January 2017

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Banks DIH vows 100 percent support to Mash 2017

Jan 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH vows 100 percent support to Mash 2017

While some corporations might be scaling back on their usual support for Mashramani, Banks DIH made it clear that there is no backing down this year. In fact, senior management of the company assured...

Regional Super50…Wounded Jaguars need to show fight

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50…Wounded Jaguars need to show fight

Face unbeaten Marooners today By Sean Devers in Barbados In Association with Bounty Supermarket, Vnet Communications, Life Time Reality & Ming’s Products & Services Today at the...

Williams sisters add another chapter to great sibling rivalry

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams sisters add another chapter to great sibling rivalry

MELBOURNE (Reuters) An Australian Open electrified by the revivals of seasoned champions will bathe in the warm glow of nostalgia today when the Williams sisters contest the women’s final at Rod...

Berbice Volleyball Association presentation and awards ceremony on today

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball Association presentation and awards ceremony on today

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) will be holding their awards and presentation ceremony today at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground beginning at 14:00 hrs A number of players and clubs...

Female players invited for trials to select Demerara team

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female players invited for trials to select Demerara team

The following players are called for trials on Monday, January 30 and Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Everest Cricket Club ground, starting at 8:00 hours. These trials are to select a Demerara team...

West Side softball quarterfinals on tomorrow

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Side softball quarterfinals on tomorrow

The quarterfinals of the West Side 10/10 softball tournament will be contested tomorrow at Leonora Primary school ground starting at 09:30hrs. Super Power will play Super Street, Omesh XI will face...

Police Youth Clubs to play integral part in Annual Desmond Dorsett Memorial event

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police Youth Clubs to play integral part in Annual Desmond Dorsett Memorial event

The multitude of police youth clubs across Berbice are expected to play in a major role in the seventh Annual Desmond Dorsett Memorial Road race classic and Family Fun Day. The event which will be...

2nd Annual Limacol Football Competition…Extra time own goal salvage draw for Ann’s Grove

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Annual Limacol Football Competition…Extra time own goal salvage draw for Ann’s Grove

-Tigers beat NA United -Double-header at Leonora tonight An own goal one minute into stoppage time salvaged a draw for Ann’s Grove in their feature clash against Santos as play in the 2nd Annual...

One more team added to Anamayah Memorial Basketball competition

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on One more team added to Anamayah Memorial Basketball competition

As competition continues tomorrow with one more game, the Hopetown Stealers of West Coast Berbice have been added to the list of teams participating in the annual Anamayah Memorial Basketball...

GOA backs GSA for Commonwealth Games 2018

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA backs GSA for Commonwealth Games 2018

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has supported the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in their quest to medal at the Commonwealth Games set for Gold Coast, Australia in 2018. Vice President of the...

Two teens missing after leaving for school

Jan 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two teens missing after leaving for school

Rachel Clifford, a student of Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), left her Fort Ordinance residence early Thursday morning but never returned home. A relative of the now missing teen relayed to this...

PCA receives significant complaints about corrupt traffic ranks

Jan 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PCA receives significant complaints about corrupt traffic ranks

While neglect of duty continues to be the most common complaint filed at the Police Complaints Authority, the entity receives a significant number of complaints about corrupt practices of police...

Fire damages Republic Park home

Jan 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire damages Republic Park home

A fire of unknown origin destroyed the top flat of an East Bank Demerara Republic Park home yesterday. According to a fire officer, the blaze started around 14:30 hours. No one was at home at the...

The parking meters are here

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The parking meters are here

As of Tuesday January 24, drivers began paying for parking in certain sections of the city amid massive protests by members of the public. The new administration at City Hall and the national...

Can the Alliance for Change survive as a political party?

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can the Alliance for Change survive as a political party?

One of the strangest things to ever happen to a victorious party in any part of the world occurred after the AFC became part of the government in May 2015. Normally when a party enters office, a...

The struggle against parking meters requires staying power

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The struggle against parking meters requires staying power

The parking meter will spell disaster for the investor, the City Council and the small man. It is an oppressive and imbalanced arrangement which is already being resisted by the Guyanese people....

Man, 58, jailed for killing motorcyclist

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 58, jailed for killing motorcyclist

A 58-year-old man was yesterday jailed for three years after he was convicted for causing death by dangerous driving. Andrew Alder, of Lot 616 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found guilty of the...

‘Boyo’ Ramlall murder PI continues

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Boyo’ Ramlall murder PI continues

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Ganesh Ramlall, former owner of the Regent Multiplex Mall, Georgetown, is still continuing at the Leonora Magistrate’s Courts. Lennox ‘Soldier...

Taxi driver granted $800,000 bail for allegedly killing pedestrian

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver granted $800,000 bail for allegedly killing pedestrian

Noel DeFreitas, 54, of Lot 17 Newtown, Georgetown, yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The charge read that on January 24, last,...

Canadian charged for cocaine in suitcase

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Canadian charged for cocaine in suitcase

A Canadian national was yesterday remanded to prison after she was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court to answer to the charge of possession of...

Drug dealer, wife and step daughter busted with cocaine, marijuana

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug dealer, wife and step daughter busted with cocaine, marijuana

A 21-year-old man who is well known to the police was on Wednesday evening nabbed with a quantity of cocaine and marijuana hours after he was convicted on another drug matter. The man, Ron Codogan,...

Kitty man jailed for wounding cop in shooting

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kitty man jailed for wounding cop in shooting

Twenty-one-year-old Kerry Dick of Kitty, Georgetown was yesterday sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment on a wounding charge. He shot at an off duty police rank. Dick was found guilty of unlawfully...

The Business Minister has to do more for “buy local” campaign

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Business Minister has to do more for “buy local” campaign

Dear Editor, In regard to an article in the independent media captioned “Guyanese need to practice more ‘conscious’ consumption – Business Minister”, I must say leadership is much more than...

Guyana awaits its Local Content legislation

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana awaits its Local Content legislation

Dear Editor, I often share with my students the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” in Guyanese parlance is “once bitten, twice bite-up”. Language is important and often determines context....

Loud music may have caused the death of an elderly man

Jan 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Loud music may have caused the death of an elderly man

Dear Editor, It is with utter disgust and frustration that I pen this letter to highlight a rather unfortunate situation unfolding in Middle Street, Pouderoyen, WBD community. Overtime, residents...

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The danger of renting another country’s power

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

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...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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