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Clarence Baird flying the Malteenoes flag in English cricket

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clarence Baird flying the Malteenoes flag in English cricket

By Sean Devers At 18, Demerara under-15 and U-17 batsman Clearance Baird is piling up the experience of his English season and enjoying every minute of it as he flies the Malteenoes flag in the...

Baksh admits to mistakenly holding unapproved Cricket – Regrets error caused by spam mail mix-up

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Baksh admits to mistakenly holding unapproved Cricket – Regrets error caused by spam mail mix-up

The Roy Fredericks Cup, organised by the Blairmont Cricket Club and its President Shabeer Baksh on Saturday July 21, was well run and exciting even without any player who had represented Guyana at...

Former cane-cutter gets 30 years for chopping Belvedere granny to death

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Former cane-cutter gets 30 years for chopping Belvedere granny to death

By Malisa Playter Harry A former labourer attached to the Albion Sugar Factory and of Lot 370 Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday sentenced to 30 years imprisonment at...

Miner on bail after allegedly chopping man to head

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miner on bail after allegedly chopping man to head

After allegedly chopping a man to the head with a cutlass, a 45-year-old miner was yesterday released on $75,000 bail, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on an attempted murder...

ACDA Emancipation day of sports on today at National Park

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ACDA Emancipation day of sports on today at National Park

The African Cultural & Developmental Association’s (ACDA) sports committee is set to host their annual Emancipation day of sports today at the National Park commencing at 11:00hrs. The will be...

No evidence Dr. Westford, Ms. Cummings stole over $600M from the State -as lawyers argue for larceny charges to be thrown out

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence Dr. Westford, Ms. Cummings stole over $600M from the State -as lawyers argue for larceny charges to be thrown out

Lawyers for former Minister of Public Service, Dr. Jennifer Westford, and her Personnel Officer, Ms. Margaret Cummings, presented extensive arguments yesterday in their bid to persuade the...

Attorney General disputes assertions of tax-free benefits for Anti-Money Laundering Committee

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General disputes assertions of tax-free benefits for Anti-Money Laundering Committee

…says no member will receive salary Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, on Monday disputed claims that members of the soon to be established Anti-Money Laundering...

Renowned gynaecologist, Dr. Gladstone Mitchell, passes on

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned gynaecologist, Dr. Gladstone Mitchell, passes on

An outstanding son of the soil has passed on. Renowned for his work in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. Gladstone Mitchell reportedly died on Monday in Jamaica after a prolonged...

Guardians, hospital to blame? Delays in accessing treatment main cause for child’s death

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guardians, hospital to blame? Delays in accessing treatment main cause for child’s death

By Michael Jordan When eight-year-old Rohit Eshack began complaining of ‘belly pains’ on Tuesday, July 9, last, he was actually suffering from cystitis (a urinary bladder infection) and...

The words of Walter Rodney I will always remember

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The words of Walter Rodney I will always remember

When you teach philosophy, depending on your perspective, you would put more emphasis on one over the other – slavery and the holocaust. Those are the two inexplicable faults in the evolution of...

Emancipation Cook Up competition

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Emancipation Cook Up competition

Sengaali Red Ants is favourite Four teams will take to the start line for the second annual Penalty Spot Sports Pub Cook Up competition to be held at the corner of Sixth and Albert Streets in...

Court refuses motion for urgent hearing of Marcus Bisram’s appeal

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court refuses motion for urgent hearing of Marcus Bisram’s appeal

The Court of Appeal yesterday refused a motion for the matter filed to have an appeal for New York-based murder accused Marcus Bisram to be heard urgently. The court instead ordered the applicant,...

Guyana poised to better root out substandard medicines

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana poised to better root out substandard medicines

It is important for drugs utilized by medical facilities to be subjected to continuous monitoring even after they would have been registered and found to have met the requirements of watch-dog...

Man flaunts thong in courtroom

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man flaunts thong in courtroom

-as he and another remanded for robberies A man, who claims to be 16 years of age, but looks like 40, appeared in court yesterday on a robbery charge. His attire was much to laugh about as he was...

Celebrate our African brothers and sisters

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Celebrate our African brothers and sisters

DEAR EDITOR, If there are people who need to be specially celebrated and recognised in the world, it is our African brothers and sisters. They are a people who suffered the worst of holocausts known...

EMANCIPATION DAY MESSAGES

Aug 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EMANCIPATION DAY MESSAGES

Today is the day that has been designated to commemorate the freedom of our African brothers and sisters who endured unspeakable treatment during slavery. What is however worth commemoration is the...

Let us strive to fully emancipate ourselves

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us strive to fully emancipate ourselves

DEAR EDITOR, On this Emancipation Day Anniversary, we should remind ourselves of some of the priceless legacies of our Ancestors; legacies if allowed to be sidelined, will take Guyana several more...

A good time to reflect on how much we have progressed as a nation

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A good time to reflect on how much we have progressed as a nation

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to take this opportunity to salute our African brothers and sisters on the occasion of Emancipation Day. Slavery was finally abolished in 1838, which subsequently led to the...

Celebrating Emancipation Day

Aug 01, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Celebrating Emancipation Day

Today is Emancipation Day. It is a day set aside by the Guyana Government for the people of this country to observe the abolition of slavery way back in 1834. There are many stories about the slaves...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more