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GFF ATC’s, a key pillar in Guyana’s World Cup preparations

May 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF ATC’s, a key pillar in Guyana’s World Cup preparations

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) held a press conference yesterday at its Head Office, Dadanawa Street, Section ‘K’ Campbellville to address key issues in football locally. Among the issues...

Guyana stands one of its best chances to win Regional U17 title this year

May 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana stands one of its best chances to win Regional U17 title this year

By Zaheer Mohamed The Regional U17 cricket championship is the only one that has eluded Guyana at the age group level and while Guyana has won the U15 and U19 tournaments which they have won for the...

Murdered teacher PI… Recordings of police interviews with accused shown in court

May 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered teacher PI… Recordings of police interviews with accused shown in court

Police witness, Rawle Nedd, who was assigned to video record several aspects of interviews between investigators and taxi driver, Matthew Munroe, who is before the court on a murder charge, yesterday...

The wedding

May 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The wedding

Two young people, a man and woman, met on the street yesterday. The woman turned to the man and asked “What time is the wedding?” The man obviously befuddled replied. “I do not know. What...

BFA/GFF Independence Cup… Beacons and Rivers View in winner’s row

May 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BFA/GFF Independence Cup… Beacons and Rivers View in winner’s row

Beacons (Group A) and Rivers View (Group B) notched wins when play in Bartica Football Association (BFA) / Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sponsored Independence Cup competition continued at the...

Troubled $1B-plus Kato Secondary to now open in September

May 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Troubled $1B-plus Kato Secondary to now open in September

The Kato Secondary School, located in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) will be opened for the new school year beginning in September 2018. Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry made this...

Public needs to improve how it deals with blind folks – Society Reps.

May 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public needs to improve how it deals with blind folks – Society Reps.

There are simple things that many people do not understand or even see as important when it comes to dealing with people who are blind or visually impaired. Moreover, Blindness Awareness Month...

CHPA unveils project for 8,000 homes on East Bank by 2021

May 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CHPA unveils project for 8,000 homes on East Bank by 2021

Seven housing developers have been shortlisted by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) to meet the demand for housing units in Region Four. The public-private partnership (PPP)...

Unemployed man charged for murder of Mahaica vendor

May 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Unemployed man charged for murder of Mahaica vendor

Malcolm Brown, a 30-year-old unemployed resident of Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday charged for the murder of Mahaica vendor, Fareez Yassem. Magistrate Wanda Fortune read...

The predicament sparked by the Dookie placement

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The predicament sparked by the Dookie placement

Dear Editor, Stabroek News editorial of 16th May carried a rebuke of the Acting Commissioner’s decision to place the infamous Deputy Supt Dookie in a posting at Division “A”. The...

Three years of Granger: An analysis

May 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three years of Granger: An analysis

What is so different about Guyana from the rest of the world? We have been a troubled society for more than seventy years. Our politics, political culture, racial cartography have presented problems...

The Attorney General has some explaining to you

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney General has some explaining to you

Dear Editor, I have observed with keen interest the issues regarding the settlement of court cases, involving billions of taxpayers’ dollars published in the Press. I do not recall at any time in...

There is a fuel racket at Bartica

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a fuel racket at Bartica

Sir, Greetings, and best wishes to you. I want to express my support for your newspaper for all the stories you have published about corruption in our country under both the PPP administration and...

There is a lot wrong with City Hall

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a lot wrong with City Hall

Dear Editor, There is something that is seriously and fundamentally wrong with the accounting and financial management systems of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown, that needs to be...

A lesson shared by a doctor

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A lesson shared by a doctor

Dear Editor, I recently read Dr. Mark Devonish-MBBS MSC MRCP (UK) letter in your newspaper titled “For my mom and all mothers who died at Georgetown Hospital.” To say I had tears in my...

Taking objection to partisan religious beliefs

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taking objection to partisan religious beliefs

Dear Editor, I support Pt. R. Balbadar’s letter published in your pages on May 15, 2018 under the caption “An insult to Hindus and Muslims”. Pt. Balbadar’s position on Mr. Francis Carryl’s...

There were some shady deals in the past

May 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There were some shady deals in the past

Dear Editor, Since the 1800s, the British Guiana Government felt the need to provide demarcation for Guyana’s borders. A Commission was then set up to undertake such an action thus indicating that...

IN PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

May 18, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IN PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

For decades, Guyanese have opined that America is a blessed country and that their success lies not in Guyana but in America, which they recognize as the land of opportunity. The United States is the...

CONCESSIONS GALORE!!!! Guyana loses $42B in tax breaks to foreign gold company, gets $5B in royalties

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CONCESSIONS GALORE!!!! Guyana loses $42B in tax breaks to foreign gold company, gets $5B in royalties

By Kiana Wilburg Would you give away $100,000 on a monthly basis from your bank account, only to receive less than $10,000 in profits? Of course not! But this is the kind of lunacy that characterizes...

Tip of the iceberg… Distribution of sugar was manipulated to favour GuySuCo friends – report

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tip of the iceberg… Distribution of sugar was manipulated to favour GuySuCo friends – report

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), in addition to not doing the best job to ensure it received top price from its overseas customers, was also not doing enough to protect the local market....

BP uses taxation tricks on T&T, must pay back $1B

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on BP uses taxation tricks on T&T, must pay back $1B

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been able to get British Petroleum (BP), the largest natural gas operator within its shores, to pay TT$1 billion (US$150M) it owes the state in outstanding...

Bandits cut open roof, terrorize West Dem shop owner and family

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cut open roof, terrorize West Dem shop owner and family

A businessman and his family were beaten and robbed at gun point, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning; calls to 911 for help went unanswered. Naresh Persaud, of 546 Recht-door-Zee, WCD, his wife,...

Ashni, Brassington fly out to the U.S … SOCU still seeking to question duo in ongoing fraud probes

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni, Brassington fly out to the U.S … SOCU still seeking to question duo in ongoing fraud probes

Investigators of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) will have to wait to get more answers from two former high-ranking Government officials in connection with several active fraud cases. Former...

Nothing illegal with our fuel… GRA erred in sealing boats- Pritipaul Singh fisheries

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing illegal with our fuel… GRA erred in sealing boats- Pritipaul Singh fisheries

Guyana’s biggest fishing company, Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI), is insisting that the decision by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the weekend to seal two vessels with fuel was a...

Foreign companies come wid condom fuh Guyana

May 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Foreign companies come wid condom fuh Guyana

When dem foreign companies come to Guyana all of dem does expect to have a good time. Is like when a man enter a brothel. He got some money and de women inside de brothel does get excited. When de...

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