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148 convicted for drug-related offences last year

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 148 convicted for drug-related offences last year

Carrying illicit drugs for your personal use or for trafficking can land you a large fine and time in prison, too. In Guyana, it is illegal to supply anyone with drugs or to have your own drugs. It...

The selection of Claudette Singh: Guyana has been placed first

Jul 28, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on The selection of Claudette Singh: Guyana has been placed first

By Leonard Gildarie It was after 2pm on Friday when I received the call. Did I hear that Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh had been selected as the new chair for the Guyana Elections Commission...

Anna Catherina: a quaint little village where quiet and peace seemingly abounds

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina: a quaint little village where quiet and peace seemingly abounds

By Alex Wayne It was about 10 am and I was on a minibus, weaving in and out of traffic, en route to Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara. I was particularly enraged by the reckless manner in...

The silly season is here and so is racism

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The silly season is here and so is racism

Up until Friday there was a lot of chatter about the apparent indecision by President David Granger to appoint a chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. People who are no more than armchair...

The danger in President Granger’s politics

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The danger in President Granger’s politics

How could a rugby player tell a cricketer that if the fielder’s foot touches the rope while stopping the ball it is not a four? The cricketer is bound to tell him that he knows the laws of cricket...

Sneak-peak at PPP’s plans… Irfaan Ali signals removal of major gold taxes; $2B annually for hinterland roads

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sneak-peak at PPP’s plans… Irfaan Ali signals removal of major gold taxes; $2B annually for hinterland roads

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is aggressively moving into elections mode, already signaling what it wants to include in its manifesto. According to Presidential Candidate of the party,...

Over 300 Aurora workers choose NMWUG to represent them

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 300 Aurora workers choose NMWUG to represent them

The application process for the workers of Guyana Goldfields’ Aurora Gold Mines Incorporated (AGM) to be unionised is well underway, and has seen about 300 workers being submitted to the Trade...

A leader in health care delivery, Dr. Budhendra Doobay is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on A leader in health care delivery, Dr. Budhendra Doobay is a ‘Special Person’

“Everything does not always come your way how you want it, but you have to approach everything the same way…no matter what the obstacles are, you can either go around them or jump over them, but...

African Mall takes over Main Street

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on African Mall takes over Main Street

In the few days leading up to Emancipation Day, local crafters, jewellery makers and clothes vendors paved the Main Street Avenue between Quamina and Church Streets, Georgetown to display their...

The right to change one’s political allegiance

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The right to change one’s political allegiance

If you ask any Guyanese whether he or she respects freedom of conscience, they will say yes. If you then ask them whether they respect the right of an individual to belong to a political party of...

The coming Oil and Gas wealth as Emancipation and Reparations: Vote for your Grandparents’ back pay

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The coming Oil and Gas wealth as Emancipation and Reparations: Vote for your Grandparents’ back pay

In the coming days, Guyana will join the African Guyanese community in observing yet another Emancipation anniversary. This year’s observances come as the country nervously awaits the outcome of...

Granger responds to Jagdeo, says AG is considering requests for elections date to be announced

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Granger responds to Jagdeo, says AG is considering requests for elections date to be announced

President David Granger has responded to the letter of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, on matters regarding the elections. Jagdeo had written to President Granger requesting that among other...

Together, let’s keep moving forward

Jul 28, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Together, let’s keep moving forward

In Guyana, thanks to the achievements of the APNU+AFC coalition government, several of the problems that plagued our nation are now a thing of the past. Under the APNU+AFC government, Guyana is...

Our pugilist politics and Justice Singh’s appointment

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our pugilist politics and Justice Singh’s appointment

Everything political in this society always becomes a war. The simplest of things, the clearest of writing, once it is clothed in the political, become major issues of contention. Both sides treat...

Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy of T&T set for one week tour of Guyana

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy of T&T set for one week tour of Guyana

The Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy (KRCA) of Caroni, Central Trinidad will commence what is anticipated to be a hectic one-week tour of Guyana on Tuesday, and they arrive, tomorrow. KRCA has been...

High Demand for XM Rum Contributed to 44% Export Sales at Banks– Report

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on High Demand for XM Rum Contributed to 44% Export Sales at Banks– Report

The first half of the financial year 2019 saw a spike in the export sales for Banks DIH as the company recorded a 44% percent growth in the export sales. All this is attributed to increased sales to...

NRA 150th Imperial Meeting Captain Braithwaite elated with Guyana winning The Junior Kolapore

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NRA 150th Imperial Meeting Captain Braithwaite elated with Guyana winning The Junior Kolapore

Captain of the Guyana team that competed and won the Junior Kolapore match at the NRA 150th Imperial Meeting in England, Lennox Braithwaite, has expressed delight at winning the prestigious trophy....

Murdered mom, vanished car

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Murdered mom, vanished car

By Michael Jordan At around nine o’clock on the morning of Sunday, May 19, 2019, residents from a new housing scheme in La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, came across a shocking sight. The...

Guyana initiates basic alert measures in wake of Ebola becoming a ‘global concern’

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana initiates basic alert measures in wake of Ebola becoming a ‘global concern’

Guyana has initiated a basic level alert in the wake of the World Health Organisation [WHO’]s declaration that the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] as a “global...

Exxon Mobil U-14 Football finals set for August 4 Lodge face Caramel (Boys) East Ruimveldt oppose New C/Ville (girls)

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exxon Mobil U-14 Football finals set for August 4 Lodge face Caramel (Boys) East Ruimveldt oppose New C/Ville (girls)

On a day which began in glorious sunshine before developing into a Thunder Storm at the Ministry of Education ground just over 100 meters from the Atlantic Ocean on Carifesta Avenue, Cummings Lodge...

Violent crime is a solvable problem

Jul 28, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Violent crime is a solvable problem

(An address by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan at the Launch of the new Police Records Management Information System (PRMIS) Violent crime is a solvable problem. We may never get to the...

Permanent Secretary ordered to pay former Deputy S.G her salary

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Permanent Secretary ordered to pay former Deputy S.G her salary

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has ruled that that former Deputy Solicitor General, Prithima Kissoon, must be paid her salary, which was withheld. In a statement, Kissoon’s Attorney, Nigel...

Tonight is semifinals night in Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup Football Rockers face Capital FC and Eagles United take on Botafago at MSC ground

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tonight is semifinals night in Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup Football Rockers face Capital FC and Eagles United take on Botafago at MSC ground

Tonight the Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup twelve team championship semifinals are set for two rollicking encounters as a large crowd should converge at the tournament venue the Mackenzie...

Schools Windball cricket girls final set for today

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schools Windball cricket girls final set for today

The highly anticipated A. Munroe organised AL Sport & Tour Promotions National Sports Commission 22nd Edition End of School Year Edward Cobenna Memorial Primary Schools Windball Cricket Champions...

Bacchus Drugs Store’s Saaraa Bacchus joins the medical fraternity

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bacchus Drugs Store’s Saaraa Bacchus joins the medical fraternity

Following in the steps of her late uncle, Dr. Mohamed Yousouf [MY] Bacchus, a reputable gynaecologist who is best known for his laudable years of service at the Woodlands Hospital, Saaraa Alia...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more