October 2017 - Page 3 of 60

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Teachers have done well in difficult times – says Prime Minister

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers have done well in difficult times – says Prime Minister

– As GTU prepares to meet President Granger to resolve salary increase, other concerns Teachers are a rare breed of humanitarians. This is according to Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, who...

Local content requirements should be specified in oil contracts

Oct 30, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Local content requirements should be specified in oil contracts

– TT’s former energy Minister Former Energy Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine is of the firm view that local content requirements should not only be made into law but...

Social activist says minority voices in City Hall being stifled

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social activist says minority voices in City Hall being stifled

Social activist, Mark Benschop is highly critical of the system of governance at Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Benschop was awarded a seat on the Council following the...

What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana?

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on What is really needed to make tourism a success in Guyana?

THAG President weighs in By Kiana Wilburg What prevents Guyana from achieving the same level of success in the tourism industry as its Caribbean counterparts? Is it really the absence of blue...

Regal Masters, Speedboat are inaugural GSCL Inc. Prime Minister’s T20 champs

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports 1

By Zaheer Mohamed Regal Masters and Speedboat were crowned champions of the Masters and Open categories respectively when the inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) Prime...

Ron Robinson looks back

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ron Robinson looks back

– Freddie Kissoon chats with a cultural icon at the Demerara Cricket Club FK – How many years have you chalked up in broadcasting and theatre? RR – Sixty-one years in theatre and 52...

CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Scorpions lose by 263 runs as Permaul grabs 5-52

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI/ Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Scorpions lose by 263 runs as Permaul grabs 5-52

By Sean Devers Three-times defending champions Guyana Jaguars battled the weather and a Jamaica Scorpions batting line-up which demonstrated more fight than in their first innings to register an...

The AFC at 12: The journey has ended

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The AFC at 12: The journey has ended

Yesterday marked one dozen years since the Alliance for Change came into being at the Ocean View Hotel, Liliendaal on October 29, 2005. I thought of doing this article yesterday, the actual birthday,...

Lewis Hamilton wins his fourth Drivers’ Championship

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis Hamilton wins his fourth Drivers’ Championship

Eclipses Sir Jackie Stewart’s 44-year-old record Daily Mail -Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One Drivers Championship for the fourth time after a dogged performance at the Mexico Grand Prix....

7th Powerade40-Mile Cycle Road Race…Jamal John takes top podium spot; Nigel Duguid wins junior division

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Powerade40-Mile Cycle Road Race…Jamal John takes top podium spot; Nigel Duguid wins junior division

Team Coco’s Jamal John claimed the top podium spot when the 7th annual Banks DIH / Powerade sponsored 40-mile cycle road race was held on the West Demerara yesterday from Wales to Bushy Park and...

GTT Pinktober invests to support local entertainment industry

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT Pinktober invests to support local entertainment industry

GTT continues its successful Pinktober initiatives following the inaugural 5k/10K walk which was attended by over 5000 participants. As a continued part of the Pinktober programme, the company...

Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate C/ships…GDF Gym continue dominance on night 2

Reigning champion, the Guyana Defence Force Gym, whose participants are hyped before each fight by the melodious battle rhythm of their band, was well on their way to successfully retain the Lennox...

Chairman and councillors pleased with Blue Berry Hill drainage works

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chairman and councillors pleased with Blue Berry Hill drainage works

Region Ten Chairman, Rennis Morian accompanied by Vice Chairman, Elroy Adolph and Councillors Charles Sampson and Gordon Callender on Thursday carried out a visual inspection of massive...

2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 COURTS Pee Wee Football…Semifinalists decided following an action parked quarterfinal day

Sophia Primary continue title charge Following Saturday’s play in the COURTS/Banks DIH under-11 pee wee football tournament for primary schools, tournament favourites Sophia Primary have inched...

2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 Paiwomak Cup Football Tournament…Kwatamang FC crowned male champions, Annai United take female title

The 30th September 2017 marked the end of the second edition of the Paiwomak Cup football Tournament which saw Kwatamang and Annai United being crowned male and female champions respectively....

Farming group on a mission to transform Wisroc backlands

Oct 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Farming group on a mission to transform Wisroc backlands

– challenged by lack of equipment By Enid Joaquin A group of men has banded together on a massive farming project in the Wisroc backlands. The men, who are definitely not short of...

GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Namilco Flour Power Under-17 Nationwide Football tournament…Fruta Conquerors win GFA Division

Fruta Conquerors were crowned champions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Namilco Flour power, Georgetown Football Association division after amassing a total of 38 points from their 14 league...

Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravi Persaud wins Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament

Ravi Persaud recorded a solid 41 points to triumph in the Banks DIH/Citizens Bank Inc. Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara. The...

Male Breast Cancer on the rise

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Male Breast Cancer on the rise

The recent announcement of an increase of 200 new cases of cancer in Guyana for this year is troubling not only for women, but also for men. The general belief that only females have breast cancer is...

The WPA is shameless

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The WPA is shameless

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has finally broken its silence on the unilateral appointment by the President of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. In so doing, the WPA has...

An Educator’s Response to Anna T. Singh

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Educator’s Response to Anna T. Singh

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to a letter by Anna T Singh, published in the October 29, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News captioned, “So Teachers want to strike and Hold...

We need to change the Perception of Black Leadership and Indian Leadership in Guyana

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Many of us carry Guyana, in the way a mother carries a baby in her womb. We are prepared to bear the pains, discomfort, sleepless nights, disfiguration and illnesses for a bundle of joy...

Am I entitled to NIS benefits?

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Am I entitled to NIS benefits?

Dear Editor, I’m a Guyanese living in the United States since 1984. However, prior to migrating, I was employed with “J. P. Santos & CO; Ltd,”. In short, my tenure began in July, 1969 and...

A prediction of betrayal

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The recent appointment of Justice Patterson to the Chairmanship of the Elections Commission is not to rebuff the persons submitted by the Leader of the Opposition to the President. The...

City Council should not be begging

Oct 30, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council should not be begging

Dear Editor, It has been quite a long time since I have heard something half as ridiculous as the suggestion made by the Mayor of Georgetown, who has publicly reported of her intentions to set up a...

PREV 1 234 5 NEXT LAST

Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more