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More Sports grounds rehabilitated by NICIL Company seeking to push sports development in communities

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on More Sports grounds rehabilitated by NICIL Company seeking to push sports development in communities

Despite rehabilitating several grounds in Region Six recently, the National Industrial and Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) has backed up with several other community centre grounds being...

Limacol football tournament kicks off tonight

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol football tournament kicks off tonight

Football action will resume at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground tonight with the kickoff of the fourth annual Limacol football tournament which will have the first whistle blown at 19:00hrs...

Guyanese-born imam from Canadian blocked from entering US

Aug 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born imam from Canadian blocked from entering US

Canada (cbc.ca)-A number of Canadian Muslims have been turned away at the Canada-U.S. border in recent weeks, immigration lawyers say. Those denied entry include a prominent Guyana-born Toronto imam...

Burglar gets additional 30 months in jail

Aug 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Burglar gets additional 30 months in jail

A garbage collector, who was charged with three counts of breaking and entering, was yesterday sentenced on the two final charges after he was found guilty of committing the offences....

GFF Interim Head Coach Márcio Máximo officially introduced to Media Guyana’s potential is exciting from youth perspective

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Interim Head Coach Márcio Máximo officially introduced to Media Guyana’s potential is exciting from youth perspective

By Franklin Wilson With one of his aims being to open the doors of opportunities for young local talent, Interim Head Coach of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Brazilian Márcio Máximo, was...

Day of sports set for Imam Bacchus ground tomorrow

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Day of sports set for Imam Bacchus ground tomorrow

The Imam Bacchus Ground, Affiance, Essequibo Coast, will be the venue for a series to sports activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO). The activities,...

Curtain comes down on Golden Grove Cricket Academy ECCB President tells Academy students he is there for them

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Curtain comes down on Golden Grove Cricket Academy ECCB President tells Academy students he is there for them

Yesterday afternoon the curtains came down on a successful Cricket Academy at the Grove/ Nabaclis/ Haslington Community Centre organised by the Golden Grove Cricket Club on the East Coast of Demerara...

Berbice Chess Association to stage A. Ally and Sons Open Rapid Chess Tourney tomorrow

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Chess Association to stage A. Ally and Sons Open Rapid Chess Tourney tomorrow

National Chess competition returns to Berbice tomorrow, 1st September, when the Berbice Chess Association (BCA) will be staging the A. Ally and Sons Open Rapid Chess competition. The one day...

Managing police misconduct – Caution required

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Managing police misconduct – Caution required

Former police officer Daniel Pantaleo (of Eric Garner chokehold notoriety) will sue the New York Police Department and Commissioner James O’Neill to win back his job, on grounds that they were...

Archery Guyana represented at Double 720 Qualification

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana represented at Double 720 Qualification

On Saturday 24thAugust, 2019, two of Archery Guyana members, Wayne Gerald DeAbreu and Devin Persaud, participated in the World Archery approved tournament, Double 720 Qualification in Baltimore,...

Let us not make this a blame game, Mr. Mayor

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us not make this a blame game, Mr. Mayor

DEAR EDITOR, I was extremely disappointed to read in the newspapers recently, a report that quoted the Mayor of Georgetown as blaming the citizens for the Council’s financial troubles and their...

A job is not done until it is finished

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A job is not done until it is finished

DEAR EDITOR, For the better part of two years the main road leading to the Charity Wharf – or to be more precise, the last one hundred and fifty metres – has become a one-way road, and...

The problem is, there is no one left to trust and we don’t know it

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The problem is, there is no one left to trust and we don’t know it

DEAR EDITOR, So now here we stand, or appear to stand, or pretend to stand, with these two worn-out and flawed appendages – one wobbling precariously and the other sneakily trying to unwobble...

I welcome comparisons between David Granger and the man with a proven record, Irfaan Ali

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I welcome comparisons between David Granger and the man with a proven record, Irfaan Ali

DEAR EDITOR, Using a nonsensical ‘poll’ as an excuse, GHK Lall intimated that Irfaan Ali is not the preferred candidate for the PPP/C – nothing could be further from the truth, but that is...

Remember, Guyana is no longer a small and insignificant player on the international stage

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remember, Guyana is no longer a small and insignificant player on the international stage

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is well poised to receive its share of oil early in the new year. Hopefully by then the elections will be over and a new Government will be in place, one that is democratically...

Do we just have to accept that Georgetown will never regain its former glory?

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do we just have to accept that Georgetown will never regain its former glory?

DEAR EDITOR, Having followed the goings-on at the Georgetown City Council for a number of years now, I am left to wonder why the senior officers there, have to be told what to do on a daily basis for...

We must foster an “Ideology of Regionalism” in the consciousness of our Caribbean People

Aug 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must foster an “Ideology of Regionalism” in the consciousness of our Caribbean People

DEAR EDITOR, I have just completed one year’s service as Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and one of the key insights I have garnered is that the development of an...

PPP wary of House-to-House/NRR merger

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP wary of House-to-House/NRR merger

• believes process will take months • highlights non-scrutiny of registration exercise • says integrity could be questioned The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is worried that the merger...

Sleeping dredge owner, reputed wife set alight in mining camp -suspect on the run

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping dredge owner, reputed wife set alight in mining camp -suspect on the run

Police in ‘F’ Division are hunting for a man who set a dredge owner and his reputed wife alight, while the couple slept in their camp, located in Mazaruni, Region Seven. The incident occurred at...

Orinduik 1% PSA… Whose orders was Trotman following? – Jagdeo

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Orinduik 1% PSA… Whose orders was Trotman following? – Jagdeo

Whose orders was Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, following when he signed away the Orinduik Block with a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that essentially provides no royalty for...

Oil production vessel ‘Liza Destiny’ arrives

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil production vessel ‘Liza Destiny’ arrives

Guyana’s first oil production vessel called the Liza Destiny has finally arrived for the Stabroek Block after travelling nearly 11,000 nautical miles from the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore....

PPP promises sweeping changes if elected

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP promises sweeping changes if elected

As elections slowly approach, Guyanese will be reading about and hearing of the policies the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has in its manifesto, and that will be implemented immediately should...

Govt gets tough on poor electrical installation products

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt gets tough on poor electrical installation products

– signs orders for 31 new standards -‘Fairy Lights’, power outlets, surge protectors among items on list For years now, consecutive governments have been talking and warning about it....

APA presents Region 7 Indigenous land tenure report to Govt.

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on APA presents Region 7 Indigenous land tenure report to Govt.

The Amerindian Peoples’ Association (APA) has presented a report to Government, on an extensive research and exploration project it undertook to have a comprehensive grasp of the land tenure...

Onshore facilities covered by national oil spill plan-CDC Head

Aug 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Onshore facilities covered by national oil spill plan-CDC Head

According to head of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Colonel Kester Craig, Guyana’s national oil spill contingency plan will not only cover offshore activities, but also the day to day works of...

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