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CAC Games 2018 Hockey men into semifinal round, ‘Superman’ Lewis wins first bout

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAC Games 2018 Hockey men into semifinal round, ‘Superman’ Lewis wins first bout

Yesterday was a good day for Guyana at the 2018 Central America and Caribbean (CAC) games in Barranquilla, Colombia where the men’s hockey team steamrolled Guatemala 8-0 and boxer Colin...

BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement to host Grand Emancipation Cohesion Football League

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement to host Grand Emancipation Cohesion Football League

The Vibrant Empowerment Organization, Beterverwagting/Triumph 8th of May Movement has engaged corporate Guyana, and a number of communities and teams to participate in its inaugural Emancipation...

Govt. delaying work of Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee – Teixeira …Minister Felix cancels another attendance

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. delaying work of Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee – Teixeira …Minister Felix cancels another attendance

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, cancelled his attendance at yesterday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations, raising questions about Government’s approach...

Murder charge against former GDF Captain…Five witnesses remaining in PI

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge against former GDF Captain…Five witnesses remaining in PI

Police Prosecutor, Shawn Gonsalves, is expected to call five remaining witnesses to testify into the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Reona Payne, a travel agent, who was shot 14 times...

‘We cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to fighting HIV/AIDS’

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to fighting HIV/AIDS’

–says First Lady at 22nd International AIDS Conference First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, said that collaboration among all sectors of society must be stepped up so that there is universal...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams begin distribution of School bags under Patron’s Birthday Fund

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams begin distribution of School bags under Patron’s Birthday Fund

Over the last twenty years, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and its ten cricket teams have placed special emphasis on assisting students to stay in school and obtaining an educational...

Clothes vendor amongst three charged with $4.6M Chinese store robbery

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clothes vendor amongst three charged with $4.6M Chinese store robbery

A clothes vendor and two others who allegedly broke into a Chinese store and stole a quantity of articles valuing $4.6M were yesterday arraigned before a City Magistrate. The men charged are Paul...

Hetymer’s magnificent 125,Holder’s last over lead Windies to final over win

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetymer’s magnificent 125,Holder’s last over lead Windies to final over win

By Sean Devers Bangladesh threw away a match they should have won due to negativity in the middle overs as Windies won by four runs in the final over to keep the series alive as the team’s head to...

Parkinson and Retmeyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parkinson and Retmeyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

In my November 18, 2017 column, captioned, “A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign” I wrote; , “All the Ministers including the Prime Minister and the President and all the senior leaders in...

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Walter Grant Stuart seeking more glory in Italy

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Walter Grant Stuart seeking more glory in Italy

Differently Able cyclist Walter Grant-Stuart after his debut win at the Union de Cycling C1 Para Cycle Road Race in Montreal, Canada in April last is now set and ready for the UCI Para-Cycling Road...

Man accused of seeking to defraud property owner

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of seeking to defraud property owner

Sixty-four year old construction worker, Wesley Cornette, of Lot 34 Stevedore Housing Scheme, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with...

Parkinson and Retemyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parkinson and Retemyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

In my November 18, 2017 column, captioned, “A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign” I wrote, “All the Ministers, including the Prime Minister and the President, and all the senior leaders in...

The crime situation has no immediate solution

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The crime situation has no immediate solution

Five bandits were shot dead during a botched robbery on Tuesday. Their deaths followed three killed on the seawalls a few months ago, and others under similar circumstances. Five men left their homes...

Minister Ally didn’t comprehend certain fundamentals and they continue to elude her

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ally didn’t comprehend certain fundamentals and they continue to elude her

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is being made to Stabroek News’ article “Gov’t says no to Ministry of Labour- Amna Ally says function being adequately performed” (24th July, 2018). As Minister...

The Guyana Prize for Literature is easily fixable

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Prize for Literature is easily fixable

DEAR EDITOR, Considering my public position, I often find myself constrained from making public commentary on a variety of issues, particularly those concerning arts and culture. One such issue is...

Is there a move to sabotage government and opposition talks?

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a move to sabotage government and opposition talks?

DEAR EDITOR, Pradoville is back in the news and, the contentious nature of the issue aside, what I found interesting is the timing of the latest update from a unit that falls under the Ministry of...

Instituting an act in parliament and reneging on it is corruption

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Instituting an act in parliament and reneging on it is corruption

DEAR EDITOR, SARA’s failure to recover a single dime after one year after its establishment is a reflection of the lack of vision of the leadership of the coalition and their willingness to waste...

Structural reforms are needed to support economic expansion

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Structural reforms are needed to support economic expansion

Oil is not going to come to the rescue of Guyana’s economy this year. It is not even likely to have much of an impact in 2020, given the depletion of Guyana’s international reserves. Those...

Cross about Krauss

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cross about Krauss

DEAR EDITOR, I was born in Guyana. I am loyal to my country notwithstanding its challenges and idiosyncrasies. My patriotism is a natural manifestation of where I was birthed. I pay close attention...

Could the present administration please wake up!

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Could the present administration please wake up!

DEAR EDITOR, After reading Clifford Krauss’ description of our home, and the inevitable fallout from all and sundry, please allow me to add my piece. Our government has decided very unwisely,...

Strategic planning is necessary at this critical juncture

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Strategic planning is necessary at this critical juncture

DEAR EDITOR, It is without a doubt that we are heading into a period of prosperity. Oil is coming, but are we prepared on the socio-community level? I pause when reading headlines like ‘’Trinidad...

We will rise again, as long as we guard and administer our oil resources wisely

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will rise again, as long as we guard and administer our oil resources wisely

DEAR EDITOR, The demented article in the NY Times by Clifford Krauss entitled “The $20 Billion Question” and elsewhere, on, inter alia, Guyana having barefooted school children and being...