April 2014

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3rd Powerade 50-Mile Cycle Road Race…Orville Hinds rides to victory; Michael Anthony tops junior field

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Powerade 50-Mile Cycle Road Race…Orville Hinds rides to victory; Michael Anthony tops junior field

United Bike Shop’s Orville Hinds rode to victory in the 3rd annual Powerade 50-Mile cycle road race which was contested yesterday on the West Demerara. Hinds completed the distance in One Hour 56...

World Twenty20 2014: Sri Lanka beat India to win title

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Twenty20 2014: Sri Lanka beat India to win title

BBC Sport – Kumar Sangakkara guided Sri Lanka to a six-wicket victory over India to win the World Twenty20 in Mirpur and end a run of four defeats in global finals. Sangakkara, playing his...

Women’s World Twenty20: Australia beat England in final

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women’s World Twenty20: Australia beat England in final

BBC Sport – Australia thrashed England by six wickets to win a third successive Women’s World Twenty20 title. England collapsed from 55-1 to post a modest 105-8 after losing the toss in...

Inadequate funds allocated for upgrade of the nation’s roads

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inadequate funds allocated for upgrade of the nation’s roads

– APNU A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) believes that not enough money has been allocated for the upgrade of the nation’s roads. At least this is according to Annette Ferguson...

Straker looks good ahead of CARIFTA Games

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Straker looks good ahead of CARIFTA Games

Excellent running on the curve and a strong finish ensured talented sprinter Jevina Sampson is a strong medal favourite at the impending CARIFTA Games later this month when she competed at the...

Satellite imaging available to track illegal mining

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Satellite imaging available to track illegal mining

– Persaud Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) Robert Persuad has announced that in an effort to stamp out illegal mining and to ensure that extractive practices are being...

Living a double life…Farmer by day, poet by night

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Living a double life…Farmer by day, poet by night

By: Kiana Wilburg Nestled in the heart of a Limlar, Berbice, is a rice farmer who is obsessed with the works of Martin Carter. ‘This is the dark time my love’ and ‘Bare night without comfort’...

Princess Fun City brings down curtains on school tour

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Fun City brings down curtains on school tour

The curtains came down Friday on the school tour orchestrated by the Princess Fun City Entertainment Centre with some schools even taking away brand new computer systems. The two-month long...

10th Linden Secondary Schools Basketball C/ship bounces off today

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10th Linden Secondary Schools Basketball C/ship bounces off today

The 10th Linden Secondary Schools Under-19 Basketball Championship, which is organized by the Linden Amateur basketball Association, will see a hectic opening week of five playing days beginning...

Eureka Medical Laboratory…Staying ahead of the Competition

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka Medical Laboratory…Staying ahead of the Competition

By Kiana Wilburg The world of medical enterprise is a savage one. It involves the mastery of a different kind of trust. It requires of the businessman in this field to build trust with the...

Griffith’s 58, Joseph’s opening burst put Guyana in good position for 1st win of the season

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Griffith’s 58, Joseph’s opening burst put Guyana in good position for 1st win of the season

Guyana were seven wickets away from the their first win at the end of the third day of their sixth round Regional 4-Day cricket match against the Leeward Islands yesterday at the Vivian Richards...

Banks Beer Softball Cup set for May 6

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer Softball Cup set for May 6

The Banks Beer Champion of Champions Inter-Company and Association Softball Cricket competition is set for May 6 at Thirst Park. Entrance fee is $12,000 and action gets underway at 18:00hrs. The...

African Guyanese communities in crisis…Hughes confronts ‘uncomfortable truths’ in Bagotville address

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on African Guyanese communities in crisis…Hughes confronts ‘uncomfortable truths’ in Bagotville address

By Kiana Wilburg “The reality is that the perceived face of crime and violence in our communities is black, young and invariably male. The only thing worse than black on black violence and...

Backlog of cases will remain if more Magistrates not appointed – official

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Backlog of cases will remain if more Magistrates not appointed – official

Unless more Magistrates are called to the bench there is no way the heavy backlog of court cases will be alleviated. This is the view of an official in the judicial system, who was responding to...

96 Vessel Monitoring Systems to be installed in 2014

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 96 Vessel Monitoring Systems to be installed in 2014

With 21 trawlers already equipped with Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), 96 such units are expected to be installed this year. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who,...

BREACH OF PRIVILEGES AND CONTEMPT

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BREACH OF PRIVILEGES AND CONTEMPT

Two incidents last week highlighted once again why there are customary rules and sanctions relating to breach of privileges and contempt in the National Assembly. In the first instance, a controversy...

Ex-Parliamentarian was chosen from regional list

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Parliamentarian was chosen from regional list

…gets sworn in today Ex-parliamentarian Ernest Elliot, who will be sworn in today to replace APNU member Jaipaul Sharma in the National Assembly was chosen from the Coalition’s regional list to...

Solomon calls for Health Authority Region Ten

Apr 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Solomon calls for Health Authority Region Ten

Chairman of Region 10 Sharma Solomon is advocating that a Regional Health Authority be established in Region Ten. Solomon said that the Regional Health Officer could be held directly...

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

I used to be a cardiologist but didn’t have the heart. Actually from the time I learnt to play donkey I was on my way to being one. I am not referring to what my friends in some...

The time has come for a local law school

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time has come for a local law school

Dear Editor, The ‘on-again, off-again’ idea of a local law school is an idea whose time has long come. This has only been made absolutely clear and fiercely urgent with the advent of the...

Brazilians should be given three months permission to work while awaiting work permit

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brazilians should be given three months permission to work while awaiting work permit

Dear Editor, The Brazilian Mining and General Association would like to address with deep concern to the President of the Republic of Guyana , the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of...

Discipline rogue ranks but maintain roadblocks

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discipline rogue ranks but maintain roadblocks

Dear Editor, I couldn’t help but notice a letter in your Sunday Edition titled ‘Police harassment on the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge’, which to me disregards the bigger picture....

This official has become an untouchable monster

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This official has become an untouchable monster

Dear Editor, I am appalled to see how an official at the Lands and Surveys Department is trying to defend himself and the Surveyors who I will refer to as his agents. Firstly, I would like to make it...

The destitute among us

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The destitute among us

No one likes to see people living on the streets. In fact, there are those among us who believe that people are made to lie on the streets either because of impecuniosity or because of hostile family...

Mr. Hugh Brian “Magic” October is a liar

Apr 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Hugh Brian “Magic” October is a liar

Dear Editor, With Reference to the article captioned “Hero seaman recalls risky boat cruise” penned in Kaieteur News dated Sunday March, 30 2014. As a boat cruise fan, I would like to denounce...

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Canache lines up for Need for Speed Kart Clash Round 2

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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