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Upward trajectory of gold production promising for Guyana —Trotman

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Upward trajectory of gold production promising for Guyana —Trotman

This year has been a record-breaking one for the Gold Mining Sector which saw gold production soaring to new heights. This, coupled with the opportunities available in the sector, has caused the...

Budget debates start tomorrow…Opposition vows to ‘tear budget 2017’ to pieces

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debates start tomorrow…Opposition vows to ‘tear budget 2017’ to pieces

By Kiana Wilburg After one week of preparation, the political Opposition says that it is all set and ready to “tear budget 2017 to pieces.” The debates, which will last for a period of five days,...

Blairmont claim West Berbice Kiddy Cricket Title

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont claim West Berbice Kiddy Cricket Title

Blairmont Primary defeated Belladrum Primary to win the West Berbice leg of the Guyana Cricket Board Scotiabank Kiddy Progression One cricket title recently at Bush Lot ground. Batting first,...

Shihan Abdool Nazim Yassim elevated to ‘Hanshi’/’Sokeship’

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shihan Abdool Nazim Yassim elevated to ‘Hanshi’/’Sokeship’

Shihan Abdool Nazim Yassim has been elevated to Ku-Dan (9th Dan Black Belt) with the title ‘Hanshi’ (Grandmaster) of the SHIN-KAI-RYU system of martial arts, a scheme that was invented almost 12...

Rubis Bel Air/Trophy Stall one-day, two-innings U-13 …GCC overcome Enmore, Ogle take first innings from Enterprise

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rubis Bel Air/Trophy Stall one-day, two-innings U-13 …GCC overcome Enmore, Ogle take first innings from Enterprise

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated Enmore by 89 runs when the Rubis Bel Air/Trophy Stall one-day, two-innings U-13 cricket competition continued yesterday. Batting first at the Bourda, GCC scored...

GBA raise over 500,000 on day 1 of 100 mile walk

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA raise over 500,000 on day 1 of 100 mile walk

The Guyana Boxing Association raked in just over half a million dollars yesterday when the three-day one hundred mile walk continued. Starting at Rosignol President Steve Ninvalle and vice president...

Is the Administration of Local Football Steadfastly Losing its way?

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Is the Administration of Local Football Steadfastly Losing its way?

Unapologetically and unreservedly, I have posed the aforementioned question by way of the above caption. Since, to the best of my knowledge the ideals of constitutionality, parliamentary procedures,...

Noble House Seafood Cricket …Ovid-Richardson’s 121 & Jaigobin’s 7-93 highlights ¼ Finals

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Seafood Cricket …Ovid-Richardson’s 121 & Jaigobin’s 7-93 highlights ¼ Finals

By Sean Devers Played under a cloudless sky at four venues, the quarter finals of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Noble House Seafoods two-day second division tournament bowled off...

3rd Annual Smalta Girls Schools Football Tournament…St. Stephen’s unbeaten after three rounds

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Schools Football Tournament…St. Stephen’s unbeaten after three rounds

With the Organisers of this year’s 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Schools Football Tournament deciding to play today’s round of matches yesterday, defending champion St. Stephen’s and St. Pius were...

GFF/STAG Elite League…Conquerors sail past Monedderlust; Victoria Kings edge Buxton United

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/STAG Elite League…Conquerors sail past Monedderlust; Victoria Kings edge Buxton United

When play in the Guyana Football Federation / STAG Elite League season 2 continued on Friday evening last at the Tucville ground in the City, home team Fruta conquerors romped to a comfortable 4-0...

Sports in Guyana is a living hell

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports in Guyana is a living hell

By Frederick Kissoon This country has four daily newspapers each of which has a sports section. Guyana has also a National Sports Commission and an Olympic Association. To date, there has been no...

Nand Persaud and Company Sprint Classic…Trophy Stall on board as over 80 entrants vie for $5M in cash and other incentives

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud and Company Sprint Classic…Trophy Stall on board as over 80 entrants vie for $5M in cash and other incentives

The betting boys are well primed up and all roads lead to the race tracks, # 36 Village, Macedonia Estate, Corentyne Berbice, today, when Nand Persaud and Company stage a one day Sprint Classic horse...

