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Regional Under-19 Championship – 2nd day, 1st round… Guyana take useful lead

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Under-19 Championship – 2nd day, 1st round… Guyana take useful lead

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Aug 4, CMC – Guyana took a useful 91 run lead with play continued on the second day of the opening round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday. At...

Fire destroys Sparta home; family resides abroad

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Sparta home; family resides abroad

A family of the Sparta Middle Dam on the Essequibo Coast, is now counting its losses after the furnished double flat home went up in flames Friday morning. According to reports, shortly after...

Harmon pledges $500,000 personal support to Beacon Foundation

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon pledges $500,000 personal support to Beacon Foundation

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, on Friday visited the Beacon Hospice on Thomas and New Market Streets, where he made a personal pledge of $500,000 and other forms of support to the charitable...

Two arrested at Jamaican airport for attempting to smuggle coke to Guyana

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two arrested at Jamaican airport for attempting to smuggle coke to Guyana

Jamaica (rjrnewsonline.com) – Two persons who were held at Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine, are to appear in court on Wednesday. Miriam...

GMC offers unique marketing opportunities for small agro-processors

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GMC offers unique marketing opportunities for small agro-processors

“I cannot believe we have so many nicely packaged items made right here in Guyana,” said a woman who was shopping at the recently concluded Agro-processors’’ Exhibit, hosted by the Guyana...

Persaud, Hussain, Subhan take Category lead as LGC Open tourney commences – Hussain, Dr. Deo, Webster tied in flight B category

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud, Hussain, Subhan take Category lead as LGC Open tourney commences – Hussain, Dr. Deo, Webster tied in flight B category

By Zaheer Mohamed Following an absence of 25 years, the Lusignan Golf Club Open tournament made a grand return yesterday with some exciting action in the respective categories. The Groups started off...

A MEMORABLE CULTURAL EVENT

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A MEMORABLE CULTURAL EVENT

By Pat Dial The universal consumer motto is “Value for Money”, which indicates that the consumer must be made to receive the full value of the goods and services for which he would have paid....

Nations University awaits accreditation to offer Oil and Gas, other programmes

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nations University awaits accreditation to offer Oil and Gas, other programmes

…as it gears to commence Masters in Education in October Although approval has been granted for the introduction of an Oil and Gas programme, Nations University is still awaiting its...

New Amsterdam man found guilty of raping disabled teen girl

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man found guilty of raping disabled teen girl

Found guilty on a majority verdict on Friday at the Berbice High Court was Wazir Ali of Bermine Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam, Berbice. Ali was convicted of raping a 17-year -old disabled girl in...

Govt. must not rebuke when govt. taketh away, deprives or denies its citizens

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Govt. must not rebuke when govt. taketh away, deprives or denies its citizens

An Election is a process of putting systems in place for the development of structures that can enhance people and society. When one votes, it ought not to be believed that he or she is doing...

Coverage of Guyana’s financial sector deemed poor …Nation has fewer bank branches per capita than its regional neighbours – Report

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Coverage of Guyana’s financial sector deemed poor …Nation has fewer bank branches per capita than its regional neighbours – Report

Guyana’s private financial system is considered reliable and stable. The six commercial banks, three foreign and three national, which make up the system, are the largest and most important...

Cartoon Aug 5 2018

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon Aug 5 2018

UNICEF provides support for Region One schools accepting Venezuela children

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF provides support for Region One schools accepting Venezuela children

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) is providing support to almost a dozen schools in Region One that have been accepting children from Venezuela. That figure represents just a fraction of...

The Belt and Road Initiative

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Belt and Road Initiative

On July 27th last, Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China to cooperate within the Silk Road Economic Belt (Belt) Initiative and the 21st Century...

Murder at the Mootoos

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Murder at the Mootoos

By Michael Jordan What else could go wrong on a night like this? That’s what we all thought on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Police had found the bodies of two young lovers in a car at Pearl, East Bank of...

Our Government engineers are getting away with murder

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Our Government engineers are getting away with murder

By Leonard Gildarie On Friday, I sat a press conference with senior officials of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), a state-owned company charged with maintaining and managing the...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There will be another clash between the police and suspected bandits. There will be an attack on a shopper but the police would be nearby. An alarm would go up and the police would pursue the...

I have some difficulty with the president’s rebuke of Black people on Emancipation Eve

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on I have some difficulty with the president’s rebuke of Black people on Emancipation Eve

According to media reports, President Granger used the occasion of the Emancipation Eve event at Beterverwagting to deliver what one media house described as a “hard-hitting” speech in which he...

EU-OECD have Caribbean on the ropes again

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on EU-OECD have Caribbean on the ropes again

By Sir Ronald Sanders The financial services sector of Caribbean jurisdictions, and other parts of the developing world, have been under continuous assault by the European Union (EU) and the...

Govt. hemming and hawing on ‘marijuana amendments’ – Opposition

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. hemming and hawing on ‘marijuana amendments’ – Opposition

The debate over reduced sentences for small amounts of marijuana has died down and so too is the push to pass related legislation. All of this come despite President David Granger’s openness to...

Alcohol – the poison we love and die for!

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Alcohol – the poison we love and die for!

By Dennis Nichols Three weeks ago, a fisherman of Dartmouth, Essequibo, had his throat slashed at Kumaka in the North West District. Just another statistic? Well, not to me; he was my wife’s...

Pylori: A common cause of your stomach problems

Aug 05, 2018 KNews China’s Modus Operandi, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Pylori: A common cause of your stomach problems

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine There is a microorganism that lives in the stomach of half of the world’s population and slowly causes damage. We are of course talking...

La Parfaite Harmonie Blazing with GTT

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite Harmonie Blazing with GTT

Blaze technology is the most anticipated internet service in Guyana. The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) continues to pave the way for the further development of high speed...

Local democracy and economic development

Aug 05, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Local democracy and economic development

By H.E. David Granger Local government is central to fostering democratic decision-making and community development. The Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana states clearly at Article...

Tumor victim seeks financial help

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tumor victim seeks financial help

After being diagnosed with a tumor in the head, 26-year-old Tiffany Williams of Eccles, East Bank Demerara is now seeking the public assistance with funding a life saving surgery in the United States...