March 2019

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Taylor, Nation guide Jamaica to eight-wicket victory;Barbados retain title with win over T and T

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taylor, Nation guide Jamaica to eight-wicket victory;Barbados retain title with win over T and T

A fine all-round performance from Stafanie Taylor coupled by a fluent unbeaten half century from Chedean Nation handed Jamaica an eight-wicket victory over Leeward Islands, while Barbados...

Big government

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Big government

It costs taxpayers $500M per day just to run the government. Considering the problems, that is far too extravagant a sum to be spending on the government bureaucracy. The government is...

Bakewell donates Polo Shirts and caps to RHTY&SC Under-17 and Second Division Teams

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell donates Polo Shirts and caps to RHTY&SC Under-17 and Second Division Teams

The long standing relationship between Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and Bakewell were further strengthened when the bakery...

Police to unleash ‘zero tolerance’ campaign on noise nuisance

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police to unleash ‘zero tolerance’ campaign on noise nuisance

Police have issued a stern warning that they will be unleashing a ‘zero tolerance’ campaign on noise nuisance, specifically in the ‘D’ and ‘A’ Police divisions. This warning was issued by...

Allegedly physically abused twin contemplates suicide

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Allegedly physically abused twin contemplates suicide

Twenty-five-year-old Thakdall Narayan of 250 Crane Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara) is an emotional wreck, contemplating suicide. The young man, who says he sees no reason to continue...

Coglan Dam man drowns in freak accident at Yarrowkabra

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coglan Dam man drowns in freak accident at Yarrowkabra

A West Bank Demerara man is dead as a result of a freak drowning Sunday. According to reports, Dinesh Ramdas, said to be from Coglan Dam, West Bank Demerara, went with friends to Yarrowkabra, for an...

2019 Concacaf Gold Cup berths sealed as CNLQ comes to close

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup berths sealed as CNLQ comes to close

Miami, Florida – The 16-team field for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup is now official following Sunday’s results in Week 4 of 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying. Haiti, Canada,...

ExxonMobil gets Environmental Permit to drill Yellowtail-1 well –but on condition

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil gets Environmental Permit to drill Yellowtail-1 well –but on condition

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), along with its other two partners on the Stabroek Block, Hess and CNOOC, received an Environmental...

Food and Drug Department to address ‘free for all’ drug distribution by pharmacies.

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Department to address ‘free for all’ drug distribution by pharmacies.

West Demerara District Regional Health Officer (RHO), yesterday, disclosed that he will be working in close collaboration with the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department to address the...

Police launch new boat in ‘D’ Division

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police launch new boat in ‘D’ Division

On Friday, the Guyana Police Force ‘D’ Division launched a new boat which is powered by a 85 horse power (hp) Yamaha engine. The vessel ‘Lady G’ made its first trip to the Bonasika...

Late manifestation of HPV causes Ministry to label it ‘the silent attacker’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Late manifestation of HPV causes Ministry to label it ‘the silent attacker’

The Human Papilloma Virus [HPV] is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract, surpassing both the human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] and the Herpes Simplex Virus [HSV] . This...

Berbice cops investigating threats by AFC member against fellow memberDerek Basdeo…General Secretary says it was “two men arguing about personal issues”

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice cops investigating threats by AFC member against fellow memberDerek Basdeo…General Secretary says it was “two men arguing about personal issues”

Police in Berbice are currently investigating a report filed by two members of the Alliance For Change that they were threatened by a fellow member after a party meeting in New Amsterdam...

Over $15.6B reaped from oil and gas sector thus far- Energy Director

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over $15.6B reaped from oil and gas sector thus far- Energy Director

Guyana has thus far benefitted from more than $15.6 Billion (US$75M) directly from the oil and gas sector. This was disclosed by Director of the Energy Department Dr. Mark Bynoe as he...

Duo remanded for allegedly stealing bicycle, cash

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded for allegedly stealing bicycle, cash

Wayne Blair, 28, and Ezra Evans, 25, found themselves before the court after they were caught by public spirited persons, when they allegedly robbed a man of his bicycle, cash and a cell phone. They...

Options being explored to find housing for Venezuelan migrants

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Options being explored to find housing for Venezuelan migrants

Following the arrival of 140 Venezuelan migrants in Georgetown last Wednesday, the Department of Citizenship in collaboration with its international partners and other Government agencies, has...

Mason slapped with two counts of armed robbery

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mason slapped with two counts of armed robbery

Adam Mohamed, a mason of Lot 266 Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, was yesterday remanded to prison when he answered to two charges of armed robbery. The 20-year-old man entered not guilty pleas...

Guyanese man, 62, arrested in Phuket for ‘black money scam’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man, 62, arrested in Phuket for ‘black money scam’

PHUKET, Thailand: Police are investigating a network still using the old “black money” scam after a 62-year-old man from Guyana was arrested in Phuket and is now under investigation for...

Presidential grants transforming village economies, lives

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential grants transforming village economies, lives

The village of Patarinau in the South Rupunini, Region Nine is the latest beneficiary of the Presidential Grant programme that allows hinterland villages to access funding to start or continue...

Guyana secretly buries dead foreign prisoners

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana secretly buries dead foreign prisoners

I am going to speak to Nigel Hughes, Christopher Ram and other lawyer friends of mine to see if I can file a complaint against the Government of Guyana for criminal violation of international laws....

‘He Killed My Family, but I Forgive Him’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘He Killed My Family, but I Forgive Him’

By Frank Campbell Canadian Adventist Messenger March 14, 2019, marks one year since the day that Vas Pejcinovski’s wife, son, and youngest daughter were murdered. In that year, he learned to...

Inherently flawed assumptions in arriving at the number 34

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inherently flawed assumptions in arriving at the number 34

DEAR EDITOR, The 50% plus 1 formula used to calculate the Absolute Majority is standard practice in most Democratic Societies, however the assumptions used in Guyana to arrive at the number 34 are...

Unnecessary inconvenience at the Parika Ferry Stelling

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unnecessary inconvenience at the Parika Ferry Stelling

DEAR EDITOR, On Saturday 23rd March, 2019, about 06:60 hours I was at the Parika Ferry Stelling as a passenger that travelled early that morning. The tide was unusually high, but to a level we had...

We must respect the edict of the Court of Appeal

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must respect the edict of the Court of Appeal

DEAR EDITOR, It has been a serious, tumultuously, exciting, worrisome, and painful period for the people of this country over the past three months since the passing of the no confidence motion. The...

Elections are not something that you want every two, three years

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections are not something that you want every two, three years

DEAR EDITOR, I am no legal person, but commonsense tells me that if the PPP appeals the Appeal Court’s NCM decision (to the CCJ) , the Government should also file an appeal – for the...

Several issues on the no-confidence motion are settled among those who are informed and objective

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Several issues on the no-confidence motion are settled among those who are informed and objective

DEAR EDITOR, SN’s editorial of March 25th, captioned “The Court of Appeal ruling and its aftermath”, was poorly informed and reasoned in key places. For brevity, I will dwell...

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How do we deal with disappointment?

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(Kaieteur News) – There was once a young man who had spent years preparing for what he believed would be the most important moment of his life. He studied late into the night. He sacrificed weekends. He turned down invitations from friends because he had a goal. When the opportunity finally...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa revocations – corruption and drug trafficking ties

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(Kaieteur News) – Bolivians carried a goodly fraction of those exposed and tarnished by U.S. visa revocations. Columbians, Ecuadorians, Peruvians all suffered the same fate. Judges. Prosecutors. A Police official. An attorney general. The allegations: corruption and involvement in...

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