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Berbice Cricket Bard Inter Zone Under-15 competition… Central/Upper Corentyne & West Berbice dominate in opening rounds

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Bard Inter Zone Under-15 competition… Central/Upper Corentyne & West Berbice dominate in opening rounds

The Berbice Cricket Board’s Under-15 Inter Zone 50 overs tournament commenced last Sunday at two venues across the county and the young aspiring cricketers showed true grit, as they sought to...

Banks DIH CCT triumph

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH CCT triumph

Banks DIH Sports Club Circle Tennis (BCTT) made a clean sweep recently at the Breast Cancer Awareness Month Pink Ball circle tennis competition played at the NSC Ground Woolford Avenue. On a day...

RDCs, municipalities meet Govt. on spending

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on RDCs, municipalities meet Govt. on spending

Mayors and Town Clerks across Guyana, on Wednesday, met with members of the Communities and Finance Ministries, at the Tower Suites Hotel to discuss issues surroundings local government in...

Winners Connection, Ward Panthers record wins in UDFA/ GTT senior football league

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winners Connection, Ward Panthers record wins in UDFA/ GTT senior football league

– Double header set for tonight Tonight another two games are set for the Mackenzie Sports Club ground when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) / Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Lions Club of Bel Air / Clear Waters host big Dominoes event

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lions Club of Bel Air / Clear Waters host big Dominoes event

The Lions Club of Bel Air Den located at Enachu Street, Bel Air will be a hive of activity when the club in collaboration with Clear Waters hosts a big Dominoes Competition this weekend (Saturday...

Port Mourant, Bush Lot United, Cut & Load, CWC & # 70 MYO record wins

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant, Bush Lot United, Cut & Load, CWC & # 70 MYO record wins

The Berbice Cricket Board’s Second Division competition continued in full swing over the last weekend at various grounds across the county as second division teams battled for supremacy in this...

Smuggled ganja at Timehri…Charges for inmate, decision still pending for chief prison officer

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Smuggled ganja at Timehri…Charges for inmate, decision still pending for chief prison officer

Charges have been recommended for a prisoner over the smuggling of a quantity of marijuana into the Timehri penitentiary two months ago. But a decision is still to be made about a chief prison...

THE CONSTITUTION IS YOUR PROTECTOR

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CONSTITUTION IS YOUR PROTECTOR

The following extract is taken from the movie, “A Man for all Seasons” which won an Oscar. It relays the remarkable story, life and death of Sir Thomas More, the former Lord Chancellor of...

House to consider 2018 Budget Proposals of Constitutional Agencies in two weeks

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on House to consider 2018 Budget Proposals of Constitutional Agencies in two weeks

The National Assembly is expected to consider on November 17, a motion for the approval of the 2018 current and capital estimates of the nation’s Constitutional Agencies. Below is a table showing...

Man who purchased ganja for asthmatic nephew jailed

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man who purchased ganja for asthmatic nephew jailed

A 39-year-old man who told the court that he had 38 grams of marijuana in his possession, which he had purchased and was on his way to give his nephew who is sick, was yesterday sentenced to three...

More consideration should be given to the elderly in their golden years — Palms matron

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More consideration should be given to the elderly in their golden years — Palms matron

Old age is a sensitive phase; elderly people need care and comfort to lead a healthy life without worries and anxiety. However this, according to Matron Deborah Murphy, is not the reality of many...

Quality testing critical to improved patient care

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Quality testing critical to improved patient care

–Local health officials highlight at scientific conference Accurate testing and precise data can lead to the correct diagnosis and improved patient care. This was the assertion of Ministry of...

Cross-dresser robs clients, to be deported

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cross-dresser robs clients, to be deported

A 25-year-old cross-dresser is to be deported from Suriname after being accused of robbing a man. According to Loop Suriname online news, on Tuesday evening, a man reported to the police that he was...

Tougher regulations to monitor wildlife trade imminent

Nov 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tougher regulations to monitor wildlife trade imminent

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Wednesday called on the Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission to adopt a ‘green’, people-centred approach to the formulation of regulations for the...

Messrs Jagdeo and Ramotar; two incredible men

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Messrs Jagdeo and Ramotar; two incredible men

I hardly look at the press conferences of our politicians on television, preferring to read their utterances carried in the print media the next day. On Thursday night, I caught Jagdeo speaking at...

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE

As we all know, Guyana has an agriculture based-economy and despite its abundance of natural resources, governments have failed to transition the country into a manufacturing or industrial society....

CONTEXTUALIZING & UPDATING JOB CATEGORIZATION, COMPENSATION SYSTEMS

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on CONTEXTUALIZING & UPDATING JOB CATEGORIZATION, COMPENSATION SYSTEMS

Dear Editor, There have been many comments in the media recently about issues relating to the appropriateness of current systems of categorization, classification and compensation especially in the...

Open Appeal for High Level Political Dialogue

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Appeal for High Level Political Dialogue

Dear Editor, This letter is an open, respectful appeal for urgent political dialogue between the President and the Leader of the Opposition to address the pressing social and political problems of...

City Hall Cover Up stinks

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall Cover Up stinks

Dear Editor, “For we wrestle not against flesh or blood, but against principalities and powers and wickedness that exists, in high places”. Is Sherod Duncan God-fearing, and is the individual a...

The atrocious roads in Good Hope Phase 3

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The atrocious roads in Good Hope Phase 3

Dear Editor, As the rainy season is approaching, and with the announcement from the Hydromet office that rainfall during the Christmas season is expected to be between 85 and 90 percent above...

The police can curb the horrors on the roads

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police can curb the horrors on the roads

Dear Editor, It was recently revealed in the media that police will be embarking on a campaign to educate road users about the laws governing safety seats for children in vehicles. This is indeed a...

THERE IS A MAJOR COVER UP GOING ON AT THE GGMC

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THERE IS A MAJOR COVER UP GOING ON AT THE GGMC

Dear Editor, There is a deliberate attempt by some members of the upper echelons of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to sabotage the process of remedying our plight at Kurupung. They...

This RDC stood up to the Mayor

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This RDC stood up to the Mayor

Dear Editor, I wish to compliment the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region One (Barima- Waini) for making a sound decision to stop the mayor of Mabaruma from arbitrarily and dictatorially...

Guysuco is breathing its last

Nov 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guysuco is breathing its last

Dear Editor, Guysuco is in its death throes; it has been ailing for a long time. It got worse when the PPP held the reins of power. After the 2015 elections Guyana got the news of the patient’s...

PPP/C undercuts 2018 budget presentation

Nov 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C undercuts 2018 budget presentation

…submits motion to reduce VAT to 12% & other fiscal measures The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has undercut the Government’s upcoming 2018 budget presentation by...

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No conflict of interest exists

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more