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Plight of a 17 year old on remand

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plight of a 17 year old on remand

Dear Editor; Over the past five to six weeks, amidst the highpoints of the National jubilee celebrations, we who still live here were all too conscious of some high profile crimes and naturally, the...

The Social Partnership Option for National Development

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Social Partnership Option for National Development

Dear Editor; There are many voices calling national dialogue with the major political parties and interest groups to forge a consensus for national social and economic development. Here are a few...

Decent, normal minds do not do these things

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Decent, normal minds do not do these things

How could you argue for a cricketer who was dropped after failure in a five-Test series in which his average wasn’t even 20? You are bound to be greeted with the utterance; “How can you defend...

Points the GTU President conveniently ignored

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor I note with worry and also much anger the replies of GTU President Mark Lyte and one George Cave in the print media recently regarding my letters in the press which highlighted the high...

Charity thump Cotton Field to set up final showdown with Wakapoa- Region 2

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charity thump Cotton Field to set up final showdown with Wakapoa- Region 2

By Zaheer Mohamed in Essequibo Charity Secondary moved one step closer to retain their Region Two crown with a comprehensive 4-2 victory over Cotton Field Secondary when the Digicel National...

Waiting in vain for that which should be given

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; I have applied several times on behalf of poor residents in my community and also for members of my church for birth, death and marriage certificates, but the wait is very long. I...

Guyana already has parking meters

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana already has parking meters

Why are people saying that parking meters are being introduced in Georgetown? Georgetown already has parking meters. Georgetown has human parking meters. If you park outside of New Thriving on Main...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 – Bartica Beacon and Rising Stars make it two in a row

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 – Bartica Beacon and Rising Stars make it two in a row

Beacon and Rising Stars Football Clubs recorded their second win in as many matches when the Bartica Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 League...

Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Sec. hit six past Paruima -an ominous warning to all contenders

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Sec. hit six past Paruima -an ominous warning to all contenders

By Rawle Welch Three-time losing finalist of the Digicel Schools Football Championship D C Caesar Fox Secondary (formerly Waramadong) sent an ominous warning to all that this year could mark the...

Questionable Sports Awards to GCB and Sanasie

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questionable Sports Awards to GCB and Sanasie

Dear Editor; It is my firm opinion that awards of any sort must be based on established criteria that involve legitimacy, performance and transparency. Awardees must be selected on the basis of...

Andrew Arts Memorial’ chess tournament HiFeng Su,Pedro Joshua register double upsets but tournament still wide open

Jun 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andrew Arts Memorial’ chess tournament HiFeng Su,Pedro Joshua register double upsets but tournament still wide open

HiFeng Su retained his rich vein of form and one day after defeating veteran player, Errol Tiwari, replicated the feat with an upset victory over Anthony Drayton to signal an ominous intention to...

Deportee found guilty of trying to kill “Bully”

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee found guilty of trying to kill “Bully”

Hansel Andre Lewis, called “Smiley” “Hansel” and “Andre”, was found guilty of attempted murder committed on New Year’s morning, 2013 in New Amsterdam, Berbice. He was on trial in the...

Businessman refutes fuel smuggling claim

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman refutes fuel smuggling claim

Former Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) Chairman and businessman, Vic Oditt, is refuting claims that Potaro Fuel Supplies Inc, a firm he now spearheads, is involved in fuel smuggling activities of...

Controversy Continues at Region Five RDC

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

The Region Five Region Democratic Council continues to be plagued by controversy, and there seems no end in sight. Regional Chairman, Vickchand Ramphal, has been accused of disrespecting President...

FATF to visit Guyana to verify AML/CFT reform

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on FATF to visit Guyana to verify AML/CFT reform

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to visit Guyana to confirm the country’s progress made in the implementation of required reforms. The reforms to be...

Tax reform report… Gov’t may lower P.A.Y.E– Pres. Granger

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tax reform report… Gov’t may lower P.A.Y.E– Pres. Granger

On January 18, last, the Tax Reform Committee submitted its report to the government. In the report, were recommendations for sweeping changes. However, there has been little word on the...

Govt. should condemn ‘thuggery’ at Region Five RDC – Jagdeo

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News 1

From the onset of the year a number of statutory council meetings held at the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five have been disrupted by APNU-AFC council members. Opposition leader Bharrat...

Central Corentyne Chamber calls Government out on Business support

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Central Corentyne Chamber calls Government out on Business support

At the launch of Berbice Expo and Trade Fair 2016 attended by Business and Tourism Minister Dominique Gaskin, President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), Mohamed Raffik called on...

Council should review business proposals– President Granger

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Council should review business proposals– President Granger

By Murtland Haley President David Granger, yesterday, made his first official address to the Full Council of the Georgetown Mayor and Council. His presentation preceded the sitting of the scheduled...

St. Cuthbert’s Mission teen found wandering .. Funeral parlour had reported him dead

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on St. Cuthbert’s Mission teen found wandering .. Funeral parlour had reported him dead

Days after he was presumed dead, St Cuthbert‘s Mission teenager, Travaun Kattow, has been found. The teen was wandering at the Soesdyke/ Linden Junction, on Friday. According to his Grandmother,...

Vryheid’s Lust man jailed for illegal gun, ammo.

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust man jailed for illegal gun, ammo.

A security guard of South Vryheid’s Lust was yesterday sentenced for the possession of an Intratec 9mm Luger submachine gun, which police said he tried to hide in a septic tank on June 5, at East...

Aurora mine raises C’dn$130M for expansion -company targets 75,000 ounces for first half

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora mine raises C’dn$130M for expansion -company targets 75,000 ounces for first half

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. announced yesterday that strong demand in the industry has forced it to increase the size of its previously announced public offering to C’dn$130 million. The...

Moraikobai becomes latest beneficiary of Granger B’s programme -receives school boat; bicycles to follow

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Moraikobai becomes latest beneficiary of Granger B’s programme -receives school boat; bicycles to follow

The village of Moraikobai, situated up the Mahaicony River, Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five), has become the latest beneficiary of the President David Granger’s Five B’s or ‘Boats, Buses, Bicycles...

Belvedere gang prey on residents

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Belvedere gang prey on residents

Several residents in the Belvedere Corentyne area were mugged and relieved of personal belongings by men residing in the area. The first incident occurred last Monday on 41-year-old Nalini Narine...

Minister of State visits East Berbice

Jun 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of State visits East Berbice

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, over the weekend made an extensive visit to the various places of East Berbice-Corentyne in Region Six, including many villages, schools, streets and other places of...