February 2017

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Colts top GABA Division I, U-23 ‘League of Champions’

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts top GABA Division I, U-23 ‘League of Champions’

National Basketball Champions, Bounty Colts won both the Division I and Under-23 titles of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League of Champions’, wrapping up the Division I...

Sparta Boss win New Era Clash of Champions at MSC Hard court

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sparta Boss win New Era Clash of Champions at MSC Hard court

The New Entertainment/Eyefull Entertainment, Stag Beer Futsal Clash of the Champions at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard court saw Sparta Boss defeating Dave and Celena’s Hustlers 13-12 in a close...

Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Finalists will be decided this evening at GFC

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Finalists will be decided this evening at GFC

-Guyana’s future stars will be on display Which two teams will make it to the final of this year’s Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition will be known this evening following the...

National U-18 basketball team depart for IBF 3X3 Finals

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U-18 basketball team depart for IBF 3X3 Finals

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) qualified to participate in the International Basketball Federation (IBF) Lesser Antilles 3X3 Finals in St. Lucia, February 25-27 and as such a...

Letter to the Sports Editor…DCC Members respond

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…DCC Members respond

Dear Editor, In the interest of balance we, members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) would like to respond to an article by Royston Alkins captioned – DCC members up in arms over non-staging...

Bartica Flag Raising ceremony…Minister Norton appeals for all to work together

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica Flag Raising ceremony…Minister Norton appeals for all to work together

Dubbed as the largest crowd ever in the mining community of Bartica to witness a flag raising ceremony, thousands of residents from Bartica and its environs turned out to see the cultural programme...

GPHC needs Action Plan to revise standards and procedures – Public Health Minister

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC needs Action Plan to revise standards and procedures – Public Health Minister

Addressing administrative gaps and filling pertinent vacancies at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be among the mandated task of the recently installed Board of Directors....

Job losses will hurt the working class

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Job losses will hurt the working class

The job situation just got worse. The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company is reported to be in the process of laying off 120 workers, over an extended period. Then on top of this we have an...

Berbice appeals, ‘Save rice and sugar’ at flag-raising

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice appeals, ‘Save rice and sugar’ at flag-raising

The 47th Republican anniversary celebrations were ushered in Wednesday evening with several flag raising ceremonies across Guyana. Region Six on Wednesday hosted the Flag-Raising Ceremony on the...

“Social cohesion needs to be promoted in Region Two”… Minister Norton

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Social cohesion needs to be promoted in Region Two”… Minister Norton

Dr. George Norton, made his first visit as the Minister of Social Cohesion, to the Essequibo Coast on Wednesday; he featured at a public meeting at the Cotton Field Secondary School in which the...

New GNBA board urged to make compliancy a priority

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New GNBA board urged to make compliancy a priority

Days after announcing a new Board of Director for the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), a six-person group was sworn in Wednesday evening by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. The event...

Mashramani 2017 blows hot and cold

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani 2017 blows hot and cold

The large crowds that are usually synonymous with Mashramani celebration were absent this year as many stayed away from the Mash route. As the day’s activity commenced the streets were void of the...

Inter-Ministerial taskforce set up to address Baramita social issues

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-Ministerial taskforce set up to address Baramita social issues

The government has established an inter-Ministerial taskforce to address social issues of alcoholism, sexual and domestic abuse, and suicide that are plaguing Baramita, in the Matarkai sub-District,...

Guyana inks US$4M agreement with India for drainage, irrigation pumps

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana inks US$4M agreement with India for drainage, irrigation pumps

The Government of Guyana and the Export-Import Bank of India in Washington, D.C inked an agreement on Wednesday for the provision of drainage and irrigation pumps. Signing on behalf of Guyana was...

Linden arm of Critchlow Labour College to be resuscitated

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden arm of Critchlow Labour College to be resuscitated

…Classes to begin in March The newly elected executive of the Guyana Trades Union Congress which came into being on November 13, 2016 recently visited Linden for a three-day outreach which ended...

UG to open a new school

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG to open a new school

Vice Chancellor wants to raise tuition Talks of tuition increase and a new campus being built were among things discussed on Wednesday last as the University of Guyana concluded the first phase of a...

Families, friends congregate for the Mash tradition

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Families, friends congregate for the Mash tradition

After there was no Mashramani parade last year, lovers of the celebration were hoping that this year would be bigger and better. But, to their dissatisfaction, the spectacle that was the previous...

STEMMING THE MIGRATION FLOW

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on STEMMING THE MIGRATION FLOW

The importance of education cannot be stated enough in Guyana. It is a self-enlightening process that is crucial to the overall development of an individual and society at large. Education provides...

Is President Granger falling down?

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

It is my opinion that the Mayor of Georgetown and the Town Clerk are either disrespectful of the President of the Republic or they are ignoring all his post 2015 exhortations on democracy because...

Nigerian gets 40 years jail for credit card fraud

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nigerian gets 40 years jail for credit card fraud

A Nigerian National was handed a 40 years jail sentence after pleading guilty to 10 charges in relation to frauding a travel agency of close to $3M. The custodial sentence was handed down Wednesday...

Police find large quantity of illegal items in New Amsterdam Prison raid

Feb 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police find large quantity of illegal items in New Amsterdam Prison raid

The police in Berbice and ranks of the Guyana Prison Service conducted a surprise raid on the New Amsterdam prison on Wednesday. Among the items seized were 10 cell phones, seven phone chargers, 22...

‘Kitchen Cat’ gets 12 months

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Kitchen Cat’ gets 12 months

A man who is no stranger to the Magistrates at the Georgetown Magistrates Courts and who seems to enjoy being handcuffed and shackled and escorted by police officers was Wednesday sentenced to 12...

Anil Nandlall refers to the Attorney General Chambers as a circus

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil Nandlall refers to the Attorney General Chambers as a circus

Dear Editor, Judicial Review is that area of the law which allows for a citizen who is aggrieved by the act or omission of any public officer, including Ministers of Government, any public authority...

Confiscation of private property without Due Process is unconstitutional

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The proposed SARU bill has been presented to the Guyanese people as an attempt to “recover illicitly obtained assets with the primary objective of reducing the consequential damaging...

NEW BIRD FLU ALERT; GUYANA MUST BE ON GUARD

Feb 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NEW BIRD FLU ALERT; GUYANA MUST BE ON GUARD

Dear Editor, The World Health Organization is monitoring new outbreaks of Avian Influenza (bird flu) among poultry populations in several countries. Since November, the WHO has documented bird flu...

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