December 2016

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Don’t blame the GOA solely for the decline of sports in Guyana

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Don’t blame the GOA solely for the decline of sports in Guyana

Dear Editor, Having ventured out to the local arena of sports in Guyana some years ago, it was a decision to be independent with photography coverage and my objective was basically to add something...

Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Sprint Classic…Golden Blue Echo/ Appealing Harvest dominate day’s events

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Sprint Classic…Golden Blue Echo/ Appealing Harvest dominate day’s events

‘Golden Blue Echo,’ out of the Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Stable, capitalised on home turf to defeat a competitive line-up in the feature event when the second Nand Persaud and Sons, Karibee Rice...

GFF host Technical staff training as part of Youth Development focus

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF host Technical staff training as part of Youth Development focus

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday commenced a three-day technical Staff Training of ‘D’ License CONCACAF and GFF Coaches at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue. The session...

UDFA / UDFA GT Beer KO continues tonight…Eagles face Net Rockers; Amelia’s Ward Panthers oppose Hi Stars

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA / UDFA GT Beer KO continues tonight…Eagles face Net Rockers; Amelia’s Ward Panthers oppose Hi Stars

Intense rivalry is expected tonight when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) organized GT Beer Christmas football championship continues with two more matches at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

You are the ears and eyes to western Guyana

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on You are the ears and eyes to western Guyana

-Granger tells soldiers at Venezuela border base President David Granger on Monday called on the servicemen of the country, particularly those posted at Eteringbang and other western Guyana...

Guyanese company cops top Caribbean award

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese company cops top Caribbean award

With an export leap of 31 percent for last year alone, Nand Persaud International Communication Inc, placed itself among the top export performing companies in the Caribbean and was justly rewarded...

THE TAXI DRIVER

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE TAXI DRIVER

In Guyana, taxi drivers have been doing a tremendous job transporting people to and from their homes, work, church and other places of interests, yet they are barely acknowledged by the public....

The man in that photo tells the story of unchanging politics

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The man in that photo tells the story of unchanging politics

My opinion is that Jagdeo will lose the constitutional case of the two-term presidential limit which is now in front of the Court Of Appeal. But Jagdeo is in 2020 campaign mood. I don’t think he is...

Proposal submitted to supervise construction of E.B.D overpass, pedestrian crossings

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Proposal submitted to supervise construction of E.B.D overpass, pedestrian crossings

Government is fast-tracking plans to ease the traffic nightmare at several busy intersections along the East Bank of Demerara. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure earlier this year had revealed...

Man attempts to raid home with owner in bedroom

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man attempts to raid home with owner in bedroom

A man, who identified himself as Vijay Singh attempted to rob a Camp Street, Georgetown house while the owner was in his bedroom. According to information, the man entered through an open door and...

21 more deportees arrive from US

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 21 more deportees arrive from US

Almost two dozen Guyanese deportees arrived from the United States of America (USA) around 15:00 hrs yesterday, having served lengthy jail sentences for various offences. Kaieteur News understands...

Elimination of Gender Based Violence campaign

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Elimination of Gender Based Violence campaign

On Friday, November 25, 2016, Guyana joined with the rest of the world in observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women under the theme “Orange the World: Promoting...

Bartica Massacre trial…Accused recalls joining partner on gun toting trip to Bartica

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica Massacre trial…Accused recalls joining partner on gun toting trip to Bartica

The Caution Statement, (CS) taken from murder accused, Dennis Williams, was yesterday admitted into evidence before Justice Roxanne George and a mixed 12-member jury. Williams, called “Anaconda,”...

UG to know int’l accreditation fate by July 2017

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG to know int’l accreditation fate by July 2017

Plans for a new Health Sciences Faculty, improved clinical and lecture facilities and other amenities for medical students are among the factors that have been taken into consideration as the...

Budget jitters!

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Budget jitters!

The market is sending signals which cannot be ignored. The rise in both the buying and selling rates for the US dollar indicates that less money is being sold to the cambios and there is greater...

Police debunk claims that Lindener was bludgeoned

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police debunk claims that Lindener was bludgeoned

Commander of ‘E’ Division, Farouk Karim-Baksh has rubbished reports by some Christianburg residents that one of their own was attacked and bludgeoned in his house. According to the commander, the...

Educator Kwame Apata passes

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Educator Kwame Apata passes

Guyanese educator, political activist and former UG lecturer, Kwame Apata died yesterday in his adopted homeland of Suriname. Apata belonged to a generation of young African Guyanese men who came...

Blairmont sugar worker charged with raping villager, 67

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Blairmont sugar worker charged with raping villager, 67

A 36-year-old man accused of raping a 67-year-old woman, was placed on $200,000 bail, when he appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever, yesterday, in the Blairmont Magistrate Court, West Bank...

Brazilian charged with murder of man found in pit

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brazilian charged with murder of man found in pit

Brazilian National Makael Jackson DaSilva was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Ked Lewis, whose body was found with multiple injuries in a pit at Dukwari Backdam, Cuyuni River last week...

Woman charged for threatening language

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman charged for threatening language

Leonie Thurton on Monday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Madan Kissoon to answer to the charge of assault. The charge read that on November 23, last, at Second...

Father of one remanded

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of one remanded

Tyrone Kennedy was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Madan Kissoon in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The charge read that on November 25 at Georgetown, he had in...

APNU has not removed itself from the PNC’s past

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU has not removed itself from the PNC’s past

Dear Editor, When the APNU/AFC coalition was on the campaign trail soliciting votes they made it clear that they were not a reincarnation of the despotic PNC, which created such hardship and...

Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says the drug shortage is scandalous

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says the drug shortage is scandalous

Dear Editor, In spite of the billions allocated for medicines and medical supplies in the 2017 budget, there is little hope that shortages of medicines and medical supplies will be reduced in the...

Moses Nagamootoo and Clive Thomas betrayed sugar workers

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo and Clive Thomas betrayed sugar workers

Dear Editor, The sugar industry continues to be one of the most important industries in Guyana. It supports more than 15,000 jobs and $22 billion in taxable compensation to workers. The sugar...

Dangerous trucks on the Linden highway

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dangerous trucks on the Linden highway

Dear Editor, I’m making a case here yet again for a real threatening and frightening situation with regards to logs/timber transportation on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. With the current road...

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How should I schedule my day?

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(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

The Donny and Delcy show

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(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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