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GRFU begins season with intra-squad 15s match

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU begins season with intra-squad 15s match

Rugby scrummed off at the National Park for the first time in 2020 when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) held a Georgetown intra-squad 15s match on Saturday afternoon last. The game featured...

Small parties tell the story of an insane nationality

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Small parties tell the story of an insane nationality

This country has one of the smallest populations in the world but per capita, it has the largest numbers of psychologically damaged people whose souls and minds are seriously diseased. I walk my dog...

Ambassador Lynch urges Regal cricketers to keep shining in USA

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ambassador Lynch urges Regal cricketers to keep shining in USA

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Her Excellency (HE), Sarah-Ann Lynch, had her first experience of softball cricket on Sunday at the Everest Cricket Club where she was also presented with a...

Accused in Kaieteur News grenade attack listed for trial

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in Kaieteur News grenade attack listed for trial

The three men accused of hurling a grenade at a Lexus belonging to Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall, are scheduled to go on trial at the ongoing session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes, according...

Lewison General Store 50-overs U-15 tournament

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewison General Store 50-overs U-15 tournament

Deonarain, Gaffur shine in Blairmount wins over Young Achievers and Paradise Thirteen-year-old Romeo Deonarain enjoyed a wonderful weekend at the Blairmount Estate ground in West Bank Berbice with an...

Bacchus retained as ECB President

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bacchus retained as ECB President

Fizul Bacchus retained his position of President of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) when the body held its Annual General Meeting and election on Sunday at its hostel in Anna Regina. Alvin Johnson...

Construction worker admits hitting noisy neighbour

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker admits hitting noisy neighbour

Two neighbours of D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, were crossed charged for assaulting each other. Yesterday they were hauled before a city magistrate. The incident was caused over an...

Albion defeat Port Mourant in BCB Lewison U-15 first round cricket match

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion defeat Port Mourant in BCB Lewison U-15 first round cricket match

Albion Permaul’s Trading and Distribution (APTD) U15 cricket team defeated their counterparts from Port Mourant in a game of the BCB Lewison U15 cricket competition for teams in Berbice. In the...

$$$ Multi-million maternity unit at Leonora to be operational soon

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $$$ Multi-million maternity unit at Leonora to be operational soon

― equipped to handle emergency maternity cases A well-equipped and properly staffed maternity unit at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre will be operationalised in April 2020. The current maternity unit...

Aiming to leave a lasting legacy – Head Coach Márcio Máximo

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aiming to leave a lasting legacy – Head Coach Márcio Máximo

By Franklin Wilson Head Coach of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) flagship team, the Senior Men’s National Team (SMNT), Márcio Máximo has stated that he is aiming to leave a lasting legacy as...

Successful debate in Patamona wraps up activities for IYIL

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Successful debate in Patamona wraps up activities for IYIL

Preserving all nine Indigenous languages across Guyana was undoubtedly the winner of a debate in the Patamona language recently hosted in Paramakatoi, Potaro-Siparuni, Region Eight. The debate...

Sustaining agricultural development

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sustaining agricultural development

DEAR EDITOR, The promotion of the sustainability of agriculture in Guyana is vital to the long-term economic success of the country and the well-being of its people. It should be well known that the...

3rd places for Badminton Champions Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani in Canada

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd places for Badminton Champions Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani in Canada

Siblings Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani secured third place finishes at the 2019/2020 ACAC Badminton Tournament #2 (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) held at the Kings University in Edmonton...

A FILM GUYANA MUST SEE!

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on A FILM GUYANA MUST SEE!

President David Granger, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, and all our politicians must watch the documentary: Big Men The film, which examines corruption in the oil industries of Africa, explains...

Berbice River murder accused to know fate for 2015 murder of Jamaican national

Jan 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice River murder accused to know fate for 2015 murder of Jamaican national

The man who is on trial in the Berbice High Court for the April 2015 killing of a Jamaican national up the Berbice River is expected to know his fate on Tuesday. The accused, Quacy Walker, of Kimbia,...

Trump will be found ‘not guilty’

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trump will be found ‘not guilty’

DEAR EDITOR, In reference to an earlier editorial and news reports on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the sitting US President will be found ‘not guilty’ by the Senate. Overall, most Guyanese...

I believe that the tide resides with David Granger and the coalition that he leads

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe that the tide resides with David Granger and the coalition that he leads

Dear Editor, It can be argued that the single most important and incontrovertible development in recent Guyanese political history has been the precipitous decline of the oldest political party in...

True patriots, instead of criticizing everything about oil, should help us navigate the best for our people

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on True patriots, instead of criticizing everything about oil, should help us navigate the best for our people

DEAR EDITOR, I am a fan of the Kaieteur News, with high regard for its Publisher, Mr. Glenn Lall and Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Adam Harris. Further, I grant them the right to be critical of this and any...

How do we avoid perpetually hiring foreign firms to perform audits?

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on How do we avoid perpetually hiring foreign firms to perform audits?

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, it was reported in the press that the government has hired a United Kingdom firm to audit the pre-contract costs. The firm, IHS Markit, would be paid US$300,000 to perform the...

As the elections campaign accelerates, I have observed a most dangerous signal

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on As the elections campaign accelerates, I have observed a most dangerous signal

DEAR EDITOR, As the elections campaign accelerates, I have observed a most dangerous signal. Almost every political leader of APNU/AFC, speaking on the political platform, have been urging their...

State agencies must not take the public’s right to know casually

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on State agencies must not take the public’s right to know casually

DEAR EDITOR, I capitalize here on the recent Woolford-Nascimento-Vieira public feud to make two overarching suggestions to serve, I hope, the cause of good governance. First, the time is right for...

What has happened to the principles of natural justice?

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has happened to the principles of natural justice?

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to an article in Kaieteur newspaper on Saturday, 18th January, titled ‘ERC investigates Coalition, PPP/C for racial slurs at rallies’. As a citizen of Guyana and a candidate...

Wildly extravagant promises: What to believe?

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wildly extravagant promises: What to believe?

DEAR EDITOR, I must congratulate the opposition presidential candidate. His motto must be: since it has to be going all out, then it must be big and sprawling and arresting; make the hugest wave,...

MoTP condemns publication of falsehoods against President Granger

Jan 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on MoTP condemns publication of falsehoods against President Granger

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of the Presidency condemns as deliberately false and misleading an article titled “Dishonesty, indecency and no integrity are hallmarks of the Granger-led APNU+AFC”...

Suriname puts strict Local Content requirements on all oil companies

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname puts strict Local Content requirements on all oil companies

– as Guyana struggles to draft its own policy No stone is left unturned when it comes to Suriname securing maximum benefits for its people. According to the Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs)...

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Investment Committee’s mandate is financial not political

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There’s nothing quite as uniquely absurd as when someone misinterprets their job description.... more