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Accountant, taxi driver, fisheries supervisor robbed in separate incidents

Jan 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Accountant, taxi driver, fisheries supervisor robbed in separate incidents

An accountant attached to the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), her taxi driver, and a supervisor attached to Prittipaul Singh Investment are the latest victims of armed robberies. Louren...

GAPLF Novices/Juniors Championships set for February 4 AT CASH

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Novices/Juniors Championships set for February 4 AT CASH

First timers as well as junior competitors will have their way and say come February 4 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the Guyana Amateur Power-lifting Federation (GAPLF) brings off their...

Rain forces abandonment of Windies final warm-up

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain forces abandonment of Windies final warm-up

LINCOLN, New Zealand, CMC – Rain dealt a blow to West Indies Under-19s’ preparations for their opening match of the ICC Youth World Cup when it washed out their final official warm-up against...

Fire Chief calls for repairs to fire hydrants

Jan 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Chief calls for repairs to fire hydrants

While stressing the grave importance of fire hydrants, Marlon Gentle, Fire Chief of the Guyana Fire Service noted the need for the hydrants to be repaired within Georgetown. He said that fire...

Guyana Football Review Pt 2 Grassroots and Women’s Development were in focus

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Football Review Pt 2 Grassroots and Women’s Development were in focus

Recognising the importance of football development at the grassroots level, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in partnership with Scotiabank Guyana had launched the historic Academy Training...

BRAMBLE, SINGH AND FUDADIN FINED FOR BREACHING CODE OF CONDUCT

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BRAMBLE, SINGH AND FUDADIN FINED FOR BREACHING CODE OF CONDUCT

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies advised yesterday that Guyana Jaguars’ pair of Anthony Bramble and Vishaul Singh, along with Jamaica Scorpions’ Assad Fudadin were penalised for...

Gunman escapes in taxi after robbing victim

Jan 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman escapes in taxi after robbing victim

An armed bandit robbed a 21-year-old man around 20:00 hrs on Tuesday at Crown and New Garden Streets, Georgetown and fled the scene in a burgundy Toyota Allion motorcar which had a Green Ice taxi...

UCAA/Roy Baijnauth T20 Number 43 Scorpions and Number 48 Challengers triumph

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCAA/Roy Baijnauth T20 Number 43 Scorpions and Number 48 Challengers triumph

Cricketing fans in the Upper Corentyne area were treated much excitement when action in the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA)/Roy Baijnauth T/20 knockout competition gained momentum in that...

King-Medas Pansy Adonis Classic gets more support than ever

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on King-Medas Pansy Adonis Classic gets more support than ever

The just concluded King-Medas Pansy Adonis Classic Guyana first ‘Junior Olympic Games’ which was held at the Buxton Community Centre Ground from the 14th to the 17th of December was not only...

Trophy Stall tournament to tee off LGC 2018 season

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall tournament to tee off LGC 2018 season

The Trophy Stall grabbed the honours of starting the Lusignan Golf Club 2018 season with the first major tournament of the year. A full field of golfers has rushed to register as they return to the...

C team win South Turkeyen Sports Committee Domino tourney

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on C team win South Turkeyen Sports Committee Domino tourney

When the South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) in association with New Level Sports Bar held their New Year three-team at domino competition, C team, compromising of Odel Ramsammy, Oral Ramsammy,...

Bogus Housing Officer jailed for 15 months

Jan 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bogus Housing Officer jailed for 15 months

A Corentyne woman who posed as a Ministry of Housing Official and defrauded a number of persons in Berbice of millions of dollars has been jailed for 15 months. The woman, Shreemattie Singh, called...

Opposition Motion on Camp Street fire fails

Jan 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Motion on Camp Street fire fails

The Coalition Government last evening used its majority in the National Assembly to defeat a motion on the 2017 Camp Street fire brought by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), 17 of whose numbers...

Moses Nagamootoo, Clive Thomas and the banality of evil

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo, Clive Thomas and the banality of evil

When we have friends who compete for power, we become drowned in the curiosity of what they would be like when they become large possessors of power like Prime Minister, President, Cabinet Ministers,...

Seeking non-political appointees

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Seeking non-political appointees

It is closing in on four months since the term of the last Police Service Commission (PSC) expired. Four months is a long time for such a pivotal body to be up in the air. It is 2018, and in spite of...

It’s frustrating to do business in Guyana

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s frustrating to do business in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Earlier this week, I visited two government offices to transact business – the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown (M&CC) and Commercial Registry. To say I was taken aback by...

Guyana’s youth must form a new political movement

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s youth must form a new political movement

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana now has to leap forward to modern development and transition from primitive politics to political maturity. We must espouse a new mindset and dispensation. We must formulate and...

I hope the events of February 7 prove me wrong

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I hope the events of February 7 prove me wrong

DEAR EDITOR, I have read, with ominous forboding, a legio-historical piece by Priya Manickchand captioned “How it came to be required that there must be agreement between a president and opposition...

East Bank traffic a risk factor for mental illness

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on East Bank traffic a risk factor for mental illness

DEAR EDITOR, I am a 26-year-old health professional in Guyana, a university graduate. In primary school, I topped my school and region in the then Secondary School Entrance Examination. In Secondary...

These outstanding police ranks should be duly rewarded

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on These outstanding police ranks should be duly rewarded

DEAR EDITOR, Reports in the print and electronic media stated that on December 30, 2017, Lance Corporal 17310 Williams, constables 23777 Blake, 23630 Prince and 20980 Hunte while on road block duty...

Let us all try to leave a legacy that future generations can emulate

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us all try to leave a legacy that future generations can emulate

DEAR EDITOR, My very educated and learned friend Zamal usually shares some great, well-constructed pieces with me. I am glad that I have such a friend who also sees the deeper side of things and...

The political will to save sugar was missing

Jan 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The political will to save sugar was missing

The sugar industry –not just the Guyana Sugar Corporation –could have been saved. But there was never an interest in saving the sugar industry. Lincoln Lewis, a top official of the Guyana Trades...