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US Ambassador, Foreign Affairs discuss ongoing projects, elections

Jan 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Ambassador, Foreign Affairs discuss ongoing projects, elections

Ambassador of the United States of America to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karen Cummings. “Ambassador Lynch and Dr. Cummings discussed...

Go for Glory cycle ride pedals off today

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Go for Glory cycle ride pedals off today

The Professional Key Shop, Go for Glory Guyana/Suriname cycle group ride, pedaled off at 06:00hrs this morning from the National Park Enroute to Corriverton, Berbice for its first leg. According to...

Georgetown U-15 Trial match Persaud (4-34), Allen (31*) spur Deonarain’s XI to 3-wkt win

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown U-15 Trial match Persaud (4-34), Allen (31*) spur Deonarain’s XI to 3-wkt win

Sankar to captain GT in Inter-Association 50-over U-15 Cricket Off-spinner Stephon Sankar will lead the Georgetown U-15 side with Romeo Deonarain as his deputy in the Demerara Inter-Association...

Drubahadur elected President of DCB

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drubahadur elected President of DCB

Former president of the Guyana Cricket Board and prominent Accountant Mr. Drubahadur was elected president of the Demerara Cricket Board at its Annual General Meeting held last Saturday at the Wales...

Sophia triple murder… Woman recounts harrowing tale of seeing loved ones on fire

Jan 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia triple murder… Woman recounts harrowing tale of seeing loved ones on fire

Emotional and fighting back tears, Candacy Buelow took to the witness stand in the trial of Gavin Graham, who is accused of the January 03, 2015 murders of her sister Tabola Abrams, 39, her...

A Great legal mind

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Great legal mind

DEAR EDITOR, A great legal luminary has passed; one whose voluminous service to the law cannot only be quantified by only his mere years of being part of just a noble profession, but whose remarkable...

Foster named ACC Women’s Track Performer of the week

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foster named ACC Women’s Track Performer of the week

The Athletics Coast Conference (ACC) announced last week that U.S. based Guyanese Andrea Foster who is a senior middle-distance runner for the Clemson University Tigers, has been tabbed as the...

Government should fund the removal of scratches from my new car

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Government should fund the removal of scratches from my new car

Inherent in media work, is a prodigious curiosity about people and places. The media practitioner is zealously driven to always looking intensely and to never lose focus while looking, and to look...

Archer named NJCAA female athlete of the week

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archer named NJCAA female athlete of the week

At the John Thomas Terrier Invitational last Friday, U.S. based Guyanese student-athlete, Joanna Archer, a freshman at Monroe College in New York, took the national lead in the 800m with an indoor...

Mr. Bryn Pollard was amongst the finest legal minds

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Bryn Pollard was amongst the finest legal minds

DEAR EDITOR, I read with great sadness of the death of Mr. Bryn Pollard. He was, I believe, from my own experience, amongst the finest legal minds and men our country has ever had. I had the enormous...

Education Ministry calls on Gender Commission to sanction matter of national concern

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education Ministry calls on Gender Commission to sanction matter of national concern

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Education notes the disturbing video clip being circulated on social media which was presumably generated out of a particular political party and Member of Parliament,...

16th Annual BCB/RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions Tournament

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 16th Annual BCB/RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions Tournament

RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour edge Albion by three runs to win Championship thriller – Third title in two weeks The venue was filled to capacity, the atmosphere was electric and the...

Unnecessary medical tests

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Unnecessary medical tests

It was long suspected that this was happening right under the nose, under the cover of authorizing prescriptions, and under any circumstances that could be exploited to put a dollar in the pockets of...

The global int’l system and economic systems have become outdated

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The global int’l system and economic systems have become outdated

DEAR EDITOR, It a time when both globally and locally there are many socioeconomic challenges but there are also many opportunities for progress. The present global order was constructed after the...

GECOM must correct these discrepancies

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM must correct these discrepancies

DEAR EDITOR, According to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, whose members include both India and Ghana (elections observers for 2020), the last 2 elections in Guyana...

Request for police investigation into contracts for public works

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Request for police investigation into contracts for public works

DEAR EDITOR, It has come to my attention by way of news reports that new contracts for public works have been signed by Permanent Secretaries of various Ministries, in flagrant violation of the Laws...

Addressing a few of Freddie’s inaccuracies

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Addressing a few of Freddie’s inaccuracies

DEAR EDITOR, I have stopped reading “Freddie” for some time now (even though we grew up in the same neighbourhood) because of the most times, illogical columns he writes. However, a lawyer...

How sound is Dr. Leslie Ramsammy’s criticism of Ministers Henry and Sharma?

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on How sound is Dr. Leslie Ramsammy’s criticism of Ministers Henry and Sharma?

DEAR EDITOR, When Dr. Leslie Ramsammy criticized Minister Jaipaul Sharma’s comment advocating bringing back hanging because fighting in schools was out-of-control as ludicrous, I also thought that...

We cannot expect children to do what adults are not doing

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot expect children to do what adults are not doing

DEAR EDITOR, Many citizens have lamented that Guyana needs to resume beating and flogging children in schools to prevent the children from beating and injuring each other. Others have said to bring...

Wisdom that is still relevant today

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wisdom that is still relevant today

DEAR EDITOR, Today, January 30, marks the 72nd Anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi, the revered Mahatma and spiritual leader of India in its march to Independence which it...

Which side is Mr Greenidge really on?

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Which side is Mr Greenidge really on?

DEAR EDITOR, A day or two ago Mr Carl Greenidge dedicated about 14 minutes of his speech at the APNU campaign in Berbice to criticising an accomplished international anti-corruption NGO called Global...

Most Politicians have their own agendas

Jan 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Most Politicians have their own agendas

DEAR EDITOR, Has anyone ever seen a Politician with a firearm, or cutlass or other dangerous implement in Guyana’s Parliament threatening to hurt or hurting his/her opposite number? Have you ever...

Lawsuit over oil blocks give away… Former Pres. Ramotar admits companies had no exploratory experience prior to signing deals

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawsuit over oil blocks give away… Former Pres. Ramotar admits companies had no exploratory experience prior to signing deals

Ex-President, Donald Ramotar, faced a series of questions in relation to the merits of the contracts, his government signed with four oil companies in 2015 for deep water exploration in the Canje and...

Former presidential advisor says… Govt. should publish its economic model for Stabroek Block projects – Dr. Mangal

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former presidential advisor says… Govt. should publish its economic model for Stabroek Block projects – Dr. Mangal

By Kemol King Former Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, is urging that Government release its economic model for Stabroek Block projects for public scrutiny. The Oil & Gas...

ExxonMobil should come clean on Guyana’s gas – TIGI Director

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil should come clean on Guyana’s gas – TIGI Director

By Kemol King ExxonMobil should come clean with the Guyanese people, and tell them what they need to know about the contents of the material discoveries it has made offshore Guyana. That is the...

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