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Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Reigning champion, the Guyana Defence Force Gym, whose participants are hyped before each fight by the melodious battle rhythm of their band, was well on their way to successfully retain the Lennox...

2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Sophia Primary continue title charge Following Saturday’s play in the COURTS/Banks DIH under-11 pee wee football tournament for primary schools, tournament favourites Sophia Primary have inched...

2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

The 30th September 2017 marked the end of the second edition of the Paiwomak Cup football Tournament which saw Kwatamang and Annai United being crowned male and female champions respectively....

GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Fruta Conquerors were crowned champions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Namilco Flour power, Georgetown Football Association division after amassing a total of 38 points from their 14 league...

Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Ravi Persaud recorded a solid 41 points to triumph in the Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara. The...

Male Breast Cancer on the rise

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Male Breast Cancer on the rise

The recent announcement of an increase of 200 new cases of cancer in Guyana for this year is troubling not only for women, but also for men. The general belief that only females have breast cancer is...

The WPA is shameless

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The WPA is shameless

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has finally broken its silence on the unilateral appointment by the President of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. In so doing, the WPA has...

An Educator’s Response to Anna T. Singh

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Educator’s Response to Anna T. Singh

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to a letter by Anna T Singh, published in the October 29, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News captioned, “So Teachers want to strike and Hold...

We need to change the Perception of Black Leadership and Indian Leadership in Guyana

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Many of us carry Guyana, in the way a mother carries a baby in her womb. We are prepared to bear the pains, discomfort, sleepless nights, disfiguration and illnesses for a bundle of joy...

Am I entitled to NIS benefits?

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Am I entitled to NIS benefits?

Dear Editor, I’m a Guyanese living in the United States since 1984. However, prior to migrating, I was employed with “J. P. Santos & CO; Ltd,”. In short, my tenure began in July, 1969 and...

A prediction of betrayal

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The recent appointment of Justice Patterson to the Chairmanship of the Elections Commission is not to rebuff the persons submitted by the Leader of the Opposition to the President. The...

City Council should not be begging

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council should not be begging

Dear Editor, It has been quite a long time since I have heard something half as ridiculous as the suggestion made by the Mayor of Georgetown, who has publicly reported of her intentions to set up a...

The ACDA letter was divisive, the Carter formula is no longer constructive

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ACDA letter was divisive, the Carter formula is no longer constructive

Dear Editor, Charrandas Persaud, Attorney-at-law, in his letter, and ACDA, the Pan African Group (Guyana) Branch, the All African Guyanese Association and Concerned Citizens in the Diaspora in...

Emile Mervin strays from the real issue

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Emile Mervin strays from the real issue

Dear Editor, The letter published in the Stabroek News on Friday, October 27, 2017, by Mr. Emile Mervin, under the caption ‘Opposition Leader once again seems determined to play the insecurities...

No surprise

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No surprise

Dear Editor, Why does the late President Burnham’s ‘performance’ while in power seem to surprise, puzzle or disappoint so many people, that it is still talked about? I knew what would happen if...

October 2017 is passing but the Russian evolution has passed

Oct 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on October 2017 is passing but the Russian evolution has passed

October 2017 marks one hundred years of one of the greatest events in human history. The Russian Revolution has left an inerasable stamp and indelible legacy on the world. In any discussion on the...

GECOM fallout? Presidential adviser, Joe Singh, quits all Govt. positions

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM fallout? Presidential adviser, Joe Singh, quits all Govt. positions

Major-General, Joe Singh (Ret’d) tendered his resignation on Monday from all government posts, including his job as Special Assistant to President David Granger. The surprise decision came four...

Cop allegedly takes $1M inducement to raid strip club

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cop allegedly takes $1M inducement to raid strip club

– Transferred to Mounted Branch to facilitate probe It seems like the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is having another embarrassing month. Shortly after Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan,...

New Harbour Bridge toll system to red-flag false number plates

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Harbour Bridge toll system to red-flag false number plates

Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge is continuing to examine ways to help in the crime fight. Two years after building a sophisticated security system that is now linked to the area’s Police...

CH&PA continues demolition exercise

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA continues demolition exercise

…To clear EDWC of unoccupied illegal structures The Central Housing and Planning Authority, (CH&PA) is moving ahead with efforts to clear the Lama Conservancy of squatting and other activities...

Skeletal remains believed to be woman who disappeared 4 years ago

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Skeletal remains believed to be woman who disappeared 4 years ago

The suspected human skeletal remains discovered on Monday in the compound of an abandoned building that once served as a private school located in Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, is expected to be...

Harbor Bridge to close for 7 hours Saturday

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Harbor Bridge to close for 7 hours Saturday

The push for a new bridge across the Demerara River has been bolstered with news that critical works have to be completed in the next few days on the current one, forcing closure to river traffic...

Somebody protesting how Patto does smoke weed

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Somebody protesting how Patto does smoke weed

Nuff people line up like if dem playing dog and de bone. One side hollering how Soulja Bai wrang fuh pick Patto to be GECOM Chairman. Of course dem got nuff reason. One reason is that he too old;...

GCCI continues public lecture series on oil and gas

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI continues public lecture series on oil and gas

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will continue another round of its three-day series of public lectures on Oil and Gas Sector Development and the draft Petroleum Commission...

Consultants sought to train Forensic Science Lab Staffers

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Consultants sought to train Forensic Science Lab Staffers

Bids were opened at the national procurement and tender administration board (NPTAB) yesterday at the Ministry of Finance. There were approximately 86 bids opened .The opening bid was the Ministry of...