September 2016

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Local dragters confirm participation for Oct 2 Meet

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local dragters confirm participation for Oct 2 Meet

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club October 2 Drag Race Meet should provide a fascinating duel between local dragsters, at the South Dakota Circuit. This is the prediction of President of the...

MAMMA LOOK A BOOBOO

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MAMMA LOOK A BOOBOO

I knew what a “boo-boo” was long before I knew how to boo. I was a boy when Lord Melody sang his classic, self-mocking calypso about ugliness, “Mamma Look Ah Boo-boo Dey”. In Guyana...

Women’s Developmental League… Paiwomak Warriors maul Snatchers; St. Ignatius trounce Shulinab

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women’s Developmental League… Paiwomak Warriors maul Snatchers; St. Ignatius trounce Shulinab

The Guyana Football Federation Women’s Developmental League kicked of Saturday last in the Rupununi with a pair of matches and not four as was originally stated in a press release from the...

The police and public trust

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The police and public trust

The police use speed guns to determine whether motorists are breaching the speed limits. Public confidence in these guns is low. Many motorists charged by the police for speeding will most likely...

ECD beat West Berbice by an innings and 20 runs

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECD beat West Berbice by an innings and 20 runs

Despite a courageous 91 from opener Leon Andrews, East Coast Demerara defeated West Berbice by an innings and 20 runs when the fourth round Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars three-day league concluded...

UG mulls opening School of Energy and Mines

Sep 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG mulls opening School of Energy and Mines

The University of Guyana is still contemplating the setting up of a School of Energy and Mines. Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ivelaw Griffith relayed this to the media during a media conference on the Turkeyen...

Gov’t shortlists sites for onshore oil base

Sep 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t shortlists sites for onshore oil base

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has completed a screening evaluation of sites for the proposed oil and gas industry onshore support base and will be presenting its report to a Cabinet’s...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League… Kingston’s triple strike sink Buxton Stars; Gordon’s brace guide BA Paradise to victory

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League… Kingston’s triple strike sink Buxton Stars; Gordon’s brace guide BA Paradise to victory

Saturday last was not a good day for two of the three Under-17 teams from the Village of Buxton as they both suffered losses when play in the GFF/ NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17...

Carvil Duncan violated the rights of many workers

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Carvil Duncan violated the rights of many workers

Dear Editor: The appointment by President David Granger of a Tribunal consistent with Article 225 of the Guyana Constitution to inquire into the conduct of Carvil Duncan who holds constitutional...

Listening is one of the keys to success

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Listening is one of the keys to success

Dear Editor, This month marks forty [40] years of my training in Human Relations and techniques, that is, application to the scheme of life. Whether on the Job or on vacation or even in the home with...

Suggestions for the advancement of sports

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for the advancement of sports

Dear Editor; How bad do we need another medal at the Olympic Games? It depends on how much we are prepared to invest. When we invest big, we will get results. Similar to business, you invest big,...

Captain Jackson replies to stranded Venezuelans on his ship

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Captain Jackson replies to stranded Venezuelans on his ship

Dear Editor; I refer to the allegation that was publish in Sunday Kaieteur News on the 18th of September 2016, article heading” Venezuelan stranded in Demerara river beg for help.” There are...

Underdeveloped transport system hinders tourism

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Underdeveloped transport system hinders tourism

Dear Editor; I have read with great interest about the proposed development of tourism/ecotourism in Guyana and wish to express my concern over certain aspects of the proposal. Indeed the tourism...

Airlines in Guyana must be compelled to deposit such a bond

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Airlines in Guyana must be compelled to deposit such a bond

Dear Editor, On August 11th, I bought a ticket from Travelspan for a return flight from Miami to Georgetown. I traveled to Georgetown on August 26th. My return to Miami was scheduled for September 24...

Alternatives to corporal punishment needed urgently

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Alternatives to corporal punishment needed urgently

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education in his recent address to the Education Day rally called on teachers to “take the stick and the wild-cane out of the school” and deal with discipline in a...

From sugar which failed to rice which failed

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on From sugar which failed to rice which failed

Dear Editor, In an article on the crop diversification which appeared in the news media of Sept. 16, Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) announced that it is diversifying abandoned sugar lands at...

Book on Berbice High School is impressive

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Book on Berbice High School is impressive

Dear Editor; A former student of Berbice High School (BHS) has prepared and is now circulating a impressive 226 page glossy publication titled ACCOLADES TO BERBICE HIGH SCHOOL on its Centenary....

DOUBLE STANDARD

Sep 19, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on DOUBLE STANDARD

Almost everyone in Guyana knows that the main role of the Opposition is to question and sometimes criticize the government and hold it accountable to the public. The Opposition represents an...

How BaiShanLin and other Asian timber log traders robbed Guyana billions of dollars in taxes

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News 4

By Kiana Wilburg Forest specialists, John Palmer and Janette Bulkan, have found a worrying case where Chinese transnational logging company, BaiShanLin Forest Development Inc. and other Asian traders...

Investigators seize communications equipment from Yupukari plane

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News 1

– residents recall suspicious overhead flights, motorcycles Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Customs...

Colleague shoots MMC driver dead

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Colleague shoots MMC driver dead

…alleges harassment of relative A 36-year-old man, employed by MMC Security Service as a driver, was shot dead early yesterday by his colleague who accused him of making derogatory remarks about a...

More questionable spendings…GECOM doles out $92M to radio supplier for ink toners

Two killed, four injured after two-vehicle smash up at Mahaica

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two killed, four injured after two-vehicle smash up at Mahaica

Two persons are now dead and four others injured following an accident involving two vehicles about 19:30hrs Friday evening on the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara. Dead are Kelvin Cort, 26;...

GWI’s boss, Board clash over questionable procurement, management style

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News 3

Managing Director of the Guyana Water Inc., Dr. Richard Van West Charles, is facing pressure at the entity over a number of issues, including accusations of sole sourcing and a poor management style....

No taxes, no concessions – Finance Minister

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News 1

The uncontrolled manner in which concessions was granted under the former regime is no more. According to Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, no individual or company would be granted concessions if it...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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