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UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

By Michael Benjamin Despite the recent decision taken by officials of the (GFF), at a recently staged Extraordinary Congress, to sanction several members of the Upper Demerara Football Association...

Three new Clubs given full AAG membership -Association implements new strategies

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three new Clubs given full AAG membership -Association implements new strategies

A motion was moved on Sunday at the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was held at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Hall, Thomas Lands, for the...

BCB partners with Corbin Media Group for Diamond Jubilee Magazine

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB partners with Corbin Media Group for Diamond Jubilee Magazine

Years of existence may be easy to achieve, but what really matters are the achievements that occurred during that period. The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will be observing its Diamond Jubilee during...

BCB launches NCN Inter Zone U-15 tourney

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches NCN Inter Zone U-15 tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) during 2014 will be celebrating its Diamond Jubilee and has revealed that at least twenty competitions at all levels will be organised in its observance. Yesterday,...

Over 60 entries for KMTC January 26 Horserace meet

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 60 entries for KMTC January 26 Horserace meet

With less than a week to go before race day for what will be the first Horserace Meet for 2014, over 60 entries have been received for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) rescheduled one-day Meet...

Mayor’s 79th birthday football final at Den Amstel on Sunday

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s 79th birthday football final at Den Amstel on Sunday

It will be the moment of truth on Sunday when hosts Den Amstel face-off with City line-up North East La Penitence in the Mayor’s 79th birthday seven-a-side football final from 17:00hrs. In the...

Suspect held in Pegasus taxi driver’s murder

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held in Pegasus taxi driver’s murder

Police are hoping that the arrest of a 36-year-old man may help them solve the murder of Pegasus Taxi Service driver Rudrinauth Jeeboo, whose battered body was found in a refuse heap in...

Foreign political expert speaks to MPs on security

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign political expert speaks to MPs on security

By Dwijendra Rooplall Members of Parliament were yesterday in discussion with Professor Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, an expert within the realm of political science and international relations, who has...

The Alexei Ramotar saga – paper qualifications do not equate to competence, skill or managerial ability

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Alexei Ramotar saga – paper qualifications do not equate to competence, skill or managerial ability

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Ashni Singh went on the warpath recently defending President Ramotar son’s (Alexei Ramotar) shoddily incompetent administration, management and delivery of a US $32...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC…CEO withdraws statements about concluded probe

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC…CEO withdraws statements about concluded probe

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has retracted statements he made last Friday in relation to the conclusion of an investigation in the death...

IAC to commemorate 6th Anniversary of Lusignan massacre

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IAC to commemorate 6th Anniversary of Lusignan massacre

Six years later, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) will be hosting its usual inter-faith service in remembrance of those slaughtered during a massacre at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. Scheduled for...

The PPP has stolen in excess of two decades from us

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has stolen in excess of two decades from us

Dear Editor, Having served as an economist at the Bank of Guyana in the eight years to January 2008, many of the analyses and interpretations from the various reports by the Bank, including work...

Wildlife exports laws set for imminent revamp

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wildlife exports laws set for imminent revamp

With growing focus on Guyana’s capacity to protect its wildlife, Government has signaled intentions to introduce special laws that will better manage the export of animals. Called the...

Venezuelans, Guyanese fined for illegal entry

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelans, Guyanese fined for illegal entry

A total of ten persons, among whom was a Guyanese woman, were each fined $30,000 for failing to undergo the legal process of entering Guyana when they were yesterday indicted before Chief...

Mario’s delivery man dies in accident

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mario’s delivery man dies in accident

A 26-year-old delivery man attached to Mario’s Pizza (located at Middle and Camp Streets) died in an accident around 10:00 hrs yesterday while on his way to deliver an order. The dead man has been...

What has become of presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has become of presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

Dear Sir, I wish here to invoke a quotation attributed to Edmund Burke, the 18th Century British Statesman, writing on the French Revolution, which incidentally started out as a people’s...

Taxi driver gets 60 months for causing death

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets 60 months for causing death

A 60-month prison sentence was yesterday handed by Magistrate Judy Latchman to a 26-year-old taxi driver who was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for causing the death of a...

Carpenter, 21, charged with Dochfour murder

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter, 21, charged with Dochfour murder

Twenty-one year old Davindra Rooplall, a carpenter of Hope Lowlands, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Zamela Ali for the murder of his fellow villager Suresh...

Banks DIH records $5.3B pre-tax profit in 2013

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH records $5.3B pre-tax profit in 2013

– Chairman lauds excellent market systems, efficient pre-selling and distribution network Against the backdrop of a sluggish global economic recovery and continuing tensions which...

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on

The silence of the Medical and Nursing Councils is deafening Dear Editor, For five years to date, as Registrar of the University of Guyana, I have ensured that our Health Sciences‘ graduates...

GNCPP highlights prevalence of “societal fear”

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP highlights prevalence of “societal fear”

By Zena Henry The Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP)’s latest television discussion under the theme “Guyana Human Security and Insecurity”, as well as “Civil Society’s...

EU gives 200,000 Euro grant to ChildLink

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU gives 200,000 Euro grant to ChildLink

Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecký and Ms. Omattie Madray, Programme Director of ChildLink, signed a grant of 200,000 Euros on Monday aimed at putting in place a project that seeks to Empower...

Mother blames school “bully” for child’s death

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother blames school “bully” for child’s death

Little Isaiah Chandro died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation around 10:30 hrs on Monday, one month after a CT (computed tomography) Scan revealed that there was a “small” tumour in...

If this isn’t hypocrisy, then what is?

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If this isn’t hypocrisy, then what is?

We are all hypocrites in some way or the other. But of course we are all different in the influence we have over other humans. A labourer’s hypocrisy we may find unpalatable, but he is harmless;...

APNU’s National Flood Control Plan

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU’s National Flood Control Plan

Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is a quiet but formidable force within A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). He is one of the more sensible and level-headed leaders within APNU, and most likely he would...

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Fesupo 2026, Chile… Tremel King sets new 105kg M1 DL and Total...

Sep 28, 2026

…Williams also dominates (Kaieteur News) – Guyana ended their 2026 South American Powerlifting Championships campaign with a bang on Saturday evening in Santiago, Chile when the nation’s 105kg...

Be grateful for what you have

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – You can go to the doctor and get tablets for high blood pressure. You can get medication for diabetes. You can even get something to help you sleep after spending the entire night worrying about whether somebody else has more money than you. But if your neighbour buys a new...

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...

Karma for a non Kshatriya

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Karma has its place, actually works. There is karma for even a non-Kshatriya. Not the kind touted by Mr. Carmichael Street. My own kind. It is a combination of the unfathomable will of God, the arc of justice and, believe it or not, the black cat crossing the path. I...

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