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Magic and Munchkin Grocery Plus on board with MSC

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magic and Munchkin Grocery Plus on board with MSC

Magic and Munchkin Grocery Plus has supported the Matarkai Sports Committee (MSC) for the hosting of its second annual Male and female street floodlights football which is schedule to kick start on...

Smalta/MOPH u-12 Girls’ pee wee …MVP Fayon Harry fires South Ruimveldt to championship

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smalta/MOPH u-12 Girls’ pee wee …MVP Fayon Harry fires South Ruimveldt to championship

St. Angela’s hope of retaining the Smalta/Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) girls’ pee wee football trophy was crushed when the individual brilliance of Fayon Harry, who scored both goals in South...

South Turkeyen Sports Foundation to host football competition today

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Foundation to host football competition today

Today, South Turkeyen Sports Foundation (STSF) will be holding 4-a-side champions of champions small goal football competition at the Meadowbrook Basketball court starting at 11:00hrs.The competition...

Deliver the Golding Report on CARICOM

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Deliver the Golding Report on CARICOM

By Sir Ronald Sanders What has become of the Report of a Jamaican Commission that reviewed the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)? It has been almost 9 months since the Commission’s...

For our Rights Groups: Paedophilia – a sexual orientation?

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on For our Rights Groups: Paedophilia – a sexual orientation?

By Dennis Nichols As a child, I used to hear the term ‘follow-pattern’ often. It was a puerile expression which meant that someone was mimicking you either in mockery, flattery, or to provoke an...

School report cards

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Education Corner, Features / Columnists Comments Off on School report cards

One of the novel initiatives recommended in Guyana’s Education Strategic Plan, but to-date not implemented, is the idea of School Report Cards. The fundamental principles at its base are laudable...

The Baccoo speaks

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Gone are the days when only the rich were targeted by bandits. No one is safe these days, because there are some young men who want money from any source. There are going to be reports of many people...

Plastic manufacturer snags major manufacturers’ award

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Plastic manufacturer snags major manufacturers’ award

-going ‘green’ with biodegradable products from next year By Leonard Gildarie It has only been a few months in operation, but the impact of plastic manufacturer, Flexotech Inc., is continuing to...

Water taxi operators bemoan MARAD’s new time curfew

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Water taxi operators bemoan MARAD’s new time curfew

The Maritime Administration Department [MARAD], has now come under heavy scrutiny as water taxi operators are bemoaning the administration’s new time curfew. MARAD as at November 8, last, setup a...

Fmr. Argentina leader charged with Iran’s terrorist coverup

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fmr. Argentina leader charged with Iran’s terrorist coverup

…investigations points to Guyana link Iran (Iran News Update) – Former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was charged with “treason against the homeland,” last week, which is...

Install and use your decorative lights safety this holiday

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Install and use your decorative lights safety this holiday

Whether it’s for the decoration of your home at Christmas, a party or any special occasion, decorative lights can really add to the atmosphere. However, as with any electrical outfit, decorative...

Man gets 20 years for rape

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 20 years for rape

A man who had a criminal past and was reportedly on a list of names recommended to and pardoned by the President back in 2015 has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the rape he committed not long...

Fort Ordnance Primary School commissioned as emergency shelter

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fort Ordnance Primary School commissioned as emergency shelter

In its continuous efforts to advance the disaster preparedness in Guyana, the Civil Defense Commission (CDC) officially commissioned the Fort Ordnance Primary School in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region...

MENACE OF AFRICANISED BEES

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MENACE OF AFRICANISED BEES

By PAT DIAL Every month, on the average, one or two persons die from attacks by Africanised bees and scores of others suffer stings in greater or lesser degree. Within the last four weeks, for...

The signing bonus has to be deposited in the Consolidated Fund

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The signing bonus has to be deposited in the Consolidated Fund

It is disappointing to hear the arguments which are being made by government officials – those who should know better – in relation to the banking of the US$18M received from Exxon Mobil as a...

Last UN hurdle before Int’l Court on Venezuela border controversy

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News 1

With only a few days remaining for the year, Guyana is readying itself to battle in the International Court of Justice over the Venezuela border controversy. Yesterday, President David Granger noted...

More people can be employed using the same amount of money

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on More people can be employed using the same amount of money

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to ask Lincoln Lewis and other Union Leaders to not ask for hefty pay increases for workers as the money has to be found, by Guyana Government of...

Track record should be seen as a Company’s CV

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Track record should be seen as a Company’s CV

Dear Editor, Former shadow minister of foreign affairs for 23 years in the opposition benches and now the real deal in the coalition, Carl Greenidge, after admitting that he was the one who advised...

Misconduct in public office: The US$18,000,000 Exxon Signing Bonus

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misconduct in public office: The US$18,000,000 Exxon Signing Bonus

Dear Editor I am appalled at the explanation given by President David Granger with respect to the non-transparency and unaccountability of the US$18,000,000 signing bonus from ExxonMobil to Guyana....

There is no wrong in this society that cannot be corrected by us as citizens

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no wrong in this society that cannot be corrected by us as citizens

Dear Editor There is no wrong in this society that cannot be corrected by us as citizens of this nation. Attention is being given to two critical issues- ExxonMobil bonus and sugar. Following the...

Mr. Edghill is urged to check the records before making wild accusations

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Edghill is urged to check the records before making wild accusations

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in the Thursday December 14, 2017 edition of Stabroek News, under the headline, “Demerara River Bridge, Ministry of Citizenship digitising of...

City Council has systems to track the use of its firearms

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council has systems to track the use of its firearms

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your daily’s issued Saturday, December 16, 2017 “When will the slackness at City Hall stop?” by Shanta Singh (pg6). The Mayor and City...

Failure of public enterprises manifests the fact that governments should not run business

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failure of public enterprises manifests the fact that governments should not run business

Dear Editor, The Honorable Finance Minister in his Budget 2018 speech forecast a deficit of $12.8 billion in the overall performance of the Public Enterprises (PEs). He further pointed out that even...

Philosophy: Where did Homo sapiens go wrong?

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The question of why people violate others has plagued civilization from day one. Two great 20th thinkers had opposing ideas about the answer. Arthur Koestler explained that of all animals, an...

Affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities

Dec 17, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities

(Excerpts from Budget 2018 presentation by Hon Valerie Patterson-Yearwood MP) In May 2015, in recognition of this salient fact, the APNU+AFC Administration embarked on a journey toward “The Good...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more