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East Coast road project progressing -concrete, asphalt plant arrive

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast road project progressing -concrete, asphalt plant arrive

Works on the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project are moving ahead and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) remains optimistic in meeting key milestones. The...

BCB to host Berbice wide U-15 and U-21 Inter-Club Tournaments – Teams urged to register

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB to host Berbice wide U-15 and U-21 Inter-Club Tournaments – Teams urged to register

The Berbice Cricket Board has now successfully completed negotiations concerning sponsorship for all its junior cricket tournaments for 2018. The Berbice Cricket Board has already launched Under-17...

Oscar Clarke points finger at staff for City Hall’s financial mess

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oscar Clarke points finger at staff for City Hall’s financial mess

Chairman of the Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee (M&CC), Councillor Oscar Clarke, said that the concerns generated over the financial management of the city are mainly due to the...

Berbice Basketball tourney starts next Saturday

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Basketball tourney starts next Saturday

The Berbice Amateur Basketball Association Knockout Tournament will bounce off next Saturday, March 17th and run up to the 31st. The event will see Berbice Champion, Rose Hall Town Jammers, playing...

Journalists honour 42 phenomenal Berbice women on IWD

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Journalists honour 42 phenomenal Berbice women on IWD

From women involved in domestic service to professional service, journalists Royston Drakes and Tracy Khan-Drakes, through the Big Deal Franchise, honoured 42 phenomenal women spread across the...

Guyanese man found dead in Suriname

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man found dead in Suriname

The family of Colis Crawford aka ‘Duffu’, who was found dead in Suriname on Tuesday, is seeking the public’s assistance with transporting his body back home. Crawford, who migrated to Suriname...

School promotes ‘green’s pesticide at STEAM fair

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on School promotes ‘green’s pesticide at STEAM fair

Many recently witnessed the vast potential of young Guyanese minds, as Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam], last Thursday wrapped up its Regional Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics...

NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE TO BE NAMED SOON …Vincentian Adrian Saunders tipped

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE TO BE NAMED SOON …Vincentian Adrian Saunders tipped

by Oscar Ramjeet Just before the name of the new President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to be announced one of the Caribbean leaders has lashed out at most regional heads for their...

Teen who poisoned one-year-old son and self, succumbs… –baby still hospitalised

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen who poisoned one-year-old son and self, succumbs… –baby still hospitalised

The teen mother who poisoned herself and claimed that she also poisoned her one year old son has since succumbed. Roshanie Ramlakhan, 19, of Lot 161 Number 59 Village, Corentyne, Berbice succumbed at...

Corentyne rice farmers frustrated over cattle in their crop

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne rice farmers frustrated over cattle in their crop

Small-scale rice farmers cultivating the Number 52-65 area have suggested that two fences estimated to cost millions of dollars be erected along the Seaforth Dam and the Number 52-65 Facade Drainage...

Ex-Rose Hall workers refuse to take up jobs at the estate -SPU accuse union of undermining interests

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Rose Hall workers refuse to take up jobs at the estate -SPU accuse union of undermining interests

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) under the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), yesterday condemned the efforts of the leadership of the Guyana Agricultural and General...

Fire destroys elderly couple’s home

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys elderly couple’s home

An elderly couple is now forced to live with relatives after a fire gutted their two-storey wooden home at Lot 6 Company Path, Yarrow Dam, Georgetown. The fire, of unknown origin began at about...

Confusion reigns at and rains down on the Guyana Chronicle

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Confusion reigns at and rains down on the Guyana Chronicle

I got up earlier than usual yesterday morning because I had to testify at the Lindo Creek massacre Commission of Inquiry, which meant I had to walk my dog earlier than usual. I went to my emails at...

CRIME, OIL AND TOURISM

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CRIME, OIL AND TOURISM

Unlike most of the Caribbean Islands which are known for their beautiful and clear water beaches that attract tourists, Guyana is relatively unknown to the outside world and because of this, it has...

Is the PNCR trapped in the past?

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is the PNCR trapped in the past?

It was reported in sections of the media that by letter of February 12, 2018, the Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan had written to the Mayor of Georgetown, indicating that concerns have been...

The most urgent task facing the Guyanese Leadership

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The most urgent task facing the Guyanese Leadership

DEAR EDITOR Most of us may not be aware of the relationship that exists between States that maintain publicly-funded education systems and their citizens. Speaking generally, modern States invest in...

Is it worth to continue advertising at ‘Bus Stop’ sheds?

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it worth to continue advertising at ‘Bus Stop’ sheds?

Dear Editor, At first, I thought it was a brilliant initiative by the government of the day with the erection of colourful ‘BUS STOP’ sheds in and around the city. Just recently I...

GRDB debunks reports of water weevil outbreak

Mar 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB debunks reports of water weevil outbreak

The Guyana Rice Development Board, GRDB, dispatched a team of officers headed by Entomologist Dr. Viviane Baharally, of the Rice Research Station at Burma, Mahaicony, to investigate reports of...

I regret never having engaged in direct dialogue with Wilson Harris

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I regret never having engaged in direct dialogue with Wilson Harris

Dear Editor, As has been obvious to many in literary circles, I’ve never been able to buy into the mythos surrounding Wilson Harris and I probably never will. That personal belief, or perhaps...

Dealing with juveniles who commit serious crimes

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dealing with juveniles who commit serious crimes

DEAR EDITOR, Both the Kaieteur and the Chronicle Newspapers of 20th February 2018, informed us that a 15-year-old will “stand trial for killing top cop’s brother.” According to both media...

The destructive fires continue and there’s a dire lack of concern

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The destructive fires continue and there’s a dire lack of concern

DEAR EDITOR, There seems to be a dire lack of concern for the safety of people and property in Guyana by the Housing Authorities. Just two weeks ago, I indicated that Guyana has poor building codes...

The Sea Wall – Our topmost critical infrastructure

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Sea Wall – Our topmost critical infrastructure

DEAR EDITOR, Our dear land of Guyana is known as the Land of Many Waters. We enjoy the beautiful North Atlantic sea breeze on any hot sunny day. We carry on with our daily activities without ever...

President Granger really needs to figure out what the role of a leader is

Mar 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger really needs to figure out what the role of a leader is

DEAR EDITOR, Over the past few years, the Guyanese economy revealed an economic illness that is tied to the state of the six sisters (rice, sugar, bauxite, gold, seafood, and forestry). There are...