November 2017

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Education Matters: TVET and the alignment of objectives

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Matters: TVET and the alignment of objectives

By Olato Sam The appeal for greater alignment between the educational offerings and the developmental needs of Guyana has been made ad nauseam. Curriculum reform and structural changes aimed at...

STEM Club Founder lands college scholarship in Singapore

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STEM Club Founder lands college scholarship in Singapore

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” These are the words of Carl Sagan who was an American...

Delivering social services care is a ‘calling’ not a job

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Delivering social services care is a ‘calling’ not a job

– Ann Greene A fire at the Drop-In Centre last year which claimed the lives of two young boys has evoked many changes in the delivery of social services care, especially as it...

The Story within the Story… A cesspool of corruption at City Hall

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… A cesspool of corruption at City Hall

By Leonard Gildarie This past week, in Zimbabwe, an African state, conflicting reports indicated an army coup with the country’s leader, Robert Mugabe, placed under house arrest. Coming to power in...

Interesting Creatures… Red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)

The red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi) also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard’s cormorant and grey cormorant, is a resident of the...

CWI Digicel Regional 4-day C/Ships …Red Force a spent Force as Jaguars scent blood

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Digicel Regional 4-day C/Ships …Red Force a spent Force as Jaguars scent blood

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Vnet Communications The Guyana Jaguars have won five of the six matches they have played against the T&T Red Force in PCL cricket and when the...

Applaud and Salute the Process of Life

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Applaud and Salute the Process of Life

Hot sun. Salty air. Rhythmic waves. A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it....

KMTC Xmas meet set for December 26 at Bush Lot

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Xmas meet set for December 26 at Bush Lot

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club will be hosting its annual Xmas Meet on December 26 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice. Seven races are carded for the day with the main event being the B2 and Lower...

Port Mourant Turf Club horserace meet set for Next Sunday

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Turf Club horserace meet set for Next Sunday

Over $6M at stake The Grand horserace meet organised by the Port Mourant Turf in collaboration with the KP Jagdeo Construction Company and racing stables is set for next Sunday 26 November. The...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Record entries, large turnout highlight qualifying round

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Record entries, large turnout highlight qualifying round

Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste, who was among the large crowd that witnessed the qualifying round to select the sixteen teams that will join the automatic qualifiers, watched in disbelief at the...

Keen competition as ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tourney concludes

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition as ANSA MCAL-Lucozade Handicap Squash tourney concludes

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is currently hosting its third senior tournament for 2017, the Ansa Mc Al Lucuzade Handicap Squash Tourney at the Georgetown Club Inc courts. The tournament...

Golden Jaguars 19-man squad departs today for international friendly in Asia

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars 19-man squad departs today for international friendly in Asia

A 19-man squad has been shortlisted for the International Friendly against Indonesia scheduled for Saturday, 25th November, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia including seven locally-based players. The squad...

GFF Elite League Season III…Western Tigers aiming for title in debut

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League Season III…Western Tigers aiming for title in debut

The Guyana Football Federation’s 1st Division Club League will kick off its third season today at the Leonora Track and Field Facility with a double header. Guyana Defence Force, the reigning...

Shooters Club to stage Pools competition next Sunday at Grand Central Sports Bar

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shooters Club to stage Pools competition next Sunday at Grand Central Sports Bar

Shooters Club will stage a 30 players Invitational Pools competition next Sunday, November 26th at Grand Central Sports Bar (Jerry’s Shop) at Public Road Grove, East Bank Demerara. Action starts at...

Accusation leads to shooting

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Accusation leads to shooting

A man shot his best friend to the stomach Friday night after being accused by the friend of having an affair with his wife. The incident happened around 21:00 hrs at the Mon Repos, East Coast...

Production Sharing Agreements…Guyana clings to flawed model while creator abandons it

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Production Sharing Agreements…Guyana clings to flawed model while creator abandons it

By Kiana Wilburg Indonesia is said to be the nation that gave the world Production Sharing Agreements (PSA). This arrangement stipulates that the host country will receive its profits after the oil...

GECOM granted $$millions more …despite unaddressed fraud issues

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News 1

Fraud allegations involving the expenditure of $100 million still hang over the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which has been approved to spend $192.8 million on capital projects in 2018. All of...

Christmas Security and Capture of Motorcycle Bandits

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Christmas Security and Capture of Motorcycle Bandits

By PAT DIAL On Monday last, the Police launched their Christmas Security Plan. The occasion was attended by the consumers represented by the Guyana Consumers Association, the Private Sector...

Enhancing restaurant services through standards

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Enhancing restaurant services through standards

Throughout Guyana, restaurants and other fast food service providers prepare a variety of dishes to satisfy the appetite of their customers. However, as we celebrate Guyana Restaurant Week from...

Book Review… Lessons in tolerance

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Lessons in tolerance

Book: Bedtime Conversations with Nana Author Iqubal Hydal Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Cultural Diplomacy has long been used to promote goodwill, tolerance and understanding among nations. Governments...

A cursory examination of alternative systems for Guyana – Part 2.

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I wish to urge all of Guyana’s remaining independent-minded politicians within both the PPP and the Coalition to ensure they understand the implications of this letter. I also urge all...

This man and his organization paint a false picture of Mabaruma

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man and his organization paint a false picture of Mabaruma

Dear Editor, I happened to open one of the dailies and read from beginning to end, a lengthy article by an individual whom I presumed to be an investigative journalist: Peter Persaud. As former...

The President is flagrantly breaking those same laws with his unilateral appointment

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 2

I would like to have a discussion with you on two matters of importance. My first item surrounds statements made by Dr. Barton Scotland Speaker of The House of Assembly in Guyana. Dr Scotland in his...

Coping with a vindictive Region Six official

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coping with a vindictive Region Six official

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight some double standards and vindictive behaviour practiced by a named regional official, and my predicament as an AFC activist who would make a stand for...

Sad end to a man once regarded as the architect Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor The political situation in Zimbabwe has attracted world attention. The days of President Mugabe are clearly numbered and it is only a matter of time before he is forced by the military...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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