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City Hall still to renew Cevon’s waste collection contract

Jan 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall still to renew Cevon’s waste collection contract

Amidst growing concerns over the garbage build-up in the city, Solid Waste Collector, Cevon’s Waste Management has noted their contention over the stance taken by the Georgetown Mayor and City...

Paiwomak Warriors, Snatchers are Tabatinga FC Year End champs

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paiwomak Warriors, Snatchers are Tabatinga FC Year End champs

Paiwomak Warriors FC and Snatchers FC captured the male and female titles respectively when the Tabatinga FC Year End Showdown football tournament concluded on January 1 at Lethem Community Centre...

Son remanded for fiery killing of mom

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Son remanded for fiery killing of mom

The 43-year-old man who allegedly killed his 73-year-old mother by setting her alight as she slept has been charged with her murder. Dewan Dahri was remanded to prison on December 29, 2017, after...

Guyana confident of hosting Women’s T20 matches

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana confident of hosting Women’s T20 matches

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Sports authorities here are confident Guyana will get the nod as one of the official host venues for this year’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup. The country has put in a...

Full police disclosure, bail court help curtail lengthy trials

Jan 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Full police disclosure, bail court help curtail lengthy trials

nvestigators complete 90% of file before it reaches court Guyana’s judiciary continues to benefit from initiatives established under the Justice Education Society (JES). The JES is a...

Lusignan Golf Club elects new executive

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club elects new executive

The Lusignan Golf Club has extended sincere Best Wishes for the New Year 2018 to all Guyana even as they announced the election of a new executive to run the affairs of the club in December last...

WADA announces that 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods now in force

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WADA announces that 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods now in force

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that the 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was first published on 29 September 2017, entered into force on 1 January,...

Duo face court for forged scrap metal licences

Jan 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Duo face court for forged scrap metal licences

Two men yesterday made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, for allegedly forging scrap metal export licences. Thirty-three-year-old Neilson...

The pursuit of natural gas development is a study at this time

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The pursuit of natural gas development is a study at this time

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in the January 3, 2018 editions of Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, under the respective headlines “Guyana cannot develop natural gas without...

The prolonged Parliamentary circus

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The prolonged Parliamentary circus

Dear Sir, From Face book post-ups of unparliamentary language from both sides of the House, with most notable coming from a Junior Minister also a supposedly Honorable Member- “Boomout” to...

At loggerheads with the Prime Minister’s representative

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on At loggerheads with the Prime Minister’s representative

Dear Editor, Please permit me some space in your most informative newspaper to respond to the Prime Minister’s representative here in Berbice, a man on whom taxpayers monies is being wasted to pay...

Sugar workers need to examine all avenues for financial assistance

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar workers need to examine all avenues for financial assistance

Dear Editor, Government is encouraged to fast forward plans and financial assistance payments to sugar workers immediately. This is not an issue to leave on the desk. Guyanese abroad with families in...

2017 review: Where do I begin?

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 2017 review: Where do I begin?

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France How do I prioritize the issues I have covered in 2017? There were so many vexations in 2017....

Garbage trucks damage roads in Republic Park

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Garbage trucks damage roads in Republic Park

Dear Sir, The residents of Phase 1, Republic Park have noted with great concern in recent months, the use of the lot at the corner of Wills and Jackson Streets by the Cevon Company to store the large...

Freddie Kissoon angers a colleague

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon angers a colleague

Dear Editor, Kindly permit response in relation to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s article dated January 3, 2018. During the festive season Freddie called me on my cellular phone laughing about the Article...

Nothing like local humour

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing like local humour

Dear Editor, For wit and humour, very few nations could compete with the average Guyanese. They always remind me of “Gemima”, the girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead, in the poem we...

Minister Patterson must be in Jest

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Patterson must be in Jest

Dear Editor, It had been reported in Kaieteur News (Govt. open to look beyond Exxon on natural gas project – Patterson, Dec 29, 2017) that Guyana will have access to 30-50 thousand cubic feet of...

A disappointment as a councillor

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A disappointment as a councillor

Dear Sir, The much heralded Local Government Elections were touted to be the changing point for residents in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, and the dawn of a new beginning. Residents living in...

My tribute to a true stalwart – Sandra Adams made her contribution

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on My tribute to a true stalwart – Sandra Adams made her contribution

Dear Editor, Sandra Adams was a champion in her own right. She has left an indelible mark on the local political landscape, specifically Linden. Sandra Adams will be remembered for her steadfastness...

Two questions for M&CC

Jan 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two questions for M&CC

Dear Editor, Were elections for mayor held and if so what was the outcome? Secondly, it’s the third day of the New Year and it seems we are back to square one. Could they say what arrangements have...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more