November 2017

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Magnum “Tek Charge” Futsal aimed at grassroots development

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magnum “Tek Charge” Futsal aimed at grassroots development

-32 teams gunning for $500,000 The first ever Magnum sponsored “Tek Charge and win” futsal tournament is aimed at developing the sport among grass root communities as well as spreading Christmas...

CWI Digicel Regional 4-Day C/ships…Johnson (165), Singh (100) put Jaguars in control despite Charles’s maiden 5-wkt haul

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Digicel Regional 4-Day C/ships…Johnson (165), Singh (100) put Jaguars in control despite Charles’s maiden 5-wkt haul

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Vnet Communications It is said that when night falls the stars come out to shine and so it was as 30-year-old Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson shone...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Berbice cricket poorly administered

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Berbice cricket poorly administered

Dear Sir, Something is definitely lacking and not good in Berbice Cricket and the current leaders of the Berbice Cricket Boar are totally clueless and have no knowledge on how to administer the game...

Singh makes donation to GCC

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh makes donation to GCC

Former Georgetown Cricket Club member Pooran Singh made a timely donation to the club on Wednesday last. Singh, who now resides in England and is the Captain of the Guyana UK Cricket club, handed...

Action continues in ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tournament 2017

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action continues in ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tournament 2017

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

Turbo Knockout football….Camptown and Pouderoyen through to semi-finals

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo Knockout football….Camptown and Pouderoyen through to semi-finals

Four teams are now closer to the half million dollars cash prize that the winners of the Inaugural Petra/Turbo Knockout football championships will receive following the final two quarterfinals at...

Blairmont Blazers Under-13 to take on GFSCA Dream team in a feature game

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Blazers Under-13 to take on GFSCA Dream team in a feature game

In an effort to further recognise and honour the outstanding players that participated in the recently concluded Well Teen, Nauth Motor Spares, Trophy Stall and Tropical Springs nationwide Under-13...

KK Warriors FC elect executive for another two year term

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on KK Warriors FC elect executive for another two year term

President John Woolford and his other executive members were given the thumbs up for another two-year term when the Kuru Kururu Warriors Football Club held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday...

RHTY&SC, MS Cricket Teams plan massive 2017 Christmas Outreach Programme

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, MS Cricket Teams plan massive 2017 Christmas Outreach Programme

– 3rd Annual Christmas Village to be hosted The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, from the 1st to 24th December, 2017 would be hosting the Club’s 27th...

National under-16 Boxing C/ships punches off today

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National under-16 Boxing C/ships punches off today

Today, the future of Boxing in Guyana will be on show as young pugilists square off from 13:30hrs in the annual Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National under-16 boxing championships at the Andrew...

Priyanna Ramdhani participates in Pan American Badminton Camp

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani participates in Pan American Badminton Camp

Guyana & Caribbean Ladies Badminton Champion Priyanna Ramdhani concluded participation in the Pan American Badminton Federation Young Talents Camp 2017 which was held from November 9-15, in...

MECCA Four set for December 1st, GABA stages qualifiers tonight at CASH

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MECCA Four set for December 1st, GABA stages qualifiers tonight at CASH

Guyana’s National Club Basketball Championship, Mecca, will bounce off on December 1st this year, and is projected the final tip off on Boxing Day. Sixteen clubs will be battling for the biggest...

Guyanese lawyer observing 12 kilos coke case in Barbados

Nov 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese lawyer observing 12 kilos coke case in Barbados

Barbados (Barbados Today) – For the second time this week, entertainer Betty Griffith-Payne and two co-accused have been remanded to Dodds Prison, in connection with $625,000 worth of cocaine....

No procurement plan for 2018 submitted by constitutional agencies

Nov 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No procurement plan for 2018 submitted by constitutional agencies

…$8B in spending approved Constitutional agencies did not submit procurement plans for projects that they plan to execute in 2018. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has put forward this as one...

MASS KILLINGS: AMERICA’S DILEMMA

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MASS KILLINGS: AMERICA’S DILEMMA

Mass shootings in the United States have become the new norm to the extent that nowhere in America is safe anymore, not even schools, restaurants or churches. Gun violence has become a common...

Closure of Enmore, Rose Hall estates on hold till next year

Nov 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Closure of Enmore, Rose Hall estates on hold till next year

The scheduled closure of the Rose Hall and Enmore Estates will most likely take effect in 2018, since a system is not yet in place for the sugar workers following closure. This is according to...

Local Government Elections in 2018 a certainty – Finance Minister

Nov 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Elections in 2018 a certainty – Finance Minister

-Opposition questions $800M cut to agency’s budget request Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has assured that Local Government Elections will be held in 2018 despite the $800 million cut to the...

Construction challenges delayed opening of GPHC’s new Maternity wing – CEO

Nov 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Construction challenges delayed opening of GPHC’s new Maternity wing – CEO

– opens in time to mark 2017 World Prematurity Day It was long in coming but yesterday the new Maternity Wing of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] was finally commissioned. The...

A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign

We had two horrible prison mayhems that gave this county a hideous image on the international scene. One will remain one of the most violent incidents in the history of the CARICOM countries – the...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SEXUAL HARASSMENT

To surprise her husband, an executive’s wife stopped by his office. When she opened the door, she found him with his secretary sitting in his lap. Without hesitating, he dictated,...

I survived and this is my story

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I survived and this is my story

DEAR EDITOR, Due to the unprofessional conduct by members of the Guyana Police Force stationed at the East Ruimveldt Outpost on January 13th, 2016 – the day that I was beaten on my head with a...

World Day of the Poor

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on World Day of the Poor

DEAR EDITOR, Holy Father, Pope Francis, at the conclusion of the Jubilee of Mercy, offered the world a “World Day of the Poor” so that throughout the world Christian communities and everyone can...

It would appear that Mr. Ram is also guilty of the same transgression

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on It would appear that Mr. Ram is also guilty of the same transgression

DEAR EDITOR, I write in response to Mr. Christopher Ram’s letter captioned “Mr Norton was wrong about the date of the GECOM proviso” (SN 11/13/2017). I agree with Mr. Ram that during the...

A Government of men and not laws

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Government of men and not laws

DEAR EDITOR, The second President of the United States of America, John Adams, once described his Government as “a government of laws, and not of men.” The philosophy which underpins this...

What more can be said about the woes of Region One?

Nov 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What more can be said about the woes of Region One?

DEAR EDITOR, The Governmental sectors in Region One (Barima-Waini) as a result of being badly managed, not monitored and evaluated, continue to provide poor services to the residents. In this regard...

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Who says the government does not listen?

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(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

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(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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