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UDFA/GT Beer KO Football Federal Winners Connection and Silver Shattas start on winning note

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/GT Beer KO Football Federal Winners Connection and Silver Shattas start on winning note

Three-time champions Federal Winners Connection, with a double from veteran forward Rawle ‘Boney’ Gittens, and Silver Shattas both recorded wins on the opening night of the Upper Demerara...

Regional economies get boost from CPL, says economic impact study

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional economies get boost from CPL, says economic impact study

Castries, St Lucia, CMC – This year’s Caribbean Premier League poured just over over US$90 million into the Caribbean region, according to an Economic Impact Assessment released by organisers on...

An 18-year-old can apply for a house lot from January –Housing Minister

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on An 18-year-old can apply for a house lot from January –Housing Minister

There are a number of things that 18-year-olds in Guyana could do legally. But applying for a house lot is not one of those things. However, come January 3, 2017, that state of affairs will change....

The era, zeitgeist, mores have all changed

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The era, zeitgeist, mores have all changed

The Stabroek News is celebrating 30 years of existence so it offers a daily snippet of its reportage back in those days. Last week, it highlighted the outrage of society against a statement President...

POLITICAL IMMATURITY

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on POLITICAL IMMATURITY

In the Bible, there is a quotation: “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away my childish things.” These words...

Mother of eight charged with arson

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of eight charged with arson

A 38-year- old mother of eight, Sharon Bacchus, also known as Sharon Stone, of Golden Fleece Village, West Coast Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever, at the Fort Wellington Magistrate...

Gold miners worry that tax measures will send industry underground

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miners worry that tax measures will send industry underground

Small, medium and large scale gold miners are concerned about budgetary measures. Particularly, the businessmen are worried about how the new tax measures will affect their businesses. At a recent...

Medicines among crucial need at Mahdia hospital

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Medicines among crucial need at Mahdia hospital

…Minister Cummings to intervene Before the Mahdia Hospital can adequately serve the people in its environs, there is need for a great deal to be done to improve its operation. This observation was...

Policemen injured as vehicle crashes during high speed chase

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Policemen injured as vehicle crashes during high speed chase

…two hospitalised Four police constables were on Tuesday injured and their vehicle wrecked after it crashed into a lamp post just outside the Weldaad Police Station following a high speed chase on...

THE FITTEST SHALL SURVIVE

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE FITTEST SHALL SURVIVE

Capitalism is the law of the jungle. Some have to go under so that others may live. The free market system in its purest form is about survival of the fittest. Only those who can compete successfully...

Roadblock cops bust car with 20 kilos marijuana

Dec 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Roadblock cops bust car with 20 kilos marijuana

Two persons are now in police custody after the car they were in was intercepted by ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division on the Number 5 Public Road, West Coast Berbice. According to the...

Court regular remanded for trying to break-in office

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Court regular remanded for trying to break-in office

It appears that Rico Persaud enjoys being handcuffed and shackled and escorted by police officers. He also enjoys reminding Magistrate Faith McGusty of his many appearances before her. Yesterday the...

Man staying at ‘side chick’ remanded for armed robbery

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man staying at ‘side chick’ remanded for armed robbery

The courtroom of Magistrate Faith McGusty was quite entertaining yesterday. A 25-year-old man who claims he resides in France and was staying here by his ‘side chick’ was remanded to prison for...

Questions about the Childcare and Protection Agency

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions about the Childcare and Protection Agency

Dear Editor, This is the third of our letters to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Childcare & Protection Agency (CPA), which has responsibility for overall...

Why close the schools for union meeting attendance?

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why close the schools for union meeting attendance?

Dear Editor, At mid-day Monday 5/12/16, I noticed with much surprise that all the schools in the Corriverton area where I live were being closed for the day. Upon inquiry I was told that the schools...

PPP wants APNU+AFC to offer what it failed to give since 1992

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP wants APNU+AFC to offer what it failed to give since 1992

Dear Editor, In Guyana during the period of the ‘60s and ‘70s, budget day was a major event in the lives of the masses. Hundreds of citizens usually gathered around Parliament Building to hear...

Accused of writing a letter that I did not

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Accused of writing a letter that I did not

Dear Editor, My late mother, Sybil Annetta Francis Sealey nee Lachnish, formerly a staunch Catholic; Social Worker, providing voluntary service to charitable organizations; also, previously served as...

BUDGET 2017; another sign that sugar’s demise is imminent

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on BUDGET 2017; another sign that sugar’s demise is imminent

Dear Editor, It is clear that the majority of Guyanese agree that 2017 budget is the worst ever, pointing to an ominous future for Guyana. When it comes to budgets, Guyanese cannot afford to be...

I love my city and I try to maintain optimism but ….

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I love my city and I try to maintain optimism but ….

Dear Editor, Statistics will show that a vast majority of APNU+AFC supporters are registered voters of the municipalities of Linden and Georgetown. With that in mind the central administration should...

The Attorney-General continues his unconstitutional arguments

Dec 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney-General continues his unconstitutional arguments

Dear Editor, As the Judiciary continues to hemorrhage because of judicial vacancies and the consequent sloth which afflicts the machinery of justice continues to magnify, Attorney General Basil...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more