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Port Mourant Jaguars win Fyrish Volleyball tournament – Corriverton Jets beat Port Mourant for female title

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Jaguars win Fyrish Volleyball tournament – Corriverton Jets beat Port Mourant for female title

Port Mourant Jaguars served their way to the winning trophy in the just concluded Fyrish one-day Volleyball competition which was organised the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) contested at the...

Conservancy workers threaten strike action

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Conservancy workers threaten strike action

…cite outstanding back pay, other employment issues The General Workers’ Union (GWU) has once again joined members of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) in protest action over the...

Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County 3-Day Cricket… Demerara crushed in four sessions by E’bo

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County 3-Day Cricket… Demerara crushed in four sessions by E’bo

By Sean Devers In a match which saw 34 wickets tumble in just four sessions, Essequibo condemned a woeful Demerara to consecutive defeats when they crushed the defending champions by six wickets in...

Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County 3-Day Cricket… Umroa’s 5-for, 50s from Anderson, Algoo keeps B’ce in control against Nat U-17s

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand U-19 Inter-County 3-Day Cricket… Umroa’s 5-for, 50s from Anderson, Algoo keeps B’ce in control against Nat U-17s

A five-wicket haul from spinner Kelvin Umroa, 62 from Alex Algoo and an unbeaten 73 from Kevlon Anderson put Berbice in charge of the final round Hand-in-Hand U-19 three-day encounter when the...

Bonus for Uitvlugt sugar workers after 1st crop target surpassed

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bonus for Uitvlugt sugar workers after 1st crop target surpassed

– private farmers supplied 42% of cane Uitvlugt Estate has met and surpassed its production target for the first crop of 2018. Uitvlugt is one of the three estates remaining under Guyana...

Four orphanages get $1M for self-sustaining projects

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four orphanages get $1M for self-sustaining projects

Giving a voice to the voiceless, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tesouro Resources, Dean Hassan, yesterday presented four orphanages grants, valuing a minimum of $1M, for the establishment and...

Miner remanded for chopping Brazilian to death

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Miner remanded for chopping Brazilian to death

Three days after a Brazilian man was chopped to death after a quarrel with another man over a woman, a Lethem miner was yesterday charged with his murder. Thirty-three-year-old Brian Reid yesterday...

Policy to reintegrate adolescent mothers in school system highlighted

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Policy to reintegrate adolescent mothers in school system highlighted

…as Regional Education Officers’ Retreat gets underway Data shows that in every one fifth of pregnancies in Guyana, one involves a teenager. This was the informed disclosure of Ms....

Essequibo all set for grand two-day Agro and Trade show

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo all set for grand two-day Agro and Trade show

The Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting its second annual agro and trade exposition. The two-day event kicks off tonight and concludes tomorrow at the Anna Regina Centre Ground. The...

CH&PA to construct some 200 housing units by June

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA to construct some 200 housing units by June

The Central Housing and Planning Authority, (CH&PA) is working to complete the construction of over two hundred units by the end of June 2018. According to statement issued by the...

Deadline for filing tax returns approaches

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline for filing tax returns approaches

With workers across the country given until April 30, 2018 to file their annual tax returns for 2017, the Guyana Revenue Authority is busy preparing for the influx. A number of tax sites have been...

Dynamic Int’l refunds to start next month

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dynamic Int’l refunds to start next month

Months after US-owned Dynamic International pulled out over financial problems, authorities here are preparing to refund passengers who were left in limbo. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, in a...

Impending closure of Eteringbang airstrip

Apr 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Impending closure of Eteringbang airstrip

In an effort to improve the quality of the Eteringbang airstrip, in Region Seven, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it will be commencing the chemical stabilisation of the runway...

There is only one role by which a newspaper should be judged

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There is only one role by which a newspaper should be judged

I am not going to use this space to engage someone named GHK Lall, because I don’t think that individual has ever had even a remote connection with journalism or newspapers. Lall’s obsessive...

Govt. is playing ‘Duck and the Drake’ with the signing bonus

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Govt. is playing ‘Duck and the Drake’ with the signing bonus

The US$18M signing bonus which the government received from Exxon Mobil has become part of a magician’s bag of tricks. It is appearing and disappearing with ease. Now you see it, now you don’t....

We await the CCJ ruling

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We await the CCJ ruling

Dear Editor, As we await the Caribbean Court of Justice ruling on the Cedric Richardson’s case, it is an opportune moment to remind Guyanese why the presidential terms were limited. On 30th April,...

GUYANA AND THE COURTS

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GUYANA AND THE COURTS

Editor, While a battle is going on between President David Granger and Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo over the appointment of the Head of Judiciary, it seems there will be endless legal battles in...

A morbid journey into the use of language

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A morbid journey into the use of language

Editor, I refer to GHK Lall’s response (SN April 18, 2018) to my Kaieteur News column of April 17 on him. I’m glad he took the route he did in his reaction. It will prove to every reader of the...

THE RACIAL DIVIDE

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE RACIAL DIVIDE

Dear Sir, In this country scribes and columnist alike wail about this humongous racial divide that exists in this land. The problem, however, is that none of these columnists or scribes are prepared...

Tackling Pesticide Suicide

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tackling Pesticide Suicide

Dear Editor, In January, an article in the local media stated, “The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) continues to execute its mandate through the holistic and comprehensive...

More Innovation needed to address corruption in the public sector

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More Innovation needed to address corruption in the public sector

Dear Editor, As we continue to re-organise our society and the larger economy, addressing issues of corruption is of paramount importance. However, while on the one hand the law must be applied where...

You cannot buy the friendship of a companion

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on You cannot buy the friendship of a companion

Dear Mr. Editor, The French author and philosopher, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, wrote in his astonishing book – Wind, Sand and Stars. “Nothing, in truth, can ever replace a lost companion. Old...

LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING

Apr 20, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING

Despite some improvement in the regrading of our schools, their rankings essentially have not changed over the years. School rankings are based on the performance of students in the grade 11 cohort...

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Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more