September 2014

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The mining sector…Slapdash royalty/tax system allows for corrupt negotiations – Nagamootoo

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The mining sector…Slapdash royalty/tax system allows for corrupt negotiations – Nagamootoo

By Kiana Wilburg For years, the investment agreements made between the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and potential investors for the mining sector have been done on a case by case...

Knock back got a big man crying

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Knock back got a big man crying

There is an old saying, ‘When yuh dig hole fuh yuh mattie you fuss does fall in.’ Some of de people that dem boys expose suh vex that dem doing wha dem does do best, plan fuh dem boys. In short,...

2nd Dhaka Bank Test …Shiv’s 30th ton, Benn’s 5-Wkt haul spur Windies to 2-nil series win

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Dhaka Bank Test …Shiv’s 30th ton, Benn’s 5-Wkt haul spur Windies to 2-nil series win

By Sean Devers in St Lucia in Association with Mike’s Pharmacy, Raj Singh Insurance, Universal Sports Store, Carib Beer & Rex Resorts St. Lucia Shivnarine Chanderpaul feasts on Bangladesh’s...

Blind cricketers seek help from GCB and Government

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blind cricketers seek help from GCB and Government

Three Guyanese Cricketers have been selected on the West Indies Blind Cricket team for the next Blind Cricket World Cup in South Africa later this year and according to Assistant Manager Guyanese...

Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League – Rd 2…Four teams earn a point each

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League – Rd 2…Four teams earn a point each

Second round action in the Stag Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior League got off to an even start on Sunday last at the Victoria ground with both matches ending in 1-1...

Ogle are Elizabeth Styles/ECCB 1st Div champion…Defeat Lusignan in thriller

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ogle are Elizabeth Styles/ECCB 1st Div champion…Defeat Lusignan in thriller

Ogle Sports Club are the East Coast Cricket Board Elizabeth Styles 1st Division champion after beating Lusignan in a thriller. Lusignan who won the toss and elected to bat in bright sunshine with...

GDA ‘A’ Class Tourney …Steve Bacchus eyes top honours after carting off ‘B’ Class championships

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA ‘A’ Class Tourney …Steve Bacchus eyes top honours after carting off ‘B’ Class championships

Steve Bacchus amassed 23 points and carted off championship honours in the ‘B’ Class category when the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) staged their Annual Draughts Championships at the National...

Hill Foot Vipers, Kairuni Rising Stars advance in Linden Softball C/ship

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hill Foot Vipers, Kairuni Rising Stars advance in Linden Softball C/ship

Hill Foot Vipers and Kairuni Rising Stars recorded wins over Calcuni Club and Hill Foot Strikers when play in the Linden Softball Inter Community Championship continued last Sunday at the Bayroc...

DCB congratulates Johnson

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB congratulates Johnson

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has extended congratulations to Leon Johnson, one of its most disciplined and hardworking cricketers, on his debut to Test cricket in the West Indies home series...

Recent encouraging performances source of confidence – Persaud

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Recent encouraging performances source of confidence – Persaud

Asked to give the reason for his success this season which has seen him upstage rivals whose machines possess far more power than his Mazda Miata, local racer Danny Persaud summed it up with one word...

Letter to the Sports Editor…FRAUD IN EAST COAST CRICKET?

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…FRAUD IN EAST COAST CRICKET?

Dear Editor, Recently I had cause to question the legitimacy of the East Coast Cricket Board and their Executive Committee. It seems as though someone was paying rapt attention as suddenly we hear...

Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014…BCB office renamed after Leslie Amsterdam

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014…BCB office renamed after Leslie Amsterdam

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has renamed its Dr. Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam Office “The Leslie Amsterdam Cricket Office” as the Board’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration continues. The...

My passion, the game I have fought long and hard for its betterment in my country ‘Football’

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on My passion, the game I have fought long and hard for its betterment in my country ‘Football’

Dear Editor, I have devoted 17 years (1996-2013) of my football career to the National Programme and I have seen it all. Today, it’s clear to see that the current leadership of the GFF doesn’t...

