March 2016

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Joshua Harrichand’s 146 see Albion to the Semi-finals as Bush Lot concede

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joshua Harrichand’s 146 see Albion to the Semi-finals as Bush Lot concede

Memorex Under-19 Two-innings Cricket Competition in Berbice Albion Community Centre Cricket Club has joined Tucber Park by advancing to the semi-finals of the Memorex Under-19 Two-innings Cricket...

Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Date with destiny for last eight teams on Sunday

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Date with destiny for last eight teams on Sunday

Now that the quarter-finalists in this year’s Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition have been decided, fans could expect riveting action for the remainder of the tournament which is being...

Top amateur boxers leave for Olympics Box off in Argentina

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top amateur boxers leave for Olympics Box off in Argentina

Guyana (amateur) middleweight boxing champion, Dennis Thomas and his light/heavyweight counterpart, Desmond Amsterdam, depart Guyana tonight for Suriname en-route to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to...

President emphasizes importance of women as IWD celebrated

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President emphasizes importance of women as IWD celebrated

– Challenges still abound, says Social Protection Minister By Sharmain Grainger “If it is wrong to sell ganja, I think it is more wrong to separate a mother from her children.” This...

New officer to monitor anti-money laundering

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New officer to monitor anti-money laundering

Ms. Bibi Shabena Ali was recently appointed Chairperson of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams. Ms. Ali is currently the...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…The real challenge remains the Demerara Estates

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…The real challenge remains the Demerara Estates

By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION The real challenge remains the Demerara Estates, especially the West Demerara Estates and that Skeldon Factory (not the fields). So although the decision to close the...

Beneath our education lies the beast

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Beneath our education lies the beast

I grew in two circumstances of sociology. First, I emerged from an East Indian family that supported the PPP. Secondly, I was indoctrinated with Marxist theories of life. I broke free of both...

Trawler collides with Harbour Bridge

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trawler collides with Harbour Bridge

Commuters who traverse the Demerara Harbour Bridge on a daily basis would have panicked yesterday afternoon after news spread of a trawler colliding with a section of the structure. The incident...

Ranks in Region Ten vote in Local Government Elections

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ranks in Region Ten vote in Local Government Elections

All security arrangements were in place as Military Ranks cast their Ballots yesterday at the various police stations in the Region for Local Governments Elections. According to Commander ‘E’...

Guyanese man fingered in shooting death of baseball player

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man fingered in shooting death of baseball player

YONKERS, New York (Westchester) – One of the four suspects arrested in connection with the shooting death of Yonkers baseball prospect Michael Nolan was the only one to request a bail hearing...

$30M wharf for Corriverton

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $30M wharf for Corriverton

– will help secure Orealla’s economy A new $30M project will see the construction of a ramp, wharf and storage room at Corriverton to safeguard the livelihood of farmers in the indigenous...

Extractive industries plan too narrow to halt corruption in sector –Presidential Advisor

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Extractive industries plan too narrow to halt corruption in sector –Presidential Advisor

By Kiana Wilburg Most would deem the prospects of Guyana signing on to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to be extremely worthwhile. But Presidential Advisor on Sustainable...

Minister Cummings to probe concerns at Port Mourant Hospital

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Cummings to probe concerns at Port Mourant Hospital

-as efforts to improve health care countrywide continue All is not well at the Port Mourant Ophthalmology Hospital. This deduction was made by Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen...

Infrastructure and Education Ministries collaborating to tackle road deaths

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructure and Education Ministries collaborating to tackle road deaths

The road fatality state of affairs in Guyana translates to two thirds of all road deaths being pedestrians and vehicle occupants accounting for one third. And Mr. Darren Divall, who is attached to...

Adoption of Draft Code of Conduct for public officials delayed

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Adoption of Draft Code of Conduct for public officials delayed

Government says it will continue to receive written comments on the draft Code of Conduct for Ministers of Government, members of the National Assembly and public office holders. Already, feedback...

DUPED INTO BELIEVING A CRUEL MYTH

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DUPED INTO BELIEVING A CRUEL MYTH

Why is Guyana unable to adequately fund health, national security, education, and other crucial social services after nearly 50 years of Independence? It is not that the country does not have the...

ExxonMobil donates $20M for Botanical Gardens rehabilitation

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil donates $20M for Botanical Gardens rehabilitation

The Botanical Gardens on Vlissengen Road, will receive a much needed boost following a donation from United States oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil to the National Protected Areas Commission. Vice...

WHO WILL REPRESENT THE CAMP STREET 17?

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHO WILL REPRESENT THE CAMP STREET 17?

An opportunity beckons. An opportunity to enter into the record books! There is the opportunity for some lawyer to write his or her name into Guyana’s legal history by initiating either an...

Going after white collar criminals, corrupt officials… We just want to get concrete evidence – Granger

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Going after white collar criminals, corrupt officials… We just want to get concrete evidence – Granger

While sections of society have been getting somewhat agitated in their wait for justice as it relates to white collar crimes, the government has made it clear that it will not be rushed at the...

Expect resistance from prison management when implementing reforms – Rohee tells govt.

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Expect resistance from prison management when implementing reforms – Rohee tells govt.

-Says issue was thorn in past Ministry’s side By Jarryl Bryan With a Commission of Inquiry (COI) launched into the circumstances of the Camp Street prison riot last week, a time will come when the...

Min. of Education contracts for termination services, supplies feature prominently at tendering

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Min. of Education contracts for termination services, supplies feature prominently at tendering

During yesterday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, dozens of companies presented bids for the provision of weeding and cleaning...

Eureka becomes internationally accredited lab

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka becomes internationally accredited lab

By Kiana Wilburg One of Guyana’s finest health institutions—Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc.—received its certificate of international accreditation from the Jamaica National Agency for...

Quicker Customs transactions targeted as GRA officers receive training

Mar 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Quicker Customs transactions targeted as GRA officers receive training

Several local customs officers, as well as stakeholders in the public and private sectors benefitted from a customs and trade facilitation capacity workshop, conducted yesterday at the Guyana Revenue...

Bus driver on causing death charge granted $800,000 bail

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bus driver on causing death charge granted $800,000 bail

A 37-year-old mini bus driver was yesterday ordered to post $800,000 bail and surrender his licence after his arraignment in Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan’s court on a charge of causing death by...

Robbery home/invasion on land court judge…Magistrate to make ruling as voir dire concludes

Mar 09, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robbery home/invasion on land court judge…Magistrate to make ruling as voir dire concludes

Magistrate Zamilla Ally–Seepaul, who is presiding over the trial of the five men accused of robbing land court judge Nicola Pierre, will tomorrow make a ruling in relation to all alleged oral and...

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GDF, Slingerz stay perfect in GFF Elite League

Sep 15, 2026

…Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors pick up first win By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League is beginning to take shape, and while the season is still...

Resource sovereignty without institutional competence is an illusion

Sep 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his column, entitled, “Sovereignty in the Age of Oil” Chris Ram, in making the argument that storage, a refinery and even a national oil company could improve energy security without giving Guyana effective control over production, technology, capital, markets or the...

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...

Minister Persaud pointing the way

Sep 15, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I have always seen Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, as different from her cabinet colleagues. Slightly different only. I take whatever the territory gives. Give thanks. Small starts lead to large developments....

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