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Pomeroon boat accident sparks protest

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon boat accident sparks protest

Families and members of the Alliance For Change conducted a peaceful protest, outside the Region Two Administration compound, in solidarity with the victims’ families, who perished last December in...

Date of budget presentation unknown

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Date of budget presentation unknown

– But will be before end of month Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, is yet to announce a date for the presentation of the National Budget 2013. However, the Budget is expected...

Frequent visit to toilet led police to cocaine hideout

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Frequent visit to toilet led police to cocaine hideout

Police acting on information on Thursday March 14, descended on a house at Wapping Lane, New Amsterdam, and after searching the premises unearthed a quantity of cocaine hidden in the...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question...

Fighting police corruption is a two-way thing – Brumell

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fighting police corruption is a two-way thing – Brumell

“The Police Force cannot terminate the services of a member of the Force on a mere report. Other legal requirements have to kick in. It is ironic that the very members of the public...

Foreign NGO builds community centre in Festival City

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign NGO builds community centre in Festival City

The Festival City Youth and Prayer organization, a community based Non Governmental Organization (NGO), is well on its way to acquiring its own community center. The building, which is...

US-based Guyanese student spearheads more outreach programmes in Grove

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese student spearheads more outreach programmes in Grove

Instead of partaking in the typical American Spring break of intense partying sessions, some students of the Florida International University chose to have an “Alternative Spring Break”....

US Embassy announces critical changes to non-immigrant visa application

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy announces critical changes to non-immigrant visa application

The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown has announced changes to its non-immigrant visa application and appointment process. Starting yesterday, Computer Services Corporation (CSC), under a...

$108M to fight Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $108M to fight Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies

To prevent the outbreak of Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies among livestock in Guyana, Government gave its no objection to the award of a US$541,766 ($108M) contract for the supply, delivery and...

PPP Congress set for August

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Congress set for August

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will hold its Congress from August 2 to August 4 in Berbice, the party announced yesterday. The Congress is the highest decision body of the party...

Mom of slain Guyanese boy calls for peace

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mom of slain Guyanese boy calls for peace

…after three days of violent protests New York (New York Daily News) – The heartbroken mother of the Brooklyn teen killed in a confrontation with cops called for calm on Thursday after three...

Drug dealer jailed fined

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drug dealer jailed fined

Eon Williams, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice was sentenced to a three-year jail term and fined an additionally $10,000 with an alternative of a further three weeks in jail by...

The Stone Age is beckoning

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Stone Age is beckoning

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Berbice, have patiently suffered through a never-ending series of blackouts. It’s about time, therefore, that the government immediately commences a...

The University of Guyana must come to terms with the society it serves

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The University of Guyana must come to terms with the society it serves

Dear Editor, I am responding to comments reportedly made by Prof. Jacob Opadeyi, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor (VC), University of Guyana (UG), captioned “Higher tuition fees a...

Mr. Ambassador, please make music royalty restoration a litmus test for anti-corruption action

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ambassador, please make music royalty restoration a litmus test for anti-corruption action

Dear Editor, I read with great interest US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s admonition to the Guyana government on enforcement of laws against corrupt money since we are a party to the...

This obscenity seen as “adequate” compensation cannot be allowed to stand

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This obscenity seen as “adequate” compensation cannot be allowed to stand

Dear Editor, Although others have condemned the size of the compensation awarded by the Linden Commission of Inquiry (the Report uses the words “awarded” and “recommended”...

The sum total of the COI report presents a damning outlook of the Police Force

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sum total of the COI report presents a damning outlook of the Police Force

Dear Editor, Consistent with the Terms of Reference, the Report by the Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) is an achievement for all Guyana. This report exposes the underbelly of the...

Shillingford runs riot as WI go one-up

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shillingford runs riot as WI go one-up

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Off-spinner Shane Shillingford snatched a six-wicket haul as West Indies crushed Zimbabwe by nine wickets inside three days here Wednesday, to post their fifth...

Mayor’s Annual Football tourney kicks off today

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Annual Football tourney kicks off today

Intriguing battle is expected this afternoon when the Annual Mayor’s Knock out Football tournament gets underway from 18:30hrs at Den Amstel ground. Uitvlugt, one of the leading teams on the...

Hand-in-Hand sponsors BCB 2nd division tourney in West Berbice

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand sponsors BCB 2nd division tourney in West Berbice

By Zaheer Mohamed Insurance giants Hand-in-Hand Group of companies have once again thrown their support behind the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), sponsoring a 40 over second division tournament...

New Era ENT/Cell Smart Super-8 Tournament… Jets and Pistons chase second win as tournament continues tonight

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era ENT/Cell Smart Super-8 Tournament… Jets and Pistons chase second win as tournament continues tonight

The Amelia’s Ward Jets and Wismar Pistons have already recorded victories and tonight, the two teams would attempt to score yet another when action in the New Era Entertainment/Cell...

Entries close Sunday for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah Meet

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close Sunday for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah Meet

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club of Bush Lot Farm Corentyne, Berbice will host a Phagwah Meet on Sunday 24th of March. Entries close on Sunday 17th and no late entries will be accepted....

Digital Technology/ Chow Pow’s 10/10 Softball Challenge Series…Recharge XI register first upset

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digital Technology/ Chow Pow’s 10/10 Softball Challenge Series…Recharge XI register first upset

– Farm XI, Wolf Warriors, Speedboat XI, also in winners’ row Recharge XI registered the first upset of the inaugural Digital Technology/ Chow Pow’s 10/10 Softball Challenge...

Hilton Quan sponsors Superbike segment

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hilton Quan sponsors Superbike segment

Ever since his son passed away, businessman Hilton Quan has been a regular feature as a sponsor of the Superbike segment and he held firm to that commitment yesterday when he handed...

WBC CABOFE featherweight title fight…It’s ‘Firestorm’ as Clive Atwell goes after Raphael Hernandez for the vacant belt

Mar 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WBC CABOFE featherweight title fight…It’s ‘Firestorm’ as Clive Atwell goes after Raphael Hernandez for the vacant belt

By Michael Benjamin He has defeated Rudolph Fraser to clinch the local featherweight title shortly before disposing of Revlon Lake to add the local lightweight belt to his...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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