April 2019

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CARICOM, Education Ministry collaborate to address learning disabilities, OCD

Apr 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM, Education Ministry collaborate to address learning disabilities, OCD

Disability should not be confused with inability. This notion was emphasised when the Ministry of Education and the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM] brought the issues of learning...

PMTC1 and PM females win B Division tournament in Berbice

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on PMTC1 and PM females win B Division tournament in Berbice

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) successfully held a B Division Volleyball tournament on Sunday at the Port Mourant Apprentice training Center Hostel at Port Mourant Corentyne Berbice. A...

Keevin Allicock barred from contesting Pan Am quarterfinal match- GBA boss, Ninvalle files protest over “unwarranted” decision

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keevin Allicock barred from contesting Pan Am quarterfinal match- GBA boss, Ninvalle files protest over “unwarranted” decision

Guyana’s Bantamweight representative; Keevin Allicock, at the ongoing American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Pan American games qualifiers that is being held in Nicaragua, was denied a chance of...

GIT Islamic GamesE’bo Coast are Open Softball champs; ECD, Georgetown, EBD triumph

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GIT Islamic GamesE’bo Coast are Open Softball champs; ECD, Georgetown, EBD triumph

By Zaheer Mohamed The inaugural Islamic Games organised by the Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) Youth Department that was held at the Everest Cricket Club last weekend was deemed a success as teams from...

East Coast Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition History makers Uprising headline Friday opening

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition History makers Uprising headline Friday opening

Title holders Uprising, who became the first team in the tournament’s history to win a zone as a qualifier will headline Day 1 action in the East Coast Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the...

What this very prominent citizen told me

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What this very prominent citizen told me

One of the most nationally known citizens in this country said a thing to me that, days after, caused me to think of how destructive party politics is to poor, underdeveloped Guyana. This individual...

Badminton qualify for PAN AM Games 2019

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton qualify for PAN AM Games 2019

Guyana’s Top Badminton players, Narayan Ramdhani and Priyanna Ramdhani have both qualified for the Pan Am Games 2019 to be held in Lima Peru July/August. Both players have been working very...

Georgetown – a capital in an unacceptable condition

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Georgetown – a capital in an unacceptable condition

It does not have to be. When it rains, there is the sense of a city in a swamp. When it is hot and parched, there is the claustrophobia of an overcrowded marketplace. The smells, the sights, and the...

A person with an axe to grind or is just an agent of provocation, or wors yet

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A person with an axe to grind or is just an agent of provocation, or wors yet

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me space in your newspaper to respond to the letter written by M. Williams, which appeared in your Monday 8 April 2019 edition of your Newspaper– “Safety Should...

Minister Trotman and the AFC are either for us or against us!

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Trotman and the AFC are either for us or against us!

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to add my voice to those who do not support Ministers and Members of Parliament being dual citizens and the AFC’s call for an amendment of the provision of the Constitution...

We at GTT strive to satisfy our customers

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We at GTT strive to satisfy our customers

DEAR EDITOR, We write this letter in response to a letter captioned “An open letter to the management of GTT” published on 4thApril, 2019 in your newspaper. The writer, Mr. Hubert C. Roberts,...

Politics in Guyana became more about enriching ourselves

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics in Guyana became more about enriching ourselves

DEAR EDITOR, In the column, “They are coming…are we prepared” (KN, 09th April 2019), Lincoln Lewis makes the point that “foreigners” are coming to take over our resources...

Guyana Goldfields Inc. and its evolution of recent events

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields Inc. and its evolution of recent events

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to express my understanding of the evolution of events at Guyana Goldfields Inc in the last three months in which the former chairman Mr. Patrick Sheridan attempts to mislead...

Addressing some unfounded allegations

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Addressing some unfounded allegations

DEAR EDITOR, Your front-page headline “Guyana loses out big time in Ogle Airport deal with ExxonMobil” (Sunday, Kaieteur News, 7th April, 2019), and the report which follows is absolute...

