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UWI indoor hockey tourney… Supernova finish third

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on UWI indoor hockey tourney… Supernova finish third

Yesterday, in their semi-final against group B winners, Trinidad and Tobago Police Force (TTPF), the match was played at the T&T’s Sports and Physical Education Centre (SPEC) hockey facility,...

2019 BCB/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 Tournament bowls off in fine style

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 BCB/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 Tournament bowls off in fine style

The 2019 Ramnaresh Sarwan/Fitness 53 Gym Under-17 Tournament continued in Berbice over the last two weeks with several outstanding performances as players strive to impress the Berbice Selectors. The...

Mohamed, Payne lead Everest CC to 223-run win over GNIC

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed, Payne lead Everest CC to 223-run win over GNIC

A fine all-round performance by Saheed Mohamed coupled by a five-wicket haul from Raylex Payne handed Everest Cricket Club a mammoth 223-run win over GNIC SC when the Georgetown Cricket Association...

The APNU+AFC leaders didn’t know why they were elected

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The APNU+AFC leaders didn’t know why they were elected

Those who read this column section of the Kaieteur News would know that as early as 2015 after the Coalition won the general elections, I pointed to early warning signs. The one that I carped on...

Remembering Neil Bovell: The terror of Stanleytown

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering Neil Bovell: The terror of Stanleytown

Travel through Inner Stanleytown, on the West Bank of Demerara, and you’ll observe the canefields, the canals and the thick vegetation. It may then dawn on you that this area would be a good hiding...

The Millenial Perspective…Race and the myth of Colour-blindness

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The Millenial Perspective…Race and the myth of Colour-blindness

By Kemol King When The Policy Desk held its inaugural session on January 5, their intention was to give young people a platform to bring the youth’s most pressing issues to the helm, so that...

Education Ministry maps improvement plan for 2019

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry maps improvement plan for 2019

The Ministry of Education last week met with officials to review the performance of the Education Ministry in 2018 and to project and improve moving ahead in 2019. The areas reviewed were the Unit of...

Outliers Zone aims to help employees end pay cheque to pay cheque cycle

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Outliers Zone aims to help employees end pay cheque to pay cheque cycle

Building generational wealth is the mission of Outliers Zone, a new financial wellness project launched by young entrepreneur Athalyah Yisrael. The 30-year-old has been pushing the project as part of...

Transportation boost for Rukumuta and Tiperu

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Transportation boost for Rukumuta and Tiperu

The Rukumuta and Tiperu villages in the Karasabai sub-District, Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) now have an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to aid the day-to-day operations of the Village Councils...

Muslim scholar, sacked teacher could be tried soon for rape, sexual activity

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim scholar, sacked teacher could be tried soon for rape, sexual activity

There have been numerous calls for justice by the relatives of the nine boys who were allegedly raped by Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali. It appears that those appeals might be realized as Ali is listed to...

Sixth STEM conference held for students

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sixth STEM conference held for students

The sixth annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) conference, hosted by the Volunteer Youth Corps Inc. (VYC) in collaboration with ExxonMobil saw a turnout of well over 400...

Aspiring Photographer and Graphic Designer, Ken Bacchus

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring Photographer and Graphic Designer, Ken Bacchus

By Kemol King Many have lamented that the support network for young creatives seeking to build a career off their talents in Guyana, is almost non-existent. However, the most determined of that group...

Hearing impaired plumber elated over employment

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hearing impaired plumber elated over employment

I was very excited to work because being at home not doing anything was very difficult as I became bored and just wanted to work so as to earn my own money,” says 21-year-old Julian Sarjoo who was...

Country’s first-ever Cutter Suction Dredge improving drainage in West Berbice

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Country’s first-ever Cutter Suction Dredge improving drainage in West Berbice

The state-of-the-art Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD), recently acquired by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) for making coastal drainage channels more effective, has made a successful...

National environmental data system to launch soon – EPA Chairman

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National environmental data system to launch soon – EPA Chairman

A major networking project is underway enable organizations to share environmental information, says Dr. Patrick Williams, Chairman of the Board at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The data...

Guyanese entrepreneur to host show featuring influential women in business

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese entrepreneur to host show featuring influential women in business

A new show, which highlights the achievements of the Region’s leading women in business is set to premiere on all major television networks throughout the Caribbean. The show’s host, Guyanese...

Biker dead after crashing into pole

Jan 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Biker dead after crashing into pole

Berbice recorded its first road fatality this year after a 21-year-old biker crashed into a utility pole in New Amsterdam yesterday. Dead is Colin Troy Thomas, a construction worker of Lot 51...

The envelopes are being prepared

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The envelopes are being prepared

A new political party has been launched. It is expected to impact on the Amerindian vote, even though it has not described itself as an ethnic party. The formation of the new party is expected to...

All Jagdeo and his PPP party care about is votes from the sugar belt region

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on All Jagdeo and his PPP party care about is votes from the sugar belt region

Dear Editor, In 2009, President Jagdeo commissioned a US$200 Million (GY$40 Billion) new sugar factory, located at Skeldon, Berbice. This new sugar factory was commissioned when The European Union...

A youth organization has become a target for politicians

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on A youth organization has become a target for politicians

Dear Editor, Generally, I tend to ignore Robin Singh’s increasingly transparent fifth columnist efforts in service to the PPP. When it was that I exposed and thwarted his insidious attempt to bait...

Trotman expects character assassination in this silly season

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trotman expects character assassination in this silly season

Dear Editor, Almost predictably, and almost three weeks to the date after the infamy of events surrounding the No Confidence Motion in the National Assembly, a seemingly random media story has...

Selecting the PPPC Presidential candidate is not a democratic process

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Selecting the PPPC Presidential candidate is not a democratic process

Dear Guyana, The talk of the town is now, who will be the PPP/C presidential candidate. What should be more important to the people of Guyana is HOW the PPP/C’s presidential candidate will be...

A disappointing forum

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A disappointing forum

Dear Editor, I would like to express my disappointment with the manner in which young people were treated at the Oil and Gas Forum conducted by the Department of Youth at the Umana Yana on 12th...

Questionable qualifications, questionable character

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questionable qualifications, questionable character

Dear Editor, It is rather distressing that an aspiring presidential candidate is discovered to have submitted questionable qualifications. Why was this not discovered before? Why was this not pointed...

A medical issue

Jan 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A medical issue

Dear Editor, I have a little issue with the hospital that is linked with public hospital. My niece was to do a heart surgery because after a few tests they told her she had to do a surgery for her...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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