August 2013

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RBC/Bryden & Fernandes Cycle Meet…Orville Hinds rides brilliantly to win feature 30-lap race

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/Bryden & Fernandes Cycle Meet…Orville Hinds rides brilliantly to win feature 30-lap race

By Franklin Wilson Marketing Manager of Bryden & Fernandes Mark Kendall and dozens of cycling fans and supporters were treated to the Orville Hinds brand of cycling when the Team United Cycle...

Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

As executives of the lawn tennis fraternity continue to devise initiatives towards the development of the sport, a group of eager persons out of the Diamond EBD community have started sessions and...

Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

The Second Annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycle programme sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd staged Saturday morning at the Inner Circuit of the National Park resulted in Alonzo Greaves emerging winner in the...

Hafeez knocks Antigua Hawksbills out

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hafeez knocks Antigua Hawksbills out

ESPNcricinfo – The Antigua Hawksbills were fighting to keep themselves alive in the Caribbean Premier League 2013. The Guyana Amazon Warriors needed 16 off the final over, in a chase of 167. On...

Suriname invited to play supporting game at Providence

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname invited to play supporting game at Providence

– as Guyana face-off with T&T on Aug 30&31 By Sean Devers Suriname have been invited to participate in the supporting game of the Guyana/ Trinidad and Tobago T20 clash at the Guyana...

$Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts$

Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts

Guyana defeated Dominica by eight wickets in the second round of the Regional Women’s T\20 tournament in Grenada yesterday. Dominica were never allowed to score freely after they batted first and...

North R/veldt resident celebrates 100

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on North R/veldt resident celebrates 100

With family and close friends around, Lillian Jackson of Lot 3665 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, celebrated the remarkable milestone reaching her hundredth birthday. Slightly fatigued by the...

Backer salutes top students but worry about those “slipping through the cracks”

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Backer salutes top students but worry about those “slipping through the cracks”

By Abena Rockcliffe While A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Debra Backer is impressed by the performance of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) standout...

What we need are results, not finger pointing and inscrutable statistics

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on What we need are results, not finger pointing and inscrutable statistics

Dear Editor, Recent comments in the media on the Guyana Police Force’s Strategic Management Department leave me wondering if certain destructive agendas are not in play. A reformed police force,...

Guyana Watch ends clinic at Belle West Primary School

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch ends clinic at Belle West Primary School

– team saw 1,995 patients The Guyana Watch Medical team completed its last clinic on Saturday at the Belle West Primary School. The team saw a total of 1,995 patients in less than a...

UG’s “Reading is Fun” programme ends

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s “Reading is Fun” programme ends

A total of 75 children from Sophia were presented with awards and certificates for their participation in the University of Guyana’s ninth edition of the ‘Reading is Fun’ programme....

The public has rejected the Amaila project

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The public has rejected the Amaila project

Dear Editor, On the stage on which the politics of Guyana is being performed, one would expect at any moment to see the appearance of Habeeb Khan or Jerry Lewis to participate in the pantomime. On...

Harsher sentences needed to stop acid attacks

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Harsher sentences needed to stop acid attacks

– legal official The recent spate of persons being attacked with corrosive substances is causing concern for both the police and the judiciary. Although there are severe penalties for...

Greenidge refutes Jagdeo’s claims about cost of Mazaruni project

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge refutes Jagdeo’s claims about cost of Mazaruni project

The withdrawal of Sithe Global, the major contributor to the controversial Amaila Hydro Project because of the lack of unanimous parliamentary support for it was met with strong criticism by...

Mavado blasts local promoters after no-show at National Stadium

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mavado blasts local promoters after no-show at National Stadium

By Latoya Giles Jamaican Dancehall star David Constantine Brooks, known as ‘Mavado’ yesterday blasted the Slingerz Promotion Group for his non-appearance on Saturday night at the...

Can tracker dogs still play a major role in local crime solving?

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Can tracker dogs still play a major role in local crime solving?

Do you know that the Guyana Police Force once hired out one of its tracker dogs to help capture a dangerous Caribbean criminal? Have you ever heard of the famous dog, Rio that helped to solve...

This is about the number of votes

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is about the number of votes

Dear Editor, I write to bring to light publicly an issue that has been spiraling out of control which the Tuschen/Uivtlugt Neighbourhood Democratic Council is currently dealing with. I am 65 years...

Mentally ill woman lives in hollow tree

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News 2

– residents call her “dangerous” By Rehana Ashley Ahamad To kids, it might seem like the ultimate “George of the Jungle experience”, but it may very well be that the woman living...

Opposition members blast Education Ministry for ‘poor’ CSEC results

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition members blast Education Ministry for ‘poor’ CSEC results

“If seven out of 10 students cannot pass Math, six out of 10 cannot pass English and four out of 10 cannot pass with top grades, then we have a national disaster on our...

We are victims of racial politics

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are victims of racial politics

Dear Editor, We the concerned residents of the Four Miles Community of Port kaituma, North West District, Region #1, hereby wish to inform you of a very grievous situation that is affecting us and is...

Defective scales are in bountiful use at these markets

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Defective scales are in bountiful use at these markets

Dear Editor, The Region # 2 Administration cannot be exonerated from blame for shirking its responsibility to enforce the law to protect residents there from unscrupulous vendors by “ripping them...

Politicians left out as civil society participates in ‘Remembrance Walk’

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Politicians left out as civil society participates in ‘Remembrance Walk’

A key highlight of yesterday’s ‘Remembrance Walk’/ Freedom Walk, in honour of the 1823 martyrs was that politicians took the back seat as people from all walks of life came out early in...

Nigel Hughes should be on trial

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nigel Hughes should be on trial

Dear Editor, Nigel Hughes’ most recent activities in which he deceived the court into believing he did not know the jury Foreman, Vernon Griffith, should land him at the mercy of the courts. For a...

THE FOOL MONTY

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE FOOL MONTY

In Britain if something is “the full monty” it is as complete as possible to the point of overkill, for example “Their wedding was magnificent, with a champagne reception, three-course...

GPHC Maternal death…Grieving husband left with huge expenses

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Maternal death…Grieving husband left with huge expenses

– hopes Health Ministry will compensate him “My wife went into that hospital looking and feeling good and come out back dead because they couldn’t take the time to give her...

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India and West Indies head to Indore for potential run-fest with...

Oct 11, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Just when you think it can’t get worse for the West Indies and India bowlers, their next venue is Indore. After 501 runs were scored in Ranchi in 38.3 overs – 352 of...

How much do you love your country?

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After the fourth beer my friend’s tongue loosened. “Boy, Guyana is a beautiful place. Folks back home just do not know how good they have it. Look at us here in this freezing place. I would give anything to be outside Petboy Shop sipping a cold one on a Friday afternoon.”...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Routledge – differing from Adams, Ram, others

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I regret differing from respected brothers, Dr. Vincent Adams and Chris Ram, two peerless Guyanese. The source of the difference is Exxon Guyana President, Mr. Alistair Routledge’s statement that “it’s not our job to build the nation…they didn’t vote for us…we are...

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