The 50,000 jobs are justifiable and Irfaan is standing on solid ground

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 50,000 jobs are justifiable and Irfaan is standing on solid ground

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to respond to an article entitled, “Irfaan Ali has selected two of the worst planks on which to walk”, in the Stabroek News, April 08 edition. In the letter, the...

Free education can now become a reality

Apr 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Free education can now become a reality

DEAR EDITOR, I support the call for free education at all tiers of the education system, from nursery to university. Now that the country will benefit substantially from more revenues from oil and...

Modify Procurement Strategy to maximize participation of local businesses – Industry Analysts

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Modify Procurement Strategy to maximize participation of local businesses – Industry Analysts

By Kiana Wilburg There are several tactics emerging oil producers like Guyana can employ to maximize the participation of local firms in the oil and gas sector. One of the most effective ways is...

US embassy paying close attention to situation in Venezuela – new ambassador

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US embassy paying close attention to situation in Venezuela – new ambassador

By Leonard Gildarie Within a few months, Guyana first floating oil production platform will arrive. Shortly after that, about 100 miles offshore, it will be hooked up to a number of wells. The...

US urges peaceful reaction to CCJ rulings on no-confidence vote

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US urges peaceful reaction to CCJ rulings on no-confidence vote

New US ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, has urged Guyana to have a “peaceful” reaction to the impending ruling at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the no-confidence vote which...

Small contractor questions Govt. selective award of contracts

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Small contractor questions Govt. selective award of contracts

A small contractor is questioning the manner in which contracts are awarded by the State. The contractor, who spoke to Kaieteur News on the condition of anonymity, raised questions about the award...

Hotel owner charged for Lethem drug bust, attempted police bribe

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hotel owner charged for Lethem drug bust, attempted police bribe

The owner of Marlon and Sons Hotel and Bar was yesterday hauled before a city magistrate. Police ranks of the Lethem Police Station conducted a sting operation which led to Marlon Jarvis’s arrest...

Parents turns blind eye to underage girls parading in bars

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parents turns blind eye to underage girls parading in bars

– district welfare representative fails to intervene The entire village of Calcutta (Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara) is outraged at the very carefree attitude of a resident mother who for...

Once elected, politicians become oblivious to promise of Constitutional Reform – Goolsarran

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Once elected, politicians become oblivious to promise of Constitutional Reform – Goolsarran

When in Opposition, Guyana’s politicians set themselves on a pedestal and proclaim loudly and clearly to all four corners of the country, what they would do to address the deficiencies in the...

De politicians treating de constitution like a prostitute

Apr 09, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De politicians treating de constitution like a prostitute

People got some funny ways. When dem don’t have something dem does wish if dem had it because dem woulda do certain things. This is a common thing. A man see a nice woman pun de road at de seawall...

Zero tolerance to bribes… Leave the job if you don’t like the salary – Top Cop

Apr 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Zero tolerance to bribes… Leave the job if you don’t like the salary – Top Cop

In a simple but significant opening ceremony yesterday morning in the auditorium of the Police Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Road and Young Street, Eve-Leary, 66 Subordinate Officers of the force...

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Oie slams double as Western Tigers upset Police FC

Sep 22, 2026

…Hamilton, Dennis star with hat-tricks (Kaieteur News) – The goals came in bunches as Guyana Football Federation’s Season Eight Elite League produced another weekend of attacking football,...

WIN is losing

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are many things Guyana has acquired since the discovery of oil, including wealth, multi-storied buildings, newly built apartments that will remain empty, traffic jams and the sudden appearance of people who have always known how to spend money they never previously had....

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Changes, contradictions, crimes covered

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the secular world. Not the space of the spiritual. It’s a world of sometimes subtle, other times, astonishing changes. The areas covered are endless. Filled with the contradictory. Where crimes are covered over (transgressions overlooked). Pursued for the...

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