November 2018

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LGC sponsors charity Tournament for Doobay Renal Centre tomorrow

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC sponsors charity Tournament for Doobay Renal Centre tomorrow

Tomorrow November 24, the Lusignan Golf Club will be sharing its heart and kidneys with the Doobay Renal (or Dialysis) Centre of 9 Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara. Spearheaded by...

National Table Tennis players off to High level Training Camp in China

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Table Tennis players off to High level Training Camp in China

Coming off of Guyana’s excellent showing at the 2019 Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships (CTTC) which concluded in Jamaica one month ago, four of the nation’s top players in Natalie...

VIVA/GPA Inter-Media Domino tournament set for Saturday

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on VIVA/GPA Inter-Media Domino tournament set for Saturday

The Guyana Beverage Inc. sponsored, Guyana Press Association (GPA) Inter-Media Domino tournament, will take place on Saturday at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) from 19:00hrs. Under their VIVA...

GCA tournament continues this weekend

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA tournament continues this weekend

Matches in the respective Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) tournaments will continue this weekend at several venues. At Demerara Cricket Club, the home team will play Transport SC from 17:30hrs...

Corentyne River teams on show tonight as Candy Boss GT Beer football continues

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corentyne River teams on show tonight as Candy Boss GT Beer football continues

Two teams from the Corentyne River areas of Orealla and Siparuta and another two from West Berbice will be on show tonight when play in the second annual GT Beer, Candy Boss and Antics Promotion...

BK Tiwari B/day football tournament concludes tonight

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BK Tiwari B/day football tournament concludes tonight

Soesdyke, Sophia, Uitvlugt, Timehri, Bagotsville and hosts Den Amstel were the teams left standing following the completion of the preliminary round of the Brian Tiwari 60th Birth Anniversary...

BCB/Pepsi 50-Overs First Division Cricket Tournament final RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to clash with Young Warriors CC at Port Mourant Sunday

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Pepsi 50-Overs First Division Cricket Tournament final RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to clash with Young Warriors CC at Port Mourant Sunday

The historic Port Mourant Cricket Ground which produced seven Test Cricketers would on Sunday come alive when the Berbice Cricket Board hosts the Final of the Pepsi 50-Overs First Division Round...

Meeting with Energy Dept. like a “Walk in the Dark”

Nov 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Meeting with Energy Dept. like a “Walk in the Dark”

By Enid Joaquin Regional Chairman Renis Morian at a press briefing yesterday expressed disappointment at the lack of movement on the recent proposal by Texas-based investors to build an oil refinery...

Guyana delegation returns from INTERPOL General Assembly Session

Nov 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana delegation returns from INTERPOL General Assembly Session

Commissioner of Police Leslie James and a contingent of law enforcement officials have returned from the 87th General Assembly Session of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)....

Dense smoke engulfs Church’s Chicken at Bartica

Nov 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dense smoke engulfs Church’s Chicken at Bartica

On Wednesday evening, dense smoke engulfed the interior of the bottom flat of the building located at Third Street and First Avenue, Bartica, currently housing the Church’s Chicken Fast Food...

3 or 10; what percent of the LGE vote did the AFC get?

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 3 or 10; what percent of the LGE vote did the AFC get?

Last Sunday in its Kaieteur News column, the AFC wrote that it maintained its 10 percent possession of election votes, which came its way when it first contested in 2006. I replied to that in one of...

More stop-and-search, police patrols for Region Two

Nov 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More stop-and-search, police patrols for Region Two

As the holiday season approaches, it is likely that there will be a nationwide influx of visitors, accompanied by an increase in commercial activities and road traffic, hence the opportunities for...

The voters have spoken

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The voters have spoken

Dear Sir, Now that the Local Government Elections are finished I would like to make a few comments and observations. I am very angry and upset to hear the politicians and even GECOM saying that the...

The GRA is most unfair to small businessmen

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GRA is most unfair to small businessmen

Dear Editor, Recently I saw in the newspapers GRA lamenting that the majority of self-employed taxpayers are not filing income tax returns. Well the way GRA is treating the small minority, that have...

Letter of thanks to the residents of Region #10

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Letter of thanks to the residents of Region #10

Dear Editor, The People Progressive Party /Civic Executive leadership and members want to express our heartfelt thanks to the voters of the Linden and Region #10 for electing your Proportional...

Is Jagdeo for real?

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Jagdeo for real?

Dear Editor, So, Bharat Jagdeo, leader of the parliamentary opposition, would want the nation to accept that Minister of State, Joseph Harmon’s statements about PPP/C- controlled NDCs...

School of the Nations students have to pay $12,000 each to graduate

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on School of the Nations students have to pay $12,000 each to graduate

Dear Editor, As a group of students from School of Nations’ Master of Business Administration Programme—Cohort 16, please allow us a space in your column to vent our disappointment with the...

Kissoon gets it wrong about copyright

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon gets it wrong about copyright

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Kissoon’s column of Sunday 18th November titled “Copyright law: is colonial brainwashing still alive in Guyana ?” In it, this gentleman in citing from my...

From cheerleaders to critics

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on From cheerleaders to critics

Dear Editor, Political commentators and organizations, who today are critical of APNU+AFC’s performance, were only three years ago rallying around them, enthusing about the change they would bring....

PURSUING CLIMATE CHANGE AND A GREEN ECONOMY

Nov 23, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on PURSUING CLIMATE CHANGE AND A GREEN ECONOMY

The raging wildfires in California and floods everywhere signal that climate change is real and for the most part, is the result of work-related human activity. Experts have linked climate change to...

Guyana’s MPs should disclose all relatives bidding for Govt. contracts –UK Legislator

Nov 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s MPs should disclose all relatives bidding for Govt. contracts –UK Legislator

By Kiana Wilburg To ensure that instances of favouritism of conflict of interest in the award of public contracts are reduced, Guyana’s authorities could start by ensuring that politicians...

“No contract evaluator above the law” – NPTAB Head warns

Nov 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “No contract evaluator above the law” – NPTAB Head warns

By Kiana Wilburg For years, Guyana’s Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, has been bemoaning the poor performance of evaluators when it comes to the public procurement process. Issues such as improper...

Police urge businesses to ensure security cameras are in working condition

Nov 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police urge businesses to ensure security cameras are in working condition

In addition to a list of security tips offered to shoppers, the Guyana Police Force, (GPF) is urging store owners and businesses to ensure that the security cameras are in proper working condition...

Prayer meeting held at State House to welcome Pres. Granger

Nov 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prayer meeting held at State House to welcome Pres. Granger

…Cabinet governed well in his absence – PM President David Granger has expressed his “profound” gratitude to his Cabinet members, staff and the rest of the nation for their support,...

Clash with cop, Diamond Club owner…Crime Chief says file with Police legal Advisor

Nov 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clash with cop, Diamond Club owner…Crime Chief says file with Police legal Advisor

Police are likely to know this week whether charges will be laid against any of the parties in the November 3, 2018, confrontation between Diamond Club owner, Freeman Fordyce, and Major Crimes Unit...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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