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School of the Nations partners with Canadian Academy to promote social change

Jan 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations partners with Canadian Academy to promote social change

For the next three years, local students from the School of the Nations will be collaborating with students of the Nancy Campbell Academy in Canada, a strategic move that will see the two sides...

City vows to get tough with errant hotels, guest houses

Jan 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City vows to get tough with errant hotels, guest houses

All lodging houses in Georgetown will now have to undergo a stringent grading system by the Mayor and City Council (M&C) if they are to remain in operation. These include hotels, guesthouses and...

Stephens tumbles out in first round, Ostapenko impresses

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stephens tumbles out in first round, Ostapenko impresses

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The stark contrast in form between last year’s two first-time grand slam champions continued as Sloane Stephens was bundled out in the first round of the Australian...

Bencic sends Venus packing on bleak day for America

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bencic sends Venus packing on bleak day for America

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Swiss Belinda Bencic sent an early shockwave through the Australian Open yesterday by toppling last year’s finalist Venus Williams on an opening day of carnage for...

Upper Corentyne Cricket Association/Roy Baijnauth T20 70 MYO, 77 CC, Skeldon Titans register wins

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne Cricket Association/Roy Baijnauth T20 70 MYO, 77 CC, Skeldon Titans register wins

Number 70 MYO, Skeldon Titans and Number 77 Cricket Club secured wins in the final preliminary round of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association/Roy Baijnauth T20 being contested by 23 teams of the...

Farfan & Mendes joins with RHTY&SC U-15 Cricket Team for 22nd successive year

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farfan & Mendes joins with RHTY&SC U-15 Cricket Team for 22nd successive year

“In a Country where sponsorship for Sports is difficult to obtain, the relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Farfan & Mendes Ltd can only be described as extra...

DIGICEL ‘Mash Fit’ Fitness Sessions off to a resounding start

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DIGICEL ‘Mash Fit’ Fitness Sessions off to a resounding start

Hundreds of patrons descended at the Georgetown Cricket Club yesterday afternoon to be part of the first day of the Digicel ‘Mash Fit’ Fitness session which is geared towards getting persons fit...

Regal Masters beat Fishermen XI by 7-wkts to take Champion of Champions softball title

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters beat Fishermen XI by 7-wkts to take Champion of Champions softball title

Regal Masters started off the year in fine fashion when they defeated Fishermen XI by seven wickets to win the final of the Champion of Champions softball competition which was contested on Sunday at...

ODSC and Hearts of Oaks share spoils in friendly cricket and football matches

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ODSC and Hearts of Oaks share spoils in friendly cricket and football matches

The Overseas Disturbance Sports Club (ODSC) which comprises Guyanese players now living in the Diaspora who are mostly former residents and sports personalities from the New Amsterdam and Canje areas...

Despite setbacks Wilbert Benjamin still assist locals

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Despite setbacks Wilbert Benjamin still assist locals

Despite suffering sets backs where he had to expend millions to redo the Benjamin Sports Store and fitness Gym due to faulty work by contractors, former national cyclist Wilbert Benjamin still...

Mahendra Bhagwandin wins Trophy Stall Golf Tournament

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahendra Bhagwandin wins Trophy Stall Golf Tournament

The Lusignan Golf Club on Saturday held its first tournament for year that was generously sponsored by Trophy Stall. The turnout for the competition was encouraging as over thirty (30) players...

Don’t look! That video is violently sickening!

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Don’t look! That video is violently sickening!

There is a video clip making the rounds of a city police rank violently kicking a mentally challenged man in his face in the area of his eyes. The man was subsequently shot dead. Don’t look at...

Life’s irony and Trump’s comment

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life’s irony and Trump’s comment

DEAR Editor, Isn’t life ironic? The fuss now being created by the unsavoury description of certain countries, of which many of your readers may well suspect could include Guyana, is nothing new. I...

Why the delay in appointing a new University Council?

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the delay in appointing a new University Council?

Dear Sir, The University of Guyana Unions are extremely concerned at the Government’s delay in appointing a new University Council. The University of Guyana Act, and the Statutes, gives the Council...

A sensitive issue

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A sensitive issue

Dear Mr. Editor, Please allow me to express my thoughts on the news caption in the Kaieteur News, “Indian envoy clashes with senior Govt. spokesman over MPs trip to India”. The invitation to the...

The Mayor and Town Clerk pursue a champagne lifestyle

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Mayor and Town Clerk pursue a champagne lifestyle

Dear Editor, The recent disclosure in the press of an attempt by officials of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown to illegally lease or sell reserved community lands in Bel Air Park...

A preponderance of cuss words

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A preponderance of cuss words

Dear Editor, We are living in a society that has been getting from bad to worse because we have fallen morally, intellectually and spiritually. Every day we can hear our citizens behaving in a very...

A call for help from Diamond

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A call for help from Diamond

Dear Editor, The Grove / Diamond housing schemes developed on East Bank Demerara, Guyana, is considered to be a large area for housing. The two schemes are separated by a canal, but the main access...

WPA sees sugar retrenchment as a recipe for disaster

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on WPA sees sugar retrenchment as a recipe for disaster

Dear Editor, We regret that our statement on sugar, published in the Stabroek News Diaspora Column on Monday January 8, communicated the idea that the government was closing the sugar industry. Now...

Are oil industry incomes already by-passing the domestic economy?

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are oil industry incomes already by-passing the domestic economy?

Dear Editor, One of the things that interested me in my review of the National Budget presented late last year, was to see what it had to say about current economic performance. On one hand, the...

The children benefit but the PPP protests

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The children benefit but the PPP protests

Dear Editor, Please allow me to express on behalf of the children, parents, teachers and members of the APNU+AFC side of the RDC, heartfelt thanks to President David Granger and Hon. Amna Ally MP,...

Protesting a dismissal

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protesting a dismissal

Dear Editor I write to draw the public attention to an unfair termination of Service meted out to a Police corporal of ‘E’ Division. I am a man of the Cloth and wouldn’t hesitate to say that...

Questioning the need to pay rates in the city

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questioning the need to pay rates in the city

Dear Editor, I would like someone in the Georgetown Municipality to tell me why I should be paying property rates, let alone proposed increases when very little if any services are being given,...

BREAKING UP IS INDEED HARD TO DO

Jan 16, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BREAKING UP IS INDEED HARD TO DO

Breaking up whether in a marriage or relationship is difficult in the best of times, and even more so when the couple has been bound by law. Getting through the legal process of a divorce in some...

India considers abolishing Cost Recovery by oil companies

Jan 15, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on India considers abolishing Cost Recovery by oil companies

…Govt. audit reveals alarming instances of abuse By Kiana Wilburg When oil operators have to recover their expenses, controversy often arises between those entities and the Governments of host...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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