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Salary increase for public school teachers… GTU disappointed with stalled salary negotiations with Govt.

Salary increase for public school teachers… GTU disappointed with stalled salary negotiations with Govt.

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Salary increase for public school teachers… GTU disappointed with stalled salary negotiations with Govt.

– Says any increase paid to teachers will be interim Government has announced plans to hike the pay package of public servants this month, retroactive to January. Teachers are likely to be...

BCB/RHTYSC, MS 2019 Busta Champion of Champions Tournament…Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour defeat Tucber Park to reach another final

BCB/RHTYSC, MS 2019 Busta Champion of Champions Tournament…Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour defeat Tucber Park to reach another final

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/RHTYSC, MS 2019 Busta Champion of Champions Tournament…Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour defeat Tucber Park to reach another final

The Rose Hall Town Thunderbolt Flour first division team’s dominance of cricket in the Ancient County continued on Sunday last, when they defeated a confident Tucber Park CC by four wickets to...

Customs Officer charged for allegedly stealing passenger’s jewellery

Customs Officer charged for allegedly stealing passenger’s jewellery

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officer charged for allegedly stealing passenger’s jewellery

– Claims he was holding on to it The defendant, 26-year-old Kareem Azeez, a father of two of Laluni Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, who is being represented by a customs officer lost his job...

More support for Berbice Cricket Board “Special Projects Fund”

More support for Berbice Cricket Board “Special Projects Fund”

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on More support for Berbice Cricket Board “Special Projects Fund”

USA based Guyanese Raj Mathura joined the list of sponsors for The Berbice Cricket Board “Special Projects Fund”. This is the second time that the Board has embarked on such initiative...

Police photographer testifies in Blue Martini murder trial

Police photographer testifies in Blue Martini murder trial

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police photographer testifies in Blue Martini murder trial

The trial of Shawn Harris who is accused of the February 5, 2017 murder of Sunil Singh commenced yesterday before Justice Jo Ann Barlow and a jury. Harris, who is being represented by lawyer, Maxwell...

LBI beat Zoreena’s Academy to take HFBC schools’ Tapeball

LBI beat Zoreena’s Academy to take HFBC schools’ Tapeball

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LBI beat Zoreena’s Academy to take HFBC schools’ Tapeball

LBI Secondary beat Zoreena’s Academy by 22 runs to win the final of the Holy Family Bible Club (HFBC) Secondary schools tapeball competition which was contested on Sunday last at Durban Park. LBI...

KFC Goodwill tourney…Mike’s Pharmacy backs event with Vitabiotics brands

KFC Goodwill tourney…Mike’s Pharmacy backs event with Vitabiotics brands

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on KFC Goodwill tourney…Mike’s Pharmacy backs event with Vitabiotics brands

Two weeks remain before the kickoff of the second annual KFC Goodwill tournament and the competition has seen another addition to the list of sponsors, as Mike’s Pharmacy under their Vitabiotics...

Woodpecker Products contributes to Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation’s practical shooting match

Woodpecker Products contributes to Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation’s practical shooting match

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products contributes to Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation’s practical shooting match

Owner and Managing Director of Woodpecker Products, located at Lot 40, Fourth Street, Alberttown, Mrs. Luana Fernandes, recently generously donated to the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation several...

Cop who gave conflicting evidence against Maryann Daby to lead defence

Cop who gave conflicting evidence against Maryann Daby to lead defence

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cop who gave conflicting evidence against Maryann Daby to lead defence

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday ruled that a prima facie case has been made out against Police Constable, John Holder, who was charged for willfully attempting to pervert the...

Farias returns as President of RFA

Farias returns as President of RFA

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farias returns as President of RFA

Ryan Farias was returned as President of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) when the Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday November 30th at the St. Ignatius Secondary School. The full...

Entries for KMTC Boxing Day meet close on December 15

Entries for KMTC Boxing Day meet close on December 15

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for KMTC Boxing Day meet close on December 15

Entries for the much anticipated Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Boxing Day meet will be closed on December 15. This is according to its chairman Cecil Kennard. Kennard told Kaieteur Sport...

