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Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks
Madness continues to prevail as increasingly people seem to be moving toward anarchy. Another man bent on getting rich the easy way would be busted with a quantity of drugs. The local...Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “My life without legs in a normal world”
– A mother of two tells her compelling story By Romila Boodram Imagine being born with no eyes or without a hand or any other impediment. Imagine going to school with kids pointing...Jan 19, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The LCDS: transformation or continuation?
Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) was unveiled almost five years ago amidst much fanfare. Those seeking enlightenment beyond the well-prepared public presentations on this novel...Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book review…A captivating novel of beauty, love and war
Book: The Crystal Bird by Helen Drayton Reviewer: Margaret Fechtmann The Crystal Bird by Helen Drayton spans three distinct time periods over 500 years in the Rift Valley of northeast Africa, an area...Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The harsh effects of being less well-off
By Sir Ronald Sanders Throughout the Caribbean, people feel less well off. The only people who may be exceptions to this general sentiment are those in Guyana whose per capita income (now...Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Playing by the rules
Parliament does not always have to be an alcove of confrontation. At the same time, if the opposition and the government were to agree to everything, the very essence of parliamentary democracy would...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Extra US$8M spent on GPL V/Hoop plant
…CEO says dumped sand disappeared overnight in swamp, and this continued for months Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and top brass of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday toured the...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman blasts gunman in home invasion – guns recovered
A bandit is now fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following a 20 minute gun-battle between him and an Annandale, East...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father, son killed in E’bo road accident
The Essequibo Coast recorded its first road fatality Friday afternoon, when a father and son were killed on the Land of Plenty Public Road whilst attempting to cross. Dead are Muntask Baksh, 72, and...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF promotes 88 officers, 260 ranks
Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Mark Phillips, has announced the promotions of 88 Officers and 260 Other Ranks effective from January 1, 2014. According to the GDF...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy gone wid $8 million more
De good book seh that a wise man build he house on solid ground but a fool builds on sand. From de evidence GPL got to be a bunch of fools and dem boys seh that wid Brazzy as de Chairman dem...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Boxing Council President, Jose Sulaiman takes final count
GBBC President/WBC executive relay sympathy A pall has enveloped the boxing family worldwide following the sad news that President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Jose Sulaiman, has...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arjoon opens Pro career in Australia
Former junior standout and current national Squash player Alexander Arjoon is set to join the professional circuit very shortly following in the footsteps of Nicolette Fernandes, Sunil Seth, Richard...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayweather: Last fight will be in September 2015
Johannesburg (AP) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’ll fight for the last time in September next year. Mayweather told guests at a gala dinner in South Africa yesterday that he remembers his...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF to host FIVB Beach Volleyball Course
The Guyana Volleyball Federation {GVF} in collaboration with the world governing body for Volleyball, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) will be hosting a six-day Beach Volleyball...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sixteen year-old Dwayne Griffith wins GFRC Raffle
MCYS donate shirts to officials Ticket holder 1716, Dwayne Griffith of William Street, Kitty won the first prize of a 150cc Titan Motor cycle at the drawing of the Guyana Football Referees...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shewdas’ coach, Jackson wants WADA to back off
-says anti-doping body is “judge, jury and executioner” By Edison Jefford Gumendra Shewdas’ coach, Egbert Jackson wants the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to back off with its testing...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bravo, Gayle accept retainer contracts
Port of Spain, Trinidad – After years of refusing offers, senior West Indies players Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle players have decided to once more sign West Indies Cricket Board retainer...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Referees Department to conduct 5-day Beginners Course
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be conducting a Referees Beginners Course from February 7-11, at the GFF Secretariat on Dadanawa Street, Section ‘K’, Campbellville. According to a...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Congress inflict hefty suspensions on UDFA executive
Football in the Linden community hit the crossroads yesterday when the majority of members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Congress which is the highest decision making component of the Body...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennie Shuffler 75th birth anniversary volleyball set for Feb. 9
The 75th birth anniversary of Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) President would be celebrated in grand style when the local governing body brings off the fourth annual Lennie Shuffler birthday...Jan 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Indoor Hockey Cup…National Men’s Hockey squad reduced to 24 players
The Guyana Hockey Board over the past weekend reduced the national men’s hockey squad from 38 to 24 players. The squad has spent the past five weeks of training with a focus on physical preparation...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Legislators approve laws to reduce real estate fraud
The Deeds Registry (Amendment) Bill, which was tabled and debated in the Parliament in 2012, but was subsequently sent to a Special Select Committee, was finally passed on Thursday. The Bill seeks to...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cutlass attack leaves victim and alleged perpetrator injured
An alleged cutlass attack early yesterday morning from a jilted West Coast Berbice man has left one other injured while up to last evening he (perpetrator) was receiving treatment at the Georgetown...Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU says it’s being sidelined from Budget consultation…Will force implementation of reforms if concerns not taken on board
The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that it remains hopeful that consultation with government over the 2014 budget would be reached. However hope is rapidly...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 22, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...Jun 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...Jun 21, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...Jun 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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