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FIFA’s REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO VISIT GUYANA

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA’s REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO VISIT GUYANA

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will host the newly appointed FIFA Regional Director, Mr. Marlon Glean, who is scheduled to visit Guyana from tomorrow to Monday. During his visit, Glean will...

Clubs urged to prepare for packed season by New BCB President

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clubs urged to prepare for packed season by New BCB President

After a two-year absence of any major Inter-Club Cricket action in the ancient county of Berbice, the newly elected President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Hilbert Foster, is urging all Clubs...

Region 2 wants solar power for its health centers to save vaccines

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 2 wants solar power for its health centers to save vaccines

The Health and Sanitation Committee of Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam], is now making a request that all health centres in the Pomeroon be fully equipped with solar panels. This request was made due...

Could this be the second coming of Chris Barnwell? He is back with a bang for Guyana Jaguars

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Could this be the second coming of Chris Barnwell? He is back with a bang for Guyana Jaguars

By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise Christopher Deon Barnwell is widely viewed one of most passionate,...

One arrested for allegedly poisoning coconut trees at Hope Estate

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on One arrested for allegedly poisoning coconut trees at Hope Estate

The recent vandalism of 18 bearing coconut trees by persons at Hope Estate is a cause for concern and one which the Ministry of Agriculture will not sit by idly and allow to happen. One person has...

Security guard warns of criminal gangs in the shadows

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard warns of criminal gangs in the shadows

“Beware of those with ill-intent lurking in the shadows!” This is the warning of Vinet Persaud, a resident of Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown. But Persaud was not referring to his home...

“Stop boring me! Stop jukking me!” -victim overheard pleading with alleged killer

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Stop boring me! Stop jukking me!” -victim overheard pleading with alleged killer

Nigel Lawson was overheard shouting “Stop boring me! Stop Jukking me!” seconds after he was involved in a scuffle with handyman Kelvin Chisholm, who is presently on trial for murder before...

12 homes for Mazaruni prison officers completed

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 12 homes for Mazaruni prison officers completed

Director (ag) of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, has disclosed that 12 of the living quarters earmarked for prison staffers at the Mazaruni Prisons have been completed and a further eight are set for...

Devastated by fire, Coldingen furniture factory moves to restart

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Devastated by fire, Coldingen furniture factory moves to restart

Less than one week after it was completely destroyed by fire, there is now an effort by the Coldingen furniture factory to fulfill its commitment to clients. Supra International has already begun...

Children’s Court to be established soon

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Court to be established soon

Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards recently disclosed that with the passage of the new Juvenile Offenders Bill in the National Assembly, a Juvenile Court will be...

Ministry employees beat naked man of unsound mind on the seawall

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ministry employees beat naked man of unsound mind on the seawall

On Tuesday morning, I was walking on the Camp Street seawall with my dog. I was minding my own business when a large garbage truck pulled up about ten feet in front of me. The truck was in good...

Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

The past few weeks have been a trying period for the sugar workers and their union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU).The closure of four sugar estates by the government was...

On yet another school massacre

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on On yet another school massacre

Dear Editor, And once again the lemmings have hurtled themselves off the cliff. I’m hereby referring to yet another school massacre in the United States. Just like the lemmings, it seems American...

Ownership and control of oil resources

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ownership and control of oil resources

Dear Editor, Ownership and control of oil resources have been a major source of disagreement in many instances. Hence, certain theories have evolved over the course of time, to ascertain who owns and...

Whither, West Indies cricket? Enough is Enough!

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whither, West Indies cricket? Enough is Enough!

Dear Editor, A few years ago, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Viv Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts, uniting under the umbrella banner of Cricket Legends, met with Grenada Premier Keith Mitchell, Chairman...

An opportune time to reflect on the state of human development

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An opportune time to reflect on the state of human development

Dear Editor, February 20 is designated by the United Nations as World Day of Social Justice. This is an opportune time to reflect on the state of human development (or underdevelopment) in Guyana and...

Guyana’s notoriously poor building codes

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s notoriously poor building codes

Dear Editor, In several letters to this newspaper, I indicated that Guyana has poor building codes and virtually no enforcement procedures. The recent fire at Coldingen, at Supra International...

Impose taxes on Exxon for them to renegotiate

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Impose taxes on Exxon for them to renegotiate

Dear Editor, Guyana, as the new girl on the oil block, naively negotiated, and ended up with a deal that reveals Exxon as a predatory corporation that is willing to suck dry Guyana’s oil, without...

So many hidden facts that a book could be written of the City Council

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on So many hidden facts that a book could be written of the City Council

Dear Editor, The current difficulties being experienced by members of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament in getting information regarding millions of dollars in funds provided by Central...