January 2014

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Thomas, Morgan wins Cross Country race

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thomas, Morgan wins Cross Country race

-Police not invited to compete in event Distance athletes, Cleveland Thomas and Alika Morgan won the overall men’s and women’s title in New Amsterdam on Sunday when the Athletics...

GFF/Banks Beer Premier League to resume this Sunday

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Banks Beer Premier League to resume this Sunday

After a break to accommodate the yearend tournaments, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 2013 / 14 Banks Beer Premier League will resume this Sunday with four (4) double headers scheduled to be...

BSA Karibee softball cricket at Port Mourant on Sunday

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BSA Karibee softball cricket at Port Mourant on Sunday

The Berbice Softball Alliance (BSA) in collaboration with sponsors Nand Persaud and Company will host their inaugural Karibee Cup 15 overs-a-side competition on Sunday at the Port Mourant community...

Treacle creates one of the biggest upsets in local Horseracing to beat Score’s Even

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Treacle creates one of the biggest upsets in local Horseracing to beat Score’s Even

It was shocking, but true, as horseracing fans in their thousands at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club’s grand one-day Meet were left in awe as rank outsider Treacle of the Dookie Stable, classified...

Letter to the Sports Editor…No Mercy!!! The Gun has been once again raised against yet another citizen

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…No Mercy!!! The Gun has been once again raised against yet another citizen

Dear Editor, A young man, Trevor Rose was the victim of a brazen attack by a shameless assassin who shot him several times at point blank range in the early morning of Sunday, January 26, at Eccles...

C 7 are Wiltshire 59th birth anniversary Dominoes champs

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on C 7 are Wiltshire 59th birth anniversary Dominoes champs

C 7 marked 71 games to win the final of the Mark Wiltshire 59th Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition when the final was contested on Monday night last at La Belle Hotel and Sports bar, Norton...

Scotiabank kiddy cricket festival…St. Ambrose, St. Angela’s and St. Agnes register wins

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank kiddy cricket festival…St. Ambrose, St. Angela’s and St. Agnes register wins

St. Ambrose, St. Angela’s and St, Agnes recorded victories when Demerara zone of the 2014 Scotiabank Kiddy cricket festival commenced yesterday the Georgetown Cricket Club ground Bourda. St....

Keith Myers elected Berbice Basketball Association President

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keith Myers elected Berbice Basketball Association President

Keith Myers has been elected President of the Berbice Basketball Association (BBA) when that entity held its Annual General meeting last Sunday at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Smithfield...

Albion Community Centre lighting project progressing smoothly

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Centre lighting project progressing smoothly

Guyana will soon be blessed with another sports facility which should fit international standards with the posting of floodlights at the Albion Community Centre ground. The project which is being...

RHTY&SC cricket teams, St. Francis Youth Club & Scotia Bank launch Anti Suicide & Drugs Campaign

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC cricket teams, St. Francis Youth Club & Scotia Bank launch Anti Suicide & Drugs Campaign

The recently resuscitated St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club in conjunction with the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has made public their massive...

Leprosy at times mistaken as common skin problems

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Leprosy at times mistaken as common skin problems

By Keeran Danny Even though leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is not widespread in Guyana, the Leprosy Control Programme under the Ministry of Health plans to hold a three-day workshop to...

Expansion of Grove/Diamond Sluice imminent

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Expansion of Grove/Diamond Sluice imminent

Under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), six bids were opened yesterday for the expansion of the Sluice at Grove/Diamond East Bank Demerara. The bids were tendered at the...

Lethem residents angry over electricity tariff increase

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents angry over electricity tariff increase

Residents of Lethem, Region Nine, are angry that the Lethem Power Company did not consult with residents before increasing electricity tariffs by $20 per unit. Kaieteur News was told that residents...

Robb Street granny execution…Remaining duo for High Court trial

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Robb Street granny execution…Remaining duo for High Court trial

The remaining two of the four men accused in the execution-style killing of a 72-year-old Robb Street resident, are now set to join their accomplices to stand trial in the Supreme Court. A...

Closed Areas Committee biased in allocating mining lands – GWMO

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Closed Areas Committee biased in allocating mining lands – GWMO

The Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) believes that the Closed Areas Committee is biased in the allocation of mining lands, limiting opportunities for small and medium scale miners. This...

Investors working to meet stone demand

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Investors working to meet stone demand

– Natural Resources Ministry Amidst reports of a shortage of stone, investors are working to meet the demands of the construction sector and commercial entities. Despite the enormous...

EU supports C’bean disaster prevention

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU supports C’bean disaster prevention

Guyana is one of the many Caribbean countries to benefit from a European Union 8.5 million-euro Disaster Preparedness (DIPECHO) Action Plan, according to European Commission’s humanitarian aid and...

Construction of $32M petting zoo begins today

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of $32M petting zoo begins today

Contractor Alvin Chowramootoo is scheduled to begin construction of the $32M petting zoo today with a projected duration of about four to five months. This project is part of the Zoological Park’s...

Damaged GT&T cables in Bartica affect more than 600

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged GT&T cables in Bartica affect more than 600

More than 600 customers’ telephone services in Bartica are affected by damage caused to several cables in the mining district by a third party contractor. According to the Guyana Telephone and...

GNCPP takes civil society revitalisation programme to int’l partners

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP takes civil society revitalisation programme to int’l partners

By Zena Henry In the first of a sequence of visits aimed at engaging international missions in the revitalisation process of civil society’s participation in governance and the management of the...

We are hoping to transform the coconut industry – Agri Minister

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on We are hoping to transform the coconut industry – Agri Minister

Developing an extensive line of coconut value-added products and implementing a programme to help local consumers fully utilise all parts of the coconut tree are among some of the Agriculture...

National Drug Report 2012 officially launched

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on National Drug Report 2012 officially launched

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says it is about time that Guyana stops relying on international agencies to report on the local fight against the trafficking of illegal drugs. Speaking at the...

First batch of EMTs graduates

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of EMTs graduates

After three weeks of intense training, 22 persons graduated yesterday as fully qualified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or Ambulance Technicians, at the Project Dawn facility in Liliendaal,...

COI on C’tyne orphanage resumes today

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on COI on C’tyne orphanage resumes today

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security has announced that the public hearing into the allegations of maltreatment of orphans at Camal’s International home for abused women and...

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR GT&T

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR GT&T

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) should not be shedding any tears at this time over the plans of the Guyana government to enter into the telecommunication sector. This is not an...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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