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FACC/GBC/Oasis Water Cycle Road Race De Nobrega (open), Niles (masters), Seenarine (juniors) emerge winners

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on FACC/GBC/Oasis Water Cycle Road Race De Nobrega (open), Niles (masters), Seenarine (juniors) emerge winners

Team Evolutions Paul De Nobrega outhusteled an experienced field to emerge winner of the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice, annual Guyana Beverage Company/Oasis Water sponsored 70-mile Cycle Road Race...

BCB/Raffik’s Construction 100 Ball Tourney Kildonan. Chesney and Courtland advance

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Raffik’s Construction 100 Ball Tourney Kildonan. Chesney and Courtland advance

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) historic Raffik Construction 100 Balls tournament for teams in the Lower Corentyne area has re-started after a lengthy delay due to the weather. Kildonan Cricket Club,...

Guyana’s CNL campaign kicks off with crucial game against Barbados tomorrow

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s CNL campaign kicks off with crucial game against Barbados tomorrow

Story and photos by Calvin Chapman Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ will play their first match of the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) tomorrow night at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC),...

Enterprise Legends honour Yadram on U-19 success, triple hundred

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enterprise Legends honour Yadram on U-19 success, triple hundred

All-rounder Bhaskar Yadram was recently honoured by the Enterprise Legends Cricket Team on the East Coast of Demerara for leading Guyana to their fifth straight Cricket West Indies U19 50-over title...

ECCC/Bargain Supermarket T20 Enmore, Enterprise, Lusignan, Lusignan ‘B’ triumph

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCC/Bargain Supermarket T20 Enmore, Enterprise, Lusignan, Lusignan ‘B’ triumph

Enmore, Enterprise and Lusignan recorded victories when the East Coast Cricket Committee (ECCC) / Bargain Supermarket T20 tournament commenced on Sunday last. Host Enmore defeated Golden Grove...

When you comment on Granger, think of Mrs. Jagan

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When you comment on Granger, think of Mrs. Jagan

Before and after his assumption of the presidency, the consensus was that David Granger had a clean slate with money. That belief and perception are grounded in reality and the consensus lives on. As...

Coach Chan-a-Sue elated with their showing at Caribbean C/Ships Guyanese girls qualify for Pan Am C/Ships for 1st time

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach Chan-a-Sue elated with their showing at Caribbean C/Ships Guyanese girls qualify for Pan Am C/Ships for 1st time

By Sean Devers Guyana’s Squash Coach Raymon Chan-a-Sue is elated with the outstanding performances of his female charges at the just concluded Caribbean Squash Championships in the Cayman Islands...

BCB Magic Moments T20 Tourney – Upper Corentyne No. 48 Challengers advance to finals, Skeldon and No. 72 All Star reach semifinal

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Magic Moments T20 Tourney – Upper Corentyne No. 48 Challengers advance to finals, Skeldon and No. 72 All Star reach semifinal

The final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Magic Moments T20 Tournament in the Upper Corentyne area would be played this Sunday at the Cut and Load Ground. No. 48 Challengers booke dtheir place in...

UK Firm sole bidder for Linden-Lethem Road Project Consultancy

Sep 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UK Firm sole bidder for Linden-Lethem Road Project Consultancy

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened a single bid for the Feasibility Design for the Linden Mabura Hills Road Upgrade and River Crossing at Kurupukari....

Birthday Girl wins GTT/CAL LOL Grand Prize

Sep 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Birthday Girl wins GTT/CAL LOL Grand Prize

Yesterday, GTT and Caribbean Airlines (CAL) announced their second and final grand prize winner to bring a close to the Lots of Love (LOL) summer promotion. Deoranie Dewnath, clueless about what she...

Guyana’s CNL campaign kicks off with crucial game against Barbados tomorrow

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s CNL campaign kicks off with crucial game against Barbados tomorrow

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ will play their first match of the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) tomorrow night at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC), Leonora where they will face Barbados...

Leadership: From Independence to Granger

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Leadership: From Independence to Granger

In a forthcoming column, I will analyze the inelegant situation in Guyana’s politics where President Granger is being favoured to be his party’s 2020 presidential candidate and the only factor...

Teachers are encouraged to lend full support to the GTU

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teachers are encouraged to lend full support to the GTU

DEAR EDITOR, Sasenarine Singh (SN 03/09/18) adds his name to the list of social commentators, the most recent being GHK Lall, who unabashedly try to undermine the efforts of the GTU in securing...

Give our teachers what they deserve

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Give our teachers what they deserve

DEAR EDITOR, With much interest, I have been following the discussions on the ‘negotiation process’ between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] on the...

Was it the Gold Curse?

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was it the Gold Curse?

DEAR EDITOR, It was on one of my many trips to Guyana, that a good friend of mine, paid me a visit We were enjoying a few drinks when he told me of his clever way of making extra cash, from his...

We would do well to take the lessons from this tragedy

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We would do well to take the lessons from this tragedy

DEAR EDITOR, The recent destruction of the National Museum in Brazil has many lessons for us in Guyana. From reports the historical repository suffered from successive governments’ financial...

UG must be guided by its own standards

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG must be guided by its own standards

DEAR EDITOR, I write in support of the position taken by Dr. Mark Kirton regarding the award of Honorary Doctorate by the University of Guyana. As a former member of the University Council, I am...

Proposed sale of sugar lands would be unpatriotic

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Proposed sale of sugar lands would be unpatriotic

DEAR EDITOR, The September 02 Guyana Times reports that President David Granger, at his press conference on August 31, said in relation to lands taken out of sugar, that they would be “…first...

I felt a profound sense of sadness with this glaring omission

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I felt a profound sense of sadness with this glaring omission

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to an article in the Monday, September 3, 2018 edition of the Guyana Chronicle headlined: ‘Bringing joy through music – celebrating 160 years of the Guyana...

There was misinformed interpretation of aspects of this Green Paper

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was misinformed interpretation of aspects of this Green Paper

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Finance notes with concern your article “Guyana’s proposed Natural Resource Fund…Govt. ignores IMF’s advice to have rules which prevent reckless spending”, KN,...

It is time for GTT to honour their customers with a proper service

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for GTT to honour their customers with a proper service

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing you in the interest of the Guyanese Public that utilize the services of GTT (Guyana Telephone & Telegraph). Over the past six to eight months I have been utilizing the...

STANDING THEIR GROUND

Sep 05, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on STANDING THEIR GROUND

Unlike previous years, this year has not been a smooth start to the new school year for students, as hundreds of teachers throughout the country took to the streets in protest against the...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more