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61st Caribbean Table Tennis ChampionshipGuyana settles for silver in women’s doubles and bronze in mixed and men’s doubles

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 61st Caribbean Table Tennis ChampionshipGuyana settles for silver in women’s doubles and bronze in mixed and men’s doubles

The home supporters that littered the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue last evening had much to cheer about as they saw the local contingent capture three medals after a very...

Man accused of stabbing wife to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of stabbing wife to undergo psychiatric evaluation

A taxi driver who has been accused of attempting to murder his reputed wife by stabbing her about the body was on Wednesday instructed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation by Chief Magistrate Ann...

Mabaruma focuses on ports of entry to boost tourism

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma focuses on ports of entry to boost tourism

The township of Mabaruma is setting its eyes on its two main ports of entry to boost its tourism sector. Known to be the Administrative Centre of Region One, Barima/Waini, Mabaruma was one of...

Miner claims new Mahdia Magistrate’s Court being constructed on his property

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner claims new Mahdia Magistrate’s Court being constructed on his property

A miner from Ann’s Grove Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara is claiming that the new Mahdia Magistrate’s Court is being constructed on a plot of land that was allotted to him for mining...

The reason African Guyanese intellectuals are afraid of the ESD topic

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The reason African Guyanese intellectuals are afraid of the ESD topic

This country has produced top class African economists who can be found around the world in substantial positions. I recently ran into one of them at his father’s wake; Kwame James, the son...

West Dem. School Welfare Unit hosts parenting workshop on drug and sexual abuseIt’s no secret that the issues of substance and sexual abuse in our school are on the increase.

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem. School Welfare Unit hosts parenting workshop on drug and sexual abuseIt’s no secret that the issues of substance and sexual abuse in our school are on the increase.

As such, the School Welfare Unit (Ministry of Education, Region 3) just yesterday conducted its ‘Parents Involvement Workshop’ to heighten the involvement of parents, as it attempts to...

Jagdeo optimistic of CCJ ruling on no-confidence case in April

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo optimistic of CCJ ruling on no-confidence case in April

Opposition Leader Bharat Jagdeo is optimistic that there will be an expeditious hearing of the no-confidence case filed before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Speaking at a press conference...

Beaten students file police report against colleague

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten students file police report against colleague

The parents of one of the first year students assaulted by a schoolmate at the New Amsterdam Technical Institute on Monday disclosed that their son filed a report at the Central Police Station...

Preparing for oil…Lawyer proposes Regulations Committee to ensure robust framework for Maritime Sector

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Preparing for oil…Lawyer proposes Regulations Committee to ensure robust framework for Maritime Sector

By Kiana Wilburg With oil production expected to commence in the first quarter of next year, Guyana’s maritime sector would be in need of a number of key pieces of legislation and regulations to...

Studies show locals unfamiliar with cash incentives to reduce deforestation

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Studies show locals unfamiliar with cash incentives to reduce deforestation

Guyana is steaming ahead with consultations and sensitizations to build capacity that will allow it to be eligible for millions of dollars in cash to fight climate change. The forest...

Layne Lewis — fit as a fiddle at 103-“Honour your mother and father, and your days shall be long upon the earth…”

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Layne Lewis — fit as a fiddle at 103-“Honour your mother and father, and your days shall be long upon the earth…”

By Alex Wayne Relatives and friends of Berbician Layne Lewis, of 59 Litchfield Village, West Coast Berbice, gathered with him on Wednesday as he celebrated his 103rd birth anniversary. With no idea...

IPED’s gross loan portfolio grew by 7% in 2018

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on IPED’s gross loan portfolio grew by 7% in 2018

During the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), Chairman Komal Samaroo disclosed that the entity’s gross loan portfolio as at December 31,...

U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after ‘productive working dinner’

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after ‘productive working dinner’

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said today he had a “productive working dinner” last night in Beijing, kicking off a day of talks aimed at resolving the...

Govt. ‘monitoring’ internal conflict at Guyana Goldfields

Mar 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. ‘monitoring’ internal conflict at Guyana Goldfields

Government says it is closely monitoring the current internal conflict at the Guyana Goldfields Inc. However, warned Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday, there is not likely at...

A brilliant man like Anil Nanlall should have been contacted

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A brilliant man like Anil Nanlall should have been contacted

DEAR EDITOR, A national publication’s recent editorial was basically saying that the 34 majority ruling is the most ridiculous judicial decision the world has ever seen. Mr. Nandalall is a...

Judicial attacks should be condemned

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Judicial attacks should be condemned

DEAR EDITOR, There is need for a more forceful and unequivocal condemnation of the recent statements by the leader of the opposition and his supporters attacking sitting judges of the courts...

Congratulations to Ricky Skerritt

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to Ricky Skerritt

DEAR EDITOR, On the morning of Sunday 24th day of March, 2019, the skies were blue with brilliant sunshine and a well prepared (AGM) of cricket West Indies held at the Kingston Jamaica Pegasus, where...

We Need the Freddie Kissoons’

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We Need the Freddie Kissoons’

DEAR EDITOR, I must make mention of Freddie Kissoon’s Column of March 26, 2019, “Guyana secretly buries dead Foreign Prisoners”. But before I go into an analysis of his column and an...

The Granger administration has propelled Guyana into progress

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Granger administration has propelled Guyana into progress

DEAR EDITOR, It is my humble opinion that given the current state of Guyana and the depths from which it has risen over the past three and a half years, that there is very little room for...

Unfamiliarity with the workings of GAWU

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unfamiliarity with the workings of GAWU

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU recognized from a letter, which appeared in the March 24, Guyana Chronicle from Dr. Joey Jagan, certain accusations were levelled apparently aimed to tarnish our...

The National Assembly has not lost confidence in the government

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The National Assembly has not lost confidence in the government

DEAR EDITOR, The no-confidence motion and all the subsequent statements and actions, including the appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice, by the PPP/C and its cohorts are the latest scenes, not...

Prime Minister May’s misbegotten premiership

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prime Minister May’s misbegotten premiership

DEAR EDITOR, Mrs. Theresa May, the incumbent United Kingdom and the second female United Kingdom Prime Minister will leave office in an orderly handover inevitably whenever an European Union...

Govt.’s boastful connections with CCJ may be ‘incestuously’ real

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s boastful connections with CCJ may be ‘incestuously’ real

DEAR EDITOR, The presence of Sir Francis Alexis as part of the govt.’s team at the Court of Appeals’ hearings on the no-confidence ruling is a cause for concern for all fair minded Guyanese....

Descent into the dung heap

Mar 29, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Descent into the dung heap

It went viral, shocking hundreds of thousands of viewers. It was the cellphone videos of a robust, younger man repeatedly kicking a cowering 78-year old woman on a New York subway train. Much...

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