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Line-ups almost settled as 85 entered for 10 annual $30M Guyana Cup Horserace meet

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Line-ups almost settled as 85 entered for 10 annual $30M Guyana Cup Horserace meet

‘Jumbo Jet’ by name and nature is huge in whatever it does and as such the sponsors of the 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horseracing event is making a gargantuan investment as it rolls out a sumptuous...

Hand in Hand Insurance sponsors Rose Hall Town 46th Anniversary 5/5 Cricket

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand Insurance sponsors Rose Hall Town 46th Anniversary 5/5 Cricket

Guyana’s oldest Insurance company, Hand in Hand Insurance on Tuesday last became the latest official sponsor to come on board for the Rose Hall Town 46th Anniversary Celebration that would be...

CASA Squash C/ships in T&T Guyana endures tough night! Fung-a-Fatt, Khalil & Seth fail to advance to finals

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on CASA Squash C/ships in T&T Guyana endures tough night! Fung-a-Fatt, Khalil & Seth fail to advance to finals

Guyana had three semi- finalists in the Men’s and Women’s Individual draw of the 24th Caribbean Squash Championship in Trinidad. However, none of the three were able to qualify for tonight’s...

Sudesh “Kerry” Fitzgerald Birthday Tournament Greene, Correia capture Singles titles

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sudesh “Kerry” Fitzgerald Birthday Tournament Greene, Correia capture Singles titles

Sherwin Greene and Mary Correia captured the individual Men’s and Ladies titles when the Birthday Tournament for reigning national and Caribbean champion Sudesh ‘Kerry’ Fitzgerald was held on...

10th Annual Guyana Cup Horse Race Meet Digicel on board for fifth year

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horse Race Meet Digicel on board for fifth year

The 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horse Race Meet continues to enjoy the patronage of Digicel after the Company confirmed its support for the fifth year following the handing over of a cheque to Race...

The necessity of “Peoples Skills” in police training

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The necessity of “Peoples Skills” in police training

Dear Editor, Congratulations for the Guyana Police Force for graduating 203 recruits at a passing out parade recently. Effective planning and execution had to come into play for the GPF to conduct a...

GUYANA’S POOR BUILDING CODES

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GUYANA’S POOR BUILDING CODES

Dear Editor, A few months ago, I indicated that Guyana has poor building codes and even more lopsided enforcement procedures. The recent fire at the Fazia’s Collection building on Avenue of the...

President Granger hasn’t met my expectations

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger hasn’t met my expectations

Dear Editor, In May 2015, I voted for a change of government. I gave my vote to his Excellency President Granger, as I favoured him over the incumbent Donald Ramotar. I did so, like the majority of...

Guyana continues to be plagued with the race question

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, When Mr Jagdeo highlighted the disturbing fact that “there is an assault on our democracy, an assault on Indo-Guyanese and an assault on PPP/C supporters” in a recent address to...

Budgetary mismanagement in Region 6

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Budgetary mismanagement in Region 6

Dear Editor, The Regional Democratic Council of Region 6 debated and approved its Annual Estimate 2017 of $1.1 billion in just over an hour’s deliberation. This speedy deliberation can be solely...

Mega fruit producing farmlands in West Bank, Demerara

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mega fruit producing farmlands in West Bank, Demerara

Dear Editor, Editor’s note; this is the concluding section of this letter which first appeared in our Wednesday’s edition There must be no talk about selling Wales’ lands. These are lands...

RETURN OF CONSTITUENCY POLITICS IN GUYANA

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on RETURN OF CONSTITUENCY POLITICS IN GUYANA

Dear Editor, Anecdotal evidence (admittedly, limited) suggests that constituency politics in Guyana, reintroduced through the new local government system, is yet to take recognizable shape. That...

The Amazon Warriors were embarrassing

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Amazon Warriors were embarrassing

Dear Editor, I wish to begin by extending congratulations to the Jamaica Tallawahs for lifting the C.P.L Hero trophy for the second time and emerged as the best team of the tournament and the only...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Aug 11, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CONFLICT OF INTEREST

In Guyana, as in other nations, ministers and other government officials are duty-bound to put their country’s good above their own self-interest. Public positions are positions of trust, and they...