December 2014

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GCA competitions bowl on this weekend

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions bowl on this weekend

Matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) New Building Society second division 40-over and Banks Malta Supreme Under-13 tournaments continue this weekend. In the second division tomorrow...

GFF Normalization Committee discusses important issues with Minister Anthony

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Normalization Committee discusses important issues with Minister Anthony

The tasks meted out to the Normalization Committee to regularize football operations are indeed arduous but the group is pressing ahead to reach the stipulated deadline late next year. When the names...

Kayo’s Academy/Rickland Hutson U-13 and U-15 football fiesta starts at MSC

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kayo’s Academy/Rickland Hutson U-13 and U-15 football fiesta starts at MSC

Several club teams from around the country will converge at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground tomorrow for the staging of the 4th edition of the Kayo’s Academy and Rickland ‘Tallo’ Hutson’s...

Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss, Leopold Street among those advancing to quarter-finals

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss, Leopold Street among those advancing to quarter-finals

Former national striker Devon Millington and Sheldon Shepherd lashed in a goal each to guide tournament favourites Sparta Boss into the quarter-final of the Georgetown Zone of the Guinness...

Albouystown Masjid-an-Najm receives sports gear from Good Samaritan

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown Masjid-an-Najm receives sports gear from Good Samaritan

Judo practitioners honing their skills at the Masjid-an-Najm in Albouystown will now be more equipped to address their tasks following a timely donation of a quantity of Ghees (judo uniforms) to...

Guyanese father of two slain in Cayenne

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese father of two slain in Cayenne

A Guyanese father of two was stabbed to death in front of his apartment building in Cayenne, French Guiana during a dispute with two of his friends on Sunday, last. The two men, also Guyanese, are...

Vendor shot during robbery attempt

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News 2

A father of six is counting his lucky stars after being shot once to his left leg during a robbery attempt around 05:30 hrs yesterday in front of the Ketley Primary School in Charlestown, where he...

GUYANA DOES NOT HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA DOES NOT HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

I am not aware that Guyana has a Constitutional Court. This is news to me and news to the entire country. I must have been asleep when this Court was constituted. I am not aware that the...

MP challenges Marriott mortgage in Court

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MP challenges Marriott mortgage in Court

…says AHI’s sole purpose is to unlawfully divert public funds The construction of the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, is again coming under fire, with A Partnership for National Unity...

Swedish newspaper report on gold mining…Aussie firm, Burrowes deny criticising Govt.

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Swedish newspaper report on gold mining…Aussie firm, Burrowes deny criticising Govt.

A Swedish newspaper report published last month which placed the gold mining sector in a bad light has sparked strong condemnations from one major investor and the country’s regulatory body, the...

AG’s crude comments about female KN reporter…Women and Gender Equality Commission “still to take a position”

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG’s crude comments about female KN reporter…Women and Gender Equality Commission “still to take a position”

Chairman of the Women and Gender Equality Commission, Indra Chandarpal, recently disclosed that the body is still to take a position on matters coming out of the recorded conversation between...

Membership decline denting trade union effectiveness

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Membership decline denting trade union effectiveness

By Zena Henry With a public workforce of approximately 250,000 staffers and only 50,000 being unionized, the country’s trade union bodies seem to be fighting an uphill battle on a gravel laden...

Damaged EBD koker…Flood victims reject Govt. $$$ offer, threaten protest action

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged EBD koker…Flood victims reject Govt. $$$ offer, threaten protest action

“More than 400 residents were affected by that flooding; we are still counting our losses. When we calculate the money the Government giving, each household will receive not more than $27,000 and...

Stemming the rate of road fatalities

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Stemming the rate of road fatalities

A few suggestions are necessary to assist in stemming the rate of road fatalities, especially during periods such as the just-concluded road safety month. As mentioned before in these columns, it...

Captain of grounded Guyanese vessel recalls ordeal

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Captain of grounded Guyanese vessel recalls ordeal

– no illegal items on board St. Kitts – Engine shutdown had caused a Guyana-registered vessel to run aground on a reef just off the coast of Dieppe Bay last week Thursday. This is according...

Gold fallout…Growing rift between miners, Govt. over remedial measures

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gold fallout…Growing rift between miners, Govt. over remedial measures

Miners are calling for urgent action that will address fallout from the world market drop in prices. The call comes amidst what appears to be a growing rift between the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners...

Guyana could be first to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana could be first to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Increased access to antiretroviral medicines during pregnancy has allowed for Guyana to be named among 13 Caribbean territories that are on track to be certified as having eliminated HIV transmission...

Rohee, Benn, Ramotar: The PPP Jagan left behind

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rohee, Benn, Ramotar: The PPP Jagan left behind

Early in my academic career, I argued that my generation and subsequent ones never saw Cheddi Jagan as a policy-maker in action and once Jagan remained as President, we would see what he was made of....

Patentia shallow grave murder…Tenant accused of killing landlord ‘unfit to stand trial’

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Patentia shallow grave murder…Tenant accused of killing landlord ‘unfit to stand trial’

A 34-year-old man accused of beheading his landlord and burying the body in the backyard of his Patentia, West Bank Demerara home, six years ago, is mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled...

Arrest warrant issued for carnal knowledge accused

Dec 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Arrest warrant issued for carnal knowledge accused

After being put off on two occasions because the accused hadn’t a lawyer, all was set for the commencement of the High Court trial of 54-year-old Muntaz Yassim called ‘Joe’ of New Street...

Examples where the abolition of corporal punishment has been successful

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Examples where the abolition of corporal punishment has been successful

Dear Editor, I have fought many battles on various fronts is my time, won many and lost a few. The conversation on the abolition of corporal punishment is just another one of those battles and I...

The Singhs’ robbery should not break a spirit of giving

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Singhs’ robbery should not break a spirit of giving

Dear Editor, The carjacking and robbery of Balram and Indira Singh (news report Dec 3) is heart rending and shocking even in a country where robbery seems to be the trend as indicated in the number...

The no Confidence Motion debate would have been the ultimate “cuss down”

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The no Confidence Motion debate would have been the ultimate “cuss down”

Dear Editor, I fully support the President’s decision to Prorogue the 10th Parliament. With this action by Government, all respectful adults and more importantly our children were spared from the...

The true test of character

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The true test of character

Dear Editor, There are some people who are so blinded by prejudice that they simply cannot come to terms with the reality of a new and changing Guyana, one in which there is greater prosperity and a...

Once the AG remains in office, no decent person should give the President’s statements a second thought

Dec 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Once the AG remains in office, no decent person should give the President’s statements a second thought

Dear Editor, It has been many weeks now since the Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall has exposed his immoral fibre with that most undignified, degrading and vulgar collection of comments in...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

Aug 31, 2026

CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...

The danger of renting another country’s power

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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