May 2013

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Ministry pushing for Universal Secondary Education

May 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry pushing for Universal Secondary Education

Having achieved Millenium Development Goal Number 2, that is; Universal Primary Education, the Ministry of Education has committed itself to attaining Universal Secondary Education (USE)....

The Baccoo Speaks

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is no secret that the rains are here and so too are the swollen canals. It takes no imagination to see cars and vans in these canals. They will end up there because the drivers are so...

Legacies of Empire: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Legacies of Empire: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Sir Ronald Sanders This commentary is a much shortened version of a paper delivered at a public seminar at London University on May 20th on the Legacy of the British Empire in the...

BLAME IT ON THE SUN AND RAIN!

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLAME IT ON THE SUN AND RAIN!

Dear Readers, My name is Mr. Weather and I am responsible for the sun and the rain. For years now I have become accustomed to be being blamed for the poor performance of Guyana’s sugar crop....

Independence

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Independence

I remember Independence Day 1966 very well. I was in high school and the new holiday was very welcome. I was very sceptical that we would actually call our country “Guyana”. We had been referring...

Housing and You…Those “turn-key” homes at Providence

May 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Those “turn-key” homes at Providence

By Leonard Gildarie Last year, after more than 30 articles, I thought I was completed with writing on the problems facing new homeowners. Those articles are up on our website, thank goodness,...

Independence yes, but what else?

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Independence yes, but what else?

I agonized about what to write this week. There was the release of two men whom the police said killed a young policeman by shooting him to death. Of course that makes for an analysis....

Replay Jagdeo’s funeral speech today

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Replay Jagdeo’s funeral speech today

After almost fifty years of Independence, do the Third World masses believe even one word of condemnation of the white colonials by their so-called Independence leaders? A good answer comes from...

Art and Culture Review…A Political Message with Musical Flair

May 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Art and Culture Review…A Political Message with Musical Flair

By Dr. Glenville Ashby Singer and composer Yusseff Ahmed strips the musical genre of rapso from its signature gritty and grim appeal, injecting a joie de vivre that seeps through every...

Liquid indifference

May 26, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Liquid indifference

Innocent persons continue to perish in our country’s rivers because of the indifference of the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration’s policy-makers and politicians. Minister of Home...

The Mole

May 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Mole

Moles are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; reduced hind limbs; and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws...

A solution to keeping the commitment

May 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A solution to keeping the commitment

– a couple tells of living “in sickness and in health” By Sharmain Grainger Some may be of the view that a marriage is as strong as the will of the couple joined together which...

What macroeconomic policy?

May 26, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What macroeconomic policy?

The Guyanese struggle is not one for survival but one for development. Our land is rich and our people resilient. We have survived slavery, indentureship and a long period of...

A mother’s tale of losing her children to a drunken driver

May 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A mother’s tale of losing her children to a drunken driver

……and the unending fight to save other lives By Jenelle Willabus Statistics show that nearly 1.3 million people die in road accidents each year worldwide, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An...

GASA Independence Meet continues at Aquatic Centre…Mixed successes on day two

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Independence Meet continues at Aquatic Centre…Mixed successes on day two

Dorado Speed Swim Club member Sarah King clocked 3:48.46secs and swam away with the honours in the Girls 11-12 years, 100 meters Breaststroke event when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA)...

CPL Announces Player Draft Details

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CPL Announces Player Draft Details

ridgetown, Barbados – Details of the upcoming Caribbean Premier League player draft, the names of the remaining international players and the West Indies elite players and the CPL...

Mumbai in final after tense finish

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mumbai in final after tense finish

Half-volleys hit straight to hand. A fielder found perfectly with a long hop. Crazy wide balls. A dropped catch to finally lose the match. Another night in the life of IPL. After which...

G/town and Linden rivalry in sports resumes this evening

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on G/town and Linden rivalry in sports resumes this evening

Leopold Street vs. Silver Bullets promises fireworks This evening will determine the semi-final matchups in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Playoffs which is being played,...

Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Grand Finale tonight

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Grand Finale tonight

– Sparta Boss’ five still alive, Albouystown ‘B’ stunned Fans of pre-tournament favorites Albouystown ‘B’, came out in large numbers Thursday night at Punt Trench and School...

Matrix beat Equals CC to take FSCA plate title

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matrix beat Equals CC to take FSCA plate title

Matrix Cricket Team overcame Equals Cricket Club by 24 runs to win the Plate final of the Florida Softball Cricket Association tournament on Sunday last at Barnett Park Orlando Florida....

MCYS/NSC/Al Sport &Tour Promotions Schools Windball continues

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NSC/Al Sport &Tour Promotions Schools Windball continues

The Annual Primary Schools Windball Championships which is being sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS), National Sports Commisssion (NSC) and Al Sport & Tour Promotions...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy

– several teams register victories as tourney progresses Lodge Secondary School trounced School of the Nations, 9-3 when action in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy continued...

Favorites Butler House edges Etheridge in Saints Hockey final

May 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Favorites Butler House edges Etheridge in Saints Hockey final

Butler House lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favorites by edging a determined Etheridge side in the final of the St. Stanislaus College Inter-House Hockey Competition on...

Amendments to law on financial crimes…Gov’t to plead for more time to avoid financial blacklist

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amendments to law on financial crimes…Gov’t to plead for more time to avoid financial blacklist

The government has all but failed in efforts to get the opposition to rush amendments to the law against financial crimes to avoid a blacklist being imposed next week in Nicaragua. Head of the...

Mother loses home three months after baby dies in bucket

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother loses home three months after baby dies in bucket

Less than three months after her baby son drowned in a bucket, a North Sophia mother, Candacie Peters, has now lost her home in a mystery fire. The fire broke out in the unfinished structure...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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