November 2019

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Port Kaituma suffers one month in darkness

Nov 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma suffers one month in darkness

Residents of Port Kaituma, Region One, North West District (NWD) are a bit concerned with the length of time taken by the Guyana power and Light Corporation (GPL) to restore electricity. A mechanic...

US-based Guyanese cops Thomas Edison Patent award for tree planting invention

Nov 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese cops Thomas Edison Patent award for tree planting invention

New Jersey –based, Chystroff Camacho has been making headlines in the news for his award -winning invention –an aerial reforestation device. The device uses drone technology to survey and...

Trophy stall hands over prizes for UCCA, Trophy Stall U19 Club 50 overs cricket

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy stall hands over prizes for UCCA, Trophy Stall U19 Club 50 overs cricket

Second round set for this weekend Second round matches in the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association and the Trophy Stall Inter Club U19 50 over cricket competition set for this weekend weather...

Ready or not, here it comes

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Ready or not, here it comes

By Leonard Gildarie It is a known fact that over 80 percent of Guyana’s lands are forested. Largely intact. Logging is not what accounts for the larger portion of our deforestation…rather, it is...

Man stabs woman several times after argument

Nov 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabs woman several times after argument

A 21-year-old mother of two is now hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Hospital after her children’s father dealt her several stabs to various parts on her body. The injured woman has been identified...

Trophy Stall Champion of Champions softball on today at GNIC SC

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Champion of Champions softball on today at GNIC SC

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc has teamed up with Trophy Stall for the staging of the Champion of Champions T20 Over-45 softball cricket competition which will be held today at...

The case of the murdered midwife

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on The case of the murdered midwife

By Michael Jordan On the night of Thursday, October 25, 2018, Paulette Wade’s six-year-old daughter awoke to find the family’s Kwakwani Park, Region Ten home in darkness. Lying next to her...

Softball Cricket fixed for Parika today

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball Cricket fixed for Parika today

Visionary Youth Club of Parika East Bank Essequibo will be organising A one day Five – 5 Softball Cricket competition. The event is scheduled for today November 24, at the Look Out Community...

Physiotherapy: The healthy alternative to pain and disability management

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Physiotherapy: The healthy alternative to pain and disability management

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Sometimes, using medication is not the real answer to persons affected by disability or pain. It is often difficult to convince patients...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There seems no end to the stupidity on the roads. There have been the accidents and there will be another in the coming days. Speed will once contribute and commonsense will be thrown through the...

The Desert Red Bat (Lasiurus blossevillii),

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on The Desert Red Bat (Lasiurus blossevillii),

The desert red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii), also known as the western red bat, is one of many species of bats. This particular one is from the Vespertilionidae family, which is the largest bat...

Farfan and Mendes Junior Skill Level Squash concludes today

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farfan and Mendes Junior Skill Level Squash concludes today

Play in the Farfan and Mendes Junior Skill Level Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Camp Street will conclude today with the finals in the various categories. However, in the third night of...

50 EMTs undergo intense training to help advance EMS in Guyana

Nov 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 50 EMTs undergo intense training to help advance EMS in Guyana

A total of 50 Emergency Medical Technicians [EMTs] were recently certified as Pre-Hospital Trauma and Life support (PHTLS) providers by faculty from the Vanderbilt Medical Center. This training...

Brian Tiwari birthday tournament continues today at Den Amstel

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brian Tiwari birthday tournament continues today at Den Amstel

Action in the Brian Tiwari birth anniversary 9-a-side Inter-Ward football Tournament will continue today at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground starting 4:00pm. The tournament, which has been...

Berbice Volleyball Association name teams for Balram Shane competition today

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball Association name teams for Balram Shane competition today

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) has named the teams that will be participating in the Annual Balram Shane Inter Club volleyball competition set for today at the Albion Community Center hard...

592 Beer inter-Village football continues

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 592 Beer inter-Village football continues

Paradise dismantled Victoria 3-1, while Ann’s Grove edged Melanie when the inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’ continued on Friday at the Golden Grove Community Center ground....

“I was not bullied” – say Ramjattan on accepting 70/30 role in coalition

Nov 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I was not bullied” – say Ramjattan on accepting 70/30 role in coalition

By Shikema Dey After weeks of back and forth, the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have finally reached an agreement signaling a new Cummingsburg Accord. This...

Double standards in the OAS

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Double standards in the OAS

By Sir Ronald Sanders Double standards have become the new system in the Organization of American States (OAS). This unwholesome development does not portend well for the future of the Organization,...

Kaieteur News Cartoon Nov. 24 2019

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Nov. 24 2019

Government is erasing Central High School’s history

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government is erasing Central High School’s history

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Education, is erasing the history, legacy and great achievements of the Central High School. To me, this is unpardonable. Though CHS has...

Bullying and violence in our schools

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bullying and violence in our schools

Dear Editor, I write with great concern about the recent incidents of violent bullying in our schools. My concern is the outcomes of these investigations. In the case of the Muslim student from...

A travesty that Govt. buys exercise books overseas when locals can do the Job

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A travesty that Govt. buys exercise books overseas when locals can do the Job

Dear Editor, It is quite disappointing to read that again the Government and Ministry of Education is sourcing exercise books from Trinidad when the Kaieteur News (KN) and other local companies can...

We are a disgrace and a disappointment to our ancestors with our passivity

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are a disgrace and a disappointment to our ancestors with our passivity

Dear Editor, On Tuesday afternoon, November 12, I visited Republic Bank Diamond Branch to do a transaction. The Bank had informed its customers of its intention to improve services. Something went...

At a time when the country needs to heal, P.P.P/C and APNU are offering tribalism, conflict and division

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on At a time when the country needs to heal, P.P.P/C and APNU are offering tribalism, conflict and division

Dear Editor The choices on offer in this upcoming general election, whenever it comes, are utterly dispiriting. At a time when the country needs to heal and come together, the main players –...

Jagdeo does not seem to see the workers of Troy deserving of similar respect as those at GuySuCo

Nov 24, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo does not seem to see the workers of Troy deserving of similar respect as those at GuySuCo

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent article, “Jagdeo slams gov’t treatment of Troy Resources” (Nov 23rd), which addresses issues surrounding the company’s decision to terminate 300 plus workers...

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Jun 01, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – West Ruimveldt Primary, a consistent face in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, overcame their final-round jitters from...

Absenteeism at School

Jun 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to school. The blame is rightly placed on the parents, but for the wrong reasons. It...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Get something right, please

Jun 01, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, it was a sacred emblem, the National Flag during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations, which showed its opposition to being pushed around and treated like a yoyo. From there things went from a national embarrassment to a national...

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