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ICO Guyana commences monthly food distribution exercise

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ICO Guyana commences monthly food distribution exercise

The local chapter of International Children’s Outreach is at it again. This time, the organization is embarking on a food distribution exercise in communities along the East Bank Demerara...

Jagdeo paid himself five times more than a Minister

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo paid himself five times more than a Minister

…of course, no Minister dared to complain – Ramkarran A 50 year-old anomaly is being addressed with the revision of the salaries paid to government Ministers, an anomaly that saw former...

Economic growth dips to lowest in decades

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Economic growth dips to lowest in decades

Guyana‘s economic downturn has been revised negatively for some time now by pundits and experts alike but for the first time in a number of years the country’s economic growth rate has been set...

Ministers’ Salary increase… Public outcry is a reminder of why PPP was fired

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers’ Salary increase… Public outcry is a reminder of why PPP was fired

…as GTUC calls for meeting with Minister of Social Protection “…the continuous, sustained and heightened voices, inclusive of that from varied and unexpected sources, are enough to warrant...

Ten companies shortlisted to supply fuel to small, medium scale miners

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ten companies shortlisted to supply fuel to small, medium scale miners

as six-month fuel/equipment concession period kicks off Small and medium scale miners now have the opportunity to benefit from long awaited fuel and equipment concessions as registration was...

Lennox Allen continues his winning ways

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Allen continues his winning ways

Stops Hungarian, Istvan Zeller in 2nd round Lennox Allen needed just 1:31secs of the second round to dispose of Hungarian, Istvan Zeller, when the two fighters squared off last Saturday evening at...

Guyana recovering from economic slowdown – Jordan

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana recovering from economic slowdown – Jordan

– believes economy will pick up by December Minister of Finance Winston Jordan believes that the economic slowdown which the country started to experience in 2014 will soon be over and...

Stag Elite League…Monedderlust hold Alpha United; Slingerz needle Fruta Conquerors

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League…Monedderlust hold Alpha United; Slingerz needle Fruta Conquerors

Home team Monedderlust have maintained their unbeaten run at the #5 ground and their billing as a team that is dangerous coming from behind when they clawed back to draw with Alpha United in the...

Brian Hackett wallops field, set personal best in Bissessar Shipping Golf tourney

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brian Hackett wallops field, set personal best in Bissessar Shipping Golf tourney

Veteran golfer and past President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Brian Hackett, on Saturday October 17 played exceptional golf to run clear ahead of all contestants and set his own personal Best Gross...

GHRA objects to City Hall’s ‘name and shame’ campaign

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA objects to City Hall’s ‘name and shame’ campaign

Litter-bugs are finding themselves in an unflattering light on social media, thanks to Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s vigorous campaign to restore Georgetown’s long-lost Garden City image....

Guyana latest centenarian Doris Juene is from Canefield, East Canje Berbice

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana latest centenarian Doris Juene is from Canefield, East Canje Berbice

Samuel Whyte Another Guyanese has scored a century. The latest to accomplish the precious milestone is Doris Juene called ‘My Dear’, ‘Auntie Doris’ or ‘Sister...

CFU Women’s Olympic Qualifier final round…Lady Jags to play Puerto Rico on November 18 in T&T

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Women’s Olympic Qualifier final round…Lady Jags to play Puerto Rico on November 18 in T&T

Guyana’s senior national women’s football team, The Lady Jags will face Puerto Rico on Wednesday November 18, at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago in the final round of the...

Increase in wages will attract more males to the teaching profession – GTU President

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in wages will attract more males to the teaching profession – GTU President

For many years, the teaching profession in Guyana has been run by mostly females, with males making up a very small number. The reason for this as stated by President of the Guyana Teachers Union...

Olympic medalist, Michael Parris, pays Sports Minister courtesy call

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympic medalist, Michael Parris, pays Sports Minister courtesy call

Thirty five years after winning a bronze medal at the Moscow Olympics, the only one procured by any Guyanese athlete to date, Michael Anthony Parris returns to the Soviet country to attend the World...

EBDCA T20…Herstelling A, Nandy Park record victories

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA T20…Herstelling A, Nandy Park record victories

By Zaheer Mohamed Herstelling A and Nandy Park recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) T20 competition concluded on Saturday at Farm....

Traffic action plan bearing dividends, less accidents, road deaths – Traffic Chief Moore

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic action plan bearing dividends, less accidents, road deaths – Traffic Chief Moore

A reinstituted action plan targeting drivers who operate above the legal speed limit, do not wear seatbelts, breach traffic light control signals, use cell phones while driving and drink excess...

Toshao says police raid was unprofessional

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshao says police raid was unprofessional

Nazim Haniff, Toshao of Yarikita Village, Mabaruma, North West District has condemned actions of three policemen attached to the Mabaruma Police Station. In an interview with Kaieteur News, the...

Bhola enjoyed prolific stint in EACA

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bhola enjoyed prolific stint in EACA

Everest Cricket Club all-rounder Manjrekar Bhola enjoyed productive season in the recently concluded Eastern America Cricket Association 40-over tournament. The right-handed Bhola who represented...

Several companies on board for Rising Sun Rodeo

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several companies on board for Rising Sun Rodeo

With just one week to go before rodeo day a number of companies are on board with others expected to sign up as preparation continue for the only coastland Rodeo activity held in Guyana. The much...

Sisters make donation to Convalescent Home

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sisters make donation to Convalescent Home

…aiming to establish own NGO With a passion for helping others – both in the United States and Guyana – two sisters are undertaking the monumental task of starting their own...

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE

One of the most famous movie taglines came from the film JAWS 2. The first movie in the series, the one that contributed considerably to the reputation of Stephen Spielberg, JAWS, was released in...

Re: Legitimacy of Voters for the GFF Elections of Office Bearers

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Re: Legitimacy of Voters for the GFF Elections of Office Bearers

Dear Sir, With the public pronouncement of four (4) out of five (5) Presidential hopefuls for the acclaimed winner’s prize, in the upcoming Electoral Congress of the Guyana Football Federation...

Finance Minister joins negotiations to reduce Berbice Bridge toll

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister joins negotiations to reduce Berbice Bridge toll

Government has been at loggerheads with the Directors of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) over its move to reduce the toll and Head of State, President David Granger, is expecting the situation...

Was President Granger out-numbered in a decision not to increase Ministers’ salaries?

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was President Granger out-numbered in a decision not to increase Ministers’ salaries?

Dear Editor, I have read with dismay the latest happenings in Guyana. My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones on the street via traffic accidents and to those who have lost loved ones via...

Does Freddie have to respond to every person who speaks about him?

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Freddie have to respond to every person who speaks about him?

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to the recent article by Freddie Kissoon: I have suffered too much to let APNU-AFC destroy Guyana (Kaieteur News, October 18, 2015). May he be reassured that others...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

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...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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