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BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Extends Condolences on passing of Osafo Odinga

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Extends Condolences on passing of Osafo Odinga

The members of the BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement join with family and friends in reflecting on the life of the late Mr. Osafo Odinga, who died during the early morning hours of yesterday, Saturday...

Trinidad in flood crisis PM calls situation National disaster

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad in flood crisis PM calls situation National disaster

By Sean Devers in Trinidad The adverse weather conditions were expected to continue up to Tuesday as heavy rains and thunderstorms which worsened on Friday caused wide spread flooding in several...

Berbice Masters tackle Rastas today …..minus Charles ‘Puggy’ Joseph

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Masters tackle Rastas today …..minus Charles ‘Puggy’ Joseph

A key member of the Berbice Masters football team will be absent this afternoon when the Ancient County’s side line-up for a feature Over-50 contest against the Rastafari Patriarchs at the Scotts...

UG to graduate first batch of Speech and Language Therapy students next month -graduates to play key role in helping to address speech challenges in school system

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG to graduate first batch of Speech and Language Therapy students next month -graduates to play key role in helping to address speech challenges in school system

The University of Guyana [UG] is set to graduate its first batch of Speech and Language Therapists under its Medical Rehabilitation Programme next month. This batch of therapists comprises of five...

Magistrate’s Court for Golden Grove among projects for 2019 – courts also slated for construction in Bartica, Port Kaituma, Mahdia and Kwakwani

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate’s Court for Golden Grove among projects for 2019 – courts also slated for construction in Bartica, Port Kaituma, Mahdia and Kwakwani

The construction of a Magistrate’s Court at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara is among undertakings budgeted under a sum of $13.27B fiscal spending, laid out for 2019 for the 16 Constitutional...

GMR&SC launches Ignite race meet

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC launches Ignite race meet

November 10 and 11 has been promised as a racing extravaganza as the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club launched its Ignite race meet. Launched at the GT motorsport hall on Thomaslands on Friday,...

If I was President for a year

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on If I was President for a year

By Leonard Gildarie I don’t believe that there is a true understanding in Guyana of the power of social media. Everybody becomes a reporter. News is being posted all the time, some...

GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20… Speedboat, Mike’s Wellman, Regal All stars, Boots All stars storm into finals

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20… Speedboat, Mike’s Wellman, Regal All stars, Boots All stars storm into finals

By Zaheer Mohamed An exciting climax is anticipated in the second edition of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Cup which will culminate today at the Everest...

The challenges independent thinkers and doers face in this society

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The challenges independent thinkers and doers face in this society

As a trade unionist I pride myself as an independent thinker and doer, guided by internationally acceptable principles, our Constitution and Laws. Trade unionists are taught to hold strong...

The coming OECD blacklist

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The coming OECD blacklist

By Sir Ronald Sanders Reports are wrong in stating that eight Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are on a ‘blacklist’ recently released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

Thousands participate in GTT second Pinktober walk

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands participate in GTT second Pinktober walk

With what many are calling fun and energetic, Guyanese turned out in their numbers in observation of the breast cancer awareness “Pinktober Walk/Run/Cycling”, event yesterday. Thousands of...

A look at some of APNU+AFC’s appointments since May 2015

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A look at some of APNU+AFC’s appointments since May 2015

The table below shows some of the APNU+AFCs appointments made of persons to head government Agencies, Constitutional Offices, Departments, and public offices and corporation since May 2015....

Suspected thief “Dumb boy” shot and killed on Vergenoegen poultry farm

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected thief “Dumb boy” shot and killed on Vergenoegen poultry farm

Jarrel ”Dumb Boy” Noble, 22, an unemployed man of lot 12 Tuschen Tiger Bay, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation about 10:00 hours yesterday after...

Vandals target power cables for streetlights in Demerara

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Vandals target power cables for streetlights in Demerara

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is complaining that power cables used for streetlights in Demerara are being stolen. According to the ministry, it has noticed the theft of Triplex Distribution...

Reflections on growing up in a racial landscape

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Reflections on growing up in a racial landscape

By Dennis Nichols ‘Race’ has practically become a four-letter word for some Guyanese – although it’s simply a categorization of humans into groups, based on anatomical similarities and...

Bail for construction worker charged for raping girl, 15

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Bail for construction worker charged for raping girl, 15

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday released a construction worker on bail in the sum of $250,000 after a charge of rape was read to him. Calvin Mann, 26, of Timehri, East Bank Demerara, is...

Guyana leads the charge for Caribbean Land Management Initiative

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana leads the charge for Caribbean Land Management Initiative

By Kemol King Guyana is hosting and spearheading the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), a plan which aims to revolutionise land management in the Caribbean region....

President David Granger is guest at Linden prayer Breakfast …presents 48 bicycles to students.

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President David Granger is guest at Linden prayer Breakfast …presents 48 bicycles to students.

President David Granger was the guest of honour at a Prayer Breakfast held at the Watooka Complex on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Minister within the Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-...

Another teen escapes from NOC

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Another teen escapes from NOC

A 17-year-old male who was sentenced to the New Opportunity Corps on the Essequibo Coast, escaped from the facility last Monday after allegedly pushing down a 61 year old social service assistant....

Indian national hangs Guyanese lover in Antigua, kills self -woman’s 3 yr-old son found dehydrated nearby

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Indian national hangs Guyanese lover in Antigua, kills self -woman’s 3 yr-old son found dehydrated nearby

Antigua is rocked by an apparent murder-suicide involving a Guyanese mother. Shocked relatives in Guyana, confirming her death yesterday, said that the businesswoman from Kitty, sells hair products...

Kaieteur-News-Cartoon-Oct.-21-2018

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur-News-Cartoon-Oct.-21-2018

WORKSHOP HOSTED TO IMPROVE REGISTRATION OF BIOLOGICS AND BIOSIMILAR

Oct 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on WORKSHOP HOSTED TO IMPROVE REGISTRATION OF BIOLOGICS AND BIOSIMILAR

The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) commenting on a recent workshop hosted in the Department’s Boardroom with the 120 years old Swiss Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Giant...

Garvey: Relevant today more than ever

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Garvey: Relevant today more than ever

Book: Marcus Garvey Author: Rupert Lewis Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Rupert Lewis’ Marcus Garvey is the quintessential study of the man behind one of the most ambitious economic initiatives...

Black Vulture

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Black Vulture

The black vulture (Coragyps atratus) also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS … Standards are useful for shaping local Agriculture

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS … Standards are useful for shaping local Agriculture

As we continue to look closely at Agriculture during October and celebrate the successes of the sector, standards must be at the back of our mind as the guiding tools and principles that will help to...

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Jagdeo is a liability to Irfaan Ali

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo has long represented an unsettling paradox in Guyana’s politics. He... more