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City Council unveils $2.8B budget

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Council unveils $2.8B budget

…widens revenue collection with new fees The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday unveiled its 2017 budget under the theme ‘Revitalizing local communities in the context of a green...

GCB donates brush cutter to Bayroc Sports Club

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB donates brush cutter to Bayroc Sports Club

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) countrywide ground preparation assistance continued this week as the Board handed over a Honda Brush Cutter to Bayroc Sports Club in Linden. The brush cutter is...

Fund raising softball set for February 18 at Lusignan

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fund raising softball set for February 18 at Lusignan

The Mon Repos Market Vendors Development Committee (MRMVDC) has embarked on a major fund raising venture set for Saturday February 18, 2017 at Lusignan Community Centre ground. The day’s event...

STSC small goal football on today

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC small goal football on today

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee in collaboration with the Black Stallion Football team 4-a-side small goal football competition which was set for January 29 will now be staged today at Vryheid...

Sonics school UG Trojans in GABA Division I ‘League of Champions’

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sonics school UG Trojans in GABA Division I ‘League of Champions’

Pepsi Sonics schooled University of Guyana Trojans Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the continuation of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League of...

Berbice Volleyball 2017 season serves off today with one day competition at Blairmont

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball 2017 season serves off today with one day competition at Blairmont

After having an outstanding year 2016 and being touted as one of the top sports organisations in Guyana, the Berbice Volleyball Association under the astute leadership of President Levi Nedd has to...

DMLAS on board with GCB for NSSCL

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMLAS on board with GCB for NSSCL

Demerara Mutual and Life Assurance Society (DMLAS) is the most recent company to come on board with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), giving their support to the National Secondary School Cricket...

GVF boss says more to happen for volleyball this year

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF boss says more to happen for volleyball this year

Urges others to follow in BVA footsteps By Samuel Whyte More is in the pipeline for volleyball and its development for 2017. Those were promises made by President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation...

Desmond Dorsett Memorial road race and family fun day…Only road races were possible as the inclement weather takes toll

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Desmond Dorsett Memorial road race and family fun day…Only road races were possible as the inclement weather takes toll

As the rains came in its might only the road race segment were possible at the seventh annual Desmond Dorsett Memorial Road Race classic and fun day slated for last Sunday at the No53 Sports Complex...

Aristotle should be compulsory reading for APNU and the AFC

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Aristotle should be compulsory reading for APNU and the AFC

In Plato’s breath-taking philosophical treatise, THE REPUBLIC, he put the philosophy-king class at the apex of society. He argued that because of their advanced learning, they are better humans...

Wakenaam Stelling rehabilitation completed

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam Stelling rehabilitation completed

Major rehabilitation of the Wakenaam Stelling, Essequibo River, has been completed. According to General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department, Marcelene Merchant, the repairs included 30...

GNBS recertifies Eureka Laboratory

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS recertifies Eureka Laboratory

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recertified the Eureka Medical Laboratory under its Laboratory Certification Programme after the laboratory continued to meet the requirements of the...

US-CARIBBEAN RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on US-CARIBBEAN RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was welcomed in the Caribbean with enthusiasm. Like most people in the Caribbean, he is black and is the first African-American...

Not in any text books

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Not in any text books

Guyanese, wherever they have gone have been respected for their professional achievements. These achievements have been attributed to the standard of education of Guyanese and have helped to develop...

Negligible amount of blood discarded last year – Minister Cummings

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Negligible amount of blood discarded last year – Minister Cummings

…Blood transfusion policy on the cards Blood is crucial to life and the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), the main national Blood Bank, will this year be working to improve its blood...

Red House saga …Govt, Opposition granted time to respond to summons

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Red House saga …Govt, Opposition granted time to respond to summons

The legal battle between the government and the People’s Progressive Party over the Red House came up at the hearing at the High Court, yesterday. Last December, the political opposition moved to...

Guyana to attend preventative chemotherapy meeting

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to attend preventative chemotherapy meeting

Guyana will have a presence when the Eighth Neglected Tropical Disease Strategic Technical Advisory working meeting convenes at the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva,...

Man charged for attempted robbery

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged for attempted robbery

David Bernard, 28, of Lot 121 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown yesterday made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Faith McGusty to answer to the charge of attempt to...

NCN has refused to broadcast our paid political programmes

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN has refused to broadcast our paid political programmes

Dear Editor, When the PPP/C was in government, the PNC opposed the fact that NCN would not carry their ads nor cover their events. They even voted to remove the subsidy from NCN. Now that the PNC-C...

Nowrang Persaud wants EB John to answer his question

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nowrang Persaud wants EB John to answer his question

Dear Editor, I was rather amused (on a more serious note, I should be quite disappointed) when I read the typically exhaustive letter written by Mr. E B John in SN of February 1 and KN of February 2,...

Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association is not our friend

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association is not our friend

Dear Editor, I have been paying keen attention to the call of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) to small miners to protest against the new tax measures imposed by the government....

Donald Ramotar has found his memory on Red House lease

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar has found his memory on Red House lease

Dear Editor, I would like commend former President Donald Ramotar on the sudden recovery of his memory with regard to necessary imprimatur on the Red House ‘lease’. I suppose we can be forgiven...

This country cannot go on being so terribly dirty

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This country cannot go on being so terribly dirty

Dear Editor, This country needs a person with a radical vision to transform the environment from a garbage laden one to a clean and decent place. When the coalition government became a reality, we...

Here are the reasons I’m glad my mom didn’t abort me

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here are the reasons I’m glad my mom didn’t abort me

Dear Editor, On Friday, January 25, 2017, pro-life advocates descended on Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life event. This event reminded me of something my mother said to me. “At least I...

Parking Meters generate revenue for development

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parking Meters generate revenue for development

Dear Editor, The introduction of parking meters in any jurisdiction in the world attracts opposition. Similarly, a vocal minority opposes the establishment of paid parking in Guyana’s capital,...