CCL experience instructive for Alpha United

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CCL experience instructive for Alpha United

With just a single game remaining before his team wrap up their 2014/15 CONCACAF Champions League sojourn, Alpha United head coach Wayne Dover believes that the experience offered many lessons for...

Powerlifting Seniors set for November 9…Guyana to host 2015 Caribbean C/ships

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifting Seniors set for November 9…Guyana to host 2015 Caribbean C/ships

The cream de la cream of strong men and women in Guyana will collide on Sunday November 9 when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosts their senior championships at a venue to be...

Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

– PAHO Director emphasises need for public awareness Three years from now a fair percentage of persons who have been inflicted with the Chikungunya Virus are likely to be still subjected to...

“Free big bus” system angers private operators

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Free big bus” system angers private operators

The recent implementation of the “free big bus transportation system” by the Ministry of Public Works at the Stabroek Bus Park has angered some minibus drivers who operate in that district daily....

A sense of urgency is required

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A sense of urgency is required

The statement coming from Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee about the Waini River submersible is indeed welcomed, if only fleetingly, by an increasingly cynical populace. People may be...

Key CARICOM initiative to boost workplace development imminent

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Key CARICOM initiative to boost workplace development imminent

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Association of National Training Agencies (CANTA) will formally launch the CARICOM Regional TVET Strategy for Workforce Development and Economic...

Dr. Goolsarran relinquishes Transparency Inst. presidency

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Goolsarran relinquishes Transparency Inst. presidency

Dr. Anand Goolsarran, President of the watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI), Dr. Anand Goolsarran, has resigned because of an overseas commitment. According to TIGI, the...

Man shot in head…Alleged shooter surrenders

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot in head…Alleged shooter surrenders

Accompanied by an attorney, the Community Policing Group (CPG) member, who allegedly shot his nephew in the head Monday afternoon at Kamuni Backdam, West Bank Demerara (WBD), turned himself into...

Colwyn Harding removed from GPHC… Doctors made no attempt to operate on him – CEO

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Colwyn Harding removed from GPHC… Doctors made no attempt to operate on him – CEO

By Romila Boodram Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Khan is claiming that no doctor at the institution informed Colwyn Harding’s mother, Sharon,...

Opposition, PSC deliberate on economic engagement

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition, PSC deliberate on economic engagement

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with the Parliamentary Opposition on Monday and renewed relationships as well as introduced the new PSC Executive. There was much deliberation on areas for...

Priority govt. vehicles contributing to booking limitations at Parika Stelling – T&HD

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Priority govt. vehicles contributing to booking limitations at Parika Stelling – T&HD

By Zena Henry The daily transportation of some eight Ministry of Works trucks being used in the construction and repair of roads in Bartica is in some way contributing to the booking limitations at...

Logging scandal…Harmon shuns Persaud’s defence on absence of value-added processing

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logging scandal…Harmon shuns Persaud’s defence on absence of value-added processing

By Abena Rockcliffe A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Joseph Harmon, who sits on the Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources, has dismissed what he referred to as a...

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The New Doctor’s Clinic joins World Cup as Bronze Sponsor

Sep 21, 2026

IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup Guyana 2026 (Kaieteur Sports) The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) welcomes The New Doctor’s Clinic as a Bronze Sponsor of the IMC Over-40s Cricket...

Pace and spin

Sep 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) There are governments that take a year to get started, governments that take a year to find their feet, and then there is the second Irfaan Ali administration, which seems to have been in office for approximately three years, seven months and a long weekend, even though it has been...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa review

Sep 21, 2026

Kaieteur News – For now, all I have is a handful of questions. I think they have bearing, particularly when the temperature of the local environment is taken. Where did this “visa review” development originate from: official Guyana or the U.S? It has to be one of the two places,...

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