March 2019

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Guinness Greatest of the Streets Berbice Zone kicks off Friday

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Greatest of the Streets Berbice Zone kicks off Friday

Eight exciting matches are carded for Friday on the opening night of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football Berbice Sub-Meet at the New Amsterdam Stelling tarmac. Defending champions Trafalgar...

Night swims for National Aquatic Centre soon

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Night swims for National Aquatic Centre soon

DPI, Guyana, – Local swimmers will soon have the opportunity to further hone their skills during the late hours of the day, as the National Sports Commission (NSC) is set to install pool lights...

Spooner, Hinds slam centuries Adams grabs 5

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spooner, Hinds slam centuries Adams grabs 5

Centuries by Joel Spooner and Adrian Hinds and a five-wicket haul from Jonathan Adams crowned a fine weekend for Transport Sports Club when the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Sea Foods...

FUP One day cricket competition and Fun day set for Sunday

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on FUP One day cricket competition and Fun day set for Sunday

The recently launched Federal United Party (FED –UP), which is predominantly based in Berbice at the moment, is using sports at the moment to get its message over to the Guyanese population. The...

Access to science labs to help bolster public schools performances

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Access to science labs to help bolster public schools performances

The Ministry of Education is moving ahead with its work to improve the quality of education offered to students in the subject areas that fall under Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...

Woodpecker Products Women’s First Division Hockey League GBTI GCC humble Spartans 9-1 on Monday

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Women’s First Division Hockey League GBTI GCC humble Spartans 9-1 on Monday

Play in the Woodpecker Products Women’s 1st Division Outdoor Hockey League continued on Monday night at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground on Shivnarine Chanderpaul Drive with one match....

Tale of two bridges

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tale of two bridges

During 2013, according to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, the previous administration spent $43M for a new bridge in Moruca, Region One. Because of poor construction, it was completely...

Protests against Region One chairman

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Protests against Region One chairman

A number of residents of Mabaruma, Region One, yesterday protested against Regional Chairman, Brentnol Ashley, who is facing sex accusations against a man, 22, who is challenged intellectually. The...

Toshaos received 67% increase in subvention under Coalition Govt ─ past council still to account for millions

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos received 67% increase in subvention under Coalition Govt ─ past council still to account for millions

The National Toshaos Council (NTC), the body that represents the Indigenous peoples of Guyana, received some 67 per cent increase in subvention in three years, under the Coalition Government. This...

Progress of HIV/AIDS fight to be amplified at PANCAP meeting

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Progress of HIV/AIDS fight to be amplified at PANCAP meeting

With a view of sharing the progress of the fight against HIV/AIDS, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS [PANCAP] will host the Seventh meeting of National AIDS Programme [NAP] Managers...

McDoom robbers jailed for 3 years

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on McDoom robbers jailed for 3 years

Three men were each sent to prison for three years yesterday after they were found guilty of a robbery under-arms charge, at the conclusion of a trial in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The...

Presidency and Security Ministries receive multimillion-dollar bids for vehicles

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Presidency and Security Ministries receive multimillion-dollar bids for vehicles

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) received bids for 27 projects yesterday, most notably for the purchase of over a dozen vehicles and motorcycles for the...

Gender Equality Strategy takes center stage at local Beijing +25 Summit

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gender Equality Strategy takes center stage at local Beijing +25 Summit

As Guyana undertakes a comprehensive national-level review, the process and the achievements made in gender equality and the empowerment of women is taking center stage. The topic was highlighted at...

Incinerator site on fire

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Incinerator site on fire

Fire raged out of control at M&CC compound on Princes Street. Fire fighters and police rushed to the scene yesterday afternoon. Reports are that someone lit a small fire in the compound and with...

Bus driver charged over causing death of passengers in accident

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver charged over causing death of passengers in accident

Forty-seven-year-old minibus driver, Denzil Clarke, was yesterday charged in relation to the death of two passengers, when he appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrates’...

Kay’s Diamond Enterprise shooting death… Trio who went to scene with slain bandit released

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kay’s Diamond Enterprise shooting death… Trio who went to scene with slain bandit released

Police have released the three men who were arrested outside of Kay’s Diamond Enterprise after Saturday’s bungled robbery. An official said that they were released on cash bail yesterday...

Mother of five remanded for allegedly selling ganja

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five remanded for allegedly selling ganja

A mother of five children was on Monday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty after a sting operation by members of the police force allegedly exposed her for selling narcotics....

Man fined $15,000 for beating errant wife

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined $15,000 for beating errant wife

John Williams yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with allegedly assaulting his common-law wife with a cutlass. It was alleged that...

Murdered dad was “very special” — relatives –he died from blunt trauma to the head-PM

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered dad was “very special” — relatives –he died from blunt trauma to the head-PM

Excited and eager to see his bundle of joy, 25-year-old Arshad Ali of Bennet Dam, Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice had written his child’s name in the palm of his hands. He was heading to...

Wildness!-

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Wildness!-

As anger continues to grow over the madness on the roadways by especially minibus drivers, yet another one found itself the subject of conversation yesterday. The bus, BLL 1949, crashed into a Mazda...

Women played critical role in designing Timehri roundabout

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Women played critical role in designing Timehri roundabout

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is rapidly advancing the completion of the second of three roundabout projects to be executed by the government. Senior Engineer within the Ministry of Public...

Man freed of narcotics charge

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man freed of narcotics charge

Udoc Anthony Nedd walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts a free man yesterday after a drug trafficking charge against him was dismissed by City Magistrate Dylon Bess who uphel d a no-case...

Magistrate to rule on no case submission

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate to rule on no case submission

Yesterday police prosecutor Neville Jeffers responded to the no-case submission by attorney-at-law Sanjeev Datadin that there is not sufficient evidence for his client Rick Seecharran to face a High...

Court of Appeal affirms rape convictions, 37-year sentence

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Court of Appeal affirms rape convictions, 37-year sentence

Dissatisfied that his appeal against two rape convictions and one of sexual assault, as well as a 37-year jail sentence was affirmed by the Court of Appeal yesterday, 53-year-old Linton Pompey...

Local DNA testing by the end of 2019– equipment slated to arrive soon

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local DNA testing by the end of 2019– equipment slated to arrive soon

It has been confirmed that by the end of 2019, local deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing will be conducted at the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory. Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan...

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Canache lines up for Need for Speed Kart Clash Round 2

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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