Sport associations must challenge The Establishment

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sport associations must challenge The Establishment

By Edison Jefford Sports associations affiliated to the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) must be brave enough to challenge The Establishment whenever the Olympic body holds its Elections, because...

‘Old Beef’ Humphrey Inter Primary Schools’ Football …All Saints claims championship trophy

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Old Beef’ Humphrey Inter Primary Schools’ Football …All Saints claims championship trophy

T’jon Reid registered a brace to lead All Saints Primary School to a 2-0 victory over St Aloysius to lift the title when the finals of the ‘Old Beef’ Humphrey Inter Primary Schools’ Football...

SHOWING LENIENCY!

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SHOWING LENIENCY!

All over Guyana, children are suffering. Many are poor and are left to fend for themselves because their parents do not have the resources to provide for them. Some will go to school without...

Emerging Oil and Gas Industry…Everyone needs to make a conscious decision to stay and invest in Guyana today

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Emerging Oil and Gas Industry…Everyone needs to make a conscious decision to stay and invest in Guyana today

– US Deputy Chief of Mission With Guyana preparing to usher in its age of oil, the State is at a crossroads and the Guyanese people – who are also taxpayers and consumers – will have many...

Roraima Airways offers flights to boy with cancer in eye

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways offers flights to boy with cancer in eye

Roraima Airways has announced that it will be offering return flights to little Omkar Persaud, who has cancer in his eye, and his mother, Casandra to Cuba for the urgent medical treatment that is...

Demerara sugar is a type not origin

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara sugar is a type not origin

It seems that consultants and lobbyists are pushing the Guyana Government and taxpayers into a no-win situation especially since it has already been decided that Demerara is a type of sugar and not a...

Sign language interpreters a first during National Budget presentation

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sign language interpreters a first during National Budget presentation

The use of sign language interpreters, initiated during the recent presentation of the 2017 National Budget by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, was a first for the budget presentation in the National...

Deliberate efforts being made to reduce Maternal Mortality

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deliberate efforts being made to reduce Maternal Mortality

By Sharmain Grainger The importance of medical education cannot be overemphasized. In fact it is a crucial feature in any health care setting. Right here in Guyana, specifically at the Georgetown...

Chief Magistrate to rule on another TIP case

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate to rule on another TIP case

This will be Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan’s second ruling on a Trafficking in Person (TIP) case in four months. She is set to hand down a decision on December 22, in the case of businesswoman,...

The 43rd Anniversary of a plane crash in Kurupung

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The 43rd Anniversary of a plane crash in Kurupung

On Monday December 3, 1973, the Guyana Airways Twin Otter aircraft 8R-GCP departed Ogle airstrip about 9:00 a.m. for a flight which was routed, Ogle /Ekereku /Ogle. The crew that morning was Captain...

TV Host Basil Bradshaw celebrates 21 years

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TV Host Basil Bradshaw celebrates 21 years

By Isanella Patoir Television personality, Basil Bradshaw, is popularly known for his show “Wake up Guyana”, aired on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 hours and lasts for one hour. On...

Prince Harry experiences Guyana’s wonders

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prince Harry experiences Guyana’s wonders

His Royal Highness Prince Harry visited several tourist sites in Guyana yesterday, among them Surama Lodge, the Iwokrama International Conservation Centre (IICC) and the majestic Kaieteur Falls....

Man flown to city with gunshot wound to abdomen

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man flown to city with gunshot wound to abdomen

A Mabaruma, North West District man is in a critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The incident reportedly occurred in a community near the Venezuela border. The victim,...

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Seifert hundred puts Kings on top

Aug 28, 2026

CPL – Saint Lucia Kings recorded back-to-back wins as they beat the Trinbago Knight Riders by 36-runs at the Queen’s Park Oval in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Tim Seifert...

Second-class patients

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something wonderfully modern about a health system in which the government pays a private hospital to provide a service to poor people, and the private hospital then tells those poor people to come back tomorrow for the results. It is almost as if the voucher comes...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Nothing to hide

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has said that he has nothing to hide about his farm tucked away inside Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Comforts me to hear that statement. Having made his representation, the president is now obligated to go further. Beyond his words would be a good...

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