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GFF Promotes former national player Bryan Joseph to Assistant Technical Director

Oct 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GFF Promotes former national player Bryan Joseph to Assistant Technical Director

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has promoted former Golden Jaguar and Youth Development Officer Bryan Joseph to the newly-created position of Assistant Technical Director, as it accelerates its...

Georgetown FA appoints former National player Colin Nelson as YDO

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown FA appoints former National player Colin Nelson as YDO

By Franklin Wilson Former junior and senior National Footballer Colin ‘Callo’ Nelson has been appointed as the Youth Development Officer of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA). This was...

Excellent weekend for Dorado swimmers

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excellent weekend for Dorado swimmers

Dorado Speed Swim Club (DSSC) swimmers Raekwon Noel and Vladimir Woodroffe both participated in meets last weekend. It was their first competition since February 2020. Woodroffe participated in...

GNBS advocating for internationally recognised standards in oil sector

Oct 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS advocating for internationally recognised standards in oil sector

As National Quality Week is observed… Kaieteur News – Through its National Standards Council (NSC), the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has been channelling its response and...

29th Annual Aquatic Centre International Invitational in Bdos… Guyanas Woodroffe is Champion Boy in 13-14 category

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on 29th Annual Aquatic Centre International Invitational in Bdos… Guyanas Woodroffe is Champion Boy in 13-14 category

Kaieteur News – Dorado Speed Swim Clubs14-year Vladimir Woodroffe made waves to take the Champion Boy title in the 13-14 category competing at the 29thAnnual Aquatic Centre International...

GBA President Gokarn Ramdhani gone at 55

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA President Gokarn Ramdhani gone at 55

I have known Gokarn since we were teens By Sean Devers President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) and National Coach Gokarn Ramdhani died from a heart attack just after he returned at his...

Annual Mayor’s Cup KO Football set for December

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Mayor’s Cup KO Football set for December

To honour GT Mayor who turns 30 today Mayor for the City of Georgetown, the youthful Ubraj Narine will celebrate his 30th birthday today and the Organising Committee of former Mayor Hamilton Greene...

How we conduct ourselves in regular life

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on How we conduct ourselves in regular life

Dear Editor, Many believe, I think, the worst of Guyanese leaders in Government and Opposition. Guilty, for it is justified. I highlight how we (you and I) conduct ourselves in developments from...

I will still be in my 60s in 2025

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will still be in my 60s in 2025

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to respond to Freddie Know it All Kissoon, who stated in his column of 11 October 2021 that in 2025 I will be 70 years of age. Freddie, I generally do not respond...

TO BEE OR NOT TO BE: Attack of the “killer bees” is certainly a national emergency

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on TO BEE OR NOT TO BE: Attack of the “killer bees” is certainly a national emergency

Dear Editor, In the 1978 American horror movie The Swarm with an ensemble cast including Olivia de Haviland, Richard Widmark, Michael Caine and Henry Fonda, great swarms of angry bees attack entire...

Friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Guyana and Ghana

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Guyana and Ghana

Dear Editor, Vice President Jagdeo is off to the West African state of Ghana. His visit follows on the heels of a high-level meeting between President Irfaan Ali and President Nana Akufo -Addo of...

I think I know something about sugar

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I think I know something about sugar

Dear Editor, We are getting mixed signals re the sugar estates. I am not sure of the direction and if there is any strategy. Decision to reopen the estates have to be followed by ensuring a clear...

The open letter from the Women’s Commission disappoints

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The open letter from the Women’s Commission disappoints

Dear Editor, It was disappointing to read the open letter from the Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) seeking ministerial intervention for the “anomaly” of the all-male GWI Management...

Those responsible are not insulated from prosecution

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those responsible are not insulated from prosecution

Dear Editor, Ever since their party lost the last General Elections here in Guyana, there has been a flurry of activities by political opponents of the PPP/C both local and overseas. There have been...

