June 2016

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GFF part ways with former GS, Diedre Davis

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF part ways with former GS, Diedre Davis

To replace TD and GS shortly – Exco Member, Inniss The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has part ways with former General Secretary Ms Diedre Davis who was given her letter of dismissal on June...

Digicel Schools Football Championships …Ann’s Grove defeat Presidents College

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championships …Ann’s Grove defeat Presidents College

Relentless pressure paid the desired dividends in the end when Ann’s Grove Secondary eased to a 3-1 win over Presidents College in soggy conditions at the BV ground yesterday afternoon as the...

GFA/Stag Premier League…Riddim Squad get past Camptown; Police arrest Flamingo

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA/Stag Premier League…Riddim Squad get past Camptown; Police arrest Flamingo

The race to championship honours continues to hold much interest in the city when the penultimate round of matches in the Georgetown Football Association / Stag Premier League ended on Thursday night...

ICC Americas’ Ali-Khan excited to be a part of CPL

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC Americas’ Ali-Khan excited to be a part of CPL

By Sean Devers At 25, ICC Americas pacer Muhammed Ali-Khan is honoured and excited to have been picked for the Guyana Amazon Warriors and can’t wait for the 2016 Hero’s Caribbean Premier League...

GBTI INDEPENDENCE OPEN TENNIS 2016 …Downes sets 6-time record; Gentle is youngest Ladies Singles champion

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI INDEPENDENCE OPEN TENNIS 2016 …Downes sets 6-time record; Gentle is youngest Ladies Singles champion

GBTI Independence Jubilee Open reached its climax when the five year defending champion, Anthony Downes, met 2nd seed Daniel Lopes in the Men’s Open Singles finals. Downes got things off from...

Tennis Olympiad and Fun Day on tomorrow at NRC

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tennis Olympiad and Fun Day on tomorrow at NRC

– Learn to play tennis The Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) is once again hosting Tennis Olympiad and Fun Day as a special tennis event to be held tomorrow at the National Racquet Centre. The...

Police join community to stage another 50th Anniversary Independence fitness event

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police join community to stage another 50th Anniversary Independence fitness event

Led by Commander Assistant Commissioner, Ian Amsterdam the police in B Division Berbice are getting more and more involved in various community activities. After successfully conducting a fitness...

Guyana drawn in Group 4 of 2016 CFU Men’s U17 WCQ …Local trials commence today

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana drawn in Group 4 of 2016 CFU Men’s U17 WCQ …Local trials commence today

In preparation for the Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU) Men’s Under-17 tournament in July 2016, 66 youths are scheduled to participate in a two-day National Under-17 trials scheduled for the...

Dominoes set for Meadowbrook today & tomorrow

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dominoes set for Meadowbrook today & tomorrow

A 21-team pre-birthday Domino competition, organised by Favorite & Ron, is set for today and tomorrow at RR Domino Club at 76 Meadow Brook Gardens. The competition starts at 16:00hrs and has...

Things are becoming frightening

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Things are getting frightening in this country. When nine persons employed within the 1000 homes project can be sent packing without being given a hearing, it is the most unsettling development since...

Former Barama supervisor, employees jailed for raping 17-year old

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former Barama supervisor, employees jailed for raping 17-year old

The rape trial involving Barama employees accused of committing the act in the Barama factory since December 2007 finally came to an end on Thursday. Those accused were Paul Abrams, Claude Craig and...

NDIA Board Members paid for non-existent meetings – Audit Report

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA Board Members paid for non-existent meetings – Audit Report

A Forensic Audit Report into the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) for the period November 1, 2011 to May 31, 2015, has revealed that the failure of the Board of Directors to meet on...

Minister Cummings receives Honorary Doctorate and Professorship from USAT

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Cummings receives Honorary Doctorate and Professorship from USAT

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, is now the proud holder of an Honorary Doctorate in Public Health. She was also made an Honorary Professor of Public Health Medicine...

Forensic audit recommends…CDC’s be absorbed by NDIA to cut unnecessary costs

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit recommends…CDC’s be absorbed by NDIA to cut unnecessary costs

The forensic audit into the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has made strong recommendations that the Community Development Councils (CDC), a group that has been described as a...

Tobacco Company cognizant of health concerns

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tobacco Company cognizant of health concerns

– opposes minors’ use of cigarettes Although globally there has been a reduction in smoking trends, the incidence of smoking has however not declined markedly. This state of affairs has been...

Bruce Munroe, Anil Nandlall and the DPP

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bruce Munroe, Anil Nandlall and the DPP

A very well known and respected lawyer came up to me and said, “I want you to do a column for me as a special request. My obvious response was one of skepticism. No two persons think identically...

Damaged appliances accompany power failure in Essequibo

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged appliances accompany power failure in Essequibo

As the spate of blackout continues to plague Region Two ( Pomeroon/ Supenaam), residents throughout the region have been complaining about damage to their electrical equipment. They are now...

OBSESSED WITH POWER

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

It appears that power has seeped into the heads of those at the Georgetown City Council who signed a contract without knowing what they would get. They did not even inform the Deputy Mayor and the...

Businessman sues State for $1.5 Million

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman sues State for $1.5 Million

– Claims police stole $265,000 from his home Businessman, Roymond Prepont, is suing the State for damages in excess of the $1 million for alleged breach of his constitutional right. According...

Public procurement training held for ministry, agencies officials

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public procurement training held for ministry, agencies officials

Twenty-five public sector officials from ministries and agencies engaged in public procurement from Guyana and Suriname benefitted from a five-day training programme in public procurement funded...

Telecoms liberalization legislations debate set for next House sitting

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Telecoms liberalization legislations debate set for next House sitting

The liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in Guyana will be beneficial to citizens, the government and all stakeholders in the industry. This is the view expressed by Minister of Public...

Soesdyke man jailed for ganja in haversack

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke man jailed for ganja in haversack

A 28-year-old man was jailed for three years and fined over $2M after he was found guilty of trafficking in marijuana yesterday, when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate in the Georgetown...

Labourer, gold miner in court for drug trafficking

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Labourer, gold miner in court for drug trafficking

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan heard two new drug trafficking cases, yesterday, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. In one of the cases she remanded the defendant, while in the other the...

Scotia Bank treats residents of Uncle Eddie’s Home

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank treats residents of Uncle Eddie’s Home

A little goes a long way’’, was what we demonstrated on June 19, last, when we visited Uncle Eddie’s Home to serve the residents there a scrumptious lunch as part of Scotia bank, Robb Street,...

Grove man remanded for shooting at another

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Grove man remanded for shooting at another

A Grove, East Bank Demerara man was remanded to prison yesterday for discharging a loaded firearm at another man, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

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Golden Jaguars rout Dominica 8-1, close in on Gold Cup and League A

Oct 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars moved to within touching distance of the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup and promotion to League A on Sunday, producing a commanding 8-1...

Pinktober is here!

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The month of October is known as Cancer Awareness Month. And it is time that our nation takes a sober look at this disease and its effects. The statistics themselves tell us why the conversation matters. According to recent reports in the media, at least 704 Guyanese were...

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...

A national government as a national criminal enterprise

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Want to see the PPP Govt’s true colours? Expose it as the premier national criminal enterprise in Guyana and watch it go crazy. Want to watch the national leadership degrade in the worst way? Give it the public label of the region’s leading national criminal...

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