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Rajendra Bissessar leaves AFC

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rajendra Bissessar leaves AFC

Rajendra Bissessar has left the Alliance For Change (AFC). He penned a letter, announcing his resignation, stating that he has agonised for some time over the decision. Asked whether he is ready to...

The interest of the politician

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The interest of the politician

This is the season when the politicians will take centre stage. They will be the talking point on every occasion. On the campaign trail, there will be the usual rhetoric. Some will tout the...

Canje man dies days after setting himself ablaze

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje man dies days after setting himself ablaze

Thirty-nine-year-old Chandlall Verian, called “Fine Man”, of Canefield Village, East Canje, succumbed to injuries, which he inflicted upon himself just six days ago. In the bizarre...

Murder and Mystery A trail of death Mahdia to Georgetown

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Murder and Mystery A trail of death Mahdia to Georgetown

By Michael Jordan It was at around ten o’clock on Tuesday, August 31, 1971, that a deafening explosion shook Khan’s Guest House near Radio Demerara in High Street. Inside the room from which the...

Schoolgirl beaten by classmate after she resisted his harassment

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl beaten by classmate after she resisted his harassment

On Friday afternoon, a Grade Eight student of the Hope Secondary School, East Coast Demerara, was attacked by a male classmate who dealt her two blows to her head with a table leg leaving an opening...

Dindyal half century puts GCC in comfortable position

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dindyal half century puts GCC in comfortable position

Mavindra Dindyal struck a fine half century to put Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in a comfortable position at the close of play on the opening day of the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Noble House...

I am not using this hospital again

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on I am not using this hospital again

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie I have come to the understanding that agitation causes change. It is a fact that our people are not that aggressive and have to be goaded into...

UWI T2O Tourney in T&T Queen’s Park beat Malteenoes All Stars in semis

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on UWI T2O Tourney in T&T Queen’s Park beat Malteenoes All Stars in semis

Jacobs disappointed with batting performance By Sean Devers Even without their leading All-Rounder DJ Bravo due the West Indies duties, home team Queen’s Park proved the better team on the night as...

Helping to create an impacting national change… Selwyn Collins is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Helping to create an impacting national change… Selwyn Collins is a ‘Special Person’

“If each of us put country first; if we put our community first, then everything else takes care of itself. So we have to sort of shift the mindset that it’s about me, me, me, me, me to we…...

Turbo football tourney Finalist to be decided tonight

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo football tourney Finalist to be decided tonight

Last week, representatives from the four teams contesting tonight’s semifinals of the third annual Turbo Energy Drink knockout tournament were very outspoken on their team’s chances of going into...

Track & Field action at MSC today

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track & Field action at MSC today

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) will be hosting its third consecutive event for the 2020 season and the second ‘Development Meet’ today from 10:30hrs at the McKenzie Sports Club (MSC)...

The baccoo speaks

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

The dry weather in some parts of the country will wreak havoc on livestock in the savannahs. For starters there will be some fires which will add to the confusion. The farmers would seek to pressure...

Body of labourer found dumped at Kaneville

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of labourer found dumped at Kaneville

The body of 50-year-old Mark Burkett, of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EDB) was found earlier yesterday dumped in a clump of bushes on an unoccupied house lot. Police said that they received a call...

Why CARICOM had no national for OAS top job

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Why CARICOM had no national for OAS top job

By Sir Ronald Sanders Readers of Barbados newspapers were exposed recently to the views of John Beale, one of the country’s former Ambassadors to the Organisation of American States (OAS), on the...

Shomari Wilshire dominating C’bean Junior Squash

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shomari Wilshire dominating C’bean Junior Squash

2019 Canadian Junior Open most memorable moment By Sean Devers Born in Georgetown, Guyana on September 20, 2003 to Roxanne George-Wiltshire and Garfield Wiltshire, 16 year-old Shomari Wilshire has...

NCN’s excuse is poppycock

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NCN’s excuse is poppycock

There is an ongoing debate about the fairness of the elections coverage of the fully state-owned National Communications Network (NCN). The debate began with concerns being expressed about NCN’s...

GCA’s NBS 40-over 2nd Division Cricket

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 40-over 2nd Division Cricket

In sunny conditions yesterday Everest trashed Bel Air Rubis by 136 runs and University of Guyana (UG) defeated Diplomats by six runs as GCA’s NBS 40 overs Second Division Cricket Competition...

New Amsterdam municipality not happy with indiscriminate dumping of garbage

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam municipality not happy with indiscriminate dumping of garbage

Acting New Amsterdam Mayor, Wainwright McIntosh, is not pleased with the way some residents have been disposing of their solid waste in the town. He said that the illegal dumping of garbage is...

Medas-King sister act qualifies for Colgate finals

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Medas-King sister act qualifies for Colgate finals

Sisters Kcaysha and Kunusasha Medas-King of the Kingmedas-Pansy Adonis Foundation are 2019 Colgate Women’s Games finalist. The pair turned in excellent performances to ensure their...

Ours is a society where respect for seniors is encouraged… except by Jagdeo

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ours is a society where respect for seniors is encouraged… except by Jagdeo

Come Thursday, Bharrat Jagdeo will attain the ripe age of 55 and become part of the group he considers “fossilised.” Had he continued employment in the Public Service, where he was hired during...

Taxi driver remanded on narcotics charge

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded on narcotics charge

A taxi driver who was nabbed with a quantity of narcotics in the back fender of his car has been remanded. The man, Rajkumar Veerapen, called “Boyo”, 28, a hire car driver of 67 Fyrish Village,...

Guyanese international Keanu Marsh-Brown signs with Memphis 901 FC

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese international Keanu Marsh-Brown signs with Memphis 901 FC

Memphis, Tennessee – On Friday last Sporting Director Tim Howard and Head Coach Tim Mulqueen announced the signing of midfielder Keanu Marsh-Brown pending league and federation approval....

Immigration Questions & Answers

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration Questions & Answers

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community By Attorney Gail Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your...

Vote against Jagdeo’s 20, 30, 40 years Domination Master Plan

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Vote against Jagdeo’s 20, 30, 40 years Domination Master Plan

It is generally accepted that many voters cast their votes against parties rather than for parties. Other voters vote for a party rather than for the policies of that party. In Guyana it is generally...

2020 Concacaf Under-20 Championship Qualifiers

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2020 Concacaf Under-20 Championship Qualifiers

Guyana drawn in Group A; Host venues and schedule announced Guyana has been drawn in Group A of the 2020 Concacaf Under-20 Championship Qualifiers, the Confederation of North, Central America and...

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In praise of the Almighty Executive Order

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Democracy, as we know it, is a kind of ménage à trois — the elected, the appointed,... more