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Govt. collaborates with private sector to acquire replay screen for 2018 Women’s T20

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Govt. collaborates with private sector to acquire replay screen for 2018 Women’s T20

DPI, Guyana, -The private sector has signalled its interest in collaborating with the government to have the replay screen up in time for the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2018 Women’s...

No 72 Cut and Load among winners in Ramnaresh Sarwan, Upper Corentyne cricket

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on No 72 Cut and Load among winners in Ramnaresh Sarwan, Upper Corentyne cricket

The Ramnaresh Sarwan Second Division 40 overs cricket competition is continuing in the Upper Corentyne area. The competition which is sponsored by former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan is being...

Regulator to rule on GWI’s rates hike application after April 30

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regulator to rule on GWI’s rates hike application after April 30

The public hearings into an application by the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) to increase rates for several categories of customers, wrapped up yesterday. The general public and the consumer affairs bodies...

RHTY&SC congratulates four members on Berbice Under-19 Selection

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates four members on Berbice Under-19 Selection

The Patron, Management and Members of Guyana’s leading Youth and Sports Organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS would like to congratulate their four members, Kevin Sinclair,...

Hand-in-Hand 3-Day Inter-County U-19 Cricket… Algoo’s ton spurs B’ce to 9-Wkt win over E’bo despite Jones’ all round efforts

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 3-Day Inter-County U-19 Cricket… Algoo’s ton spurs B’ce to 9-Wkt win over E’bo despite Jones’ all round efforts

Story and photos by Sean Devers A well compiled century from Alex Algoo spurred Berbice to an emphatic nine-wicket victory against Essequibo in the closing stages of the penultimate day of their...

NAC publishes list of registered institutions

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NAC publishes list of registered institutions

For the guidance of the public, the National Accreditation Council of Guyana [NAC] has made known, by way of advertisement, a list of accredited institutions and the programmes they offer. The...

Man convicted of raping girl, 15

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man convicted of raping girl, 15

A 12-member mixed jury yesterday found Trevon Giles guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl. Giles, who was on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Georgetown was indicted on two...

Sugar workers injured after lorry topples

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers injured after lorry topples

At least four dozen sugar workers are nursing minor injuries about their bodies after the lorry in which they were travelling, toppled at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice, sometime around 5:30...

Guyanese sailors jailed in B’dos for coke, ganja on boat

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese sailors jailed in B’dos for coke, ganja on boat

Barbados (Nationnews) – Two Guyanese who tried unsuccessfully to smuggle cocaine and cannabis into the island more than two years ago were jailed when they appeared in the No. 1 Supreme Court...

Drug abuse among factors known to yield deadly blow to society – OAS Representative

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drug abuse among factors known to yield deadly blow to society – OAS Representative

The combined impact of drug use and abuse, trafficking and crime on any society is known to have devastating effects. This observation was recently made by Country Representative of the Organisation...

Capacity-building workshop for gender equality taking shape

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Capacity-building workshop for gender equality taking shape

The Ministry of Social Protection has the mandate of mainstreaming gender in Guyana. Gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality. According to the United...

Locals make use of natural gas found in Pomeroon Region

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Locals make use of natural gas found in Pomeroon Region

By Rehanna Ramsay Residents of the lower Pomeroon River, (Region Two) are making use of the flow of natural gas discovered in parts of their community. At least eight households from Friendship...

Guyana Foundation’s Sunrise Centre touches the lives of many

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Foundation’s Sunrise Centre touches the lives of many

The Guyana Foundation Sunrise Centre on Tuesday honoured the trustees of the organization. Scotia Bank and the recipients of the service offered by the organization gave an insight into the works of...

Alleged child killer listed for trial in current session of Demerara assizes

Apr 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged child killer listed for trial in current session of Demerara assizes

The man who allegedly murdered nine-year-old South Ruimveldt resident, Shaquan Gittens, is listed to go on trial in the current session of the Demerara assizes which commenced on April 3, last....

Commercial banks, central bank and Guyana’s enslavement

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Commercial banks, central bank and Guyana’s enslavement

Read up on the takeover of Germany by Hitler and you will see how easy it is to enslave a population. I learnt one undying lesson from my studies of Nazi Germany – no dictatorship can come into...

Let the market decide the fees

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Let the market decide the fees

The Ministry of Education has no right interfering or intervening, at this stage at least, in the dispute between parents and the administration of Mae’s School. The Ministry’s decision to meet...

Recognising the festival of Ridvan

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recognising the festival of Ridvan

Dear Editor, For twelve days at the end of April and beginning of May, from April 21 to May 2 every year, Baha’i communities around the world would celebrate their most holy festival- Ridvan. This...

A cancer patient’s plight and a plea to the Minister of Health

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A cancer patient’s plight and a plea to the Minister of Health

Dear Editor, Please permit me some space in your column to reach out to the Minister of health and enlighten the public on a sensitive issue, pertaining to the treatment of Cancer in Guyana. I am a...

Beware of having to eat your words

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of having to eat your words

Editor, I begin my article today with the quotation used by a “famous” criminal lawyer “It doesn’t make sense … something is wrong here.” These were the words used...

The cost of the ICJ hearing

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The cost of the ICJ hearing

Dear Editor, It is hard to accept and understand the exuberant cost estimates associated with the ICJ case of Guyana vs. Venezuela as it pertains to Essequibo. There have been a number of cases where...

National consensus to save and revitalise the sugar industry

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on National consensus to save and revitalise the sugar industry

Dear Editor, There are public calls for high level national conferences to find a national agreement on ways to save and revitalise the Sugar Industry of Guyana to make it a viable and profitable...

A Matter of Identity

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Matter of Identity

Dear Editor, I was quite entranced by the intellectual passion which informed the discussion of the late Churamanie Bissundyal on Neaz Subhan’s programme ‘The Factor’, on Friday evening, March...

Get a grip of the young

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Get a grip of the young

Dear Editor, I would like to see parents and guardians, put all efforts in sending their young children to Sunday mornings church service, whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian. On early Sunday morning,...

Time for condign action

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for condign action

Dear editor, Again, there are reports in the media about threats to the life of the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. These are indeed very serious and must heighten concerns about the...

A misrepresentation of history

Apr 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A misrepresentation of history

Dear Editor, Your editorial of March 20, 2018,on the late Cheddi Jagan, was timely, given that it was his 100th birth anniversary. It seems that the names Jagan and Burnham are symbiotic in that any...

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GECOM is not the problem

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Democracy, they say is messy, unpredictable, and often misunderstood. But in Guyana, democracy... more