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Delay in extending Amerindian boundary line draws protest at Nappi

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News 0

Tensions flared on Saturday, as villagers from the Region Nine, Hiawa settlement of Nappi, took to the streets to protest the delay in being granted an extension to their lands. Their protest comes...

10/10 East Coast Mash Challenge Cup…Better Hope win zone in exciting final

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports 0

Beehive XI a crowd favourite, Wellwoman dominate Lady Jags The East Coast Mash 10/10 Challenge Cup was made for exciting cricket as the teams battled for supremacy with Better Hope XI being...

Guyana moves closer to securing EITI membership

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News 0

With the attendance of a small delegation from Guyana at the Seventh World Summit of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Lima, Peru from February 24-25, the nation has been...

Topp XX remain in lead after eking out 1-0 win

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports 0

– Ward Panthers edge Hi Stars 3-2 Leaders Topp XX extended their advantage to four points as they scored a 1-0 win over previously unbeaten Silver Shattas when the Upper Demerara Football...

Sentinel Security, Peter Lewis Construction and Farfan & Mendes Ltd donate trophies

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News 0

The 2016 Educational, Sports and youth development programmes of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club MS, last Wednesday received a major boost...

HERE THERE BE MONSTERS

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column 0

I thought my daughter asked me, “Dad, have you seen Monsters Ink?” But even if this was not exactly what she wanted to know, I behaved as though it was. “Yes, of course,” I replied. “It...

RHTYSC Cricket teams, Scotia Bank host smashing Anti-Suicide Children’s Mash Parade

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports 0

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club with the support of the Bank of Nova Scotia hosted a highly successful Say No to Suicide Children Mash Parade along the Corentyne...

Rajesh Singh elected as Everest CC President

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports 0

Everest Cricket Club’s (ECC) newest life member Rajesh Singh has been elected to the club’s top post for the year 2016-17 following its Annual General Meeting which was held on Friday night at...

Golyn 10/10 cricket…Wins for Omesh XI, Maracs XI, Superstreet XI, Prem XI, Mighty Lions XI

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Sports 0

The Golyn 10/10 cricket organized by the Guyana Softball League and sponsored by Golyn and Sons and Trophy Stall continued last Sunday with several teams recording victories and gaining confidence as...

After almost 50 years…Still a far way from true Independence

Feb 29, 2016 KNews News 0

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana has gained Independence from British rule for almost 50 years now. But upon reflection, is this all that Independence has come to signify? In fact, what has the country...

Guyana is running dry

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Editorial 0

It seems that global warming has taken its toll on Guyana, especially during the past fifteen or more years. In many cases, the weather pattern in the country seems to be moving from one extreme to...

Walter Rodney was a victim of a malformed state

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

The findings of the prematurely concluded Rodney Commission of Inquiry should not come as a surprise. Those findings are no different from what has long been known in Guyana: that Forbes Burnham and...

Dr. David Hinds says President Granger has stumbled badly

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I was very disappointed at President Granger’s response to the Report of the Walter Rodney’s Commission of Inquiry. The President is reported to have said that the report was...

That document should not have been leaked

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I am amazed that so far no government official or anyone from the PPP or WPA has questioned who leaked the COI Report on the death of Walter Rodney. However, top functionaries...

Some interesting facts on the Post Office

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the reply from GPOC of Feb 23, and Lydia Persaud’s letter of Feb 21, in relation to Birth/Death Certificates for applicants. When I saw the GPOC reply I went back...

The justice system is rotten in Guyana

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Everyday, there are countless administrative mistakes that are made or go unchecked which results in an unfair trial and innocent people going to jail. It is a justice system that has...

Selling poison on the streets is illegal

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Has anyone told the Georgetown City Constabulary that street vending of pesticides is illegal? There are vendors who stand on the bridge at the corners of Avenue of the Republic and...

Alright for you to kill me but not me to kill you

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I have been following the events on the COI into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney – the comments back and forth and so on. I have come to the conclusion that it is all politics. In my...

A tsunami of corruption at City Hall

Feb 29, 2016 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, City Hall is on the move, but on the move to where? The question must be asked. There seems to be an apprehension and fear amongst the administrators at City Hall that things will be...

Massive corruption unearthed…Govt. footing bill to bring in illegal fuel

Feb 28, 2016 KNews News 0

As questions continue to increase over the mismanagement of the country’s fuel import business, more details have emerged. Government’s oil supplies from Trinidad and Tobago are also far from...

Irfaan Ali ran Housing’s $$$B accounts with ‘pencil and paper’ system

Feb 28, 2016 KNews News 0

To enhance the system used to manage and properly account for billions of taxpayers’ moneys, the former regime purchased the Integrated Financial Management and Accounting System (IFMAS) from a...

16-year old killed in Moruca boat crash

Feb 28, 2016 KNews News 0

An investigation has been launched into a boat accident at Acquero, Moruca, North West District which resulted in the death of 16-year-old Alisha Romascindo. Reports are sketchy but this newspaper...

House passes legislation for hike in gun licences fee

Feb 28, 2016 KNews News 0

…Opposition cries for ‘insensitivity’ By virtue of its one seat majority, the government, on Friday, passed the Firearms Amendment Bill despite pleas from the Opposition for reconsideration and...

Guyana confirms three more Zika virus cases

Feb 28, 2016 KNews News 0

Three more cases of the Zika Virus have been confirmed by the Ministry of Public. The cases were confirmed in two females and a male after samples were tested by the Caribbean Public Health Agency...

A system coming to clean up dem crooks

Feb 28, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

When dem boys did tell de nation that Jagdeo is a scamp and he mek nuff people in Guyana tun crooks, people use to think is joke. Nuff use to shake dem head and seh is true but some use to cuss dem...

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Moses Nagamootoo: Macbeth resurrected

I have done two columns with snippets of biography of Rupert Roopnaraine (see the following two pieces – Wednesday,... more

Ingratitude at the hilt

Guyana can be an ungrateful nation. Nothing better exemplifies Guyana’s ingratitude towards outsiders than the practice... more