October 2019

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Breeders Cup fundraising event runs off this Sunday

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Breeders Cup fundraising event runs off this Sunday

The eagerly anticipated Breeders’ Cup fundraising horse race event will speed off this Sunday at the Bush Lot United Turf Club, West Coast Berbice. What is anticipated to be an action packed day...

BCB/Shimron Hetmyer 2019 Intermediate Tourney Arch rivals Rose Hall Town Pepsi and Albion to clash for title

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Shimron Hetmyer 2019 Intermediate Tourney Arch rivals Rose Hall Town Pepsi and Albion to clash for title

The two decades of rivarly between Berbice’ two strongest cricket clubs would continue on Saturday when archrivals Albion and Rose Hall Town Pepsi battles it out for championship honours in the...

Caricom joins fight to keep youths out of jail

Oct 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom joins fight to keep youths out of jail

Several At Risk Youth in Suriname, the first of three Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of ACP States, will benefit from capacity building in animation and digital media at a training workshop which runs...

Granger, PNC woke up in Linden, with empty promises, begged for another chance

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger, PNC woke up in Linden, with empty promises, begged for another chance

DEAR EDITOR, Almost five years past, five budgets presented, more than one trillion dollars squandered, David Granger and his clueless Cabinet and other big officials jetted around the world many...

Mocha Access Roads to be Fixed Soon

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mocha Access Roads to be Fixed Soon

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has noted the concerns of residents in Mocha, East Bank Demerara, with regard to the holes in the access road as was published in a letter by...

And they are off!

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on And they are off!

DEAR EDITOR, The much-anticipated announcement of the date for national and regional elections, occasioned by the passing of the December 21, 2018 No Confidence Vote, has been made. Now the long...

“Unmatched” response to Robin Singh

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Unmatched” response to Robin Singh

DEAR EDITOR, I respond to Robin Singh’s letter about President David Granger (Kaieteur News 7/10/2019) “This level of ‘unbothered’ by a President is unmatched”). I would...

Obstruction of Pedestrian Signals at Busy Intersection

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Obstruction of Pedestrian Signals at Busy Intersection

DEAR EDITOR, I recently stood at the intersection of Regent and Camp streets waiting to cross the road. I was facing east, looking at the light placed outside the City Mall and it didn’t take long...

Third parties cannot be trusted

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Third parties cannot be trusted

DEAR EDITOR, The Alliance For Change has once again embarked on a journey of lies and deceit since Election is once again in the air. We must recall that during the Local Government Elections...

Illegality of the broadcast authority

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Illegality of the broadcast authority

DEAR EDITOR, Yesterday, 8th October, I read in the local newspapers that the PPP radio, and TV stations challenge the legality of the broadcast authority board. I again have to remind the public, the...

SHUMAN SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on SHUMAN SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE

DEAR EDITOR, After several months of wrangling including court battles about the next election date, President David Granger has set March 2 as polling date. Of course this timeline is far off for...

Not only inside the GPHC

Oct 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not only inside the GPHC

DEAR EDITOR, Recent news reports highlighted security enhancements at the GPHC to combat the thievery that has become almost normal within that institutional complex. That much was suspected, but now...

Guyana’s oil could be finished in less than 40 years –T&T Geologist

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil could be finished in less than 40 years –T&T Geologist

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s offshore basin holds over six billion barrels of oil. This impressive find which follows from extensive exploratory work by ExxonMobil is expected to place the nation...

Bank of Guyana probes sudden rise of US dollar – cash available at banks at $216- Governor

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana probes sudden rise of US dollar – cash available at banks at $216- Governor

– more than US$6M in currency plugged into banks for year Bank of Guyana has started a probe to determine the reasons of the US currency reaching over $230 over the weekend. Yesterday, Bank of...

US Bankruptcy court approves restructuring for Bristow

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US Bankruptcy court approves restructuring for Bristow

Houston-based Bristow Group Inc. yesterday announced that on Friday, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas confirmed the company’s amended Plan of Reorganization and...

Linden gang killings spill over to Georgetown – police issue wanted bulletins for several

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden gang killings spill over to Georgetown – police issue wanted bulletins for several

From all accounts it appears as if the Linden gang wars and killings are spilling over into the city of Georgetown. Commander of ‘A’ Division, Assistant Commissioner, Marlon Chapman, yesterday...

Mother of four shot in back while sleeping at home

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of four shot in back while sleeping at home

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident of 24-year-old Alecia Henry at her Front Road, West La Penitence, Georgetown home early yesterday morning. The woman was...

Weeping man to serve 21 years in jail for fatally beating bedridden mom

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Weeping man to serve 21 years in jail for fatally beating bedridden mom

Confessing his undying love for his 76-year-old mother, Cecelia Madray, Terrence Madray was yesterday sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment after he admitted to beating the elderly woman to death...

Worker who got ‘cold feet’ caught returning stolen amplifier

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Worker who got ‘cold feet’ caught returning stolen amplifier

A 29-year-old porter was yesterday given community service after he pleaded guilty to a charge of simple larceny in which he stole an article from his employer’s store. It was alleged that the...

Agri-Ministry pushes for healthy living through GRAIN-H

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Agri-Ministry pushes for healthy living through GRAIN-H

The Ministry of Agriculture, through its recently launched Guyana Re-aligning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health (GRAIN-H) programme, continues its objective to promote healthy living...

Jealous man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to hacking wife to death

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jealous man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to hacking wife to death

A 44-year-old man has been further remanded to prison where he is now awaiting sentencing for manslaughter. The man, Athlone Pitt, called ‘Buddy’ confessed to Justice Jo Ann Barlow yesterday that...

In the interest of justice

Oct 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In the interest of justice

There is a worrying trend in our High Court over the past few years. A number of persons charged with murder have been pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, thereby avoiding a more...

Pope Francis opens divisive debate on preserving the Amazon

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pope Francis opens divisive debate on preserving the Amazon

Pope Francis is hosting a three-week meeting of bishops from nine countries of the Amazon region to vote on new measures on topics ranging from environmental protection to ordaining married men. The...

DPP advice sought on tearing down of president’s photo at NDC

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DPP advice sought on tearing down of president’s photo at NDC

A file was prepared and has since been dispatched to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on the matter involving the 52/74 NDC Chairman, Anil Ramgahan. Ramgahan is...

Man, who hide gun from police in crotch, awaiting sentence

Oct 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man, who hide gun from police in crotch, awaiting sentence

Twenty-eight-year-old Kevin Bruce who was found with a gun in his pants crotch at a police station was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in court to answer to a possession of an...

PREV 44 454647 48 NEXT LAST

Taharally snatches gold, Joseph silver and Abrigo bronze & two...

Sep 23, 2026

– Golden Arrowhead girls’ power on display at Fesupo in Chile (Kaieteur News) – Despite the chilly conditions here in Santiago, Chile, three of Guyana’s four female lifters at the 2026...

What is Love?

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – High in the Himalayas, I asked the Guru a question that seemed simple enough. “Guruji, what is love?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a question that most people answer every day without understanding.” I laughed. “Then tell me. What is love?”...

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...

Visa review – political hand, where I stand

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Mohameds have come out with eyes blazing. It’s all they have in their arsenal. But it’s good enough for the job before them. They see, they fear, a political hand in the sudden “visa review” by the U.S. State Department of that stamp held by Guyana’s Justice...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]