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Titan Bowl VII ….Presidents College bounce their way to Female Title; Mackenzie High claim Male Crown

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Titan Bowl VII ….Presidents College bounce their way to Female Title; Mackenzie High claim Male Crown

President’s College female team piped Marian Academy to championship honours when the V11 edition of the Titan Bowl Basketball Championship organized by Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) concluded on...

Land Registry clears backlog

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Land Registry clears backlog

– titles now available within two weeks The APNU+AFC government had promised the people of Guyana better public service. While citizens still continue to complain about many mediocre...

Scotiabank, Bartica Int’l Volunteers spread Christmas cheer to seniors

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank, Bartica Int’l Volunteers spread Christmas cheer to seniors

Scotiabank in collaboration with Bartica International Volunteers, for an 18th year has brought Christmas cheer to the senior citizens of Bartica, at the annual party which was held on December 13,...

EATING HEALTHY FOR THE SEASON

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EATING HEALTHY FOR THE SEASON

It’s the Christmas season once again. While Christmas is a time of peace and happiness for many, it also evokes sadness for others, especially the poor and the homeless. It is the season when peace...

GPHC buckles up to avoid procurement anomalies

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC buckles up to avoid procurement anomalies

-Tenders for medical supplies ahead of New Year Ahead of the New Year, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is ensuring that the issues it faced earlier this year do not reoccur. To do...

In the church of the poisoned mind

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

We cannot escape the daily sermon. This is the reality of Guyana. A political party that had been in power for twenty-three years and under whose rule the society had become a failed state, lost...

Rejecting Granger’s shortlists

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Rejecting Granger’s shortlists

The Leader of the Opposition should not participate in any consultations with the President of Guyana, on the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice, as long as the President is going to...

Masking the reality in the classrooms

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Masking the reality in the classrooms

Dear Editor, During the August Term 2017, a group of Grade 1 pupils (30 pupils per teacher) was exposed to a single composition topic for the entire term. The same topic appeared on the Annual...

An arrest for teaching music

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An arrest for teaching music

Dear Editor, Mrs. Heyva Yazdan-Mahdiabadi , a Baha’i music teacher, living in Yazd,Iran, was arrested in late November. An informed source said she was arrested for teaching music to children. She...

GPSU’s dereliction of duty on collective bargaining in the Public Service

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPSU’s dereliction of duty on collective bargaining in the Public Service

Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service Union’s (GPSU) President, Patrick Yarde, and another GPSU Executive, have been members of the outgoing Public Service Commission (PSC). Patrick Yarde also...

A LETTER TO SANTA

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A LETTER TO SANTA

Dear Santa, The children and the people of Guyana look forward with great expectations to your annual, traditional Christmas visit to Guyana. You have always been a source of kindness, compassion,...

Masking the reality in the classrooms

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Masking the reality in the classrooms

Dear Editor, During the August Term 2017, a group of Grade 1 pupils (30 pupils per teacher) was exposed to a single composition topic for the entire term. The same topic appeared on the Annual...

Hold the politicians accountable

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hold the politicians accountable

Dear Editor, Workers/citizens have to hold the politicians accountable for lying to them, taking them for granted, and treating their business with contempt. Bharrat Jagdeo’s statement that should...

A political campaign against David Granger

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A political campaign against David Granger

Dear Editor, The citizens of Guyana have endured a long and bitter undemocratic rule (1968-1992) under the People’s National Congress. Economic and social decay pervaded the nation, which became...

The Speaker should apologise to MP – Bishop Juan Edghill

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Speaker should apologise to MP – Bishop Juan Edghill

Dear Editor, Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland’s announcement that he did not summon the Police to eject People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament, Bishop...

Anticorruption advocates question …Has Greenidge become the new spokesperson for ExxonMobil?

Dec 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Anticorruption advocates question …Has Greenidge become the new spokesperson for ExxonMobil?

foreign companies should also be subjected to detailed background checks—Greenidge in 2014. On more than three occasions, Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, has expressed the...

Former AG Nandlall says…GECOM Chairman two jobs in violation of Constitution

Dec 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former AG Nandlall says…GECOM Chairman two jobs in violation of Constitution

– Patterson still on Govt.’s payroll as legal advisor The troubles relating to the appointment of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)...

Ex-cop chops man, then drives into crowd helping victim, killing one

Dec 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop chops man, then drives into crowd helping victim, killing one

An ex-policeman killed one man and left three others injured after chopping one person before deliberately driving his bus into a crowd that was helping the individual he had wounded. The incident...

Bandits cut into Christmas profits at Mc Doom Filling Station

Dec 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cut into Christmas profits at Mc Doom Filling Station

– after frequent robberies, owners forced to abort 24-hour service By: Davina Ramdass It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for many businesses, and it’s perhaps also the most...

Ministah seh de past don’t count

Dec 18, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ministah seh de past don’t count

A man get convicted fuh a spate of armed robberies including bank robberies. In one of de robberies he kill a bank guard. He serve 20-odd years in jail. He come out last month and he apply to de Bank...

Hess investors growing increasingly impatient over returns

Dec 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hess investors growing increasingly impatient over returns

– company heavily invested in Guyana Several investors in Hess, which have partnered with ExxonMobil and Nexen for oil exploration offshore Guyana, are preparing to force a sale of all...

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Ministers should stay clear of project management

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Picture a Minister, seated at the head of a table, leaning forward, looking a contractor... more