August 2017 - Page 2 of 55

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Space Gym supports Stage of Champions 2

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Space Gym supports Stage of Champions 2

The second edition of ‘Stage of Champions’ Bodybuilding, Miss Bikini and Men’s Physique competition which is set for November 18 at Theater Guild in Kingston had gained the support of Space...

Black Water FC to host small goal one-day football tomorrow

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Black Water FC to host small goal one-day football tomorrow

Exponents of the street version of football will be going at each other for cash and prizes at stake in tomorrow’s Black Water Football Club organised small goal & penalty shootout one-day...

England tour was a learning experience- Windies U-16 skipper Singh

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on England tour was a learning experience- Windies U-16 skipper Singh

By Zaheer Mohamed West Indies Under-16 Captain Sachin Singh says their recent tour to Borehamwood, England was a learning experience and will serve the players well going forward. Speaking with...

Second Ralph Green/EBFA U-11 League set to kick off tomorrow 2016 champs Agricola and 9 others to contest; branded balls to be used

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second Ralph Green/EBFA U-11 League set to kick off tomorrow 2016 champs Agricola and 9 others to contest; branded balls to be used

With a break in the rainy weather which has allowed the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) in conjunction with the Grove/Diamond NDC to carry out remedial works to the Grove Playfield, the...

Linden developing under present council – Mayor Holland

Aug 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden developing under present council – Mayor Holland

Despite the negativity by many Lindeners, Mayor Carwyn Holland said that Linden is developing. During a media conference Tuesday in the board room of the Town Council, Mayor Holland said that he...

Do not read too much into the West Indies victory

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

In 1976, the West Indies Cricket Team toured England. The English team must have fancied themselves against the tourists who had come off a 5-1 drubbing by the Australians in the tour Down Under. The...

Two academic years later…Teachers’ remuneration talks still incomplete

Aug 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two academic years later…Teachers’ remuneration talks still incomplete

Two academic years have passed and the Ministry of Education is yet to conclude a process of negotiation with the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] for a new remuneration package for public school...

Keeping alive the memories of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabals

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Keeping alive the memories of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabals

Simply unbelievable! There are no words to describe Guyana. A former Trinidadian Minister has been taken to the police station in connection with alleged witness tampering when his party was in...

Food handlers warned of inspections which are expected in September

Aug 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Food handlers warned of inspections which are expected in September

The second Food Seminar was hosted yesterday at Cara Lodge, Georgetown, by the Ministry of Public Health, Food and Drug Department. The seminar, which aims at sensitizing on their responsibilities...

Relocation to Barnwell for Lombard street squatters

Aug 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Relocation to Barnwell for Lombard street squatters

The Broad and Lombard Streets squatters yesterday thanked the government for fulfilling its promise of providing better living conditions. The Ministry of Communities’ decision to relocate the...

“Class sizes will affect output in terms of performance” – GTU President

Aug 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Class sizes will affect output in terms of performance” – GTU President

There is no denying that tactical interventions to address shortcomings in the school system have helped to considerably improve students’ performance. Testimony to this is the deliberate...

NO ACCOUNTABILITY

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NO ACCOUNTABILITY

As Guyanese, we have a very contentious situation that should be addressed by the government through constitutional reform in order to ensure justice is being done fairly to all citizens. In 1924,...

Job Classification in the Public Service of Guyana

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Job Classification in the Public Service of Guyana

Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service has instituted for more than two decades now, an unchanged Classification of Jobs. Fourteen (14) Grades were established in relation to five ‘classes’ of...

The penalty for small amounts of marijuana must be reduced

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The penalty for small amounts of marijuana must be reduced

Dear Editor, On the fateful day Wednesday 20th of August 1823 over 200 of our ancestors were massacred at Bachelors Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara, many of those enslaved Africans came from...

The EIA as structured by Exxon is deficient in key areas

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The EIA as structured by Exxon is deficient in key areas

Dear Editor, At risk of stating the obvious, it is clear that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) structured by Exxon as outlined by the Ministry of Infrastructure is deficient in key areas...

Attitudinal hostility of the sale staff in the fast food business

Aug 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attitudinal hostility of the sale staff in the fast food business

Dear Editor, I read the letter about ‘rough’ service from sales staff in shops ad rather liked the term “attitudinal hostility”. That people accept poor service in food shops is puzzling to...

Nondisclosure of ExxonMobil Contract… Anti-corruption advocates rubbish Govt.’s ‘excuses’

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nondisclosure of ExxonMobil Contract… Anti-corruption advocates rubbish Govt.’s ‘excuses’

Regardless of how many times it is repeated and carried by the media, the APNU+AFC Government continues to resist all calls to release the contract with US oil giant ExxonMobil. They have essentially...

Exposure of procurement fraud…GECOM continues to withhold ads from K/News over published reports

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exposure of procurement fraud…GECOM continues to withhold ads from K/News over published reports

Late last year, whistleblowers alerted the media of possible wrongdoing at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), with regards to the awards of several contracts to the tune of hundreds of millions...

Bandit shot dead, accomplice turns up at hospital with gunshot wounds

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead, accomplice turns up at hospital with gunshot wounds

…as businesswoman’s security escort opens fire during botched robbery A security escort came in for a lot of praise yesterday when he shot and killed a bandit and wounded one of his two...

Neither law nor logic favours withholding oil contracts – Ram

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Neither law nor logic favours withholding oil contracts – Ram

The excuse by Government that confidentiality clauses inhibit the release of oil contracts in Guyana, particularly the one with ExxonMobil, does not sit well with a number of anti-corruption...

Ex-cop charged for harbouring prison escapees

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop charged for harbouring prison escapees

Former Policeman, Teon Allen, who is before the court for being in possession of an illegal AK-47 rifle, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly harbouring wanted men, Uree Varswyck and Mark...

Businessmen in mystery plane probe released on bail

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessmen in mystery plane probe released on bail

Police have released the two Lethem businessmen who are at the centre of the investigation into the discovery of a Beechcraft twin-engine aircraft and illegal airstrip at Santa Fe. “They were...

De people want a local oil company, Soulja Bai

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 1

Everybody waiting fuh de oil to come out de ground, but Guyana getting good advice from people who know about oil. Right now is two set of people dealing wid Guyana oil—ExxonMobil and de...

Twenty Team North Pakaraima Football Tournament Underway

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Twenty Team North Pakaraima Football Tournament Underway

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe on Sunday last declared open the North Pakaraima’s Football tournament being hosted by Paramakatoi Village, Region...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice…

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice…

Cougars and Hopetown United Rangers grab full points in latest play Cougars took over the leader board whilst maintaining the winless form of Mahaicony Thunder Hawks with a 9-0 drubbing on Sunday...

PREV 123 4 NEXT LAST

Windies break home Test drought with 201-run win over Bangladesh

A psychological profile of a control freak

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more