August 2018

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Pele Alumni “Frank Watson” Intra-Association U15 Tournament…GFA leg kicks off with a win for Santos FC

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele Alumni “Frank Watson” Intra-Association U15 Tournament…GFA leg kicks off with a win for Santos FC

The Georgetown leg of the Pele Alumni “Frank Watson” Intra Association U15 Tournament got underway on Saturday at the Tucville Ground with three matches that saw victory for Santos FC and draws...

CAREBACO International Under-19 Junior Championships 2018…Priyanna Ramdhani into Ladies Singles Finals & Ladies Doubles Finals

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAREBACO International Under-19 Junior Championships 2018…Priyanna Ramdhani into Ladies Singles Finals & Ladies Doubles Finals

The Caribbean International & Regional Junior & Senior Badminton Championships taking place in Paramaribo Suriname August 16 – 29, saw action in the Under-19 International Championships...

CGX deep water port for Crab Island

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CGX deep water port for Crab Island

Canada-based oil and gas exploration company CGX Energy Inc. is to set up a deep water port at Crab Island, located at the mouth of the Berbice River. This was disclosed by CGX Executive...

ISKF-Guyana off to Pan American Karate Championship

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ISKF-Guyana off to Pan American Karate Championship

On Wednesday (last) August 15th, a “20-man” ISKF-Guyana team left our shores to represent Guyana at the 13th ISKF Pan American Karate Championship. This year, the championship was held at the...

Nand Persaud Group of Companies and Sky Plus Promotion says thanks

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Group of Companies and Sky Plus Promotion says thanks

The Nand Persaud Group of Companies and its Sky Plus Incorporated Promotion Group said a big thank you to all those who contributed in one way or the other to make their recently held one day...

Race, teachers and the 2020 general elections

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Race, teachers and the 2020 general elections

All kinds of people tell me that the 2020 elections will be rigged. I am sure other social activists have been approached with that prediction. I don’t see anything at the moment that points in...

Trinidadian firm donates $1M to Rotary Club of Demerara

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidadian firm donates $1M to Rotary Club of Demerara

Trinidadian construction company, Kee-Chanona Limited has donated $1M to the Rotary Club of Demerara. The company has partnered with local firm Nabi & Sons Ltd. to construct the Mazaruni...

Local farmers increase production of hot peppers

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local farmers increase production of hot peppers

Acreages for hot pepper production have increased during the second quarter of this year when compared for the same period in 2017. Production data compiled by the National Agricultural...

US-based Guyanese top achiever opens Reading/Math centre at old primary school

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese top achiever opens Reading/Math centre at old primary school

Gears for Success has opened its first Mathematics Room at Vryheid’s Lust Primary School and contributed to the revival of the school’s Reading Room with over 500 books donated. The project is...

C’tyne man to face jury for murdering teen at back to school lime

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne man to face jury for murdering teen at back to school lime

Ivor Thom, 44, a labourer of Corentyne, Berbice who has been charged with murdering Vishram Mohabir, 19, of 253 Ramphal Street, Williamsburg Corentyne, during an altercation at a wash bay will have...

Life sentences galore…As courts get tough on child rapists

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Life sentences galore…As courts get tough on child rapists

Life in prison sounds very harsh, but so also is the evil act of rape which wounds and scars the victim for life. Rapists pose a threat to boys/men and women/girls and the remainder of society. The...

Music, Art and Culture festival – platform for local artists

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Music, Art and Culture festival – platform for local artists

Fourteen local visual artists, craftsmen and women and musicians set the Pan African Gardens, Merriman’s Mall alight with their artistic displays and music. They were participating in...

Region Five Youths complete skills-training camp

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five Youths complete skills-training camp

Several youths from across Region Five, Mahaica-Berbice, on August 17, completed a two-week skills training camp at the Hopetown Practical Instruction Centre, West Coast Berbice. The camp,...

Stop selling poison in schools

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop selling poison in schools

Dear Editor, I strongly condemn vendors for selling poison to Guyanese schoolchildren in the form of soft drinks and energy drinks. This should be banned immediately. With this in mind, I commend...

Third Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil set for Sunday September 9

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Third Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil set for Sunday September 9

Dear Editor, The third Annual National Candlelight Vigil was officially launched at a press conference in Georgetown on August 10. In attendance was this year’s vigil patron, Dr. George Norton,...

Visiting US Delegation welcome but disappointingly lacking in diversity

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Visiting US Delegation welcome but disappointingly lacking in diversity

Dear Editor, Like what I suspect would be the majority of Guyanese, I welcome the news that a delegation including nine members of the United States Congress would be visiting Guyana shortly. I share...

A most remarkable coincidence

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most remarkable coincidence

Dear Editor, I have noticed a recent release from the government announcing “Hinterland Consultations on the Green State Development Strategy starts this week”. The release stated that Team...

Oh dear! Three deaths over the past three years. This must be a curse

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oh dear! Three deaths over the past three years. This must be a curse

Dear Editor, First was PPP. He was found guilty of corruption in 2015 and sentenced to death by Chief Justice Jimmy Carter SC OE. This was followed by APNU who died from complications of obesity in...

Blaming the government

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blaming the government

Dear Editor, Interestingly the President would tell the gathering at the opening of the party’s three-day 20th Biennial Delegates Congress at Congress Place, Sophia that ‘ the coalition...

New Political Culture

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on New Political Culture

Dear Editor, The late President of Cooperative Republic of Guyana. Forbes Burnham, is properly regarded as the brightest beacon among Caribbean Leaders. PNC/Reform ideology, that is, the body of...

When will the power situation change for Region Two?

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will the power situation change for Region Two?

Dear Editor, The poor service of GPL continues as the residents of Region Two have been affected for over two weeks by frequent power outages. It is only fair that the Government of Guyana provide...

Another Failed promise in the APNU/AFC manifesto

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another Failed promise in the APNU/AFC manifesto

Dear Editor, Despite teachers are being labeled as supporters of the coalition government, President David Granger and Cabinet are reluctant to adhere to the demands of the Guyana Teachers’ Union....

Remembering Kofi Annan

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Kofi Annan

Dear Editor, The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced. The Ghanaian was the seventh secretary general and served...

INTEGRITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on INTEGRITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Recent events involving some members of the government, particularly in the procurement process and the parking lot fiasco have highlighted poor behaviour and the need for enforcing a code of...

Pradoville Two transactions… Report points to ex-Housing Minister’s personal involvement

Aug 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville Two transactions… Report points to ex-Housing Minister’s personal involvement

A forensic audit report of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) found that former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, played a critical role in the transactions of the...

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The danger of renting another country’s power

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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