March 2020 - Page 33 of 47

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

US Firm hired to revise Guyana’s petroleum laws has 40-year-old relationship with ExxonMobil

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Firm hired to revise Guyana’s petroleum laws has 40-year-old relationship with ExxonMobil

– World Bank criticised for financing role Well-known British newspaper, The Guardian, reported yesterday that US Law firm, Hunton Andrew Kurth, which Guyana will use to revise its archaic...

Major Hindu organisations cancel Phagwah celebrations

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Major Hindu organisations cancel Phagwah celebrations

– as Pandits’ Council calls for peace In light of the tension in Guyana, the Hindu Dharmic Sabha has cancelled their annual Holi Utsav planned for Phagwah Day at Everest Ground. The Dharmic...

Fight to govern oil rich Guyana exposes deep seated issues with ethnic voting, and perhaps early signs of oil curse – Local and Int’l Commentators

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fight to govern oil rich Guyana exposes deep seated issues with ethnic voting, and perhaps early signs of oil curse – Local and Int’l Commentators

By Kiana Wilburg Tomorrow, the electoral fight continues between the two major political factions—The People’s Progressive Party and the APNU+ AFC Administration—to see which will rule Guyana,...

Police ranks injured in Berbice protests recovering

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks injured in Berbice protests recovering

– Force calls on public to respect ranks The five police ranks who were injured last Friday at Bushlot, Bath Settlement and Cotton Tree on the West Coast of Berbice are said to be recovering...

Six months later…File implicating cops in gang rape cover up still with DPP

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six months later…File implicating cops in gang rape cover up still with DPP

Concern is being raised regarding the state of an ongoing investigation into the alleged cover-up of a series of gang-rape incidents, reportedly committed by a policeman’s relative and others. This...

Early Season – Classic Archibald anxious to compete this weekend

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Early Season – Classic Archibald anxious to compete this weekend

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s National men’s long jump record holder; Emmanuel Archibald, who is currently a student-athlete at the University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus in Jamaica, in an...

Kaieteur Sport raps with GFF President Wayne Forde on the recent historic performance of the U-20 Lady Jags at the Concacaf Championship and the way forward

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kaieteur Sport raps with GFF President Wayne Forde on the recent historic performance of the U-20 Lady Jags at the Concacaf Championship and the way forward

KS: What does the performance of the U20 Lady Jags mean for GFF and Guyana? Wayne Forde: Let me begin by first saying how delighted I am to once again offer on behalf of all of Guyana,...

South Africa stretch West Indies in warm-up match

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa stretch West Indies in warm-up match

Cape Town, South Africa – West Indies Over-50s had their first knock in Cape Town ahead of the Over 50s Cricket World Cup when they took on hosts South Africa yesterday, Sunday March 8, 2020,...

CWI’s Regional First-Class tourney… Fifties for Johnson & Bramble, but Jaguars/ Hurricanes match ends in a draw

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI’s Regional First-Class tourney… Fifties for Johnson & Bramble, but Jaguars/ Hurricanes match ends in a draw

By Sean Devers It was a battle for survival for five-times defending Champions Guyana Jaguars yesterday at Providence as their seventh round CWI’s Regional First-Class tournament against Leewards...

BCB questions omission of its players from Superbet tourney

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB questions omission of its players from Superbet tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has written to the Administrator of the Guyana Cricket Board questioning the omission of two of its players from the recently played Superbet sponsored female cricket...

Millington, Gajnabi lead Berbice to GCB Superbet senior female inter county title – E’bo beat Select U19

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Millington, Gajnabi lead Berbice to GCB Superbet senior female inter county title – E’bo beat Select U19

By Zaheer Mohamed Off-spinner Plaffiana Millington grabbed four wickets, while Shabika Gajnabi struck a fine half century as Berbice defeated Demerara by seven wickets to win the Guyana Cricket Board...

