December 4, 2013

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Rising Sun/Alpha MMA host Ne-Waza/submission grappling tournament

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun/Alpha MMA host Ne-Waza/submission grappling tournament

Last Sunday a total of nineteen athletes representing three clubs clashed when the Rising Sun/Alpha MMA hosted a Ne-waza/submission grappling tournament at the Marian Academy. The clubs that...

Sluice gates at Hope/ Dochfour attract two bidders

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sluice gates at Hope/ Dochfour attract two bidders

Two bids were submitted under the National Drainage & Irrigation Authority (NDIA) for the fabrication and delivery of eight stainless steel sluice gates for Construction of...

Female teacher alleges assault by male colleague

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Female teacher alleges assault by male colleague

While the Ministry of Education is looking to address the issue of teachers being assaulted by their students, it might need to also examine scenarios of abuse amongst the educators...

Mahaicony Rice Mills guards ‘unpaid since January’

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony Rice Mills guards ‘unpaid since January’

– plead for pay before Christmas Security guards attached to the Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited (MRL) outstation at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara have not been paid since January...

Empowerment in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Empowerment in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Last Sunday, Guyana and the rest of the world observed World AIDS Day. Between 2011 and 2015, the theme for that day is: “Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero...

Guyanese on murder charge in Barbados

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese on murder charge in Barbados

Another Guyanese man is in Barbados jail on a domestic violence-related charge – this time it is for the murder of an ex-spouse of some seven years. Jerrick Tudor, 29, of...

Renole Bourne to host tape ball cricket

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Renole Bourne to host tape ball cricket

Former Demarara Under-19 cricketer Renole Bourne will host a Holiday Bash six-over knock-out Tape Ball Cricket competition on the Cultural Centre Tarmac on December 28. The event, which caters...

K and S Group receives and gives as school tournament looms

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on K and S Group receives and gives as school tournament looms

Several weeks of stringent planning will finally come to fruition when the curtains go up on the 24th annual Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament, among 24 school teams, at the Georgetown...

‘Troubled’ Teen gets two years for stealing

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Troubled’ Teen gets two years for stealing

A teenager who said she stole a quantity of items to provide for her younger brothers was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Teanisha Evans was handed the...

THE SPORTS ACADEMY RETREAT

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SPORTS ACADEMY RETREAT

The figure of US$30M seems quite popular these days. It is the same sum that it was said was being invested by a company which signed a MOU with the government for the construction of a...

The missing link in the PPP

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

One of the greatest myths in world politics that began in the sixties and lasted way into the eighties, one that textbook after textbook published in the West stressed, was that the...

Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket – Berbice …Albion through to semis

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket – Berbice …Albion through to semis

Albion Cricket Club is the final team to seal a semi-final berth in this year’s Tenelec Inc. Under-15 cricket tournament and have joined Police, Edinburgh and Rose Hall Town Farfan...

Correction/Apology

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Correction/Apology

Kaieteur News in yesterday’s edition inadvertently reported that Education officials presided over overpayments to contractors the sum of S1.5B. The figure is in fact $1.5M. This...

Statement on TV coverage of WI v NZ

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Statement on TV coverage of WI v NZ

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board joins with cricket fans in the region in encouraging television companies operating in the Caribbean to secure the Television broadcast rights...

Public-spirited citizens mount clean-up exercise opposite City Hall

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public-spirited citizens mount clean-up exercise opposite City Hall

Yesterday, armed with one spade, a wheel barrow and sticks, several public-spirited citizens took up the task of carrying out a ‘round about’ clean-up in the vicinity of the...

Rights of the Child Commission expands mandate

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rights of the Child Commission expands mandate

– includes probing complaints of abuse Now equipped with additional staff, the Rights of the Child Commission has expanded its mandate to investigate complaints of abuse against...

‘New Thriving’ launches events centre

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘New Thriving’ launches events centre

The newly erected and attention-grabbing six-storey building located at Camp and Lamaha Streets, Georgetown, is now home to an events centre, operated under the New Thriving brand. Following...

Who is speaking the truth – Minister Ramsammy or Dr. Luncheon?

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is speaking the truth – Minister Ramsammy or Dr. Luncheon?

Dear Editor, The headline booms out – Minister Ramsammy says pumps are here, Dr. Luncheon says no? Who really is speaking the truth? First of all, we want to make it very clear...

Those blocked waterways

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those blocked waterways

Dear Editor, On Tuesday November 26, last, I ran into Francis Quamina Farrier at Stabroek Market whilst on my way to catch a minibus to go home. We started catching up on the times we had...

Let’s proceed with the development of Bourda, GFC grounds

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s proceed with the development of Bourda, GFC grounds

Dear Editor, It is with much interest that I read of a proposal to develop the Bourda and Guyana Football Club grounds. Guyanese would know that these two grounds are beyond priceless for the...

Of prisoners and witnesses

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of prisoners and witnesses

Dear Editor, In response to a letter headed “Worrying Incidents at the Bartica Magistrate’s court” in Kaieteur News dated Sunday, December 1, 2013. The letter writer spoke about the...

Minister Nandlall should resign

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Nandlall should resign

Dear Editor, How is it that the National Assembly, including Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, voted unanimously for the Local Government Commission Bill and then advises the President...

AFC abandons its constituencies in favour of cricket hijackers

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC abandons its constituencies in favour of cricket hijackers

Dear Editor I understand that the passage of the Cricket Administration Bill 2012 (the Bill) tabled in Parliament has become stagnated. The content of this Bill has been ventilated at no less...

The high sugar cost

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The high sugar cost

Dear Editor, It is Mollycoddling! This has to do with the labour intensive nature of growing this 40-ton of cane per acre crop. And whilst it may be true that at that at some time in the past labour...

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Golden start, silent Sunday for Guyana at CARIFTA Games

Apr 06, 2026

…Guyana eyes 800m, 4x400m relay gold on final day By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s promising start to the 53rd CARIFTA Games in St. George’s, Grenada, lost momentum on...

The echo of ‘reciprocity’

Apr 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something almost medicinal about the word “reciprocity.” It rolls off the tongue with the moral authority of a proverb. It suggests balance, fairness, and the possibility that somewhere in the universe, justice is keeping tabs of what is taking place between Guyana...

The Caribbean Is Being Forced to Reconsider Trade Dependence on the...

Apr 05, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American market. They have done so for reasons of preference and...

Pres. Ali must see the real Suriname

Apr 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Government, Guyanese leaders, and the Guyanese people had better come quickly to their senses about Surinam. If not, these drip-by-drip intrusions will continue from Paramaribo, leaving this country looking like a global pushover, a certified patsy. Pres. Ali has...

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