March 2013

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Letter to the Sports Editor…A commendable gesture by the city’s football fraternity, but!

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…A commendable gesture by the city’s football fraternity, but!

Dear Sir, I hasten to comment on the publication of an article by Iva Wharton, captioned “Matthias is the GFA candidate to contest GFF top post” S.N. 10.03.13. Editor, despite the...

Jets book semi-final berth; Royals get first victory

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jets book semi-final berth; Royals get first victory

With a 50 – 65 points win over New Era 12, Amelia’s Ward Jets have won two games in a row, while the Victory Valley Royals got the better of Wismar Piston, defeating them 62...

Preparations begin for Bush Lot United Turf Club one day Horserace meet April 14

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations begin for Bush Lot United Turf Club one day Horserace meet April 14

Preparations have begun for the Bush Lot United Turf Club one day horserace meet slated for Sunday 14th April at the Club’s entity, Sea View Park, Bush Lot West Coast Berbice. Seven...

Enmore Cricket Club host Eccles today

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enmore Cricket Club host Eccles today

The Enmore Cricket Club will play its first competitive match since its resuscitation against Eccles Cricket Club at the Enmore Community Centre ground from 12:00hrs today. The 35-over game...

EBDCA launches U-19 and Open Competitions

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA launches U-19 and Open Competitions

G-Spot and Goodwood Racing Service On board The East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) yesterday launched its U-19 and Open competitions at G-Spot Sports Bar, Sandy Babb Street...

“Do not blame West Indies for being better, but Zimbabwe does have reasons for being so poor!”

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Do not blame West Indies for being better, but Zimbabwe does have reasons for being so poor!”

Colin E. H. Croft Today is St. Patrick’s Day. If you are of Irish extraction, this day is important! In the distant past, I have even had green ale to mark this event. One thing...

Statement by media owners

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Statement by media owners

The Guyana Media Proprietors Association is appalled by the revelations in the National Assembly on the recent allocation of radio licences. It is calling for a reversal of this lawlessness....

Dem boys seh…De Rat give way land, sea and air

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat give way land, sea and air

Some people get pompous. De Rat give dem spunks and dem now decide that dem powerful like de Rat. Tek Shaatie. He is a man who people don’t even see. He quiet like de mouse he is. Now all of a...

EU financing food security in CARIFORUM countries

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EU financing food security in CARIFORUM countries

The importance of food security in the Caribbean was again brought to fore on Friday with the European Union (EU) dedicating 8.6 million Euros to aid the development of agriculture at small...

E.B.D. deadly roadway…Inadequate safety features, lax enforcement of road laws responsible for most road fatalities – Transportation Consultant

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E.B.D. deadly roadway…Inadequate safety features, lax enforcement of road laws responsible for most road fatalities – Transportation Consultant

The absence of adequate safety features, primarily for pedestrians on the East Bank Demerara thoroughfare, and lax enforcement of road laws contribute to numerous road fatalities giving the corridor...

Miners’ claim that they sold illegal gold officially being probed

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’ claim that they sold illegal gold officially being probed

An investigation has been by ordered by Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert Persaud, into claims by several miners from the disputed Marudi Mountains on the Romanex...

Speaker appeals for maturity, productivity to prevail in the tenth parliament

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker appeals for maturity, productivity to prevail in the tenth parliament

By Abena Rockcliffe House Speaker, Raphael Trotman, at the most recent sitting of the National Assembly, advocated for members to make greater efforts maturely and for more emphasis to...

GPA reacts to recent radio licences distribution

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPA reacts to recent radio licences distribution

The Guyana Press Association is disturbed over what appears to be the unfair distribution of Frequencies weighed in favour of the Governing party. It is equally disturbing that the...

Singing Ambassador Terry ‘Guyana Baboo’ Gajraj is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Singing Ambassador Terry ‘Guyana Baboo’ Gajraj is a ‘Special Person’

“In everything that I do, Guyana remains first place in my heart. I attempt to inject a flavour of my home country into my songs.” By Leonard Gildarie Perhaps one of the most famous...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The roadways continue to be a place of horror but the police may unwittingly be making it a bit safer. There is going to be a campaign to identify those who bought their driver’s...

The Commonwealth Charter, Human Rights and Sri Lanka

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Commonwealth Charter, Human Rights and Sri Lanka

By Sir Ronald Sanders The most important reason for the selection of a country as the host-venue for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is that it serves the interests of the...

On Cheddi Jagan

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on On Cheddi Jagan

Cheddi Jagan and politics was part of the landscape for a child born in the 1950s – as was Burnham. The first time I remember discussing politics was when my friend Roy Rawlins...

One thousand, four hundred and forty-eight dead

Mar 17, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on One thousand, four hundred and forty-eight dead

One thousand, four hundred and forty-eight persons were killed in fatal traffic accidents on Guyana’s roadways under the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration in the decade 2002-2011:...

POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED BROADCASTING LICENCES

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED BROADCASTING LICENCES

The responsibility for the granting of broadcast licences lies with the National Broadcasting Authority while the allocation of frequencies is the responsibility of the National Frequency Management...

A contractor on a mission – The Rajnauth Persaud Story

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A contractor on a mission – The Rajnauth Persaud Story

By Sharmain Grainger The notion of being a fighter and refusing to be a quitter resonates well with the life of Rajnauth Persaud. Even in his profession as a contractor Persaud, who is popularly...

Who says that Jagdeo cared about all the people?

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Who says that Jagdeo cared about all the people?

Radio is perhaps the most convenient of the means of communication. Since its somewhat accidental discovery it has taken the world by storm. Drivers find it a convenient companion as they...

Help and Shelter – striving for change in an increasingly violent society

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Help and Shelter – striving for change in an increasingly violent society

By Jenelle Willabus Violence, in all forms, is a social ill that affects everyone in one way or another, hence having seen the effects one organization over the past decade has dedicated all it...

Kennard’s kennedya. Guyana’s guayacan

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kennard’s kennedya. Guyana’s guayacan

I really got to know the Guyanese society when I became a university freshman. Prior to that, I was an emaciated, disheveled, dirt poor, black-skinned boy from Durban Street, Wortmanville living on...

The Potoo

Mar 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Potoo

The potoos are a family, Nyctibiidae of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called Poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls....

Former CIDA exec mulls legal action after losing prominent CARICOM post

Mar 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former CIDA exec mulls legal action after losing prominent CARICOM post

A former federal bureaucrat was about to be named the deputy head of a major international organization in the Caribbean until he was linked to a public service watchdog’s finding of...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

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– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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