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Oil expectations are high, but there is a ‘but’

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Oil expectations are high, but there is a ‘but’

For the past few weeks I have been hearing about first oil before Christmas. Perhaps oil is being pumped as I write this column and the announcement would be made sooner rather than later. I did...

Petra Organisation/ KFC/Goodwill Schools football tournament

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation/ KFC/Goodwill Schools football tournament

Robertson hat-trick leads Annai Secondary to comprehensive win; Lodge Secondary thump Marian Academy By Zaheer Mohamed Amir Robertson banged in a hat-trick to lead Annai Secondary to a comprehensive...

Youth Enhancement 10/10 Cricket set for today Eight teams to battle

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth Enhancement 10/10 Cricket set for today Eight teams to battle

The fourth edition of the Youth Enhancement 10/10 Cricket tournament is set for today at the Number 56 Village Community Center Ground on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice. Organiser Gobin...

A wife strangled in Germany and two dead women in Guyana

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on A wife strangled in Germany and two dead women in Guyana

By Michael Jordan The former American soldier looked me straight in the eye and told me that he was no killer. Maybe so, but surely he must be one of the unluckiest chaps I have ever met. How many...

The Story Within The Story… Trinidad’s attempt to rein in money launderers

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Trinidad’s attempt to rein in money launderers

By Leonard Gildarie Last week, I made a one-day dash to Trinidad. It was an early morning flight from Ogle on LIAT. I was impressed with LIAT’s service for the short flight. At the Port of Spain...

GFF Super 16 Cup kicks off today at Eve Leary Milerock tackle Pele; Guyana Police Force takes on Timehri Panthers

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super 16 Cup kicks off today at Eve Leary Milerock tackle Pele; Guyana Police Force takes on Timehri Panthers

By Franklin Wilson All roads lead to the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary today where the first two teams will walk the plank or be booted from the 2019/2020 edition of the GFF Super 16...

Marcus Bisram saga… I don’t care who the magistrate is… I want the trial to start now

Dec 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Marcus Bisram saga… I don’t care who the magistrate is… I want the trial to start now

– defense attorney Sanjeev Datadin The petition to the Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonnette Cummings-Edwards by the family of Faiyaz Narinedatt to have Senior Magistrate Alex Moore removed from...

YBG Titan Bowl Marian, Saints, Arima, Kwakwani and Bishops’ advance

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG Titan Bowl Marian, Saints, Arima, Kwakwani and Bishops’ advance

Day two of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) 10th Titan Bowl schools’ knockout basketball tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue with six matches Friday...

Rejecting the PPP’s twisted narrative

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Rejecting the PPP’s twisted narrative

Not unexpectedly, the PPP is using the current elections campaign to try to con the nation about what transpired during its long 23-year reign. Today I want to deal with the PPP, which I continue to...

Necrotizing fasciitis: The deadly “flesh eating” disease

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Necrotizing fasciitis: The deadly “flesh eating” disease

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the fascia; which is tissue beneath the skin and surrounding...

Two shock results at UDFA/GT Beer Christmas Football opening

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two shock results at UDFA/GT Beer Christmas Football opening

Topp XX upset Botafago 1-0, Coomacka down Net Rockers 2-1, two games on tonight There were two shocking results to kick off this year’s 7th GT Beer Christmas championship being staged by the Upper...

22 out of 42 accident victims struck down by police officers to receive justice

Dec 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 22 out of 42 accident victims struck down by police officers to receive justice

Police ranks take an oath to uphold the law. But it appears as though some of them clearly have no respect for regulations governing the roadways. It was recently revealed that police ranks are the...

ASATT Invitational Swimming Championship T&T – Day 3

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ASATT Invitational Swimming Championship T&T – Day 3

Team Dorado rake in 9 medals inclusive of 4 gold Guyana’s leading swim club, Dorado Speed Swim Club (DSSC) continued its good showing on day three of the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad...

Withdrawal of Canadian banks: opportunity to remedy not repeat mistakes

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Withdrawal of Canadian banks: opportunity to remedy not repeat mistakes

By Sir Ronald Sanders The untidy and muddled way in which Canadian banks are withdrawing from the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean, is a direct result of insufficient attention being paid by...

Interesting Creatures… Bothrops asper

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Bothrops asper

Bothrops asper is a highly venomous pit viper species the range of which extends from southern Mexico to northern South America. They are found in a wide range of lowland habitats, often near human...

For every 100,000 citizens, 286 are incarcerated – UNDP report

Dec 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on For every 100,000 citizens, 286 are incarcerated – UNDP report

– prisons still plagued with over-crowding, lack of staff The 2019 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) report, 286 of every 100,000 citizens is...

592 Beer Inter-Village Football Tournament Stage set for scorching quarter-final doubleheader today

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Tournament Stage set for scorching quarter-final doubleheader today

Organisers of the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Competit ion have pulled out all the stops to make the event a memorable one for teams participating in the tournament. In an effort to...

Nigel Hinds Financial yearend Basketball starts Saturday in Berbice

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nigel Hinds Financial yearend Basketball starts Saturday in Berbice

The Yearend Basketball Championship sponsored by Nigel Hinds Financial is set to start on Saturday December 21st in Berbice. The event is sanctioned by the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association and...

A learning curve and some political ramblings

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Countryman, News Comments Off on A learning curve and some political ramblings

By Dennis Nichols Humans have learning problems, and many of us, Guyanese, seem to be floundering at the tail-end of a learning curve. This must be so, for how can a nation of less than one million...

Green Bartica Development Plan… GEA invites Bids for Consultancy Services for Ikuribisi Hydro Electric Project

Dec 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Green Bartica Development Plan… GEA invites Bids for Consultancy Services for Ikuribisi Hydro Electric Project

The Guyana Energy Agency has released an invitation for sealed bids for the provision of consultancy services for environment assessment and management plan for Ikuribisi one megawatt Hydropower...

Book Review… Understanding the past to shape the future

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Understanding the past to shape the future

Book: Slave Trade and Western Civilisation in Badagry: A Brief History of Human Enslavement in West Africa and the New World Author: Ashamu Sewanu Fazila Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Aftershocks of...

GFF-ALWAYS Championship Cup 2019 Fruta Conquerors remain undefeated, second round kicks off today

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF-ALWAYS Championship Cup 2019 Fruta Conquerors remain undefeated, second round kicks off today

Fruta Conquerors turned in another flawless performance in their final first round match of the GFF-Always Championship Cup 2019, trouncing Foxy Ladies of Den Amstel 7-0 in yesterday’s feature...

Guyana’s Green Economy

Dec 15, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana’s Green Economy

By HE David Granger Guyana is the largest state in the Caribbean Community. Its forests cover more than 85 per cent of its land mass. It is a ‘net carbon sink,’ that is, its forests sequester...

P&P Insurance Brokers makes donation to 12 Charities

Dec 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers makes donation to 12 Charities

Twelve charitable organizations across Guyana got a financial ‘boost’ when P&P Insurance Brokers on Friday donated $125,000 to each of them. The presentation took place at its office at 273...

Four countries for Patrick Ford Memorial – Jackman sister in

Dec 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four countries for Patrick Ford Memorial – Jackman sister in

The second Annual Patrick Ford Memorial boxing tournament will be staged on February 15, 2020 with four countries set to participate. The tournament, which was birthed last year, will have Guyana,...

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