December 2018

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Four new divisional headquarters for police force

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four new divisional headquarters for police force

Major improvements are on the table for the Guyana Police Force, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, who delivered a marathon budget speech last week. Of the plans outlined to...

GCA’s NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket…Brown’s 102 highlights latest round

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 2nd Division 40-over cricket…Brown’s 102 highlights latest round

GCC, MSC, MYO & TSC in winners’ row A responsible 102 from MSC’s inform left-hander Stephon Brown highlighted the latest round of the NBS 40-over second division cricket competition for...

Julian Jackson’s son for Guyana Caribbean Boxing Championship

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Julian Jackson’s son for Guyana Caribbean Boxing Championship

The son of former world champion Julian Jackson is scheduled to arrive in Guyana tonight as part of US Virgin Islands team to the Caribbean Boxing Championship. Coach Julian Jackson Jr will accompany...

Chief Constable lacks credibility, integrity competence, and should be dismissed – CoI report

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Constable lacks credibility, integrity competence, and should be dismissed – CoI report

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall has concluded that head of the City Constabulary, Chief Constable Andrew Foo should be dismissed. Foo was summoned to appear at the...

Guyana’s Shavin Greene is the ITTF Expert as GTTA host ITTF level One Course

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Shavin Greene is the ITTF Expert as GTTA host ITTF level One Course

The Guyana Table Tennis Association in collaboration and under the auspices of the International Table Tennis federation will be hosting an ITTF level one coaches certification programme from...

GUYOIL/Tradewind Tankers School Football League…West Demerara dominate yesterday’s play

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUYOIL/Tradewind Tankers School Football League…West Demerara dominate yesterday’s play

There were big wins for the West Demerara teams in the ongoing GUYOIL Tradewind Tankers School Football League when matches continued yesterday. Played at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, the...

CANU battle ‘date rape’ drug traffickers who seek to target kids

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CANU battle ‘date rape’ drug traffickers who seek to target kids

The use of the ‘date rape’ drug ecstasy appears to be on the rise among youths, but the good news is that many of the supplies are being apprehended and their supplies intercepted, thanks...

Squash Pro, Cameron Stafford, chooses Guyana to pursue Coaching Certification

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Squash Pro, Cameron Stafford, chooses Guyana to pursue Coaching Certification

Fresh from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) circuit, 26 year old Cameron Stafford of the Cayman Islands, recently visited his father’s homeland Guyana to undertake his Level 1 and 2...

T&T’s Ryan Jagessar successful in Level 2 Squash Coaching Certification

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T’s Ryan Jagessar successful in Level 2 Squash Coaching Certification

Trinidad’s National Junior Coach, Ryan Jagessar is the latest Caribbean Coach to make the journey to Guyana to undertake his England Squash level 2 Coaching Certification under the tutelage of...

Cops re-arrest suspect in Kwakwani midwife’s murder

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops re-arrest suspect in Kwakwani midwife’s murder

Seeking to crack the baffling murder of midwife Paulette Wade, detectives have once again turned their attention to an unemployed Kwakwani man who admitted to knowing the victim but has denied...

GT Beer Candy Boss 8-a-side football competition…Mahaicony and Soccer City advance to next round

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer Candy Boss 8-a-side football competition…Mahaicony and Soccer City advance to next round

Mahaicony and Soccer City were the two teams that came out victors with contrasting wins when the latest matches were played in the ongoing GT Beer, Candy Boss and Antics Promotion 8-a-side football...

T&Ts Beckles conducts Boxing Workshop

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&Ts Beckles conducts Boxing Workshop

In preparation for this month Caribbean Boxing Championships (CBC), International Boxing Association (AIBA) accredited 3-star referee, Trinidadian James Beckles, yesterday held a RefereesWorkshop for...

Why did the PPP win the 2018 LGE?

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why did the PPP win the 2018 LGE?

Since the 2018 LGE results, the talk has been constant – people don’t vote at such elections. But the academics will tell you that there is crucial information in those election results that is...

Sugar workers among persons trained for oil and gas sector

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers among persons trained for oil and gas sector

More than 20 persons on Thursday graduated from the International Petroleum and Maritime Academy (IPMA) from its oilfield safety and operators training programme. The graduates include four women and...

Five acres ganja destroyed in Berbice

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Five acres ganja destroyed in Berbice

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last Saturday conducted an eleven hour operation, which resulted in the destruction of about five acres of cannabis cultivation and three camps in the Berbice...

Association of Women Police turns six

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Association of Women Police turns six

The Guyana Association of Women Police celebrated its sixth anniversary last week Friday with a grand parade, which saw the attendance of junior and senior ranks as well as a delegation from...

Diaspora in Venezuela pushes ramped up Immigration services to stem cross-border trafficking

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Diaspora in Venezuela pushes ramped up Immigration services to stem cross-border trafficking

Director of the Guyanese Community Representatives in Venezuela (RCGV), Antonio Hamraj, is advocating for increased immigration services for Guyanese living in Venezuela. Hamraj formally made this...

‘We will be in every community repairing your roads’ – Min. Patterson

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We will be in every community repairing your roads’ – Min. Patterson

The sum of $38.5B has been budgeted for Public Infrastructure in 2019, a ten percent increase when compared to 2018. Seventy-two (72) percent of the total will be pumped into capital projects, while...

Caribbean Cinemas introduces sensory friendly theatre for persons with autism, Down syndrome

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Cinemas introduces sensory friendly theatre for persons with autism, Down syndrome

Children with autism, Down syndrome or developmental disabilities within Guyana as well as the global Diaspora, over the years, have endured rather than enjoyed movie watching in theatres....

Nat’l Youth Council explores E-voting to allow effective participation

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l Youth Council explores E-voting to allow effective participation

Given its commitment to ensuring that Guyanese youth are allowed equal participation in issues of national importance, the Guyana National Youth Council at its first internal elections is exploring...

Year of Indigenous Languages to be observed in 2019

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Year of Indigenous Languages to be observed in 2019

In excess of $36M has been included in the 2019 Appropriation Expenditure announced by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan during his Budget presentation. This caters for celebrations for the...

Late-coming

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Late-coming

On any school day, you can find literally scores of school children ambling leisurely to school after 9 am, the time at which school commences. These children are late and they could care less,...

Mr. Hinds did vent his spleen

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Hinds did vent his spleen

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter titled, “Mr. GK Lall s telling us to be happily enslaved by this contract” by one Nigel Hinds (KN Dec 02). I thought I had responded to the last...

Gem Granites to join Guyana’s market in the new year

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gem Granites to join Guyana’s market in the new year

In a response to an invitation from Guyana’s Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, GEM Granites Group is expected to begin operation in Guyana in 2019 by exporting granite stones...

The legal system is the bedrock of the nation

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The legal system is the bedrock of the nation

Dear Editor, The legal system in any society is that institution, which prevents that society from descending into anarchy by ensuring that the rule of law is upheld. The Constitution and the law...

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The square peg legacy

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Burnham’s dream of ‘Guyanization’—a euphemism for replacing the colonial administrative class with locals loyal to the new order was, at its core, a nationalist ideal. But ideals without discipline often lead to farce. The result was a bureaucracy filled with...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Seeram: Did the Commies takeover

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On the next occasion that Guyana’s Hon Attorney General, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, OE, CCH, opens his book of wisdom and expounds on the rule of law and respect for the law (and of laws, not men), I have a humble addition for inclusion in his encyclopedia. There is...

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