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DMW Hockey festival launched GCC and Old Fort off to winning start

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMW Hockey festival launched GCC and Old Fort off to winning start

The 14th annual Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) Indoor Hockey Festival was officially launched yesterday afternoon while action in the tournament hit off last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

GAPLF Senior Nationals Space Gym’s Junica Pluck going for Overall glory

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Senior Nationals Space Gym’s Junica Pluck going for Overall glory

By Franklin Wilson The most anticipated event on the powerlifting calendar, the Senior championships is to be contested on Sunday at the Saints Stanislaus College Auditorium, Brickdam from 10:00hrs;...

Resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors CC receives gear from West Indian Sports Complex

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors CC receives gear from West Indian Sports Complex

The recently resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors Cricket Club of Edinburgh East Bank Berbice was recently the beneficiary of a set of cricket gear. The club was recently resuscitated by overseas based...

Opening day of 2nd three-day practice affected by Rain Jaguars face Volcanoes in St Lucia from Dec 6-9

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Opening day of 2nd three-day practice affected by Rain Jaguars face Volcanoes in St Lucia from Dec 6-9

By Sean Devers Overnight and morning showers at Providence affected the opening day of the second and last three-day practice match for four times defending Guyana Jaguars who will play the Windwards...

Not This Time looking to cash in at Race of Champions Horserace Meet Sunday

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Not This Time looking to cash in at Race of Champions Horserace Meet Sunday

Leading Sophia racehorse, Not This Time, will be seeking to make it mark on the inaugural Race of Champions Horserace Meet organised by the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee and fixed for this...

58th Nationals Schools Swimming Championship Amy Grant captures 4 Gold medals in Girls U-18 Class

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 58th Nationals Schools Swimming Championship Amy Grant captures 4 Gold medals in Girls U-18 Class

Amy Grant, now a student studying A Levels at School of the Nations, has surfaced after her last race in December, 2017 at ASATT in Trinidad & Tobago where she won Gold in the 1500m Freestyle and...

Isn’t She Charming takes feature event at Crawford Memorial Turf Club Meet

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Isn’t She Charming takes feature event at Crawford Memorial Turf Club Meet

Isn’t She Charming of the Cheefoon Stable ridden by the wily Veteran Jockey, Yap “Old Boy” Drepaul, on Sunday won the feature event at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club one day...

GPL versus the police force: What a sick country

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GPL versus the police force: What a sick country

Below is the description of an incident, which I witnessed involving a high-level employee of the GPL and ranks of the police force. It is one of the reasons why young people are leaving...

$3.6B injected into Judicial Reform for 2019

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $3.6B injected into Judicial Reform for 2019

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has said that Government will be injecting $3.6 billion into the justice sector, in 2019. In his recent budget presentation, the Finance Minister noted that the...

Rehabilitation of Pump Station attracts multi-million bids

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rehabilitation of Pump Station attracts multi-million bids

Ministry of Agriculture – NDIA Lot 2 – Rehabilitation of Pump Station at Trafalgar, Region 5 Bidders Amount Ivor Allen $161,218,380 JR Ranch Inc. $152,857,500 International Import &...

Winifred Haywood re-elected as NA Mayor – Chattergoon Ramnauth is Rose Hall’s new ‘chief citizen’

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Winifred Haywood re-elected as NA Mayor – Chattergoon Ramnauth is Rose Hall’s new ‘chief citizen’

Yesterday saw the swearing in of councillors and the electing of a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the New Amsterdam Town Council. Some 14 councillors took their oaths, with 10 allotted to A...

UG to introduce new petroleum engineering degrees with $3.1B subvention –major plans to be introduced to improve delivery of public education

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG to introduce new petroleum engineering degrees with $3.1B subvention –major plans to be introduced to improve delivery of public education

A sum of $3.1 billion has been allocated in the 2019 national budget for the University of Guyana [UG]. This was announced by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, when he presented the budget in the...

Gender disparity-free policies within workplaces to bolster an inclusionary society

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gender disparity-free policies within workplaces to bolster an inclusionary society

Women account for more than half of the global workforce, and about 70 percent of the global consumption demand. With a female population of over 380,000, the women workforce in Guyana is currently...

State auditors question Education Ministry’s textbook policy

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on State auditors question Education Ministry’s textbook policy

State auditors have raised questions about the Ministry of Education’s textbook policy after a special report found a number of worrying things. The report – “Compliance Audit Report...

Guyana fields delegation to Europe’s energy capital

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana fields delegation to Europe’s energy capital

A Guyanese trade mission to Aberdeen, Scotland says its discussions in Europe’s energy capital have been encouraging. Led by Guyanese High Commissioner to the UK, Frederick Hamley Case, and...

Public Procurement Commission hosts training session

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Procurement Commission hosts training session

In keeping with its mandate to provide training on November 13 and November 14, 2018, the Public Procurement Commission hosted a successful two-day “Procurement Planning” Training Workshop at the...

Opposition-nominated commissioners walk out of GECOM meeting …object to PRO’s presence

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition-nominated commissioners walk out of GECOM meeting …object to PRO’s presence

Opposition-nominated commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) walked out Monday from a statutory meeting after objecting to the presence of a third party. According to a statement...

A flawed conclusion from flawed information

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A flawed conclusion from flawed information

Dear Editor, Respectfully, the Stabroek News editorial on Sunday about the Lisa Phase 2 development misrepresented several important financial aspects of oil development. It ignored journalistic...

A tertiary institution or a detention centre?

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tertiary institution or a detention centre?

Dear Editor, Please permit us to highlight our concern as students at the Guyana School of Agriculture based upon a series of mistreatment that has been going on since the new school year started....

EDO allows for employees to disclose information

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on EDO allows for employees to disclose information

Dear Editor, On Friday November 16, an article was published in the Demerara Waves online newspaper titled “El Dorado Offshore – hired seafarers could be fired for disclosing wages”. This...

NDC workers deserve some semblance of “the good life” too.

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on NDC workers deserve some semblance of “the good life” too.

Dear Editor, Recent announcement of a 7% tax free, retroactive salary increase for public servants earning less than $100,000 may offer some relief to workers earning over $60,000. What about those...

RALPH RAMKARRAN’S ARTICLE WAS A MISCHIEVOUS FALSE ALARM

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on RALPH RAMKARRAN’S ARTICLE WAS A MISCHIEVOUS FALSE ALARM

Dear Editor, “Tied vote on budget bill would see gov’t fall.” This was the screeching headline of an article by former PPP Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, which Stabroek...

The new tax threshold

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The new tax threshold

Dear Editor, The government has no intentions to help poor and low -income citizens. They are only interested in making a good life for themselves. Here is another example. In the presentation of...

Did Irfaan Ali undersell state property?

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did Irfaan Ali undersell state property?

Dear Editor. In SALES, a contract is not made until the Buyer agrees on the price of the goods or services then parts with his or her money. Many Guyanese seem to believe that it is the Seller that...

A NUMBERS BUDGET: TOUGH DEBATE AHEAD

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A NUMBERS BUDGET: TOUGH DEBATE AHEAD

In his speech that lasted for about five hours, Finance Minister Winston Jordan presented the 2019 budget to the nation on Monday, under the theme, “Transforming the Economy Empowering People,...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more