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Greece: Athens’ first mosque to open this year

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Greece: Athens’ first mosque to open this year

Greece’s largest city is the only European capital without an official mosque. Despite years of opposition from the conservatives and the Orthodox Church, that’s set to change later this...

At the crossroads, again

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Countryman Comments Off on At the crossroads, again

By Dennis Nichols Boom or bust! Guyana’s political, social, and economic path is (again) at the crossroads – maybe the most consequential junction in our history. What has been happening...

Atrial Septal Defect: The hole in the heart that can be missed

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Atrial Septal Defect: The hole in the heart that can be missed

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole in the septum between the heart’s two upper, or collecting, chambers (atria). The...

Nandlall’s lawyer says he was never informed of new court day

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall’s lawyer says he was never informed of new court day

Attorney-at-law Glenn Hanoman has expressed shock at media reports about him and his client, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, being absent for a scheduled hearing of the trial into the theft of...

Tributes flow as women’s activist, Andaiye, A.A. laid to rest

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tributes flow as women’s activist, Andaiye, A.A. laid to rest

Andaiye, A.A., women’s activist and former executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) was laid to rest, yesterday. The funeral service was held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre....

Book Review… Poetic Confessions

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Book Review… Comments Off on Book Review… Poetic Confessions

Book: Vinette’s Vignettes Author: Vinette’s Hoffman-Jackson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD On the heels of her critically acclaimed, “Did the Right Sperm Win,” Vinette Hoffman-Jackson delivers...

We have only one planet….

Jun 09, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We have only one planet….

(Selected excerpts from H.E. David Granger’s address on the occasion of World Environment Day 2019 and the World Water Forum 2018) Air, earth and water have been held to be some of the physical...

Outgoing UG Vice Chancellor no longer interested in having contract renewed

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Outgoing UG Vice Chancellor no longer interested in having contract renewed

Professor Ivelaw Griffith, Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana [UG], is no longer interested in having his contract renewed. This therefore means that the university will have to soon start...

GBTI Open Tennis tournament Morning session cancelled due to rain, Kelekyezi beats Panday in Men’s open

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI Open Tennis tournament Morning session cancelled due to rain, Kelekyezi beats Panday in Men’s open

The entire morning session of the tenth annual ‘GBTI Open’ Tennis tournament involving the Juniors was cancelled yesterday morning due to rain which left the Bank’s Lawn Tennis Court in Bel Air...

There is ample justification for House-to-House registration

Jun 09, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on There is ample justification for House-to-House registration

After all of the local court rulings on the validity of the December 2018 no confidence vote (the CCJ is still to pass judgment), after the Government has laid out every reason why preparations for...

Construction to start soon on 16mw Hope Wind Farm -GPL to ink power purchase agreement soon

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Construction to start soon on 16mw Hope Wind Farm -GPL to ink power purchase agreement soon

After almost two decades in the making, the first ever wind farm for the coastlands appears to be nearer to becoming a reality. Construction is expected to start soon at the Hope Beach location, East...

Need for proper recordkeeping, work permits, visas emphasised …as Labour Dept. meets oil and gas contractors

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Need for proper recordkeeping, work permits, visas emphasised …as Labour Dept. meets oil and gas contractors

On Friday, the Ministry of Social Protection, Department of Labour and the Immigration and Support Services condu cted a meeting with contractors for the oil and gas sector to strengthen workforce...

Rising Stars overcome Laluni by 11 runs

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Stars overcome Laluni by 11 runs

Despite being dismissed for a meager total, Rising Stars managed to secure an 11-run win over host Laluni when the teams collidedin the final of the T20 competition which was organised by the home...

New Diamond Primary School retain title

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Diamond Primary School retain title

New Diamond Primary School Girls’ team retained their title when play continued recently in the Lower East Bank Demerara zone of the 22nd Annual End of School Year Al Sport and Tour...

Young people will not be tolerant of blackouts

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Young people will not be tolerant of blackouts

The damage done to two electricity interconnection submarine cables within one week of each other is a rather alarming coincidence. This defies the laws of probability. But it has happened and there...

Lodges Kyk-over-al and Frenaeus dominoes on today at GCC

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lodges Kyk-over-al and Frenaeus dominoes on today at GCC

Lodges Kyk-over-Al and Freneaus Dominoes competition is set to commence at 13:00hrs today at Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda. Entrance fee is $12,000 and according to organiser Mark Wiltshire, there...

The mystery of the strangled footballer

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on The mystery of the strangled footballer

By Michael Jordan He was walking down Regent Street in mid-February of 1996 when he spotted his old ‘squaddie’- his friend from his stint in the military; the guy that the cops believed had...

KFC drives with GMR&SC Drag Championship

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on KFC drives with GMR&SC Drag Championship

FAST Food franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has made another major step in motor-racing , this time sponsoring the second round of the National Drag Racing Championship. Already showing its...

Goodbyes said to little Ciara

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Goodbyes said to little Ciara

Little Ciara Benjamin was laid to rest on Friday, days after a horrific accident at Agricola. That accident caused mob behaviour to spiral out of control. On Friday, at the Lyken’s Funeral Home,...

Basketball Fanatic, Dennis Clarke, is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Basketball Fanatic, Dennis Clarke, is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “You can only be truly successful at the game of basketball if you fully understand and embrace the three Ds – Discipline, Dedication and Defence. These are principles that you can...

Hugh Ross finishes third in NABBA Masters’ World C/Ship

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hugh Ross finishes third in NABBA Masters’ World C/Ship

Guyanese body building gem, Hugh Ross, didn’t get to win his fourth World Masters’ Body Building Championship yesterday in Belfast, Northern Island, but he finished with a respectable third...

The oil blocks distribution: What stems from an illegality is illegal

Jun 09, 2019 KNews My Column, News Comments Off on The oil blocks distribution: What stems from an illegality is illegal

A lot of attention is focused on the oil sector, as has been the case ever since President David Granger released the oil contract. For starters, the nation was made aware of the earlier contract...

Swami Pumandan Primary pupil triumphs at Region Four Spelling Bee finale

Jun 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Swami Pumandan Primary pupil triumphs at Region Four Spelling Bee finale

A grand spelling bee finale spearheaded by the Region Four Department of Education saw the winners of the nine clusters, which made up the competition, battling for supremacy. The nine competitors...

The fragility of life and taking nothing for granted

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The fragility of life and taking nothing for granted

Last Friday I attended the funeral of a dear cousin. She lost her battle with cancer. Cancer, once seen as a distant disease, in that it was considered rare, is no longer so. Many have families or...

Debutantes Liam Gorden and Torell Ondaan relishing the Golden Jaguars experience Made debuts against Bermuda

Jun 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Debutantes Liam Gorden and Torell Ondaan relishing the Golden Jaguars experience Made debuts against Bermuda

The way they have blended into the Golden Jaguars’ set up suggests that they have been around before but they have not. The duo of 25-year old Torell Ondaan and 20-year old Liam Gorden, the former...

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Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more