June 2017

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Excellent Team tactics ensures Ming wins NACAM FIA 2016-2017 Championship

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excellent Team tactics ensures Ming wins NACAM FIA 2016-2017 Championship

Team tactics is crucial to any sport, especially in motorsport, and Guyanese Calvin Ming and Team Ram Racing made the right calculations and call despite being faced with adversity to ensure Calvin...

Change of govt. shifted policy focus for Housing sector

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Change of govt. shifted policy focus for Housing sector

– CH&PA The May 2015 General and Regional Elections which resulted in a change of government for Guyana led to a change in the policy focus for the Central Housing and Planning Authority...

Lopes dominant, Lowden/Kalekyezi on a roll in GBTI Open Tennis

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lopes dominant, Lowden/Kalekyezi on a roll in GBTI Open Tennis

The feature match last Wednesday evening turned out to be a one sided and ill-tempered affair between Daniel Lopes and Benjettan Osborne when play continued in the GBTI Open Tennis Championships....

After one month, electricity restored at Kwakwani Secondary

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on After one month, electricity restored at Kwakwani Secondary

After one month, electricity has been restored to the Kwakwani Secondary School. This was confirmed by a source close to the institution, who said that the situation was rectified after assurances...

Santa Rosa Sec. receives balls & cash from Atkinson Brothers FC

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Santa Rosa Sec. receives balls & cash from Atkinson Brothers FC

One of the participating schools in this year’s Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championship, Santa Rose Secondary, received a quantity of footballs and cash from President of the Atkinson...

Guyana Beverage Company Busta 60 miles Open cycle race set for July 2

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Company Busta 60 miles Open cycle race set for July 2

The up tempo Busta Cycle road race is back. The event, which was held annually in Berbice and sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company, was off the radar for a few years. This was mainly due to the...

Ethnic state employment: The post-1992 origins

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ethnic state employment: The post-1992 origins

I grew up in a house that admired Cheddi Jagan. But looking back at those days, that was natural; Indians rooted for Jagan, Blacks for Burnham. Neither of the two halves of our population took...

Former drug addict hopes to spend the next Father’s Day with his daughter

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former drug addict hopes to spend the next Father’s Day with his daughter

By Tiana Cole After being away from his daughter for 15 years due to his drug addiction, the now 41-year-old Nick Boodhoo is hopeful that he will get the opportunity to spend Father’s Day...

A journey of necessity…From begging on the streets to handcrafting wooden toys

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A journey of necessity…From begging on the streets to handcrafting wooden toys

By Romila Boodram Richard Moshetee is the perfect example of the phrase “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Two and a half years ago, a happy and healthy Moshetee called...

Career Day fair restores optimism in youths of Region Two

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Career Day fair restores optimism in youths of Region Two

Unemployment has proven itself a real challenge across Guyana. The public and private sectors of Region Two on Saturday hosted a Career Day fair. The event commenced at 10:00 hrs at the Anna Regina...

Health Ministry officially launches Rehab week

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry officially launches Rehab week

The Disability and Rehabilitation Services of the Ministry of Public Health officially launched its observance of ‘Rehab Week 2017’ in Guyana. This year the occasion is being celebrated...

Fake illnesses and an abuse of the health system

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Fake illnesses and an abuse of the health system

Years ago, a government worker went to see the doctor at the out-patient department of the Georgetown Public Hospital. He complained that he had the flu. The doctor checked his temperature. It was...

A Cynical Reversal on Cuba

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A Cynical Reversal on Cuba

(Republished from The New York Times) Fans of Cuban rum and cigars can rest easy. So can the Starwood chain, which has a deal to manage a historic hotel in Havana. But Americans who want to vacation...

Party service rental launches cash initiative for kids

Jun 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Party service rental launches cash initiative for kids

Fun Park Rentals, later this month, will be launching for the first time in Guyana its ‘Money Savvy Piggy Bank’. This will unveil the National Drive to ‘teach children smart money habits...

From parking meters to expensive toilet rentals

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on From parking meters to expensive toilet rentals

Dear Editor, With the parking meter ignominy slipping into oblivion, here comes a new debacle to entertain the citizenry of our capital and that is the ‘Port-a-Potty Fiasco’ Unbelievable! And...

In defence of City Hall’s toilet rentals

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defence of City Hall’s toilet rentals

Dear Editor, I hold no brief for the Town Clerk, King nor Mayor Green but in the interest of fairness and being a retiree (USA) from the toilet rental business, I feel I must comment to at least lend...

A message to Guyanese of African and Indian ancestry

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A message to Guyanese of African and Indian ancestry

Dear Editor, Is it that you like to live in poverty and insecurity? Is it that you prefer to live in poverty, insecurity and tense conditions rather than harmoniously, prospering and more securely?...

Serious mismanagement of state resources in Region 8

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Serious mismanagement of state resources in Region 8

Dear Editor, I have been following the news concerning the REO of Region Eight with regards to the relieving of his duties as accounting officer of that region. I personally believe it was one of the...

We disagree with the Minister on mining syndicate’s rights

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We disagree with the Minister on mining syndicate’s rights

Dear Editor, Allow me to comment on the article titled ‘Mining Syndicates vow to continue protests for land…’ dated Thursday June 1, 2017. In this article Minister Trotman ‘explained that...

The cameraman should have been under the journalist’s supervision

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The cameraman should have been under the journalist’s supervision

Dear Editor, In the matter of the alleged conduct of the cameraman at Kaieteur National Park which the Army described as ‘outright stupidity, reckless’ (KN Friday, June 16 2017), I am...

GuySuCo’s first crop for 2017 is a disaster

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s first crop for 2017 is a disaster

Dear Editor, The pattern of poor performance continues uncontrollably at GuySuCo. After recording the lowest annual production in 25 years, of 183,652t in 2016, the incompetent IMC strikes yet...

Forces are out to disparage the sugar union

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Forces are out to disparage the sugar union

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union’s (GAWU) attention was drawn to an advertisement titled ”Do Guyanese know these facts about the sugar industry?” which appeared...

The bitter politics of sweet sugar

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The bitter politics of sweet sugar

Dear Editor, The tragedy confronting the sugar industry in Guyana and the fifteen thousand workers and their families, along with the tens of thousands of others who are likely to be affected,...

Because of oil we must fix our human resource incapacity

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Because of oil we must fix our human resource incapacity

Dear Editor, Minister Jordan’s comments to Demerara Waves on June 5th touched on two critical and interlocking issues I had previously raised in the letters column. The first issue involves the...

Absence of a District Education Officer in Sub – Region No. 2, Region No 10

Jun 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Absence of a District Education Officer in Sub – Region No. 2, Region No 10

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me some space in your column. As I read your editorial dated May 16, 2017 captioned “Ghost teachers,” I concluded that the COI’s visit in the Sub – Region No. 2...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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