August 2017

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Changes made to Sky Plus Sprint Classic horserace meet on August 20th

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changes made to Sky Plus Sprint Classic horserace meet on August 20th

As preparations continue for the Nand Persaud Group of Companies, Sky Plus Incorporated one day Sprint Classic horserace meet, a few changes have been made. The event is slated for Sunday 20th August...

SENIOR Caribbean Squash Championship …GUYANA advances five to quarter-finals of the Individual draws

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on SENIOR Caribbean Squash Championship …GUYANA advances five to quarter-finals of the Individual draws

Guyana’s females had a strong showing on the first day of the 2017 NLC Senior Caribbean Squash Championships. Leading the charge was women’s team captain Ashley Khalil who advanced with a...

Kendall’s Union Sports Club recognises senior citizens in Community

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kendall’s Union Sports Club recognises senior citizens in Community

For the second year running the Kendall’s Union Sports Club of No.19 East Coast Berbice area in collaboration with others and overseas members hosted a successful senior citizen day at the club’s...

Lake Mainstay Regatta Continues to propel Tourism Sector in Region Two

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lake Mainstay Regatta Continues to propel Tourism Sector in Region Two

Region Two (Pomeroon Supernaam) celebrated its Annual Regatta last Sunday at the illustrious Lake Mainstay Resort. The event which marked its 17th anniversary, attracted visitors from all walks of...

GABA/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water Basketball tournament …

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water Basketball tournament …

Defending champs Bounty Colts win in both 2nd and U-23 divisions The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s 1st, 2nd and Under-23 division tournament continued over the weekend with 5 matches...

Chief Magistrate admonishes lawyer for delaying murder PI

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate admonishes lawyer for delaying murder PI

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday rebuked Attorney-at-Law Melvin Duke for failing to properly notify her of his desire to have an adjournment in a murder preliminary inquiry (PI). The Chief...

Repairs completed on Hunt Oil road

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs completed on Hunt Oil road

One-year maintenance plan announced for roads to Lethem, Mahdia, Kwakwani Emergency works on the damaged Hunt Oil stretch, Region Nine, have successfully been completed and, as of Friday afternoon,...

Technical education has key place in nation building – Educator

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Technical education has key place in nation building – Educator

The introduction of multilateral schools several years ago was a deliberate move aimed at ensuring that students at the secondary level had an opportunity to pursue technical education alongside...

OIL WILL NOT SAVE US

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OIL WILL NOT SAVE US

Today we continue to focus on a very important topic that should be of interest to every citizen of Guyana. It is about the recently announced discoveries of more oil by Exxon Mobil and what this...

Increasing number of young tobacco users is astonishing

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Increasing number of young tobacco users is astonishing

– Chronic Diseases Coordinator With an increasing number of tobacco users, especially young people within the education system, there is immense cause for concern. This was the acknowledgement of...

Landmark Tobacco Control Bill will save lives – Int’l body

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Landmark Tobacco Control Bill will save lives – Int’l body

-urges that it be signed into law The recently passed Tobacco Control Bill has not only been gaining traction but also international support. This is according to information released by the Public...

More emphasis to be placed on water as a resource

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More emphasis to be placed on water as a resource

Guyana, the land of many waters could soon be mining this valuable asset to ensure that communities across Guyana have access to it. The Ministry of Natural Resources is collaborating with the...

Rice shipment to Cuba departs in September

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice shipment to Cuba departs in September

The Cuban rice market has now been made available to Guyana after a series of negotiations over the past months. As a result, the first shipment of rice to Cuba is expected to be exported during the...

The politics of oil is dirty

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The politics of oil is dirty

Oil has made many nations rich. But before those nations became rich, the multinationals engaged in the production of oil became far richer. Oil wealth is not free. It comes at a terrible price. In...

Rupununi youths participate in first Social Cohesion Exchange Programme

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi youths participate in first Social Cohesion Exchange Programme

Youths representing 23 villages in South Central Rupununi are participating in a five-day Inter-Village Social Cohesion Exchange Programme at St. Ignatius Secondary School. The students will be...

He met and talked with fools and clowns like himself

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on He met and talked with fools and clowns like himself

There is a PPP stalwart that has served in very important state positions for twenty-three consecutive years since the PPP won the 1992 elections until it lost the 2015 poll. This man was a top,...

Modernised waterfront recreational areas projects nearer fruition

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Modernised waterfront recreational areas projects nearer fruition

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is in the process of assessing environmental, social and economic impacts as it prepares to commence the creation, restoration and modernisation of several...

Pan Am Indoor Hockey C/ships…Guyana, GHB have a national duty to produce a high class event

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Indoor Hockey C/ships…Guyana, GHB have a national duty to produce a high class event

With the participation of countries from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean confirmed, hosts Guyana and more directly the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) have a national duty to produce a...

Digicel denies “programming problems” affecting texts

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel denies “programming problems” affecting texts

Digicel yesterday denied that programming issues are the reason why its texts are not going through to the network of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT). For the past three months, to...

Wrong side up!

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wrong side up!

The driver of this car, PJJ 6799, a Toyota AT 192, was reportedly travelling at a fast rate on the Canefield, East Canje public road when he reportedly lost control and ran off the road. In the...

Former Central Bank staffer named new Chief Planning Officer

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Central Bank staffer named new Chief Planning Officer

Government has appointed Dr Nelson Modeste as its new Chief Planning Officer. Yesterday, during a press conference on the Mid-Year Report by the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Winston Jordan...

Taxi driver allegedly found with shotgun, ganja near robbery scene remanded

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver allegedly found with shotgun, ganja near robbery scene remanded

The taxi driver who was reportedly held in the vicinity of a robbery committed on a Corentyne couple at Number 73 village Corentyne last Saturday has been remanded to jail on three charges. Rabindra...

Alleged serial robber remanded on illegal gun and ammo charge

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged serial robber remanded on illegal gun and ammo charge

A repeat offender, who was out on bail after being held in connection with a spate of robberies, was yesterday remanded to prison on charges related to an illegal gun and ammunition....

Berbice teen, female accomplice remanded on ganja trafficking charge

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teen, female accomplice remanded on ganja trafficking charge

A male teenager and a young lady who were reportedly nabbed with 11 kilos of marijuana were yesterday remanded to jail by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga when they appeared before her at the Whim...

Guyana became a nightmarish state of klepto-capitalism

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana became a nightmarish state of klepto-capitalism

Dear Editor, General Elections 2020 is a mere 30 months or so away, and you can bet your shrinking dollar that many people will be caught fiddling! And I do not mean just ordinary fiddling by...

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2026 Republic Bank Limited CPL: Nabi, Shepherd & Joseph...

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

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...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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