February 2017

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GCB/MOE/ DMLAS Schools cricket …Dick spurs Chase Academy to GT title

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/MOE/ DMLAS Schools cricket …Dick spurs Chase Academy to GT title

By Sean Devers A well crafted maiden half century from 14-year-old Dwayne Dick spurred National defending secondary school champions Chase Academy to a 73-run victory against Charlestown Secondary to...

Floodlights to defend Florida Cup Masters Title this weekend

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights to defend Florida Cup Masters Title this weekend

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will send two softball teams to the USA to take part in this year Florida Cup in Broward County, Florida. The games are set for Friday...

Narayan Ramdhani turns in good performance in Vancouver, Canada

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narayan Ramdhani turns in good performance in Vancouver, Canada

Guyana’s National Badminton Champion, 18-year old Narayan Ramdhani, playing for Shuttlesport Badminton Academy won two – 3rd places in the Open Men Singles and the Under-23 Men Doubles...

Colts tame Ravens twice in one night

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts tame Ravens twice in one night

National Champions, Bounty Colts clipped the offensive wings of Dyna’s Ravens to win Game 1 of the best-of-three Final Saturday night in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)...

Athletes warm-up at Age Group Competition

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes warm-up at Age Group Competition

CARIFTA Games double bronze medalist, Chantoba Bright, Commonwealth Youth finalist, Compton Caesar and prodigy Kenisha Phillips were impressive on Saturday at an Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)...

Guyanese boxers dominate Suriname foes in night of fistic action

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese boxers dominate Suriname foes in night of fistic action

Guyanese boxers enforced their status as the best around the Caribbean territory when they totally dominated their Surinamese counterparts when the curtains came down on the BrisMac Promotions, night...

Herstelling Raiders claim MRMVDC open softball title

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Herstelling Raiders claim MRMVDC open softball title

Herstelling Raiders defeated Wellman by six wickets to win the final of the Mon Repos Market Vendors Development Committee (MRMVDC) Open softball competition which was contested on Saturday night at...

Georgetown GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centre underway

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centre underway

Georgetown:- Promising youth footballers from Georgetown took part in the city’s first GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centre session on Friday, 17th February with U-17 boys training at Tucville...

Teens’ escape bid from NOC lands them in further trouble

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teens’ escape bid from NOC lands them in further trouble

Two teenagers who escaped from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) located at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two on Friday, have no choice but to stay at the facility for a longer period of...

CORDIALITY NEEDED

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CORDIALITY NEEDED

Guyanese at home and abroad are known to be among the friendliest people in the world. Everywhere they go, they boast of the country’s warmth and hospitality. But while their national identity is...

The incredibly illogical mind of an ex-President

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The incredibly illogical mind of an ex-President

In a response to Minister Bulkan in the newspapers, former President Ramotar observed that Wales estate would not have been closed if the PPP was not cheated out of office in the 2015 elections. This...

Timehri prison set to undergo major renovation

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri prison set to undergo major renovation

The Ministry of Public Security has begun to invite bids which will see renovations to several parts of the Timehri prison. The renovations are part of a bigger plan of ensuring that prisons around...

9 forensic audits, inquiry reports handed over to cops for further probes

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 9 forensic audits, inquiry reports handed over to cops for further probes

On Friday, Jaipaul Sharma, Minister within the Ministry of Finance met with Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine, at his office in Eve Leary, to hand over the Final Reports of the Forensic...

Insel Air fleet not allowed here due to safety concerns

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Insel Air fleet not allowed here due to safety concerns

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has taken a decision to not allow the Insel Air fleet to fly into Guyana due to safety concerns. This was confirmed yesterday by Director General of the...

Govt. must expedite commission to show it’s serious about local democracy – PPP

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. must expedite commission to show it’s serious about local democracy – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is contending that if the David Granger-led Administration is serious about strengthening the Local Government System and is hell-bent on enforcing...

March 12 is Phagwah

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on March 12 is Phagwah

The Ministry of Public Security yesterday announced that Sunday March 12 will be Phagwah. According to the ministry, there have been enquiries from the public on the date. The ministry said that the...

Final draft of Land and Life Commission to be completed soon

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Final draft of Land and Life Commission to be completed soon

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, has confirmed that Government is working to complete the final draft document for the Land and Life Commission. This commission will...

Mash is no splash

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mash is no splash

I was with some friends when this man came up and joined the conversation. He had a deep Jamaican accent, very deep. After he had left I was told that he was working in Guyana as a disc jockey. I...

Town Clerk fails in bid to discharge order against Parking meter project

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk fails in bid to discharge order against Parking meter project

An ex-parte application made by Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC), Royston King to discharge an Order Nisi granted against the parking meter project was refused by...

Cops seek women who allegedly set DJ’s house on fire

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek women who allegedly set DJ’s house on fire

Investigators are looking for two females who allegedly walked into a yard at Lot 283 Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara and set the home of popular disc jockey, Dorrel “DJ Magnum” Romeo, on fire....

GPHC closer to having qualified nephrology nurses

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC closer to having qualified nephrology nurses

With strategic support, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been offering a wide range of services to its clientele. Among the most crucial services being offered is that of kidney...

GGMC to make miners pay for illegal operations along river banks

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC to make miners pay for illegal operations along river banks

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is stepping up its zero tolerance stance against mining along the banks of rivers. Acting Commissioner of the GGMC Newell Dennison, yesterday during an...

Analyst Dept. urges measures to safeguard foods

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Analyst Dept. urges measures to safeguard foods

Concerns about worrying proportions of diarrheal illness have triggered moves to ensure the safety of cooked food consumed by the public. The use of warmers and chillers to maintain the integrity of...

DPP’s move to seize $9M from Barry Dataram…Magistrate seeks advice from High Court on way forward

Feb 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DPP’s move to seize $9M from Barry Dataram…Magistrate seeks advice from High Court on way forward

Magistrate Judy Latchman is seeking advice from the High Court on how to proceed in the matter for which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is moving to seize $9M, suspected to be proceeds...

Guyanese working-class gradually awaking out of its slumber

Feb 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese working-class gradually awaking out of its slumber

Dear Editor, The United Republican Party (URP) wishes to congratulate the Alliance For Change (AFC) for their decisive and unmovable stance in relation to the parking meter fiasco and more...

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Save our stories before they disappear

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(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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