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Fight confirmed, Dexter Gonsalves to square off with Brazilian opponent

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fight confirmed, Dexter Gonsalves to square off with Brazilian opponent

By Michael Benjamin Just over two weeks after he was advised to intensify training sessions for an impending bout, recently crowned Fecarbox junior/welterweight champion, Dexter Gonsalves, have...

Umpires training workshop successful

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpires training workshop successful

Several local cricket umpires were given lecturers on ways to improve their trade at a workshop held yesterday at Mayor and City Council Union Building, Woolford Avenue. The clinic was facilitated by...

J Z Mohamed of City Bias, NY provides part sponsorship for BCB inter zone U15 tourney

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on J Z Mohamed of City Bias, NY provides part sponsorship for BCB inter zone U15 tourney

With limited time remaining before the Inter County Under-15 cricket competition, the Berbice Cricket Board was able to secure part sponsorship for a fifty overs inter zone round robin competition...

Son of former GRA Boss fined on dangerous driving charge

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Son of former GRA Boss fined on dangerous driving charge

The 19-year-old son of former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General, Khurshid Sattaur, was on Wednesday ordered to pay a $25,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to a dangerous driving...

Linden carpenter charged with killing reputed wife

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden carpenter charged with killing reputed wife

A carpenter, who is alleged to have fatally stabbed his reputed wife, before attempting to take his own life, was on Thursday remanded to prison charged with murder. It is alleged that on January 18,...

Watchdog body says Ministry dragging foot on steel pan investigations

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Watchdog body says Ministry dragging foot on steel pan investigations

Corruption watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has slammed the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport for its sloth in an investigation involving steel pans. According to TIGI...

U.S. Ambassador hands over Police Training Equipment

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador hands over Police Training Equipment

The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Technical Working Group (TWG), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)...

Regional Chairman accused of disrespecting the President, RDC Meeting suspended

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman accused of disrespecting the President, RDC Meeting suspended

The statutory meeting of the Region Five Democratic Council, RDC, is held on the third Thursday of each month. Councillors turned up as usual on Thursday, for the RDC meeting, but it was not...

Gail Teixeira calls on Govt. to push ahead with Integrity Commission

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gail Teixeira calls on Govt. to push ahead with Integrity Commission

Being in Office for just over eight months now, it is pathetic for A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government to still be blaming the Opposition for certain...

US Embassy says no more extra visa pages

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy says no more extra visa pages

The U.S. Department of State will no longer add visa pages into U.S. passports beginning January 1, 2016, said the United States Embassy in Guyana. Previously, U.S. passport holders had the option to...

Over 1000 Region Nine students benefit from ‘shoes that grow’

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1000 Region Nine students benefit from ‘shoes that grow’

-to complement President’s education drive Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, and First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday distributed footwear to more than 1000 students from Region Nine (Upper...

THE KILLINGS CONTINUE

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE KILLINGS CONTINUE

In Guyana, the people have seen it all in terms of the vicious crime being committed against them almost daily. Many are horrified and traumatized and have taken shelter in their houses outfitted...

The Traffic Chief gave his word; I will hold him to it

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Traffic Chief gave his word; I will hold him to it

On Thursday morning, I rang the Traffic Chief after reading a public statement put out by the police administration that traffic personnel are not permitted to conduct routine stop of drivers and...

Mother still desperate to find missing 6-yr-old

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mother still desperate to find missing 6-yr-old

Natasha Adolphus, the mother of the missing Richmond Housing Scheme six-year-old, harbours hope that one day, someone would return her son to her but Daniel has been missing for almost one month, two...

Decision to close Wales Estate contradicts COI Report – Opposition

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Decision to close Wales Estate contradicts COI Report – Opposition

Opposition Member, Komal Chand, says that he is deeply disappointed that House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland, on Thursday, refused to approve his motion for a debate over Government’s decision to...

Eradicating domestic violence requires equality, respect for women, other minorities – President Granger

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eradicating domestic violence requires equality, respect for women, other minorities – President Granger

“It will take time to undo decades of a culture of criminal violence. The removal of inequalities, both in the home and in the state is a start.” President David Granger has said that the...

GPHC laboratory achieves renewed GNBS certification

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC laboratory achieves renewed GNBS certification

Department urged to strive for international accreditation The Laboratory Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) has achieved recertification under the Guyana National Bureau of...

Scores of Berbicians participate in Suicide Prevention Walk

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of Berbicians participate in Suicide Prevention Walk

Large numbers of Berbicians joined the Suicide Prevention Walk held in East Berbice, yesterday. The walk was under the theme, ‘I choose life, I love my life, say yes to life’. The walk was...

Nagamootoo satisfied with GNBA progress

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo satisfied with GNBA progress

– says “I did not expect different at this point” While observers comment on the slothfulness of the Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Prime Minister,...

Businesses pledge support for D’Urban Park project

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businesses pledge support for D’Urban Park project

The Private Sector Commission met on Thursday with coordinators of the D’Urban Park Project, Larry London and Basil Blackman. According to the Commission, it was apprised of plans for the 50th...

CH&PA Chairman unaware of unfair house lot allocations

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA Chairman unaware of unfair house lot allocations

Despite allegations of inequitable house lot allocation by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) over the past few years, the newly appointed Chairman of the Central Housing and...

POLITICS IS ALSO A CAUSE OF VIOLENCE

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLITICS IS ALSO A CAUSE OF VIOLENCE

Political parties, and particularly the PNCR, should not attempt to extricate themselves from the culture of violence in which the country is ensnared. It is one thing to speak about the violence...

Civil society must play increased ‘watch dog’ role in extractive industries – Trinidad economist

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society must play increased ‘watch dog’ role in extractive industries – Trinidad economist

By Jarryl Bryan The Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) held a workshop at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre yesterday as part of efforts to collaborate with...

Govt shoots down Opposition motion on compensation for elections violence

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt shoots down Opposition motion on compensation for elections violence

The Opposition was most disappointed on Thursday night after Government refused to support one of its motions which called for compensation for victims of 2015 Elections Day violence. Bringing the...

Mon Repos Panel Bridge closed for repairs

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos Panel Bridge closed for repairs

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday announced that the first Acrow Panel Bridge, at Mon Repos, will be closed to all traffic until further notice. This closure is to facilitate the...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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