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Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Value added investment may rescue Wakenaam Plantain industry.
The island of Wakenaam, located in the estuary of the Essequibo River, has grown quite popular for its fine quality of plantains. Most farmers have dedicated acres of land exclusively for the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks
People in the depressed area of the city are dying violently, largely because of the drive to get money the illegal way. A recent shooting death would cause the police to zero in on a location in the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo trucker shot and robbed of gold chain.
A trucker who lives at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, is fortunate to be alive after he was shot and robbed of his gold chain last Friday night. Based on reports, the truck driver, Omadat Singh, was...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on The 4-Horse Man Promotions Group collaborates with Ryan Crawford Turf Club Port Mourant Turf Club Centenary Anniversary horserace meet set for August 1
The 4-Horse Man Promotions Group is collaborating with the Crawford Memorial Turf Club to stage a grand one day horserace in observance of the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) Centenary Anniversary on...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Relevant today as it was 46 years ago
I lay before this nation the Guyana Trades Union Congress’ Policy Statement on Governance, presented on 5th July 1973 by its General Secretary Joseph H. Pollydore to Prime Minister Forbes Burnham....Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry hosts four day training for dry-needling
The Disabilities Commission under the Ministry of Public Health, is hosting a four-day training session with physiotherapists so that they could be educated on how to execute and apply dry-needling...Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship
By Attorney Gail Seeram In current times, the dynamics of the family unit has changed. It is a norm to see children born to unwed parents and children raised by stepparents. In these situations, the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on PRBG/LRFF Boxing Fight Night World rated Boxer Terrence Ali among ex Boxers honoured
The Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym in collaboration with the Linden River front Festival hosted its fourth annual Boxing Fight Night with a 10-fight Card recently in the Mining Town. The Organizer’s...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Milk Snake [Lampropeltis triangulum]
Lampropeltis triangulum, commonly known as a milk snake or milksnake, is a species of kingsnake; 24 subspecies are currently recognized. Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet kingsnake, was formerly...Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on We have seen an improvement in the educational sector- Minister Henry
Following the release of the National Grade Six Assessment results, Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, noted that there has been an improvement at the examination level here Guyana and...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Group of Companies Sprint Classic Horserace meet set for August 11.
The Nand Persaud Group of Companies, which boosts one of the better Horseracing facilities in Guyana, has begun preparations for its eight Horserace meet. The event which is being promoted through...Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GT Mayor wants to “stamp out malpractice” at Engineer’s Department
Georgetown Mayor, Ubraj Narine, wants to stamp out malpractice at City Hall particularly at the level of the City Engineer’s Department At a recent statutory meeting held at City Hall, the Mayor...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Book Review… Comments Off on A Sobering Look at Culture and Mental Health
Book: My Date With Depression: From Mental Uncertainty to Self-fulfillment Author: Kwame M.A. McPherson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD My Date with Depression breaks new ground on a little understood...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC’s Emancipation Horserace Meet set for August 4
The Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club will hold their Emancipation Horserace Meet on Sunday August 4 at their race track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne Berbice. The C & Lower one-mile race will see a...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A compromise is possible
The government’s insistence on house-to-house registration is a desperate political gambit to delay the holding of elections, thereby frustrating the consequences of the no-confidence motion which...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Ward final postponed
The final of the Hamilton Green Inter Ward/Village 9-a-side Knockout Football Tournament which was scheduled for today at the Den Amstel ground, West Coast Demerara, has been postponed until the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on China Chef restaurant reopens …proprietor claims resident deliberately throws garbage in her facility
Departmental Health Inspectors recently swooped down on several Chinese restaurants in the West Demerara District and had proposed to close them because of insanitary operations. Amongst them was the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If Guyanese accept this, then they are the world’s stupidest people
The ruling politicians, including President Granger, have announced a Cabinet decision to remove imprisonment on conviction of 30 grams or less of ganja. The deception inherent in that action, in the...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCOS summer camps runs off next week Courts Guyana Inc. donates raffle to fundraising activities
The Guyana Committee of Service’s (GCOS) third annual Athletics summer camps that will be featured in Berbice, Bartica and Linden gets underway next week, simultaneously. The GCOS will...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Shin Splints: The intense leg pain
By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Shin splints are a type of pain you get in your shinbone – the large bone in the front of your lower leg. They often occur when you...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA’s Andrew Lewis Nat Novices Boxing C/Ships FYF’s Shemar Halley looks a promising prospect
By Sean Devers With rain pouring on the outside on a wet and cold Friday night, the action inside the National Gymnasium was anything but cold as the three-night Andrew Lewis National Novices Boxing...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cycle road race and fun day in memory of late cyclist champion Beyoncé Ross
A number of sporting events have been organised for today in memory of former national female junior cycling Champion Beyoncé Ross. Ross, 15 and a former resident of Rose Hall Town, died a year ago...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Death visits Mrs. Doobay – She welcomed her visitor with refreshments; He beat her to death with a hammer
By Michael Jordan The van with the two alleged killers exited the police station. I followed at a discreet distance. Eventually, the police van stopped in Stone Avenue, Campbellville. The cops,...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CASA 2019 will be a close one says GSA’s President David Fernandes
A confident Guyana team will depart these shores on July 12 for this year’s Caribbean Squash Champions in Trinidad where they will hope to recapture the glory years when they captured 12...Jul 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Making a difference: the example of António Guterres
By Sir Ronald Sanders In his three and a half years as Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres has proved himself sensitive and alert to the difficulties confronting Caribbean...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 13, 2026
SOUTHAMPTON, England – West Indies Women will begin their quest for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory on Saturday when they take on defending champions New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in...Jun 13, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...Jun 07, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...Jun 13, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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