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Coaches Hamid and Belgrave encourage youths to seek information on Netball after one week clinic concludes at MHS hard court

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coaches Hamid and Belgrave encourage youths to seek information on Netball after one week clinic concludes at MHS hard court

Kaieteur Sports – At the end of the five day training sessions for some 20 youths who attended the Netball Clinic at the Mackenzie High School hard court from last Monday through to Friday,...

Wiltshire, Hunte dominoes tourney set for September 15 at Pouderoyen

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire, Hunte dominoes tourney set for September 15 at Pouderoyen

Kaieteur Sports – Mark Wiltshire and David Hunte will be hosting a dominoes competition on September 15 at Hunte’s residence, Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. The competition...

How the PPP leadership dehumanises its citizens

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on How the PPP leadership dehumanises its citizens

Kaieteur News – There are a few things that I know about the PPP as a party and government, and they are that many too much for me to know. Yes, they are that dirty, that disgusting. There...

Numbers, what about people?

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Numbers, what about people?

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers are maintaining its breakneck pace since oil was first discovered here. Oil production has been the steroids that power the...

The Arithmetic of Stubbornness

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Arithmetic of Stubbornness

Kaieteur News – Maths has proven a problem for some of our politicians. And it now seems that the disease has spread to our children with almost seven out of every ten students failing the...

The Passing of Sir Shridath

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Passing of Sir Shridath

Dear Editor, The news of the passing of Sir Shridath Ramphal on August 30, is cause for some reflection. He was an excellent diplomat and led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with distinction, even...

We should learn from the mistakes and experiences that took place

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should learn from the mistakes and experiences that took place

Dear Editor, Saturday’s afternoon programme at the Theatre Guild featured a lecture by Professor Marjoleine Kars, a review of her book- ‘Blood on the River,’ which in essence was an examination...

Ameena Gafoor’s Legacy of Support for Arts will be long remembered

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ameena Gafoor’s Legacy of Support for Arts will be long remembered

Dear Editor, I write to express words of condolence on the passing of and paying tribute to Ameena Gafoor, a truly extraordinary individual. She was a beacon of light for Guyanese and others, a woman...

Stop the usurping of the local government authorities

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop the usurping of the local government authorities

Dear Editor, As the money come in, plentiful from oil, there is an expectation, that the Government of Guyana will give to the local government authorities, their fair share of money to manage their...

President Irfaan Ali: A Disappointment in Leadership and Accountability

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Irfaan Ali: A Disappointment in Leadership and Accountability

Dear Editor, The stench of corruption is very strong under the leadership of President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo. Everyone knows and many benefit from corruption in public service, from awarding...

Swimmer Delroy Tyrrell’s father weighs in on son’s application to represent Guyana issue

Sep 04, 2024 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Swimmer Delroy Tyrrell’s father weighs in on son’s application to represent Guyana issue

Dear Editor, I am Fitzroy Tyrrell, father of swimmer Delroy Tyrell. I would like to highlight some points on this issue relating to my son’s application to represent Guyana and the seeming foot...

Guyana in the dark on how much oil is being deducted by Exxon for its operations – Int’l lawyer says matter is of serious concern

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana in the dark on how much oil is being deducted by Exxon for its operations – Int’l lawyer says matter is of serious concern

Kaieteur News – The Petroleum Agreement between the Government of Guyana (GoG) and United States oil major, ExxonMobil provides for the operator of the Stabroek Block to use as much oil as it...

‘All costs for damage above oil spill insurance can be recovered by ExxonMobil’ – contract

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘All costs for damage above oil spill insurance can be recovered by ExxonMobil’ – contract

In absence of unlimited parent company guarantee… Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil, the operator of Guyana’s oil-rich Stabroek Block has repeatedly committed to covering all costs associated...

Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, polio vaccinations in full swing

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, polio vaccinations in full swing

CAIRO/GAZA Sept 2 (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed at least 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said on...

Essequibo businessman gunned down in home

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo businessman gunned down in home

Kaieteur News – Sixty-one-year-old businessman, Ghanraj Bhasmat, was shot and killed at his home in Adventure, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, on Monday morning. According to the police, Bhasmat...

US seizes Venezuelan President Maduro’s plane

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on US seizes Venezuelan President Maduro’s plane

Reuters – The US has seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – claiming it was bought illegally for $13m (£9.8m) and smuggled out of the country. According to...

Guyanese Bank manager charged with murder-for-hire scheme in New York

Sep 03, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyanese Bank manager charged with murder-for-hire scheme in New York

…Court told she suggested rat poison after hiring hitman to murder brother-in-law Fox News – A New York bank manager sentenced last week to 9.5 years behind bars for a foiled murder-for-hire...

Duo jailed for stealing over $26m in valuables from businessman, others

Sep 03, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo jailed for stealing over $26m in valuables from businessman, others

Kaieteur News – A 27-year-old bus driver and 30-year-old vendor on Friday were sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment each, when they appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court...

Sugar workers freed on protest-related charges

Sep 03, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sugar workers freed on protest-related charges

Kaieteur News – Twenty sugar workers were on Thursday last acquitted by Magistrate Michelle Mathias at New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court on no-case submissions presented by lawyers Khemraj...

Man jailed for stealing bike from co-worker – tells Magistrate someone has now stolen the bike from him

Sep 03, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing bike from co-worker – tells Magistrate someone has now stolen the bike from him

Kaieteur News – A 25-year-old labourer was on Friday last charged for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from his co-worker. Akeem Maddison appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to...

GDF medevacs miner attacked by bees from Region Seven

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GDF medevacs miner attacked by bees from Region Seven

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF), on Wednesday, successfully medevacked a 56-year-old miner from Makapa, Region 7 after he was attacked by bees. According to the GDF, the...

Govt. addressing labour mismatch as economy expands – Mid-Year report

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. addressing labour mismatch as economy expands – Mid-Year report

Kaieteur News – Given the rapid expansion of Guyana’s economy and related structural changes, there has been a risk of labour mismatch and shortages of specific areas of expertise, the...

‘Guyana must build capacity to reap full benefits of oil boom’ – T&T Ambassador

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana must build capacity to reap full benefits of oil boom’ – T&T Ambassador

Kaieteur News – Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner to Guyana Conrad Enill has stressed the need for Guyana to build capacities both intellectually and institutionally in the country’s...

UG kicks off new academic year with 14, 15-year-olds apart of 3,700 freshmen

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UG kicks off new academic year with 14, 15-year-olds apart of 3,700 freshmen

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana (UG) has kick-started its new academic year, with a cohort of 3,700 freshmen which includes three exceptional students who have enrolled ahead of their...

Region Five Chamber lauds Govt.’s toll-free Berbice River Bridge initiative

Sep 03, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five Chamber lauds Govt.’s toll-free Berbice River Bridge initiative

Kaieteur News – The Region Five Chamber of Industry and Commerce has expressed strong support for the recent announcement by President Irfaan Ali regarding the Berbice River Bridge becoming...

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