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Singh slams ton, Bishundial grabs 6 as MYO and GYO draw

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh slams ton, Bishundial grabs 6 as MYO and GYO draw

Host Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) and Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) played to a draw when the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Sea Foods Second Division two-day competition continued...

Conductor gets another charge for allegedly assaulting police officer

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Conductor gets another charge for allegedly assaulting police officer

Troy Peters, one of the individuals charged for assaulting a police constable following a video that went viral on social media, yesterday returned to court and answered another charge, this time of...

Peter Persaud wins Guyana NRA Recorded Shoot

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peter Persaud wins Guyana NRA Recorded Shoot

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) recently held its first Recorded Shoot for 2019 at the Timehri Rifle Ranges, Yarrowcabra, Linden Soesdyke Highway. The competition was shot over the...

Ganja now being smuggled from the US

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja now being smuggled from the US

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department on Saturday morning destroyed $188M worth of cocaine and...

Minister Bulkan visits proposed sites for NDC in Pomeroon

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Bulkan visits proposed sites for NDC in Pomeroon

Last Friday, Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, visited three sites in the Pomeroon, which were earmarked for the construction of the New NDC buildings. The newly established NDCs are the...

The Freudian mind of the PPP

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freudian mind of the PPP

The announcement at Babu Jaan didn’t come. The PPP is on auto-pilot. The PPP is in self-destruct mode. This means the PPP will not be in power in 2019. But could it get power in 2019? I honestly...

Residents urge Anna Regina Town council to take strict action against polluters

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Residents urge Anna Regina Town council to take strict action against polluters

While the Region Two Tourism Association is striving to promote tourism through a clean environment, there are a number of persons who are reportedly still dumping garbage in prominent tourist...

Ministry records an estimated 8,000 Guyanese with HIV in 2018

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records an estimated 8,000 Guyanese with HIV in 2018

Last year, the number of people living with HIV in Guyana was 8,369. Of these 5,557, inclusive of children, were on treatment. This is according to information released by the Ministry of Public...

CDC delivers more aid to Venezuelan migrants

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CDC delivers more aid to Venezuelan migrants

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to render assistance to the Venezuela migrants crossing Guyana’s borders in an effort to escape the social and economic crisis in their homelands. On...

GAWU concerned about lack of competitive bidding for movable GuySuCo assets

Mar 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU concerned about lack of competitive bidding for movable GuySuCo assets

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is complaining about the suspected lack of competitive bidding in the sale of assets belonging to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)....

Guyana’s current constitutional malaise may lead to political crisis

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s current constitutional malaise may lead to political crisis

DEAR EDITOR, I use this opportunity to comment on the ongoing constitutional crisis which seems to have evaded the prefixed vision of several commentators across the spectrum of print media, social...

The government is hoping for a mircale

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government is hoping for a mircale

The President of Guyana finds himself between a rock and a hard place. He is now being increasingly isolated domestically because of his failure to call general and regional elections as required in...

Freedom of expression is limited for all Guyanese except the Opposition Leader

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freedom of expression is limited for all Guyanese except the Opposition Leader

DEAR EDITOR, I wonder why it is that freedom of expression is limited for all Guyanese except the Leader of the Opposition. The opposition constantly quotes sections of the Constitution that suits...

“Go back where you come from”

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Go back where you come from”

DEAR EDITOR, It is nice to know that Guyanese can stand up and say, enough is enough. I have been following the situation, with Rusal workers, blocking the river and being on strike. I am very proud...

Historical misrepresentation in the Indian Arrival Monument

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Historical misrepresentation in the Indian Arrival Monument

DEAR EDITOR, I believe that the picture shown in the Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra in Berbice does not give a true reflection of the actual event in several aspects, including the head-wear of...

Our youths are being deprived of making mistakes and gaining experience

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our youths are being deprived of making mistakes and gaining experience

DEAR EDITOR Both of our major political parties behave as if they own the people of Guyana and the country as a whole. On the administrative body of every public institution, they have their members...

No future for sugar in Guyana under APNU + AFC – another reason for no-confidence

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No future for sugar in Guyana under APNU + AFC – another reason for no-confidence

DEAR EDITOR, Just before the May 2015 General Elections, I warned that the Granger-led APNU+AFC had a sinister plan to close the sugar industry (SUGAR) in Guyana. David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo...

No matter how you try, Mr. Duncan, you can mislead no one

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No matter how you try, Mr. Duncan, you can mislead no one

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Sherod Duncan’s letter of 2019-03-11 in which he said he “used to read” my columns and further said: “For Ramkarran is an honourable man.” In substituting my...

AFC condemns Jagdeo for Babu Jaan ‘hate speech’

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on AFC condemns Jagdeo for Babu Jaan ‘hate speech’

DEAR EDITOR, The Alliance For Change condemns Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for his irresponsible and reckless comments at Babu Jaan on Sunday, March 10th. Mr. Jagdeo used inflammatory language...

Marijuana and criminalization of our youth population

Mar 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Marijuana and criminalization of our youth population

DEAR EDITOR, Our young people represent our national engine of growth and should be treated likewise by the State. No effort is seriously made by the state to decriminalise the use of small amounts...

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The illusion of compliance

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- A company can meet the letter of the law. It can tick every box, hit every target. Yet,... more