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Requiem for a fallen Presidential Guard

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Requiem for a fallen Presidential Guard

By Michael Jordan The woman in the apartment came to her verandah almost as soon after I had pressed the buzzer a second time. She had been expecting me, since I had visited the previous day. She had...

Softball action set for today MSC

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball action set for today MSC

The Malteenoes Sports Club will be the venue for a four-team softball competition organized by umpire Rishi Persaud. Two semi final will be followed by the grand final and action gets underway at...

Elite Club coaches for capacity building sessions with Golden Jags’ Head Coach

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elite Club coaches for capacity building sessions with Golden Jags’ Head Coach

Georgetown: As the newly-appointed Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach, Márcio Máximo, hits the ground running, preparing the Guyana-based Golden Jaguars for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League (CNL),...

Low Blood Sugar: Know what to do or you can die

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Low Blood Sugar: Know what to do or you can die

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Low blood sugar, medically known as hypoglycemia, occurs when levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood are too low. It is common in people...

Sports gear and school supplies for Orealla Siparuta residents

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports gear and school supplies for Orealla Siparuta residents

Residents of the Corentyne River communities of Orealla and Siparuta were beneficiaries of a quantity of sports gear and school supplies compliments of the government of Guyana. The donations were...

Tackling Crime – dismantling the criminal state

Aug 25, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tackling Crime – dismantling the criminal state

“The public expects the police to enforce the law in a lawful manner. It expects the courts to hold inquests to examine the circumstances surrounding unlawful killings. It expects the...

Princess Street man jailed after busted with 16 kilos ganja in barrel

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Street man jailed after busted with 16 kilos ganja in barrel

A man is now behind bars after he was found to be in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Steadmon Smartt appeared Friday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where his sentence...

2019 Senior CASA tournament Guyana clinch overall C/Ship as women & Men take team titles

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 Senior CASA tournament Guyana clinch overall C/Ship as women & Men take team titles

By Sean Devers On a bright and sunny Saturday in Guyana’s Capital, the sun smiled on the Guyana teams which won the Men’s & Women’s team titles in addition to the Women’s Singles and...

40 West Berbice graduates trained in joinery, floral decorations

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 40 West Berbice graduates trained in joinery, floral decorations

Forty secondary school students in Region 5, Mahaica-Berbice, have graduated with skills in which they can now use to earn income. The joinery and floral decoration training programmes were organised...

The Cummingsburg Accord

Aug 25, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Cummingsburg Accord

Much has been said over the past four and a half years about the Cummingsburg Accord, and its effectiveness in enabling the sharing of executive responsibilities between the Alliance For Change (AFC)...

$84M Security Command Centre for police -ranks to carry broadband handsets

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $84M Security Command Centre for police -ranks to carry broadband handsets

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications is collaborating with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to curb crime in Guyana through the intervention of an Intelligent Surveillance System. This forms part...

Matarkai Sub-region Indigenous Heritage Football and Cricket qualifiers near completion

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matarkai Sub-region Indigenous Heritage Football and Cricket qualifiers near completion

The Matarkai Indigenous Heritage Football and Cricket qualifiers continued over the weekend at Sebai and Oronoque recreational ground, Port Kaituma, region one. Host Sebai Invincible FC defeated...

What about the interests of the ordinary Venezuelan people?

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on What about the interests of the ordinary Venezuelan people?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Michelle Bachelet is a torture survivor. She was arrested in 1975 by the late dictator Augusto Pinochet’s political police and detained in the notorious Villa Grimaldi...

Mr. Jagdeo, let GECOM do its work; you do yours

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mr. Jagdeo, let GECOM do its work; you do yours

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo doesn’t have the authority to instruct the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to advise President David Granger as to its readiness to conduct any election....

2019 International Karate Daigaku Caribbean Karate Cup Guyana Karate College capture 42 gold medals on day one

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 International Karate Daigaku Caribbean Karate Cup Guyana Karate College capture 42 gold medals on day one

Guyana Karate College (GKC) enjoyed a fine outing yesterday as they captured 42 gold medals on day one of the 2019 International Karate Daigaku Caribbean Karate Cup which commenced at the Cliff...

100 Linden families affected, million$ lost …as storm pummel township

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 100 Linden families affected, million$ lost …as storm pummel township

Torrential rainfall Friday afternoon swamped Republic Avenue and other areas across Linden, and neighbouring communities. According to reports, the rains came with heavy winds which ripped rooftops,...

Everest partners with Starr Computers to power youth development with technology

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest partners with Starr Computers to power youth development with technology

One of the nation’s longstanding and outstanding sporting facilities, the Everest Cricket Club (ECC), is once again at the receiving end of a tangible boost with the handing over of a complete...

The Brazil lesson and comparative pay for oil workers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Brazil lesson and comparative pay for oil workers

By Leonard Gildarie There were two things that came to my attention last week that Guyana should be aware of – the Brazil fires and comparative pay for local oil workers. The Brazil fires have...

Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail Seeram On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, DHS published a final rule redefining the public charge ground for denying green card issuance. Lawsuits...

Devin Persaud creates history as first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Devin Persaud creates history as first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score

Archery Guyana’s Devin Persaud created history by becoming the first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score for Recurve Men with a 640 score. At the recently concluded Caledon...

Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

The turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini), also known as Godin’s puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador and Colombia. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and...

Caribbean very appreciative of GBA’s efforts to develop regional boxing

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean very appreciative of GBA’s efforts to develop regional boxing

The Caribbean has heaped praise on the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) and its president Steve Ninvalle for organizing and successfully hosting the recently concluded Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean...

Battered by hurricane, Guyanese teacher in BVI now loses home to fire

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Battered by hurricane, Guyanese teacher in BVI now loses home to fire

Almost two years after being battered by Hurricane Irma and a flood in 2017, in the British Virgin Islands, a Guyanese family has now suffered another devastating blow. This time, it is a fire that...

New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes -More than 1,000 new fires spotted in the Amazon as six states request military’s help to combat the blazes.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes -More than 1,000 new fires spotted in the Amazon as six states request military’s help to combat the blazes.

Brazil (Al Jazeera) – Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, according to official data, as six of the nine states in the region requested military assistance to...

Seven Seas sponsors Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven Seas sponsors Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019

Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019 has received sponsorship from Seven Seas for the event which will be held at the National Gymnasium today, Sunday 25th August and Sunday 1st September....

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more