September 2017

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The Story within the Story…Safety and aviation: Deadly wake-up calls for action

Sep 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Safety and aviation: Deadly wake-up calls for action

By Leonard Gildarie Sometimes it can become quite overwhelming for news people. I believe that I am a seasoned reporter with the things I have seen and heard over the past decade. Dead bodies, burial...

The poem ‘Choice of Freedom’ came to mind

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The poem ‘Choice of Freedom’ came to mind

A long time ago a dearly departed friend of mine, Ivan Forrester wrote a poem named ‘Choice of Freedom’. It read—‘Free to rule or free to misrule; free to be master or master’s tool. Free...

A SHORTCUT THAT KILLS

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A SHORTCUT THAT KILLS

By Michael Jordan I came to dread that short, winding track, with the bushy stretch of land nearby where the cows graze, and the small white bridge that links Diamond Housing Scheme to the...

Interesting Creatures…Lachesis muta

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…Lachesis muta

Lachesis muta is a venomous pit viper species found in South America (including Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). Adults grow to an average of 2 to 2.5 m (6½-8 feet), although 3 m (10 feet) is not...

I campaigned against the PPP not for the AFC

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

Over the past two years, there have been several letters in the press enquiring about the absence of any employment connection with the new government given the public’s knowledge that I campaigned...

Full disclosure & the sugar saga

Sep 03, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Full disclosure & the sugar saga

By Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo Reacting to a hurricane of negative statements being made by the Opposition, a Coalition supporter advised me: “Don’t worry wid dem, PM. They speaking wid...

Dictatorship in the making

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Dictatorship in the making

Two developments within the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should scare the living daylights out of all Guyanese, because they do suggest that Guyana is moving backwards towards the days of...

Gastrointestinal bleeding: Internal bleeding that can be deadly

Sep 03, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Gastrointestinal bleeding: Internal bleeding that can be deadly

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a very common cause of Hospitalization worldwide. Symptoms can be life-threatening when not treated...

Escapee Uree Varswyck shot dead

Sep 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Escapee Uree Varswyck shot dead

…in hideout near Amelia’s Ward Police outpost – Bartica Massacre killer slips cordon The long manhunt for prison escapee Uree Varswyck ended just before midnight on Thursday, when he was...

Sabotage suspected as TV station tower crashes down

Sep 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sabotage suspected as TV station tower crashes down

A television station is now off-air after its tower came crashing down yesterday. The management and staffers of MTV Channel 14/Cable 65 believe that the incident is sabotage, with the police now...

Couple killed after motorbike slams into car

Sep 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Couple killed after motorbike slams into car

A Thursday night ‘hang’ at Plaisance line top, East Coast Demerara turned out to be deadly for a former policeman and his girlfriend, after the motorcycle on which they were travelling, collided...

Ex-con buries niece alive in shallow grave

Sep 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con buries niece alive in shallow grave

– After ripping off gold earrings, flinging toddler through window An 18-month-old girl was flung out of a window and then buried alive by her ex-convict uncle, who then covered the shallow...

Not all plans does wuk

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Not all plans does wuk

People always seh that when yuh refuse money yuh pocket full. Long time people use to walk wid money in a wheelbarrow. Then when paper come, people use to carry money in some big bag. However,...

Ralph Green/EBFA U-11 League kicks off…Grove Hi Tech and Diamond United register wins

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ralph Green/EBFA U-11 League kicks off…Grove Hi Tech and Diamond United register wins

Competitive football made a welcome return to the East Bank of Demerara yesterday with the kick off of the 2nd annual Ralph Green/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-11 League. Persistent...

GCB’s Jaguars 3-Day Franchise League bowls off today…Lower Corentyne put title on the line in eight-team league

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB’s Jaguars 3-Day Franchise League bowls off today…Lower Corentyne put title on the line in eight-team league

By Sean Devers Defending ‘Double’ Champions Lower Corentyne begin their title defence in the Jaguars Three-Day Franchise League when they come up against Essequibo at Albion, Berbice in one of...

V Net Communications T20 blast bowls off tomorrow in Wakenaam

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on V Net Communications T20 blast bowls off tomorrow in Wakenaam

The seventh edition of the V Net T20 competition is set to commence tomorrow in Wakenaam with two matches. Dubbed ‘V Net Communications T20 blast’, the tournament has attracted six teams namely,...

Ashraf ‘River Conqueror’ Ali aims to conquer Atlantic Ocean

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports 1

Samuel Whyte He has successfully swam the Corentyne River to Suriname as well as the Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo, Lake Mainstay and Canje River among others but feels that is not enough. Now, 71...

Nand Persaud Group Of companies and Sky Plus express appreciation

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Group Of companies and Sky Plus express appreciation

Nand Persaud Group of Companies along with its Sky Plus Incorporated Promotion group of No. 36 Macedonia, Corentyne Berbice is expressing thanks you to all those who contributed in one way or the...

New Sports Minister wants Community grounds upgraded

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Sports Minister wants Community grounds upgraded

To negotiate for maximum funding Newly appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, 62 year-old Dr George Norton is of the belief that resurrecting sports facilities will aid the Ministry of...

Guinness Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor Championship…Ol Skool Ballers humiliate Sparta Boss; Gold is Money, Tiger Bay, Leopold Street suffer similar fate

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Cage / Three Peat Promotions Indoor Championship…Ol Skool Ballers humiliate Sparta Boss; Gold is Money, Tiger Bay, Leopold Street suffer similar fate

Despite their love, hate relationship with the fans, those that turned out on Thursday night watched in disbelief as the once mighty Sparta Boss crashed to an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Ol Skool...

Guyana NRA mourns the loss of stalwart, Richard Fields

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana NRA mourns the loss of stalwart, Richard Fields

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) has been plunged into mourning with the passing of one of its stalwarts, long serving Vice President, Senior Counsel, Richard Berkeley Fields who was...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – West Demerara

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – West Demerara

Golden Warriors & Jetty Gunners take full points; Uitvlugt, Den Amstel, Pouderoyen & Eagles draw Following the latest round of matches in the West Demerara Football association leg of the...

GABA/Banks DIH B’ball League…Colts continue win streak; Pacesetters lose twice on Thursday night

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Banks DIH B’ball League…Colts continue win streak; Pacesetters lose twice on Thursday night

By Calvin Chapman Rivalry in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Banks DIH/Malta Supreme, Powerade and Rainforest Water sponsored competitions continued with the second match-day of...

You lie! You lie! The mental fitness of President Trump

Sep 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

If someone describes the following for you, tell me which country’s parliament you think that would have occurred in. The President is addressing a joint session of both Houses, and in the middle...

Decision to sub-franchise Linden Town Week 2018 not entirely popular

Sep 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Decision to sub-franchise Linden Town Week 2018 not entirely popular

Several Lindeners have expressed disappointment with a recent decision by the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC) not to franchise out the Linden Town Week as a whole, but to sub-franchise various...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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