October 2013

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Flying Ace Cycle Club one day Cycling and Athletics activity a success

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club one day Cycling and Athletics activity a success

The Annual Flying Ace Cycle Club ‘Track Attack’ One day cycling event against Domestic Violence was successfully held on Sunday at the Blairmont Community Centre Ground, West Bank Berbice. The...

Brusche’s Classic # 4 bounces off tomorrow at MSC hard court

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusche’s Classic # 4 bounces off tomorrow at MSC hard court

City side THG Pacesetters will lead the Georgetown invasion numbering three clubs that will contest this year’s 4th Brusche’s Classic basketball championship which bounces off tomorrow with a...

Safeway Security Golf tournament fixed for Sunday

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Safeway Security Golf tournament fixed for Sunday

Lusignan Golf Club will this weekend, ahead of the year’s signature golf tournament ‘The Digicel sponsored Guyana Open Golf tournament’, will be hosting the Safeway Security Company’s 4th...

Queens College Sports Day fixed for Saturday

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Queens College Sports Day fixed for Saturday

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee in collaboration with Queens College Allied Arts will host a day of Sports on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground from 09:00hrs. Carded on...

Number of sporting events underway during New Amsterdam Town Week 2013

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Number of sporting events underway during New Amsterdam Town Week 2013

Town week which activities which is being held this year under the theme “Embracing our diversity, uplifting our community” will see a number of sporting activities being staged during the week...

Central E’bo CC 40 over tourney Rohit guides Imam Bacchus to easy win

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central E’bo CC 40 over tourney Rohit guides Imam Bacchus to easy win

Latchman Rohit grabbed 2 wickets for 33 runs then returned to hit a top score of 59 not out as Imam Bacchus SC defeated Affiance SC by 7 wickets when the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee 40-over...

Aurora CC makes donation to school

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aurora CC makes donation to school

The Aurora Knight Riders, a well organized and progressive cricket club on the Essequibo Coast has donated four large garbage bins to the Aurora Primary School. The bins which cost...

Sevens ruggers deemed ineligible to participate in NACRA

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sevens ruggers deemed ineligible to participate in NACRA

Guyana’s Men’s Sevens Rugby team has been denied entry to the upcoming North America and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Championships on the grounds that the Guyana Rugby...

Persaud defies tough conditions to win third Recorded Shoot‏

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud defies tough conditions to win third Recorded Shoot‏

Competitors described conditions as “Timehri at its worst” but National rifle shooting captain Mahendra Persaud defied the elements to win last Sunday’s third Recorded Shoot at the Timehri...

BCCDA launches 10/10 Inter Agency softball

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCCDA launches 10/10 Inter Agency softball

The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) on Friday last launched the fourth edition of the Corporate Business in Sports (CBIS) Inter-Agency Softball cricket Tournament, Fun...

GT&T National Indoor Hockey C/ships Cold Old Fort endure another night of agony

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T National Indoor Hockey C/ships Cold Old Fort endure another night of agony

It was another night of agony for Old Fort as they crashed to a crushing 8-4 loss to Hikers Cadets in their men’s First Division clash when play in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey...

What is wrong with non-western civilization?

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What is wrong with non-western civilization?

Last month Leonard Craig and I spent three hours talking to Gerhard Ramsaroop and his wife on history and the difference in the ontological make up of the various civilizations/cultures. The...

WHY WORRY?

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY WORRY?

Why is the government rushing the opposition parties over Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering of Terrorism Bill? What is the rush about? By now the government ought to know that the...

Kato Micro-hydropower plant to improve hinterland development

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kato Micro-hydropower plant to improve hinterland development

President Donald Ramotar has reaffirmed his commitment to forge ahead with projects to advance development in hinterland regions despite the Oppositions non-support. He said that there are...

US$80,000 feasibility study voted for cruise tourism underway

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US$80,000 feasibility study voted for cruise tourism underway

A feasibility study is underway to ascertain whether Guyana could effectively secure a place in the cruise tourism industry. According to Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Government is in the...

President admits his administration “struggles” with transparency and accountability

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President admits his administration “struggles” with transparency and accountability

While acknowledging that Government has, for a while, been struggling to maintain transparency and accountability in its operations, Head of State Donald Ramotar insisted that steps are being...

GPL in major drive to bridge skills shortfall

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL in major drive to bridge skills shortfall

Amidst a major push to improve its service, the country’s state-owned power company has started advertising for management trainees. The move comes as the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL)...

Select Committee provides half baked Bill in National Assembly – Ramjattan

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Select Committee provides half baked Bill in National Assembly – Ramjattan

The Alliance for Change (AFC) at a Press Conference, yesterday at the Side Walk Café on Middle Street, reiterated its concerns with the Anti Money Laundering Legislation. “[Tuesday] the PPP...

No decision on Trinidadian vessel anchored at Parika

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No decision on Trinidadian vessel anchored at Parika

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, said that Government has made no decision to acquire the Trinidadian vessel which is currently anchored off Parika Beach, East Bank...

Taxi driver on remand for robbing tourist

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver on remand for robbing tourist

Bertie Gulliver, 64, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with robbery. It was alleged that on October 16, at 51 Sheriff Street,...

Let us arise from our slumber

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us arise from our slumber

Dear Editor, The letter by Mr. Mark Dacosta titled “The Government should start implementing the recommendations of the Disciplined Forces report in order to tackle crime” SN 18 Oct 2013, is...

Third party insurance limits, the roadways and our judiciary

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Third party insurance limits, the roadways and our judiciary

Dear Editor, These issues are all so very critical and closely interrelated that they desperately cry out for urgent attention by the respective authorities. The first situation regarding the...

South Ruimveldt man remanded for masturbating in public

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt man remanded for masturbating in public

Yesterday appearing before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was Eusi Dusbury of 267 South Ruimveldt Park slapped with two charges; threatening language and...

The vote hangs on a prayer

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The vote hangs on a prayer

Guyana stands to face harsh sanctions come November 18. In fact, it is already experiencing some sanctions because it has failed to pass amendments to the Anti-money laundering legislation....

Essequibo man on remand for felonious wounding

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo man on remand for felonious wounding

Keshan Jagdeshwar, 27, of 36 Hampton Court, Essequibo, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore where he faced the indictable charge of Felonious Wounding. It is alleged that on...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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