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CWI Digicel Regional four-day C/Ships …Guyana Jaguars two wickets away from victory despite Mohamed’s unbeaten 92

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Digicel Regional four-day C/Ships …Guyana Jaguars two wickets away from victory despite Mohamed’s unbeaten 92

Reifer slams maiden ton Report and photos by Zaheer Mohamed A spirited effort by the bowlers took Guyana Jaguars within sight of victory against Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force when the third...

A beheading and a sense of maturity in our people

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A beheading and a sense of maturity in our people

By Leonard Gildarie This past week was indeed a strange one. One incident shocked the nation into silence while the other should receive a loud, standing round of applause. The first instance had to...

Albion to Tain water supply interrupted after well fails

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Albion to Tain water supply interrupted after well fails

Residents from areas between Albion and Tain Village, Corentyne, will experience some water interruptions after it was revealed that one of the two main wells that supply the Port Mourant plant of...

30 athletes and 13 coaches will benefit from GOA/IOC solidarity fund

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 30 athletes and 13 coaches will benefit from GOA/IOC solidarity fund

With financing from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Solidarity fund, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has decided to disburse monthly stipends to 30 local and overseas based athletes...

The Land of Wow!

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Land of Wow!

By Dennis Nichols You’re going to America? Wow! It once was a crowning achievement. Across the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea from Guyana lies the land of (almost) every opportunity –...

Government pledges support for 2018 Bartica Easter Regatta

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government pledges support for 2018 Bartica Easter Regatta

Members of the Organising Committee of the Bartica Easter Regatta, this past week met with Minister of Stare, Honourable Joseph Harmon who on behalf of the Government of Guyana pledged full...

Rose Hall B/ball club said they did not ask for RHTY&SC donation, $$ should be refunded

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall B/ball club said they did not ask for RHTY&SC donation, $$ should be refunded

In a release from the Management of Rose Hall Town basketball team, who recently received a donation from the Rose Hall Youth and Sport Club, the club has informed that the donation was solicited by...

A work of immense importance

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A work of immense importance

Book: Contemplation Volumes 1 and 2 Poet: Deanne Heron Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Award winning writer Deanne Heron does not disappoint with this two-tiered poetic masterpiece. Her naturalism...

Protecting our patrimony

Jan 21, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protecting our patrimony

(H.E. David Granger’s remarks at the Signing Ceremony of the Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Development and Management Project on 18th January, 2018) Guyana is a beautiful and bountiful...

$Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged$

Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who is accused of fracturing a man’s skull, seven months ago was on Friday charged with felonious wounding. Kadeem Andrews appeared in the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Not likely Guyana’s obligations to CARICOM will increase after oil

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Not likely Guyana’s obligations to CARICOM will increase after oil

As the regional bloc continues to face some financial challenges, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, said that Guyana has been honouring its financial obligations. On Wednesday, Minister...

City Manager System could renew city

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on City Manager System could renew city

By PAT DIAL For many years now, the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) has been advocating that the Georgetown City Council be replaced by a City Management System headed by a City Manager. City...

A startling question at the GSPCA that floored me

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A startling question at the GSPCA that floored me

I keep writing and saying ad infinitum that you find negative things here that are not in existence elsewhere. A few days before Christmas, I saw another such situation. For years now, my wife and I...

Social media is the new eye of the world

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Social media is the new eye of the world

Social media is responsible for many things coming to light, some of the incidents so disturbing that there are people who simply cannot watch the gruesome nature of the scenes contained in some of...

How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most common question presented to my office is how can a green card holder (permanent resident) submit a sponsorship petition for their relatives. As a green card...

The chickens have come home to roost in the sugar industry

Jan 21, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The chickens have come home to roost in the sugar industry

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has always been the trade union or labour arm of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). It has also always been a key player and the main...

Shooting of 15-year-old in mouth… Accused Cadet Officer still to call final witness

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting of 15-year-old in mouth… Accused Cadet Officer still to call final witness

Cadet Officer Franz Paul who is accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the mouth is still to call his final witness in his defence. It is alleged that on April 30, 2014 at Georgetown, Franz Paul...

Knee replacement: Taking away the pains

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Knee replacement: Taking away the pains

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine For years persons with severe arthritis to their knees had to withstand the severe pains and try pain medications that had serious side...

PPP, councillors blasted for boycotting launch of regional consultations body

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP, councillors blasted for boycotting launch of regional consultations body

The People Progressive Party (PPP) councillors were a no-show at Friday’s inaugural meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee (NRDCC). Minister of Communities, Ronald...

I salute the media for keeping me on my toes– Trotman

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on I salute the media for keeping me on my toes– Trotman

While Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, seems perturbed at the media for its reporting on the looming oil industry, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, said that he...

Proposed Energy Efficiency Standard

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Proposed Energy Efficiency Standard

– A GREEN INITIATIVE FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is working collaboratively with the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and...

What are the powers of the City Police?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What are the powers of the City Police?

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has once again come under the spotlight, following an incident last week in which a young man, believed to be mentally ill, was fatally shot. The facts...

Khemdat Sukhul’s strange abduction… What kind of kidnappers would turn down $30M?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Khemdat Sukhul’s strange abduction… What kind of kidnappers would turn down $30M?

By Michael Jordan Maybe it was because he wasn’t well known. Maybe it was because it happened on the same day that the cambio dealer with the glamourous wife wound up dead in his Bel Air home. You...

Life lessons

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Life lessons

Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset.” “Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.” “The...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Money always attracts criminals. The decision by the government to pay the retrenched sugar workers will see a shift in criminal activities to the eastern part of the country. It is not that the...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

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