August 2013

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C’bean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis C/ships…Guyana in hunt for Gold in Boys and Girls U-11

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’bean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis C/ships…Guyana in hunt for Gold in Boys and Girls U-11

The Guyanese turned in commendable performances in the Boys and Girls U-11 categories in the 8th Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis championships which continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Usain Bolt runs 9.77 seconds to win world 100m title in Moscow

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt runs 9.77 seconds to win world 100m title in Moscow

BBC Sport – Olympic champion Usain Bolt regained his 100m world title and won a fourth individual World Championships gold with a season’s best of 9.77 seconds in Moscow. In heavy rain, the...

Slingerz Football Extravaganza kick off …Riddim Squad, Camptown capture honours

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz Football Extravaganza kick off …Riddim Squad, Camptown capture honours

A large crowd, mostly consisting of supporters of the Den Amstel community, trooped to the Community Centre ground in their area in support of their team when the curtains went up on the Slingerz...

8th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships…Arthur & Anthony cop silver & bronze…

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships…Arthur & Anthony cop silver & bronze…

Defending junior and juvenile Caribbean cycling champions Guyana gave up both gold medal positions when the 8th edition of the premier regional event hosted by the Aruba Cycling Federation, was...

GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ships…Rain forces abandonment of play, tournament pushed back to this weekend

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. 12/12 C’ships…Rain forces abandonment of play, tournament pushed back to this weekend

HEAVY and persistent early morning showers forced the organisers of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL) second 12/12 championships to abandon play for Saturday and yesterday....

Bevy of Sponsors on board, over 60 entries for Guyana Cup Horserace meet

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bevy of Sponsors on board, over 60 entries for Guyana Cup Horserace meet

A bevy of sponsors have already jumped on board to be a part of the ‘jumbo size’ seventh annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet organised by conglomerates – Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing...

Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships…Guyanese players turn in creditable showing on opening day

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships…Guyanese players turn in creditable showing on opening day

Jamaican Chris Binnie set to defend Men’s crown The Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships powered by POWERADE and SMALTA started yesterday at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts with the...

Daniel Richmond MCYS/NSC cricket coaching programme continues from today

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daniel Richmond MCYS/NSC cricket coaching programme continues from today

Some young Cricketers on the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara will continue to benefit from the national cricket coaching programme conducted by Daniel Richmond, under the auspices of the...

Amerindians protests should not shield current development

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindians protests should not shield current development

– Minister Pauline Sukhai Although recent picketing exercises against the Government by scores of Amerindians during the past week may have portrayed the outlook that all is not well in the...

Health Ministry embraces collaborations to address shortage of Specialists doctors

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry embraces collaborations to address shortage of Specialists doctors

Intervening measures have been streamlined to address the shortage of specialist doctors in the Public Health Sector, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud. During an...

Three companies shortlisted for Government’s recycling plan

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three companies shortlisted for Government’s recycling plan

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker yesterday told Kaieteur News that of the nine companies which had placed bids for Governments recycling proposals, three have been...

“Power Sharing is the answer to Racial Insecurity,” say Analysts

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Power Sharing is the answer to Racial Insecurity,” say Analysts

By Kiana Wilburg At the recent People’s Progressive Party’s Congress, President Donald Ramotar passionately objected to “Shared Governance” and intimated that the PPP would not compromise...

Let’s cut our losses, bury the hatchet and go back to the drawing board

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s cut our losses, bury the hatchet and go back to the drawing board

Dear Editor, At this juncture in time, when the Amaila Falls Hydro Project seems to have reached at state akin to” Arrested Development” I can’t help but wonder about the future of this project...

Guyana Watch off to tremendous start

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch off to tremendous start

The 21st batch of the Guyana Watch medical team yesterday launched its 2013 campaign at Patentia on the West Bank of Demerara. The team of medical experts, including doctors and nurses...

Amerindian peoples are taking development in their own hands

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindian peoples are taking development in their own hands

Dear Editor, International Day of Indigenous Peoples was observed on Wednesday 9th September. This is a good time to reflect on the difficult road our indigenous peoples traverse over the centuries...

Missing man found dead in Princes Street Canal

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Missing man found dead in Princes Street Canal

The body of Jules Walker, 33 of Lot 7 Ogle Front East Coast Demerara was recovered in the Princes Street canal in close proximity to a koker that facilitates drainage into the Demerara...

First Federation Life Building now lifeless…

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on First Federation Life Building now lifeless…

After many attempts at evicting the tenants and with several injunctions to stop these, the First Federation Life Building is now currently lifeless. The landmark building in the heart...

Address this current plague of violence at a national level

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Address this current plague of violence at a national level

Dear Editor, In my quest to represent a land that I am very passionate about seeing thrive and reach to a place where justice, peace and the rights of all are protected, I writhed with disbelief and...

Truckers stranded on impassable “mines road”

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Truckers stranded on impassable “mines road”

An impassable “mines’ road has led to angry and frustrated truckers calling for the urgent rehabilitation of the thoroughfare and the immediate removal of the $5000 toll they pay at...

The opposition has lost its way in relation to local government reform

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition has lost its way in relation to local government reform

Dear Editor, Full marks to the PPP/C: it has totally outmanoeuvered an opposition that has lost its way in relation to local government reform, and in the process demonstrated that it does not have...

Councilors shun Local Gov’t workshop

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Councilors shun Local Gov’t workshop

Regional Councilors shunned three recent workshops hosted by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to target the issue of procurement and tender as well as payments...

As transportation woes continue…“Big buses” remain a mere consideration

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on As transportation woes continue…“Big buses” remain a mere consideration

As commuters continue to face discomfort, the issue of “big buses” becoming operational is still merely under consideration, just as it was back in 2008. The Ministry of Public...

No need for teenage girls to be in these stranglehold relationships

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No need for teenage girls to be in these stranglehold relationships

Dear Editor, I wish to extend my sincerest condolences to the relatives of Angela Mc Allister on her senseless and horrific death. There are so many things to say about this incident and the recent...

Diamond murder…Dead teen’s mother was unaware of daughter’s relationship with alleged killer

Aug 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond murder…Dead teen’s mother was unaware of daughter’s relationship with alleged killer

PHUB A DUB DUB

Aug 12, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on PHUB A DUB DUB

If I told you to phub off, will you? If you are a cellphone addict you definitely will not. This is why a group of Australians has started a campaign to stop phubbing especially...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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