October 2019

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BCB/New York Business Group U19 T20 Brilliant Anderson spearheads RHT Pepsi to championship trophy

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/New York Business Group U19 T20 Brilliant Anderson spearheads RHT Pepsi to championship trophy

One day after surrendering their 50 overs title to Albion, the Rose Hall Town Pepsi Under-19 team bounced back to capture the T20 version of the BCB/New York U19 tournament. Strengthened by the...

A war on racism

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A war on racism

“Wage war on racists” was the ringing call in the field of football, as uttered by the president of UEFA. That war demands many sacrifices—costly, lengthy, hostile and demands still...

I am also Guyanese

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am also Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, There has been a minor exchange over the major issue of identity in another newspaper between Ms. Ryhann Shah and Mr. John Mair. Mr. Mair, as some Guyanese often do, sought to silence...

A ticking time bomb

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A ticking time bomb

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s Forest is no doubt under serious threat of massive exploitation due to reported poor and compromising monitoring. Over the last few weeks, a number of stakeholders have voice...

The psychology of greed

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The psychology of greed

DEAR EDITOR, “Greed or avarice, cupidity or covetousness is the excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, not for the greater good, but one’s own selfish interest, and at the...

Fair, balanced, media coverage to all parties

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fair, balanced, media coverage to all parties

DEAR EDITOR, Messrs Sherwood Lowe and Earl Hamilton, supporters of the coalition government, in another newspaper, are advocating for equal access to the political parties in the private media. That...

Evidence and facts are the preferred choices of the electorate

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Evidence and facts are the preferred choices of the electorate

DEAR EDITOR, The revelation by former Army Chief-of-Staff Gary Best that there was only anecdotal evidence of Roger Khan’s involvement in criminal activity is a shocker. The PNC, of which Mr....

Please drive carefully

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please drive carefully

DEAR EDITOR, The terrible road accident at Friendship, East Bank Demerara that claimed the precious lives of those five people on the 15th October, is indeed very sad. After viewing the surveillance...

Brigadier Phillips has maintained an untainted character

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brigadier Phillips has maintained an untainted character

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me a few column inches in your newspaper to respond to unsubstantiated and fallacious claims by PNC/R executive Rear Admiral Gary Best, who, out of sheer desperation,...

Cyril Belgrave, an honest politician

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cyril Belgrave, an honest politician

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to briefly reflect on the life of a man I considered to be a decent and honest politician. A few days ago, when news of Former Member of Parliament, Cyril Belgrave...

Free and quality education is a better option than cash transfers

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Free and quality education is a better option than cash transfers

DEAR EDITOR, Two favourite campaign promises are already being bandied about: free education and cash transfers. The former is borne of a desire to fundamentally change our society and future. The...

Foreign oil service company threatens local worker – Trade Unionist – same company has been protested several times in T&T

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign oil service company threatens local worker – Trade Unionist – same company has been protested several times in T&T

President of the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC), Lincoln Lewis, has revealed that an oil service company, JSL International, has a bad reputation with workers in Trinidad and Tobago. It appears...

Guyana should join OECD convention to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by oil companies – academic paper

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should join OECD convention to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by oil companies – academic paper

By Kemol King An academic paper has revealed a recommendation by Chartered Professional Accountant Tameshwar Lilmohan that Guyana’s tax relations with multinational oil companies will work out in...

Gold miner, bandits shootout… Police obtain Court’s permission to hold suspects another 7 days

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner, bandits shootout… Police obtain Court’s permission to hold suspects another 7 days

The suspects in last week’s shocking robbery attack in Da Silva Street, which left gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll, dead, will be held in custody for another seven days. Investigators have...

Canje man dead as car capsizes in Demerara River

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Canje man dead as car capsizes in Demerara River

A car capsized into the Demerara River around 04:30 hours yesterday morning at the Timehri Docks, resulting in the death of Umdut Anil Jagnit, aged 39 of Lot 5 Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice who...

Drunk carpenter steals ring and chain, sells them while sober – Court hears

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk carpenter steals ring and chain, sells them while sober – Court hears

“Your worship, when I steal the things from the woman house I was drunk… but the day after when I get sober and I open my bag I noticed the ring and the chain so I sell dem out,” were the words...

Body of man found in trench with plastic bag over head

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body of man found in trench with plastic bag over head

The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was discovered yesterday in a trench located at First Street Patentia, West Coast Demerara (WCD). According to reports a passerby, while walking...

Touts, bicycle gangs arrested in GT sweep down

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Touts, bicycle gangs arrested in GT sweep down

Touts and members of several bicycle gangs were in for an unpleasant surprise as police swooped down on them, bundling many into trucks and a very large bus. Just recently the police without warning...

New regulations on money transfers take effect

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New regulations on money transfers take effect

The Bank of Guyana has completed new regulations which not only bring more scrutiny to electronic funds transfer services, including at commercial banks, but has set out strict guidelines how...

Teen remanded for stealing three motorcycles in one day

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen remanded for stealing three motorcycles in one day

An 18-year-old was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in court to answer to four counts of robbery under arms charges. Leon Patterson, said to be a fruit vendor of Lot 1027 ‘B’ Field...

Stupidness proppa share in Guyana

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Stupidness proppa share in Guyana

One thing is certain. People like stupidness. Dem boys was reading and talking about Guyana and de oil business fuh months if not years. Some people read and some of dem write letters either cussing...

‘Jimmy’ Hamilton, the man behind ‘Mash, dies

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Jimmy’ Hamilton, the man behind ‘Mash, dies

James ‘Jimmy’ Hamilton was not a born Lindener, but he certainly etched his way into the hearts and history of this mining town in the most spectacular way. He reportedly died over the last 24...

Fisherman killed outside his own home

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman killed outside his own home

A 19-year-old fisherman by the name of Noel Singh of lot 33 Meten- Meer – Zorg , West Coast Demerara, (WCD) was killed Sunday night in front of his own home. According to reports, Singh was out...

“For most women a lump in the breast is the first sign of cancer”- Doctor

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “For most women a lump in the breast is the first sign of cancer”- Doctor

Doctor Patricee Douglas, the founder of the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Adventures, during yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur Radio’s “Your Health Matters” said that the first sign...

25 and counting

Oct 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 25 and counting

Packed like sardines: This Route 44 minibus driver and conductor appeared not to be concerned about a breach of the insurance policy of the vehicle. Yesterday, the minibus was hauled in by police and...

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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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