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Social Protection Ministry mulls review of labour laws

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry mulls review of labour laws

Guyana’s human resource is key to moving the country forward, therefore the Ministry of Social Protection is mulling the review and drafting of an effective Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)...

Lindeners get to pay final respects to cricket legend Basil Butcher

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lindeners get to pay final respects to cricket legend Basil Butcher

Lindeners got the chance to pay their final respects to the late Berbice, Guyana and West Indies batsman Basil Butcher, who died on December 16 at age 86, yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC)...

GTTA changes dates for National C/ships

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA changes dates for National C/ships

There has been a shift in the dates for the 2020 National Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship, slated for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall later this month. The organising body, the Guyana Table...

Civil Aviation tests country’s readiness for emergency

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Aviation tests country’s readiness for emergency

Aimed at assessing the readiness of the emergency services unit, a Search and Rescue (SAR) simulation exercise was yesterday held at the Eugene F. Correia Airport, Ogle. In the event of an aircraft...

Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh commits $1.3M to BCB for Coaching and Cricket Academy

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh commits $1.3M to BCB for Coaching and Cricket Academy

– Board raises $2.5M out of targeted $10M in two weeks The Berbice Cricket Board has already raised $2.5M worth of sponsorship in two weeks for 2020 as it forges ahead with its unmatched...

Waiakabra receives electricity for the first time

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Waiakabra receives electricity for the first time

What was once an unlit and dark community for decades is now a bright and fully powered community, for residents of Waiakabra on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway. For the first time, residents of...

CWI’s PCL four day First-Class cricket Jaguar’s face-off with Pride in B’dos from today

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI’s PCL four day First-Class cricket Jaguar’s face-off with Pride in B’dos from today

By Sean Devers Five times defending Champions Guyana Jaguars oppose Barbados at the ‘Mecca’ (Kensington Oval) today in the second round of the CWI 2020 Regional First-Class season. The teams come...

The Soesdyke youth who tested Guyana’s First Oil

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The Soesdyke youth who tested Guyana’s First Oil

For Shivnarine Outar, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. The offshore laboratory technician, employed by Nalco Champion, was the first person to test the first sample of Guyanese crude oil as it...

BCB/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 tournament

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 tournament

Rampersaud, Ramdehol and Pottaya shine as RHT Bakewell advances to final -To clash with Albion tomorrow Two of Berbice most promising youth cricketers, Jonathan Rampersaud and Ricardo Ramdehol, both...

BCB/Banks Beer Two Days Tournament

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Banks Beer Two Days Tournament

Albion, RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, Tucber Park, Young Warriors advance to semis Albion, Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt, Tucber Park and Young Warriors have advanced to the semifinals of the...

2019: Nasty or ugly, sick or depressing or all four?

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 2019: Nasty or ugly, sick or depressing or all four?

Some unpalatable things happened in 2019 and they force us to look back to the criticisms, this columnist, many editorials of this newspaper and the Stabroek News, the opposition parties and many...

Dual citizenship

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Dual citizenship

What is really happening with dual citizenship? More specifically, what are those seeking local political office, who hold such dual citizenship, doing about relinquishing the foreign one? Or...

BCB Launches Nand Persaud Co Ltd/RHTYSC Female Cricket tournament

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Launches Nand Persaud Co Ltd/RHTYSC Female Cricket tournament

“I would be the first to admit that we have failed our female cricketers by not arranging enough tournaments. One of the main problems is that Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS is the only...

What is wrong, or racially offensive about a political party warning its supporters about the ploy of tokenism?

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is wrong, or racially offensive about a political party warning its supporters about the ploy of tokenism?

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to an online news outfit’s headline story of January 13, “Phillips blasts Harmon over “PPP Token” remark” which contained, ‘‘The ERC pointed to several statements...

Sincere gratitude from the NICIL/SPU scholarship beneficiaries

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sincere gratitude from the NICIL/SPU scholarship beneficiaries

DEAR EDITOR, The reason for this letter is to put on the record the sincere thanks and gratitude of the families of the three scholarship awardees that were recognized by Minister Winston Jordan and...

NCN’s coverage has been fair, balanced, accurate and true

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN’s coverage has been fair, balanced, accurate and true

DEAR EDITOR, As Ronald Reagan said to Jimmy Carter in a debate “There he goes again.” I will say the same to Kit Nascimento, “There he goes again”. Kit is posturing. He is pandering to the...

Voting against a party rather than for one’s own

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Voting against a party rather than for one’s own

DEAR EDITOR, Very soon, voters have to make a decision on how they will vote — which party to vote for. Will they be motivated by party or candidate or policy or some other factor? It has not been...

The campaign trail is in full swing

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The campaign trail is in full swing

DEAR EDITOR, The campaign trail is in full swing for the upcoming March 2020 National and Regional Elections. The major political parties are in communities across the country, detailing the messages...

What is to be gained in Guyana continuing to part of CARICOM

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is to be gained in Guyana continuing to part of CARICOM

DEAR EDITOR, I have observed some staff of the CARICOM Secretariat leaving home at 9 am for work. Some are senior persons. The staff at CARCIOM Secretariat are among the highest paid in Guyana with...

The formula for political success is simple

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The formula for political success is simple

DEAR EDITOR, A certain section of the population, generally sympathetic to the PPP/C, is of the opinion and belief that the PNC, in all of its manifestations, has never won, and can never win, a free...

The importance of free and fair elections cannot be overemphasized

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The importance of free and fair elections cannot be overemphasized

DEAR EDITOR, According to media reports, the Carter Centre will be fielding observers for the upcoming General and Regional elections. This is a positive development given the role played by...

Caution needed amidst the heightened passions and hollow promises

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caution needed amidst the heightened passions and hollow promises

DEAR EDITOR, I write to urge caution amidst the heightened passions and hollow promises which so often characterise Guyanese elections. This election is perhaps the most monumental in the whole of...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more