August 22, 2019

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Limacol football tournament set for launch today

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol football tournament set for launch today

The 2019 Limacol football tournament is set to be launched today at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue. The event will follow the same round-robin knockout format with 12...

Hero CPL and BTMI announce prize of a lifetime

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL and BTMI announce prize of a lifetime

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) have teamed up to give lucky cricket fans the prize of a lifetime. Not only will they win a dream trip to the...

Glasgow and Samaroo cop top awards as Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Cricket Academy concludes

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Glasgow and Samaroo cop top awards as Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Cricket Academy concludes

The curtains came down on the 2nd Annual Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Cricket Academy during a Presentation Ceremony at the No. 63 Beach, Upper Corentyne. The seventy students of the Academy and the Coaching...

11 army officers to study engineering in China

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 11 army officers to study engineering in China

President David Granger yesterday afternoon at the Ministry of the Presidency, met 11 scholarship awardees of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who will soon travel to the People’s Republic of...

Old Age Pension to be deposited in banks from 2020 – Social Protection Minister

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Old Age Pension to be deposited in banks from 2020 – Social Protection Minister

Elderly citizens can expect that in 2020, Government will start depositing their pensions into their bank accounts. According to Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, “We want the best for our...

Mix Up win GDA fund raising tourney -Wiltshire mid year tourney starts on Sunday

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mix Up win GDA fund raising tourney -Wiltshire mid year tourney starts on Sunday

Mix Up chalked up 54 games to win the final of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) four-game fund raising tournament which culminated recently at Turning Point. Led by Rawl Peters and Mark...

Christmas in August

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Christmas in August

It is raining goodies. It is Christmas in August. Elections are in the air. You know that for sure when governments begin to offer all manner of things which they were not offering in the previous...

Angostura Lemon Lime and Bitters joins CPL as official refreshment partner

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Angostura Lemon Lime and Bitters joins CPL as official refreshment partner

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 welcomes Angostura® Lemon Lime & Bitters as the Refreshment Partner for the 2019 tournament. Drinks breaks will be named LLB breaks, and the brand...

BCB President visits Blairmont Community Centre and Young Warriors Cricket Club – makes donations to both clubs

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB President visits Blairmont Community Centre and Young Warriors Cricket Club – makes donations to both clubs

“On every one of my visits to the seven clubs and one sub-association, I have met, held discussion with the dedicated bunch of administrators and a passionate group of members, who are committed to...

David Hinds and I in Buxton

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Hinds and I in Buxton

I was travelling in David Hinds’ car on our return from a private function (see my column of Monday, July 22, 2019, captioned “David Hinds and I turned a white shade of pale last Saturday”) up...

The small man is the real man

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The small man is the real man

DEAR EDITOR, Now the Ministers, the opposition party and others, will remember the value of the everyday man, either to put them back in power or to get them elected. The rich, the powerful...

The East Bank Demerara carriageway

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The East Bank Demerara carriageway

The East Bank Demerara carriageway for sheer volume has to be unmatched; particularly from Grove to Georgetown and back. It is a daily ordeal for the assembly lines of residents, workers, and...

All eyes are on GECOM’s Chairperson and those Commissioners

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on All eyes are on GECOM’s Chairperson and those Commissioners

DEAR EDITOR, The declaration from Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe that elections will be held this year, sometime in December, according to “information from the President” – as reported by...

BCB launches 2nd Annual Cricket Balls Project – seeks assistance from Friends of Berbice Cricket

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches 2nd Annual Cricket Balls Project – seeks assistance from Friends of Berbice Cricket

Guyana most vibrant and progressive Cricket Board, the Berbice Cricket Board last week launched its second Annual Cricket Balls Project. Last year, the Berbice Cricket Board with the support of some...

Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

DEAR EDITOR, Many of my fellow Guyanese think that now that oil is found and would be welled in Guyana, we would be a rich nation. On the other hand, there are many of us who would say, ‘Ask the...

We can work together on building a better Guyana

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can work together on building a better Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, President David Granger was effusive in praise of the GDF, GPF and People’s Militia joint exercise ‘Operation Greenheart’ noting that the Force is in an even better position to...

Every vote is a golden one during the 2019 general elections

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every vote is a golden one during the 2019 general elections

DEAR EDITOR, Are votes during the Guyana General Elections in 2019 as Golden as I think they are or should be? I understand that the Chief Justice in a recent ruling states that the current...

Sports activity important for our children

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sports activity important for our children

DEAR EDITOR, As our August holidays quickly come to an end and parents are getting set preparing for the re-opening of school, I want to remind parents of the importance of sport in our children’s...

Let us allow sports to be sports

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us allow sports to be sports

DEAR EDITOR, When does it end with persons using sports arenas to protest? In a democratic society, I do support freedom of speech and a right to protest, but there is a time and place for...

We need the relevant authorities to help us out of this mess

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need the relevant authorities to help us out of this mess

DEAR EDITOR, I am a resident of Continental Park, Plantation Peters Hall on the East Bank of Demerara, who would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all of the residents of the area to vent...

Why would Mr. Granger not bow out of the race in the interest of his own health?

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why would Mr. Granger not bow out of the race in the interest of his own health?

DEAR EDITOR, I’m quite appalled to witness the gross level of selfishness displayed by Mr. Granger to remain the presidential candidate to contest the upcoming general and regional election....

There is a slim chance to change Guyana for the better

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a slim chance to change Guyana for the better

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, David Granger of the APNU+AFC has come in for a barrage of criticism for not upholding the Guyana Constitution (and rightly so). It is deemed that he is taking “guidance”...

Frederick Kissoon’s anti-coalition utterances should not be ignored or go unchallenged

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frederick Kissoon’s anti-coalition utterances should not be ignored or go unchallenged

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s July 31, 2019 column captioned, “Forms of Degeneracy after 2015 that killed Guyana’s future” demonstrated his obsession with the WPA, and his aversion to...

The true test of development and progress resides in the policies and programmes in place to help the poor and the needy

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The true test of development and progress resides in the policies and programmes in place to help the poor and the needy

DEAR EDITOR, As the country prepares to draw down on its oil revenues early next year, there are heightened expectations that the oil revenues will catapult the economy to higher levels of...

Our politicians should have taken some basic lessons on developmental concepts

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our politicians should have taken some basic lessons on developmental concepts

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to your news reports, editorials, and Peeping Tom on royalty. Our politicians need to understand the concept of royalty fee. Royalty in economics is a term used for...

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Need for Speed Karting Championship Shifted to Thomas Lands

Jun 07, 2026

Georgetown, Guyana – Organizers of the Need for Speed Karting Championship have announced a change of venue for the opening round of the competition, which was originally scheduled to be held at...

A compromise is possible but not likely

Jun 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Back in 2009, legislation was passed by the then PPP/C government giving former presidents a wide range of benefits and facilities. These included security, vehicles, staff, utilities, medical expenses and other support, many of which were not subject to clear limits. Critics...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

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...

The shell presidency

Jun 07, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – What’s up, doc? Yeah, that’s the sad reflection of the state of the Guyana presidency. Dwindled to a cartoon. If it’s not shoveling snow, it’s shoveling that other four-letter word that stinks up the environment. The great office of...

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