August 2013

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Despite its importance, Education was not on the agenda at the PPP Congress

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite its importance, Education was not on the agenda at the PPP Congress

Dear Editor, Despite the fact that our national education performance has been very poor and has been so for a very long time due to poor leadership from the minister and the ruling...

Red Thread does not pass on any of the funds it raises to any opposition party

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Red Thread does not pass on any of the funds it raises to any opposition party

Dear Editor, I write in response to a Demerara Waves news story which came out on August 4 that at the just concluded PPP Congress, Mr Shyam Nokta reported from his group that there is ...

The PSC should not facilitate corruption by telling us to rubberstamp this project

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PSC should not facilitate corruption by telling us to rubberstamp this project

Dear Editor, On18th July 2013 a friend called me and told me to tune into channel 11 NCN TV and there was Ramesh Dookoo, Gerry Goveia and Kit Nascimento telling the public, on behalf of the...

Government continues to play Russian roulette with our economic well-being

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government continues to play Russian roulette with our economic well-being

Dear Editor, Given the charge by the President at the PPP Congress to “fight any opposition” and “never relent” we had no other choice but to reject such a reckless political position....

Amaila Project could cost US$320M less

Aug 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Project could cost US$320M less

– Former Auditor General The raising of the debt ceiling guarantee for public corporations and the setting aside of the reserve offset, specifically to cater for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric...

Airport taxi driver dies in car-truck collision

Aug 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Airport taxi driver dies in car-truck collision

Even as the police are trying to implement more stringent laws for road users, a taxi driver has become the country’s latest fatality following an accident at Land of Canaan, East...

ATM thief is a cop

Aug 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ATM thief is a cop

– repays stolen $63,000 to teacher With his photograph emblazoned on the front page of Guyana’s most popular daily, a police Constable who illegally emptied a teacher’s bank...

Nigel Hughes is Company Secretary for Amaila Hydro Inc.

Aug 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nigel Hughes is Company Secretary for Amaila Hydro Inc.

….wife Cathy is Public Relations Officer for Sithe Global Chairman of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes, was appointed as the ‘Secretary’ of the Amaila Falls Hydro Inc., the Special...

Guyana to miss deadline for anti-money laundering act

Aug 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to miss deadline for anti-money laundering act

– “Blacklisting appears to be an inevitable consequence”- AG Nandlall – “Government itself is tainted by criminalities that bedevil our system”- Carl Greenidge By...

Dem boys seh…De people get con again at de Congress

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De people get con again at de Congress

De Pee Pee Pee congress done and Bharrat is de number two man when it come to getting vote fuh de top bracket in de party. Dem boys talk ‘bout all de wrang things he do and dem still got...

GT&T C/bean Kids Hockey Festival…Hikers, GCC, Combermere, Futuristik Tigers and Marian Academy win

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T C/bean Kids Hockey Festival…Hikers, GCC, Combermere, Futuristik Tigers and Marian Academy win

Western Union Hikers lifted the Under-19 champions after thrashing St. Stanislaus College 6-1in the final when the curtains came down on the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T)...

Battle lines drawn for Sunday’s Int’l Drag Race Meet

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle lines drawn for Sunday’s Int’l Drag Race Meet

With its popularity growing increasingly this Sunday Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMRSC) International Drag Race Meet, at the South Dakota Circuit is anticipated to enjoy massive...

P&P Insurance Brokers assists 8th Caribbean Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers assists 8th Caribbean Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships

P & P Insurance Brokers has come onboard in assisting the Guyana Table Tennis Association in hosting the 8th Caribbean Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships Scheduled for the 10th – 15th...

Regional U-19 tourney…Guyana grab first innings points from Leewards

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 tourney…Guyana grab first innings points from Leewards

Guyana grabbed first innings points for the Leeward Islands in the fifth round of the Regional U-19 three day tournament which commenced in St. Kitts yesterday. Leewards batted first and were...

ODI series against Windies helped me a lot

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ODI series against Windies helped me a lot

St. Lucia Zouks’ Misbah –Ul- Haq played an important innings in his team victory against the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium and the Pakistan captain...

KUDOS to the Guyanese fans for their LCPL support

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on KUDOS to the Guyanese fans for their LCPL support

By Franklin Wilson The history books would have already recorded for posterity the tremendous support given to the Guyana Amazon Warriors during the Guyana leg of the inaugural Limacol...

Women’s Super 50…Ogle slams ton as Guyana beat Dominica by 209 runs

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women’s Super 50…Ogle slams ton as Guyana beat Dominica by 209 runs

Opener June Ogle slammed a fine century as Guyana made a winning start to the Regional Women’s Super 50 crushing Dominica by 209 runs yesterday. Guyana batted first and posted 268-3 off their...

Fierce punches/brutal knockouts characterize 29th edition of Guyana Fight Night

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fierce punches/brutal knockouts characterize 29th edition of Guyana Fight Night

By Michael Benjamin On a night where knockouts were the order, local light/middleweight champion, Mark Austin refused to adhere to conventional procedure but nevertheless surrendered a...

6th Republic Bank Summer Camp deemed a success by RHTY&SC

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th Republic Bank Summer Camp deemed a success by RHTY&SC

The Sixth Annual Republic Bank Summer Camp hosted by the Cricket team of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club for Grade Six students and concluded on Friday last, has been deemed a...

Cricket competition for Helena Mahaica teams postponed

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket competition for Helena Mahaica teams postponed

The cricket competition scheduled for cricket teams from the Helena Mahaica area has been postponed from Thursday due to unforeseen circumstances and will be held on August 29. The event has...

Mark Interior Communications supports Boyce/Jefford Classic IV

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Interior Communications supports Boyce/Jefford Classic IV

Mark Interior Communications again supported the Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV yesterday when it handed over a sponsorship package to the Coordinators of the Guyana’s most...

Adjusting to the conditions was the key to success

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adjusting to the conditions was the key to success

Captain of the Jamaica Tallawahs Chris Gayle said that acclimatizing to the local condition was the key to his team being successful in their Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 game...

Focus on development as Fruta Conquerors Summer Camp 2013 commences

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Focus on development as Fruta Conquerors Summer Camp 2013 commences

Local footballers, aspiring to become world class ball weavers, have oft times marveled at the exploits of their world renowned counterparts, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinadine Zidan and Lionel...

DCC summer camp underway

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC summer camp underway

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) annual summer coaching camp got underway yesterday in Queenstown. According to Coach Gavin Nedd the camp will last for two weeks and participants will be...

ULSC stages fund-raising raffle draw

Aug 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ULSC stages fund-raising raffle draw

Gomattie Harricharran copped the top prize of a 100cc motor-cycle when the Unity Lancaster Sports Club (ULSC) held the draw for its fund-raising raffle on Emancipation day....

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Bread, circuses and the price of silence

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(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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

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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...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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