Murder accused freed on no-case submission

Murder accused freed on no-case submission

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused freed on no-case submission

Jamal Forde, 25, was yesterday freed of a charge which alleged that he murdered Sophia shopkeeper, Shawn Anys, on May 1, 2015. Trial Judge Sandil Kissoon upheld a no-case submission made by...

Director of Sports welcomes home Sinclair

Director of Sports welcomes home Sinclair

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sports welcomes home Sinclair

After outstanding performance for Champions WIEP Twenty-year-old off-spinner all-rounder Kevin Sinclair finished with 132 runs and 13 wickets in the just concluded Regional Super50 tournament for the...

Guyana as a magnet

Guyana as a magnet

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana as a magnet

The estimates could be on the conservative side regarding the anticipated influx of neighbours looking for a way out of national distress and dangers, while manifesting that instinctively human...

No Shave November & Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

No Shave November & Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on No Shave November & Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Celebrity and Hollywood Barber Shops host another successful Fitness Walk In observance of No Shave November and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2019, Celebrity and Hollywood Barber Shops hosted...

GTT signs MoU with UG to install top up machine on campus

GTT signs MoU with UG to install top up machine on campus

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT signs MoU with UG to install top up machine on campus

Students and faculty members at the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus will soon be able to access quick GTT credit on campus. GTT on Tuesday signed an agreement with the university to have a...

Breach of Election Conduct of the GFF Constitution: (letter continued)

Breach of Election Conduct of the GFF Constitution: (letter continued)

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Breach of Election Conduct of the GFF Constitution: (letter continued)

…Mr. Marco Leal, who is the Chief Officer of Member Association of Concacaf / FIFA, used his Office to mislead the Football Fraternity of Guyana once again. Our media leaves much to be desired to...

Use this criterion to judge the PPP, PNC and AFC

Use this criterion to judge the PPP, PNC and AFC

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Use this criterion to judge the PPP, PNC and AFC

My favourite foreign newspaper is the Guardian of the UK. It is independent, liberal and certainly suspicious of the power establishment. I am not a fan of the New York liberal media establishment....

Re-evaluating Freddie Kissoon’s assessment of Burnham

Re-evaluating Freddie Kissoon’s assessment of Burnham

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Re-evaluating Freddie Kissoon’s assessment of Burnham

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s analysis (KN Nov. 23, 2019) of the PNC and its Founder/ Leader the late Forbes Burnham did not portray the really true image of Forbes...

Every Guyanese deserves a good education

Every Guyanese deserves a good education

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every Guyanese deserves a good education

DEAR EDITOR, I have listened to His Excellency President David Granger who stated categorically during an interview that he wants to see an educated nation. This would entail less school dropouts;...

It’s the only game in town – deadly though it is!

It’s the only game in town – deadly though it is!

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s the only game in town – deadly though it is!

DEAR EDITOR, The tragic news keeps the daily local frontpages and TV newscasts emblazoned with the dead and the maimed. Perhaps folks read and surmise that since they are not the subject of these...

The Ministry of Education dealt with these matters professionally

The Ministry of Education dealt with these matters professionally

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education dealt with these matters professionally

DEAR EDITOR, Recently we have seen the education sector coming under increased scrutiny with a number of unfortunate incidents involving both students and a teacher. I also noticed that on Sunday...

I will not be holding my breath for the dissolution of Parliament this year.

I will not be holding my breath for the dissolution of Parliament this year.

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will not be holding my breath for the dissolution of Parliament this year.

DEAR EDITOR, I see a lot of debate from both sides on the issue of the dissolution of the 11th Parliament of Guyana. I’m no legal expert, but I do believe my ability to comprehend the law is not...

Political rhetoric can be trifled and fiddled with; revenue law cannot

Political rhetoric can be trifled and fiddled with; revenue law cannot

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political rhetoric can be trifled and fiddled with; revenue law cannot

DEAR EDITOR Christopher Ram, with his now customary anti Government obsession, has accused the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan of illegality/invalidity in the remission/“waiver” of taxes on...

The Archives is being appropriately named after Walter Rodney

The Archives is being appropriately named after Walter Rodney

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Archives is being appropriately named after Walter Rodney

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to present a few short observations about previous offerings on the naming affair, re the National Archives. Naming national spaces and places is not a perfect, absolute or pure...

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