January 2017

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Wiltshire / Tenth Street Sports Bar team up Domino Tournament

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire / Tenth Street Sports Bar team up Domino Tournament

Organising Secrertary of the Georgetown Domino Association Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire in collaboration with Tenth Street Sports Bar of Diamond Housing Scheme has organised a One-Day Tournament on...

GFF TD participates in Technical Officer Training Programme

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF TD participates in Technical Officer Training Programme

The Technical Director (TD) of the Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF), Ian Greenwood, participated in a CONCACAF-organised coaching education seminar in Mexico from the 15th – 21st January,...

UG Trojans, Ravens bounce to opening U-23 wins in GABA League of Champions

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG Trojans, Ravens bounce to opening U-23 wins in GABA League of Champions

University of Guyana (UG) Trojans and Dyna’s Ravens secured opening wins Wednesday night in the Under-23 category when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) 2017 “League of...

UCI dismiss Yassin’s call for intervention; also rebuffs Gemma Williams

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCI dismiss Yassin’s call for intervention; also rebuffs Gemma Williams

Maintain support for legal GCF The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) through its International Relations Manager Mr. Pascale Schyns has responded to President of the Guyana Olympic Association K. A...

GOA support for GuyanaNRA ahead of Commonwealth Games 2018

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA support for GuyanaNRA ahead of Commonwealth Games 2018

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has thrown their support behind the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) as they continue to prepare for the 2018 Commonwealth Games slated for the Gold...

Transfer of players continues as window period nears

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Transfer of players continues as window period nears

The Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF) has, to date, facilitated the transfer of eleven (11) players even as the mid-season transfer window period closes on January 31, 2017. Eight (8) Elite clubs...

Mings, Hand in Hand and WR Enterprise on board with RHTY&SC

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mings, Hand in Hand and WR Enterprise on board with RHTY&SC

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) objective of successfully completing 450 programmes/activities for 2017 received a major boost when three companies – Mings Products and...

Govt. had chance to stop parking meters with by-laws – PPP MP

Jan 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. had chance to stop parking meters with by-laws – PPP MP

It is the firm position of People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Parliamentarian Irfaan Ali, that the parking meter project could have been stopped in its tracks at the point where the by-laws were...

Precariously placed on a slippery slope

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The reaction of the government to the decision of the Chancellor to hear the appeal into the decision of Justice Chang outlawing term limits unless sanctioned by a referendum has been, to say the...

‘We’re not going to take him back, the house is too small’

Jan 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We’re not going to take him back, the house is too small’

– Relatives of abandoned senior citizen tell GPHC officials A new year has started, but old practices are yet continuing, particularly when it comes to the abandonment of elderly folks at the...

Social Protection Ministry defends actions taken with nine year old TIP victim

Jan 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry defends actions taken with nine year old TIP victim

In the unfortunate case of a nine-year-old Trafficking in Person (TIP) victim, the Ministry of Social Protection has come out to defend its actions in providing care and support for the young girl....

FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Despite all the criticisms that have been heaped on Guyana, most citizens would agree that it is still one of the most pristine countries on earth to live. Pollution levels are generally low, the...

E-cigarette considerations caused delayed passage of Tobacco Control Bill – Minister Norton

Jan 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on E-cigarette considerations caused delayed passage of Tobacco Control Bill – Minister Norton

Yet another Minister within responsibility for the health sector will be tasked with attempting to bring life to the long overdue Tobacco Control legislation. So far three Ministers have tried and...

T&HD revenues boosted by Berbice water taxis – General Manager

Jan 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on T&HD revenues boosted by Berbice water taxis – General Manager

Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) General Manager, Marcelene Merchant, says that the introduction of Berbice Water Taxis during 2016 has bolstered the revenues of her department. Speaking...

I am merely asking a question of Raphael Trotman and the AFC

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am merely asking a question of Raphael Trotman and the AFC

My April 2, 2016 column was an analysis of a speech Raphael Trotman made at a public meeting in Bartica for Local Government elections. My assessment was off-target (maybe that is putting it mildly)....

Festival City residents says, ‘enough is enough”

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Festival City residents says, ‘enough is enough”

Dear Editor, Festival City was established in 1972 under the late President Forbes Burnham, as a village where visiting guests and artists for Carifesta ’72 were accommodated in the 250 houses...

Time we change the laws on bail for marijuana possession

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time we change the laws on bail for marijuana possession

Dear Editor, On January 25, 2017, I was again hurt and saddened when I read the various news-papers in Guyana. As is their custom, the courts of Guyana continue to discriminate against young black...

What is the purpose of the Ombudsman?

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the purpose of the Ombudsman?

Dear Editor, Subject: When will the judge rule? When will the Ombudsman report be addressed? I have been following the NBS matter since the CEO & two Managers were first charged in 2007, as well...

My party, the PPP, is guided by the principles of Marxism-Leninism

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My party, the PPP, is guided by the principles of Marxism-Leninism

Dear Editor, There seems to be some confusion generated by some sections of the media regarding the ideological orientation of the PPP, especially since the conclusion of the party’s Congress in...

Plea to build a sporting complex in Region Two

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plea to build a sporting complex in Region Two

Dear Editor, I am calling on the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports and all National Sporting body to raise the bar by developing a modern multipurpose sports complex in Region 2. I am...

GuySuco’s team gets salaries no other country would pay

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco’s team gets salaries no other country would pay

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of January 23rd, 2017 carried a news item titled “Sugar industry should not be a burden to Guyanese taxpayers- Pres. Granger”. In this article, the impression is...

Anil NandLall is wrong in relation to Article 161 of the Constitution

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil NandLall is wrong in relation to Article 161 of the Constitution

Dear Editor, We must revisit the core purpose which inspired the amendments to Article 161 of the Constitution. The opposition parties felt that the successive heads of the Commission were invariably...

Things AFC spoke against, it is now happy with

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Things AFC spoke against, it is now happy with

Dear Editor, Suddenly the AFC has lost its voice in the scheme of things in Guyana. Things that Nagamoottoo and Ramjattan would have railed about are suddenly acceptable to them. Drug bonds fiasco,...

Dialogue between PPP and PNC is in the National Interest

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dialogue between PPP and PNC is in the National Interest

Dear Editor, I should be grateful for the publication of this letter in your newspaper, to encourage an open debate and advocacy again for national consensus and national unity by the main political...

The Constitution allows the President to reject nominees for GECOM’s chairman

Jan 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Constitution allows the President to reject nominees for GECOM’s chairman

Dear Editor, Reading one page of the national constitution daily, after our varying religious devotions would undoubtedly create a more focused and progressive culture in Guyana. Perhaps this is the...

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(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

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(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

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(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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