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GSCL Inc sadden at the passing of HS Masters all-rounder Pandey

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc sadden at the passing of HS Masters all-rounder Pandey

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc has expressed condolences to the relatives of HS Masters all-rounder Vishnu Pandey who died suddenly at Woodlands Hospital after suffering from a brief...

WEST INDIES AND ENGLAND FOR THREE-MATCH ODI SERIES IN EARLY 2017

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WEST INDIES AND ENGLAND FOR THREE-MATCH ODI SERIES IN EARLY 2017

St John’s, ANTIGUA – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the England Cricket Board (ECB) announced that West Indies will host England in a three-match one-day international series from...

Fraser defeats Persaud to capture Girls Open Singles crown

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fraser defeats Persaud to capture Girls Open Singles crown

Intra-club rivalry once again rose in the GBTI Independence Jubilee Open Tennis tournament as Kalyca Fraser and Shivani Persaud went head to head to seize the coveted Girls Open Singles title....

Guyana and its sharp divisions

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana and its sharp divisions

Deputy Chief of Mission, Bryan Hunt, has come to the end of his tour to Guyana. His three years are up so in keeping with diplomatic norms, he must move on. But he presided over many things, not...

Guyanese in New Jersey celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in New Jersey celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary

Mayor of the City of East Orange, Lester E. Taylor III on June 10, last, congratulated Guyanese on their 50th Independence Anniversary on the steps of City Hall. Taylor said that it was a joy to...

UG Medical School seeks reaccreditation

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG Medical School seeks reaccreditation

– UG Vice Chancellor to spearhead effort The 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr. Ivelaw Griffith, has as his top priority the re-accreditation of the University’s Medical...

The entertainment crowd in Guyana is limited

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The entertainment crowd in Guyana is limited

Guyanese like to boast about the night life in Guyana. They brag about the many restaurants, clubs, waterholes and night spots as an indication of the pervasiveness and intensity of the partying in...

Indigenous peoples, women, children among most vulnerable in the prison

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous peoples, women, children among most vulnerable in the prison

Indigenous people, women and children are among the most vulnerable in the prison population. According to the Commission of Inquiry report into the March 3 disturbances at the Camp Street Prison....

Escalating cases of chronic kidney disease linked to painkillers

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Escalating cases of chronic kidney disease linked to painkillers

An escalation of chronic kidney disease has been linked to the use of painkillers. This is according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, who disclosed that an increase in such conditions...

Changing the name of CARIFESTA AVENUE

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 4

I cannot say that I am one of those academics, political activists and citizens that hold the founding fathers of local political activism in great esteem. Unless one is a fundamental fool, only then...

Blood Donors honoured at NBTS ceremony

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Blood Donors honoured at NBTS ceremony

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) held a blood drive in honour of World Blood Donors day on June 14 under the theme “Blood Connects Us All”, continuing in this vein, the National...

RDC Region Five Continues to be deadlocked

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on RDC Region Five Continues to be deadlocked

The statutory meeting of Region Five Democratic Council was scheduled to be convened on the third Thursday of the month, at the Boardroom, Fort Wellington, West Berbice. Regional Chairman, Vickchand...

Pregnant mother, security guard on drug charge

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant mother, security guard on drug charge

A pregnant mother of eight and a security guard were yesterday arraigned before City Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer to a drug trafficking charge, when they appeared in the Georgetown...

Guyanese doctor receives leadership achievement award

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese doctor receives leadership achievement award

Overseas -based Guyanese, Dr. Asha Singh, is the recipient of a “Leadership Achievement Award” in Sustainable Development by the World Women Leadership Congress. The award honors the outstanding...

Army welcomes 189 new soldiers

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Army welcomes 189 new soldiers

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has officially welcomed 189 new soldiers to its ranks, following the completion of the Basic Recruit Course 2016-01. The course commenced on March 12, 2016 with 202...

Juvenile kills man, 50

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Juvenile kills man, 50

Teddy De Younge, 50, the labourer who was discovered in an unconscious state by one of his relatives with his face buried in the sand, Sunday night at CAPOEY Mission, died Thursday night at the...

Relatives want justice for dead security guard

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives want justice for dead security guard

Twenty-five year old Boris Blair, of Number Twenty-nine Village West Coast Berbice, was laid to rest on Wednesday, after he reportedly died by drowning when the boat in which he was travelling...

Guyana recommits to stronger UK relations at Queen’s 90th Birthday

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana recommits to stronger UK relations at Queen’s 90th Birthday

President David Granger on Thursday evening, extended best wishes to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on her 90th Birthday, even as he recommitted to deepening the fertile relations shared by Guyana...

US helps Civil Defence Commission develop plan to tackle oil spill

Jun 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US helps Civil Defence Commission develop plan to tackle oil spill

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be meeting with US authorities to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to address oil spills as part of its preparedness and response effort in the...

Genuine plea to help Guyana’s disabled

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Genuine plea to help Guyana’s disabled

Dear Editor, Disability is a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movement sense, or activities. Some persons are born disable while some becomes disable due to accidents or medical...

PPP WAS THE MAIN BENEFICIARY OF RODNEY’S DEATH

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP WAS THE MAIN BENEFICIARY OF RODNEY’S DEATH

Dear Editor, On the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the assassination of Dr Walter Rodney I would like to briefly argue that the PPP was the main beneficiary of his death. In as much as Rodney...

We got an exchange not a change

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We got an exchange not a change

Dear Editor, When the United Republican Party (URP) partnered with the Patriotic Coalition For Democracy in the early 90’s to bring Jimmy Carter to Guyana, we were patriotic in our behaviour to...

Police injustice that is blatant

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police injustice that is blatant

Dear Editor, I would like or appreciate if you can publish my story in your letter column On June 14, 2016, I was heading home from work as usual and a traffic rank attached to Vreed en Hoop station...

This attitude by GTT must stop

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This attitude by GTT must stop

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter on behalf of myself and the experience im having with GT&T. I credited my phone on the morning of 06-16-2016. And GT&T promotion messages came following...

Letter and statement on Justice Singh car incident

Jun 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Letter and statement on Justice Singh car incident

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the private criminal charges laid against Justice Navindra Singh which was reported in your newspaper on June 16, 2016. I don’t know Gavwyn Smith or Navindra...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more