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BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial 100 Balls Cricket Tournament Young Warriors advance to Final, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Tucber Park clash in Semis

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial 100 Balls Cricket Tournament Young Warriors advance to Final, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Tucber Park clash in Semis

Young Warriors Cricket Club on Sunday last advanced to their third successive First Division Final after making a return to the level earlier this year. They easily defended Albion Community...

UDFA Christmas Football Results Murray doubles in Capital first win over Hi Stars 3-0, Topp XX beat Panthers 2-1

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA Christmas Football Results Murray doubles in Capital first win over Hi Stars 3-0, Topp XX beat Panthers 2-1

Capital FC earned their first ever win in competitive football as they coasted past Hi Stars 3-0 as guest player Andrew Murray netted twice, while Topp XX found their way past Amelia’s Ward...

Security Services for GECOM in 2019 attract nine-figure bids

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security Services for GECOM in 2019 attract nine-figure bids

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board opened a plethora of tenders, yesterday, for the purpose of uncovering bids for the procurement of various services for Government...

Land rates subject to increases in 2019 —As State opens up 6000 acres for commercial, other use

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Land rates subject to increases in 2019 —As State opens up 6000 acres for commercial, other use

Land rates are subject to increases in 2019 as the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) moves to open up some 6000 acres of State lands for commercial and other use. This disclosure was...

Education Minister demands “value for money” from budgetary allocation

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister demands “value for money” from budgetary allocation

“To whom much is given, much is required,” said Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, as she made reference to the usual lion’s share of the budget the education sector is allotted...

Death row inmate ‘Shark Oil’ appeals murder conviction

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Death row inmate ‘Shark Oil’ appeals murder conviction

Arguing that trial judge Roxanne George admitted a caution statement into evidence which should have been excluded, and failed to put his defence to the jury, 70-year-old Herman Ally has appealed a...

MP Harry Gill faces charge for alleged assault – PPP sees plot to keep him from Friday’s no-confidence vote

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MP Harry Gill faces charge for alleged assault – PPP sees plot to keep him from Friday’s no-confidence vote

Opposition Parliamentarian, Harry Gill, is set to appear in a West Berbice court today to answer to an assault charge. His party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), believes that it is a plot to...

Khashoggi: Saudis denounce US Senate vote as ‘blatant interference’

Dec 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Khashoggi: Saudis denounce US Senate vote as ‘blatant interference’

ALJAZEERA – Saudi Arabia has denounced as “blatant interference” a resolution by the US Senate accusing the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder...

Donald Ramotar: The corruptibility and depravity of politics

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar: The corruptibility and depravity of politics

I know the history of the career of Henry Greene. Greene was one of the most corrupt policemen ever to wear a uniform in any country of the world. I have a friend, Dexter Vanveen. He is the cousin of...

Is Guyana being deceived?

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is Guyana being deceived?

Kaieteur News has been consistently expressing grave concerns about whether Guyana is obtaining value for money in relation to the airport expansion project. It is assumed that at the end of every...

Those appointments leave some questions

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those appointments leave some questions

Editor, I refer to your report of December 13, 2018 entitled “No interest in top post at Finance Ministry -Finance Secretary, deputy hired”. It was reported therein that the vacancy for...

The Caribbean Voice is very active

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean Voice is very active

Editor, Contrary to rumors being peddled in some quarters in Guyana, The Caribbean Voice is very active. This month alone we had a community mental health workshop at Yakusari, Black Bush...

Reconsider the closure of the sugar estates

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reconsider the closure of the sugar estates

Editor, The public spat between the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Special Projects Unit would have been something of a comedy were it not for the serious implications it could have on the...

Photographing President Granger during his Illness

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Photographing President Granger during his Illness

Editor, Stabroek News on December 12, 2018, along with the Guyana Chronicle; published a photograph released by The Ministry of the Presidency, showing a picture of President Granger at the...

This lawyer’s conduct was reprehensible

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This lawyer’s conduct was reprehensible

Dear Editor, I read with great shock both in the Stabroek News and in the Kaieteur News that James Bond, a lawyer, has offered money to the parents of the two boys who were struck down on the...

Nagamootoo’s comments reek of audacity

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nagamootoo’s comments reek of audacity

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News columnist, Freddie Kissoon did some thought provoking and analytical columns of the L.G.E results and correctly pointed to reasons for the A.F.C’s dismal...

Downsizing was not the answer

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Downsizing was not the answer

Dear Editor Let us be clear about one thing. When Guyana produces sugar at US$770 per tonne and world market price is about US$270 per tonne then Guyana’s sugar is just not competitive on the world...

Don’t criticize the purveyors of gloom and doom

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t criticize the purveyors of gloom and doom

Editor, There has been a quiet campaign to paint those who are critical of the APNU+AFC administration as purveyors of ‘doom and gloom’. This was further encouraged by the use of...

The Canada-based Guyanese love the budget

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Canada-based Guyanese love the budget

Editor, The Guyanese Canadian diaspora is extremely pleased to see that the recent $300 billion 2019 budget presented by the APNU+ AFC government was pro-people in every sense. The direction...

“We are not buying your ‘Doom and Gloom’ Sermon Dr. Jagdeo”

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “We are not buying your ‘Doom and Gloom’ Sermon Dr. Jagdeo”

Editor, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, was the guest speaker at Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gala on December 12, 2018. He posited that “the comments from Government camp about...

PREVALENCE OF CHILD LABOUR

Dec 19, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on PREVALENCE OF CHILD LABOUR

A recent study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) found that child labour is prevalent in many countries, especially the developing ones, including Guyana, with high poverty and...

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Windies captain Brathwaite stresses bravery, belief ahead of Pakistan Test Series

No conflict of interest exists

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more