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UG’s law programme is on wobbly legs

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UG’s law programme is on wobbly legs

Behind every cloud there is a silver lining. Where there is a problem, there is always a solution. Where there is a problem there is always an opportunity. This is something that local entrepreneurs...

Recurring flooding has to be blamed on the MoA/NDIA

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recurring flooding has to be blamed on the MoA/NDIA

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in the news media, engineer, Charles Ceres has opined that it was due to marginalization of the Afro-Guyanese communities there were adverse effects on the...

GNBA headless and lost – Members

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA headless and lost – Members

The image of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) continues to go from bad to worse. Officials within the Authority told this newspaper yesterday that they are peeved at the fact that a...

‘Frenchie’ remanded for 2009 murder of reputed wife

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Frenchie’ remanded for 2009 murder of reputed wife

After almost eight years on the run, Charles ‘Frenchie’ Chapman was yesterday remanded to prison for the March 12, 2009 murder of his reputed wife, Savitri Arjune. The now 61-year-old Chapman was...

Jaguar’s super50 practice match

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguar’s super50 practice match

4-35 from Motie and fifties from Tagenarine Chanderpaul & Crandon highlight upset Fifties from Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Royston Crandon and a four-wicket haul from left-arm spinner Gudakesh...

Three matches set for Guyana as West Indies host Pakistan

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three matches set for Guyana as West Indies host Pakistan

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies and Pakistan Cricket Boards have agreed to play three Tests, three One-Day-Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in the Caribbean from Monday, March 27 to...

GFF Statement on Club’s participation in 2017 Caribbean Club Championship

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Statement on Club’s participation in 2017 Caribbean Club Championship

Following is a statement issued by the Guyana Football federation on the withdrawal of participation by CONCACAF of Slingerz and Alpha United from the Caribbean Club Championship. CONCACAF has...

Kendall Union Sports Club receives more sports gear

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kendall Union Sports Club receives more sports gear

With the rainy weather in full flow at the moment, most outdoor activities are being affected. As such a number of sporting organisations are making use of the time to do other things, such as...

Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet officially off

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cup Rematch Horserace meet officially off

The Guyana Cup rematch Horserace meet, which was rescheduled from the 1st January to a date in February due to the inclement weather, has now been officially called off. That is the word from...

Blairmont Cricket Club U-15 in practice matches

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Cricket Club U-15 in practice matches

Blairmont Cricket Club of West Bank Berbice has begun preparations for the 2017 cricket season. The U-15 cricket team recently played three matches winning all. Wicketkeeper batsman Farook Subhan has...

Alpha and Slingerz booted from Caribbean Club Championship by CONCACAF Players on the breadline as clubs face dissolution

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha and Slingerz booted from Caribbean Club Championship by CONCACAF Players on the breadline as clubs face dissolution

Football in Guyana has been thrown into another unforeseen dark era with the official booting of Slingerz Football Club and Alpha United Football Club from participation in the Caribbean Club...

Fitness53 turns one today

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness53 turns one today

A dream can come true, that is if you really want it to become a reality. However, the dream becoming a reality depends on the dreamer. In January of last year one of Guyana’s most talented...

Shortcomings in GPHC nursing administration highlighted

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Shortcomings in GPHC nursing administration highlighted

– official adamant Cabinet should have no say in Board decisions The jury is still out on the fate of Director of Nursing Services (Matron) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

17-year-old among suspects in Estate worker killing

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 17-year-old among suspects in Estate worker killing

As investigators continue to probe the murder of 38-year-old Kawal Shivnauth, who was stabbed to death at a shop in Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD), police have indicated that a 17-year-old...

Power in 2016: The self-destructive mind

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Power in 2016: The self-destructive mind

This is one time in these columns that I will not and cannot cite names. I believe as a matter of journalistic principle that the production of verifiable data in commentary is a requirement, because...

An interesting future looms

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on An interesting future looms

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo was elected General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) last Saturday, thereby consolidating his hold on the party. He defeated Dr. Frank Anthony by...

CAN WE HAVE A ‘PALMS’ OR OLD FOLKS HOME FOR BERBICE?

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on CAN WE HAVE A ‘PALMS’ OR OLD FOLKS HOME FOR BERBICE?

Dear Editor, As indicated in the media last Friday, the Social Protection Ministry will expend $60M on the ‘Palms’ in Georgetown, particularly to install “elevators at the Brickdam, Georgetown...

We can reset the button for the good of Guyana

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can reset the button for the good of Guyana

Dear Editor, The news that President David Granger has asked the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jadgeo to submit another list of nominees for the post of Gecom Chairman is most welcome. It shows that we...

What exactly is the PPP opposing?

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News (Jan. 8, 2017) reports that “Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has defeated Dr. Frank Anthony for the General Secretary post – the most powerful seat of the People’s...

Make profound reflections on your life in 2017

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make profound reflections on your life in 2017

Dear Editor, Many seek to reflect on the past year, the past weeks and months. While it is good to reminisce about one’s struggles, achievements, goals, accomplishments and progression of life...

Citing case studies in support of President Granger’s decision

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Citing case studies in support of President Granger’s decision

Dear Editor, The law, and fact, of the matter is that the President in the exercise of his own deliberate judgment (no doubt taking as he is entitled to do, the learned Attorney General’s advice)...

Former Assistant Commissioner of Police offers his advice

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former Assistant Commissioner of Police offers his advice

Dear Editor, In Guyana the Police Force is more closely scrutinised and subject to more uninformed, biased criticism than any other occupational group. The average beat duty cop is expected to...

As a retired nurse, I empathise with the nurses over this issue

Jan 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on As a retired nurse, I empathise with the nurses over this issue

Dear Editor, As a retiree from one of the noblest professions in the field of medicine, I empathise with the nurses still in limbo regarding the outcome of the compromised final exam. I personally...

Beaton to play for Guyana in Super50

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beaton to play for Guyana in Super50

Practice games set for tomorrow & Friday at Providence Essequibian fast bowler Ronsford Beaton has confirmed to Chairman of the Guyana Selectors Rayon Griffith that he will play for Guyana in...

Jagdeo, ee self, ain’t trust ee own GECOM list

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Jagdeo, ee self, ain’t trust ee own GECOM list

De word trust is de most important single word after de Creatah. De world runs on trust and people life, marriages, and de whole idea of community depend on trust. Uncle Sam got de word trust pun its...

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