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Colours Boutique supports Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ tourney

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colours Boutique supports Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ tourney

Fashion and sport apparel giant Colours Boutique, continued their invaluable support of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Championship, donating an assortment of team uniforms for each of...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Reigning champs Sparta tackle Norton St tonight

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Reigning champs Sparta tackle Norton St tonight

-Future Stars and Kingston showdown a blockbuster The dreaded segment of any tournament has arrived where teams who lose usually go home and start early preparations for another competition. However,...

National Club B’Ball C/ships, Road to Mecca IV…Colts and Royals stamp authority on opening days

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Club B’Ball C/ships, Road to Mecca IV…Colts and Royals stamp authority on opening days

Six matches were played on the opening two days of “Road to Mecca IV” which serves as the National Club Basketball Championships being contested exclusively at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Stewartville, Annandale, Bladen Hall and Berbice High record victories

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Stewartville, Annandale, Bladen Hall and Berbice High record victories

The 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/National Sport Commission/ National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued recently with...

Datadin, Ramraj lead ECD to victory over EBD

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Datadin, Ramraj lead ECD to victory over EBD

Outstanding all-round performances by Romel Datadin and Chanderpaul Ramraj handed East Coast Demerara (ECD) a 111-run win over East Bank Demerara (EBD) when the Inter-Association U15 50-over...

Patentia, Goed Fortuin, Wales, La Retraite triumph in GCB Scotiabank Kiddy cricket

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patentia, Goed Fortuin, Wales, La Retraite triumph in GCB Scotiabank Kiddy cricket

Patentia, Goed Fortuin, Wales and La Retraite Primary Schools registered victories when the Guyana Cricket Board Scotiabank Kiddy cricket competition continued recently at Belle Vue, West Demerara....

GCUC BGM set for February 11

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUC BGM set for February 11

Pursuant to article 15 of the Constitution of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC), the Biennial General Meeting of the GCUC will be held on Sunday February 11th 2018 from 10:00hrs at the Union...

In time for Christmas, police deploy more vehicles today

Dec 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on In time for Christmas, police deploy more vehicles today

The recently donated vehicles that were given to the Guyana Police Force by the government of China will hit the streets today. According to a media statement sent by the Force, the first part of the...

Limited students’ exposure to science creates deficit teaching in education sector

Dec 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Limited students’ exposure to science creates deficit teaching in education sector

Less than 20 percent of students, who exit secondary schools, study the single sciences. This is according to information that has been analyzed by the Ministry of Education. The clear outcome of...

Critical concerns about advancing our interests abroad

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Critical concerns about advancing our interests abroad

A few weeks ago, Kaieteur News published a letter written by one Harold Smith, who highlighted his brother’s appalling experience at the Guyana Consulate in Miami. Since then several other Guyanese...

Granger’s green, Burnham’s purple

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger’s green, Burnham’s purple

Once you lived through the epoch of Forbes Burnham’s tenure of power, there must be snippets of his style that you will always remember. I can recall one incident. I was having lunch with some of...

Vendors are providing unfair competition

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Vendors are providing unfair competition

A young vendor selling beverages at a busy junction has increased the price of a small bottle of water. The bottle used to sell for $100 but following the Budget, the price increased to $120. When he...

Make the seniors comfortable

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make the seniors comfortable

Dear Editor, I take this special opportunity to congratulate our senior citizens who are receiving national old age pension. What saddened me is that most of those people are medically sick and by...

City Council needs its own award ceremony

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council needs its own award ceremony

Dear Editor, With the conferring of awards being undertaken over time to well deserving persons in Guyana and also in many countries abroad, both to civilians and to persons in the military and...

Linden is a town divided

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden is a town divided

Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks I have been privy to information which emanated from talks around the town that several councillors were plotting against the Mayor of Linden, because their...

Infrastructure development is crucial

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Infrastructure development is crucial

Dear Editor, The Honorable Finance Minister, Mr Winston Jordan in his 2018 Budget presentation assured the Agriculture Sector that ‘the Government is committed to improving the livelihoods of rice...

Complaint against the statue of Gandhi in Grenada

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaint against the statue of Gandhi in Grenada

Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter on Mahatma Gandhi entitled “Dustbin of history” written by Josiah Rougier and published in the Grenada newspaper, The New Today (Nov 3, 2017). In his...

David Granger is an authoritarian

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Granger is an authoritarian

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Rashleigh E. Jackson’s letter captioned “An appeal to both sides of the National Assembly” (SN, November 13) to explain that it is unreasonable of Mr...

The government is a backward step

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government is a backward step

Dear Editor, I was looking for a suitable word to describe this present government but came up empty-handed. The only available word that I could muster was “backward.” Yes, when you look at...

The subvention to the NTC is grossly inadequate

Dec 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The subvention to the NTC is grossly inadequate

Dear Editor, The National Toshaos Council Executive recent press conference has opened the doors to an expansive debate on the proposed $16 million subvention that is supposed to...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more