June 2018

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Man to face third trial over 2008 murder

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man to face third trial over 2008 murder

Rondell Bacchus, who is charged with the July 2008 murder of scrap metal dealer Alli Akbar, is expected to face a second re-trial in the ongoing Demerara assizes. His two other trials ended in a hung...

YBG Berbice Zone Basketball underway

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG Berbice Zone Basketball underway

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Basketball Regional Conference in collaboration with the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association started in Berbice their Regional Competition on...

YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… St. Joseph, President’s College and Marian Academy win in Boys’ under-16

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… St. Joseph, President’s College and Marian Academy win in Boys’ under-16

The final three matches in the boys’ under-16 division of Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Georgetown zone concluded on Friday at the Cliff Anderson...

Cartoon June 17 2018

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon June 17 2018

Veteran Public/Private sector manager Dr Leslie Chin C.C.H, is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Veteran Public/Private sector manager Dr Leslie Chin C.C.H, is a ‘Special Person’

“Very important to me is the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule which dictates that 20 percent of activities account for 80 percent of outcomes.” By Rehanna Ramsay He’s the visionary...

Danger lessens following Diamond eruption

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Danger lessens following Diamond eruption

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a number of other agencies and public spirited citizens have started a cleanup at the natural gas explosion site at Diamond on the East Bank Demerara. The...

Fingerprints on a dead man’s safe

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Fingerprints on a dead man’s safe

By Michael Jordan You will find Rachpaul’s Drug Store in a three-storey building at Lot 75 Robb Street, Lacytown. There’s an old restaurant in the middle flat. Rachpaul’s Drug Store is in the...

We live in a civilized society with no State protection for wrongdoers

Jun 17, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We live in a civilized society with no State protection for wrongdoers

Campaigners seem to be writing their scripts already for the 2020 General and Regional elections, and as is expected, the rhetoric of the opposition has taken on the customary tone of belligerence....

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The police are going to solve another cold case. They will find the suspect in a hinterland area where he had been for some time. The issue would be a murder that had gone unsolved for years. Not...

The importance of a Ministry of Labour given our history, aspirations & ILO Conventions

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The importance of a Ministry of Labour given our history, aspirations & ILO Conventions

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)-elected Member of Parliament (MP) Gillian Burton-Persaud has consented to the Trade Union’s call for Labour to have equal prominence in society, and...

Local businesses should get better than equal concessions

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Local businesses should get better than equal concessions

Concessions are one of the means countries like Guyana can attract foreign investors. And there have been many in the past years. These concessions are generally granted after the investors discuss...

Interdicted police rank among seven arrested for firearm

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Interdicted police rank among seven arrested for firearm

Ranks on police mobile patrol operating in Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, detained seven men after a .38 revolver with a spent shell in its chamber was found in very close proximity of the group...

Gambling addiction: Are you betting your life away?

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Gambling addiction: Are you betting your life away?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gambling addiction is the uncontrollable urge to keep gambling despite the toll it takes on your life. Gambling basically means that...

‘Don’t speed,’ driver of snake bite victim told

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Don’t speed,’ driver of snake bite victim told

By Leonard Gildarie An all too familiar story is here again. Many of us have travelled abroad and there is one thing that is highly evident in those more developed places…the rule of law, or at the...

Cries of Anguish, Cries of Hope: The Poetry of Christena Williams

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cries of Anguish, Cries of Hope: The Poetry of Christena Williams

Book: Black Gold Author: Christena AV Williams Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Her tone and unremitting cadence define a soul rebelling against mediocrity, lassitude and pervasive vices. At the...

Diversifying our energy matrix – a considerable challenge and an opportunity

Jun 17, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Diversifying our energy matrix – a considerable challenge and an opportunity

Greening the energy sector in Guyana, by substantially increasing investment in renewable energy, provides an opportunity to make a significant contribution to addressing the challenges of 1)...

Rigging and the 2020 Election… Decisions have Consequences; Party politics in Guyana is ignorant

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Rigging and the 2020 Election… Decisions have Consequences; Party politics in Guyana is ignorant

The difference at the 2011 and 2015 elections was made by a combination of a section of Indian Guyanese electorate which rebelled against the PPP and cast their lot with the AFC, and the Independent...

Re-migrants from Venezuela claiming mineral-rich land must prove citizenship – Min. of Foreign Affairs

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Re-migrants from Venezuela claiming mineral-rich land must prove citizenship – Min. of Foreign Affairs

Re-migrant Guyanese from Venezuela claiming land in Ekereku, Region Seven must be able to prove their citizenship to the satisfaction of immigration authorities, a statement from the Ministry of...

Some are more equal than others

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Some are more equal than others

The death of Beyoncé Ross, a national schools’ cycling champion has spiraled into a debate as to whether Guyana’s political rulers should enjoy superior medical attention from that...

UG governance: I do not want any recognition

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on UG governance: I do not want any recognition

The nephew of the Guyanese icon, Moses Bhagwan, Mr. Naim Chan, invited me and David Hinds on his daily morning programme on CNS Channel 6 to discuss the 38th death anniversary of Walter Rodney last...

In 2018 the PPP is attempting the same ruse: play the racial card

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on In 2018 the PPP is attempting the same ruse: play the racial card

Dear Editor, In a previous letter I indicated that in 2013, on the eve of GECOM`s consideration of Mr. Boodoo`s application for a renewal of contract, the PPP started a campaign accusing the...

Fatherhood – Dying for honour

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Fatherhood – Dying for honour

By Dennis Nichols Today’s piece is not meant to be a spoiler on this good day reserved to honour fathers and fatherhood; it’s simply honest commentary. Honour is justly bestowed on those...

Titanoboa

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Titanoboa

Titanoboa is an extinct genus of snakes that is known to have lived in present-day La Guajira in northeastern Colombia. Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, and...

Don’t Panic When Faced With a Request For Evidence

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t Panic When Faced With a Request For Evidence

Many of our clients are already very nervous while awaiting decisions related to their immigration status. The last thing they want to receive in the mail is a Request for Evidence from U.S....

Moraikobai Village Council sworn in Toshao Colin Adrian re-elected

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Moraikobai Village Council sworn in Toshao Colin Adrian re-elected

The new Moraikobai Village Council, Mahaicony River, Region Five, was sworn in on June 14. The Oath of Office was administered by Returning Officer, Sandie Ross, in the presence of Regional Executive...

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(Kaieteur News) – The intensity was palpable at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue this past Sunday as the seventh annual Republic Bank Under 18 School’s Football League...

We have entered the dark zone once again

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The police account of the incident in which shots were fired in Kitty at a vehicle in which was the leader of the opposition, brings back haunting and uncomfortable memories of one of the darkest eras of Guyana. And it specifically brings back memories of the assassinations of...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

King Charles III – post visit reflections

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The mind can be a funny thing. Mine played a trick on me, did a somersault. Now that King Charles III came and went, it’s confession time. He should come again. Guess who would lead the parade, the welcoming party? Incidentally, there could be a temporary halt to...

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