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Concacaf Nations LeagueThree debutants in 23-man Golden Jaguars released for Belize clash on Saturday

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Nations LeagueThree debutants in 23-man Golden Jaguars released for Belize clash on Saturday

Head Coach of the Golden Jaguars, Michael Johnson, has announced three debutants in a 23-man squad to face Belize this Saturday in the final and most important qualifier for Guyana in the...

Wellman Masters overcome Regal Masters by four runs

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wellman Masters overcome Regal Masters by four runs

Wellman Masters defeated Regal Masters by four runs when the teams collided in a 20-over fixture Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club. Batting first, Wellman Masters posted 177-6 off their allotted...

Aqua Pur Water partners with GFF to keep players hydrated for CNL final clash

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aqua Pur Water partners with GFF to keep players hydrated for CNL final clash

Aqua Pur Water, distributed by Sureia Manufacturing Inc., located at Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara yesterday committed to partnering with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to...

Life is a lottery

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Life is a lottery

Life has become a lottery in Guyana. You wake up one day and there is no guarantee that you will live to see the end of that day. One bread vendor was on Sunday killed, allegedly by bandits who...

UG Unions remain at odds with Administration, Council over matters of concern

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Unions remain at odds with Administration, Council over matters of concern

Even as it insists that the welfare and wellbeing of staff and students are of paramount importance to the University of Guyana [UG] Council, the Council is nevertheless in support of a decision by...

Statements given to duo charged with Eccles execution-style murder

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Statements given to duo charged with Eccles execution-style murder

One month after two men were charged with the execution-style killing of taxi driver Kelvin Walters, who was gunned down in front of his five-year-old daughter and wife at Eccles, East Bank Demerara,...

5km of East Coast road already paved

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 5km of East Coast road already paved

Works are moving quickly apace on the East Coast of Demerara road project. The US$45M-plus project is between Better Hope to Annandale, with the four-lane being extended. From Annandale to Belfield,...

Allegations of mistreated patients at West Dem. Hospital will be investigated – Regional Health Officer

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Allegations of mistreated patients at West Dem. Hospital will be investigated – Regional Health Officer

Reports of mistreated patients at the West Demerara Regional Hospital will be investigated in-depth, and findings will be addressed, with the intent of having issues resolved. Regional Health Officer...

Miner allegedly assaults, wounds cops during arrest attempt

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner allegedly assaults, wounds cops during arrest attempt

A 26-year-old miner allegedly gave two police constables “the works” to have him arrested, as he wounded and assaulted them during the process. Orin Ridley of 173 Campbell Street, Albouystown,...

Body of epileptic man found in businessman’s verandah

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body of epileptic man found in businessman’s verandah

The body of an epileptic elderly man was found in the verandah of a popular businessman yesterday, sparking much curiosity in the Belle West Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara, yesterday morning....

Truck passenger remanded on ganja trafficking charge

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Truck passenger remanded on ganja trafficking charge

A miner was arraigned yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer a charge in which he is accused of being in possession of just over two pounds...

Two charged for shooting teen, robbing woman

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged for shooting teen, robbing woman

A City Magistrate yesterday remanded two men who are accused of shooting a teenager and robbing a woman of her valuables. The men, Devon Gillis, 26, labourer, of 64 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and...

Duo before court for wounding each other

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo before court for wounding each other

Rajesh Pollard and Shemar Williams were yesterday brought before a city magistrate after a heated argument between the two parties resulted in them wounding each other. The two defendants appeared...

CDC engages stakeholders on oil pollution response protocols

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CDC engages stakeholders on oil pollution response protocols

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday morning opened a three-day workshop on Contingency Planning and Implementation of the Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and Cooperation (OPRC)...

Challenge to GECOM chair’s appointment…PPP reiterates call to CCJ for early hearing

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Challenge to GECOM chair’s appointment…PPP reiterates call to CCJ for early hearing

Former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall, met with officials of the Registry of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to urge an early...

Judge to rule on “illegal” confinement challenge by US murder suspect

Mar 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Judge to rule on “illegal” confinement challenge by US murder suspect

High Court Judge Navindra Singh is set to hand down a ruling on Thursday, April 4, in a case mounted by US murder suspect Marvin Williams, referred to as Troy Anthony Thomas, who was ordered...

This entire country does not exist

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on This entire country does not exist

My daughter is abroad doing her Masters in Literature in Europe. What she says to me is what I heard long before she was born. My students, after they would have graduated from UG and go abroad to do...

In unity we will prosper and save the children

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on In unity we will prosper and save the children

DEAR EDITOR, It is becoming clearer every day that the opposition leader and his propagandists are all bent on seeing our country plunge into chaos and ethnic violence. These politicians feel they...

IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NOT A DEFENCE

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NOT A DEFENCE

DEAR EDITOR, Of course, the APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger have to uphold The Constitution guided by the Court of Law. Yet, this APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger simply...

My friend’s thinking may have evolved

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on My friend’s thinking may have evolved

I have found my friend Mr. Ralph Ramkarran S.C.’s recent offering in his “Conversation Tree” column in the Stabroek News’ edition of 17 March, 2019 ‘The Court Of Appeal Can Shine A...

Police need to use non-lethal force instead of taking lives

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police need to use non-lethal force instead of taking lives

DEAR EDITOR, It was reported recently that police in Berbice shot and killed an intoxicated security guard who did not comply with their orders and approached them wielding a cutlass. One...

A subtle and devious way of undermining the confidence of the workers

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A subtle and devious way of undermining the confidence of the workers

DEAR EDITOR, Response is being made to article “Mining union questions ‘secrecy’ of Rusal meeting” (KN 18th March, 2019). The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) notes that...

The nature of bipartisanship and what it lacks from partisanship

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The nature of bipartisanship and what it lacks from partisanship

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to address some concerns regarding shared-governance which is being advocated as a way forward for Guyanese politics. I want to briefly explore what some political...

Maternity and Neo-natal mortality (A comedy of obstetrical errors)

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maternity and Neo-natal mortality (A comedy of obstetrical errors)

DEAR EDITOR, If to the profession you cannot truly be a nurse, pray therefore you do not become a curse. Once again, another mother is denied mirth at birth as the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Guyanese as Second Class Citizens

Mar 19, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese as Second Class Citizens

DEAR EDITOR, For the last twenty years, Guyanese have been migrating to countries which treated us like we had the palsy. From neighbouring Suriname when they thought they were hot stuff, to...

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