March 15, 2019

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Saw Pit overcome Christ Ambassadors by four wickets despite Watkins ton

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saw Pit overcome Christ Ambassadors by four wickets despite Watkins ton

Saw Pit defeated Christ Ambassadors by four wickets in the latest round of matches in the FAB Mining Company Amrit Rai Memorial T20 tournament on Sunday last at West Demerara. Watkins struck five...

GSA/Toucan Distributors Junior Skill Level TournamentShomari Wilshire on fire on opening Night

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Toucan Distributors Junior Skill Level TournamentShomari Wilshire on fire on opening Night

By Sean Devers Watched by a fair size mid-week gathering, the Toucan Distributors Junior Skill Level tournament organised by the Guyana Squash Association (GSA), served off last evening with...

Under-23 and First Divisions tip off tonight GABA/Let’s Bet Sports KO

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Under-23 and First Divisions tip off tonight GABA/Let’s Bet Sports KO

Competitive basketball returns to the Burnham Hard Court on Middle and Carmichael Streets tonight when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) hosts its first tournament of 2019 with...

West Indies Women’s Super50 and T20 Blaze Regional Cricket starts on Sunday

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Women’s Super50 and T20 Blaze Regional Cricket starts on Sunday

Guyana will begin the 2019 West Indies Women’s Super50 Regional Cricket Tournament on Sunday from 09:30hrs when they battle Trinidad & Tobago at Providence. The home team will take on...

CMO explains ‘Opt-Out’ option for the administering of HPV vaccines

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CMO explains ‘Opt-Out’ option for the administering of HPV vaccines

Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud says that the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines are not “forced on children”. Rather, he said, parents and guardians are...

Wins for Bacchus Bulls and Affiance SC Central E’bo T20

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Bacchus Bulls and Affiance SC Central E’bo T20

Bacchus Bulls and Affiance Sports Club registered victories when play in the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee T20 tournament continued on Sunday last. Bacchus Bulls defeated Queenstown Sports Club...

Regulations for Amended Nurses’ and Midwives Act soon─ consultations to follow─ will enable GNC to function optimally

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Regulations for Amended Nurses’ and Midwives Act soon─ consultations to follow─ will enable GNC to function optimally

The Guyana Nursing Council is meeting to develop regulations, which will enforce the recently amended Nurses and Midwives Act of 2019. The Act was tabled in the National Assembly in October 2018 and...

Regional Chairman tours Region 10 RDC bond -expresses concern over lengthy storage time of items

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman tours Region 10 RDC bond -expresses concern over lengthy storage time of items

The protracted period that some items are being kept in storage is of concern to Regional Chairman of the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council [RDC], Mr. Renis Morian. He highlighted his concern...

Surveillance department to help CARPHA monitor quality of drugs entering Region

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Surveillance department to help CARPHA monitor quality of drugs entering Region

It is the right of all Caribbean people to have access to healthcare services, including essential quality medicines and pharmaceutical products they can trust. Poor quality and falsified medicines...

CHPA looking to allocate low-cost house lots to people with disabilities

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CHPA looking to allocate low-cost house lots to people with disabilities

Minister of Housing within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Yearwood, and a team from Central Housing and Planning Association (CH&PA), conducted an outreach yesterday, to address...

Victim nabs burglar with stolen TV while heading to police station

Mar 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Victim nabs burglar with stolen TV while heading to police station

After breaking into a La Parfaite, West Bank Demerara residence, a burglar got the shock of his life yesterday when he and his victim came face to face while the victim was heading to a police...

Is the APNU+AFC regime the most comical in Guyana’s history?

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is the APNU+AFC regime the most comical in Guyana’s history?

I thought that the latter part of the long rule of the PPP, with the Ramotar presidency, was the most laughable administration in our history, going right back to colonial governorship. Most humans,...

Guyana is the laughing stock of the world

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is the laughing stock of the world

DEAR EDITOR, I read the most recent article of Fred Kissoon (March 14, 2019) and would like to make a comment. Obviously, his opinion of the TUC and its statement on the one seat majority is on...

Some crucial traffic lights are inoperable

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some crucial traffic lights are inoperable

DEAR EDITOR, For some time now, the traffic lights controlling the junction of the Rupert Craig Highway and Sheriff Street have not been working. This remains an extremely dangerous situation....

An assault on the credibility of Kays Diamond Enterprise

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An assault on the credibility of Kays Diamond Enterprise

DEAR EDITOR, Following the fatal shooting to death of Gerally Johanison Henry, inside of the business premises by, the propertior. Mind you, editor, the individual that is licensed to buy, sell and...

MILES – THE REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRAT

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on MILES – THE REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRAT

DEAR EDITOR, He abhorred labels, stereotyping and sycophancy. He didn’t mind belonging to a political party like the PPP but he was passionate about independence of thought, freedom to...

A crisis engineered by machination

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A crisis engineered by machination

DEAR EDITOR, There has been ongoing reportage on the GECOM imbroglio. The commissioners’ interviews and press conferences have been significant sources of the reportage. As a commissioner, I am...

I think we should pray for our leaders

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I think we should pray for our leaders

DEAR EDITOR, I see this looming elections-race as more than a test of numbers or tests of sentiment or loyalty or even politics. I suppose that this places me on the far side of nowhere. For when all...

I am offering HFLE advice

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am offering HFLE advice

DEAR EDITOR, I have seen the recent calls by certain prominent persons about the resumption of the Health and Family Life Education [HFLE] programme in our schools. I was a prominent member of the...

Jagdeo threw in GECOM for good measure

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo threw in GECOM for good measure

DEAR EDITOR, One Ronald Singh in the SN/KN Thursday March 14, 2019 wrote a letter that the 2006 statements by President Jagdeo is taken out of context. Singh in his letter uses as his only basis is...

The US has a vital role in the preservation of our democracy

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The US has a vital role in the preservation of our democracy

DEAR EDITOR, In these times of political uncertainty and rising tension, it is refreshing to hear from the newly-appointed US Ambassador Ann Lynch that the United States supports free and fair...

Growing pains of West Indies cricket

Mar 15, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Growing pains of West Indies cricket

It is perplexing, this West Indies cricket team. In less than a heartbeat, it travels an unflattering journey that traces from the sublime to the ludicrous. When the kaleidoscope of this now...

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Persaud crowned inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion

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Kaieteur Sports – Patanjilee Persaud has been crowned the inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion, capping off a demanding and highly competitive season with a composed performance...

Where are the coroners?

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(Kaieteur News) – The law in Guyana governing the holding of a Coroner’s Inquest is both clear in its intent and, at the same time, revealing in its limitations. Rooted in the Coroners Act, Cap. 4:03, the legal framework establishes the circumstances under which deaths must be investigated and...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

National minimum wage citizens

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For several years, senior citizens received an increase in their monthly pensions. Paltry and unlivable, but an extra dollar for cash-stressed elderly. Public servants from juniors to apex seniors, notably the president, have received a salary increase. Trade unions...

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