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GABF National Club Championship to bounce off April 7

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF National Club Championship to bounce off April 7

With the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) tournament on the horizon, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will be affording some of the country’s top players a chance to impress...

KMPA girls to compete at Hershey’s Youth Championship

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMPA girls to compete at Hershey’s Youth Championship

The King Medas Pansy Adonis (KMPA) girls will be competing this weekend, March 9th-11th, in the famous Hershey’s Youth Championship Indoor Nationals set for the Ocean Breeze Indoor Athletic Complex...

STSC holds 6-over Tapeball cricket at Jubilee Park

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC holds 6-over Tapeball cricket at Jubilee Park

South Turkeyen Sports Committee and Queen’s College Sports Committee have collaborated to stage a six-over Tapeball Cricket competition at the Jubilee Park on Saturday and Sunday from 09:30hrs. The...

Man convicted for sexual activity with girl, 7

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man convicted for sexual activity with girl, 7

A weeping Troy Jackson’s freedom was snatched away after a 12-member mixed jury found him guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a child under age 16. Prior to the conviction, Jackson had been...

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League…Milerock lead in UDFA, Eagles and Pouderoyen win in WDFA

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League…Milerock lead in UDFA, Eagles and Pouderoyen win in WDFA

Milerock FC are the current leaders on 10 points in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 Intra Association League. They have recorded three wins...

Milo Schools U-18 Football Competition Knockout Rounds start this weekend

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Schools U-18 Football Competition Knockout Rounds start this weekend

Played under the theme: “There is no excuse for violence”, the 2018 Milo/Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Under-18 schools’ football tournament being played at the Ministry of Education (MOE)...

Uitvlugt Secondary re-opened following flood

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt Secondary re-opened following flood

The Uitvlugt Secondary School yesterday reopened as the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to aid the 400-plus families affected by recent spring tides on the West Coast Demerara. The...

Easter Vacation Swimming Programme 2018 starts March 26

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Easter Vacation Swimming Programme 2018 starts March 26

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, National Sports Commission will conduct its annual Easter Swimming Programme during March 26 – April 6, 2018....

Car mysteriously torched at Grove

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Car mysteriously torched at Grove

Who torched Faizal Hydarlie’s car and in the process damaged three others at Grove, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning? Police said that Hydarlie, 37, a driver of Lot 720 Section ‘C’...

A grassy contract

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A grassy contract

Dear Editor; If my memory serves me right, early in the negotiations with the oil company some brilliant government official, when advised to check into the company’s background, said that that...

Addressing poverty among factors to help safeguard children – CPA Director

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Addressing poverty among factors to help safeguard children – CPA Director

Poverty is not only a risk factor, but rather, a fundamental factor that must be addressed when it comes to the protection of children. This observation was recently made by Director of the...

Twenty-three bids for rehab of Timehri Fire Station

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty-three bids for rehab of Timehri Fire Station

The following are bids presented to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday: Ministry of Public Security: Rehabilitation of Timehri Fire Station ...

Work on Kitty roundabout progressing

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Work on Kitty roundabout progressing

Work on the roundabout at Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue is quickly progressing and is about 15 percent complete. The construction, which began last Tuesday, should be concluded before...

Health sector gets counselling support from Florida Army National Guard

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector gets counselling support from Florida Army National Guard

A six-member team from the Florida Army National Guard [FLARNG] is on a four-day visit in Guyana to help push counselling and behaviour therapy in the health sector. The FLARANG members held talks...

‘Aunty Phyllis’ glides into the centenarian fraternity

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Aunty Phyllis’ glides into the centenarian fraternity

Yesterday, yet another strong Guyanese woman joined the special class of human beings called centenarians. Phyllis Hinds, a resident of Lot 61 Remus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, was...

Investing in the foreign oil companies

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investing in the foreign oil companies

Dear Editor First, let me say that I am an investor (not a major investor) in CGX Energy which is searching for oil in Guyana. We already know that Guyana has oil from seven successful wells drilled...

Marijuana has its dangers

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Marijuana has its dangers

Dear Editor, Re Malcolm Watkins letter to the Editor “Guyana must move to a marijuana industry dated March 4, 2018 we wish to state, “The scientific literature is clear that marijuana is...

GAWU should call a national strike for Sugar Workers’ Severance Benefits

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GAWU should call a national strike for Sugar Workers’ Severance Benefits

Dear Editor, One of the hallmarks of my letters is that they are devoid of fables and doomsday tales. They aim to increase welfare by providing analyses based on available information which can be...

There is need for a national airline

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is need for a national airline

DEAR EDITOR, As 2020 approaches and expectations of Guyana’s oil production commencement mounts, there is a lot of ‘chit-chat’ over the usage of anticipated oil revenues by Guyana’s...

City Hall is collapsing and the Town Clerk is blind

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall is collapsing and the Town Clerk is blind

Dear Editor, Persons with an active interest in Guyana, particularly Georgetown, are unfortunately subjected to daily episodes of the real life Georgetown City Council Soap Opera, known not as the...

When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets crushed

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets crushed

DEAR EDITOR, This old adage aptly describes what is reportedly going on in the sugar industry as indicated ad infinitum, including in Sunday’s (4/3/18) media which included reports of open,...

Those post-bank robberies

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Those post-bank robberies

Banks are no longer safe places to visit. In just one week alone, four persons were attacked and robbed of substantial amounts of cash after leaving commercial banks. One of the victims was shot and...

The coalition is seeking to hide its corruption

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition is seeking to hide its corruption

Dear Editor, Corruption is a plague that must be resisted, rejected and condemned in every form and fashion, wherever and whenever it is identified. Last week, we learnt of the fiasco involving...

Statements from two ministers and a police officer

Mar 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Statements from two ministers and a police officer

The Minister of Public Security said that given the spate of robberies committed on persons after they would have made bank withdrawals, this would necessitate sting operations. This is one of three...

Uitvlugt Secondary re-opened following flood

Mar 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt Secondary re-opened following flood

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