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GBTI onboard with MSC street football

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI onboard with MSC street football

Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Port Kaituma branch has supported the Matarkai Sports Committee (MSC) for the staging of its second annual male and female street football which is set to kick off...

UDFA/ GT BEER CHRISTMAS CUP…Defending champions Shattas and undefeated Eagles ascend to semifinal

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/ GT BEER CHRISTMAS CUP…Defending champions Shattas and undefeated Eagles ascend to semifinal

Eagles United remained unbeaten when they recorded a second win in Group B to advance after beating Botafago 2-1, while defending champions Silver Shattas were able to come away with a 0-0 draw...

Road to Mecca IV…Kobras defeated Ravens to reach final four, Jets end tournament on high

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Road to Mecca IV…Kobras defeated Ravens to reach final four, Jets end tournament on high

-Finals on tonight The final two group matches of the Guyana Basketball Federation’s National Club Championships (road to Mecca IV) were competed on Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Music, Gangs, Violence, and Murder – The Tale of an American City

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Music, Gangs, Violence, and Murder – The Tale of an American City

Book: To Funk and Die in LA: A D Hunter Mystery Author: Nelson George Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Nelson George delivers a vividly dramatic and artful work. It is hauntingly real and captures a...

Flawed WTO Arbitration remains better option, despite US view

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Flawed WTO Arbitration remains better option, despite US view

By Sir Ronald Sanders The new United States Trade Representative (USTR), Mr Robert Lighthizer, made his first appearance at a Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in...

PSC takes Christmas cheer to over 1000 sugar workers and their families

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PSC takes Christmas cheer to over 1000 sugar workers and their families

More than 1,000 sugar workers and their families were on Friday treated with hampers and toys by the Private Sector Commission. Smiles were brought to the children’s faces as they were handed their...

THE NO-LEGGED ECONOMY

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NO-LEGGED ECONOMY

Guyana’s has a one-legged economy at the moment. The government is waiting on gold to give it a second leg. The government may end up waiting in vain. Exxon Mobil is not going to start...

Social Protection Minister spreads Christmas cheer to Mahaica Children’s Home

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Minister spreads Christmas cheer to Mahaica Children’s Home

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, yesterday, wrapped up her gift distribution exercise at the Mahaica Children’s Home, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. Over the last three weeks Minister Ally...

Useful TIPS for a better existence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Useful TIPS for a better existence

Successful people have two things on their lips, “smile and silence”. Smile can solve a problem, silence can avoid problems. Sugar and salt may be mixed together but ants reject...

Education must feature multiculturalism

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Education Corner, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Education must feature multiculturalism

The holiday season provides an ideal opportunity for us to reflect upon the cultural diversity that defines us as Guyanese and the role the education system should play in this regard. We have forged...

Another 16 wardens certified to police environmental laws

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another 16 wardens certified to police environmental laws

The second batch for the corps of wardens graduated recently at the Guyana Police Training Centre. Sixteen men and women were certified as Supernumerary Constables with the authority to enact...

First Lady impersonator woos Magistrate with Christmas present

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady impersonator woos Magistrate with Christmas present

A male prisoner wowed Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday, when he presented her with a token—a Christmas card—which she read aloud in court. The words engrave in the card read, “Dear past,...

Grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica]

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica]

The grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica] is a small South American member of the Didelphidae family of opossums. Unlike most other marsupials, the grey short-tailed opossum does...

Buy safe toys and playthings for your children

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Buy safe toys and playthings for your children

Toys and playthings are one of the commodities monitored by the GNBS under its Standards Compliance Programme especially during this Christmas season. When purchasing toys, parents have a significant...

Police to partner with GRA, insurance company to crack carjacking ring

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police to partner with GRA, insurance company to crack carjacking ring

With vehicles being hijacked almost daily throughout the country, acting Crime Chief, Paul Williams, said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has had enough of such cases. It is now determined more...

GL&SC repossesses over 1000 acres of Mocha lands for non-performance

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GL&SC repossesses over 1000 acres of Mocha lands for non-performance

Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, has defended a decision to cancel the leases of four businessmen in the Mocha Community and debunked claims that the...

Don’t panic when faced with a Request For Evidence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t panic when faced with a Request For Evidence

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many of our clients are already very nervous while awaiting decisions related to their immigration status. The last thing they want to receive in the mail is a Request...

There is nothing better than a Guyanese Christmas

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is nothing better than a Guyanese Christmas

Another Christmas and another round of enjoyment to the extreme. That is what Christmas does. There was a time when I was totally wrapped up in the season. As a boy, Christmas meant varnish, polish,...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 24, 2017 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A year does not go by without the madness on the roads at this time. This year is no different. Some motorcycle bandits would try to attack a car. They would trail the occupants with a view to...

Social Protection Ministry intensifies efforts in patient care, fight against sexual and domestic violence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry intensifies efforts in patient care, fight against sexual and domestic violence

The Ministry of Social Protection has racked up a number of accomplishments for 2017 and the plans in the pipeline for next year regarding patient care and the fight against sexual and domestic...

The man who loved CSI

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The man who loved CSI

By Michael Jordan I have a strange request for you. I want those of you, who love crime dramas, particularly the CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) television series, to tell me if you recall any...

Facts about painful periods

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Facts about painful periods

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Many women experience menstrual pains just before and during their menstrual periods. Statistics show that as many as 90% of adolescent...

It’s the attitude that counts…If you love your country, read and circulate this so that as many people can reflect on it and change. Think about it…

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on It’s the attitude that counts…If you love your country, read and circulate this so that as many people can reflect on it and change. Think about it…

The difference between the poor and rich nations is not the age of the nation. This can be demonstrated by countries like India and Egypt, which are more than 2000 years old and are still poor...

“We could never do that, never!”

Dec 24, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on “We could never do that, never!”

As a senior minister from the Alliance for Change said this week, activists in that Party would never stoop so low as to even think about putting out a press release maliciously alleging that a...

JOYS OF CHRISTMASTIDE

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on JOYS OF CHRISTMASTIDE

By PAT DIAL To-day, Sunday, is the beginning of Christmas Week; it is also Christmas Eve. The Christmas Season will continue until the end of the year, and with some families even until Twelfth...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more