August 2019

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Nand Persaud Karibee Racing Stable Golden Blue Echo runs away with feature event Touch Down wins two events

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Karibee Racing Stable Golden Blue Echo runs away with feature event Touch Down wins two events

The Nand Persaud Karibee Racing Stables took full advance of home conditions to be crowned champion stable when the Nand Persaud Group Of Companies held it Sprint Classic horserace meet. The event...

Players take Champion of Champions dominoes title

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Players take Champion of Champions dominoes title

It was deemed Champion of Champions due to the fact that it involved the some of the top teams, and it did live up to expectations as the fans were given much to cheer about especially in the final....

PK United FC and Sebai Invincible Talons FC accumulate full points over the weekend

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on PK United FC and Sebai Invincible Talons FC accumulate full points over the weekend

Matarkai’s maiden annual Indigenous Heritage Football games playoffs got underway over the weekend at Fitzburg Recreational ground, Port Kaituma as 2017 National Indigenous Heritage Football...

NEE/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal tourney Fixtures decided for tomorrow’s semifinal showdown

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NEE/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal tourney Fixtures decided for tomorrow’s semifinal showdown

The remaining four teams in the sixth annual New Era Entertainment (NEE) futsal tournament will clash tomorrow night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court which will stage the semifinals of...

Force to assist Divisional Commander who lost home in fire

Aug 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Force to assist Divisional Commander who lost home in fire

An early morning fire on Saturday last destroyed three cars and the home of Commander of ‘G’ Division, Essequibo Coast and Islands, Crystal Robinson. Her colleagues from the Guyana Police Force...

Hero CPL announces 10CRIC as Official betting partner for the 2019 tournament

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL announces 10CRIC as Official betting partner for the 2019 tournament

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and 10CRIC have agreed a partnership for the 2019 tournament, with 10CRIC, the home of the ultimate cricket betting experience, to be the global Official...

Guyana Rush Saints/RFA Annual Pre-Heritage Snr. football tourney reach semis

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Rush Saints/RFA Annual Pre-Heritage Snr. football tourney reach semis

The Annual Pre-Heritage senior male and female tournament sponsored by Guyana Rush Saints Football Club kicked off on the 26th of July to be completed on the 17th of August, at the St Ignatius Sports...

Just another day…

Aug 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Just another day…

This happened on the Railway Embankment near Ogle, on Sunday afternoon. Reportedly, no one was seriously injured. (Ganesh Mahipaul photo)

GCOS acquires Hero Honda motorcycle for fundraiser raffle

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCOS acquires Hero Honda motorcycle for fundraiser raffle

The Guyana Committee of Service’s (GCOS) whose mandate is to support sportsmen and sportswomen along with the performing arts have acquired the last prize remaining for the annual fund raising...

Global Fund holds meeting to select sub-recipients for malaria and TB programmes

Aug 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Global Fund holds meeting to select sub-recipients for malaria and TB programmes

While its selections have not yet been made public, this past week the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism held an extraordinary. The meeting on Friday was presided over by Education Minister,...

Jeffrey Epstein – Dead men don’t talk

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jeffrey Epstein – Dead men don’t talk

The unimaginable occurred in a prison cell over in the United States. It was so obvious that it just could not happen by some peculiar confluence of circumstances. Well, it did. The odds were...

Commander ‘A’ Div 5-a-side F/ball Tourney East Ruimveldt (Boys), Mocha (Girls) take titles

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Commander ‘A’ Div 5-a-side F/ball Tourney East Ruimveldt (Boys), Mocha (Girls) take titles

The Commander ‘A’ Division of the Guyana Police Force five-a-side Football Tournament for Youth Groups in the division began on July 15 at the National Gymnasium but due to a power outage the...

Dead meat, Charrandass and deconstructing “betrayal”

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dead meat, Charrandass and deconstructing “betrayal”

I start this opinion piece by asserting most intellectually and emotionally, I agree with the action of Charrandass Persaud, when On December 21, 2018, he voted yes in a no-confidence vote (NCV). I...

Guyana for CAREBACO 2019 Badminton Championships in Barbados

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana for CAREBACO 2019 Badminton Championships in Barbados

The Guyana Top Senior & Junior Badminton Players will be taking part in the Caribbean International Badminton Championships to be held at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Barbados August...

The PNC is trying to avoid the inevitable

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC is trying to avoid the inevitable

DEAR EDITOR, December 21st 2018 was D-Day for the Granger regime. It was the day that a successful no-confidence was passed and the government fell. Eight months have gone by since, but the...

It is premature for our nation’s current leadership to pursue closure of estates

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is premature for our nation’s current leadership to pursue closure of estates

DEAR EDITOR, The recent letter by Dr. Ramsammy of the PPP on the plight of sections of the economy that have been negatively impacted by the closure of several sugar estates, makes many doubt if the...

What setbacks are likely to befall forward thrust into the new future?

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What setbacks are likely to befall forward thrust into the new future?

DEAR EDITOR, Perhaps I am behind the eight ball, but is there or was there any comment or series of comments on views, scenarios, effects, population impact, currency, geopolitical changes,...

The current political impasse

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The current political impasse

DEAR EDITOR, The current political impasse in Guyana must, perforce, drive one to the realms of speculation – of past and present events – even into the immediate future. Under the PPP/C...

The sanctity of the PSA will be maintained – the power of “paypa”

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sanctity of the PSA will be maintained – the power of “paypa”

DEAR EDITOR, An article appearing in KN on August 9th, captioned – “President Granger, energy department sending mixed signals on review of Exxon deal for Stabroek block”, is somewhat...

The way forward is claims and objections; house to house is reinventing the wheel

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The way forward is claims and objections; house to house is reinventing the wheel

DEAR EDITOR, I submitted a letter published on August 8th, to which I referred to GHK Lall’s DemWaves speaking to the house to house issue. I previously submitted a letter published July 23rd...

It’s unlikely that Gecom can produce a list fully representative of the voting population

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s unlikely that Gecom can produce a list fully representative of the voting population

DEAR EDITOR, I am already registered and voted at the last Elections. As part of that registration, I was issued a National ID Card. Gecom staff arrived at my home on August 11 for re-registration. I...

Why are we afraid to speak out against dictatorship now?

Aug 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are we afraid to speak out against dictatorship now?

DEAR EDITOR, On the 10th of November 2014, the then president of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, activated section 70(1) of the Constitution of Guyana and legally prorogued parliament. Despite the legality...

Loophole gives Exxon recovery costs for any environmental disaster

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Loophole gives Exxon recovery costs for any environmental disaster

By Kiana Wilburg How will the costs of environmental damage offshore Guyana be treated? Will it be a deductible expense for the operators under all circumstances? Based on a perusal of the Stabroek...

Venezuela’s aggression did not deter us, Int’l law favours Guyana’s position – Ratio Petroleum Co-Founder, Geologist

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s aggression did not deter us, Int’l law favours Guyana’s position – Ratio Petroleum Co-Founder, Geologist

By Kiana Wilburg When Israeli based Ratio Petroleum took the decision to apply for the Kaieteur Block licence in 2012, it was unaware of any impending claims by Venezuela on Guyana’s territorial...

‘Careless’ city commuters create opportunity to get robbed – Ramjattan

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Careless’ city commuters create opportunity to get robbed – Ramjattan

“Guyanese like fuh walk with cash. They don’t like to walk with plastic or cheques. That is why the opportunity is there. Some of them are very careless, so they get robbed.” That is the...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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