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Ogle SC disappointed at the omission of Samaroo, Pooran from U15 team

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ogle SC disappointed at the omission of Samaroo, Pooran from U15 team

Ogle Sports Club of East Coast Demerara has expressed their disappointment at the omission of batsman Andrew Samaroo and left arm spinner Michael Pooran from the national U15 team selected for the...

Guyana to host 4th Caribbean Cup Karate Championships October 22nd to 23rd

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to host 4th Caribbean Cup Karate Championships October 22nd to 23rd

Director for the event Sensei Nadia Rohoman, the delegate for the World United Karate Organization (WUKO) in Guyana, has been very active with other instructors in promoting Guyana karate and has...

Sentinel Security renews sponsorship for Gaskin Memorial Sports Award

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sentinel Security renews sponsorship for Gaskin Memorial Sports Award

The Chief Executive Officer of Sentinel Security, MRS. Noreen Gaskin has renewed her annual sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS annual Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports...

Digicel Schools Football Championships Champs survive in sudden death penalty shoot out

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championships Champs survive in sudden death penalty shoot out

In a game that provided high drama for the huge turnout of fans, defending champion Christianburg/Wismar beat host North West Secondary in sudden death penalty shoot out to advance to the quarter...

Minister instructs GPHC Board to resolve ‘Matron issue’

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister instructs GPHC Board to resolve ‘Matron issue’

…as possible strike action looms The delivery of service at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has on occasions been tainted with complaints of neglect and unprofessional...

REVENGE AT CITY HALL

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 2

The controversial parking meter project proposed by the City is being reviewed by the government but insiders believe that the contract cannot withstand public scrutiny. The government is in a tight...

GHRA remembers Bishop Randolph George

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA remembers Bishop Randolph George

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed sympathy and condolences on the recent death of Bishop Randolph George. The expressed condolences have been offered to the widow, Mrs Sheila...

EU urges Guyana to abolish death penalty

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EU urges Guyana to abolish death penalty

…it has no place in modern society – former Belgian Judge An international body against the death penalty is calling on Guyana to remove the inhumane act from its statutes. The team is...

Cops detain two in search for missing miner

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain two in search for missing miner

Two people were in custody yesterday as police in ‘F’ Division intensified their search for Shawn Clarke, the 47-year-old miner who disappeared on July 10, last. One of the detained men is said...

The dress code and my impending visit to President Granger

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

I have done about eight columns in my journalistic career on the unbearable stupidity of the dress code enforcement in backward Guyana. Here are a few extracts from my writings on the asininity of...

La Penitence man disappears after saying “Christ is coming soon”

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence man disappears after saying “Christ is coming soon”

A 19-year-old West La Penitence man disappeared a month ago after telling his brother that “Christ is coming soon.” The young man, Romain Retemiah, of Lot 47 West La Penitence, Georgetown was...

Graduated salary increases proposed for public servants –- Finance Minister

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Graduated salary increases proposed for public servants –- Finance Minister

Across-the-board increases for public servants cannot be a solution to, or getting toward the solution that is required, hence the decision to have differentiated increases for this category of...

Forward to the past

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Peeping Tom 1

With each passing day, Guyana is moving forward, slowly but surely, into the past. Guyana is returning to the dreadful and frightening days of dictatorship when the people felt they were oppressed by...

Ministry cautions schools about fees

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry cautions schools about fees

-issues acceptable guidelines No child should be denied registration to any school due to their inability to pay associated fees. This is according to an advisory issued by the Ministry of Education...

Biden, the Obamas and Clinton also plagiarized

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Biden, the Obamas and Clinton also plagiarized

Dear Editor, Mr. Alves wrote a letter dated 10-20-16 accusing Mr. Donald Trump’s wife of plagiarism, to which he has the right to share his opinion. That being said, I too, have the right to...

The WPA / TUF factor in the 1992 election results

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The WPA / TUF factor in the 1992 election results

Dear Editor, My late maternal grandmother left with me an erudite message that clearly instructs that in choosing one’s thoughts and actions one should base them on a set of core-character values...

Thoughts on CARICOM

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thoughts on CARICOM

Dear Editor, The 37th Heads of Government Conference of CARICOM) was held in Guyana at the National Cultural Center and the government has rolled out the red carpet for the Heads of State. In his...

Revision of the Mining Act should not disadvantage Indigenous people

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I was enlightened by the media about the announcement by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman of plans to revise the Mining Act. This will pave the way...

The idiotic contents of Clement Rohee’s letter

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The idiotic contents of Clement Rohee’s letter

Dear Editor, As a Commissioner of GECOM I received a copy of a letter of protestation: “Recent actions by GECOM on access to its database” which was sent to GECOM by the General Secretary of the...

17 reasons why the PPP is out of power

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 17 reasons why the PPP is out of power

Dear Editor, Ever since the People’s Progressive Party lost the General and Regional Elections, over a year ago, its leaders have engaged themselves in all sorts of divisive and potentially...

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Groups, schedule announced for One Guyana 3×3 Quest

Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more