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P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Ltd. set to open GSSF’s shooting calendar for 2020

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Ltd. set to open GSSF’s shooting calendar for 2020

Local sport shooters will be given an opportunity to participate in a match sponsored annually by P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited. For the fifth consecutive year, this match marks...

Minimum Wage Raises Could Lower Suicide Rates, Study Says

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Minimum Wage Raises Could Lower Suicide Rates, Study Says

It was the latest study to suggest that effects of wage increases reach beyond economic welfare, but some experts pushed back on the findings. Raising the minimum wage could lower the suicide rate,...

Digital learning now available to Region Six schools

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Digital learning now available to Region Six schools

Hundreds of students from 14 primary schools in East Berbice Corentyne (Region Six) now have access to digital learning. The digital learning initiative is part of the ‘ProFuturo’ project, funded...

Former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan renews BCB U-17 sponsorship

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan renews BCB U-17 sponsorship

Donates $100,000 coaching kit “You were the first person to call me after my election as President of the, Berbice Cricket Board in February 2018 and you were the first sponsor to come on board,...

Dialysis centre commissioned in Region Six

Jan 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dialysis centre commissioned in Region Six

A new $6.3M Regional Dialysis Centre was officially commissioned on Saturday in Berbice at the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital. The centre, which is equipped with eight dialysis machines and trained...

BCB/Lewison General Store Under-15

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Lewison General Store Under-15

Raashad Gafoor, Nathan Kistama, Romeo Deonarine, R. Budhana, Keiron George and Afraz Budhoo, among top performers in round 1 and 2 The Berbice Cricket Board has started early preparation for the 2020...

BCB Clinches $500,000 trophies sponsorship deal with Trophy Stall

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Clinches $500,000 trophies sponsorship deal with Trophy Stall

“Over the last two years we have done the impossible in Berbice Cricket. From taking over a board with almost no funds, no developmental programme, no proper tournament been played and morale at...

If a guy from the Arctic Ocean reads this letter about the PPP

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If a guy from the Arctic Ocean reads this letter about the PPP

Suppose a gentleman from the Arctic region who never heard about Guyana came to this country and read a letter in the Stabroek News yesterday written by a former central committee mandarin of the PPP...

The very first job of a leader is to inspire trust

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The very first job of a leader is to inspire trust

DEAR EDITOR, I am astounded that after more than one year since the no-confidence motion and the protracted court trials from the High Court to the Appeal Court resulting in the most comprehensive...

We all are being exposed to danger as a result of myopic actions

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We all are being exposed to danger as a result of myopic actions

DEAR EDITOR, I write in response to your caption “Wildlife Management Commission declares closed hunting seasons for 2020” in your 23rd December 2019 edition. I am writing in my capacity as the...

Performance accountability or lack thereof

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Performance accountability or lack thereof

DEAR EDITOR, The level of accountability in the Ministries responsible for education and crime reduction leaves much to be desired. These Ministries should be implementing a joint plan for...

Misplaced priorities with the oil stories

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misplaced priorities with the oil stories

DEAR EDITOR, One cannot miss that over the past months/years Kaieteur News has been at the forefront of highlighting the wrongs of the oil contract. It appears as if we may end up owing Exxon for...

A book from Bolton – Five cardinal sins

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A book from Bolton – Five cardinal sins

DEAR EDITOR, I learn that Mr. John Bolton did unsheathe the sword that is his knowing pen and spilled blood all over Capitol Hill. His unpublished manuscript, shared with the National Security...

Thieves at GNIC wharf

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thieves at GNIC wharf

DEAR EDITOR, In the middle of December 2019, two barrels I had shipped to Guyana through Laparkan in New York arrived at the GNIC Wharf in Georgetown. Around December 20th, I uplifted the barrels,...

Lincoln, indeed these, as you put it, are “…the hard, cold facts”

Jan 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln, indeed these, as you put it, are “…the hard, cold facts”

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU has recognized that Mr Lincoln Lewis has continued, notwithstanding several explanations, to make reference to the sugar industry and express criticism which in our view lacks...

Guyana should not allow oil companies to recover interests and other financing costs – IMF

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should not allow oil companies to recover interests and other financing costs – IMF

Even though Guyana has Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) which allow oil companies to recover the interest garnered on loans, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is saying there is no economic...

Stabroek Block estimates moved to 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Block estimates moved to 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels

ExxonMobil has revised its reserve estimate for the Stabroek Block to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Not 8 billion barrels of oil. The term ‘oil-equivalent’ includes the quantity of...

Wrong diagnosis cost teen’s parents $800,000 and trip to Miami

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wrong diagnosis cost teen’s parents $800,000 and trip to Miami

The parents of a teenager are now complaining about the treatment meted out by a private hospital here. The teen was treated for pneumonia, kept five days in a private room, but doctors in Florida...

Carpenter charged for allegedly knocking out cop’s teeth

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter charged for allegedly knocking out cop’s teeth

A twenty-two-year-old carpenter was yesterday released on $70,000 bail after he was charged for allegedly cuffing a police officer to his mouth causing him to lose three teeth. The defendant, Shem...

Cabinet briefed weekly on performance of foreign mining companies – Trotman

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet briefed weekly on performance of foreign mining companies – Trotman

The Cabinet of Ministers is continuing to be apprised weekly on the performance of the foreign mining companies. “The committee is in place and we exchange information on a weekly basis. The...

Republic Bank’s computer glitch hampers City Hall’s financial operation – Treasurer claims

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank’s computer glitch hampers City Hall’s financial operation – Treasurer claims

City Treasurer John Douglas is blaming his failure to submit monthly financial reports on time, on the computer glitch at Republic Bank. Douglas addressed a meeting of the Georgetown Mayor and City...

Taxi driver ‘pleases mind’ by damaging woman’s car – Court hears

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver ‘pleases mind’ by damaging woman’s car – Court hears

A taxi driver yesterday admitted to damaging a woman’s car, before telling the court that he did it to please his mind. The man said that he and the woman had an agreement for her to fix his car...

Guyana don’t know wha it getting fuh oil

Jan 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana don’t know wha it getting fuh oil

Oil coming up. One boat done gone wid one million barrels and anodda one going out next week wid anodda million barrels. Every time de boat lef people know that is money coming to Guyana. Is like...

I hope you get the promised ‘good life’; I gone!

Jan 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I hope you get the promised ‘good life’; I gone!

Think about a situation in which you are employed as a labourer. The boss man promises that he will pay you $5000 per day. But after you have completed a day’s work, your employer hands you $1,000....

Children’s Mash takes off!

Jan 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Mash takes off!

The Children’s Mashramani Regional Competition opened with more than 20 primary schools from Region 4 showcasing their talents at the National Cultural Centre yesterday. St. Pius Primary set the...

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