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Steven Persaud emerges victorious in thrilling Mash 9-Ball Pool tourney

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Steven Persaud emerges victorious in thrilling Mash 9-Ball Pool tourney

Kaieteur Sports – The Sunil and Son Sports Bar in Mahaica played host to the electrifying Mashramani 9-Ball Pool 2024 competition on February 24, featuring some of Guyana’s finest pool...

NYSCL Legends crowned Florida Cup champions

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on NYSCL Legends crowned Florida Cup champions

– Regal Legends stumble at the final hurdle Kaieteur Sports – On the hottest day of the Florida Cup, not only because the sun was out but also the action in the middle, it was the day of...

Floyd Cumberbatch wins Trophy Stall Mashramani Draughts Competition

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floyd Cumberbatch wins Trophy Stall Mashramani Draughts Competition

Kaieteur Sports – Floyd Cumberbatch from Linden emerged winner of the Trophy Stall sponsored Mashramani Draughts Competition Organised by the National Draughts Association. Floyd narrowly got...

GCB president meets with Guyana female squad ahead of CWI Women’s tournament

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB president meets with Guyana female squad ahead of CWI Women’s tournament

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bissoondyal Singh met with the Senior Women’s national team ahead of their departure for the Cricket West Indies (CWI)...

Spinners dominate bowling charts, as 11 players record centuries following end of 3 rounds

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spinners dominate bowling charts, as 11 players record centuries following end of 3 rounds

2024 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships – Volcanoes (1st), Hurricanes (2nd), Pride (3rd) lead points table Kaieteur Sports – Following the end of three rounds in the ongoing CWI Regional...

The Hardware Depot Commits to Multi-Year Golf Promotion Deal with Nexgen Golf

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Hardware Depot Commits to Multi-Year Golf Promotion Deal with Nexgen Golf

Kaieteur Sports – Chairman of The Hardware Depot Mr. Bonny Singh and top executives of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf met at the Academy on Woolford Avenue on Saturday to...

Jagdeo: a serial skirter, shirker, spinner

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Jagdeo: a serial skirter, shirker, spinner

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – If Guyana’s Vice President and chief policymaker was in a court of law giving testimony, it is highly probable that he would have been held in contempt...

The ‘R’ word, something is frightening about it

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The ‘R’ word, something is frightening about it

Kaieteur News – There is something about the word that is so frightening that even we at this publication are tempted to tiptoe around it. We begin by saying that it is the ‘r’ word,...

Low-hanging fruits

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Low-hanging fruits

Kaieteur News – Constitutional reform has been consistently a longstanding promise in the Manifestoes of the country’s main political parties. In its 2020 Manifesto, the PPPC again promised...

Do we really care?

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do we really care?

Dear Editor, I believe in progress: true progress that goes hand in hand with justice and equity. Not one that makes its mark by walking on the backs of the downtrodden! It has been said that...

Region 8 telecommunications crisis GTT and Digicel fail rural Guyanese

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 8 telecommunications crisis GTT and Digicel fail rural Guyanese

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern and frustration regarding the lack of essential telecommunication services provided by GTT and Digicel in Region 8, Potaro-Siparuni. It is...

The story behind the stories

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on The story behind the stories

Dear Editor, There is story behind every story. But the underlying lede of a story can be buried, so much so that the story does not capture the attention of those to whom it is intended. In...

Guyana hospitality on full display

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana hospitality on full display

Dear Editor, Breakfast at Round House; lunch in Promenade Gardens for our visitors attending the regional conference. Nice thinking outside the box. Guyana hospitality on full display, while...

Why did Pompeo visit Guyana in December 2020?

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why did Pompeo visit Guyana in December 2020?

Dear Editor, Mike Pompeo has no links with US government. He made a visit to Guyana in December and met President Irfaan Ali. Why? Did the former Secretary of State lobby Irfaan for the US$1 billion...

U.S. airman dies after setting fire to himself at Israeli embassy

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. airman dies after setting fire to himself at Israeli embassy

AL JAZEERA – A member of the United States air force who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington in an apparent protest against Israel’s war in Gaza has died, the...

Governments have a responsibility to get the best deals, revenue streams from resources – T&T Energy Minister

Feb 27, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Governments have a responsibility to get the best deals, revenue streams from resources – T&T Energy Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Energy and Energy Industries in Trinidad and Tobago, Stuart Young recently impressed the need for governments to secure the best deals for their people. Young was at...

Glenn Lall throws support behind teacher’s strike

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Glenn Lall throws support behind teacher’s strike

– says Govt giving away US billions to Exxon that can triple their pay overnight Kaieteur News – Kaieteur News Publisher and advocate for a better oil deal, Glenn Lall has thrown his...

Simona Broomes sues ‘Guyanese Critic’ for $450M over libel, defamation

Feb 27, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Simona Broomes sues ‘Guyanese Critic’ for $450M over libel, defamation

Kaieteur News – Former Government Minister under the A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Simona Broomes has filed a $450 Million libel and defamation lawsuit...

Prosperity of Guyana must lead to prosperity of the Region – President Ali

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Prosperity of Guyana must lead to prosperity of the Region – President Ali

Kaieteur News – President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley that this nation’s prosperity will lead to...

CARICOM leaders get down to business

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM leaders get down to business

Kaieteur News – The 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commenced on Monday with a fervent resolve to address pressing regional...

Govt. amends energy matrix loan with IDB, borrows US$27M

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. amends energy matrix loan with IDB, borrows US$27M

Kaieteur News – On Sunday, the Government of Guyana (GoG) inked a US$26.9 million amended loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) to strengthen Guyana’s...

UK pledges £190,000 for conservation efforts in the Caribbean Sea

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UK pledges £190,000 for conservation efforts in the Caribbean Sea

Kaieteur News – Representing the United Kingdom at the 46th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories, David Rutley, unveiled a...

42 years after initial release, Eddy Grant album now available digitally

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on 42 years after initial release, Eddy Grant album now available digitally

Kaieteur News – Over four decades after it was first released, to touch the hearts of millions, Eddy Grant’s album “Killer On The Rampage” is now available on digital platforms, the...

Three carpenters in custody for ammo found in car

Feb 27, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Three carpenters in custody for ammo found in car

Kaieteur News – Three carpenters of Helena #2 Mahaica are in police custody after ammunition was found in a car they were occupants of on Saturday during a traffic enforcement exercise by ranks...

Homeless man begs Magistrate to send him to jail

Feb 27, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Homeless man begs Magistrate to send him to jail

Kaieteur News – “I begging fuh a lil sentence my worship,” a 44-year-old homeless man requested of Magistrate Rhondell Weever, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on...