appreciation on LGE

Dear Editor, March 18th 2016 will be chronicled in our history books as the “return of local government elections” A day that all of the candidates and members of Youth For Local Government will...

Finance Minister is bordering on double standards

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Finance Minister is bordering on double standards

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s position that he is guided by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) position on the issue of wages and salaries for public sector workers cannot...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme – A proven success in Guyana.

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme – A proven success in Guyana.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) in its capacity as the National Accreditation Focal Point (NAFP) is the administrative link for promoting the use of the Caribbean Cooperation for...

The Education Ministry has a favourite printer

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Education Ministry has a favourite printer

Dear Editor, To the Ministry of Education I want you to look into this matter as early as possible. A certain person (name supplied) is the only man that gets all the printing work from the Ministry...

Urgent Inquiry needed at the Georgetown Hospital

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urgent Inquiry needed at the Georgetown Hospital

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News journalist and other reporters who encountered the abuses by Dr. Amir at the GPHC, as reported in the KN, got a taste of what is normal at the GPHC. There needs to be...

From dawn to dusk and beyond

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on From dawn to dusk and beyond

Dear Editor, I was recently told by someone who has their child at one of the Municipal Day Care Centers in Georgetown, that City Hall is planning to introduce a Night Care Service in order to...

Three lessons to be learnt from the recent LGE

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three lessons to be learnt from the recent LGE

Dear Editor, Many observers, including the government and the opposition PPP, framed the recent Local Government Elections (LGE) as a referendum on the APNU+AFC Coalition’s performance in...

ARE YOU MALE? DO YOU KNOW ANY MALE PERSONS? THEN READ THIS.

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ARE YOU MALE? DO YOU KNOW ANY MALE PERSONS? THEN READ THIS.

Most people already know that maintaining good oral health is important to overall health but recent studies have shown why it is especially crucial that men pay close attention to their teeth and...

The negative side of the functions of the smart phone

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The negative side of the functions of the smart phone

Dear Editor, I once heard someone referred to these high-tec multi feature cell phones as the book of good and evil. No one can deny the quantum-leap in mass communication and lighting speed...

Indecency outside the Amerindian Hostel

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indecency outside the Amerindian Hostel

Dear Editor, I am a regular visitor to the Amerindian Hostel in Princess Street Georgetown. I have some concerns which I think the relevant authorities should look into. There are some shops across...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Developing new standards for consumer goods and services

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Developing new standards for consumer goods and services

PAT DIAL One of the greatest concerns which the Guyana Consumers Association, and indeed consumer advocates worldwide have is the standard of goods and services offered to consumers. The Guyana...

LBT Women encouraged to test the laws

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on LBT Women encouraged to test the laws

On Thursday, last, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) – Guyana Project held its seventh monthly “Lunch Talk” forum....

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