June 2017

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Alysa Xavier – star hockey player with eyes on the prize

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alysa Xavier – star hockey player with eyes on the prize

The term ‘Guyanese Girl rocks’ can be aptly ascribed to Alysa Teresa Xavier a star Goalkeeper whose eyes are on the prize academically as well as on the Hockey field. Age 24, this former Queen...

Rising Sun Turf Club to host meet on June 25

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Turf Club to host meet on June 25

The Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women Police will be hosting a grand one day horserace meet on June 25 at their West Coast Berbice track. Six races are carded...

No play on second day

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on No play on second day

The second day of the second round Guyana Cricket Board Hand-in-Hand three-day inter county U19 tournament was rained out without a ball being bowled yesterday. The Demerara and Guyana select U17...

Trophy Stall Annual Independence Badminton tournament 2017…Competitive play highlights first day action

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Annual Independence Badminton tournament 2017…Competitive play highlights first day action

The Guyana Badminton Association’s Trophy Stall Annual Independence Badminton Tournament started on Friday at the National Gymnasium. The tournament started out with the Open Men and Ladies Singles...

MOE/NSC cricket coaching clinic concludes at Port Mourant

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MOE/NSC cricket coaching clinic concludes at Port Mourant

The Ministry of Education National Sports Commission three-day coaching clinic concluded recently at Port Mourant. The programme saw 24 participants from the East Berbice Corentyne area attending the...

Deion Nurse and Colin McKoy cop gold in Pan Am Masters weightlifting championship

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deion Nurse and Colin McKoy cop gold in Pan Am Masters weightlifting championship

They arrived in the Dominican Republic merely one day prior to the start of the competition but veteran weightlifters, Deion Nurse and Colin McKoy turned in commendable performances to capture gold...

Excitement brewing ahead of CARICOM Day Cuff Out Boxing

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excitement brewing ahead of CARICOM Day Cuff Out Boxing

Villages along the West Coast of Demerara and beyond have already began to talk about the inaugural Slingerz Family Entertainment/Vergenoegen Boxing Gym CARICOM Day Cuff Out Amateur Boxing Tournament...

The State’s role in the development of sports is non-existent

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on The State’s role in the development of sports is non-existent

By Edison Jefford The invisibility of a definitive presence in the administration, organisation and nurturing of sports in Guyana continues to undermine real growth and development, notwithstanding...

Windies hoping to level series tonight after embarrassing loss to Afghanistan

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies hoping to level series tonight after embarrassing loss to Afghanistan

By Sean Devers in St Lucia In association with Vnet Communications Noble House Seafood, Baksh Travel Service, Payless Varity Store & Golden Arrow Inn in St Lucia The riot act must surely have...

An amicable resolution to impactful fallout

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on An amicable resolution to impactful fallout

By Sharmain Grainger Purported differences that existed between the Ministry of Public Health and the US-based International Children Heart Foundation had essentially threatened the continuance of a...

Kidney patient in desperate need of transplant

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kidney patient in desperate need of transplant

After being convinced ten years ago by doctors that a successful kidney transplant would have improved her well being, Reena Sultan, a 31-year-old mother of one, is once again seeking the assistance...

US$46.8M West Dem. Road Expansion Project…Contractors have eight months to complete remainder

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$46.8M West Dem. Road Expansion Project…Contractors have eight months to complete remainder

The US$46.8M West Demerara Road Expansion Project is currently 75 percent complete. This was revealed last week during an engagement among the Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara)’s...

GPHC Matron finally gets marching orders

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Matron finally gets marching orders

Months after a Commission of Inquiry [COI] recommended her termination, the administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] has decided to part ways with its substantive Director...

More ICT Hubs for Berbice

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More ICT Hubs for Berbice

As Guyana forges its way to a vastly developing Information Technology Sector and to an era where almost everyone at some point will be technologically savvy, the government of the day has made it...

UMAMI penetrates Dominican market

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UMAMI penetrates Dominican market

Local manufacturing company, UMAMI Inc. has been able to successfully penetrate the Dominican market. This is according to its CEO and chemist, Chris Persaud. Persaud explained to Kaieteur News that...

CRIME AND DRUGS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CRIME AND DRUGS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Recently, some countries in the English-speaking Caribbean have begun earning a reputation for their sharply rising crime rates. Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are among the worst. Beyond...

Guyana pursuing global strategy to improve women and adolescent Health

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana pursuing global strategy to improve women and adolescent Health

Guyana is adopting the 15-year global blueprint on women, child and adolescent health which protects their physical and mental well-being and opens up economic and social opportunities, according to...

Nurse plunges in trench as cops, bandits trade bullets

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse plunges in trench as cops, bandits trade bullets

A nurse heading home after a tough day at work was forced to plunge into a trench for safety after police ranks in a mobile patrol and occupants in a car traded bullets on Friday night at Victor...

AG wants to amend Constitution to remove

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG wants to amend Constitution to remove

JSC’s role in appointment of Deeds Registrar By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Attorney General Basil Williams is adamant that there is a flaw in the Constitution which is impeding on the doctrines of...

Launch of ‘Born Blue’ documentary

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Launch of ‘Born Blue’ documentary

-amplifies Guyana’s response to congenital heart defects The colour of a baby’s skin at birth is always an important factor. While most babies are born with a pink colour, there are others who...

International expert commences study on alternatives to pre-trial detention

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on International expert commences study on alternatives to pre-trial detention

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday met with Mr. Peter Pursglove for a briefing on the recently commissioned study on alternatives to pre-trial detention. Mr. Pursglove was...

GNIC: Celebrating a legacy of building and repairing ships for more than half-century

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNIC: Celebrating a legacy of building and repairing ships for more than half-century

By Kiana Wilburg Entrenched in the arsenal of Guyana’s economic trials and tribulations, is the rich legacy of its maritime trade. Since the colonial era, seaborne activities have played a pivotal...

TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR REGION HAS A REFUGEE PROBLEM

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR REGION HAS A REFUGEE PROBLEM

Dear Editor, Allow me space please, to help me share this open call to David Granger, President, Chairman, of the Caribbean Community, as well as all leaders of nations within the CARICOM group....

Police ranks are dwelling in uncivilized conditions

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police ranks are dwelling in uncivilized conditions

Dear Editor, It was indeed very shocking to see the condition under which police officers dwell in at the Eve Leary Compound housing the Force Headquarters in your Monday 5th June 2017 edition front...

Alphabetical advice for us:

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Alphabetical advice for us:

Alphabetical advice for us: A B C Avoid Boring Company.. D E F Don’t Entertain Fools.. G H I Go for High Ideas . J K L M Just Keep a friend like ME.. N O P Never Overlook the Poor and suffering.. Q...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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