February 2015

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Mayor’s Cup Football Championship …Teams hunt final spots tonight in semi-finals action

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup Football Championship …Teams hunt final spots tonight in semi-finals action

The four surviving teams in the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship will battle tonight for a spot in the final when the semi-finals are staged at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda...

11th Busta Champion of Champions …RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, West Berbice, Albion and Tucber Park into semis

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 11th Busta Champion of Champions …RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, West Berbice, Albion and Tucber Park into semis

The eleventh edition of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Busta Champion of Champions 40-Over cricket tournament finally bowled off on Sunday after several delays due to bad weather....

GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tourney concludes

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton Tourney concludes

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles tournament concluded with the presentation of prizes which was held at the Queen’s College Badminton Courts on Monday last. The tournament was played between February...

Local officials for CONCACAF qualifying for FIFA WC Russia 2018

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local officials for CONCACAF qualifying for FIFA WC Russia 2018

A number of local referees have been appointed by FIFA to officiate in the CONCACAF Preliminary qualifying competition for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018. Mr. Sherwin Moore (Referee), Mr. Venton Mars...

East Canje Knights squander healthy lead against Rose Hall Town Jammers

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Canje Knights squander healthy lead against Rose Hall Town Jammers

The once feared East Canje Knights basketball team have somehow lost most of their endurance and fighting instinct as they once again choked after enjoying a healthy lead when play continued in the...

GCB inter county U-15 tourney…Demerara thump Berbice; Essequibo beat President’s XI

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB inter county U-15 tourney…Demerara thump Berbice; Essequibo beat President’s XI

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara registered a five wicket win over Berbice while Essequibo thumped the President’s XI by 18 runs when the second round of matches in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter...

NSC/GTTA Mashramani Tournament

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC/GTTA Mashramani Tournament

– Jackman wins U-13 title Selenas Jackman won the Girls’ 13-years-and-under playoff on Saturday to claim that title when the National Sports Commission (NSC)/Guyana Table Tennis Association...

Princeville residents threaten unrest if demands unmet

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Princeville residents threaten unrest if demands unmet

Even as more protest action is being planned over the absence of teachers at the Princeville Primary School in region 8, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) has lashed out at the education committee...

Health Ministry denies transparency concern over AIDS funding

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry denies transparency concern over AIDS funding

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that there is no specific recommendation on transparency with which Guyana has to comply with in order to benefit from U$9 million in funding from the Global...

Health Ministry issues Measles alert

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry issues Measles alert

– admits there are “small pockets of vulnerable persons” Perhaps in order to ensure that Guyana does not become the subject of “professional negligence,” the Ministry of Health has...

Guyana’s school dropout rates far below region’s average

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s school dropout rates far below region’s average

Despite school dropout rates being over 20 percent and higher in the Caribbean region, when compared to the average rates in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Guyana has recorded a...

The die is cast; there will be a winner in 2015

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The die is cast; there will be a winner in 2015

Before last Saturday, the talk all over Guyana was there would be a minority government for the second time after May. Some people saw the PPP as getting more votes than the AFC and APNU separately,...

Eight unremoved Health Ministry containers likely “to be auctioned”

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eight unremoved Health Ministry containers likely “to be auctioned”

Eight Ministry of Health containers that are believed to have been at the John Fernandes Terminal Transit Shed since last August could be up for auction by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). The...

AN EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL RULE

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL RULE

A general rule of this column is that it does not usually respond to criticisms. It expresses a view, thereby adding to the diversity of commentaries within the society. With the objective of...

Police Force faces major challenges to increase strength

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force faces major challenges to increase strength

By Dale Andrews At the beginning of the year Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee announced that approval has been given for the Guyana Police Force to be increased by 1500 ranks. But while the...

Working for free and fair elections

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Working for free and fair elections

The political parties must by now have recognized the irrationality of criticising the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Not that GECOM is beyond reproach. But rather that GECOM itself is...

Vice Chancellor appeals for normalcy at UG

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vice Chancellor appeals for normalcy at UG

– highlights need for Govt. support “It is a pity that the current industrial impasse is being used to point fingers,” said Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob...

APNU/AFC Alliance promises comprehensive review of public service sector

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU/AFC Alliance promises comprehensive review of public service sector

By Zena Henry A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance for Change (AFC) are promising a new beginning for public servants and the public service sector as a whole. The recently announced...

Team Unity wins St Kitts General Election

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Team Unity wins St Kitts General Election

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – The Supervisor of Elections, Wingrove George, broke his silence yesterday and named Team Unity, an amalgam of three opposition parties, as the winner of Monday’s...

U.S. Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office facilitates training on sexual assault prevention

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office facilitates training on sexual assault prevention

The United States Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office, along with representatives from the Florida National Guard, conducted a subject matter expert exchange on Sexual Harassment Assault and...

Stewartville fire leaves four homeless

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stewartville fire leaves four homeless

A ferocious inferno awoke the residents of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, yesterday morning, and was responsible for destroying the home of Amanda Nandram and her family. Neighbours were fearful...

PPP denies hiring US media expert for election campaign

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP denies hiring US media expert for election campaign

While word is that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has retained the services of a highly respected and ethical American political media strategist, Pennsylvanian political guru—Joshua...

Bids tendered for Waller’s Delight Sea Defences maintenance

Feb 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bids tendered for Waller’s Delight Sea Defences maintenance

Under the Ministry of Public Works bids were tendered for the maintenance of the Sea Defences at Waller’s Delight, West Coast Demerara, Region three. The bids were opened at the National...

Surprised

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Surprised

Dear Editor, I too was surprised by Stabroek News’s attack on the Glenn Lall’s credibility following the government’s decision to withdraw tax evasion charges. At first glance, the attack...

THE PPP NEEDS TO BREAK UP WITH BHARRAT JAGDEO

Feb 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE PPP NEEDS TO BREAK UP WITH BHARRAT JAGDEO

Dear Editor, I recently read of the petition, which was supposedly signed by 6,000 East Berbicians, requesting that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) appoint former President Bharrat Jagdeo as...

PREV 19 202122 23 NEXT LAST

Warrior Nation set to come alive tonight, as Kingsmen face unbeaten...

Sep 04, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]