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Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Football League Uitvlugt trash QC 11-2, Vergenoegen hold free scoring CWSS to 1-1 draw

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Football League Uitvlugt trash QC 11-2, Vergenoegen hold free scoring CWSS to 1-1 draw

The inaugural Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Football League continued on Tuesday afternoon at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground with two intense matches. In the feature match, West Demerara based...

GCB U-17 female cricket Franchise D’Aguiar spearheads E’bo to title at Wales Gentle’s fifty takes her to 322 runs & 10 Wkts

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB U-17 female cricket Franchise D’Aguiar spearheads E’bo to title at Wales Gentle’s fifty takes her to 322 runs & 10 Wkts

By Sean Devers Watched by a raucous crowd in sultry conditions at Wales yesterday, Essequibo, once a pun at time the Cinderella in Guyana’s cricket, added the inaugural GCB female U-17 T20...

Man remanded for rape of girl, 13

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for rape of girl, 13

Odinga Greene, called ‘Dingo’, who was freed twice on two murder charges was yesterday back before a City Magistrate, this time to face a rape charge. Greene, 41, of 17 Station Street, Kitty, is...

The Freudian ghost in Moses Nagamootoo’s mind

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freudian ghost in Moses Nagamootoo’s mind

This is what Moses Nagamootoo wrote recently; “This village (Whim)… has long been a PPP stronghold. It is unlikely that this could change any time soon. But what will never change is that my...

GCB U-17 female cricket franchise Gentle continue dream run to end with 322 runs & 10 Wkts

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB U-17 female cricket franchise Gentle continue dream run to end with 322 runs & 10 Wkts

L/C’tyne, East Coast & East Bank win in final round At 17, National U-18 Tennis Champion Afrucia Gentle has played a bit of Tapeball cricket but her outstanding batting in the GCB T20 female...

Annual Diamond Mineral Water Cycle Road Race set for November 18

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Diamond Mineral Water Cycle Road Race set for November 18

On Sunday 18th November the 19th Annual Diamond Mineral Water 46 miles Cycle Road Race will be stages starting at 08:30hrs. Cyclists will pedal off from the Demerara Harbour Bridge proceed to Parika...

Guyana to host global aviation summit

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host global aviation summit

Guyana is set to welcome more than 150 delegates to its shores in anticipation of the International Civil Aviation Authority’s Air Transport Meeting at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre from...

13th edition of MACORP Golf tourney launched

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 13th edition of MACORP Golf tourney launched

By Zaheer Mohamed Following the successful staging of the Guyana Open tournament last Sunday, golfers will again be in action on Saturday when the Lusignan Golf Club hosts the 13th annual MACORP...

Disrespecting Diwali

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Disrespecting Diwali

Diwali is being disrespected. The latest outrage was at a Rangoli event hosted at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, where a Christian activist invaded the event and proceeded to lecture...

Funding continues to impact HIV/AIDS fight in Region – regional meeting hears

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Funding continues to impact HIV/AIDS fight in Region – regional meeting hears

The HIV/AIDS response in the Region is continuing to experience a funding crisis. This notion was recently amplified by Dr. James Guwani, who shared that between 2006 and 2017 international resources...

Health Ministry statistics show decline in under-five mortality rates

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry statistics show decline in under-five mortality rates

The mortality rate of children under five is on the decline. At least this is based on preliminary statistics from the Statistical Unit of the Ministry of Public Health which show the number of...

Suspected Trafficking Victim resurfaces in Venezuela

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Trafficking Victim resurfaces in Venezuela

Josephine Alexandra Marcano Gil, who was thought to be a victim of trafficking from Venezuela to Guyana has resurfaced in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Speaking to Venezuelan Press and The...

PPP Member of Parliament alleges assault in the presence of police. -attack caught on video

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Member of Parliament alleges assault in the presence of police. -attack caught on video

With local government elections just a few days away, tensions are flaring. One People’s Progressive Party/Civic Region Five candidate and Member of Parliament, Harry Gill, is claiming that he was...

Policewoman in custody after allegedly dousing man with acid

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Policewoman in custody after allegedly dousing man with acid

A policewoman is in custody after allegedly dousing a male acquaintance with a corrosive substance. Sources identified the victim as Anthony Paul of Buxton, East Coast Demerara. He is reportedly...

Local democracy is under attack and is being eroded by the Coalition

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local democracy is under attack and is being eroded by the Coalition

DEAR EDITOR, We are once again approaching yet another Local Government Elections which should democratically elect local representatives to run the affairs of their Local Authority Areas (LAAs)....

GPHC has no guideline for sterility checks of NICU

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC has no guideline for sterility checks of NICU

There is currently no guideline at the country’s premier health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] – which stipulates that environmental sterility checks must be...

This monument was never given national recognition

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This monument was never given national recognition

DEAR EDITOR, A commemorative symbol has been installed in front of Castellani House facing the Ministry of the Presidency to celebrate the 23rd Anniversary of the National Unity Monument on November...

It will not be business as usual for the Trump presidency

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It will not be business as usual for the Trump presidency

DEAR EDITOR, The Democratic Party has wrested control of the House of Representatives in the recent mid-term elections. This is a big blow to President Donald Trump, despite the fact that the...

Real leadership is putting people’s interest before our own

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Real leadership is putting people’s interest before our own

DEAR EDITOR, I recently watched the debate in Parliament with Hon. Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence debating about members of the PPP’s exorbitant medical bills that’s taxpayers’...

Dem Boys Seh makes interesting reading at times

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh makes interesting reading at times

DEAR EDITOR, I read an article by Kaieteur News “Dem Boys Seh…Berbice Bridge and Marriott is Jagdeo and ee friends cash cow….” (KN, 6th November 2018)”. It is an interesting...

How is Guyana doing globally?

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How is Guyana doing globally?

DEAR EDITOR, In 2017, the Global Human Capital index, a report that ranks countries according to their effectiveness and level of human capital development, demoted Guyana below its 2015 global...

Security guard charged with attempted murder

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard charged with attempted murder

Rondell Mitchell, a 30-year-old security guard of Friendship, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday made to answer to an attempted murder charge. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge...

The Mid-term elections

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Mid-term elections

The Democrats’ advances were essential and will check Donald Trump’s power, but disappointments show how far there is to go. Meanwhile, the Russia investigation must be protected. The...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more