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75,000 more Guyanese accessed potable water in last 3 years

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 75,000 more Guyanese accessed potable water in last 3 years

As Guyana joined with the rest of the world on March 22, 2019 to observe World Water Day under the theme “Leaving no one behind,” it was proclaimed that approximately 75,000 more Guyanese gained...

Drunk mining camp owner kills relative with arrow

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk mining camp owner kills relative with arrow

A 19-year-old miner is now dead after he was stabbed with an arrow by a drunken relative. Police said that Dave Boyal, of Batavia, Cuyuni River, was slain around 22.00 hrs on Friday at Blackwater...

Officer appointed to help promote agriculture in Region 10 schools

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Officer appointed to help promote agriculture in Region 10 schools

The appointment of an agricultural officer is expected to help promote the subject area of agriculture in Region Ten schools. This development comes even as the Region embarks on a massive...

The hot sauce lady who did not give up

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The hot sauce lady who did not give up

Not all problems have solutions, but thankfully some do. Think of this. You hurriedly prepare a meal and before you turn off the stove, you know it won’t make the grade. A vision of long faces...

CONSUMER CONCERNS BE HEALTHIER, WASH YOUR HANDS

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS BE HEALTHIER, WASH YOUR HANDS

PAT DIAL In the 19th century, washing of hands was not a regular custom. This could be gleaned from reading the novelists of the period as for instance, George Elliot or Charles Dickens. There is a...

The road to the mother of all elections

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The road to the mother of all elections

Last week the Carter Center once more became involved in local politics. Guyana became a hotspot after the vote of a no confidence motion on December 21, last year. That vote sparked numerous legal...

Parents of six making waves in Mabaruma –HEYS on the move.

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parents of six making waves in Mabaruma –HEYS on the move.

Cleveland Joseph and Marissia Santiago are among participants of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service HEYS Programme. They are making waves in the Mabaruma sub-district, Barima/Waini,...

“As we forgive…”Part III: Gahigi: from avenger-in-waiting to prayer to mediator

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Special Person Comments Off on “As we forgive…”Part III: Gahigi: from avenger-in-waiting to prayer to mediator

How can anyone make such a journey, particularly in view of what happened to him and his family? Amidst the horror of it all? A Tutsi named Gahigi did. First, there was this fellow, this...

Bowlers lead Windward Islands to comfortable win; T&T beat Jamaica by 4 wkts

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bowlers lead Windward Islands to comfortable win; T&T beat Jamaica by 4 wkts

Led by a disciplined bowling performance, Windward Islands defeated Leeward Islands by seven wickets when the teams collided in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Colonial Medical Insurance...

Reg. 3 RDC, NDCs consulted on new Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling ― vendors to be relocated and selling standards to be lifted

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Reg. 3 RDC, NDCs consulted on new Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling ― vendors to be relocated and selling standards to be lifted

The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Public Infrastructure is embarking on a project that will see the rehabilitation of the Vreed-en-Hoop and Stabroek Stellings. Funded under a grant...

Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Dottin destroys Guyana bowling with brutal unbeaten 75 Matthews befuddle Guyanese to set up 5-Wkt Bajan win

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Dottin destroys Guyana bowling with brutal unbeaten 75 Matthews befuddle Guyanese to set up 5-Wkt Bajan win

By Sean Devers A destructive unbeaten 75 from West Indies Women’s batsman Deandra Dottin followed up Skipper Hayley Matthews’ 4-25 lead defending Champions Barbados to their fourth consecutive...

2nd London and Lambert Classic in Linden O’Selmo, Spencer and Henry are winners

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd London and Lambert Classic in Linden O’Selmo, Spencer and Henry are winners

Seasoned cyclist Rastaf O’Selmo and Christopher Cornelius broke away early to start the 2ndLondon and Lambert Classic Road Race on Phagwah Day and were never caught as they took the top two sports,...

22 Health Facilities receive early licences for 2019

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 22 Health Facilities receive early licences for 2019

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud on Friday issued licences to 22 Health Facilities for 2019, effectively placing the Ministry of Public Health’s grant of approval on those institutions. He...

Jumbo Jet Triple Crown’s second legStage set for anticipated horse race meet

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Triple Crown’s second legStage set for anticipated horse race meet

All systems are set for the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee’s Triple Crown’s second leg which gallops off today at the Rising Sun Turf Club in West Coast, Berbice (45 minutes from...

The Judiciary must be able to work without pressure from any side

Mar 24, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Judiciary must be able to work without pressure from any side

The new American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, seems to have rolled up her proverbial sleeves to continue the job of maintaining the solid relations between the United States of America and...

Ninvalle elected AMBC Vice President

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle elected AMBC Vice President

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle may have just earned himself the title of one of the most powerful men in amateur boxing in the Americas. The GBA boss was on Friday...

United we stand a better chance to fulfil our destiny.

Mar 24, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on United we stand a better chance to fulfil our destiny.

It is clear that Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who now personifies the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) and is the only person allowed to speak for that group is trapped in the ‘old politics of Guyana. Listen...

Appeal Court’s ruling further exposes weaknesses in public discourse

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Appeal Court’s ruling further exposes weaknesses in public discourse

Since the confidence (no-confidence) vote in the National Assembly on 21st December 2018, there were sharp political lines drawn for or against the Government or Opposition. I doubt if the Appeal...

FHC Invitational hockey tourney Team Guyana reaches semifinal

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on FHC Invitational hockey tourney Team Guyana reaches semifinal

On Friday; the opening day of the of the Field Hockey Canada (FHC) Invitational Indoor Hockey Tri-Nation series in Canada, Guyana’s female hockey team played to some mixed results which included a...

Give thanks to the Court of Appeal: They put a break on the farce

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Give thanks to the Court of Appeal: They put a break on the farce

I am glad the Court of Appeal has overturned the No Confidence Vote. Not because I am rooting for the Coalition, but because the whole thing had become a farce. And despite our immense failings as a...

An appeal to Chris Ram…don’t do it

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to Chris Ram…don’t do it

Travis Chase of HGPTV Nightly News shared the same dinner table with me at a function sponsored by the families and relatives of the Lindo Creek massacre victims to honour their names. Chase, with a...

GMR&SC Drag ChampionshipDon’t bet against Team Mohamed’s

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag ChampionshipDon’t bet against Team Mohamed’s

The weather has been kind and it is forecasted to continue today for the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag Championship that will boost off at South...

The simple pleasures of life

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The simple pleasures of life

The politics of Guyana, indeed life, can be extremely depressing and taxing. If it is not one thing, it is the other. We live in a highly polarized society, and this acts as a dagger against...

The Baccoo speaks

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Petty robbers are at large. Armed with homemade weapons they would pounce on a man going home. The man would put up a fight and would be wounded by the robbers who would get nothing. The attacker...

The Story Within The Story…The courts have shown independence but…

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…The courts have shown independence but…

By Leonard Gildarie One has got to love this country. A little more than 50 years old, young still, it is pushing itself to the limits. We have grown remarkably as a people in commerce and...