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By yearend, 240 Govt. buildings to be solared-powered-National Park now lit

May 01, 2019 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on By yearend, 240 Govt. buildings to be solared-powered-National Park now lit

Last Friday, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), through collaboration with the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) under the High Commission of Canada, commissioned solar powered lights that were...

GFC’s expenditure jumps by more than $1B-union engages restructuring taskforce

May 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GFC’s expenditure jumps by more than $1B-union engages restructuring taskforce

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Monday engaged members of the taskforce set up by the Government and which is charged with examining the operations of the Guyana Forestry...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS PROJECTED IMPACTS

May 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS PROJECTED IMPACTS

There is much to be said about the discussions of our climate, which have polarized the world into groups supporting the theory that Global warming is anthropogenic (human induced) and some with the...

Mohamed ton leads Everest Masters to comfortable win against Bartica

May 01, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed ton leads Everest Masters to comfortable win against Bartica

Opener Saheed Mohamed struck a brilliant century to lead host Everest Cricket Club Masters to a 77-run victory over Bartica Masters when the teams collided in a T20 fixture recently. Mohamed and...

Nandlall moves to challenge appointments of SARA Director, Deputy Head

May 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall moves to challenge appointments of SARA Director, Deputy Head

Former Attorney General and Executive member of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/ Civic, (PPP/C), Anil Nandlall, has approached the High Court to challenge the appointments of Dr. Clive...

Curtis Dey edges Narine to take second annual NA Mayor Cycle Road race

May 01, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Curtis Dey edges Narine to take second annual NA Mayor Cycle Road race

Residents of New Amsterdam, Canje, Corentyne and surrounding communities were out in their numbers to the second annual Mayor’s Cycle Road Race which was held on Sunday last around the town of New...

Today is about the workers

May 01, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Today is about the workers

It is a day to observe and celebrate. To remember those who made many hard sacrifices, including the ones who made the supreme sacrifice in a long struggle for a better life, a deeper sense of...

Bounty Paper Towel & Solo outdoor hockey leaguesGCC The Sequel take lead in 2nd divisionSaints top women’s league

May 01, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Paper Towel & Solo outdoor hockey leaguesGCC The Sequel take lead in 2nd divisionSaints top women’s league

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) – 13 points – The Sequel drew with Saints Hockey Club (SHC) Savages (11 points) on Saturday last before thrashing SHC Shockwave on Sunday to go top in the Bounty...

A narcissist is a person who says he/she must rule his/her country

May 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A narcissist is a person who says he/she must rule his/her country

If I were to explain narcissism, I would definitely fit into the definition the superiority of a person who thinks he/she is special and therefore has divine right to rule. No other requirement for...

A narcissist is a person who says he/she must rule his/her country

May 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A narcissist is a person who says he/she must rule his/her country

RHT Gizmos & Gadgets and Albion CC donate $$$ to Beacon Foundation’s Cancer Programme

May 01, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Gizmos & Gadgets and Albion CC donate $$$ to Beacon Foundation’s Cancer Programme

The caring and humane side of Berbice Cricket was on full display on Sunday last when arch rivals Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team and the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club...

Regional Hospitals now offer 24-hour laboratory services

May 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Hospitals now offer 24-hour laboratory services

By: Shabana Shaw Ministry of Public Health laboratory services are often at the forefront of medical advances in any health system: public or private. One can predict the important role clinical...

Providing clarity on our Town Hall meetings

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Providing clarity on our Town Hall meetings

DEAR EDITOR, It is encouraging that the Stabroek News in its Editorial on April 23, 2019 sought to comment on the initiative of the Ministry of Education to host Town Hall meetings which are designed...

Mr. President, when will “the good life for all,” trickle down to the youth and the underprivileged?

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. President, when will “the good life for all,” trickle down to the youth and the underprivileged?

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, I would like to know: when will “the good life for all,” trickle down to the youth and the underprivileged Guyanese populace? I keep hearing the good life rhetoric being...

Equal pay for women and men

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Equal pay for women and men

DEAR EDITOR, Iceland a country in northern Europe has made it illegal to pay men more than women. In the history of women and men pay, this is a first! A new law enforcing equal pay between genders...

Guyana’s Parliament should have been more sensitive to the reaction this tribute to Kadir would occasion

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s Parliament should have been more sensitive to the reaction this tribute to Kadir would occasion

DEAR EDITOR, Is the US response to Guyana’s Parliament paying tribute, as is customary, to a fallen former member, this one convicted of terrorism ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. Not...

This May Day is being celebrated at a critical period in our history

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This May Day is being celebrated at a critical period in our history

DEAR EDITOR, Today, May 1, is designated International Workers Day or Labour Day. This is a good time to reflect on the state of the labour movement in Guyana and by extension the condition of the...

How do we curb crime when we keep honouring /glamorizing criminals/terrorists?

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on How do we curb crime when we keep honouring /glamorizing criminals/terrorists?

DEAR EDITOR, In the words of philosopher George Santayana, ‘those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’. These words were frequently cited by the late Forbes Burnham and the...

Without a doubt our country is now in very troubled waters

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Without a doubt our country is now in very troubled waters

DEAR EDITOR, I use this opportunity to address an issue of extreme national importance. The recent action of a Member of Parliament – to use the parliament to pay tribute to a deceased person...

A grave injustice has been committed against our nation

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A grave injustice has been committed against our nation

DEAR EDITOR, A grave injustice has been committed against our nation. From the outset, let me say first as a Guyanese citizen, second as a former Minister of Foreign and Home Affairs and third, as an...

There is at least one Guyanese who finds interventions by the U.S. irritating

May 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is at least one Guyanese who finds interventions by the U.S. irritating

DEAR EDITOR, Let me establish emphatically for the record that my love for Guyana can only be equaled, never surpassed, and this was since I attained the stage of puberty (I am now in the fourth...

BCB/Beacon Foundation 20/20 TournamentRHT Gizmos & Gadgets defeat arch rivals Albion Community Centre to lift title

May 01, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Beacon Foundation 20/20 TournamentRHT Gizmos & Gadgets defeat arch rivals Albion Community Centre to lift title

Despite a last minute ban of the National contracted players from playing in the Berbice Cricket Board One-Day Beacon Foundation 20/20 Cricket Tournament, it was seemed a success by the organisers....