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A financial crunch is in the making

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A financial crunch is in the making

A spanking new ivory-coloured Premio was ahead of me in the line for petrol at the filling station. The purchase was quick; in less than one minute he was gone. It was my turn. I look at the meter...

1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Following all the hype, competitors will now have to produce with the 1320 heat International Drag race meet boosting off today from 09:00hrs at the South Dakota Circuit’s drag strip at Timehri....

I feel for the teachers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews My Column, News Comments Off on I feel for the teachers

It is no surprise that the government keeps losing people to the private sector. Last week the news came that the government had lost nineteen engineers to the private sector. It could have been that...

2%, then 1%, then 18 million, then Charrandass

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 2%, then 1%, then 18 million, then Charrandass

Minister Ramjattan said he was given information that Charrandass was making inquiries about buying gold, so he informed the police. Then the police began to investigate Charran for alleged...

Return to the Source: Giving leadership to Radicalism in the Society

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Return to the Source: Giving leadership to Radicalism in the Society

In my presentation at a recent conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the Grenadian revolution, I argued that the decline of leftwing revolutionary parties that emerged in the Caribbean in the...

Honouring a commitment to help educate the deprived… Chartered Accountant Fazal Bacchus is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Honouring a commitment to help educate the deprived… Chartered Accountant Fazal Bacchus is a ‘Special Person’

“I want to see young people who don’t have the opportunity to go to a university on a full time basis or go after any other studies on a full time basis, to always have that chance like I did,...

1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Following all the hype, competitors will now have to produce with the 1320 heat International Drag race meet boosting off today from 09:00hrs at the South Dakota Circuit’s drag strip at Timehri....

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...

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more