January 2020

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The warring political leadership

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The warring political leadership

If one were to listen, read, and follow the positions and promises in the mainstream media only, the thinking would be that this place named Guyana is specially endowed with men of extraordinary...

Court tips… Going to Court? Here is what you need to know…

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court tips… Going to Court? Here is what you need to know…

By Feona Morrison This article is aimed at being a guide to anyone who may find themselves before a court of law for one reason or another. The judiciary consists of several jurisdictional...

CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters going solar

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters going solar

The CARICOM Secretariat is moving towards 100 percent renewable energy for its Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana, with construction of a Photovoltaic Power Generation System set to commence on...

Police detain 185 climate protesters at Brussels car show

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police detain 185 climate protesters at Brussels car show

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police detained 185 protesters in central Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show in protest at...

The President and education

Jan 19, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The President and education

A review of four books by David Granger – Education and Transformation: The story of Queen’s College 1844-2019; Education and Emancipation: Sources of the public education system; Teaching...

In impeachment document, Democrats say Trump endangers security, Trump denies

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In impeachment document, Democrats say Trump endangers security, Trump denies

WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the president must be removed from...

CHAIRING THE G77: GUYANA HAS MOVED UP IN THE GLOBAL RANKINGS

Jan 19, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CHAIRING THE G77: GUYANA HAS MOVED UP IN THE GLOBAL RANKINGS

We hope you didn’t miss seeing that very bright light shining on Guyana last Wednesday when the United Nations handed over the instruments of office to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in New York....

David Granger epitomises the inherent flaws of Homo sapiens

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger epitomises the inherent flaws of Homo sapiens

There are times you can forgive rulers for their obdurate refusal in not wanting to learn from history because of the nature of their professional training. Surely, an accountant would not have gone...

Rajendra Bissessar leaves AFC

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rajendra Bissessar leaves AFC

Rajendra Bissessar has left the Alliance For Change (AFC). He penned a letter, announcing his resignation, stating that he has agonised for some time over the decision. Asked whether he is ready to...

The interest of the politician

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The interest of the politician

This is the season when the politicians will take centre stage. They will be the talking point on every occasion. On the campaign trail, there will be the usual rhetoric. Some will tout the...

Canje man dies days after setting himself ablaze

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje man dies days after setting himself ablaze

Thirty-nine-year-old Chandlall Verian, called “Fine Man”, of Canefield Village, East Canje, succumbed to injuries, which he inflicted upon himself just six days ago. In the bizarre...

Murder and Mystery A trail of death Mahdia to Georgetown

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Murder and Mystery A trail of death Mahdia to Georgetown

By Michael Jordan It was at around ten o’clock on Tuesday, August 31, 1971, that a deafening explosion shook Khan’s Guest House near Radio Demerara in High Street. Inside the room from which the...

Schoolgirl beaten by classmate after she resisted his harassment

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl beaten by classmate after she resisted his harassment

On Friday afternoon, a Grade Eight student of the Hope Secondary School, East Coast Demerara, was attacked by a male classmate who dealt her two blows to her head with a table leg leaving an opening...

Dindyal half century puts GCC in comfortable position

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dindyal half century puts GCC in comfortable position

Mavindra Dindyal struck a fine half century to put Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in a comfortable position at the close of play on the opening day of the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Noble House...

I am not using this hospital again

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on I am not using this hospital again

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie I have come to the understanding that agitation causes change. It is a fact that our people are not that aggressive and have to be goaded into...

UWI T2O Tourney in T&T Queen’s Park beat Malteenoes All Stars in semis

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on UWI T2O Tourney in T&T Queen’s Park beat Malteenoes All Stars in semis

Jacobs disappointed with batting performance By Sean Devers Even without their leading All-Rounder DJ Bravo due the West Indies duties, home team Queen’s Park proved the better team on the night as...

Helping to create an impacting national change… Selwyn Collins is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Helping to create an impacting national change… Selwyn Collins is a ‘Special Person’

“If each of us put country first; if we put our community first, then everything else takes care of itself. So we have to sort of shift the mindset that it’s about me, me, me, me, me to we…...

Turbo football tourney Finalist to be decided tonight

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo football tourney Finalist to be decided tonight

Last week, representatives from the four teams contesting tonight’s semifinals of the third annual Turbo Energy Drink knockout tournament were very outspoken on their team’s chances of going into...

Track & Field action at MSC today

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track & Field action at MSC today

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) will be hosting its third consecutive event for the 2020 season and the second ‘Development Meet’ today from 10:30hrs at the McKenzie Sports Club (MSC)...

The baccoo speaks

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

The dry weather in some parts of the country will wreak havoc on livestock in the savannahs. For starters there will be some fires which will add to the confusion. The farmers would seek to pressure...

Body of labourer found dumped at Kaneville

Jan 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of labourer found dumped at Kaneville

The body of 50-year-old Mark Burkett, of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EDB) was found earlier yesterday dumped in a clump of bushes on an unoccupied house lot. Police said that they received a call...

Why CARICOM had no national for OAS top job

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Why CARICOM had no national for OAS top job

By Sir Ronald Sanders Readers of Barbados newspapers were exposed recently to the views of John Beale, one of the country’s former Ambassadors to the Organisation of American States (OAS), on the...

Shomari Wilshire dominating C’bean Junior Squash

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shomari Wilshire dominating C’bean Junior Squash

2019 Canadian Junior Open most memorable moment By Sean Devers Born in Georgetown, Guyana on September 20, 2003 to Roxanne George-Wiltshire and Garfield Wiltshire, 16 year-old Shomari Wilshire has...

NCN’s excuse is poppycock

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NCN’s excuse is poppycock

There is an ongoing debate about the fairness of the elections coverage of the fully state-owned National Communications Network (NCN). The debate began with concerns being expressed about NCN’s...

GCA’s NBS 40-over 2nd Division Cricket

Jan 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 40-over 2nd Division Cricket

In sunny conditions yesterday Everest trashed Bel Air Rubis by 136 runs and University of Guyana (UG) defeated Diplomats by six runs as GCA’s NBS 40 overs Second Division Cricket Competition...

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Age-Defying Tahir sets sights on CPL glory for Guyana Amazon Warriors

Sep 16, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… – says not crossing finish line now, a waste of hard work By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Amazon Warriors have done it again, securing yet...

If you want to stop corruption, start at the top

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is nothing wrong with warning public officials that procurement breaches will have consequences. In fact, it is long overdue that every person entrusted with public money understands that the public purse is not a personal purse. But there is a fundamental question which...

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...

Music lovers treated with kid gloves, coddled

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese love their music. I do, too. The problem is that Guyanese love their music much too much. It’s a big problem, a national one. Citizens clash with members of the Guyana Police Force trying to do their job, establish sanity around the Kitty area. Citizens in...

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