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UG officials on overseas engagements

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG officials on overseas engagements

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Dr. Barbara Reynolds, have proceeded overseas for two weeks on official engagements. The university officials...

McDonald says resignation article false

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on McDonald says resignation article false

Renee McDonald, a member of the recently established Bid Protest Committee (BPC), was reported to have resigned from the committee in an article captioned “Chair of Bid Protest Committee Resigns”...

The lust for control leads to abuse

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The lust for control leads to abuse

One night I was out on the town and saw this gentleman tossing from one side of a bar to the next. I called a waiter and asked him to help the man before he injured himself. The waiter looked at me...

TangSoo Do Martial Arts Youth Team meet Director of Sport

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on TangSoo Do Martial Arts Youth Team meet Director of Sport

The TangSoo Do Korean Martial Arts Organisation of Guyana is sending a team to compete in the Dragon Cup Martial Arts Championship in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday 31st July. The young team along...

Hero CPL T20 Cricket Warriors hunt victory in Florida tonight Need at least one more win to qualify for play offs

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL T20 Cricket Warriors hunt victory in Florida tonight Need at least one more win to qualify for play offs

By Sean Devers in Florida In association with Noble House Sea Foods, Bounty Supermarket, Stag Beer, Trophy Stall & Payless Varity Store The Guyana Amazon Warriors have qualified for the...

Tennis coach in court for hitting aunt with car

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Tennis coach in court for hitting aunt with car

A national tennis coach was granted bail to the tune of $15,000, for allegedly causing bodily harm to her aunt, after hitting her with a motorcar. It is alleged that on February 3, 2016, Shelly...

Guyana Police Force Inter-Division Championships Headquarters establish triple digit lead heading into final day tomorrow

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police Force Inter-Division Championships Headquarters establish triple digit lead heading into final day tomorrow

Headquarters established perhaps what will be an unassailable lead yesterday after the third day of the Guyana Police Force Inter-Division Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary....

Guyana Cup 2016 expected to one with a difference and best ever Horses from Neighbouring Suriname coming this weekend

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup 2016 expected to one with a difference and best ever Horses from Neighbouring Suriname coming this weekend

With this being the 10th anniversary of the event and the country also celebrating its 50th Independence Anniversary the organisers are bent on making the Guyana Cup horserace meet 2016 the best...

Who’s afraid of the fantastic four?

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who’s afraid of the fantastic four?

Dear Editor, Once more the workers of the Georgetown Municipality are made to suffer the indignity and hardship of waiting well beyond the customary pay time to receive their monthly wages and...

More action, less talk on social cohesion

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More action, less talk on social cohesion

Dear Editor, I read a recent article by Samuel Goolsarran in the print media titled “The social partnership option for national development-Guyana”. Goolsarran’s article is very pertinent and...

An employee must be told of the charge against him/her

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on An employee must be told of the charge against him/her

Dear Editor, From public reporting Colleen Hicks, Director of Nursing Services/Matron of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), has been sent on administrative leave to pave the way for...

Prediction on what lies in store for the world

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prediction on what lies in store for the world

Dear Editor, It has happened in the annals of time [history] and there is nothing new under the sun. Man has walked the face of the earth for thousands of years, and we as human beings never seem to...

Distinguished Guyanese son dies

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Distinguished Guyanese son dies

Dear Editor, It was only last week in one of my pieces I mentioned that there are a few outstanding Guyanese in the diaspora. Professor the Honourabale Bishnodat Persaud, CHB, Ph.D, FRSA was one of...

City Council needs to address social maladies

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council needs to address social maladies

Dear Editor, I wish to know what plans the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has to address the profusion of homeless persons, social rejects and vagrants in our capital city. Homelessness is a...

Jagdeo’s disgusting similarity with Donald Trump

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s disgusting similarity with Donald Trump

Dear Editor, The United States GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Guyana’s Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo, have one disgusting thing in common they both seem to incorporate hate and...

Illegal Styrofoam trade in Berbice

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Illegal Styrofoam trade in Berbice

Dear Editor, First of all I would like to thank you for considering my letter, and I am asking you to grant me space in your newspaper to publish this open letter from a concerned citizen of the...

Why wasn’t Woolford Avenue blocked off?

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The accident that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday July 26, in the vicinity of the Scout Association of Guyana’s (SAG) Headquarters, on Woolford Avenue, in which two visiting Cub...

Guyana School of Agriculture under focus

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana School of Agriculture under focus

Dear Editor, This is my conclusion to my letter published yesterday about the Guyana school of Agriculture. I am informed that the financial situation is as a result of bad management. I’m informed...

Road works in Leguan slated for August

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Road works in Leguan slated for August

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter published in the Monday July 25, 2016 edition of the Stabroek News by Mr. Hans M Buer, under the headline “Leguan roads are in a terrible state”. In...

Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Cricket continues Sunday

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Cricket continues Sunday

Play in the Wolf’s Challenge Cup Softball Cricket tournament continues Sunday with several matches in and out of Georgetown. At the Malteenoes Ground in the city: Pitch (1): 10:00am will see Regal...

B Division Police Commander, Traffic Officer assists young cyclist, coach for overseas trip

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on B Division Police Commander, Traffic Officer assists young cyclist, coach for overseas trip

Divisional Commander of the Police B division, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam on Tuesday presented a cheque of a substantial amount to young and upcoming cyclist Zaman Khan and Cycle Coach...