August 2013

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Cummings guides NA Killers to Dominoes title

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cummings guides NA Killers to Dominoes title

Nigel Cummings turned in a commendable performance to guide New Amsterdam Killers to victory in a feature Dominoes competition which was contested on Sunday last at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara....

$GCA\ Banks Malta U-13 matches rained out$

GCA\ Banks Malta U-13 matches rained out

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA\ Banks Malta U-13 matches rained out

Rain prevented any play in the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Banks Malta Supreme 25-over Under-13 competition that was scheduled to start for yesterday. Everest Cricket Club...

GTA sends congratulatory message to Sachia Vickery

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTA sends congratulatory message to Sachia Vickery

The Executive of Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) has sent a congratulatory message to Sashia Vickery, who has qualified as a wild card entrant for the US Open. Vickery, who played on the local...

Bartica residents want GPL to seek other location for generators

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica residents want GPL to seek other location for generators

By Keeran Danny and Tiffanne Ramphal Residents of West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, are demanding that management of Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) rethinks its signaled intention of placing...

Education system needs to be treated as a whole – Dr. Roopnaraine

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education system needs to be treated as a whole – Dr. Roopnaraine

There is a nexus between the quality of students leaving secondary schools and those entering University of Guyana, and as such, the education system needs to churn out students equipped for...

APNU wants COI into education system

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU wants COI into education system

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for a national Commission of Inquiry (COI) to ascertain why the overall results at the primary, secondary and tertiary public education...

APNU will vote for money to maintain Amaila Road

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU will vote for money to maintain Amaila Road

“…with or without hydro it will provide access to interior locations”- Harmon Following the announcement by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, that the administration...

ENGLISH AND MATHS PASS RATES HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ENGLISH AND MATHS PASS RATES HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS

Education in Guyana is in not in a disastrous state. There may be serious problems, but to simply use the passes in English and Mathematics to announce a state of emergency in education is...

Multiple problems at UG must be addressed – GCCI President

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News 1

The University of Guyana (UG) is plagued with multiple problems that must be addressed by both policy makers and the administration of the tertiary institution. This observation was made by...

People’s perception can hurt a country

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on People’s perception can hurt a country

There are some things that make a country look bad to people on the inside. In some countries there are myriad beggars—so many that people visiting those countries or reading about them...

Committee to examine relationship between UG campuses

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Committee to examine relationship between UG campuses

A Special Committee has been established to review the relationship between University of Guyana (UG)’s two campuses, in light of Professor Daizal Samad citing the lack of autonomy as one of...

Implementation of Contingent Rights Protocol could lessen migration woes – Caricom official

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News 1

A significant part of maintaining the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) entails embracing moves to address the issue of Contingent Rights. This notion was recently highlighted by Dr...

U.S. Embassy, local bodies take medical outreach to Amerindian communities

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Embassy, local bodies take medical outreach to Amerindian communities

In a quest to assist vulnerable communities in third world countries, the United States Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) collaborated with local bodies to conduct a medical...

NY-based group makes donations to state institutions

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NY-based group makes donations to state institutions

Residents of the Palms geriatric institution and children under state care were the latest recipients of gifts bestowed by the New York Guyana Medical & Humanitarian Mission (NYGM) during...

U.S. Embassy has new Deputy Chief of Mission

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Embassy has new Deputy Chief of Mission

The US Embassy has a new Deputy Chief of Mission. According to the Embassy, Bryan Hunt arrived in Guyana on Wednesday to take up the post. Prior to his appointment, Hunt served as Deputy Chief of...

GPF’s institutional modernisation gaining momentum

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPF’s institutional modernisation gaining momentum

As reforms with the security sector continue to move apace, the Strategic Management Department (SMD), which was established in May, has been working with the Guyana Police Force...

Wounded Cummings Lodge wife discharged from hospital

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wounded Cummings Lodge wife discharged from hospital

Shameeza Mohamed, who was slashed and stabbed by her reputed husband, has been discharged from hospital. But she claims that her spouse, who is still at large, is threatening to take his own...

N/A Lions Club comes to assistance of seriously ill 3-year-old girl

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Lions Club comes to assistance of seriously ill 3-year-old girl

By Samuel Whyte The New Amsterdam Lions Club continues in its role of being a leading community and social service organization. The club recently came to the assistance of gravely ill...

Shop owner remanded on human trafficking charges

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner remanded on human trafficking charges

A 41-year-old shop owner was on Thursday remanded to prison after two counts of human trafficking charges were read to her by Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The court...

Former guard remanded for alleged gun, ammo theft

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former guard remanded for alleged gun, ammo theft

A security guard who was previously employed at Toolsie Persaud Limited was remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to stealing a firearm and matching ammunition from the said company....

Region Six Chairman warns slothful contractors

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six Chairman warns slothful contractors

Although the Region Six Administration is forging ahead with its capital and current work programme for the year, the Chairman David Armogan has revealed that the administration is...

Body at Safari Inn…Cops release hotel proprietor, await post mortem

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body at Safari Inn…Cops release hotel proprietor, await post mortem

Police have released Safari Inn proprietor Frances Correia as they await a post mortem on the remains of 37-year-old handyman Victor Ramsabad. Kaieteur News understands that Mr. Correia was released...

Former PS Keith Booker to be buried next week

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former PS Keith Booker to be buried next week

Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Keith Booker will be laid to rest next Thursday. This is according to a press release issued by the Ministry. Booker,...

More than 120 babies admitted to GPHC’s Neonatal ICU monthly

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More than 120 babies admitted to GPHC’s Neonatal ICU monthly

Antenatal care among mothers is lacking – Ward manager Since it has been put into operation, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...

Murder charge reinstituted against Cuyuni miner

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge reinstituted against Cuyuni miner

A new charge of murder was brought against Seaford Obermuller, who was charged for the 2010 killing of Elson Prince at Ikawana Backdam, Cuyuni River. Obermuller reappeared at the Georgetown...

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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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