March 2015

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Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Competition…Today’s encounters promise youth football at its magical best

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Competition…Today’s encounters promise youth football at its magical best

By Rawle Welch The Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition has reached the quarter-final stage and today’s four encounters promise to produce some riveting action as teams jostle for...

NSC extends condolences following the passing of Shanomae Blackmore

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC extends condolences following the passing of Shanomae Blackmore

The NSC on hearing of the tragic news – the death of Shanomae Blackmore, wishes to express profound condolences to her immediate and extended families, the Guyana Olympic Association, the Athletic...

Sankar Auto Works supports Pele FC ahead of K&S tournament…Double- header tonight at Victoria Ground

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sankar Auto Works supports Pele FC ahead of K&S tournament…Double- header tonight at Victoria Ground

One of Guyana’s oldest football clubs, Pele FC, yesterday received 22 pairs of Addidas cleats from Sankar Auto Works under their Valvoline brand, to aid the club’s participation in this year’s...

Several clashes expected to feature at Guyana Cup Fever horserace event

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several clashes expected to feature at Guyana Cup Fever horserace event

By Samuel Whyte Even has minor adjustments are still being made to the final programme for the annual Guyana “Cup Cup Fever” horserace meet set for Sunday 5th April the Port Mourant Turf Club,...

WICB First-Class Cricket Franchise…Windwards make 282 vs Guyana

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB First-Class Cricket Franchise…Windwards make 282 vs Guyana

The Guyana Jaguars were two without loss from two overs replying to the Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 282 when play on the opening day of their final round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional...

Harris’ basketball brilliance was inspirational

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harris’ basketball brilliance was inspirational

By Edison Jefford It was inspirational to watch the diminutive, Darcel Harris displaying big basketball brains last week when Guyana’s senior male team unexpectedly swept Bermuda in a three-game...

NBS 2nd Division Cricket starts tomorrow in Berbice

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd Division Cricket starts tomorrow in Berbice

This year’s edition of the New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-over cricket competition in Berbice is set to start tomorrow in Berbice with first round matches. This year 86 teams divided...

David De Caires/Basil Sukhram Memorial golf tournament on today

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on David De Caires/Basil Sukhram Memorial golf tournament on today

The eagerly awaited David De Caires/Basil Sukhram Memorial tournament (which was postponed in February) will be held today, teeing-off at 12 noon, at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC). This Memorial...

DCB U-19 Inter-Association cricket …West Dem cops 3rd title in a row

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB U-19 Inter-Association cricket …West Dem cops 3rd title in a row

By Sean Devers Travis Persaud led West Demerara to their third consecutive Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter-Association 50-over Under-19 title when the defeated East Coast by eight wickets in the...

Recent road work not PPP campaign tactic – Public Works Minister

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Recent road work not PPP campaign tactic – Public Works Minister

Even as the government of Guyana commenced a US$47M road project less than two months before General and Regional elections, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn emphasised that this project is not...

Leave no stone unturned to find Courtney’s killers – coalition tells Rohee

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Leave no stone unturned to find Courtney’s killers – coalition tells Rohee

A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is adamant that the assassination of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing cannot be added to the list of unsolved...

CARICOM Member States expected to review age of consent legislation

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Member States expected to review age of consent legislation

In light of the soon to be implemented Framework for the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy, initiated by Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), and the CARICOM Secretariat, all CARICOM...

Groupthink: Ralph Ramkarran comes in from the cold

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Groupthink: Ralph Ramkarran comes in from the cold

Have you read the book, “The Spy Who came in from the Cold” or saw the movie with the same name? TIME magazine includes the book in its pick of the best 100 novels ever written. For many experts,...

Contract for Umana Yana’s rebuilding to be signed soon – HPS

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Contract for Umana Yana’s rebuilding to be signed soon – HPS

A contract to execute the rebuilding of the iconic Umana Yana on High Street, Kingston will be signed very soon. The intention is to have reconstruction begin in the second half of the year. Cabinet...

Carnegie School ready for Nat’l technology fair

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Carnegie School ready for Nat’l technology fair

– As winning piece is chosen at in-house competition By Desilon Daniels The Carnegie School of Home Economics, on Thursday, held a preliminary competition to determine the school’s submission...

Doerga join E’bo rice farmers in protest

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Doerga join E’bo rice farmers in protest

With support from two professional experts who have thorough knowledge of the rice industry, Essequibo rice farmers, who continue to decry late and non-payments, as well as poor storage and the...

EDUCATION IS NOT THE DRIVER OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Mar 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EDUCATION IS NOT THE DRIVER OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is making politically correct sound bites. But what is politically correct is not always right. Indeed if a policy prescription is based on a misanalysis of a...

Gregory Smith’s sister to testify in Rodney COI

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gregory Smith’s sister to testify in Rodney COI

Two persons are expected to testify when the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the death of renowned Guyanese Scholar, Dr. Walter Rodney, resumes on Monday. According to an official attached to the...

GRA urges public to report suspicious behavior by ‘staffers’

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRA urges public to report suspicious behavior by ‘staffers’

Recording concern over allegations of a Berbice man that was duped by an off-duty Customs Officer and claims that persons are engaging in various nefarious activities whilst impersonating officers of...

Lennox Cornette launches book on the change of technology

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lennox Cornette launches book on the change of technology

Lennox W. Cornette, late yesterday afternoon launched his book ‘The Development of Telecommunications in Guyana 1884-1994’ in a very simple ceremony at the National Library’s Conference Room,...

Baby dies after visit to Plaisance Clinic

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Baby dies after visit to Plaisance Clinic

Medex allegedly urged mother to keep silent from media A family is claiming that a nurse at the Plaisance Health Centre is responsible for their son’s death, although preliminary post-mortem...

Base Camp Stephenson gets new Commanding Officer

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Base Camp Stephenson gets new Commanding Officer

Command of one of the main bases of the Guyana Defence Force, Camp Stephenson changed hands from Colonel Wilbert Lee to Lieutenant Colonel Terry Benn on March 18, 2015. Lee, who served the Force for...

Four Bajan-Guyanese coke case heads to CCJ

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Four Bajan-Guyanese coke case heads to CCJ

Barbados (Barbados Today) – Four Guyanese nationals who were appealing their 2009 conviction in the Court of Appeal have been told to take their case to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The...

Continued funding for National AIDS programme not a concern –Dr. Shanti Singh

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Continued funding for National AIDS programme not a concern –Dr. Shanti Singh

Although there are reports of dwindling funds for the National AIDS Programme, Programme Manager of the Ministry of Health’s National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr. Shanti Singh, is however...

Rural Constable protest Courtney Crum-Ewing slaying in Berbice

Mar 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rural Constable protest Courtney Crum-Ewing slaying in Berbice

Well known in Berbice, Dion Thomas on Friday began a one-man protest, yesterday, in memory of the fallen Guyanese hero Courtney Crum-Ewing. He said that he hopes to continue until the elections on...

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Leopold St beat Bent St to be crowned Georgetown champions of...

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– Book spot in National C/ship (Kaieteur News) – Leopold Street stamped their authority on the Georgetown leg of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ tournament on Friday, steam...

Abolish SBAs

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It would not be unusual for it to be discovered that students sitting CSEC and CAPE examinations are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to complete their School Based Assessments (SBAs). Technology is now a normal part of students’ lives. Many students have access to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

How do Guyanese manage, survive?

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A living standard -what is that animal? What does a livable income in Guyana look like? What does it allow? How do Guyanese manage? I begin with this basic definition: a livable income is what affords sufficient food daily, with enough left for nonfood bills. To...

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