June 2016

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After deadly pirate attack, Guyana and Suriname intensify cooperation

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on After deadly pirate attack, Guyana and Suriname intensify cooperation

The police forces in Guyana and Suriname have vowed to intensify their collaborative efforts and cooperate more in various activities which are of mutual interest to both countries. Recently a...

Fraser upset Perry in 200m showdown for national title

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fraser upset Perry in 200m showdown for national title

By Edison Jefford The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) dominated another premier sprint event yesterday when Davin Fraser edged Rupert Perry to clinch the Men’s 200m title in the Athletics Association of...

Aussies hammer Windies by 6 wickets at Providence

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aussies hammer Windies by 6 wickets at Providence

Warner continues IPL form with unbeaten 55 By Sean Devers After Friday evening’s success against South Africa which gave them four points, an expectant partisan crowd of close to 10,000 turned up...

‘Undiscovered Guyana ‘offers glimpse of country’s untouched beauty

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Undiscovered Guyana ‘offers glimpse of country’s untouched beauty

Guyana’s bountiful biodiversity and the untouched natural beauty of its interior savannahs is seldom highlighted or shown appreciation by locals and foreigners. However, the Ministry of Natural...

GUYOIL and RHTY&SC Cricket teams unveil massive Traffic Education programme

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUYOIL and RHTY&SC Cricket teams unveil massive Traffic Education programme

The Guyana Oil Company, B Division of the Guyana Police Force and the eight cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club have joined hands to launch a massive Traffic Education Campaign...

STAG Elite League – FINALE…Conquerors and GFC claw back to beat Pele and GDF

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Elite League – FINALE…Conquerors and GFC claw back to beat Pele and GDF

Fruta Conquerors and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) erased similar one goal deficits to earn full points in their respective matches against Pele and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) when the Stag...

Four years later…Cops yet to hand over DNA result taken from body believed to be missing woman

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Four years later…Cops yet to hand over DNA result taken from body believed to be missing woman

By: Romila Boodram Now that the Babita Sarjou case has been solved, relatives of another woman, who went missing in 2011, are even more convinced that the body found the following year at Weldaad...

GBTI / GTA Independence Jubilee Open serves off

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI / GTA Independence Jubilee Open serves off

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) / Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) launched its 7th annual tennis tournament on Friday last in celebration of the country’s 50th independence. At the...

Puerto Rico, Suriname, Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic grab wins

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Puerto Rico, Suriname, Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic grab wins

St. John’s, Antigua (June 4, 2016) – Day 2 of the Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016 saw Puerto Rico advance while Suriname, Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic all grabbed wins on the...

Culture and Arts…The Yoruba Band: A legendary pioneer of the true Guyanese sound

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Culture and Arts…The Yoruba Band: A legendary pioneer of the true Guyanese sound

For over 45 years, their music which often features a quintessential creole sound has been become a traditional expression of the Guyanese culture. Power and spirituality weave in and out of their...

MoH Soft Shoe football resumes tonight

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on MoH Soft Shoe football resumes tonight

The Ministry of Health/Petra Organization Soft Shoe Football Competition which is being run under the ‘Stop Gender-based Violence’ theme is set to resume today with six more matches, at the...

Memories of a buddy friend; Dale Andrews

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Memories of a buddy friend; Dale Andrews

I would say that Dale Andrews is the person from the world of journalism that I have spent more journalistic time with than anyone else in the profession. I will now add to the two memories captured...

Berbice cops get new vehicles for crime fight

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice cops get new vehicles for crime fight

A pledge by Commander of the Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam to rid the Corentyne district of criminal elements appears to be bearing fruit with a number of recent high-profile...

Moblissa poultry farmer shot

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Moblissa poultry farmer shot

Police are trying to ascertain how a 56-year-old Moblissa farmer ended up with gunshot wounds to the leg, arm and groin at around 09.00 hrs yesterday. Police said that Cicel Todd, a cash crop farmer...

The Gafoor Foundation hands over two houses to less fortunate families

Jun 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Gafoor Foundation hands over two houses to less fortunate families

Mrs. Ameena Gafoor, the wife of business mogul, Sattaur Gafoor, Saturday handed over the keys to houses for two less fortunate families on behalf of the Gafoor Foundation. Oliver Kerr, who is...

The brutality of politics

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The brutality of politics

There have been two instances in recent times in Guyana’s politics that have demonstrated how cruel and unkind an adversarial system of politics can become. The two instances involved actions in...

TAKE TWO ASPIRINS AND CALL ME IN MIAMI

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on TAKE TWO ASPIRINS AND CALL ME IN MIAMI

A famous surgeon went on safari in Africa. When he came back, his colleagues asked him how it had been. “Oh, it was very disappointing,” he said. “I didn’t kill a thing. I’d have been...

Risking our lives so we can live

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Risking our lives so we can live

Dear Editor; Shaggy’s song, “It’s a mad, mad world that we living in,” keeps replaying in my head. I could not agree with him more. Kaieteur News is going through a tough time. We have lost a...

Two Chief Justices presided at the same time in the High Court

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two Chief Justices presided at the same time in the High Court

Dear Editor; Kindly permit me some space in your news column to give some legal advice to the sitting government of the day about something of very serious legal and national importance. I was given...

Condolences on the death of Dale Andrews

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Condolences on the death of Dale Andrews

Dear Editor; I have been going to KN office time and again to do business and I had the wonderful opportunity to speak Dale while waiting for Mr. Leonard Gildarie and I now realize how fortunate I am...

Is the Coalition Govt. anti-working class?

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Coalition Govt. anti-working class?

Dear Editor; Last Sunday, Mr. George Abrams, an overseas-based Guyanese, formally declared open a Sewing Establishment in his village, Buxton. This small business, which already employs eleven...

Dale Andrews was extraordinarily perceptive

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dale Andrews was extraordinarily perceptive

Dear Editor; Permit me a few lines in your newspapers to express my heartfelt condolences to you, the publisher, staff at Kaieteur News and all the relatives of the late Dale Andrews, at this...

Poor seed paddy quality at the Burma Rice Research Station

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor seed paddy quality at the Burma Rice Research Station

Dear Editor; The allegation is the standards operating protocol (SOP) that govern the production of basic and certified one (C1) and two (C11) seed paddy at the Burma Rice Research Station was...

The alleged victimization of a police officer

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The alleged victimization of a police officer

Dear Editor; I have noticed that Commissioner Seelall Persaud is out to prove to the political directorate that his work was being stymied by the previous administration since under the previous...

Dangerous potholes on Agriculture Road

Jun 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dangerous potholes on Agriculture Road

Dear Editor; As a concerned resident and tax payer living in Agriculture Road I am concerned about some issues on this road that leads to the Guyana School of Agriculture and NAREI. Not very long...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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