May 2014

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CGC’s Cult Energy Drink on board as EBFA launches U-17 tourney

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGC’s Cult Energy Drink on board as EBFA launches U-17 tourney

They have been inactive for quite some time but recently returned to the fray with two tournaments, the Trophy Stall Under-15 approximately one month ago and now the Stag Beer Division One tournament...

LABA female team to play GABA on Saturday in Linden

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA female team to play GABA on Saturday in Linden

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association has called ten female players for their clash with Georgetown on Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard court as the Guyana Amateur Basketball...

GSA Kraft Junior Skill Level National Championship serves off

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA Kraft Junior Skill Level National Championship serves off

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with its dependable corporate partner Digicel Guyana, last night served off its third tournament of the year, the Kraft Junior Skill Level...

Golden Jubilee Celebration…BCB honours Maya Devi Singh as Mother of the year

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jubilee Celebration…BCB honours Maya Devi Singh as Mother of the year

The Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) last weekend honoured Mrs. Maya Devi Singh of Cumberland Village, East Canje as their Mother of the year. Mrs. Singh, a mother of three...

GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI thump Essequibo by 45 runs

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI thump Essequibo by 45 runs

By Zaheer Mohamed The President’s XI defeated Essequibo by 45 runs in their opening round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County Under-19 50 overs tournament yesterday at the Everest...

Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 overs KO – West Berbice…Six teams move on to round two

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 overs KO – West Berbice…Six teams move on to round two

Play in the Hand in Hand second division 40 overs cricket competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for clubs in West Berbice continued with D’Edward, Hopetown United, Achievers,...

What is really going on?

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on What is really going on?

By Rawle Welch Aficionados wherever you could find them are asking the same question, what is really going on with the two biggest sports in Guyana, namely cricket and football. They are asking what...

BOSAI Inter Department B/ball …General Services and Plant Maintenance to contest final

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BOSAI Inter Department B/ball …General Services and Plant Maintenance to contest final

General Services and Plant Maintenance were winners when the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc. Inter Department basketball championships began on Saturday night last at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

GCB Inter County 50-over cricket …Berbice show three-day win against Demerara was no fluke, win by 4 runs at Wales

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County 50-over cricket …Berbice show three-day win against Demerara was no fluke, win by 4 runs at Wales

By Sean Devers Incisive spin bowling spearheaded Berbice to a thrilling four-run win over hosts Demerara in the opening round of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter County 50-over contest...

GEA records 29 convictions in fuel marking crackdown

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GEA records 29 convictions in fuel marking crackdown

Guyana’s regulator of the fuel industry, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), believes that it has significantly dented smuggling, with checks indicating a drop in the incidence. Since being implemented...

Notorious Berbice bandit jailed for four years

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Notorious Berbice bandit jailed for four years

Notorious bandit Tameshwar Khemraj, called ‘Rambo’, was yesterday jailed for four years by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared before him at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on a...

City Hall says…Hill Street building to be dismantled if tilting continues

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall says…Hill Street building to be dismantled if tilting continues

…plan for smaller structure was submitted The owners of the leaning building in Hill Street, Lodge, will have to remove a section of the structure or dismantle it completely, if present efforts to...

Wages, Hours of Work survey gets underway

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wages, Hours of Work survey gets underway

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security has launched its Occupational Wages and Hours of Work Survey to gather relevant data from across various industries and occupations. The...

Apparent “private security” for Sooba leaves councillors uneasy

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Apparent “private security” for Sooba leaves councillors uneasy

In light of claims that persons are seeking to harm the voted-out Town Clerk (ag) Carol Sooba, the government-appointed Council secretary has apparently hired her own personal security, but the...

First rice crop exceeds 300,000 tonnes

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First rice crop exceeds 300,000 tonnes

The rice industry has exceeded 300,000 tonnes of rice as the first crop production for 2014 and could surpass 600,000 tonnes by December 2014. According to the Government Information Agency (GINA)...

Guyana striding to universal secondary education – Agri Minister

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana striding to universal secondary education – Agri Minister

…as some sections of the world lag behind The inability to access secondary level education was identified as one of the major hindrances that have over the years stymied people’s...

Toyota Spacio hire cars…GRA’s boss says they made no error in registering vehicles

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toyota Spacio hire cars…GRA’s boss says they made no error in registering vehicles

The report on the detaining of several Toyota Spacio hire cars by ‘D’ Division police ranks last Friday was alarming, according to the Khurshid Sattaur, Commissioner General, Guyana Revenue...

Revenue boss “disturbed” by recent CCJ ruling

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revenue boss “disturbed” by recent CCJ ruling

The country’s revenue chief, Khurshid Sattaur, is “disturbed” by the recent decision of the Caribbean’s highest appellate court to have the government payback a Surinamese beverage importer...

‘Unjust’ Environmental Tax…Opposition not responsible for US$6M refund ruling – AFC

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Unjust’ Environmental Tax…Opposition not responsible for US$6M refund ruling – AFC

Treasurer and Executive Member of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Dominic Gaskin has taken offence to the sentiments being peddled that the opposition is responsible for Guyana having to refund US$6M...

Nation must organise and agitate for LEAD Project – GTUC

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nation must organise and agitate for LEAD Project – GTUC

“While it may be tempting to view the joint press conference between the USA Ambassador (Brent) Hardt and government representative Dr. Roger Luncheon, given past exchanges and actions as a lost...

Hit-and-run… CANU officer was under the influence of alcohol

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hit-and-run… CANU officer was under the influence of alcohol

– Agency offers help to bereaved family Sources close to the investigation into the death of 57-year-old Shameer Mangal disclosed that the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer driving...

Belize Supreme Court Judge has eyes on pioneering law school in Guyana

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Belize Supreme Court Judge has eyes on pioneering law school in Guyana

Although a resolution seems to be on the horizon regarding the placement of Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, a renowned legal mind is convinced that the answer to...

Vulnerable Good Success river defence repaired in $338M project

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vulnerable Good Success river defence repaired in $338M project

The Ministry of Public Works has wrapped up the third phase of river defence works at Good Success, East Bank of Demerara. According to Kevin Samad, Chief Sea and River Defence Officer, the project...

House lot owners claim Ministry delaying land occupation

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on House lot owners claim Ministry delaying land occupation

House lot holders, especially those on the East Bank of Demerara, are not too happy over the delay by the Ministry of Housing and Water in completing infrastructural works to facilitate the...

The PNC and PPP dictatorship: The difference

May 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC and PPP dictatorship: The difference

I was watching IPL cricket last Sunday (I back the teams that have West Indian players and want the team with the most West Indian players to win the trophy) when I got a telephone call from a...

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Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship Returns for Third...

May 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in collaboration with Blue Water Shipping, officially launched the third edition of the Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship...

Build one road, collect one fortune

May 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a contractor was a man with dusty boots, a tape measure hanging from his waist, a pencil wedged between his ears and enough sunburn to qualify as roasted plantain. These days, however, a contractor is anybody with a Gmail address, a freshly...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Guyana open for business

May 15, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works, His Eminence, Bishop Juan Edghill said it well. “Guyana is open for business.” Thanks, Lordship. Being open for business shouldn’t mean that Guyana is happy giving away its business. Giving it to outsiders to the detriment...

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