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Fight at St. Agnes Primary… DPP withdraws charges against teacher

Feb 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fight at St. Agnes Primary… DPP withdraws charges against teacher

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn the matters against St. Agnes Primary School teacher Tiffani Hinds, who was slapped with two charges due to a physical altercation between her...

Cleaner admits to stealing foodstuff from man who owes him money

Feb 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cleaner admits to stealing foodstuff from man who owes him money

A 60-year-old man was yesterday hauled before a City Magistrate to answer to a break and enter and larceny charge. He admitted to committing the act and was remanded to prison while his sentencing...

Tucber Park CC advance to semifinal of BCB Lewison U15 50 overs competition

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tucber Park CC advance to semifinal of BCB Lewison U15 50 overs competition

Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) of New Amsterdam, Berbice advanced to the semifinal of the BCB Lewison U15 50 overs cricket competition. In their latest encounter they whipped Blairmont Community...

Banks DIH once again supports faith-based, other organisations

Feb 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH once again supports faith-based, other organisations

Last Thursday, Banks DIH Limited presented Deeds of Covenant disbursements to twenty-seven organisations during an annual ceremony held at Thirst Park. Human Resources Director Mr. Andrew Carto said...

Rose Hall Community Centre holds AGM, elects new head

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Community Centre holds AGM, elects new head

The Rose Hall Community Center Cricket Club of Pl Rose Hall, East Canje, Berbice, recently held their Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers. The activity was held at the club’s...

Ravindra Harry strokes magnificent 59 net to win Wine Vault pre-Valentine golf tourney

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravindra Harry strokes magnificent 59 net to win Wine Vault pre-Valentine golf tourney

For their pre-Valentine’s day inaugural golf tournament on Saturday last, both red and white Ventisquero wines offered by the Wine Vault at the Marriott were exquisite, crisp, firm, fruity and...

10 Calypsonians sing their way into finals

Feb 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 10 Calypsonians sing their way into finals

As Guyana approaches its 50th year as a Republican nation, Barticians celebrated with 21 calypsonians on Sunday night as they battled for a spot in the final round of the Banks DIH Limited Adult...

Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge Mahadeo and Adonis joined by Hamel-Smith and Pinas as top prize winners

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge Mahadeo and Adonis joined by Hamel-Smith and Pinas as top prize winners

By Zaheer Mohamed For the fifth consecutive year, Guyanese Dillion Mahadeo has dominated the Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge, while Delice Adonis won her second title with an awesome display that...

GDF against the ‘Rest’ at National Gymnasium’s Tarmac As GBA hold Mashramani Extravaganza on Feb 16

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF against the ‘Rest’ at National Gymnasium’s Tarmac As GBA hold Mashramani Extravaganza on Feb 16

By Sean Devers Come February 16, all roads lead to Mandela Avenue when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) hosts their one-night Mashramani Boxing Extravaganza on the tarmac of the National Gymnasium...

Jude Bentley gave me a bicycle for the AFC’s 2015 campaign

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jude Bentley gave me a bicycle for the AFC’s 2015 campaign

I embarked on a serious begging campaign for the AFC for the 2015 election campaign. I specifically requested non-monetary items. The cache was wide and impressive. I got computers, cell phones,...

BCB/RHTYSC Nand Persaud Female 50 overs Tournament

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/RHTYSC Nand Persaud Female 50 overs Tournament

Gajnabi smashes brilliant 152 as Rose Hall Town Metro beat West Berbice by 324 runs West Indies female all rounder Shabika Gajnabi smashed a majestic 152 as she spearheaded her team Rose Hall Town...

Coronavirus – a greater sense of urgency is needed here

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coronavirus – a greater sense of urgency is needed here

The rest of the world is unsettled and on edge, when the latest reports are absorbed. Yet, the sense here is that this coronavirus threat is over there, way over there and, therefore, we may not be...

Guyanese must insist on a stake in their own country

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must insist on a stake in their own country

DEAR EDITOR, My visit to Albouystown, an inner city community in Georgetown, last Monday, revealed to me the hopelessness of its residents. Most households have no jobs, poor housing, narrow roads...

We need a wholesale intervention from ABC and EU countries

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a wholesale intervention from ABC and EU countries

DEAR EDITOR, PROF DESMOND THOMAS IN HIS BOOK, “‘Electoral System Reform for a Diverse Nation, the Case of Guyana” stimulates thought and debate to help save a racially-broken country....

IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER

DEAR EDITOR, February 11, 2020 has been declared National Day of Prayer in Guyana. In all ages and in all religions, the spiritual aspirants and devotees of God have expressed their innermost...

JAGDEO AND ALI HAVE SUBMITTED INTEGRITY DECLARATIONS

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on JAGDEO AND ALI HAVE SUBMITTED INTEGRITY DECLARATIONS

DEAR EDITOR, There was a bold headline story in another newspaper alleging that Bharrat Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the PPP, and Irfaan Ali, the PPP’s Presidential Candidate, are among a...

A most important development

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most important development

DEAR EDITOR, Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share an observation with my fellow Guyanese that I believe is a most important development. As my brothers and sisters would be aware, as we...

Some thoughts on the upgraded Leguan Stelling jetty

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some thoughts on the upgraded Leguan Stelling jetty

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in the news media, it was revealed that residents of the Island of Leguan have observed that the contractor for the Ferry Jetty was using barnacle infested...

Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

DEAR EDITOR, Many of my fellow Guyanese think that now that oil is found and would be produced here, we would be a rich nation. On the other hand, there are many of us who would say, ‘Ask the...

Heed objective, unbiased views

Feb 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Heed objective, unbiased views

DEAR EDITOR, Objective reports, editorials and commentaries, once unaligned with (critical of) a major party, are maligned no matter how valid their arguments and views. The same applies with polls...

Report exposes Exxon’s hand in Cabinet meeting on Stabroek Block deal

Feb 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Report exposes Exxon’s hand in Cabinet meeting on Stabroek Block deal

By Kemol King A strictly private and confidential report commissioned by Cabinet itself has demonstrated that ExxonMobil was intimately involved with the Ministry of Natural Resources in the period...

OpenOil responds to Govt.’s criticism, shows how Guyana left US$55B on Exxon’s table

Feb 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OpenOil responds to Govt.’s criticism, shows how Guyana left US$55B on Exxon’s table

Since the release of the report, “Signed Away” by non-governmental organization Global Witness, the Coalition administration has deemed the document to be without merit. The administration has...

Traffic Chief says probe completed into death of pensioner struck down on pedestrian crossing

Feb 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief says probe completed into death of pensioner struck down on pedestrian crossing

– but police still to locate other Chinese national implicated in 2019 death of Annandale teen There finally seems to be some progress in the investigation into the death of 81-year-old Parvidi...

World Bank advises mechanisms to detect conflicts of interest in oil licence applications

Feb 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank advises mechanisms to detect conflicts of interest in oil licence applications

By Kemol King If an entity applies to be awarded an oil block or any other extractive sector deal, the application process should involve mechanisms to detect any conflicts of interest. This is just...

Guyana Forensic Lab likely to begin drug testing of police recruits

Feb 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Forensic Lab likely to begin drug testing of police recruits

The Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) is likely to conduct screening of individuals seeking to join the Guyana Police Force. An official said that occupational health screening is on the...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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