February 2016

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Suriname to play friendly football match February 21

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname to play friendly football match February 21

The Surinamese senior team will travel to Guyana for a friendly match against the home team on Sunday, February 21. The game is a practice match for the two teams who are preparing for various levels...

Fitness 53 Gym gives back to clients

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness 53 Gym gives back to clients

The Fitness 53 Gym located at Providence East Bank Demerara, Saturday presented four lucky clients who registered and paid their registration fee on-line before January 11, Kindle Fire Tablets at a...

Guyana’s First Round Futsal Exit!

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s First Round Futsal Exit!

Dear Sir, Being a realist, it came as no surprise to me that the nation’s Futsal Football Team was (in) gloriously dumped from the CFU 2016 Futsal Championship in Cuba. Competing in the group stage...

Taxi driver shot in botched robbery

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot in botched robbery

A taxi driver is now hospitalised after he was shot in his left leg following a botched robbery at his home around 20:30 on Friday. According to information Darshan Rampersaud, 38, a taxi driver of...

The woman I married today, long, long ago

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The woman I married today, long, long ago

On this day, 37 years ago, I married Janet Kissoon. I have no regrets. I can’t say she is like me. I am loud (maybe too loud), aggressive, unapologetically driven by political instincts and will...

Orealla and Siparuta get big equipment boost from Berbice Volleyball Association

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Orealla and Siparuta get big equipment boost from Berbice Volleyball Association

The riverain Communities of Orealla and Siparuta over the weekend were a hive of activity as the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) led by President Levi Nedd and former President Gregory Rambarran...

Massy Industries provides hampers as gate prizes for Young Warriors fundraiser

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Massy Industries provides hampers as gate prizes for Young Warriors fundraiser

Massy Industries is on board with the annual fundraiser of the Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice – Mash Cup 2016. The company is in support of this event from the...

CITY MINI BUSES TO PAY FOR PARKING FROM TODAY

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CITY MINI BUSES TO PAY FOR PARKING FROM TODAY

On a day traditionally set aside for resting and attending religious and other functions, minibus operators and owners came out in their numbers to meet with officials of the Mayor and City Council,...

Assured Children Career Day Competition concludes

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Assured Children Career Day Competition concludes

…New Guyana Secondary excels, cops top prizes By Suraj Narine Defined as a ground-breaking, informative and exciting event, the Children Career Day Competition, after some energetic and exciting...

Essequibo girl Wins 2016 Junior Calypso Monarchy

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo girl Wins 2016 Junior Calypso Monarchy

Nineteen year old Essequibian T’Shanna Cort turned back the challenge of her competitors to cop the Junior Calypso monarch, in what can be described as a keenly contested event at the National...

Hope overcome Mahaicony by 32 runs

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hope overcome Mahaicony by 32 runs

Hope Primary defeated Mahaicony Primary school by 32 runs when the National Sports Commission cricket competition continued recently at Fairfield, East Coast Demerara. Batting first, Hope mustered...

SAY CHEESE AND SMILE SWEETLY

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SAY CHEESE AND SMILE SWEETLY

The term “hard cheese” is a 19th Century British expression which means “tough luck”. It is not used as much these days since the density, firmness, even resilience of the coagulated,...

Broncos D shuts down Cam Newton, Denver wins Super Bowl 50

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Broncos D shuts down Cam Newton, Denver wins Super Bowl 50

Yahoo Sports – SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Across a season where his team won 17 times and he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, Cam Newton appeared invincible. Then along came Von...

Rice Factory Act impracticable once financial woes of rice sector continue – Rice Specialist

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on Rice Factory Act impracticable once financial woes of rice sector continue – Rice Specialist

A prominent rice production figure Dr. Thurhane Doerga is contending that as the industry continues to swim in financial problems, millers will be hard pressed to meet their financial obligations....

Wales Estate Closure…Union misrepresenting the situation – Agriculture Ministry

Feb 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wales Estate Closure…Union misrepresenting the situation – Agriculture Ministry

Since the announcement of the decision by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to integrate the sugar estates of Wales and Uitvlugt, the Guyana Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) have been...

Concessions to Remigrants should be abolished

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Concessions to Remigrants should be abolished

One of the issues that will not surface during the parliamentary debates on the National Budget which is due to begin today in the National Assembly is the thorny subject of tax concessions offered...

He got dismissed from GPL; he’s back at GPL

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on He got dismissed from GPL; he’s back at GPL

Dear Editor, It would appear that the more things change, the more it remains the same. We are now asking President David Granger to get involved. We the workers of the Guyana Power and Lights Inc....

Our current reality makes a mockery of 50 years of Independence

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our current reality makes a mockery of 50 years of Independence

Dear Editor, As this country celebrates 50 years of political independence the citizens are witnessing the existence of two Guyanas:- one being managed by the David Granger/Moses Nagamootoo...

Mark Benschop should explain his money records over the years

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mark Benschop should explain his money records over the years

Dear Editor, I read with interest a letter carried in Kaieteur News (7 February 2016) by Team Benschop for Mayor campaign manager Ronson Gray, titled, “Team Benschop accuses Mayor Green of PPP type...

How to deal with Aedes Aegypti

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How to deal with Aedes Aegypti

Dear Editor, I read the article titled: “Chemical used in Mosquito Fog ‘environmentally friendly’ – says Vector Control Services” and wondered why habitat modification at the home level is...

More debate on used tyres

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More debate on used tyres

Dear Editor, The late US president, Harry Truman once said that he wanted to find a one-armed economist who could advise him, rather than confuse him. Most economists when asked for advice on...

The Zika epidemic and some chemicals you need to know about

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Zika epidemic and some chemicals you need to know about

Dear Editor, In regards to the Zika virus epidemic, I am writing this letter due to three pressing reasons: I am a Guyanese; an environmentalist; someone who is terrible concerned about Guyanese, who...

New gov’t, same old horrors

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on New gov’t, same old horrors

Dear Editor, After years of pushing around i choose to seek your help through your most informative news paper .On the20/02/2012 my wife and I, made application for our old age pension in Corriverton...

LOSING CREDIBILITY!

Feb 08, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LOSING CREDIBILITY!

The APNU+AFC Coalition government won the election on a platform to weed out corruption, reduce crime, improve the lives of the poor and provide a better life for all. The mandate which the...

US ready to help Guyana pin those who stash money there

Feb 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US ready to help Guyana pin those who stash money there

By Abena Rockcliffe It was the former US President, George Bush, who warned Third World Leaders not to run away with the idea that they can rob their nation blind then go splurge the money in the...

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Bobb, Lovell hit hat-tricks

Oct 09, 2026

…Saints and SHC S’Team record wins at National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Hockey Board’s National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships got off to an...

Bigger is not necessarily better

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular danger when tourism people gather in a room to discuss the future of tourism. Before anybody notices, somebody is talking about luxury resorts, billion-dollar investments, global sporting events and infrastructure on a scale that would make Dubai look like...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Pres. Ali- the mythmaker

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has constructed a movie. He has a lot of help from former president, Jagdeo. Since both are into mythmaking, the movie they made presents an image to Guyanese. Perfection. PPP Govt. women made to look angelic. PPP men less demonic. Fantasy made to be...

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