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Unstoppable Combined win Nand Persaud/Prime Minister Region 6 Softball competition Kaieteur News major contributor

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unstoppable Combined win Nand Persaud/Prime Minister Region 6 Softball competition Kaieteur News major contributor

The softball cricket competition organised by the Prime Minister Region Six Representative, Gobin Harbajan in collaboration with t he Nand Persaud Group of Companies and Kaieteur News was...

Squash trio conclude successful training in USA ahead of Pan Am Games in Peru

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Squash trio conclude successful training in USA ahead of Pan Am Games in Peru

By Sean Devers Guyana’s Squash trio of Mary Fung-a-Fat, Ashley Khalil and Taylor Fernandes have qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games and are the only Caribbean Women’s team to do so....

Theatre and Performing Arts to be added to curriculum of Region Three schools

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Theatre and Performing Arts to be added to curriculum of Region Three schools

Theatre and Performing Arts are to be added to the curriculum of schools in Region Three and the person behind this new addition, Ms. Candacy Amsterdam, hopes this will be done by September this...

Hand-in-Hand Inter-County U-19 50-oversNandu’s 5-20 spin U-17s to 42-run win over E’bo

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand Inter-County U-19 50-oversNandu’s 5-20 spin U-17s to 42-run win over E’bo

By Sean Devers A man-of-the- match performance from Matthew Nandu spearheaded the National U-17s to 42-run win over Essequibo at Bourda yester day in the second round of the Hand-in-Hand...

NAMILCO’s 50th Anniversary sports programme kicks off in Berbice on May 26Athletics, Volleyball and Softball Cricket to be played

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO’s 50th Anniversary sports programme kicks off in Berbice on May 26Athletics, Volleyball and Softball Cricket to be played

The have been serving every household in Guyana with healthy products for the past 50 years and can only get better, so says Managing Director of the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO), Mr....

MSC to host special general members meeting today head of AGM on June 30

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC to host special general members meeting today head of AGM on June 30

As the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) gear up for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the end of June this year, there will be a special general members meeting today at the MSC Lounge from 17:00hrs....

Trump and APNU+AFC: Will they accept electoral defeat?

May 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trump and APNU+AFC: Will they accept electoral defeat?

In the United States, many leaders in the Democratic Party, commentators, and other prominent people – the latest being Burt Bacharach – are of the opinion that if Trump loses the next...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets Linden Championship Final

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets Linden Championship Final

In less than three days, a new champion will be crowned in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets Linden Championship, when first time finalists High Rollers and Amazings face-off at the Mackenzie...

Why was this church subjected to desecration?

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why was this church subjected to desecration?

DEAR EDITOR, Approximately one month ago, I made public the desecration of my church by a group of persons who remain at large, even though every house in the street is outfitted with Close Circuit...

Information gathering, sharing and critiquing

May 16, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Information gathering, sharing and critiquing

The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) has brewed a storm in a basket. From the GYEITI perspective, as fleshed out in some detail in its recent first report, it has been a...

Corona Futsal FestivalBig wins for Leopold Street and Back Circle on Tuesday night

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Futsal FestivalBig wins for Leopold Street and Back Circle on Tuesday night

The Fourth annual Corona Futsal tournament, sponsored by Top Brandz and Rose Ramdehol continued on Tuesday with the second night of group round-robin action at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue...

Is Guyana Ready to Embrace its Future?

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Guyana Ready to Embrace its Future?

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyana awaits the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice on the No-Confidence motion, it is prudent to consider the potential outcomes. Based on common sense alone, and in the...

YBG/NSBF Georgetown/East Coast RegionalsBishops’ and St. Rose’s High trounce opponents last weekend

May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Georgetown/East Coast RegionalsBishops’ and St. Rose’s High trounce opponents last weekend

Four games were played last Saturday in Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National Schools’ Basketball Festival, in the Georgetown/East Coast Demerara Regionals’ phase. Bouncing at the Cliff...

GFC’s restructuring committee highly imbalance

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GFC’s restructuring committee highly imbalance

DEAR EDITOR, A few weeks ago (April 26th, 2019), following repeated requested from the staff, the GFC restructuring committee finally met with staff and introduced the members of the committee....

Frederick Kissoon replies to Wesley Kirton

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frederick Kissoon replies to Wesley Kirton

DEAR EDITOR, I would not dignify the cobwebs in Wesley Kirton’s mind by enumerating for him my contribution to my homeland. Those things are best left for healthy debates and Kirton’s letter on...

Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

Dear EDITOR, I have been following the situation surrounding the Vice Chancellor at the University of Guyana. Currently, there are some appalling conditions at Turkeyen. On Friday last at 17:00 hrs,...

I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

DEAR EDITOR, I agree with this writer of this letter captioned ‘Don’t Cry for Caribbean Airlines’ (KN 13/05/2019) as he knows what Guyanese go through while travelling with Caribbean Airlines,...

Something is clearly wrong at the Blairmont Estate

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is clearly wrong at the Blairmont Estate

DEAR EDITOR, I saw in the May 10 (2019) Stabroek News that GuySuCo is saying that it is on its way to achieve its first crop target. That sounds like good news. But at Blairmont Estate, it is a...

Live in peace or choose war with God

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Live in peace or choose war with God

DEAR EDITOR, Everyone seems to be awaiting the ‘Second Coming’ of Jesus Christ. And, they seem to believe that Jesus Christ would appear and start preaching peace and goodwill on earth without...

Social programmes will aid in the strengthening of the education sector

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social programmes will aid in the strengthening of the education sector

DEAR EDITOR, As a father of three, with two attending school, I feel it is my duty to express how I feel about issues surrounding education and to express some of my observations. Editor, I noticed...

We should not be made to suffer any financial mismanagement of NIS

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should not be made to suffer any financial mismanagement of NIS

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to endorse the comments by Mr. Archie W. Cordis in his letter (This increase should have been applicable to all of us) to you printed in your edition of Wednesday 15 May as...

Are there more dual citizen Members of Parliament?

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are there more dual citizen Members of Parliament?

DEAR EDITOR, Now that seven (7) Members of Parliament—three (3) PPP/C and four (4) APNU+AFC Coalition (excluding Charandass Persaud) — have voluntarily resigned due to the High Court and...

Disciplinary action should be in order

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disciplinary action should be in order

DEAR EDITOR, Two recent developments caught my attention which I found interesting from a governance standpoint. The first is the refusal of the Mayor of Georgetown to proceed with a statutory...