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Regional Super50 Festival… Volcanoes dethrone depleted Pride with exciting last over 3-wkt win

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 Festival… Volcanoes dethrone depleted Pride with exciting last over 3-wkt win

By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise Nineteen year-old former West Indies U-19 player Alick Athanaze (23)...

Maurice Solomon beats the field in exciting Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf tourney

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Solomon beats the field in exciting Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf tourney

Playing in fine style under excellent golf course and weather conditions, veteran and senior golfer Maurice Solomon played a great game to emerge the champion in the Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf...

Brenessa Thompson scorches to new personal best 200m at SEC Games

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brenessa Thompson scorches to new personal best 200m at SEC Games

Guyanese athlete Brenessa Thompson on Saturday last scorched the track to a new personal best indoor time at the SEC Games in Texas, United States. Thompson ran 23.15 in the heats for Texas A&M...

Green returned at the helm of the GRFU; will not seek re-election in 2020

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Green returned at the helm of the GRFU; will not seek re-election in 2020

Three sports journalists also elected By Franklin Wilson President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Peter Green was returned to lead the union for the next two years un-opposed yesterday...

Ministry of Communities staff undergo training for Local Govt. reforms

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Communities staff undergo training for Local Govt. reforms

Over 20 middle-management employees of the Ministry of Communities participated in a training exercise last week through the Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP). This exercise was facilitated...

Govt. downplays absence of public hearings in Lindo Creek CoI

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. downplays absence of public hearings in Lindo Creek CoI

More than two weeks after being established, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deaths of eight miners whose burnt remains were discovered at a camp at Lindo Creek, in the upper Berbice...

PM Nagamootoo could return April

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PM Nagamootoo could return April

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is recuperating in the United States after bypass heart surgery, could return in April. Kaieteur News understands that doctors, who continue to monitor his...

More West Berbice farmers challenge revocation of leases to state lands

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More West Berbice farmers challenge revocation of leases to state lands

Three more rice farmers have challenged President Granger‘s revocation of leases for state lands situated in the Mahaica/Mahaicony Abary main canal in the rear of Number 40 Village, West...

New date set for Presidential term limit hearing at CCJ

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New date set for Presidential term limit hearing at CCJ

The appeal in relation the Presidential Term limit is set to be heard by the Caribbean Court of Justice, (CCJ) on March 12 at 10:00 am. The Court had previously set a tentative date for the hearing....

‘Internet access at Fairview will revolutionise learning’ – Fairview Toshao, Headteacher

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Internet access at Fairview will revolutionise learning’ – Fairview Toshao, Headteacher

Toshao of Fairview, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight), Lucy Marslow, has welcomed the efforts of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications in providing internet access to that community, given the...

Exxon sprints ahead

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Exxon sprints ahead

No one likes to get a bad deal. And Guyana has gotten a rotten deal from ExxonMobil. The deal amounts to highway robbery. To better understand what has happened, let us assume that you have a...

Beetroot— the ‘super food’ that lowers the risk of heart disease

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Beetroot— the ‘super food’ that lowers the risk of heart disease

Beetroot, also known as beet, is an ancient food that has been gaining popularity due to its ability to treat ailments – notably, heart disease, fevers, constipation, blood pressure – and...

Why do couples divorce?

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Why do couples divorce?

In life, things happen not only by accident but for a reason and divorce is one of those life events that just does not happen by accident. Today, the divorce rate in most countries is very high with...

GTT cannot be forgiven for what it has done to the people of Guyana

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT cannot be forgiven for what it has done to the people of Guyana

Dear Editor, It is with deep anger that I write to you about the behaviour of GTT. I do hope that it can be carried to express our deep frustration. This company came here in the 90s when Guyana...

PPP preparing for the long journey into the wilderness

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on PPP preparing for the long journey into the wilderness

Do you know that Cheddi Jagan was once the president of both the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) and the Rice Marketing Board and never owned even a square foot of rice land? Jagan also became...

Ghana’s oil circumstances are different from Guyana’s

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ghana’s oil circumstances are different from Guyana’s

Dear Editor, I have read most of the opinions in the national press regarding the Exxon-Mobil contract. Like many issues in Guyana, a lot of the opinions and debates are devoid of facts. I would...

The Lindo Creek COI and the departing Top Cop

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Lindo Creek COI and the departing Top Cop

Dear Editor, I was perplexed when I first heard of the apparent difficulties being faced by the COI into the Lindo Creek massacre. I kept thinking of the mysterious witness that the police supposedly...

Guyanese urged to apply for US entrepreneurial programme

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese urged to apply for US entrepreneurial programme

Guyanese entrepreneurs are being invited to apply to partake in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. The U.S Embassy in Guyana recently announced...

More watchdogs needed for local football’s real metamorphosis

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More watchdogs needed for local football’s real metamorphosis

Dear Editor, With the operations of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) undergoing much wanted scrutiny due to alleged sexual misconduct and harassment claims, the visit by FIFA’s Regional...

Towards the Dawn of a New Era

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Towards the Dawn of a New Era

Dear Editor, The officials of the German penal system have acknowledged that the reason for allowing murderers and other extreme anti-social criminals to live quite normal lives which include access...

More Safety Measures Needed at Hospitals

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More Safety Measures Needed at Hospitals

Dear Editor, The editorial of February 8, 2018 is rather enlightening as it pinpoints various advances in the Health Care system in Guyana. However, many simple procedures seem to have been relegated...

Embracing the Arts touted at Republic Anniversary lecture

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Embracing the Arts touted at Republic Anniversary lecture

There is much more than meets the eye in the creative arts, and according to Dr. Natalie Hopkinson, Guyana can benefit significantly if investors pump capital into the industry. Dr. Hopkinson,...

Burnham meant well and he was fun

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Burnham meant well and he was fun

Dear Editor, I read the recent ‘semi-ode’ to the late President L.F.S. Burnham. I agree he was a man for all seasons – and for all reasons. He was unassuming and at ease with himself. I...

Delivery of health services is poor in Region Six

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Delivery of health services is poor in Region Six

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the subject minister of health services some cases in less than a few days that is the actual reflections of the health system in Region Six. I...

ExxonMobil attempts to mislead nation with ad

Feb 25, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil attempts to mislead nation with ad

In an advertisement published on page two of today’s edition, USA oil giant, ExxonMobil attempts to mislead the citizenry on several aspects of oil deal it has with Guyana. In the ad, ExxonMobil...

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Jagdeo is a liability to Irfaan Ali

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo has long represented an unsettling paradox in Guyana’s politics. He... more