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No Guyanese in Windies women’s team an indictment on local female cricket structure

May 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on No Guyanese in Windies women’s team an indictment on local female cricket structure

Says Sean Devers The news that no Guyanese were selected on the West Indies Women’s team for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in England next month is a serious indictment to the structure and...

History of the Guyana National Rifle Association – Part One

May 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on History of the Guyana National Rifle Association – Part One

The Guyana National Rifle Association (Guyana NRA) would be celebrating its 150th anniversary in October (9th -15th) this year with the hosting of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships at...

Kunusasha Medas-King shines at Roy Wilkins Invitational

May 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kunusasha Medas-King shines at Roy Wilkins Invitational

Ever since she officially burst onto the scene at the Armory Youth Jamboree with her mother as her coach, Kunusasha Medas-King showed why she would be an athlete to watch. Like her sister Kcaysha who...

Book review… Advice for daily living

May 14, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book review… Advice for daily living

Book: Poetry from The Rose of Sharon: Divine Thoughts and Inspirations for Living Well Author: Sharon Parris-Chambers Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby The thirst for inspiration is inexhaustible and the...

Mother of murdered fisherman seeks public help with finding killers

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of murdered fisherman seeks public help with finding killers

With her son’s first death anniversary approaching, the mother of murdered fisherman, Salman Khan, is pleading with the public for assistance with capturing his killers. During a televised...

Many contractors non-responsive because of simple lapses – Communities Ministry

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Many contractors non-responsive because of simple lapses – Communities Ministry

– 7 projects re-tendered It appears that contractors vying for state projects are suffering because of simple things like not submitting required documents. The Ministry of Communities...

Guyana to learn from Brazil’s school feeding programmes, family farming

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to learn from Brazil’s school feeding programmes, family farming

Representatives from Guyana and twelve other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will be in Vitória, Brazil from May 16 to 18, to learn about the Brazilian experience of School Feeding...

Gunmen who executed 007 taxi driver have vanished into thin air – Detective says

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen who executed 007 taxi driver have vanished into thin air – Detective says

When 007 taxi driver Oswald Rambarran was executed on the night of September 11, last, investigators were provided with the names of two persons, who they were informed might have been responsible...

COTED Confabulation…CARICOM Heads concerned about non-implementation of some council decisions – SG

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COTED Confabulation…CARICOM Heads concerned about non-implementation of some council decisions – SG

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government are concerned that some of their decisions have not been complied with. This message was conveyed by the community’s Secretary-General, Irwin...

Defunct Hosororo Hydropower Plant to be resuscitated

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Defunct Hosororo Hydropower Plant to be resuscitated

As Guyana continues its pursuit in alternative clean energy in the region, Government through the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has completed a feasibility study to resuscitate the defunct Hosororo...

Interesting Creatures… The Southern Tamandua

May 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Southern Tamandua

The Southern Tamandua, also called a collared anteater, or lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla), is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from...

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

Everyone should celebrate Mother’s Day in honour of their mothers and to thank them for all their love and support. Every human being on earth has a mother and Mother’s love is unconditional....

Lady or Tiger (Inside the heart of a woman)

May 14, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lady or Tiger (Inside the heart of a woman)

By Dennis Nichols It’s Mother’s Day, and love’s finest maternal themes will reign for at least twenty-four hours. Along with flowers and exquisite dinners, mothers and motherhood will be put on...

Police E Division honours 105 year old mother

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police E Division honours 105 year old mother

Mother’s Day being a special day, E Division Commander Senior. Superintendent Fazil Karimbaskh, visited and honoured the oldest person in the Region and possibly the country, 105-year-old...

Four years for man who threw ganja over prison fence

May 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Four years for man who threw ganja over prison fence

Raymond Mark, the man who threw two bulky potato bags containing marijuana over the Camp Street Prison walls, was on Friday sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by City Magistrate Leron Daly after...

Businessman slapped with fraud related charges

May 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman slapped with fraud related charges

A business man was on Friday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with three counts of fraud related charges. Ranford...

Pork knocker allegedly butchers co-worker

May 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pork knocker allegedly butchers co-worker

Investigators are hunting for a pork knocker who allegedly butchered hic co-worker and stole his employer’s gold mats at BK Old Road Backdam, Potaro Rover. The incident occurred some time between...

Improving Financial Literacy is Essential to Guyana’s Economic Health

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Improving Financial Literacy is Essential to Guyana’s Economic Health

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana We live in an economic time when money is short and everyone is trying to find a way to do more with less. So now is a good time to reflect on the...

Inglorious Empire: Parallels of Indian and West Indian exploitation

May 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Inglorious Empire: Parallels of Indian and West Indian exploitation

By Sir Ronald Sanders The yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires of Britain during the BREXIT campaign. Those...

EXXONMOBIL responds to UG engineering students

May 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on EXXONMOBIL responds to UG engineering students

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s affiliate in Guyana, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) wishes to respond to a letter titled: “Was a feasibility study done for this Crab Island...

THIS GOVERNMENT IS PRO-UNION

May 14, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THIS GOVERNMENT IS PRO-UNION

(Last week we published a section of the speech delivered to the nation’s workers on Labour Day by Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Raphael Trotman for the Government of Guyana. Today we...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with parked truck

May 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after colliding with parked truck

A 27-year-old rice farmer of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice is now dead following a collision at Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice on Thursday. The dead man has been identified as...

Explanation to the eleven UG students on the Crab Island facility

May 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Explanation to the eleven UG students on the Crab Island facility

Dear Editor, A letter published in your newspaper on May 13, 2017 by University of Guyana students on the feasibility of an on-shore base and other matters relating to the Government of...

Five questions for PPP Parliamentarian, Harry Gill

May 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Five questions for PPP Parliamentarian, Harry Gill

Dear Editor, Please allow me to reply to an article that appeared in the letters column in the Sunday Kaieteur News, May 7th, 2017 under the caption “This Regional Councillor was dismissed from...

I see a third party coming and it will be successful

May 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I see a third party coming and it will be successful

Dear Editor, I am not an intellectual but I consider myself acquainted with what goes on in the world because I do keep abreast with the news. World news is my daily diet. I was about to send this...

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DDL signs new 5-year collective labour agreement with unions

DDL signs new 5-year collective labour agreement with unions

L-R Outgoing HR Director Ms. Moneeta Singh-Bird; General Secretary of the GLU, Mr. Carvil Duncan; Chairman of the... more