January 2018

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ECLAC outlines priorities for Latin America and Caribbean at World Economic Forum

Jan 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ECLAC outlines priorities for Latin America and Caribbean at World Economic Forum

DAVOS, Switzerland (CMC) – The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, says growth with equality, integration and...

Exxon has taken advantage of Guyana’s weakness

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Exxon has taken advantage of Guyana’s weakness

ExxonMobil in responding to criticisms of its fiscal incentive agreement with the government of Guyana, resorts to rudimentary economic arguments about why duties are necessary, and why exemptions...

The IDB’s view on China’s rise in the Caribbean

Jan 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The IDB’s view on China’s rise in the Caribbean

With its sheer economic size and military muscle, China has proven that she is not a pushover. She’s confident, quite the entertainer, diplomatic and generous in the eyes of some nations....

Employing enlivening techniques against life’s problems

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Employing enlivening techniques against life’s problems

By Dennis Nichols I once saw a tee-shirt with the crude implication of a message – that we’d better make the most of our miserable existence on Earth before we pass off the scene. It was...

The baccoo speaks

Jan 28, 2018 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

A domestic dispute is going to lead to a man assaulting his neighbour. This is an interesting situation, because the neighbour is a relative who intervenes. The husband is going to be even angrier...

Global takeaways from Trump’s Davos speech

Jan 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Global takeaways from Trump’s Davos speech

By John Lloyd (Reuters) “When people are forgotten the world becomes fractured,” President Donald Trump observed to the Davos forum in his breathlessly-awaited speech Friday. That he himself was...

Murder at the Mootoos By Michael Jordan

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Murder at the Mootoos By Michael Jordan

What else could go wrong on a night like this? That’s what we all thought on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Police had found the bodies of two young lovers in a car at Pearl, East Bank of Demerara; victims...

No bids for Chris Gayle as Stokes tops IPL auction

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on No bids for Chris Gayle as Stokes tops IPL auction

BANGALORE, India (AFP) — England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes topped the Indian Premier League auction yesterday selling for US$1.96 million despite a looming court case for assault. On a...

It is undeniable that the dynamics in the sugar industry are changing

Jan 28, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It is undeniable that the dynamics in the sugar industry are changing

It is undeniable that the dynamics in the sugar industry are changing. Off the bat, it is that the political chains that allowed for the pull and push of some 16,000 members of the voting public is...

Common fungal infections of the skin

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Common fungal infections of the skin

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Have you ever heard of ringworm, athlete’s foot, and jock itch? They are skin infections caused by a fungus and are becoming more...

Are there shithole/shithouse countries in the world?

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are there shithole/shithouse countries in the world?

There is a line in the Billy Wilder comedy, “Avanti!” starring the inimitable Jack Lemmon, where the American Ambassador to Italy couldn’t get a public document because of long lunch hours, and...

Sexual predators and the damage they do

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Sexual predators and the damage they do

Sex is usually the dominant factor in people’s lives, be they heterosexual or homosexual. In days gone by, a homosexual was an object of ridicule and scorn. There were a few who provided humour....

Regionalism and national development

Jan 28, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Regionalism and national development

(Remarks by H.E. David Granger at the Second Meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee on January 19, 2018) The state of Guyana, founded as three Dutch colonies –...

Sports Week in Review

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Week in Review

We look back at the past week of local sporting activities. We had several events including boxing, cricket and football among others. We start with boxing. Bad Blood Card lives up to the hype The...

Wozniacki ends long wait for first grand slam title

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Wozniacki ends long wait for first grand slam title

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki held firm to edge a brave Simona Halep in a classic Australian Open final yesterday, claiming a long-awaited grand slam title after two heart-breaking...

Milo Under-18 football tournament

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-18 football tournament

Defending champs Chase Academy make dominant start St. Rose’s and Buxton United also win on day 1 The Nestle Milo under-18 football tournament kicked off yesterday at the Ministry of Education...

P&P Insurance Brokers’ Annual Practical Pistol shoot set for next month

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers’ Annual Practical Pistol shoot set for next month

Local practical shooters will for the third year be given an opportunity to participate in the Annual Practical Pistol Match which has been exclusively sponsored by P&P Insurance Brokers and...

GCF to pedal off season today with Points Race

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF to pedal off season today with Points Race

Cyclists will commence their quest to stack up points with a view of getting selected for the various national teams to compete overseas when the Guyana Cycling Federation pedals off its 2018 season...

Book Review… A timely celebration of female empowerment

Jan 28, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… A timely celebration of female empowerment

Book: Minding Their Own Business: Five Female Leaders from Trinidad and Tobago Author: Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Minding Their Own Business is a celebration of the human spirit....

Super50 practice match ….Hetymer’s belligerent ton sees Jaguars to win over Rest Team

Jan 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Super50 practice match ….Hetymer’s belligerent ton sees Jaguars to win over Rest Team

A typically belligerent century from 21-year-old West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetymer, rapid fifties from Anthony Bramble and Sherfane Rutherford along with an explosive unbeaten 48 from Kemo Paul...

RHTY&SC congratulates Clinton Pestano on National Selection

Jan 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC congratulates Clinton Pestano on National Selection

The Management and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS would like to extend congratulations to our colleague Clinton Pestano on his selection on the Guyana One-Day Cricket Team...

Exciting action set for Reliance ground tomorrow

Jan 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting action set for Reliance ground tomorrow

Four teams will be competing for a trophy tomorrow at the Reliance Sports Club ground, Essequibo Coast where the Reliance Sports Ground Development Committee will be hosting the fund-raising matches....

ExxonMobil full page ad leaves key issues unaddressed

Jan 27, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil full page ad leaves key issues unaddressed

fails to state nation will end up paying for all its imports Makes no comment on being granted uncapped importation privilege Avoids fact that Guyana will only inherit “junk” in 40 years After...

No haphazard doling out of sugar lands- Harmon

Jan 27, 2018 KNews News 1

Lands freed up during the privatisation and divestment process of the sugar industry will not be given out in a haphazard manner. In fact, the process is being carefully handled with evaluation being...

City Councillor, Junior Garrett, collapses and dies …after protesting against $200 garbage disposal fee

Jan 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Councillor, Junior Garrett, collapses and dies …after protesting against $200 garbage disposal fee

Georgetown councillor Junior Garrett collapsed and died yesterday at his office following an intense meeting on the city’s 2018 budget. According to City Hall officials, Garrett appeared well when...

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West Ruimveldt Primary reign supreme in Demerara Zone of Future...

Jun 01, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – West Ruimveldt Primary, a consistent face in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, overcame their final-round jitters from...

Absenteeism at School

Jun 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to school. The blame is rightly placed on the parents, but for the wrong reasons. It...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Get something right, please

Jun 01, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, it was a sacred emblem, the National Flag during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations, which showed its opposition to being pushed around and treated like a yoyo. From there things went from a national embarrassment to a national...

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