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Benjamin Sports Store cycle race now a 50-mile event

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Benjamin Sports Store cycle race now a 50-mile event

Monday February 24 is the date for a special cycle road race sponsored by overseas based former junior and national cyclist Wilbert Benjamin and organised by the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) in...

Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket – E’bo Coast…Fisher beat Sparta by 24 runs in final

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket – E’bo Coast…Fisher beat Sparta by 24 runs in final

By Zaheer Mohamed Fisher Primary defeated Sparta Primary by 24 runs to win the final of the Scotia Bank nationwide Kiddy cricket competition yesterday on the Essequibo Coast. Sparta batting first...

Irshad Mohamed is Guyana Chess Federation President

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Irshad Mohamed is Guyana Chess Federation President

Guyana’s lone national arbiter Irshad Mohamed was voted in as the new President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) on Sunday last when the local governing body held their elections of office...

Guyana Boxing Association four-nation C/ship…Local boxers confident of carting off the spoils

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Association four-nation C/ship…Local boxers confident of carting off the spoils

By Michael Benjamin The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will be teeming with activity tonight when local boxers don gloves and face off with their counterparts from Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and...

Rare Guyana stamp set to sell for at least US$10M

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rare Guyana stamp set to sell for at least US$10M

New York (Wall Street Journal) – Owners of the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, one of the most valuable stamps in the world, have included a 12-year-old Scottish schoolboy, an Austrian...

CANU seeks another suspected cocaine trafficker

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CANU seeks another suspected cocaine trafficker

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for Tarachandra Persaud aka Doce / Dos whose address was given as Republic Park, East Bank Demerara. CANU said that he is wanted in...

Uniform data collection system imminent for drug and alcohol treatment agencies

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Uniform data collection system imminent for drug and alcohol treatment agencies

A recent report by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) indicated that Latin and other Caribbean countries have the highest crime rates in the world. One of the root problems in this...

M&CC, GWI working to tackle “flooded pavement” quandary

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC, GWI working to tackle “flooded pavement” quandary

A prolonged drainage situation in the city which appears to have infiltrated the sewerage system was yesterday gaining the collaborative attention of technical officials within the Mayor and City...

Cement firm tests alternative way for building roads

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cement firm tests alternative way for building roads

TCL Guyana Inc. (TGI), last weekend demonstrated the use of one of the latest technologies in road construction when the company partnered with the Ministry of Public Works to effect road repairs...

Guyana’s blacklisting stands to affect CARICOM, OAS members – Teixeira

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s blacklisting stands to affect CARICOM, OAS members – Teixeira

The severe penalties associated with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)’s blacklisting status are not isolated to Guyana. As such, CARICOM and OAS member states that do business with...

Free Schools’ tours kicks off at Princess Fun City

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Free Schools’ tours kicks off at Princess Fun City

The Princess Fun City Entertainment Centre, situated in the Princess Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara, was abuzz with pure exciting activities yesterday as school-aged children took advantage...

APNU rejects President’s offer to set up bilateral committee

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU rejects President’s offer to set up bilateral committee

….AML meetings pushed back further The main Political Parliamentary Opposition rejected an offer by none other than President, Donald Ramotar, to set up a bilateral committee to deal with the Bills...

Hope Canal project…$349M bridge to open tomorrow

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal project…$349M bridge to open tomorrow

One section of the $3B Hope Canal project has been completed and is all set for an opening tomorrow, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) have announced. The opening of the bridge,...

Govt. to meet Americans on LEAD project next week

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to meet Americans on LEAD project next week

– Unaware of project implementation Government is unaware of the status of the United States of America’s Leadership And Democracy (LEAD) Project and is expected to meet with U.S....

Business owners charged for unlicenced liquor vending

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Business owners charged for unlicenced liquor vending

As police ranks continue to crackdown on illegal alcohol vending, city business owners of two popular ‘chill spots’ were yesterday brought before the Chief Magistrate to face separate charges for...

International drug arrests…Felix questions Guyana’s intelligence-gathering

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on International drug arrests…Felix questions Guyana’s intelligence-gathering

By Latoya Giles Had Guyana’s intelligence-gathering been functioning effectively, local security officials would have known that persons with Mafia ties were working with drug traffickers here....

GWI to withdraw services from delinquent customers

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to withdraw services from delinquent customers

Delinquent water users in several wards of the city could lose their service before the upcoming Mashramani holiday weekend if they do not settle their accounts soon. The Guyana Water Incorporated,...

Inter-agency approach being touted to help address city’s vector challenge

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-agency approach being touted to help address city’s vector challenge

Over the past two months, a total of 30 “litter-bugs” were arrested and taken before the courts as part of an ongoing campaign by the anti-litter squad of the City Constabulary. Some of these...

Digicel surprises mother of four sets of twins on its 7th anniversary

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel surprises mother of four sets of twins on its 7th anniversary

Last December, a story on Bridget Dundas and her nine children surfaced in Kaieteur News highlighting the struggles she faced as a single parent. On Christmas Day, whilst most families treated...

The Aubrey Norton/Vincent Alexander madness

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Aubrey Norton/Vincent Alexander madness

Just what has taken over the collective psychology of the PNC is becoming incomprehensible for both lay person and analyst. I can honestly tell Mr. David Granger that from speaking to really top...

Trevor Rose murder…“The police ignored that I am his mother”- Lillian Browne

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trevor Rose murder…“The police ignored that I am his mother”- Lillian Browne

The mother of popular Mashramani Costume Designer and Events Coordinator Trevor Rose said, that since her son was executed more than three weeks ago, no one from the Guyana Police Force has taken a...

Chief Magistrate chastises police rank over unlawful detention of juvenile

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate chastises police rank over unlawful detention of juvenile

A female police Corporal attached to the Prashad Nagar Police Outpost who had held a 15-year-old boy in custody for more than the permitted stipulation was yesterday chastised by the Chief...

Jury discharged one day into murder trial

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jury discharged one day into murder trial

Two murder accused will have to wait a week further for their trial to begin after the jury that was selected was discharged yesterday, one day after the trial began. The men, Joshua Persaud called...

AN UNMERITORIOUS PROPOSAL

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN UNMERITORIOUS PROPOSAL

The last-minute proposals tabled by APNU should not be taken seriously. On merit, they are highly deficient proposals and only lend credibility to the view that their belated submission was to...

American band calls on Culture Minister

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on American band calls on Culture Minister

As part of its continuing cultural engagement that has brought jazz musicians, dance groups, a classical pianist and a flautist to Guyana over the last three years, the Embassy of the United States...

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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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