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FIFA-RAP 5-day seminar wraps up

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA-RAP 5-day seminar wraps up

FIFA’s affiliate, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is one of the few nations in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) that has been facilitating the FIFA-Referee Assistance Programme (RAP) for...

2018 Pan American C/Ships – Cayman Islands…Guyanese ladies gets highest ranking

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 Pan American C/Ships – Cayman Islands…Guyanese ladies gets highest ranking

Guyana wrapped up its participation in the 2018 Pan-American Championships in the Cayman Islands with the Men’s Team finishing on a winning note by beating British Virgin Islands 2-1. Scoring for...

Archery Guyana participate in Training Camp & Coaching Seminar in Colombia

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana participate in Training Camp & Coaching Seminar in Colombia

World Archery Guyana Head Coach, Nicholas Hing recently returned from an Archery Training Camp and Coaching Seminar funded by Pan Am Sports, and coordinated by World Archery Americas in collaboration...

Trying to understand the logic in the President’s thinking

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trying to understand the logic in the President’s thinking

The more President Granger expands on his way of thinking about important things in the country, the more difficult it is to fathom his mind. It is either Mr. Granger is unaware of his...

University launches local authors’ work

Sep 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on University launches local authors’ work

As part of the University of Guyana’s (UG) effort to provide a platform to spotlight creative arts, two authors launched their books, at the Education Lecture Theatre (ELT) last week Monday....

No confidence in City Constabulary…Some Bourda Market vendors hiring own security

Sep 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No confidence in City Constabulary…Some Bourda Market vendors hiring own security

Some Bourda Market vendors have taken their safety into their own hands by opting to hire their own armed security after expressing a lack of confidence in the City Constabulary. Following the...

Heritage Month 2018 begins with religious ceremony

Sep 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Heritage Month 2018 begins with religious ceremony

A religious ceremony, led by the Jawalla Hallelujah Group, was held on Saturday to usher in Indigenous Heritage Month activities for 2018, at the Heritage Village, Sophia Exhibition Centre,...

The Belt and Road Initiative is a dark alley

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Belt and Road Initiative is a dark alley

Kaieteur News is being taken to task for reporting critically on the China and Belt Initiative. But what Kaieteur News is doing is sounding a warning to Guyana to be careful about committing to this...

Mom again pleads for teen escapee to surrender

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mom again pleads for teen escapee to surrender

-16-year-old has long rap sheet One month after her 16-year-old son escaped from the Juvenile Detention Centre at Sophia, Joanne Johnson is still pleading with him to turn himself over to police. The...

The University of Guyana has legal and moral standing to confer honorary doctorate degrees

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The University of Guyana has legal and moral standing to confer honorary doctorate degrees

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana takes this opportunity to respond to the article by Freddie Kissoon, titled “Dr. Mark Kirton is livid, confused and wants to know what’s going on”, carried...

‘B’ Division Commander commits to assisting the less fortunate

Sep 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘B’ Division Commander commits to assisting the less fortunate

Outgoing B’ Division Commander Lyndon Alves who was recently appointed as one of the four Deputy Commissioners of the Guyana Police Force and who will now be heading Operations, on...

The award of an honorary Doctoral degree from a university which never awarded an academically earned doctoral degree must raise concerns

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The award of an honorary Doctoral degree from a university which never awarded an academically earned doctoral degree must raise concerns

Dear Editor, I seek space in your newspaper to publicly articulate my concerns related to the decision by the University of Guyana to award honorary doctoral degrees at its convocation later this...

Conflicting statements from GRA and the Foreign Ministry

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conflicting statements from GRA and the Foreign Ministry

Dear Editor, Conflicting statements emanating from the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue and the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs about fraud in the re-migrant concession scheme are a...

Craig Sylvester got it wrong about me

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Craig Sylvester got it wrong about me

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter titled, “This is another example of educated individuals being used to undermine teachers’ claim for increased salaries” (KN September 02). As much as I...

APNU/AFC government tolerating ‘POLITICAL TERRORISM ‘at Region Five RDC

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU/AFC government tolerating ‘POLITICAL TERRORISM ‘at Region Five RDC

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Communities with direct responsibility for Local Government is failing to protect the constitutional rights of electors who voted at the last National and Regional...

M&CC showdown with Garbage collection agencies

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on M&CC showdown with Garbage collection agencies

Dear Editor, With reports appearing in some sections of the media that another showdown is looming between the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown and the two largest garbage collection...

Music and Musicians

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Music and Musicians

Dear Editor, I believe Guyanese musicians are missing an opportunity that is teems with potential to catapult Guyanese music and musicians on the regional and international stage and establish a...

Parking meter scheme revisited

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parking meter scheme revisited

Dear Editor, A few Sundays ago, in one of the dailies, the Parking Meter Contract between Smart City Solutions Co. of Mexico and the Georgetown City Council was published. This was the first time...

Response to the Junior Social Protection Minister on the Striking Teachers

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Response to the Junior Social Protection Minister on the Striking Teachers

Dear Editor, I refer to Stabroek Newspapers dated September 2, 2018, caption” Striking teachers are selfish, uncaring”. I have some fundamental disagreement with the Junior Social Protection...

UG’s UNUSUAL DECISION

Sep 03, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on UG’s UNUSUAL DECISION

The University of Guyana (UG) is the only national tertiary educational institution in the country but it has problems. With less than 5,000 full-time students, UG seems to be top-heavy with an...

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Runsfest ends in draw, as arch rivals play hearts out

The mirage of citizen investment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The latest song and dance from the corridors of political power in Guyana comes wrapped... more