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Junior Jaguars down USVI 1-0 in CFU World Cup qualifying

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Jaguars down USVI 1-0 in CFU World Cup qualifying

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars restored some pride yesterday as they were looking to do when they opposed host nation United States Virgin Islands in the feature game of the day in first round play of the...

Guyanese Yannick Grimes places 3rd at Sportsworld Classic 2016 Invitational in T&T

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Yannick Grimes places 3rd at Sportsworld Classic 2016 Invitational in T&T

One of Guyana’s leading Men’s Physique athletes, Yannick Grimes, not fearful of venturing out and always looking for new challenges, turned in his performance in a short but fledgling career as a...

A man without a job is a man that will question his usefulness to society

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The retirement of a person after years of service is an occasion not just to sing the person praises, to serenade others with the value of their contributions but also to drum home the appreciation...

The Town Clerk defends City Hall’s performance

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Town Clerk defends City Hall’s performance

Dear Editor; It is a highly contended fact that for years Guyana has had innumerable economic and social challenges which have had resounding impacts on the lives of its citizens. While Guyana is not...

WE MUST BE PRAGMATIC ABOUT PRACTICAL PROBLEMS

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on WE MUST BE PRAGMATIC ABOUT PRACTICAL PROBLEMS

Dear Editor; I wish to thank Mr D. Ramsunai for his comments on my earlier letter regarding compensation to Chairmen and Directors for their services on State Boards. It is indeed interesting to note...

This little boy was a hero

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This little boy was a hero

Dear Editor, The six-year-old who died in the fire trying to save his brother’s life was a hero. We know that he was from Georgetown. We don’t know what moved him to go back into a burning...

Increase in revenues, reduction in VAT need explanation

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Increase in revenues, reduction in VAT need explanation

Dear Editor; Recently, the Minister of Finance announced that the Central Government saw an increase in revenues at the end of April, 2016. This increase was for the period January to April as...

Granger should resuscitate Guyana’s African links

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; Just last week, Guyana participated in an “oil and gas mentorship programme” in Kampala, Uganda. Guyana which recently discovered a mega oil and gas field off its coast, is...

The AFC needs to defends its people in Region 5

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC needs to defends its people in Region 5

Dear Editor; Please permit me a space in your newspaper letter column to share my views on what has been happening over the past months on the PPP TV Program showing on LRTVS Ch.10 in Berbice, called...

Will the “fry fish” vendor pay the container tax too?

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the “fry fish” vendor pay the container tax too?

Dear Editor; Here goes the Georgetown City Council again! Another tax, another levy, another burdensome fee placed on the backs of the citizenry of Georgetown. This time it is the $25,000.00...

The role of sports in the development of a nation

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of sports in the development of a nation

Dear Editor; In the years preceding 1966, more sports and cultural activities were held regularly in the Africa Guyanese villages. In the communities of Paradise /Bachelors Adventure there were...

Guyanese are disappointed with the Coalition Govt.

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are disappointed with the Coalition Govt.

Dear Editor; When the United Republican Party (URP) campaigned during the last General and Regional elections, one of our mantras was that Guyana needs a change, not an exchange. By now, after just...

Mr. Lucas needs to know he is a non-executive Chairman

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Lucas needs to know he is a non-executive Chairman

Dear Editor; The Non-executive Chairman of a Board of Directors does not occupy an executive management position in a company. The Non-executive Chairman operates independently from the company,...

INTERVENTION NEEDED AT GRA

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Editorial 1

It appears that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is in the news for all the wrong reasons. First, it was about the shake-up and the public firings of three senior officials by its Chairman who...

President Granger has to know what moral obligation is

Jul 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

President Granger, in my opinion has got tangled up in serious moral and intellectual dilemmas that if he does not extricate himself in the immediate future he can damage his nationally admired...