October 2018

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Banks DIH/GABA league… Colts pip Eagles, Kobras end Guardians’s streak on Wednesday

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/GABA league… Colts pip Eagles, Kobras end Guardians’s streak on Wednesday

Bounty Colts 75- 74 Eagles (First division) After being up by 17 points during the second half, Eagles basketball club surrendered that lead to eventually lose to defending First Division league...

More countries accept Guyanese Passport without visa

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More countries accept Guyanese Passport without visa

The Henly and Partners Passport Index 2018 has shown that Guyana’s passport has increased in value. According to the 2017 index, Guyana’s passport allowed Guyanese to travel to 81 countries...

Albion to face DCC in U-16 clash tomorrow

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion to face DCC in U-16 clash tomorrow

Albion, the 2018 champions of the Mike’s Pharmacy sponsored Under-15yrs Old tournament in Berbice, will do battle tomorrow with DCC, who are the 2018 Champions of the Toucan Industries sponsored...

Inter-agency protocol to help combat use of illicit drugs in school system

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-agency protocol to help combat use of illicit drugs in school system

An Inter-Agency Protocol on Drug Use among minors is currently being finalised for the Ministry of Education. This development comes even as the Ministry moves to combat illicit drugs in the school...

House to consider motion on 2019 Budget Proposals of Constitutional Agencies next week

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on House to consider motion on 2019 Budget Proposals of Constitutional Agencies next week

On October 18, members of the National Assembly will consider a motion on the 2019 current and capital estimates of the nation’s Constitutional Agencies. The MPs are to set a date for the...

Berbice Jockey to be charged for friend’s murder

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Berbice Jockey to be charged for friend’s murder

A young Jockey from Number 69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice is expected face the court today for the brutal killing of his 21-year-old friend, Mahendra Sooknanan, a block-maker from the said village....

Berbice police to probe allegation that AFC forged names on backers list

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice police to probe allegation that AFC forged names on backers list

Police in Berbice will now have to launch an investigation into claims that the Alliance For Change forged names of residents and placed them on their backers list at the Whim/Bloomfield NDC...

Blaze reaches East Bank Essequibo

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Blaze reaches East Bank Essequibo

– set to transform from Tuschen to Zeelugt Blaze, which is being touted as the nation’s fastest internet service being offered by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is being...

Security guard gets 5 years for chopping man

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard gets 5 years for chopping man

Security guard, Eon Archibald, 43, of East La Penitence, Georgetown was yesterday jailed for five years, for almost fatally chopping a bar worker he had accused of having an affair with his wife....

Robberies up, murders, fatal accidents down-Police stats

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Robberies up, murders, fatal accidents down-Police stats

The Guyana Police Force through its Public Relations Department released statements yesterday showing an increase in robberies with and without violence while there has been a decrease in everything...

A decline in remittances may be a sign of capital flight

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A decline in remittances may be a sign of capital flight

Guyanese are the greatest. The things Guyanese did to survive during the Burnham regime make them the most ingenious people in the world. Guyanese took old pieces of galvanized sheets and turned them...

Male Entitlement, a main cause of child sexual abuse – Report

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Male Entitlement, a main cause of child sexual abuse – Report

By Kemol King Findings from a recent ChildLink report, titled ‘Cries in the Dark,’ indicate that male entitlement is one of the main causes of child sex abuse. The report states, “The vast...

Celebratory shots land Venezuelan in jail

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Celebratory shots land Venezuelan in jail

A Venezuelan national was yesterday slapped with four gun related charges, and fined $100,000 then jailed for four years for being in possession of illegal guns and ammunitions. Jesus Rodriguez...

Prosecution to reply to no-case submission in school teacher murder

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Prosecution to reply to no-case submission in school teacher murder

Attorney-at-law Jed Vasconcellos who is representing Matthew Munroe made no case submissions before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, yesterday. Munroe is accused of murdering school teacher,...

Shooting death at Subryanville hotel…Spouse, cousin of victim testify in PI

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting death at Subryanville hotel…Spouse, cousin of victim testify in PI

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Jason De Florimonte who was fatally shot by his neighbour commenced yesterday. It is alleged that Erwin Bacchus murdered Jason De Florimonte on August...

Make GECOM Chairman contract public – Opposition MP

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Make GECOM Chairman contract public – Opposition MP

An Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) has called for the release of the contract signed by Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission; (GECOM) retired Judge James Patterson. Amidst controversy,...

The story of Jagdeo/Ramotar combination is a Guyanese tragedy

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The story of Jagdeo/Ramotar combination is a Guyanese tragedy

The PPP is contesting about 99 percent of the local government seats, whether at the NDC or municipal level. Each time I read what the PPP contestants have to say about what they will do for my...

Fifty percent of jobs to be automated by 2025- First Lady

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fifty percent of jobs to be automated by 2025- First Lady

Fifty percent of jobs are expected to be automated by 2025, according to First Lady Sandra Granger. The First Lady said on Wednesday that based on a study that assessed the effect of the advancement...

Cobra’ faces retrial Monday for 2010 murder

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cobra’ faces retrial Monday for 2010 murder

Come Monday, murder accused Tyrone Rowe, also known as ‘Cobra’, will face a second trial over the August, 2010 murder of Tyrone Collymore, who was shot by gunmen. Rowe, who is about 25 years of...

Mr. Lincoln Lewis is seriously misleading representations

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Lincoln Lewis is seriously misleading representations

Dear Editor, I beg your indulgence to publish my response to the “Eyes on Guyana” column of Mr. Lincoln Lewis, appearing in the Kaieteur News of Sunday, October 07, 2018 entitled, “Serious...

Not all teachers are deserving of our praise

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not all teachers are deserving of our praise

Dear Editor, Editor, while I empathise with those who belong to this noble profession, it is with mixed feelings, however, that that I welcome the impending agreement that will allow for a payout/...

Time for the DPP to call it a day

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for the DPP to call it a day

Dear Editor, Public opinion is growing that the DPP, Ms. Shalimar Hack, is not a wise choice to be appointed a Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeals, nor even continue to be DPP or...

Minister Patterson failed to recount the AFC’s dismal failures

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Patterson failed to recount the AFC’s dismal failures

Dear Editor, I was utterly bemused at the statements made by David Patterson at the AFC’s Candidates Expo at their headquarters at the Kitty Railway Embankment. He clearly extolled the...

These protests forced Government to settle its indebtedness to the sugar workers

Oct 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on These protests forced Government to settle its indebtedness to the sugar workers

Dear Editor, It did not escape the attention of the GAWU that Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, in the October 06 Kaieteur News, said “…come the 18th of October when Parliament reconvenes, a...

Robberies up, murders, fatal accidents down-Police stats

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Robberies up, murders, fatal accidents down-Police stats

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Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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