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$20,000 monthly allowance to monitor Guyana’s oil wealth shameful – Opposition Leader

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $20,000 monthly allowance to monitor Guyana’s oil wealth shameful – Opposition Leader

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, finds it absolutely shameful that the government is paying officials from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), a meager $20,000 allowance to ensure...

RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour and Tucber Park to clash; Match dedicated to legendary Basil Butcher

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour and Tucber Park to clash; Match dedicated to legendary Basil Butcher

BCB/Stag Beer 50-Overs Final The historic Port Mourant Cricket Ground, home to seven Test cricketers will tomorrow play host to the final of the 2019 Berbice Cricket Board/Stag Beer 50-Overs first...

Man to serve 19 years for killing murder suspect

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man to serve 19 years for killing murder suspect

Trevor Anthony Amsterdam was yesterday sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment for the November 20, 2015 unlawful killing of Jermaine Simon, who police had wanted for questioning in relation to the...

Ramnarine XI overcome Hansraj XI by 19 runs

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnarine XI overcome Hansraj XI by 19 runs

Mahase Ramnarine XI defeated Davendra Hansraj XI by 19 runs when the teams collided in a one day/two innings U19 contest on Saturday last at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground. Ramnarine XI batted...

No shortage of surgical gloves at Linden Hospital– CEO (ag)

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No shortage of surgical gloves at Linden Hospital– CEO (ag)

THERE IS NO SHORTAGE of surgical gloves at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), Upper Demerara/Berbice (Region Ten) acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michelle Bollers, confirmed Thursday. Bollers...

LGC Extends Honorary Membership to Dr. K. J. Srinivasa

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC Extends Honorary Membership to Dr. K. J. Srinivasa

The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Executive Committee presented a Certificate of Honorary Membership to His Excellency, Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of India, on Wednesday last. The LGC under...

Jerry double hands Jawalla U15 2-0 win

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jerry double hands Jawalla U15 2-0 win

A second half double by Anil Jerry guided Jawalla to a 2-1 win over Paruima Combined when the teams collided in an Under-15 football match organised by DC Caesar Fox Secondary played recently at...

Norton Street murder PI… Magistrate briefed on death of witness

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Norton Street murder PI… Magistrate briefed on death of witness

Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty was yesterday briefed on the findings of the Guyana Forensic Scientific Laboratory (GFSL) which confirmed the death of Collin Rodney. Rodney was the main witness in...

Court hears – defendant’s brother carried police to stolen loot

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court hears – defendant’s brother carried police to stolen loot

A teenage boy was yesterday arraigned before Acting Chief Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, days after the defendant’s brother carried a group of policemen...

Global Spare Parts and Auto Sales golf tourney on this weekend

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global Spare Parts and Auto Sales golf tourney on this weekend

This weekend will see the first of two tournaments to be hosted by Global Spare Parts and Auto Sales at the Lusignan Golf Club in 2020 to celebrate the grand opening of their Georgetown location at...

GCC beat Rising Star by seven wickets

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC beat Rising Star by seven wickets

Georgetown Cricket Club defeated Rising Star of Essequibo Coast by seven wickets when the teams collided in a 40-over contest on Sunday last at Bourda. Batting first, Rising Star posted 147 all out...

Election campaign is on show and so are Guyana’s tragedies

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election campaign is on show and so are Guyana’s tragedies

Do you know that 95 percent of the bodies dancing and gyrating in front of the speakers of the two major parties – PPP and APNU+AFC — will not be able to receive adequate modern medical...

Colours Boutique continues to back Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ C/Ship

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colours Boutique continues to back Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ C/Ship

‘Colours Boutique’ continued their long-term partnership with the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ football championship after handing over team uniforms for the 2020 edition of the...

Coalition Day is here

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coalition Day is here

Today is the deadline for groups to form coalitions. Are new participants in the electoral race sure of what they are about, of the enormous responsibilities that come from being involved? Given the...

Turbo Football Tournament Coach Bess upbeat about Pouderoyen’s chances

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo Football Tournament Coach Bess upbeat about Pouderoyen’s chances

Head Coach of Pouderoyen Football Club, Travis Bess, is optimistic about his team’s chances heading into this Sunday’s semifinal clash of the Third Annual Turbo Energy Drink knockout football...

Barticians gearing for decentralised Carnegie programmes

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Barticians gearing for decentralised Carnegie programmes

The Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) and authorities of Region Seven are working feverishly to have, for the first time, decentralised services available to residents of the Town of Bartica...

Int’l body helping to draft Guyana’s Occupational, Safety and Health legislation for petroleum sector

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l body helping to draft Guyana’s Occupational, Safety and Health legislation for petroleum sector

Four years later… For this year, Guyana is expected to receive assistance from the International Labour Organization to facilitate and develop legislation for the oil and gas sector. This...

BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial T20

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial T20

Albion and Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour to contest final on Sunday A potentially exciting climax to the 2019 Berbice Cricket Board/Ivan Madray Memorial T20 tournament is set to unfold on...

In Memory of ‘Bud’ Lee

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on In Memory of ‘Bud’ Lee

DEAR EDITOR, I so much regret my inability to attend my friend and schoolmate ‘Bud’ Lee’s departure ceremony on Thursday 16th January, at the Georgetown Club. ‘Bud’ and I played for the...

Parties should explore alliances to maximise seat allocations

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parties should explore alliances to maximise seat allocations

Dear Editor, This is in reference to your news report that GECOM has approved eleven parties for the March 2 elections. Based on the most recent opinion polling (as of last weekend) conducted by this...

I stand by my position that Bharrat Jagdeo has failed the sugar workers, their families and communities

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand by my position that Bharrat Jagdeo has failed the sugar workers, their families and communities

DEAR EDITOR, Response is made to GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine’s letter, “The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky” (KN 15th...

This is what we have been reduced to; how the canvas is blank and decrepit

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is what we have been reduced to; how the canvas is blank and decrepit

DEAR EDITOR, In the beginning, they rode into town from over the horizon. They saw themselves as saviours of this society, men and women with pious dispositions, and comforting declarations. Then...

I sincerely hope equal attention is paid to each and every area throughout Guyana by these foreign observers

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I sincerely hope equal attention is paid to each and every area throughout Guyana by these foreign observers

DEAR EDITOR, I note with interest the expanded role the Carter Centre intends to play in our upcoming General and Regional Elections. On the face of it, every right-thinking Guyanese should welcome...

Guyanese have a chance now to see the true nature of the Coalition

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese have a chance now to see the true nature of the Coalition

DEAR EDITOR, In my last letter, I pointed out the true intentions of the APNU+AFC Coalition, in relation to constitutional reform. I explained why the comments from many senior leaders of the...

Minister Holder either aloof or unconcerned

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Holder either aloof or unconcerned

Dear Editor, The soon-to-depart Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder in the January 14 edition of another newspaper, when asked whether he had any regrets about the closure of four (4) sugar estates...

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