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Softball action at Linden Soesdyke Highway on March 31

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball action at Linden Soesdyke Highway on March 31

Rainbow Promotion will be hosting a floodlight softball cricket competition on March 31 at Red Scorpion ground Kuru Kururu, Linden, Soesdyke Highway starting at 16:00hrs. Admission is free and Black...

WDCA U-19 50-over tourney…. Independence SC, Zeeburg, All Youths triumph

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCA U-19 50-over tourney…. Independence SC, Zeeburg, All Youths triumph

Independence SC, Zeeburg, All Youths registered victories when the latest round of matches in the West Demerara Cricket Association U-19 5-over tournament concluded recently. At Joe Vieira Park, Cold...

WDCA President’s Cup… Wins for Independence B, Zeeburg B, Mc Gill

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCA President’s Cup… Wins for Independence B, Zeeburg B, Mc Gill

Independence B, Zeeburg B, Mc Gill recorded victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association President’s Cup 50-over tournament continued recently. At Joe Viera Park, Independence B batted...

Clarence Hinds joins 9th annual Easter weekend games

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clarence Hinds joins 9th annual Easter weekend games

Clarence Hinds of Mabaruma, Region one is the latest sponsor to join the 9th annual Easter weekend games with a cash prize of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). The prize money will go towards the...

NSC blames Auditor General for non submission of audited financials to National Assembly

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NSC blames Auditor General for non submission of audited financials to National Assembly

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has said that it has wrongfully been deemed as a non compliant agency. In fact, the Commission is blaming the Office of the Auditor General (AG) for the stall in...

Essequibians question removal of pedestrian crossings along E’bo Coast

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibians question removal of pedestrian crossings along E’bo Coast

A number of pedestrian crossings at strategic locations along the Essequibo Coast were removed some two weeks ago. Crossings were removed from schools, post offices, banks, health centres and even...

Soesdyke Health Centre opens clinic

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke Health Centre opens clinic

Taking a multi-sectoral approach, the Ministry of Public Health Adolescent Unit in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, took a great step in establishing an adolescent and antenatal clinic...

East Bank Berbice residents to benefit from 24 hours water service

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank Berbice residents to benefit from 24 hours water service

The Guyana Water Incorporated as part of its mandate to ensure every Guyanese has access to potable water has made the residents of Lighttown, Highbury and Deutichan, East Bank Berbice very happy....

School of the Nations gearing to host major education conference

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations gearing to host major education conference

Leadership in education will be the main focus when School of the Nations hosts a Caribbean Conference next month. The Caribbean Conference on Educational Leadership, which will be held in...

India’s Cabinet apprised of MoU with Guyana on renewable energy

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on India’s Cabinet apprised of MoU with Guyana on renewable energy

“The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Renewable Energy between India and Guyana,” an...

GWI going ‘green’ at its offices

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI going ‘green’ at its offices

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is embarking on an initiative that would see the utility company’s office water supply being powered by alternative energy. Managing Director of GWI, Dr. Richard...

Two different statements on GPL shutdown

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two different statements on GPL shutdown

On Thursday evening, the coastlands in Berbice and Demerara were once again hit by another shutdown. In the aftermath, there were varying statements from the Government and then from Guyana Power and...

Radio Orealla, 95.1 FM, to be switched on

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Radio Orealla, 95.1 FM, to be switched on

From tomorrow, communities in and around Orealla and Siparuta in the East Berbice-Corentyne District will be able to switch on their radios to 95.1 FM, as the Government moves to commission Radio...

Extradition proceedings for US murder suspect ….. Defence claims officer had no arrest warrant

Mar 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Extradition proceedings for US murder suspect ….. Defence claims officer had no arrest warrant

The extradition proceedings for Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted in the U.S for murder, commenced yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel...

What someone did to Jagan another must do to Burnham

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What someone did to Jagan another must do to Burnham

This week marked a hundred years of the birth of Cheddi jagan. The Stabroek News carried a supplement on the birth anniversary with articles that were outpouring in their angelic descriptions of...

Are the right persons in the right jobs?

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Are the right persons in the right jobs?

The rule of the APNU+AFC has not resulted in a net increase in employment. But this does not mean that persons who were previously unemployed have not gained employment. With close to 7,000 sugar...

I reject Sherwood Lowe’s conclusion on the third term case as incredulous

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I reject Sherwood Lowe’s conclusion on the third term case as incredulous

DEAR EDITOR, With an unaccustomed and uncharacteristic degree, and exhibition of incredulity and incomprehension Sherwood Lowe writes “after listening to the entire video stream of the presidential...

Plain Talk: About Governance in a Neighbourhood Community

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plain Talk: About Governance in a Neighbourhood Community

DEAR EDITOR, Tuesday 21 March, 2018 on Plain Talk, there was some very instructive comments on the state of local governance in one Neighbourhood that includes Plaisance and an area where there are...

Give us our coins!

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Give us our coins!

DEAR EDITOR, I have observed from time to time whenever I receive money from a particular renowned money transfer agency its agents would not give the coins, if the transaction so warrants it. On...

We must constantly look to improve our standards and facilities

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must constantly look to improve our standards and facilities

DEAR EDITOR, With all the debate emanating from the different quarters of the Guyanese society as it relates to ExxonMobil and the oil and gas find, Guyana is definitely onto something big, really...

Cooperation needed among citizens to achieve national progress

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cooperation needed among citizens to achieve national progress

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to issue a call to all my fellow Guyanese to rethink the situation on the national level in which we find ourselves from a fresh perspective, and make an effort to resolve,...

Environmental extremists care more about jellyfish than Guyanese people

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Environmental extremists care more about jellyfish than Guyanese people

DEAR EDITOR, One notes with great concern the campaign known as “A Fair Deal for Guyana” which is behind the legal challenge to the Exxon PSA. A check of their Twitter posts includes the slogans:...

A deep loss to his family

Mar 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A deep loss to his family

DEAR EDITOR, The death of Dr. Churaumanie Bissundyal is not only a deep loss to his family but also to the literary community. He emerged as a prolific postcolonial writer and made an indelible mark...