An appeal to the Minister of Education to help us please

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on An appeal to the Minister of Education to help us please

Dear Editor, I am a parent of two children attending New Market Primary School in No. 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. I am very frustrated. The Headteacher of the school is bullying the parents to...

The Govt. should relocate the fire station from Stabroek Market to D’Urban Park

Oct 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Govt. should relocate the fire station from Stabroek Market to D’Urban Park

Dear Editor, For everything, there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven…a time to tear down and a time to build up…Ecclesiastes 3:1-3. The time to tear down is upon the powers that...

Over 6000 persons contracted COVID-19 in September

Oct 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Over 6000 persons contracted COVID-19 in September

Kaieteur News – With September 2021 deemed the deadliest COVID-19 month so far, it is also the month with the highest number of positive cases and saw over 6000 persons contracting the virus....

Observing World Mental Health Day 2021…Human Services Ministry says optimism helps; urges pursuit of meaningful projects

Oct 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Observing World Mental Health Day 2021…Human Services Ministry says optimism helps; urges pursuit of meaningful projects

Kaieteur News –The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security noted via a missive to the press yesterday, that it has taken note of the damaging effects the Coronavirus pandemic has on...

Minister Persaud to launch two media projects to observe International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Persaud to launch two media projects to observe International Day of the Girl Child

Kaieteur News – In an effort to empower girls and amplify their voices, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud disclosed yesterday, that she will be launching...

10th Kadir Mohamed Mem. Ounce of Gold Cycle Road Race… Jamual John is top senior; Sampson (junior); Wilson (juvenile); Hamilton (ladies) also win

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10th Kadir Mohamed Mem. Ounce of Gold Cycle Road Race… Jamual John is top senior; Sampson (junior); Wilson (juvenile); Hamilton (ladies) also win

Kaieteur News – On another sunny and humid day, the performance of Jamual John was equally blistering as he romped to yet another win when outclassed the field yesterday to win the 10th annual...

Maxim Mangra narrowly wins Brusters Open Golf tourney

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maxim Mangra narrowly wins Brusters Open Golf tourney

Kaieteur News – It was not as straightforward as it may seem, but Maxim Mangra emerged on top of a large field of golfers to take the Brusters Real Ice Cream Open Golf tournament on Saturday at...

GFF funds and delivers 19-seater bus for Rupununi Football

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF funds and delivers 19-seater bus for Rupununi Football

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has funded and delivered a 19-seater minibus for use by the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) to enable enhanced and affordable...

Efforts: we must learn from the past, prepare for a new world

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Efforts: we must learn from the past, prepare for a new world

Dear Editor, For hinterland farming communities to become effective, supportive of a National Food security programme, there has to be a paradigm shift in the way agriculture is done. Historically...

Tribute to Gokarn Ramdhani

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to Gokarn Ramdhani

Dear Editor, It was with a deep sense of shock and disbelief that I woke up to the tragic news that my dear friend and colleague in sports Gokarn Ramdhani had died the previous night in Alberta,...

One of the most blatant forms of workers discrimination is the post independent history of Guyana

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on One of the most blatant forms of workers discrimination is the post independent history of Guyana

Dear Editor, Trade unions or trade unionists, in principle, do not begrudge any employee or group of employees receiving an increase (raise) in pay at any time. What we may oppose is when that...

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Oie slams double as Western Tigers upset Police FC

Sep 22, 2026

…Hamilton, Dennis star with hat-tricks (Kaieteur News) – The goals came in bunches as Guyana Football Federation’s Season Eight Elite League produced another weekend of attacking football,...

WIN is losing

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are many things Guyana has acquired since the discovery of oil, including wealth, multi-storied buildings, newly built apartments that will remain empty, traffic jams and the sudden appearance of people who have always known how to spend money they never previously had....

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Changes, contradictions, crimes covered

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the secular world. Not the space of the spiritual. It’s a world of sometimes subtle, other times, astonishing changes. The areas covered are endless. Filled with the contradictory. Where crimes are covered over (transgressions overlooked). Pursued for the...

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