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Lands and Survey claim Trophy Stall dominoes

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lands and Survey claim Trophy Stall dominoes

Lands and Survey notched up 74 games to win the final of the Trophy Stall dominoes competition which was contested recently. Guyoil finished second with 61 games, while The Ministry of Agriculture...

Ithaca Hardliners ‘A’ win latest encounter as tourney continues

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ithaca Hardliners ‘A’ win latest encounter as tourney continues

The Berbice Amateur Basketball Association 2017 Tournament for teams in Berbice and sponsored by Nigel Hinds Financial Net-game continued Sunday last at Ithaca Court. Home side Ithaca Hardliners A...

GABA/Powerade/Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme tourneys… Eagles, Sonics and Plaisance Guardians win on Saturday Night

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Powerade/Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme tourneys… Eagles, Sonics and Plaisance Guardians win on Saturday Night

Play in the GABA/Banks DIH 1st, 2nd and U-23 division basketball tournaments continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with three matches. In the first game, strong contenders for the...

THE PROBLEM IS THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PROBLEM IS THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET

The Minister of Finance is of the flawed belief that there is a problem with the implementation of the Public Sector Improvement Programme. The Minister should carefully consider this assessment. The...

Three in custody for Kitty murder

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Three in custody for Kitty murder

As investigation continues into the murder of Kitty resident, Devon Ali, the police on Sunday arrested the killer’s brother and his wife. The accused killer is Lisa Hayley. The two persons and the...

Broadcasting Amendment Bill is ‘an assault on press freedom—Nandlall

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcasting Amendment Bill is ‘an assault on press freedom—Nandlall

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, is of the opinion that the government has gone a step too far in its “authoritarianism” with the formulation of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017. He...

Operation “Focus” to continue even after capture of Camp Street Prison escapee.

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Operation “Focus” to continue even after capture of Camp Street Prison escapee.

‘B’ Division Commander Paul Williams, and his Deputy Edmond Cooper, are assuring Berbicians that the security of the region is on their priority list with Operation “Focus”. Williams opined...

HAPPY EMANCIPATION DAY

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on HAPPY EMANCIPATION DAY

Today we join our brothers and sisters of African heritage to celebrate Emancipation Day 2017. This year marks 179 years since the abolition of slavery, a feat that deserves to be recognized and...

CELEBRATING EMANCIPATION DAY

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CELEBRATING EMANCIPATION DAY

Guyana will observe Emancipation Day today, August 1, 2017 with celebrations across the country to commemorate the abolition of slavery in 1834. Emancipation Day is also observed in many former...

Food and Nutrition Security Institute, other ventures in UG renaissance drive

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Nutrition Security Institute, other ventures in UG renaissance drive

A Food and Nutrition Security Institute is on the cards for the University of Guyana [UG]. This is according to the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith. Griffith made this...

City Hall halts construction

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall halts construction

After working several weeks on a building located at the corner of Regent and Wellington Streets, contractors were instructed to halt all works. The Mayor and City Council issued a letter to Ms....

You can easily become unemancipated today if….

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You can easily become unemancipated today if….

If you are planning to smoke a marijuana cigarette (in common parlance, “a joint”) tonight at the National Park when the crowds thin out and the night gets older; don’t do it. On Emancipation...

Sex-crazed conductor punches woman

Aug 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sex-crazed conductor punches woman

A minibus conductor yesterday made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and pleaded guilty to a charge of malicious wounding. Twenty-two-year-old...

“Chokadag” remanded for fisherman murder

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on “Chokadag” remanded for fisherman murder

Shariff Bacchus, called ‘Chokadag’ , 42, a fisherman of 26 Albouystown , Georgetown, was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Chan Wen Wong called ‘Chiney man’ on July 20, last, at...

Welder remanded on attempted murder charge

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Welder remanded on attempted murder charge

A welder was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder. Osafo Swain, 23, of Lot 29 Hadfield Street, Georgetown appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

Guyana’s silence on the Venezuela crisis is deafening

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s silence on the Venezuela crisis is deafening

Dear Editor, Venezuela’s President Maduro defiantly followed through with his pledge by holding Sunday’s elections to establish a ‘constituent assembly’. The opposition parties have mostly...

Quoting Oliver Cromwell to condemn Minister Ramjattan

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting Oliver Cromwell to condemn Minister Ramjattan

Dear Editor, I deliberately kept away from this debate on “Ministerial Responsibility” after the second or maybe the third prison unrest in Guyana under Khemraj Ramjattan (was there a fourth, I...

In an age of high technology, our banks should do better

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on In an age of high technology, our banks should do better

Dear Editor, I fully and emphatically endorse the letter titled “Banks need more efficient system of Administration” which appeared in the letter column dated 31/7/2017. I am absolutely certain...

Nation of Islam urges elected officials to do more for Black people

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nation of Islam urges elected officials to do more for Black people

Dear Editor, At this stage of our current social condition in 2017, the celebration of Emancipation must be centred on the condemnation of gang violence and the establishment of peace in our...

Travel to the US has certainly changed, money wise

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Travel to the US has certainly changed, money wise

Dear Editor, I read the recent letter about the chap and his US travel money woes. Things seem to have changed for travel to the USA, money-wise over the years. During the 1980s and part of the...

Dr. Mangal has not negotiated a contract with any oil company

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Mangal has not negotiated a contract with any oil company

Dear Editor, My term as Petroleum Adviser to President Granger began in March 2017 whereas the re-negotiation of the contract for the Stabroek Block was performed about a year earlier (early part of...

I have questioned the President’s integrity because of this incident

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have questioned the President’s integrity because of this incident

Dear Editor, I honestly think that the APNU+AFC (minus the WPA content of the coalition) has entered the terrain of degeneracy and this direction includes the President too, on such a journey. The...

What about equality for African Guyanese in the business sphere?

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What about equality for African Guyanese in the business sphere?

Dear Editor, Almost eighteen decades after emancipation, the general condition of African Guyanese is not as encouraging as one would want it to be. Over the decades there have been significant...

The Minister of Agriculture should be careful with his pronouncements

Aug 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister of Agriculture should be careful with his pronouncements

Dear Editor, At a meeting held on July 13, in the board room of the Region 10 Democratic Council, Minister of Agriculture (MoA), Noel Holder, announced that the Immediate Savannahs will be the new...

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