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CWI First-Class Cricket Jaguars scent fifth win against Scorpions

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI First-Class Cricket Jaguars scent fifth win against Scorpions

By Sean Devers Guyana Jaguars were scenting their fifth win when the penultimate day of their CWI Regional Four-Day encounter against Jamaica Scorpions ended yesterday at the Providence...

Linden says goodbye to former bauxite chief, Horace James

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden says goodbye to former bauxite chief, Horace James

Returning for the last time to the place that had become his home, Horace James was simultaneously given a hero’s welcome and farewell by residents who had embraced him as a colleague,...

Fire destroys BV home

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys BV home

Fire of unknown origin yesterday destroyed the home of Maurette Glasgow at Republic Drive, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. Reports indicate that the wooden building caught ablaze at around...

Six communities for standalone Solar Power LEDs

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Six communities for standalone Solar Power LEDs

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure will be undertaking a standalone solar power project along parts of the Soesdyke-Linden highway. Six communities will be the beneficiary of this $15...

Jamaican authorities condemns 1,575 bags of rice from Guyana

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican authorities condemns 1,575 bags of rice from Guyana

Jamaica (Jamaican Gleaner)- The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is reporting that it has condemned several...

Linden says goodbye to former bauxite chief, Horace James

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden says goodbye to former bauxite chief, Horace James

Returning for the last time to the place that had become his home, Horace James was simultaneously given a hero’s welcome and farewell by residents who had embraced him as a colleague,...

Adams guides Everest CC to 18-run win over DCC

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams guides Everest CC to 18-run win over DCC

A fine all-round performance by Dwayne Adams handed Everest Cricket Club an 18-run victory over Demerara Cricket Club when the teams collided yesterday in the Georgetown Cricket Association New...

Lindeners jailed after busted with ganja at roadblock

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners jailed after busted with ganja at roadblock

Two Lindeners who were busted at a roadblock with 26 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle last year were last Friday jailed and fined $6.3M each for the offence. It is alleged that Michael Bascom, 35, of...

Inadequate legal representation aided in a miscarriage of justice -lawyer argues at murder conviction appeal

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Inadequate legal representation aided in a miscarriage of justice -lawyer argues at murder conviction appeal

The lack of adequate representation by counsel aided in a miscarriage of justice for Clive Knights, who was tired, convicted and sentenced to 57 years’ imprisonment for the murder of Guyana...

Canal man leaves home in search of work; ends up dead

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Canal man leaves home in search of work; ends up dead

Jairam Persaud, aka Ramesh or Truck, a handy man of Canal Number One, was badly beaten in the vicinity of the Stabroek Square and succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Complex. Jairam would...

Guyanese, 31 Venezuelans detained in immigration sweep

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese, 31 Venezuelans detained in immigration sweep

Trinidad (Newsday)- Police have arrested 32 illegal immigrants and three other people for gaming offences during a seven-hour exercise on Friday in Penal. Thirty-one are Venezuelans and the other, a...

LEPROSY: ENDING DISCRIMINATION, STIGMA, PREJUDICE

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LEPROSY: ENDING DISCRIMINATION, STIGMA, PREJUDICE

PAT DIAL Consumer advocates worldwide have special concern for sufferers from leprosy. Such concern is evoked not only by the terrible suffering which afflict those infected by the disease but also...

Charges likely this week for shot robbery accomplice

Feb 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charges likely this week for shot robbery accomplice

Investigators are preparing to lay charges this week against 22-year-old Shakeel Duncan, who was accidentally shot by his accomplice during a robbery last week Tuesday at Aubrey Barker Road,...

Local food manufacturers should consider the requirements of the ISO 22000 Standard

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Local food manufacturers should consider the requirements of the ISO 22000 Standard

Ensuring the safety of food for human consumption is important for the health and safety of our population, and this should be at the forefront on the minds of our local food manufacturers and...

Land ownership and terrorism at our schools

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Land ownership and terrorism at our schools

By Leonard Gildarie I viewed with deep alarm the happenings in recent weeks at our educational institutions. This is the third week that we are forced to delve into this issue. It started with...

Sorry to disappoint you; this is who I am.

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sorry to disappoint you; this is who I am.

Carlyle Goring, former AFC City Councillor told me I was being criticized by persons who are disappointed in my support for the no-confidence vote (NCV). He said they all want to know why I, of all...

GECOM is getting from bad to worse

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GECOM is getting from bad to worse

Public confidence in the management of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has suffered yet another blow, with the pronouncement by the elections body that it would require 148 days to prepare...

The people want greater inclusion, not exclusion

Feb 10, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The people want greater inclusion, not exclusion

Speaking to supporters of his party recently, General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party Bharrat Jagdeo said… “this is the beginning of the fight to take back our country…”It is clear...

‘Lady Ira’, a benevolent Guyanese making waves in the US, is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Special Person Comments Off on ‘Lady Ira’, a benevolent Guyanese making waves in the US, is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “My weakness has always been to give support to people and help them to reach to the next level; to get out of poverty. I have always been doing that, but with this position I am able...

Determined to ensure that the people reap the benefits of Guyana’s resources

Feb 10, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Determined to ensure that the people reap the benefits of Guyana’s resources

The National Executive Council of the AFC has re-affirmed its determination to ensure that the people of the country are able to reap the benefits of Guyana’s resources that are rightfully theirs....

The baccoo speaks

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

There is no end to the number of small criminals who do big things. Many of them would have left school with nothing to aid them in the world of work but with an idea of what they want to do. That is...

Foresight led to Guyana having oil offshore

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Foresight led to Guyana having oil offshore

Today Guyana has oil. There is now talk about preserving the riches that should accrue from the discoveries made by ExxonMobil. Yet a few short years ago, the oil would not have been Guyana’s. We...

A “Venezuelan-owned” solution: too much to hope?

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A “Venezuelan-owned” solution: too much to hope?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Commentators in western media, that dominate international news distribution, characterise any government, entity or person who speaks out against meddling in the...

At night on the Essequibo River, and alone with a killer – He waited for ten years to avenge his father; Police say he has now killed again

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on At night on the Essequibo River, and alone with a killer – He waited for ten years to avenge his father; Police say he has now killed again

By Michael Jordan This is how they say it happened. On the night of December 21, 2009, a group of men, drinking at Bartica, decided to pack it in just before 11.00 p.m. They lived at...

Amidst internal & external conflicts, diplomatic community offers way forward

Feb 10, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Amidst internal & external conflicts, diplomatic community offers way forward

The current domestic situation, unless properly managed, has the potential to disrupt the lives of every Guyanese, every worker, our continental and Caribbean neighbours, and hinder our economic...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more