April 2013

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Eion ‘Wico’ Leitch a talent ruined

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eion ‘Wico’ Leitch a talent ruined

Charwayne Walker continues his look at the outstanding basketball players who represented Guyana at the National and International level with some degree of distinction. This week we...

New GPC on board for GCB U-15 inter-county tournament

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on New GPC on board for GCB U-15 inter-county tournament

By Zaheer Mohamed The new Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC Inc) has thrown its support behind the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), sponsoring the inter county U-15 tournament under its...

$GCA\Noble house Seafoods 2nd division 2 day final…GCC in Control$

GCA\Noble house Seafoods 2nd division 2 day final…GCC in Control

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\Noble house Seafoods 2nd division 2 day final…GCC in Control

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) are in control against Police in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association\ Noble House Sea Foods second division 2 day competition which commenced...

Annual Trinidad and Guyana SC U-13 schools football launched in Berbice

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Trinidad and Guyana SC U-13 schools football launched in Berbice

Young footballers in schools in the New Amsterdam / Canje area will have an opportunity to strut their stuff when the fourth edition of the annual Trinidad and Guyana (T&G) Sports...

“Speed, danger, angles, turns and curves – Golf and Formula 1 have so much in common!”

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Speed, danger, angles, turns and curves – Golf and Formula 1 have so much in common!”

Colin E. H. Croft Golf is, to me, the only sport that is not entirely a game, but more a science. It is also quite unforgiving! I love golf, but do not play it; yet. Who knows? ...

Two US pilots die after plane crashes into Plaisance house

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two US pilots die after plane crashes into Plaisance house

By Dale Andrews Two foreign pilots perished when their twin engine plane went down on a house in the Sparendaam Housing Scheme, East coast Demerara just after it took off from the Ogle...

AFC uncovers “secret” US$25M bank account

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC uncovers “secret” US$25M bank account

…signatories are Brassington, Burrowes Ahead of tomorrow’s talks with Government to stave off a $38B cut from the National Budget, the Opposition has accused the administration of hiding almost...

Opposition wants wage increase, radio licences withdrawal

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition wants wage increase, radio licences withdrawal

– as part of budget talks tomorrow with Ramotar By Latoya Giles The Hierarchy of A Partnership for National Unity is expected to meet with President Donald Ramotar tomorrow for an...

Outstanding Home Economist and Education Officer – Catherine Archer is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Outstanding Home Economist and Education Officer – Catherine Archer is a ‘Special Person’

“I don’t think I would change anything…I would live it the same way. I am quite satisfied with my life and service to humanity and I am trying very much now to serve God in the right way.” By...

Dem boys seh…Look who talking

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Look who talking

Is nuff noise bout budget cut and things like that. Donald and some of he Ministers telling de whole world that de opposition don’t have any reason to cut de budget. Well when...

Comment…The hijacking of radio and cable in Guyana

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Comment…The hijacking of radio and cable in Guyana

A country’s airwave is a national resource, and in today’s world one of its most valuable resources. Given its value, it should be distributed in a way that maximizes the benefits to the...

AFC warns of $36 billion budget cuts

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC warns of $36 billion budget cuts

– says Gov’t can avoid cuts if it comes clean – Airport expansion, specialty hospital, LCDS face the axe The Alliance for Change (AFC) plans to cut $36 billion from...

AFC proposed Budget cuts…Ramsammy flabbergasted, disgusted, disappointed over $814M proposed cut for Agri. Ministry

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC proposed Budget cuts…Ramsammy flabbergasted, disgusted, disappointed over $814M proposed cut for Agri. Ministry

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, is flabbergasted, disgusted and disappointed that the Alliance For Change (AFC) has signaled its intention to cut some $814M in budgetary allocations...

Guyana braces for fallout as gold prices slide

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana braces for fallout as gold prices slide

– authorities to meet miners, other stakeholders tomorrow By Leonard Gildarie A critical meeting is set for tomorrow between Government and miners to assess the fallouts from a worrisome...

NDIA fraud allegations …Minister admits conflict of interest, fuel theft at NDIA

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA fraud allegations …Minister admits conflict of interest, fuel theft at NDIA

…Officer no longer with NDIA – Ramsammy Instances of conflict of interest at the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) revealed in a damning report prepared by the...

OP increases number of super-salaried workers

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on OP increases number of super-salaried workers

– Guyana to spend $1.6B more on contract employees this year The number of contracted Presidential support staffers, which includes advisors, at the Office of the President (OP), is set to...

Mahdia stages protest over lengthy electricity shortage

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia stages protest over lengthy electricity shortage

For a thriving, round the clock mining location as Mahdia, being unable to access electricity is out of the question, and residents are quite upset over the situation. Yesterday, a...

Non-paying passenger shoots minibus driver

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Non-paying passenger shoots minibus driver

A man is now nursing a gunshot wound to his head after he was shot just after midnight on Friday by a passenger who refused to pay. The injured man is 59-year-old Desmond Marcus of Louisa Row,...

Mercury and Gold

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Mercury and Gold

In Boa Vista, just across the Brazilian border, there is a statue in the town centre in honour of the garimpero (the Brazilian equivalent of our porkknocker) because of his role in opening up...

Clinging to hope in the face of overwhelming odds

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Clinging to hope in the face of overwhelming odds

– A Sickle Cell patient tells her riveting story By Sharmain Grainger Medical professionals have over the years warned that life for patients diagnosed with full blown Sickle Cell...

The Baccoo Speaks

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The number of teenaged criminals is astounding and the even the police would be surprised at the age of the new rash of them. For starters, they all have guns, so in a very short while there is bound...

The GPHC’s Burn Care Unit – a crucial lifeline in serious circumstances

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The GPHC’s Burn Care Unit – a crucial lifeline in serious circumstances

By Sharmain Grainger Many were convinced that there was no hope for 39-year-old Asgar Mohamed when a power cable snapped in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, causing him severe burns...

A Hindu Leader

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on A Hindu Leader

Reepu Daman Persaud was the preeminent Hindu leader of 20th century Guyana, along with Jang Bahadur Singh, who had founded and been chairman of the BG Sanaatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) between 1935...

The case for compensating the Caribbean

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The case for compensating the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 (US$17.8) billion in today’s value as compensation for the emancipation of their...

Cardboard painted to look like concrete

Apr 14, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cardboard painted to look like concrete

(Extract from the Address presented on Tuesday 9th April 2013 by Brigadier David Granger, MP, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, on the Motion by Dr. Ashni Kumar Singh, MP, Minister...

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The New Doctor’s Clinic joins World Cup as Bronze Sponsor

Sep 21, 2026

IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup Guyana 2026 (Kaieteur Sports) The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) welcomes The New Doctor’s Clinic as a Bronze Sponsor of the IMC Over-40s Cricket...

Pace and spin

Sep 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) There are governments that take a year to get started, governments that take a year to find their feet, and then there is the second Irfaan Ali administration, which seems to have been in office for approximately three years, seven months and a long weekend, even though it has been...

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...

Visa review

Sep 21, 2026

Kaieteur News – For now, all I have is a handful of questions. I think they have bearing, particularly when the temperature of the local environment is taken. Where did this “visa review” development originate from: official Guyana or the U.S? It has to be one of the two places,...

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