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Nand Persaud Karibee Rice stable comes out on tops – T and T, Golden Blue Echo take top two position in feature race

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Karibee Rice stable comes out on tops – T and T, Golden Blue Echo take top two position in feature race

The Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Horseracing stable continues to show that it is one of the best in the Country and is improving by leaps and bounds when it took top honours at the Kennard Memorial Turf...

A heavyweight should head the proposed Department of Energy

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A heavyweight should head the proposed Department of Energy

Are Guyanese people really interested in good governance? Or are they really interested in ensuring that the party or parties which they support rule? Each day we see missteps by the government, yet...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams, Nand Persaud assist Young Cricketers under Patron’s Fund

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams, Nand Persaud assist Young Cricketers under Patron’s Fund

Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS has joined hands with Nand Persaud Group of Companies to assist young cricketers with their own cricket...

THAG endorses Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee 12th Annual Guyana Cup

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on THAG endorses Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee 12th Annual Guyana Cup

Over the past 12 editions of the Guyana Cup, the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee has been expanding to cater to increasing numbers of visitors – new and returning – having received...

WDFA AGM now set for August 15

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDFA AGM now set for August 15

The West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) will now host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday August 15 in the Boardroom at the Leonora Track and Field Facility from 18:00hrs....

Dindyal, Persaud hit half centuries as Ariel Masters thump Narine Masters

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dindyal, Persaud hit half centuries as Ariel Masters thump Narine Masters

Half centuries from Keme Dindyal and Richard Persaud handed Ariel Masters a comfortable victory over Narine Masters when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc. (GSCL Inc.) Crown Mining Supplies,...

Assault accused granted bail

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Assault accused granted bail

Fifty-eight year old, Mark Khan of West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, to face assault charges. It is...

TSC Management makes donation to Nat U-19 batsman Hinds

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on TSC Management makes donation to Nat U-19 batsman Hinds

The Management Committee of Transport and General Sports Club headed by Mr. Ivor English President, Vice Presidents Kenrick Fraser & Gladstone George, Secretary Abiola Craig, Asst Sec. Brian...

Christianburg Wismar Secondary to offer CAPE from new school year

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Christianburg Wismar Secondary to offer CAPE from new school year

Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) has now joined Mackenzie High in Region 10 to offer the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) this year. The region now has two institutions...

DCC to honour four on national Under-19 cricket team

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC to honour four on national Under-19 cricket team

Four members of the Demerara Cricket Club have been selected to tour with the Guyana Under-19 Cricket team for this year’s tournament. The four are Ashmead Nedd, Qumar Torrington, Sachin Singh and...

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

Jul 31, 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...

CEO attends Regional Meetings of Education Ministers

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CEO attends Regional Meetings of Education Ministers

Chief Education Officer (CEO), Mr Marcel Hutson, recently represented Minister of Education, Hon. Nicolette Henry, at a high-level Technical Meeting and also at the Regional Meeting of Ministers of...

New High Court trial over case of suspended magistrate

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New High Court trial over case of suspended magistrate

By Rehanna Ramsay The Court of Appeal yesterday remitted a case, filed by former Magistrate Chandra Sohan over his suspension from duties by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), to the High Court...

$120M contracts for slashing of road shoulders should be recalled – Region Six PM rep

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $120M contracts for slashing of road shoulders should be recalled – Region Six PM rep

The Prime Minister’s representative of Region Six, Gobin Harbhajan is calling for the contract for cleaning of road shoulders to be recalled after information surfaced that the contracts were not...

Repackaging foods against the rules

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Repackaging foods against the rules

Dear Editor, I am reading in the news about food safety and the stringent requirements the US FDA is imposing on businesses. In Guyana we seem to turn the other way on Food Safety. The regulatory...

The Freudian authoritarian instinct that guides this country

Jul 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Freudian authoritarian instinct that guides this country

Examine with a meticulous eye, legislation, ministerial edicts, governmental guidelines and related action, and you will see there is hardly the intention to maximize freedom and to allow for the...

The Freudian authoritarian instinct that guides this country

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freudian authoritarian instinct that guides this country

Examine with a meticulous eye, legislation, ministerial edicts, governmental guidelines and related action, and you will see there is hardly the intention to maximize freedom and to allow for the...

There must be a vending policy

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There must be a vending policy

Dear Editor In 2015, the citizens of Georgetown voted for change which includes change in systems, projects and programmes that would advance the interest of the City. It is a quite worrisome...

Unhelpful staff at Port Mourant NIS

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unhelpful staff at Port Mourant NIS

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of this newspaper and to the public the issue of the NATIONAL INSURANCE SCHEME. The part which really bothers me is the claims department at Port...

The special prosecutors are riding a gravy train

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The special prosecutors are riding a gravy train

Dear Editor, The report published by the Kaieteur News on July 22, 2018 – ‘SOCU completes Pradoville 2 file, charges ready to be laid’ – has inspired questions regarding the work of the...

A heavyweight should head the proposed Department of Energy

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A heavyweight should head the proposed Department of Energy

Genuine concern of opposition politics?

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Genuine concern of opposition politics?

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News on Thursday, July 26, 2018, reported on alarming news. A former member of the National Tosahos Council (NTC) Executive, Mr. Lennon Shuman, revealed that the APNU+AFC...

Mourn for the criminals

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mourn for the criminals

Dear Editor, This is going to be controversial. I was chatting with a friend recently about the high crime rate in Guyana. I was trying to give another perspective. He rubbished my argument. Hence my...

A nuisance in Region Two

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A nuisance in Region Two

Dear Editor, Not one but two young female health workers are attached to the Good Hope/Pomona NDC in Region Two, but even with their presence, no action is being taken on a complaint I made of being...

The media should pick up on some calls for help

Jul 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media should pick up on some calls for help

Dear Editor, On July 24, Voices Against Violence (the collection of organizations and entities that spearhead the Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil to mark World Suicide Prevention Day,...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more