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BCB U-13 Inter Zone Cricket…Upper Corentyne remains unbeaten with victory over Lower Corentyne

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB U-13 Inter Zone Cricket…Upper Corentyne remains unbeaten with victory over Lower Corentyne

Play in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Under-13 Inter Zone competition continued recently at the Albion Community Center where Upper Corentyne maintained their unbeaten run of form with victory over...

Girl with cerebral palsy gains 11 CSEC passes

Aug 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Girl with cerebral palsy gains 11 CSEC passes

Seventeen-year-old Rajni Persaud was born blessed although she is living with cerebral palsy. This can be seen through her academic life. Rajni was born on the September 29, 2000 in the...

Hero CPL Tournament Schedule 2017

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL Tournament Schedule 2017

Tuesday, 29 August – Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors (Barbados) Wednesday, 30 August – Jamaica Tallawahs v St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots (Jamaica) Thursday, 31 August –...

Guyana to begin large scale production of onions

Aug 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to begin large scale production of onions

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI)’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Oudho Homenauth said that the importation of onions is expected to be slashed by half...

Which worldview?

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Which worldview?

The opposition is gaining the upper hand on the government, it is contended, because the government does not have a worldview to frame its policies. The opposition’s narrative is gaining traction...

School dropouts among five held for gas station robbery

Aug 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on School dropouts among five held for gas station robbery

Police in Berbice yesterday arrested five men, including two school dropouts in connection with a robbery of a pump attendant on August 19, last at a gas station in New Amsterdam. “A toy gun, a...

Decorum may be a lost value in Guyana

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Decorum may be a lost value in Guyana

Dear Editor, On the National Communications Network VOG 102.5 FM, there is a morning programme called “Manners Matter” on the Breakfast Show at 07:40hrs. The programme is an excellent initiative....

The Lands Commission is designed to get at the PPP

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Lands Commission is designed to get at the PPP

Dear Editor, The controversial Commission on Lands has commenced public hearings, and, it is not surprising that it seems to have strayed from its Gazetted Terms of Reference. The objective of the...

City Hall’s scant regards for Cevon’s laid off workers

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall’s scant regards for Cevon’s laid off workers

Dear Editor, The rather unsympathetic and indifferent response given by the Mayor of Georgetown to reporters regarding the calamity faced by the more than 45 workers from Cevons Waste Management...

Another day, another Commissioner of Inquiry

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another day, another Commissioner of Inquiry

Dear Editor, The owner of Sleepin Hotel and Casino, Mr. Clifton Bacchus just filed a $2 billion lawsuit against the Guyana Chronicle for the publication of two libelous articles which he described as...

RICHARD DAVID for CITY COUNCIL, NY CITY

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on RICHARD DAVID for CITY COUNCIL, NY CITY

Dear Editor, I want to discuss briefly my ideas of the Base theory and Retail Canvassing in Campaign Politics and the Candidacy of Richard David for City Council (District #28 in Richmond Hill,...

Stop making immigrants the scapegoats for America’s problems

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop making immigrants the scapegoats for America’s problems

Dear Editor, “America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the...

This is a desperate plea for official action to stop this noise abuse

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is a desperate plea for official action to stop this noise abuse

Dear Editor, Kindly highlight these two issues. Please read this letter throughout even though I have written so many letters before. Noise abuse is no picnic or joke. It is injurious to people’s...

Anglican priest appeals for help to stop noise madness in New Amsterdam

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anglican priest appeals for help to stop noise madness in New Amsterdam

Dear Sir, I am writing to ask for your newspaper’s intervention in a matter of great urgency in the township of New Amsterdam as it concerns the application of laws, rules, and regulations (or lack...

FREE REIN ON OUR OIL

Aug 28, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on FREE REIN ON OUR OIL

Upon taking office, the government had promised to arrest and prosecute those found culpable of corrupt practices. However, after more than two years in power and several forensic audits that cost...

Chinese logger, local sawmillers awarded half of Barama’s concession

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese logger, local sawmillers awarded half of Barama’s concession

Following Barama Company Limited’s relinquishing of its 1.6 million hectare forest concession in October 2016, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has awarded two lots totaling over 800,000...

China’s modus operandi around the world mirrors events in Guyana—Part 5

Aug 27, 2017 KNews China’s Modus Operandi, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on China’s modus operandi around the world mirrors events in Guyana—Part 5

Overpopulation, want of more resources, fuel desire for land in overseas territories China’s obsession with getting its hands on valued commodities in vulnerable and underdeveloped countries is...

Process to choose insurance company for ministers, their families took over 10 mths – Harmon

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News 1

Government has blasted former Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, for misleading statements, in which he claimed that due process was not followed in choosing an insurance company to provide...

Two children rushed to GPHC for medical attention

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two children rushed to GPHC for medical attention

…as Public Health Ministry conducts medical outreach at Kuru Kururu At least two children were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] yesterday during the height of a...

Local Content Policy…No sanctions for noncompliance by companies at this time – Trotman

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy…No sanctions for noncompliance by companies at this time – Trotman

By Kiana Wilburg Countries across the world have experienced various challenges as it relates to the implementation of their respective Local Content Policies. One of the main hurdles, is getting oil...

Mystery plane and airstrip probe…Businessman who allegedly hired contractor detained

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery plane and airstrip probe…Businessman who allegedly hired contractor detained

Police appear to now know one of the key figures behind the operation of the mystery aircraft that was found at Santa Fe. A senior official confirmed that investigators have detained a businessman,...

Is everybody want justice

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Is everybody want justice

Every day somebody does seh, “If was me…” A man walk down de road and he see another man snatch a lady gold chain. De lady husband was nearby and he tackle de man who snatch de chain, but...

Brathwaite, Hope punish England as Windies flourish

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite, Hope punish England as Windies flourish

Leeds, England, CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite carved out his sixth Test hundred while immensely talented stroke-maker Shai Hope gathered his first, as West Indies dominated England to take a...

Wu to send rep to Georgetown meeting –Ninvalle

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wu to send rep to Georgetown meeting –Ninvalle

President of AIBA Dr. Ching Kuo-Wu will be represented at a meeting of Caribbean boxing administrators in Guyana on September 10. Wu recently wrote to President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA)...

Hamilton Green Cup football re-starts on Wednesday in Linden

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green Cup football re-starts on Wednesday in Linden

Action in the Hamilton Green Cup football tournament has been scheduled to re-commence on Wednesday with a double header at the MSC ground in the Mining Town of Linden as the teams battle for the...

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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