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Wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool

DEAR EDITOR, Georgetown is bombarded with an uninhibited disregard for health, etiquette and progress. We are wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool. I am referring to ubiquitous heaps...

Govt. cannot be trusted with the public interest: Lessons from the Muri Brasil venture

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. cannot be trusted with the public interest: Lessons from the Muri Brasil venture

DEAR EDITOR, The decision by Muri Brasil Ventures (MBV) to pull out of any further geological survey in the New River Triangle and Deep South of Guyana is being characterized as a ‘disaster’ by...

The sugar industry has no parallel situation

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sugar industry has no parallel situation

DEAR EDITOR, In KN’s Sunday 22 December, 2013 edition, Peeping Tom (PT) has concocted, at first blush, a plausible argument for not arbitrarily ‘imposing’ more than 5% since (to skip to his/her...

Broadcasters are being ignored

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Broadcasters are being ignored

DEAR EDITOR, I write once again about the failure of the National Awards Committee in recognizing broadcasters who have/had contributed significantly to broadcasting not only in the Republic, but the...

Youth unemployment: Is it a guessing game?

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth unemployment: Is it a guessing game?

DEAR EDITOR, Last Saturday’s column by Peeping Tom titled: “Youth Unemployment is a guessing game” caught my attention, because it resonated with some challenges we are addressing at the...

The story of Jose Matada

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The story of Jose Matada

DEAR EDITOR, There is a story carried by the BBC of a young man, still in his twenties, who in his bid to escape from poverty and seek a new life, stowed away on a flight from Angola and was found in...

Our country is without doubt poorer with the passing of Mr. Holder

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our country is without doubt poorer with the passing of Mr. Holder

DEAR EDITOR, On behalf of the Patron, President and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), I would like to extend our great sympathy to the family of our honorary...

Face-saving way needed for LEAD

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Face-saving way needed for LEAD

DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to news items and related responses on the LEAD project (KN Dec 24, 25, Jan 8, 9, etc.). The US Embassy says the grant project of the Republican members of Congress...

APNU never received any cash from USAID Project – Granger

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU never received any cash from USAID Project – Granger

“Govt. lamentations nothing but Cold War rhetoric” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has not received any cash from the USAID/Guyana – Elections and Political Processes (EPP) Fund,...

Late night emergency works on Demerara Bridge successful – GM

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Late night emergency works on Demerara Bridge successful – GM

Works to repair sections of the Demerara Harbour Bridge which were damaged last Sunday morning, after a vessel collided with it, have been completed. According to Rawlston Adams, General...

Teenager charged with murder of two-year-old

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager charged with murder of two-year-old

The saga surrounding the tragic death of two-year-old Kimanie Watson took its most interesting twist yesterday when her 15-year-old uncle appeared before Magistrate Zamela Ali at the Vigilance...

ECD four-lane expansion…Ministry admits five percent concrete failure

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECD four-lane expansion…Ministry admits five percent concrete failure

– Tries to discredit related report Of 439 metres of concrete tested in Lot Six of the East Coast Demerara Public Road four-lane expansion project, only 25 metres failed the...

Still no date for Local Govt. Elections

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Still no date for Local Govt. Elections

…despite all parties being ready By Zena Henry Government highlighted that it would be early in the new year, but there is yet to be an announcement on the date when the country will...

Chinese, Indian companies vying to build new Demerara Bridge

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese, Indian companies vying to build new Demerara Bridge

A number of Chinese and Indian Companies are vying to build the New Demerara Bridge river crossing being handled by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) headed by...

Barnwell to lead Guyana in NAGICO Super50 tourney…Chanderpaul is deputy

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell to lead Guyana in NAGICO Super50 tourney…Chanderpaul is deputy

Allrounder Christopher Barnwell has been chosen to lead Guyana in the Regional NAGICO Super50 tournament which commences in Trinidad and Tobago on January 30, dependable middle order batsman...

Chess Federation opens itinerary with Rapid chess tournament

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chess Federation opens itinerary with Rapid chess tournament

Following a hectic year where they had been able to run off dozens of tournaments including the National Junior and Senior Championships, officials of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will commence...

FIFA Chief says 2022 tournament in Qatar will be played between November and January

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA Chief says 2022 tournament in Qatar will be played between November and January

FIFA’s Secretary General has stated that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar ‘will not be in June or July’. Jerome Valcke, who has been given the task of looking at alternative dates due to the...

Skill, Endurance and reliability key for Sunday’s Endurance showdown

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skill, Endurance and reliability key for Sunday’s Endurance showdown

Skill, Endurance and reliability are going to be the key components to give competitors that added advantage when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages its Endurance Race...

Mayor Green’s birth anniversary, Inter Ward/Village, 7-a-side KO…

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green’s birth anniversary, Inter Ward/Village, 7-a-side KO…

Potential action packed encounters as tournament hits homestretch Four teams out of Georgetown will clash with a similar number from the West Coast Demerara to determine the semi-finalists and...

Guyana Cricket Board salutes an Icon, Terry Holder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cricket Board salutes an Icon, Terry Holder

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) mourns the loss of one of the greatest sons of our soil and who should be deemed a national hero for his priceless work in service to the public at large and...

Night of wake and Remembrance for Terry Holder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Night of wake and Remembrance for Terry Holder

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be hosting a ‘Night of Wake and Remembrance’ for its former Executive, the late Terry Holder, on Sunday January 12, 2013 at the Georgetown Cricket Club...

WICB congratulates Dr. Julian Hunte

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB congratulates Dr. Julian Hunte

Kingston, Jamaica – President of the West Indies Cricket Board Mr. Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron has sent congratulations to former WICB President, Dr. Julian Hunte, following the...

Guyanese cricketers expected again in Scarborough League this year

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese cricketers expected again in Scarborough League this year

Toronto, Canada – The presence of foreign cricketers was very pleasing in 2013 for Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) and President Deo Samaroo stated they will definitely maintain the high...

BCB Special Events Committee 2014 Programme would be unmatched in the C’bean – Chairman

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Special Events Committee 2014 Programme would be unmatched in the C’bean – Chairman

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Special Events Committee since its formation in March 2008 completed over 600 programmes/activities up to June, 2013 when it became dormant after the resignation of...

EBFA/MCYS KO Football…Activities set for exciting finals as competition enters final stages

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/MCYS KO Football…Activities set for exciting finals as competition enters final stages

Grove Hi Tech will clash with Timerhi Panthers this Sunday, January 12, in the lone semi-final encounter when the action winds down on several weeks of pulsating football in the East Bank...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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