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Courts Pee Wee Football North Georgetown disqualified for ineligible players; Coach Aubrey McKenzie banned

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Football North Georgetown disqualified for ineligible players; Coach Aubrey McKenzie banned

Finalists North Georgetown Primary have been found guilty of fielding two ineligible players in the ongoing Courts Pee Wee Football tournament and as a result, they have been disqualified; Genesis...

Men to serve 18, 15 years in jail for raping underage girls

Oct 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Men to serve 18, 15 years in jail for raping underage girls

Two men were yesterday sentenced to serve 18 and 15 years in jail respectively as they were both unanimously found guilty by a jury of raping underage girls. Selwyn Lancaster, 45, and Kenrick Hector,...

David Granger had to arrive at his stance based on analysis

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger had to arrive at his stance based on analysis

From the time Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham headed their own organizations, Guyana’s political culture has been shaped by one-person domination. It has been no exception even among smaller...

Looknauth’s seven-for guides Cornelia Ida to eight wicket win WDCA/Beacon Café 50-over Tourney

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Looknauth’s seven-for guides Cornelia Ida to eight wicket win WDCA/Beacon Café 50-over Tourney

Off-spinner Richie Looknauth grabbed seven wickets to guide Cornelia Ida to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Christ Ambassador when play in the West Demerara Cricket Association Beacon Café...

GuySuCo abandons wage talks after objecting to placard-bearing union reps

Oct 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo abandons wage talks after objecting to placard-bearing union reps

Wage increase talks were halted yesterday after Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) officials refused to engage union representatives who were bearing slogans. According to the Guyana Agricultural and...

HL Latino, Regal Stationery and Computer back PM T20 Cup 3

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on HL Latino, Regal Stationery and Computer back PM T20 Cup 3

HL Latino America of Panama and Regal Stationery and Computer Centre are the latest corporate entities to join the list of sponsors in the annual Prime Minister’s T20 softball cricket competition....

Acting DPP Sonia Joseph tipped to be Police Legal Advisor

Oct 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Acting DPP Sonia Joseph tipped to be Police Legal Advisor

Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sonia Joseph is tipped for the post of Police Legal Advisor (PLA), Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday. The post of PLA...

GTTA wraps up successful Schools’ Table Tennis C/Ships

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA wraps up successful Schools’ Table Tennis C/Ships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with National Sports Commission (NSC), Ministry of Education (MoE), National Schools’ Novices, Elite Teams and Singles Championships...

GFF to host Extraordinary Congress on November 9th at Pegasus Elections to be held

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF to host Extraordinary Congress on November 9th at Pegasus Elections to be held

The Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF) will convene an Extraordinary Congress on Saturday November 9th, 2019 at 10:00hrs at the Pegasus Hotel. Presidents and Honorary Members of the Regional...

GCB U-17 Female Franchise T20 League launched E’bo starts title defence today at Everest

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB U-17 Female Franchise T20 League launched E’bo starts title defence today at Everest

By Sean Devers The second annual Guyana Cricket Board Under-17 Female Franchise T20 League was launched yesterday at the GCB office on Regent Road Bourda. The inaugural tournament was staged just...

Rice farmers challenge legality of Region 5 land rent increases

Oct 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers challenge legality of Region 5 land rent increases

A dispute is raging between farmers and the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), which controls thousands of acres of lands in the Region 5 area. Yesterday, about 50...

“We intended to rob, not kill…” Detained fishermen confess to carrying out deadly Corentyne piracy attack

Oct 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “We intended to rob, not kill…” Detained fishermen confess to carrying out deadly Corentyne piracy attack

Planned while they were out at sea, five fishermen carefully concocted a plot on their fishing boat to rob other fishermen of their catch. Unfortunately for Captain Vishnu Seeram, his boat, with his...

NIS complaint

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS complaint

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space in your letters columns to highlight a wrong that is perpetuated by the National Insurance Scheme against some hapless applicants for NIS pensions. I am using my...

Have we gotten value for taxpayers’ monies?

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Have we gotten value for taxpayers’ monies?

DEAR EDITOR, GECOM spent Three Billion dollars on an ill-advised House to House (H2H) registration exercise in 2019. This exercise was truncated after 370,000 persons were registered. The H2H was...

Local content

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local content

DEAR EDITOR, The Government is preparing a “local content” policy (document) for the development of the oil and gas industry. Local Content means using local skills (manpower) and resources (from...

Can someone at GPL please help!

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can someone at GPL please help!

Dear EDITOR, I reside at Goed Intent on the west bank of Demerara. Over three weeks ago I called GPL’s Emergency number to report the wire sparking on the pole in front my house. The operator gave...

Weight of school-bags for Guyanese children inhumane!

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Weight of school-bags for Guyanese children inhumane!

DEAR EDITOR, There are many things that can lead to back pain. However, most of our Guyanese children now have backaches because they’re lugging around their entire week’s worth of books,...

Article 13 confuses two significantly different types of democracy

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Article 13 confuses two significantly different types of democracy

DEAR EDITOR, One of the most quoted articles in our constitution is Article 13. It reads: “The principal objective of the political system of the State is to establish an inclusionary democracy by...

Formation of political parties should not be viewed as vehicles solely for personal ambition and political opportunism

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Formation of political parties should not be viewed as vehicles solely for personal ambition and political opportunism

DEAR EDITOR, It is arguably the norm, in most liberal democracies around the world, with the likely exception of many European countries and some others like Israel, that two political parties...

Elected representatives should never lose sight of what got them there

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elected representatives should never lose sight of what got them there

DEAR EDITOR, The formation and launching of the several new political parties is an encouraging sign for the future of Guyana. These tell the story that significant numbers of Guyanese are...

Oil revenues should be used to bridge the gap between rich and poor

Oct 30, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil revenues should be used to bridge the gap between rich and poor

DEAR EDITOR, Poor people generally are not given enough credit for the prudent management of the relatively small income they receive. Because of the size of their income, they have no choice but to...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more