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Corriverton aiming to be independent of central govt. funding

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Corriverton aiming to be independent of central govt. funding

The township of Corriverton in East Berbice, Corentyne, is aiming to become a municipality which does not have to depend solely on funding from Central Government. This is expected to be achieved by...

Ex Speed boat racer donates Boat to Bartica Regatta

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ex Speed boat racer donates Boat to Bartica Regatta

Pat Holder says thanks for being able to race there for 55 years By Sean Devers At 83, veteran Motor Bike and Boat racer is still pregnant with unbridled passion for the two sports he loves and was...

Carib Beer GCA t20 division one cricket…GDF shoot down GYO as Ramdeen takes hat-trick

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer GCA t20 division one cricket…GDF shoot down GYO as Ramdeen takes hat-trick

Jacobs gives MSC exciting last over win over Everest By Sean Devers Host Malteenoes squeezed past Everest by five wickets in a last over drama, while the Army ambushed GYO by 69 runs at DCC in latest...

Convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder beaten by fellow inmates

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder beaten by fellow inmates

– placed in isolation for safety It’s been just three days into his 10-year jail term, but prison officials have already had to isolate convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder from other irate...

Arrow Point Resort sponsors 8th Prize in GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arrow Point Resort sponsors 8th Prize in GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

The Guyana Cricket Board recently announced the launching of its grand fund raising 75th Anniversary Raffle in aid of youth and female cricket development and Arrow Point Resort has handed over their...

Father Andrew Morrison…The Jesuit priest who pioneered investigative journalism in Guyana

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father Andrew Morrison…The Jesuit priest who pioneered investigative journalism in Guyana

By Freddie Kissoon I got a telephone call from Michael Jordan, one of the senior editors at this newspaper. He said: “Freddie, how many of our journalists at Kaieteur News know about Father...

Providence win Supligen /Bel Air Lions Domino Tournament

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Providence win Supligen /Bel Air Lions Domino Tournament

Providence with 76 games came home ahead of Mix up on 64 and All Seasons in the cellar on 60 to emerge winners of the recently staged Bel Air Lions / Supligen Domino Competition. Played at the Lions...

West Indies, Pakistan arrive today for Guyana leg of tour

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies, Pakistan arrive today for Guyana leg of tour

As West Indies and Pakistan concluded their T20 series yesterday, the Caribbean tour by Pakistan now turns to the three (3) One Day Internationals slated for Guyana, at the National Stadium,...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Quarter-final fixtures released

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Quarter-final fixtures released

Fixtures have been released for the quarter-finals of this year’s Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition which resumes tomorrow night, at the National Gymnasium. However, before the start...

Death of a ten year old in Guyana

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Death of a ten year old in Guyana

As recent as last week, this newspaper carried a letter in which I was advised not to write so negatively about life in Guyana. I wrote a column in response documenting unchanging existence in this...

Bartica youths graduate as heavy duty operators

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica youths graduate as heavy duty operators

Twenty five youths from Bartica recently completed a six month Board of Industrial Training (BIT) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection. Heavy Duty Equipment Operator Officer, Earl...

UG, Theatre Guild remember Nobel laureate, Derek Walcott

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG, Theatre Guild remember Nobel laureate, Derek Walcott

He died leaving behind a legacy through poems and plays. Born on January 23, 1930 in Castries, St. Lucia Derek Walcott passed away on March 17, in his homeland reportedly after a period of illness....

First Lady participates in Autism Awareness walk

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady participates in Autism Awareness walk

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger yesterday joined the Step by Step Foundation and Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, in their annual ‘Light it up Blue’ Autism Awareness Walk. The Foundation also...

Sheep rustlers frustrate WBD farmers

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sheep rustlers frustrate WBD farmers

Sheep farmers on the West Bank of Demerara are no longer comfortable doing business. At least three persons have come forward to complain of losing dozens of sheep at a time. Altogether, they have...

A OR F GRADE IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A OR F GRADE IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE

It is not easy to assess the performance of the government which has been in office for only 20 months, so for the president to award an “A” grade to his cabinet is far from reality. No...

This sentence for ganja possession is inhumane

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This sentence for ganja possession is inhumane

Dear Editor, I write on the recent case in which a 23-year-old woman was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months imprisonment plus a fine of $159,000 after being found guilty of possession of 4 grams of...

KaMaatic Therapies Institute accords professorship on Vincent Alexander

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on KaMaatic Therapies Institute accords professorship on Vincent Alexander

Dear Editor, Please be informed that on Sunday May 5, 2017 the title of Professor will be conferred upon Vincent Alexander. This is not an Honorary Title, but an earned Academic Title. The...

Here is why the current Vice Chancellor of UG was employed

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here is why the current Vice Chancellor of UG was employed

Dear Editor, The decision to raise tuition fees at the University of Guyana by a whopping 35% is a part of the shameful project to neo-liberalize the university. This is not something peculiar to...

A dispute between a sitting judge and the country’s Attorney-General

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A dispute between a sitting judge and the country’s Attorney-General

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to make some comments on the recent situation involving a sitting judge of the High Court and the country’s Attorney General. It would seem that the lawyer’s...

Why is our Govt. using imported pine wood?

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is our Govt. using imported pine wood?

Dear Editor, The logging community has been sitting in silence for years now whilst the importers of pine lumber are pushing the local lumber producers into extinction. We the organized...

The confession of Minister Bulkan on the parking meters

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The confession of Minister Bulkan on the parking meters

Dear Editor, The Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, defiantly confessed in a brazen statement that paid parking is a fact of life in Georgetown. This is despite the suspension of the by-laws by...

PPP believes in inclusivity and invites Guyanese into its fold

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP believes in inclusivity and invites Guyanese into its fold

Dear Editor, Many persons in the Civic component of the PPP/C joined the partnership because we recognized that the PPP is an all-inclusive Party where all members are treated as part of an extended...

Both the PNC and PPP are masters at scare tactics

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Both the PNC and PPP are masters at scare tactics

Dear Editor, The politicians in Guyana have mastered the art of scaring the citizenry of this country into submission and brutalizing them. This autocratic, devilish, political ‘bully-ism’ began...

Does the current GFF Constitution include for a ground Committee?

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the current GFF Constitution include for a ground Committee?

Dear Editor, Constitutional articulation and its strict adherence was always the catalyst towards determining the progress that was reflective of meaningful governance, in its true sense of where the...

The absence of the Local Government Commission is a calamity

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The absence of the Local Government Commission is a calamity

Dear Editor, The blatant disregard by the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown to advice given to it by the government, in the form of the concerns expressed by the Ministries of Finance...

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