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Guyana’s ease of doing business ranking remains dismal

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s ease of doing business ranking remains dismal

The World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2020 has found yet again that Guyana’s business environment is left wanting. The report, which analyses the ease of doing business of 190 countries,...

Mahaicony homes flooded in minutes, as waves breach barriers

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony homes flooded in minutes, as waves breach barriers

They battled the sea yesterday and the sea won. After excessive flooding a few weeks ago, residents of the Mahaicony area kept a sharp eye out for the next flood warning and made preparations....

Min. Lawrence consoles families of Linden accident victims

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Min. Lawrence consoles families of Linden accident victims

Upon learning of the tragic deaths of 37-year-old nurse, Eon Reddock and 18-year-old Tristan Clarke of Linden, Minister of Public Health, Hon. Volda Lawrence and a team from her ministry on...

Farmers Market 2019 a success

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers Market 2019 a success

Small farmers from across the country and other small businesses entrepreneurs enjoyed booming sales at the 2019 Farmers Market held yesterday at the D’Urban Park. The annual event which was...

Diwali celebrations

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali celebrations

Demerara Mutual Fire & Life support WI Over-50s WC quest

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Fire & Life support WI Over-50s WC quest

Two trial matches are set for Florida The second edition of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup is billed for March 2020 in Cape Town South Africa and at this stage national teams are at the peak of their...

Continuous training for medical personnel at the Palms Geriatric Home

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Continuous training for medical personnel at the Palms Geriatric Home

Medical Personnel at the Palms Geriatric Home will undergo continuous training to offering better services to the residents of the facility. This is according to Dr. Melissa DeHaarte,...

Newly elected UGSS President pledges more focus on student needs

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Newly elected UGSS President pledges more focus on student needs

Jafar Gibbons, the newly elected President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) has pledged that under his stewardship the needs of students attending the tertiary...

Bridgestone Guyana Open 2019…Avinash Persaud makes it ten; returning Guyanese Julia Stephenson first-time champion

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bridgestone Guyana Open 2019…Avinash Persaud makes it ten; returning Guyanese Julia Stephenson first-time champion

A confident Avinash Persaud established his supremacy again as he beat off the stiff challenges presented by Avinda Kishore, Alfred Mentore and Aleem Hussain in the Championship Flight of the Guyana...

Imran Khan put a jumbie lash pon Khemraj Ramjattan

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Imran Khan put a jumbie lash pon Khemraj Ramjattan

The inferno from the implosion in the AFC is spreading intensely. Here is a statement by AFC executive member, Imran Khan to the leadership of the AFC; “The public needs to know that there...

GTTA/NSC/MoE Schools Table Tennis…Chase Academic Foundation clinches Boys’ Elite Team title

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA/NSC/MoE Schools Table Tennis…Chase Academic Foundation clinches Boys’ Elite Team title

The team comprising of Terrence Rauch, Jamal Nicholas and Kaysan Ninvalle led Chase’s Academic Foundation to a hard found 3-2 win over The Bishops’ High School last night in the Boys Elite Tteam...

Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Schools Football…St. John’s defeat Saints in opener; Queen’s thump Charlestown

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Schools Football…St. John’s defeat Saints in opener; Queen’s thump Charlestown

The second annual Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Schools Football League kicked off yesterday afternoon at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground on Carifesta Avenue where St. John’s College registered...

GCA’s NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket…DCC, MYO & TSC in winner’s row

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket…DCC, MYO & TSC in winner’s row

Story and photos by Sean Devers In scorching heat yesterday Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO and Transport Sports Club (TSC) registered victories when the Georgetown...

GSSF/B.M Soat annual Costume Match promises to be exciting

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF/B.M Soat annual Costume Match promises to be exciting

BM Soat Auto Sales has maintained its support for the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) Annual Costume Shooting Match, in its fourth year. This themed competition is expected to be an exciting...

Citizens’ reports result in firing of 48 ‘rogue’ cops – Min. Ramjattan

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens’ reports result in firing of 48 ‘rogue’ cops – Min. Ramjattan

The Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has disclosed that approximately 48 police officers have been given to boot, for what is being described as “rogue” behavior. The dismissals,...

The Miss Guyana Diwali Sari Pageant: Stunning Beauty and Intelligence

Oct 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The Miss Guyana Diwali Sari Pageant: Stunning Beauty and Intelligence

The Miss Guyana Diwali Sari Pageant coincides with the ‘Festival of Lights’. This prestigious Pageant goes a long way back. The Guyana Sanaatan Dharma Sabha started this sari contest in...

Right under the noses of the City Council, the police and the GRA

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Right under the noses of the City Council, the police and the GRA

At one stage I thought I was in a flea market or a fair ground; then at a massive concert, then in an open-air bar; then at a fun park; and also at haberdashery. In fact, I was at none of these...

Let there be light

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let there be light

Then there was light. A festival of it. And it was good. May it always be so. We need that light now more than ever before. This country and every citizen, regardless of religious following and...

Walking for the greater good of the greater many

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Walking for the greater good of the greater many

DEAR EDITOR, I was not there. I was heading towards a time and place of prayer, with people of prayer. But what I did see on the way was grand and inspiring. Because of my personal experience, I...

Is confusion of the electorate a goal?

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is confusion of the electorate a goal?

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is set to release the list of persons who registered during its truncated House-to-House (H2H) 2019 exercise. Why would the Secretariat release a...

Urgent intervention needed to tackle murder rate in Guyana

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urgent intervention needed to tackle murder rate in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, As a concerned citizen, I am trying to get the attention of all government and religious leaders as well as my fellow citizens of Guyana with regards to the level of murders that has...

Migration and the poverty paradox

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Migration and the poverty paradox

DEAR EDITOR, According to former US president Franklin D Roosevelt, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for...

Diwali Celebrations among Guyanese in the Diaspora

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diwali Celebrations among Guyanese in the Diaspora

DEAR EDITOR, I spent the Diwali season in England, New York, Trinidad and Guyana interacting with Guyanese and other West Indians. Guyanese have helped to transplant and institutionalize the...

The future wellbeing of our nation is at stake in 2020

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The future wellbeing of our nation is at stake in 2020

DEAR EDITOR, On the 24th of October, I posted the following on Facebook “Our guy just got his Doctorate in Trinidad…their guy just got his Doctor’s report in Cuba”#bigdifference #38v78....

Fed up of GPL’s Excuses

Oct 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fed up of GPL’s Excuses

DEAR EDITOR, Over the past five days including yesterday we have been coping with 8 to 9 hrs of power outages every day. The response from GPL is that the transformer at Republic and Duncan Steets do...

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