Fireworks explosion… Soldiers recovering but emotional scars remain over loss of colleague

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fireworks explosion… Soldiers recovering but emotional scars remain over loss of colleague

“We are going to recover but not fully,” were the words of some of the seven other soldiers who were injured in the February 22 fireworks explosion that left one of their comrades dead....

Motorcyclist dies in hit and run accident

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies in hit and run accident

A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Rose Hall Town, Berbice is now dead after he was struck down by a vehicle along the Letterkenny Public Road. Dead is Shawn Smith of Lot 17 Fingal Street, Rose Hall...

“Backtrack” services in Upper Corentyne resume

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Backtrack” services in Upper Corentyne resume

Boat operations at the Number 78 Village “backtrack” (Guyana-Suriname) route have resumed as of yesterday morning. This was confirmed by one of the proprietors of the speedboat service operating...

Guyanese come to aid of mom seeking to raise funds for 4-year-old son’s heart surgery

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese come to aid of mom seeking to raise funds for 4-year-old son’s heart surgery

– but still a long way from target Persons have responded to appeals from a distraught mother who is seeking to raise funds to cover the cost for heart surgery for her four-year-old son. Since...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…WATCHING HER STARE INTO MIRRORS

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…WATCHING HER STARE INTO MIRRORS

By Michael Jordan The crowd was sparse when he entered the Ritz at around seven-twenty. He hesitated briefly at the top of the stars. He saw no sign of Jason Marcus. No sign of Lucille, either. The...

Almost five months after, still no leads in murder of Bourda woman

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Almost five months after, still no leads in murder of Bourda woman

On October 11, 2019, Makada Oudkerk found the bound body of her 67-year-old mother, Marva Oudkerk, inside her Lot 241 Bourda Street, Georgetown home. Someone had wrapped a mosquito net tightly...

Mazaruni escapee spotted at Itaballi

Mar 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni escapee spotted at Itaballi

Prison authorities are hoping that they can recapture Mazaruni Prison escapee Christopher Punch, who escaped two Saturdays ago. Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said that authorities received word...

Granger’s second term: Citing Machiavelli

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger’s second term: Citing Machiavelli

Since Machiavelli wrote that it may be easier for a prince to acquire power than to maintain it, several global figures have referred to Machiavelli’s reflection. I know Lenin once did. If Granger...

Oh my Guyana! Please, let us save Guyana

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oh my Guyana! Please, let us save Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Since the 1950’s, Guyana has suffered from racial insecurities. By the time of independence, the two major races have gathered around their own political party. After 54 years of...

Granger and others must go

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger and others must go

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Granger, Mr. Ramjattan and the 40 or so other leaders of the APNU and the AFC Coalition must Apologise Profusely to our Nation and Go. I have come from seeing Mr. Timothy Jonas...

President can only be sworn in after GECOM Chairperson advises Chancellor of the Judiciary

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on President can only be sworn in after GECOM Chairperson advises Chancellor of the Judiciary

DEAR EDITOR, By now, it is clear that the main objection of the opposition parties to GECOM is that the organisation has announced election results by a mysterious spreadsheet rather than completing...

The Brazilian who jumped from the helicopter on March 4, 2020

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Brazilian who jumped from the helicopter on March 4, 2020

DEAR EDITOR, I find it strange that no media house or journalist has followed up the case of the Brazilian national, wearing a red t-shirt who tried to escape from a helicopter registered to ASL...

District 4 Regional and General Results is Questionable; Protocol was not Followed

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on District 4 Regional and General Results is Questionable; Protocol was not Followed

DEAR EDITOR, I was extremely astonished to see Ms. Volda Lawrence’s signature on the GECOM published District 4 Regional results on the GECOM website. In no other regional results has this...

Double/triple Standards

Mar 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Double/triple Standards

DEAR EDITOR, Let’s cut the nonsense out immediately. Let’s return to the 2011 general and regional elections. APNU and others requested that the GECOM conduct a verification of the polls. This...

PREV 31 323334 35 NEXT LAST

Wharton’s brilliance propels Chase’s Academic to another Republic Bank U18 title

The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more