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King Medas-Pansy Adonis Classic to highlight young athletes

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on King Medas-Pansy Adonis Classic to highlight young athletes

The Organisers of the 2017 Edition of the King Medas-Pansy Adonis Classic, which is fixed for December 14 to 17 at the Paradise Community Centre on the East Coast, Demerara, has announced the dates...

GCB child protection courses commence today

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB child protection courses commence today

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be hosting a number of Cricket West Indies /UNICEF Child Protection Courses across the country beginning today at the GCB boardroom. The Child Protection Courses...

Regal Depart for NYSCL Independence and Legends Cup

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Depart for NYSCL Independence and Legends Cup

Defending champions Regal All Stars and Regal Masters departed yesterday for the United States of America where they will look to retain the New York Softball Cricket League Independence and Legends...

Guyana Draughts Association 51st Independence tourney ends

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Draughts Association 51st Independence tourney ends

Steve Bacchus is champion The Guyana Draughts Association 51st Independence Anniversary tournament concluded last Sunday at the National Gymnasium. Games were contested for the senior Draughts...

Letter to the Sports Editor…AAG says it’s not bankrupt

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…AAG says it’s not bankrupt

Dear Sports Editor, The Athletics Association of Guyana has found it prudent to respond to the widespread falsehood contained in an article in the Kaieteur News and penned by reporter Edison Jefford....

BCB starts female U-19 training programme

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB starts female U-19 training programme

Smartt conducting sessions The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has commenced the identification of U-19 females who are interested in playing competitive cricket and have implemented systems for them to...

TEACHING ENGLISH IS CHALLENGING

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TEACHING ENGLISH IS CHALLENGING

As the school year winds down, the nation’s teachers should be praised for their extraordinary commitment and dedication in shaping the lives and sharpening the minds of our children. And while...

Two Justices of the Peace sworn in

Jun 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two Justices of the Peace sworn in

Two Justices of the Peace (JPs) were sworn in last week Wednesday by Magistrate Rhondel Weever. Ms. Renae McCalman and Ms. Patricia Lynch, in the Fort Wellington Magistrate Court, West Coast Berbice...

Bail for 187 pounds of cocaine; no bail for 2 pounds

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bail for 187 pounds of cocaine; no bail for 2 pounds

I believe accused persons before the court should be granted bail, with one exception – in violent robberies or rape. The victim may be terrorized, and if such a circumstance could be proven, then...

A trained counselor should have been at this rescue mission

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A trained counselor should have been at this rescue mission

Dear Editor, It is important to the wellbeing of our society that the media highlight social issues such as child sexual exploitation and abuse. Increased awareness of this scourge may prompt those...

18 months for simple larceny

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 18 months for simple larceny

Kishore Lall, 49 of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday made an appearance before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he pleaded guilty to a simple larceny...

Simone Hackett murder PI …Aunt testifies to identifying corpse

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Simone Hackett murder PI …Aunt testifies to identifying corpse

Shelly Greene, the aunt of Simone Hackett – the woman who was found dead with her throat slit in a canal at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown – testified that she identified the body of...

The post office is calling Mr. Mohamed Khan to make contact

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The post office is calling Mr. Mohamed Khan to make contact

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation would be grateful for publication in your newspaper of this letter. The GPO wishes to respond to Mr. Mohamed Khan’s letter published in the June 23,...

Region 5 chairman misleading residents

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 5 chairman misleading residents

Dear Editor, I am very concerned about the misinformation being peddled by the Chairman of Region 5 over the past few months. I am amazed at the manner in which this man would mislead the residents,...

Clement Rohee denies the State paid rent for him

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clement Rohee denies the State paid rent for him

Dear Editor, I write referring to your ‘DEM BOYS SEH…’ edition in K/N of June 28, 2017 headlined ‘ Soulja Bai walking in Jagdeo Kakish footsteps.’ In the said story it states; “He...

City Council warns land lease holders to pay up

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council warns land lease holders to pay up

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council wishes to advise all those individuals who have leased lands and other facilities from the council to ensure that they settle their accounts for those leases...

GAWU and the PPP contributed to the crises in the sugar industry

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GAWU and the PPP contributed to the crises in the sugar industry

Dear Editor, I resigned my position at GuySuCo since I do not want to be associated with disaster. Also the fact is that I have never been a hypocrite and cannot just start to praise a system which...

Large sums spent on drainage yet the drains still clogged

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Large sums spent on drainage yet the drains still clogged

Dear Editor, I saw recently in the press that the Georgetown municipality has spent some $150m for the drainage works here in the city prior to the rainy season. I can take persons on a tour of the...

We remind the APNU that the CoI never recommended estate closure

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We remind the APNU that the CoI never recommended estate closure

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) having read the APNU column – ‘Facing reality GUYSUCO’– which appeared in the June 25, 2017 Kaieteur News, finds it...

The Clerk of the National Assembly explains

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Clerk of the National Assembly explains

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article titled, “Cap on Ministers’ housing allowance was increased to $500,000 in 2015″ in yesterday’ issue of one of the daily newspapers. From the...

Sugar workers have rights and the right to be responsible

Jun 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar workers have rights and the right to be responsible

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) would like to respond to Mr. Seepaul Narine’s letters which were published in the Kaieteur News on 24 June, 2017 – ‘GuySuCo is a wolf in...

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The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more