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Sponsors continue support for Guyana Cup horserace Meet at Rising Sun August 13

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sponsors continue support for Guyana Cup horserace Meet at Rising Sun August 13

More sponsors have been coming onboard for the Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting on August 13th at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice starting at 11:30am. The 11th edition of the Jumbo...

Lady Jags getting ready for CONCACAF Caribbean Female U17 Qualifiers

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags getting ready for CONCACAF Caribbean Female U17 Qualifiers

Land of Many Waters face Land of Flying Fish next Wednesday at Leonora Guyana’s Under-17 Lady Jags will take center stage next Wednesday evening from 17:00hrs at the National Track and Field...

First ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship set for Aug. 24 start

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on First ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship set for Aug. 24 start

The Guinness / Three Peat Promotions first ever Guinness Cage Indoor Championship is set to commence on Thursday, August 24, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. According to a release from the...

LABA/MSC Open championship bounces off tonight

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/MSC Open championship bounces off tonight

Top ranked clubs battle as Jets face Royals, Raiders collide with Bulls The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will stage its senior tournament, the LABA/MSC Open championship from tonight...

RHTY&SC congratulates members on National Selection

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates members on National Selection

– Proud of its Cricket Development Programme The Management and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, would like to congratulate all of its members who are preparing to...

Zorg to host cricket camp from August 7

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zorg to host cricket camp from August 7

As part of cricket development on the Essequibo Coast, Zorg Sports Club will be hosting a camp for U15 males and females from August 7-11. Students will be tutored on the basics in the various...

DCC camp set to commence on August 7

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC camp set to commence on August 7

Demerara Cricket Club will be hosting a cricket camp starting on August 7 for males and females between the ages of 7-17. The 15-day camp will commence at 09:00hrs and conclude at 15:00hrs each day....

More than 500 matters pass through Legal Aid Clinic annually

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 500 matters pass through Legal Aid Clinic annually

…but hinterland reach limited, says Managing Attorney In excess of 500 matters are dealt with by the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic on an annual basis. These matters include: divorce, custody cases,...

The Hindu wedding ceremony: Time to change

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Hindu wedding ceremony: Time to change

If you ever meet my wife, you can ask her and she will tell you that I always insist that we go late to three types of events – Hindu wedding ceremony, the Hindu religious service of jhandi and the...

COPING WITH GRIEF

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COPING WITH GRIEF

People die every day, but when a loved one dies, even if the person’s death was expected due to illness, the grief is profound and the pain could be overbearing. Losing a family member is not easy....

A DANGEROUS GAMBIT

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A DANGEROUS GAMBIT

If broadcast licences issued under the PPPC were illegal, as the APNU+AFC coalition likes to argue, then the government should have taken steps to charge those involved with fraud and to lawfully...

AG, Bar Association discuss development of judicial system

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG, Bar Association discuss development of judicial system

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams recently met with the President of the Guyana Bar Association Kamal Ramkarran, Secretary Ms Pauline Chase and other members in their...

Richmond pensioner endures early morning burglary

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Richmond pensioner endures early morning burglary

– fifth time in four years Police on the Essequibo Coast have launched an investigation into the burglary of the home of a 64-year-old female pensioner. The residence of Evra Nedd, located at...

Rice farmers plead for impounding of animals in Black Bush Polder

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers plead for impounding of animals in Black Bush Polder

…as cattle continue to destroy crop By Malisa Playter Harry Rice farmers along the Upper Corentyne continue to express frustration with the cattle farmers whose livestock have been damaging their...

Driver of getaway car detained

Aug 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Driver of getaway car detained

…as cops try to probe linkage in E-Networks robbery The driver of a dark blue Toyota Premio that was used in the robbery of E-Networks Inc. on Thursday, has been arrested as investigators try to...

Drug dealer nabbed after lively chase jailed

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug dealer nabbed after lively chase jailed

A 20-year-old drug dealer was yesterday jailed for three years after he was found guilty on the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The man, Vishal Evans called Sham...

Homeless man remanded on simple larceny charge

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Homeless man remanded on simple larceny charge

A homeless man was yesterday remanded to prison on a simple larceny charge after he made an appearance before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Forty-nine-year-old...

Vendor remanded for breaching protection order, assault

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor remanded for breaching protection order, assault

Twenty-seven-year-old Oswald Wayne was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The defendant denied the charge...

The Maha Sabha needs to be placed on a sound footing

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Maha Sabha needs to be placed on a sound footing

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks I have read several letters published in the press, highlighting the situation at the Maha Sabha. Many of these letters called for the government to investigate the...

Why isn’t NICIL trying to recover all these sums owed to it?

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why isn’t NICIL trying to recover all these sums owed to it?

Dear Editor, I was shocked by recent disclosures in the press attributed to Mr. Horace James, the Chief Executive Officer of NICIL, that the entity is financially “broke.” It is public...

Yellow fever vaccine hassles at the Ministry of Health

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yellow fever vaccine hassles at the Ministry of Health

Dear Editor, I am writing to let the public know the absurd procedure for ascertaining a Yellow Fever Vaccine (YVC) here in Guyana. Since I am a frequent flier and my YFV was up in July, I’ve...

IS THERE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THIS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT?

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on IS THERE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THIS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT?

Dear Editor, I write from a perplexed position in respect to a charge put to the Member of Parliament of Region Ten, Jermaine Figueira the only youth in the National Assembly. It is not in any way to...

A precariously dangling GTT pole is in front of my house

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A precariously dangling GTT pole is in front of my house

Dear Editor, Hope this letter can give the result and satisfaction we’ve been seeking for some time now. In front of our residence situated at 126 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden there’s a rotting pole...

This Region 5 councilor is misleading people

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Region 5 councilor is misleading people

Dear Editor, The Office of the Regional Chairman Region 5, wishes to publicly refute claims made by APNU+AFC Councilor, Mr. Abel Seetaram, which was published in the Kaieteur News on Friday, August...

Every honest Guyanese will admit; we need a new constitution

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every honest Guyanese will admit; we need a new constitution

Dear Editor, Every political party has a main theme that sustains them; a kind of default premise. This government has the theme – A better life for all. (that is yet to be realized, as we see only...

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Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The government stands like a beleaguered captain at the helm of a storm-tossed ship, finds itself... more