November 2017

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RHTY&SC Cricket Teams donate to Upper Corentyne Cricket Association

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams donate to Upper Corentyne Cricket Association

The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS last weekend agreed to assist the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association with the hosting of a cricket competition for Primary and...

BCB 50-Overs Tournament…Anderson, Hooper, Pestano shine as RHT Gizmos & Gadgets destroy Skeldon by 147 runs

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB 50-Overs Tournament…Anderson, Hooper, Pestano shine as RHT Gizmos & Gadgets destroy Skeldon by 147 runs

A youthful Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team on Saturday last easily defeated Skeldon Community Centre by 147 runs as play in the Berbice Cricket Board 50-Overs Tournament...

Cricket Clubs benefit from RHTY&SC and Fitness 53 Gym joint Outreach Programme

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Clubs benefit from RHTY&SC and Fitness 53 Gym joint Outreach Programme

Cricket Clubs in the ancient county of Berbice continue to benefit from the outstanding work of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS. Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation with...

Rainfall forces reschedule of Guinness Futsal tourney; 14 matches kick off tonight

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rainfall forces reschedule of Guinness Futsal tourney; 14 matches kick off tonight

Intermittent weather has resulted in the rescheduling of last night’s opening games of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone, which will see the tournament commencing this...

Skeete officiating CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Under-20 qualifiers

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skeete officiating CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s Under-20 qualifiers

Guyana’s lone female FIFA referee, Maurees Skeete, departed for St. Kitts and Nevis last Monday to officiate in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF)...

Well Teen, Nauth Motor Spares, Trophy Stall, Tropical Spring U13 …Tourney was second to none

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Well Teen, Nauth Motor Spares, Trophy Stall, Tropical Spring U13 …Tourney was second to none

Mike’s Pharmacy presents cricket gears to MVPs The recently concluded U13 25-over tournament which was sponsored by Well Teen, Nauth Motor Spares, Trophy Stall and Tropical Spring was second to...

2017 GCB/Jaguars One Day 50 Overs League continues today …Essequibo, Lower Corentyne and West Demerara lead point standings

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 GCB/Jaguars One Day 50 Overs League continues today …Essequibo, Lower Corentyne and West Demerara lead point standings

As the GCB/Jaguars One Day 50 League enters its second round, 2017 Jaguars 3 Day League champions, Essequibo, West Demerara, and 2016 Jaguars 3 Day League champions, who are also the defending...

More evidence of the irrational and the illogical

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on More evidence of the irrational and the illogical

A construction worker in Lethem was charged with possession of a single cartridge. This is not a typographical mistake – yes, one cartridge. This newspaper reported that when the case came up, the...

Canada announces $100M for hurricane-affected Caribbean islands

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Canada announces $100M for hurricane-affected Caribbean islands

The devastating 2017 Atlantic hurricane season caused extensive damage to several Caribbean islands. These Category 5 hurricanes have reminded the world that these small island states are on the...

GTU disappointed with “deficient” task force

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTU disappointed with “deficient” task force

Exactly three weeks and one day after the creation of what was referred to as a ‘high-level Task Force,’ it is already being labeled as deficient. The reason for this was explained yesterday by...

The U.S. torments its poorest neighbour

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The U.S. torments its poorest neighbour

(Republished from The Washington Post) Make no mistake about the meaning of the Trump administration’s decision Monday to expel nearly 60,000 Haitians who have lived legally in the United States...

Companies bid to design and supervise construction of Prisons, police stations

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Companies bid to design and supervise construction of Prisons, police stations

(Continued from yesterday’s edition) Securing bids for the design and supervision services for the construction of Prisons in Region Four was the Ministry of Public Security. ...

Former Agri Minister, Ali Baksh, dies

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Agri Minister, Ali Baksh, dies

Former Junior Minister of Agriculture, Ali Baksh, 70, has died after ailing for a while. The former minister, died peacefully at his Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast residence, with his family around...

There is no shame among the Opposition ranks

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no shame among the Opposition ranks

Dear Editor, Fortunately, Guyanese live in a democratic republic. Imperfect though it may be, one can only hope that our country continues to progress along a positive course towards realisation of...

Applauding the Peeper

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applauding the Peeper

Dear Editor, The Peeper (KN Nov 20, 2017), must be applauded for the expose of ‘America’s nasty war’. This piece is refreshing and spot on when it comes to an analysis of the current covert and...

RAMOTAR AND THOSE OF HIS ILK IN THE PPP

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on RAMOTAR AND THOSE OF HIS ILK IN THE PPP

Dear Editor, Donald Ramotar and a cohort of PPP members, supporters and sympathizers have the temerity to accuse this government of witch hunting and of targeting “hard working and professional...

Let there be compromise

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let there be compromise

Dear Editor, With the controversial decision of President David Granger of the APNU+AFC Government to go-it-alone and unilaterally select Justice James Patterson as Chairman of GECOM, one is left to...

Harassment and racism against imported Roman Catholic Priest

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harassment and racism against imported Roman Catholic Priest

Dear Editor, Please allow me to find justice on the above subject for a single parent mother who has suffered under Fr. Joaquim D Melo for over a year at 293 Oronoque Street, Queenstown. On November...

Sexual abuse is widespread, globally

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sexual abuse is widespread, globally

Dear Editor, Much media and civil society attention is focused at present on the developing story of a male teacher at Bishops High School who is reported to have systematically targeted girl...

Correct this statement

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correct this statement

Dear Editor, I write to correct a statement made in the Monday (November 20, 2017) edition of the Kaieteur News, in an article headlined ‘Sole sourcing by GPHC, rentals for ministers…Finance...

Responding to Peter Persaud’s letter of discrimination

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Responding to Peter Persaud’s letter of discrimination

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a Kaieteur Newsletter by Mr. Peter Persaud dated Tuesday November 21, last, captioned “There is a case of Discrimination aboard Lady Northcote. The Ministry of...

GTT is no less than professional

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT is no less than professional

Dear Editor, Not too long ago, one used to associate GTT with efficient and reliable service. Recently, though, there has been a dramatic decline in customer care and support, my family and I have...

Embattled Bishops’ teacher denies sexual relations with students

Nov 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Embattled Bishops’ teacher denies sexual relations with students

Accompanied by his team of lawyers yesterday, embattled Bishops’ High School teacher, Coen Jackson, denied having any sexual relations with his under age students. Jackson, 39, instead told...

Almost US$300M in State projects doled out to Chinese firms

Nov 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Almost US$300M in State projects doled out to Chinese firms

Chinese contractors are benefitting from some of the largest State projects in Guyana. More than US$320M ($64B) in contracts has been nudged towards Chinese construction and other firms within...

School Sexual Abuse allegations…Concerned citizens retaliate with protest action

Nov 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on School Sexual Abuse allegations…Concerned citizens retaliate with protest action

Commissioner sitting on the Rights of the Child Commission and the Women and Gender Equality Commission, Ms. Nicole Cole, yesterday coined the acronym ECIP representing ‘Every Child Is...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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