April 2018

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Seven achieve yellow belt in ‘MAXIDO’ adult self defence system

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven achieve yellow belt in ‘MAXIDO’ adult self defence system

Last Saturday at the Police Officers’ Mess Hall, seven of the first batch of 12 “MAXIDO” adult self defence system students were graded to ‘Yellow Belt’ status, under the examining eyes of...

DCC & TSC to face off in Final tomorrow – After DCC beat GCC by two wkts yesterday

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC & TSC to face off in Final tomorrow – After DCC beat GCC by two wkts yesterday

DCC will face-off with TSC in tomorrow’s Final of the GCA’s Toucan Distributers 50-over U-15 competition after beating GCC by two wickets yesterday in Queenstown in the second semi-final. GCC...

Consistent Power outage continues to plague the E’bo Coast

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Consistent Power outage continues to plague the E’bo Coast

The blackout continues in Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam], as consistent load shedding continues to plague the entire Essequibo Coast. Over the past week, the inadequate supply of power by the Guyana...

Travis Belgrave’s 22 points shoots Eagles to final against Ravens

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Travis Belgrave’s 22 points shoots Eagles to final against Ravens

Eagles defeated Pepsi Sonics 63-31 on Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) to book their place in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) playoff final, for the...

Prize-winning schools host science, robotics exhibition

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prize-winning schools host science, robotics exhibition

The Department of Education, yesterday at the St. Joseph High School, launched its Biennial National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) exhibition. This exhibition...

GSCL Inc Over-40 and All Stars tourney set to commence April 22

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Over-40 and All Stars tourney set to commence April 22

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL Inc)/Ink Plus/ Top Brandz and Chung’s Global Enterprise Over-40 and All Stars tournament is set to on April 22 in Georgetown. Registration is currently...

Inter-Club Softball Cricket and Volleyball competitions fixed for Sunday – Grand raffle to be drawn today

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Club Softball Cricket and Volleyball competitions fixed for Sunday – Grand raffle to be drawn today

All is set for the Kendall’s Union Sports Club (KUSC) grand one day volleyball and softball cricket competitions. The competitions, which were earlier postponed, are now slated for this Sunday at...

Play underway in Sueria Manufacturing T20 Magic Moments Cricket competition

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Play underway in Sueria Manufacturing T20 Magic Moments Cricket competition

The Sueria Manufacturing T20 Magic Moments Cricket competition for teams in Berbice continued recently with a number of matches in the Upper Corentyne area. The competition is being played in four...

Regal Sports U-19 40-over in Wakenaam… Wins for Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure and GSSC/SS/Melville

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports U-19 40-over in Wakenaam… Wins for Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure and GSSC/SS/Melville

Zeelandia and Good Success/Sans Souci and Melville have recorded victories when the Wakenaam Cricket Committee/Regal Sports U-19 40-over tournament commenced recently. At Zeelandia,...

Multi-year package for teachers to be signed into effect before school year ends

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-year package for teachers to be signed into effect before school year ends

Before the end of the current school year, public school teachers should see the signing into effect a new multi-year salary agreement package complete with a pay hike and other deserving benefits....

Getting a handle on illicit drugs will reduce other crimes—says Ramjattan

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Getting a handle on illicit drugs will reduce other crimes—says Ramjattan

Guyana has joined representatives from regional drug observatories at a two-day regional seminar which opened yesterday at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel. The event is geared towards...

GCA’s NYTS 50-over U-19 Cricket … Wins for NYTS, GCC and Bell Air Rubis -Semis set for tomorrow

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NYTS 50-over U-19 Cricket … Wins for NYTS, GCC and Bell Air Rubis -Semis set for tomorrow

The visiting New York Tri Stats of the USA was the only unbeaten team after yesterday’s preliminary round of the GCA’s New York Tri State 50 overs U-19 tournament and along with GCC, DCC and MSC...

Region 9 concerned about planned reservoir

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 concerned about planned reservoir

Recent calls by North Rupununi communities for adjustments to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme must be heeded and steps taken to address...

TOTALTEC raises money for Guyana oil operations

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on TOTALTEC raises money for Guyana oil operations

On February 28, 2018, TOTALTEC Oilfield Services Limited (“TOTALTEC” or the “Company”) successfully completed its second equity finance raising from a large international...

Guyanese nabbed with 70 pounds ganja, cash after suspicious driving

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed with 70 pounds ganja, cash after suspicious driving

Approximately 70 pounds of marijuana and US$1,700 in cash was seized during a routine traffic stop on I-90 in late March. Bing Yuan Liang, 46, and James Yannick Van Sluytman, 32, are each charged...

GWI goes after illegal structures on city’s water supply reserves

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI goes after illegal structures on city’s water supply reserves

-fence of Peter Ramsaroop torn down An age-old problem of illegal structures along the city’s water supply canal is being tackled in an aggressive manner. Yesterday, more than two weeks after...

Beware of oil companies and their gold-plated administrative costs – Int’l Expert warns

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of oil companies and their gold-plated administrative costs – Int’l Expert warns

When oil companies invest in your country, don’t presume for one minute that they are doing you a favour. Every cent spent on exploration, development, production, training and employment of locals...

Food For The Poor latest village well under way

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Food For The Poor latest village well under way

Work on Food for the Poor’s (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP) 13th village is progressing steadily. Some 60 families are expected to benefit from the housing project which is located in the Union/...

Flood-prone Berbice High Court taking preventative actions

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Flood-prone Berbice High Court taking preventative actions

After years of neglect and flooding whenever it rains. Flooding in the Berbice High Court may now be a thing of the past. The compound of the Berbice High Court, situated at the junction of Esplanade...

NAREI researching solution for disease affecting watermelons

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI researching solution for disease affecting watermelons

This is the first time in 18 years that Jagatnarine Udai would not be planting watermelons, one of his main crops. Udai does not want to risk investing in watermelons to suffer a loss like he did the...

A road that leads to the heart of Guyana’s fatalism

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A road that leads to the heart of Guyana’s fatalism

I believe most Guyanese (certainly not all) have become like the emperor and his new clothes. As we all know, the emperor was so silly that he believed what was told to him and he ended up...

What could have been!

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What could have been!

It was around the late 1940s that a group of men working for a prospector struck a rich vein along the banks of one of the creeks. It was a major find. The workers were bringing up nuggets. They...

It is decent and the right thing to give the PM an official welcome back

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is decent and the right thing to give the PM an official welcome back

DEAR EDITOR, In your daily edition of April 1, 2018, a letter writer, Minette Bacchus, poured scorn on what was her interpretation of a planned welcome ceremony for the Honourable Prime Minister...

Please do not convert our U.S dollars!

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please do not convert our U.S dollars!

DEAR EDITOR, It was just a few days ago that I was attracted to a news item that was attributed to Minister Harmon indicating that Government was in the process of placing the proceeds of the US$18M...

Victim blaming is shifting responsibility away from the killers

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Victim blaming is shifting responsibility away from the killers

DEAR EDITOR, The media has a critical role to play in changing how domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence are addressed in Guyana. The murders over the weekend have generated...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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