August 2014

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Regional Women Super50…Guyana trounce Jamaica in opening round

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Women Super50…Guyana trounce Jamaica in opening round

Guyana defeated Jamaica by three runs (D/L method) when the Regional Women’s Super 50 tournament commenced on Thursday in Dominica. Playing in group B, Guyana scored 90-5 off their reduced 26...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Boyce/Jefford Classic committed to quality

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Boyce/Jefford Classic committed to quality

Dear Sports Editor, The Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic was founded on the principle goal to give athletics a prominent place among sports in Guyana. Five years ago, when we examined the...

Rugby 10s’ commences today

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby 10s’ commences today

The Guyana Rugby Football Union has given the green light for affiliated clubs to participate in a 10-a-side tournament which is set to commence today, at the National Park, starting from 15:00hrs....

Legend Classic Basketball competition…Smythfield Rockers defeat Ithaca Hardliners

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Legend Classic Basketball competition…Smythfield Rockers defeat Ithaca Hardliners

Play in the ongoing Legend Classic Basketball Competition continued over the weekend with the seasoned Smythfield Rockers of New Amsterdam defeating newcomers Ithaca Hardliners 58-41 in a game...

Caribbean Regional Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) 2014

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Regional Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) 2014

The Guyana Badminton Association High Powered 11-Member Badminton Team will be attending The Caribbean Regional Badminton Championships referred to as CAREBACO in Jamaica August 9-16, 2014. Last year...

UDFA members pen missive to GFF and associations

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA members pen missive to GFF and associations

Member clubs of the Upper Demerara Football Association recently met and deliberated on a pertinent matter that has to do with the ban imposed on members of its Executive Committee by the governing...

Guyana Baseball League donates equipment to Curacao PONY

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Baseball League donates equipment to Curacao PONY

In a release, the Guyana Baseball League has disclosed that they are very happy to make a donation of baseball equipment to the newest PONY Baseball family member in our region, Curacao, which is led...

Mix Up are Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes champs

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mix Up are Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes champs

Mix Up were crowned champions of the Deon Carter Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition after overcoming Specialist and Gangster in the final which was played on Wednesday night last at Gaulding...

NY Blasters open Guyana tour next week

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NY Blasters open Guyana tour next week

Will play Otis George Memorial match at Banks DIH under lights New York Blasters, winners of the inaugural 2014 T20 New York big bash tournament, will play a series of cricket matches throughout...

All set for Rising Sun Turf Club meet tomorrow

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Rising Sun Turf Club meet tomorrow

A large crowd is expected at the Rising Sun Turf Club for the Entity’s grand Rising Sun Arima Park, West Coast Berbice for their annual one day race meet set for tomorrow. Over 65 horses have been...

Guyana Festival cricket…Galaxy of ex-stars on show today at Providence

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Festival cricket…Galaxy of ex-stars on show today at Providence

All roads lead to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence this afternoon as a galaxy of former stars attempt to roll back the years in a feature t20 day-night cricket match, scheduled to...

Eighty murders in seven months, armed robberies up by 16 percent

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eighty murders in seven months, armed robberies up by 16 percent

Eighty people have been murdered within the first seven months of this year and there have been 679 reported armed robberies, but police say that “total serious crimes” have decreased during this...

Nandlall files yet another court case against KN

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall files yet another court case against KN

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has filed yet another court case against Kaieteur News. This time, Nandlall wants in excess of $30M for alleged libel published on July 31st in Kaieteur News...

Abuse of citizens’ trust by MPs should be a high ranking crime

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abuse of citizens’ trust by MPs should be a high ranking crime

– Power lies with Parliament – Greenidge The importance of having an effective and proactive Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is often a central topic when the Chairmen and other committee...

Trotman part of sinister plot to destabilize Govt. agenda – PPP/C

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman part of sinister plot to destabilize Govt. agenda – PPP/C

The ruling Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is accusing Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman of being part of a sinister plot to destabilize its parliamentary agenda. The...

STAR STUDENT TAKES OFF WITH CARIBBEAN AIRLINES

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on STAR STUDENT TAKES OFF WITH CARIBBEAN AIRLINES

Georgetown, August 9— following her history-making performance in the 2013 CESC examinations, 17 year-old Zimeena Rasheed is now off to create new milestones and she does so with the help of...

Power restored to Essequibo Coast

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Power restored to Essequibo Coast

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) said it has been able to repower the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, after a total shutdown Wednesday night. The power company explained that on Wednesday, at...

Army interdicts nine vessels for unlicensed fishing, use of illegal anchor seines

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army interdicts nine vessels for unlicensed fishing, use of illegal anchor seines

Operators of nine fishing vessels on Wednesday felt the brunt of law enforcement, when the GDF Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries Division, conducted a joint...

Two E’bo families receive homes from FFTP, Republic Bank

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two E’bo families receive homes from FFTP, Republic Bank

Two families of Onderneeming and Sand Pit Road on the Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, are now the owners of new two-bedroom homes complete with sanitation facilities, thanks to the collaboration...

Scores of suspected Chikungunya cases detected

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of suspected Chikungunya cases detected

…as Guyana Watch treats ‘hundreds’ at East Canje Hundreds of residents from East Canje, Berbice turned out yesterday at the Rose Hall Estate Primary School to benefit from free medical services...

Local Port Security Personnel complete capacity building training exercise

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Port Security Personnel complete capacity building training exercise

Local Port Security Personnel are now better equipped to ensure safety within the nation’s ports, given their successful completion of a capacity building training exercise hosted by the Maritime...

Police now have access to live footage from the DHB

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police now have access to live footage from the DHB

Police officers can now access live CCTV feeds from the eastern and western sides of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), without leaving their offices, thanks to collaboration between the DHB and the...

FROM NATURAL RESOURCES TO HUMAN RESOURCES

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM NATURAL RESOURCES TO HUMAN RESOURCES

The Trinidadians used to boast that oil don’t spoil. Burnham retorted that you cannot eat oil. You cannot also eat bauxite, gold, diamonds or timber. Guyana had a lot of these. It still however...

Cops arrest two over airport robberies

Aug 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrest two over airport robberies

Police are to place two men on identification parade to ascertain whether they are involved in the recent spate of attacks against travelers heading to and from the Cheddi Jagan International...

Poor diets and health issues

Aug 09, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Poor diets and health issues

The health community has always been keen to tell people that they are what they eat. Literally put, they are saying that if one does not eat well then one would become ill, or obese or simply...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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