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Registration extended to Friday for Rising Sun Turf Club meet on July 9

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Registration extended to Friday for Rising Sun Turf Club meet on July 9

The Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women’s Police grand one day horserace meet fixed for this Sunday, July 9 at the Rising Sun West Coast, Berbice track, will...

Graham’s Hall overcome Winfer Garden’s

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Graham’s Hall overcome Winfer Garden’s

Graham’s Hall defeated Winfer Gardens by nine wickets when the National Sports Commission Ministry of Education AL Sport and Tour Promotions 20th Annual Primary Schools Day/Night Windball Cricket...

GCB female inter county U19 T20 bowls off tomorrow

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB female inter county U19 T20 bowls off tomorrow

The Guyana Cricket Board female inter county U19 T20 tournament will commence tomorrow at the Everest Cricket Club. In the opening round, Essequibo will take on Demerara at 09:00hrs and Berbice will...

A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

The decision of the government to hold a Commission of Inquiry into an alleged plot to assassinate the President is an insult to Guyana’s law enforcement agencies. It is also a waste of money. A...

DROWNING IN DEBT

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DROWNING IN DEBT

At the CARICOM Heads of State Conference which is underway, several leaders of the region are extremely concerned about the fact that the countries of the Caribbean, including Guyana, are suffering...

Deliberate ploy afoot to malign University of Guyana – Vice Chancellor

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deliberate ploy afoot to malign University of Guyana – Vice Chancellor

“Some people actually think they are helping the university but they have been maligning the image of the University.” This is the informed observation of Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw...

Labour Department to conciliate concerns of East Demerara Workers

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Department to conciliate concerns of East Demerara Workers

– Agri. Minister unaware of workers’ plight but Union claims otherwise A plethora of concerns affecting workers of the East Demerara Conservancy is slated to shortly gain the attention of the...

Spending new money in an old political culture

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Spending new money in an old political culture

Never underestimate the political education of the masses in Guyana. I don’t know about other CARICOM countries because I haven’t lived long enough in any of them to ascertain the political...

Public corruption, oil curse symposiums to begin today

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public corruption, oil curse symposiums to begin today

The Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA) in collaboration with the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA) will host two one-day special symposiums: “Public Corruption and the Oil...

NGO focuses on preventing child sexual abuse

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NGO focuses on preventing child sexual abuse

Few people may realize the extent to which child sexual abuse, including child rape, incest and sexual assault, exist in our Guyana. Child rape and incest transcend race, class, ethnicity and...

Shooting outside Wings and Things bar…Victim testifies he was drinking whisky, feeling nice

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shooting outside Wings and Things bar…Victim testifies he was drinking whisky, feeling nice

Martin Atwell, who was allegedly shot thrice by a former policeman outside the Wings and Things Bar on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, said that prior to the shooting he was drinking Johnny Walker Double...

Miner remanded for raping five-year-old

Jul 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for raping five-year-old

A miner yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly raping a five-year-old family member. Twenty-nine-year-old Elroy...

Shop owner charged for illegal ammo

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shop owner charged for illegal ammo

A businessman yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for having in his possession, ammunition without being the holder of a firearm...

Who was the greatest cricketer-Bradman or Sobers?

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who was the greatest cricketer-Bradman or Sobers?

Dear Editor, Cricket is simply the lifeblood of the Caribbean, and its greatest adhesive force. C.L.R. James, the renowned cricket scholar, in his work “Cricket in West Indian Culture,” at, p 119...

Suggestions for confronting corruption in Guyana

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for confronting corruption in Guyana

Dear Editor, My friend, Peter Outar Singh is a racecar driver in the US. He has built his own racecars and won races against formidable competition. Guyana honored Peter by inviting him to “help”...

The loss of power has mentally affected Bharrat Jagdeo

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The loss of power has mentally affected Bharrat Jagdeo

Dear Editor, I am not a psychologist, I do not pretend to be one neither do I dream of becoming one. However, when I look at persons around me, be it, parents, children, colleagues, I conclude that...

Government had degutted the Ministry of Education

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government had degutted the Ministry of Education

Dear Editor, Recently we witnessed the removal of Dr. Rupert Roopnarine as Minister of Education, and the installation of Nicolette Henry as the new Education Minister. Many Guyanese, including the...

GuySuCo’s Human Resource Director is talking nonsense

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s Human Resource Director is talking nonsense

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr. E.B. John in of July 1 2017 where he referred to the factory at Skeldon as a “failed computerized elephantine factory”. Editor, Mr. John’s utterances...

The police must investigate this man’s murder

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police must investigate this man’s murder

Dear Editor, The police in many hinterland regions are not doing the work they are being paid to do. In Region1 (Barima-Waini) in the Mabaruma sub-region a pensioner by the name of Eustace Marcellino...

Sugar, too big to fall, has fallen

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar, too big to fall, has fallen

Dear Editor, I am astounded by the fact that this Government can peddle inaccurate information without verifying the truthfulness of a statement which appeared in the press to the effect that the...

CARICOM needs to do more for the region and its people

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARICOM needs to do more for the region and its people

Dear Editor, On Monday last, July 3, Guyanese joined with the rest of Caricom nationals to observe Caricom Day. This is a good time to reflect on the progress we have made since the signing of the...

Today is the anniversary of Sun Chapman tragedy

Jul 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Today is the anniversary of Sun Chapman tragedy

Dear Editor, Today, 53 years have passed since that fateful day when more than forty (40) of Linden’s own were massacred on the Demerara River as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch at...

Republic Bank morning raid goes wrong…Bandit killed, rogue bank employee shot

Jul 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank morning raid goes wrong…Bandit killed, rogue bank employee shot

– Dead man had a university degree Shock, anger and disbelief were some of the emotions expressed yesterday when three educated young men with good professions were identified as the...

Root out corruption, jail offenders before oil starts pumping- Dr. David Hinds

Jul 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Root out corruption, jail offenders before oil starts pumping- Dr. David Hinds

“We know that under the PPP government corruption on the ground was encouraged and that is something that this government has to move very resolutely to root out.”- Dr. David Hinds In the...

US-based fugitive, Marcus Bisram, arrested in Queens

Jul 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US-based fugitive, Marcus Bisram, arrested in Queens

More than eight months after a brutal killing and cover-up in Berbice that shocked the nation, a US-based Guyanese man was yesterday arrested in Rockaway, Queens, New York by police and marshals....

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more