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Guyanese players finish second and third in Canada badminton tourney

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese players finish second and third in Canada badminton tourney

Guyana’s top male and female player Narayan Ramdhani and Priyanna Ramdhani over last weekend took part in the 2019-2020 ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) Badminton Tournament held in...

Over 1,000 received legal aid in first half of the year

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1,000 received legal aid in first half of the year

The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic has provided its services to 1,592 persons spanning four regions within the first half of 2019. This is according to statistics published by the Clinic, which has...

Guyana officially de-recognises UK in trade pact with EU

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana officially de-recognises UK in trade pact with EU

The Guyana Government shares a historical trading relationship with the European Union (EU) but developments in that section of the world, namely the likely United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the...

Regal Masters claim Trophy Stall Champion of Champions softball title

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters claim Trophy Stall Champion of Champions softball title

Regal Masters registered a narrow one run victory over Wellman Masters to win the inaugural Trophy Stall Champion of Champions T20 softball competition which was contested Sunday at GNIC SC. Batting...

D’URBAN BACKLANDS RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL OUTREACH

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on D’URBAN BACKLANDS RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL OUTREACH

Over the past weekend, hundreds of residents of D’urban Backlands and neighbouring communities benefited from a free medical outreach programme sponsored by R&S Investment Inc. in collaboration...

West Indies ICC U19 CWC World Cup squad named

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies ICC U19 CWC World Cup squad named

Team set for Rising Stars U19 Tri Series against England and Sri Lanka St. John’s, Antigua- Cricket West Indies yesterday announced the fifteen man squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup that...

Living Heroes of Athletics in the Rupununi -Walker and Barker

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Living Heroes of Athletics in the Rupununi -Walker and Barker

– Plans to revamp the Region nine Athletics Association on stream By Zaheer Mohamed The Rupununi has a reputation of producing outstanding athletes, despite the challenges that goes with...

Exxon the global colossus

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Exxon the global colossus

Maybe it is not such a bad company after all, with a set of people bent on exploitation of the weak, getting its way, and undermining life on the planet. Deserved or not, mighty ExxonMobil is scoring...

Guyana Mixed Marital Arts Karate Association holds final grading exam for 2019

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Marital Arts Karate Association holds final grading exam for 2019

The Guyana Mixed Marital Arts Karate Association held its final exam for the year 2019. A total of 45 students from the various martial arts academies took part in their exam on Sunday, while three...

Police rank killed in Brickdam accident

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police rank killed in Brickdam accident

A 29-year-old police officer attached to the Brickdam Police Station met his demise yesterday morning after he was involved in a collision with a car. He has been identified as Carl Roach, of...

Fisherman found hanging in lockups after arrested for threatening wife

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman found hanging in lockups after arrested for threatening wife

A 49-year-old Fisherman of lot 18 Bennet Dam, D’ Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, was discovered hanging in the Blairmont Police Station lockups on Sunday around 18:10 hrs. Chandatt Yodha...

Champion of Champions 2 dominoes tourney set for Dec. 1

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champion of Champions 2 dominoes tourney set for Dec. 1

Organising secretary of the Guyana Domino League (GDL) Mark Wiltshire in association with the GDL will be hosting a dominoes competition on December 1 at Rona Place, Ogle. Dubbed Champion of...

Turbo knockout tournament Pouderoyen and Buxton win on Monday

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo knockout tournament Pouderoyen and Buxton win on Monday

Fans witnessed two gritty wins by Pouderoyen FC and Buxton Stars respectively when the 2019 Turbo Energy Drink knockout football tournament continued at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on...

Cassava Festival set for December 14 in Kwebana

Nov 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cassava Festival set for December 14 in Kwebana

…ahead of Commissioning of Cassava Flour Factory The Farmers’ Group along with the Hand-in-Hand Women’s Group in Kwebana Village, Moruca sub-region, Barima/Waini, Region One, successfully...

Brian Tiwari birthday tournament set to conclude Sunday at Den Amstel Action promises to be explosive

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brian Tiwari birthday tournament set to conclude Sunday at Den Amstel Action promises to be explosive

Play in the Brian Tiwari birth anniversary 9-a-side Inter-Ward football Tournament is set to conclude on Sunday at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground starting 4:00pm. The competition is set to be...

It is business as usual at Republic Bank while thousands suffer

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is business as usual at Republic Bank while thousands suffer

DEAR EDITOR, My employer informed me that my salary was paid into my bank account at Republic Bank around Thursday, November 21. I kept checking my account throughout the weekend, but no money was...

The ‘winner takes it all’ approach to governance is the root cause of our underdevelopment

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ‘winner takes it all’ approach to governance is the root cause of our underdevelopment

DEAR EDITOR, There is a positive correlation between democracy and development. This is true for Guyana as it is for any other country in the world. The records would show that the best years the...

The telltale signs that people should ponder before making a choice

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The telltale signs that people should ponder before making a choice

DEAR EDITOR, For a second time in the Coalition reign, controversy in the procurement of books by the Ministry of Education (MOE) is brought to the attention of the public, and justifiably so. A KN...

Let us be genuinely respectful of each other…A life free of violence is everyone’s right.

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us be genuinely respectful of each other…A life free of violence is everyone’s right.

DEAR EDITOR, Help & Shelter joins in the observance of International Day against the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25) and 16 days of activism under the theme “Orange the...

Investors do not have confidence in Guyana

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investors do not have confidence in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Investors do not have confidence in Guyana. Despite the massive commercial oil discoveries made since 2015, Guyana is not attracting the level of foreign direct investment that...

It remains distressing to see this cannibalistic approach to Dr. Walter Rodney

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It remains distressing to see this cannibalistic approach to Dr. Walter Rodney

DEAR EDITOR, It is easy in our society to escalate everything, thrive on conflicts, and lose sight of reasoning and the need to arrive at sensible conclusion(s). The Walter Rodney issue is often one...

By the premature end of this Commission, Rodney was assassinated a second time

Nov 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on By the premature end of this Commission, Rodney was assassinated a second time

DEAR EDITOR, On the evening of the 13th day of June 1980, the world stood still as the news of the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, blown to pieces by a bomb in South Georgetown, sank in. Dr. Rodney’s...