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Chintamani retained as chairman of Leguan CC

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chintamani retained as chairman of Leguan CC

Viren Chintamani was re-elected unopposed as Chairman of the Leguan Cricket Committee when the body held its Annual General Meeting recently at Leguan Secondary School. Phillip Assign was elected...

At the crossroads, Clive Atwell needs the support of Guyanese government and people

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on At the crossroads, Clive Atwell needs the support of Guyanese government and people

By Michael Benjamin In February last year, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell squared off with Jamaican Welterweight Contender champion, Sakima Mullings, and after twelve rounds of fistic fury, Atwell...

AAG lacked innovation in modest 2015 performance

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG lacked innovation in modest 2015 performance

By Edison Jefford Lack of innovation and the catastrophe that enveloped Guyana’s CARIFTA Games participation piloted the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to a modest performance in 2015 when...

Adverse Analytical Findings re Tour of Guyana Five-Stage Cycle Race

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adverse Analytical Findings re Tour of Guyana Five-Stage Cycle Race

The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) conducted testing in Guyana on Sunday, November 1st, 2015. The lab results from the mission confirmed three (3) adverse analytical findings. The...

GFF must request early submission of yearend tournaments audit reports

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF must request early submission of yearend tournaments audit reports

-Vital for transparency, accountability By Rawle Welch Now that the frenzy surrounding the annual yearend football tournaments has dissipated, the focus now should be on accountability and...

Govt. invites proposals for “green” energy at Bartica

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. invites proposals for “green” energy at Bartica

Government is moving ahead with plans for an independent company to produce electricity for Bartica, a Region Seven community up the Essequibo River. According to a notice by the Hinterland...

15-yr-old undergoes successful kidney transplant after mom donates organ

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 15-yr-old undergoes successful kidney transplant after mom donates organ

Fifteen-year-old Abigail Mars is recovering at home after undergoing a successful kidney transplant at the Georgetown Public Hospital, and she is proud that her mother was the donor that gave her a...

SOMEBODY IS WATCHING!

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOMEBODY IS WATCHING!

Reports have begun to filter in about persons connected or believed to be connected to the former administration feeling nervous that they too, their homes and their families, may be subject to...

Govt. seeks proposals for Lethem hydro-power development

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks proposals for Lethem hydro-power development

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is currently seeking proposals from appropriate firms to rehabilitate and operate the Moco Moco Hydropower plant in Region Nine. This is being done in line with...

Nine persons perished in fires last year

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nine persons perished in fires last year

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has blamed illegal tampering with electricity supplies to buildings for the increase in internal electrical fires last year. Speaking to this newspaper yesterday, Gentle said...

Would Ram and Hinds care to define authoritarianism?

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Would Ram and Hinds care to define authoritarianism?

This is a continuation of my reaction to the letter of Christopher Ram denouncing the State’s attitude to Khurshid Sattaur and Nigel Hinds’s missive advocating State appreciation of the work done...

Prolonged dry spell affects GWI intervention in hinterland

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prolonged dry spell affects GWI intervention in hinterland

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) continues to assist Hinterland communities affected by the current prolonged dry weather. The GWI Hinterland Team is currently conducting remedial works and other...

Robbery/home invasion on Land Court judge…‘Terror Gang’ back in court next Tuesday

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery/home invasion on Land Court judge…‘Terror Gang’ back in court next Tuesday

The five men accused of robbing and terrorizing land court judge, Nicola Pierre, and her husband are due back in court next Tuesday (January 12). Warren Mc Kenzie, 22, of Lot 18 Brutus Street,...

The SARU/Republic Bank saga…Sugrim says implicating him was a wicked act

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The SARU/Republic Bank saga…Sugrim says implicating him was a wicked act

The accusation that Haresh Narine Sugrim, called “Chinee”, deposited some $82 million into an account in Republic Bank was not only spurious but also far-fetched. A source close to Republic Bank...

Late arrival of medical supplies affects Leguan, Wakenaam hospitals

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Late arrival of medical supplies affects Leguan, Wakenaam hospitals

The perennial untimely arrival of medical supplies is one of the challenges faced at both the Leguan and Wakenaam District Hospitals. But the Ministry of Public Health is aiming to have this...

NO MORE PRETENCE

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NO MORE PRETENCE

By now, everyone is well aware that life in Guyana will only be different in 2016 than it was in 2015 if the government acts swiftly, condignly and makes meaningful changes. If, for instance, the...

Merriman Mall vendors did not comply with specifications

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Merriman Mall vendors did not comply with specifications

– M&CC The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday stated that its move to bar vending at a section of the Merriman Mall, was due to the vendors’ inability to comply with Council’s...

Suicide victims described as “unfortunate young people”

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide victims described as “unfortunate young people”

The double suicide at Lonsdale, Berbice, involving Deoraj Persaud called “Bongo” and “Akash”, 20, of Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice and his lover Sherry Anne Alli, 14, of 33 Brothers Village,...

Fate of GGMC’s Commissioner still in limbo

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fate of GGMC’s Commissioner still in limbo

The fate of Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Rickford Vieira, will remain hanging for a while longer with a key report on his performance still to be submitted. Vieira...

No more free parking in sections of G/Town

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No more free parking in sections of G/Town

– relevant Act would be fulfilled to the letter – Town Clerk The days of free parking in sections of the capital city are at an end. The City Constabulary Department of the Mayor and City...

President worries about copycat effect from suicide publicity

Jan 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President worries about copycat effect from suicide publicity

By Abena Rockcliffe The prevalence of suicide in Guyana, which has the country ranked highest in the world, has worried President David Granger to the extent that he has vowed to do all within his...

Denunciation of massive fee increase

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Denunciation of massive fee increase

Dear Editor, With much reluctance, I respond to one Ed Singh since I am unsure as to his identity. As someone who observed the last ten (10) years of PPP misrule, I have never seen one letter of...

Sugar’s future is bleak, privatize Guysuco

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar’s future is bleak, privatize Guysuco

Dear Editor, In a KN article of Jan 5, it was reported that Bharrat Jagdeo, former President of Guyana and now leader of the opposition has warned that his Party (PPP) will oppose any move to...

This is misrepresentation by the media

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is misrepresentation by the media

Dear Editor, The media on 6 and 7 January 2016, reported on the case of a 20 or 21 year old man and 14 year old girl who were found dead in East Berbice. There has been speculation. Many sections of...

Sam Hinds puts conditions on cooperation with government

Jan 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sam Hinds puts conditions on cooperation with government

Dear Editor, In its second paragraph of its editorial on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Kaieteur News puts explicitly a belief that is untrue but which seems to prevail amongst members and supporters of...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

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...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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