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Port Mourant Turf Club horserace meet set for Next Sunday

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Turf Club horserace meet set for Next Sunday

Over $6M at stake The Grand horserace meet organised by the Port Mourant Turf in collaboration with the KP Jagdeo Construction Company and racing stables is set for next Sunday 26 November. The...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Record entries, large turnout highlight qualifying round

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Record entries, large turnout highlight qualifying round

Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste, who was among the large crowd that witnessed the qualifying round to select the sixteen teams that will join the automatic qualifiers, watched in disbelief at the...

Keen competition as ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tourney concludes

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition as ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tourney concludes

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is currently hosting its third senior tournament for 2017, the Ansa Mc Al Lucuzade Handicap Squash Tourney at the Georgetown Club Inc courts. The tournament...

Golden Jaguars 19-man squad departs today for international friendly in Asia

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars 19-man squad departs today for international friendly in Asia

A 19-man squad has been shortlisted for the International Friendly against Indonesia scheduled for Saturday, 25th November, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia including seven locally-based players. The squad...

GFF Elite League Season III…Western Tigers aiming for title in debut

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League Season III…Western Tigers aiming for title in debut

The Guyana Football Federation’s 1st Division Club League will kick off its third season today at the Leonora Track and Field Facility with a double header. Guyana Defence Force, the reigning...

Shooters Club to stage Pools competition next Sunday at Grand Central Sports Bar

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shooters Club to stage Pools competition next Sunday at Grand Central Sports Bar

Shooters Club will stage a 30 players Invitational Pools competition next Sunday, November 26th at Grand Central Sports Bar (Jerry’s Shop) at Public Road Grove, East Bank Demerara. Action starts at...

Accusation leads to shooting

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Accusation leads to shooting

A man shot his best friend to the stomach Friday night after being accused by the friend of having an affair with his wife. The incident happened around 21:00 hrs at the Mon Repos, East Coast...

Production Sharing Agreements…Guyana clings to flawed model while creator abandons it

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Production Sharing Agreements…Guyana clings to flawed model while creator abandons it

By Kiana Wilburg Indonesia is said to be the nation that gave the world Production Sharing Agreements (PSA). This arrangement stipulates that the host country will receive its profits after the oil...

GECOM granted $$millions more …despite unaddressed fraud issues

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News 1

Fraud allegations involving the expenditure of $100 million still hang over the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which has been approved to spend $192.8 million on capital projects in 2018. All of...

Christmas Security and Capture of Motorcycle Bandits

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Christmas Security and Capture of Motorcycle Bandits

By PAT DIAL On Monday last, the Police launched their Christmas Security Plan. The occasion was attended by the consumers represented by the Guyana Consumers Association, the Private Sector...

Enhancing restaurant services through standards

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Enhancing restaurant services through standards

Throughout Guyana, restaurants and other fast food service providers prepare a variety of dishes to satisfy the appetite of their customers. However, as we celebrate Guyana Restaurant Week from...

Book Review… Lessons in tolerance

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Lessons in tolerance

Book: Bedtime Conversations with Nana Author Iqubal Hydal Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Cultural Diplomacy has long been used to promote goodwill, tolerance and understanding among nations. Governments...

A cursory examination of alternative systems for Guyana – Part 2.

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I wish to urge all of Guyana’s remaining independent-minded politicians within both the PPP and the Coalition to ensure they understand the implications of this letter. I also urge all...

This man and his organization paint a false picture of Mabaruma

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man and his organization paint a false picture of Mabaruma

Dear Editor, I happened to open one of the dailies and read from beginning to end, a lengthy article by an individual whom I presumed to be an investigative journalist: Peter Persaud. As former...

The President is flagrantly breaking those same laws with his unilateral appointment

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 2

I would like to have a discussion with you on two matters of importance. My first item surrounds statements made by Dr. Barton Scotland Speaker of The House of Assembly in Guyana. Dr Scotland in his...

Coping with a vindictive Region Six official

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coping with a vindictive Region Six official

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight some double standards and vindictive behaviour practiced by a named regional official, and my predicament as an AFC activist who would make a stand for...

Sad end to a man once regarded as the architect Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor The political situation in Zimbabwe has attracted world attention. The days of President Mugabe are clearly numbered and it is only a matter of time before he is forced by the military...

Bullets and Kool-Aid in a place called Jonestown, 39 years later

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bullets and Kool-Aid in a place called Jonestown, 39 years later

By Dennis Nichols People don’t really commemorate the thirty-ninth anniversary of an event; the 40th yes, so next year many will recall what is considered the most surreal act of depravity ever...

Either something is radically wrong or something is extremely right

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The Minister of Public Health is elated about the results of the national nursing examinations. However, she ought to worried, extremely worried. It was reported in March of this year that there had...

Mugabe: a Graceful Coup

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Mugabe: a Graceful Coup

By Sir Ronald Sanders When independence was finally wrenched from Britain in April 1980, Zimbabwe was described as the “jewel of Africa” by Tanzania’s President Julius Nyerere. Almost four...

Those heart-rending sacrificial murders

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Those heart-rending sacrificial murders

By Michael Jordan Who would strangle a five-year-old girl after having a dream about ‘Dutch gold’ buried in their backyard? Or stab a nine-year-old boy to death and dump his corpse in a latrine?...

INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH A SURE SIGN OF A DEVELOPING NATION

Nov 19, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH A SURE SIGN OF A DEVELOPING NATION

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has been quietly and without fanfare effecting significant change to the landscapes all over Guyana. The changes are already having a positive effect on the...

How tainted is the Guyana Police Force?

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

The case of Godfrey Scipio, called ‘Sagga’, continues to stun the nation. This past week the Major Crimes Unit arrested a policeman who was once at the top of the law enforcement pile. This...

The Common Good- Working together to achieve the good life for all (Excerpts from an address by HE David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the 71st sitting of the 11th Parliament of Guyana on 2nd November 2017)

Nov 19, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Common Good- Working together to achieve the good life for all (Excerpts from an address by HE David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the 71st sitting of the 11th Parliament of Guyana on 2nd November 2017)

The enactment of the Telecommunications Act 2016 and the Public Utilities Commission (Amendment) Act will provide greater impetus to the liberalisation and regulation of telecommunications. The...

Peripheral artery disease: The leg pain that you need to know about

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists 1

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition that can cause leg pain that gets worse with activity. Muscle pain that gets worse with...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more