March 2017

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GFF PLANS EXTRA FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ASSOCIATIONS – FORDE

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF PLANS EXTRA FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ASSOCIATIONS – FORDE

Georgetown: The Guyana Football Federation is drawing up plans to provide extra financial support to its nine member associations to help with running costs and salaries so that football can have a...

Phagwah celebrations 2017

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah celebrations 2017

PPP rewards Niles for yeomen service

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on PPP rewards Niles for yeomen service

Contested all 20 Cheddi Jagan Memorial races on the West Dem. One of the most consistent cyclists in Guyana from his teenage days participating as an upright competitor and even now as a veteran,...

A transformative project on the rise for Paramakatoi

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A transformative project on the rise for Paramakatoi

By: Kiana Wilburg For years, the people of Paramakatoi, Region Nine, were reliant on various “monetary” programmes for their upkeep. But these only succeeded in steering them away from a firm...

Petra Futsal opens tonight with six matches

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Futsal opens tonight with six matches

The Petra Organisation Futsal Competition will kick-off this evening with six games scheduled in the knockout phase, at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. In the first encounter from 19:30...

Rise in number of female security guards a worrying trend

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rise in number of female security guards a worrying trend

– Women rights activists It is no secret that women have been dominating the private security sector. While some may see this as an achievement, in the sense that women have been able to invade...

Divestment of sugar estates to produce seed paddy will add to surplus

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Divestment of sugar estates to produce seed paddy will add to surplus

– PPP MP slams ‘short-sighted’ measure Producing seed paddy as part of its divestment programme for the Guyana Sugar Corporation will add to the surplus of the product locally as there is...

Fireworks expected on the Corentyne highway today

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fireworks expected on the Corentyne highway today

It is expected to be fireworks from the start and a ding dong battle is in the making as all is set for the fourth annual Benjamin Cycle road race. The event, which is being sponsored by overseas...

Berbice U19 Volleyball team suffers mixed fortune so far in Trinidad

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice U19 Volleyball team suffers mixed fortune so far in Trinidad

The touring Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Squad although experiencing mixed fortunes on the trip to Trinidad so far, has impressed most of those who have seen them play. The team is under the...

Regal Sports Softball rescheduled for March 26

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports Softball rescheduled for March 26

The Regal Sport softball tournament that was scheduled to commence on March 19 will now bowl off on March 26. The tournament will be contested in the Open and Over-45 categories with the Open being...

Don’t throw powder and water in the eyes of history

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Don’t throw powder and water in the eyes of history

When I was conversing in the kitchen with my wife and daughter yesterday about the danger of educated minds being bigoted, I had no idea that I would be doing this subject today. We were talking...

Teen shot twice in minibus

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot twice in minibus

A nineteen year old man is now hospitalised after he was shot twice Saturday night while travelling in a route 41 minibus. Leon Blake of Lot WW3 North East La Penitence, Georgetown was shot to the...

Domestic violence survivors share their stories

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence survivors share their stories

– at Women’s Rights March By: Feona Morrison There were placards and chants galore as the Student Society Against Human Rights Violation (SSAHR) last Saturday participated in a march, held in...

Women and Gender Equality Commission decries ‘inappropriate,’ ‘degrading’music

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Women and Gender Equality Commission decries ‘inappropriate,’ ‘degrading’music

“We are fed a diet of garbage that is euphemistically music…” There have been many attempts over the years, in almost every part of the world, to censor songs that have been deemed...

Lack of financial resources stalls works on Kitty Market

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of financial resources stalls works on Kitty Market

Restoration works on the Kitty Market have been stalled again due to a lack of financial resources. This is according to Patricia Chase-Greene, Mayor of Georgetown. She did not give a date as to when...

Lawsuit over misappropriation of $32M…Bar Association President denies claims, says she could not locate Plaintiff

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lawsuit over misappropriation of $32M…Bar Association President denies claims, says she could not locate Plaintiff

President of the Guyana Bar Association, Gem Sandford-Johnson, has denied claims that she allegedly misappropriated funds acquired from the sale of a property belonging to US-based Guyanese Elsa...

Plot to kill Rose Hall Town businessman…Jamaican placed in custody

Mar 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Plot to kill Rose Hall Town businessman…Jamaican placed in custody

Commander of B Division, Ian Amsterdam, has confirmed that the Jamaican national for whom the police were on the hunt returned to Guyana on Saturday and was immediately arrested at Moleson Creek. He...

Amerindian groups take issue with the Lands Commission

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindian groups take issue with the Lands Commission

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned organizations write to express our deep concern in relation to the Lands Commission. From various public pronouncements and as part of the stakeholder interest...

Confusion and Obfuscation

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Confusion and Obfuscation

If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began announcing new tax measures or if the Ministry of Health suddenly decided that it would assume responsibility for the rice and sugar industries, there would...

This impending legislation threatens my rights

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This impending legislation threatens my rights

Dear Editor, I am writing in protest of action to be taken by the APNU/AFC Coalition Government, which I believe threatens my rights and freedoms as a Guyanese citizen without any form of...

Govt. should consult widely on VAT on private tuition fees

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Govt. should consult widely on VAT on private tuition fees

Dear Editor, The providers of private education are contributing sacrificially and efficiently to the education of a large number of students i.e. young people of this nation and have been doing so...

The oppressive behaviour of the City Council enforcers

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The oppressive behaviour of the City Council enforcers

Dear Editor, I parked along Robb Street, and went into a store for about 3-5 minutes, came back out to see Smart City Solutions and a City Constable about to boot my wheel. I told them there was no...

Minister Harmon is insulting the Guyanese people

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Harmon is insulting the Guyanese people

Dear Editor; The statement from Minister Joe Harmon that APNU+AFC is awaiting greater input from the citizens of Guyana before this government pronounces on the parking contract is incredulous. It is...

The SOCU exercise is not law-based but politically driven

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The SOCU exercise is not law-based but politically driven

Dear Editor, It is my firm opinion that the SOCU questioning of former PPP Ministers and former President Jagdeo has nothing to do with law and the administration of justice. It is a purely political...

Canada’s attitude to domestic workers from the Caribbean in the 20th century

Mar 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Canada’s attitude to domestic workers from the Caribbean in the 20th century

Dear Editor, This is a follow up to my letter of February 7 in KN, titled, “February is Black History Month.” I examined in that letter Canada’s Domestic Foreign Workers Programme. I now...

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

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(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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