February 2018

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We do not have to be ‘oil experts’ to understand this type of banditry!

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The fact that the ExxonMobil deal stinks to the high heavens has catapulted some government officials and a former Natural Resource Ministers from the past Government on the defensive...

GUYANA, VENEZUELA AND THE ICJ

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GUYANA, VENEZUELA AND THE ICJ

At long last, the government and people of Guyana can now see the light at the end of the tunnel with the announcement by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Gutterres, that the...

Police Force, Benschop Foundation reward 7-yr-old heroine for bravery

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

The Guyana Police Force and the Benschop Foundation have rewarded seven-year-old Kissan Henry for her brave act in saving her brother from a fire at their Glasgow Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam....

“Grey Boy” for court tomorrow

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Grey Boy” for court tomorrow

Thirty-nine-year-old Regan Rodrigues, also known as ‘Grey Boy’, is expected to appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow, before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman for her to commit...

GMRSC’s “King of the Strip” drag race meet at South Dakota Circuit today

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMRSC’s “King of the Strip” drag race meet at South Dakota Circuit today

All systems are in place for the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMRSC) first drag race meet of the year, the “King of the Strip” meet which will see local and Surinamese dragtsers...

UCCA secures sponsorship for Inter Secondary School cricket competition

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA secures sponsorship for Inter Secondary School cricket competition

The Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) has secured sponsorship for their annual Inter Secondary School cricket competition for schools in the Upper Corentyne and Black Bush areas. The...

Sanjay’s Golf Tournament rescheduled to today from 8:30am

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanjay’s Golf Tournament rescheduled to today from 8:30am

Due to the continued rain from midnight Friday into midday yesterday, Grounds Superintendent Mike Gayadin determined a postponement of yesterday’s Sanjay’s Golf tournament to today from 8:30am...

Regal Sports supports National Female cricketer Fraser

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports supports National Female cricketer Fraser

As part of their corporate responsibility, Regal Sports has thrown their support behind national female cricketer Sherry Ann Fraser. The entity presented a quantity of cricket equipment to the...

Mash inter school U13 football competition starts tomorrow

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mash inter school U13 football competition starts tomorrow

The Hearts of Oaks Veterans Football Club of New Amsterdam Berbice will once again be staging a one week Inter Secondary School Mashramani U13 football competition for Schools in the New...

GFF and Petra host two-day Futsal Referee training course

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF and Petra host two-day Futsal Referee training course

With the ultimate aim of developing future FIFA referees and grooming players under the correct rules of futsal, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in partnership with Petra, opened their two-day...

27th R&R Int. Ltd. National Park Cycle Meet Hamza Eastman (feature 35 laps) and Briton John (juvenile) shine on a rainy day

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 27th R&R Int. Ltd. National Park Cycle Meet Hamza Eastman (feature 35 laps) and Briton John (juvenile) shine on a rainy day

Smart and determined riding by Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman saw him notching up yet another win in the 2018 season, this time it was the feature 35-lap school boys and invitation race yesterday at the...

Flying Ace Cycle Club 2018 season begins with Courts Furniture Store event

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club 2018 season begins with Courts Furniture Store event

Courts Furniture Store Berbice branch will once again be sponsoring its annual Courts Cycle Road race in Berbice. The race will be staged in collaboration with the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC), the...

Millionaire’s bribery case exposes China’s corruption problem in Africa

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Millionaire’s bribery case exposes China’s corruption problem in Africa

(CNN) -It sounds like a Hollywood movie. A respected Hong Kong financial magnate allegedly plans a clandestine meeting with the president of Chad in the middle of the dusty Sahara Desert, and offers...

Canal # One main road under repairs

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canal # One main road under repairs

For years now, there have been promises. The Canal Number One road, which leads to acres of farmlands, homes and one of the biggest housing schemes- La Parfaite Harmonie- had become a nightmare to...

Upcoming US$120M shore base initiative at the heart of local content

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

-Businessman extends invitation for all Guyanese to get on board By: Kiana Wilburg The exploitation of oil and gas resources by USA oil king, ExxonMobil, will summon the need for various types of...

Bandits take over $1M in cash, stocks in attack on boat vendor

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits take over $1M in cash, stocks in attack on boat vendor

A businessman who plies his trade in the Berbice River with his family was pounced on by five armed bandits. Randy Gladstone, a businessman who sells groceries and clothing on his boat to persons...

Long-serving remand prisoner gets 12 years for manslaughter

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Long-serving remand prisoner gets 12 years for manslaughter

The man who was incarcerated since 2011 on a charge of murder has been jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to the lesser county of manslaughter. Narvin Sugrim Andrews, called “Navin...

Pomeroon Trading to become major supplier of coconut planting materials

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon Trading to become major supplier of coconut planting materials

Guyana’s coconut industry is about to get a big boost with the establishment of a nursery in the Pomeroon. British businessman, Duncan Turnbull, recently set up a local company, Pomeroon Trading...

PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES

BY PAT DIAL In the 19th century and until about mid-20th century, Guyana was still a multilingual country. The Portuguese language was still heard and at the turn of the 19th century, Portuguese...

SUNDAY SPECIAL

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SUNDAY SPECIAL

SUNDAY SPECIAL Minister must give ExxonMobil seven days notice before visiting operations – Oil Contract Even though USA oil giant ExxonMobil is gearing to produce Guyana’s oil by 2020, and a...

STANDARDS CORNER…Calibrate for measurement accuracy and traceability

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS CORNER…Calibrate for measurement accuracy and traceability

There is a significant increase in the demand for calibration services by industry. Companies and laboratories are submitting their measuring instruments to the Guyana National Bureau of Standards...

The baccoo speaks

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

Car theft was rampant and the authorities knew why. Dealers and spare parts vendors found it easier to have stolen car parts and stolen cars than to use their money to import. But the net is closing...

Trendsetters in Occupational Therapy on mission to raise awareness

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trendsetters in Occupational Therapy on mission to raise awareness

Afeeza Khan, Deoranie Babulall, Errica Canterbury and Calvin Lawrie must be celebrated as a history-making Guyanese quartet in the field of Occupational Therapy. When they strolled across the...

Structure not ad-hoc agendas key to US-Caribbean relations

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Structure not ad-hoc agendas key to US-Caribbean relations

By Sir Ronald Sanders Much has been said about the government of the United States of America (US) cutting off aid to countries which do not support that country’s position in international...

Patriotism and freedom of expression

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Patriotism and freedom of expression

It was Samuel Johnson who warned us about the dangers of false patriotism. In his tract, The Patriot, Johnson noted that a patriot is someone whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive,...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… Untouched Warriors face marauding Patriots...

Sep 06, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Riding high on their unbeaten streak this season, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to preserve this mini-run at Providence following a comprehensive win...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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