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Jamaica hurdles champion, Rushell Clayton headed to AP Invitational

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica hurdles champion, Rushell Clayton headed to AP Invitational

Current Jamaican National 400m hurdles champion Rushell Clayton will be at the Aliann Pompey Invitational set for this Saturday from 15:00hrs at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. Clayton...

2019 NGSA… Performance in Maths improves, English dips

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2019 NGSA… Performance in Maths improves, English dips

-Ministry yet to report on candidates who fail to meet benchmark The results of the 2019 National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] were announced yesterday. According to Minister of Education, Nicolette...

GuySuCo accuses NICIL-SPU of illegally in possession of its guns

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo accuses NICIL-SPU of illegally in possession of its guns

The tensions between two state entities- the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)– and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited/Special Purpose Unit (NICIL/SPU), is continuing...

GFF Youth Teams intensify preparations for CFU and CONCACAF tourneys

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Youth Teams intensify preparations for CFU and CONCACAF tourneys

Training for the various National teams will be intensified in the coming weeks as the countdown to their participation in key Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and Concacaf Youth tournaments in the...

Food and Drug Dept. being blocked from inspections

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Dept. being blocked from inspections

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has issued a public notice demanding compliance and support from establishment supervisors and proprietors. There is the push to strengthen...

GMR&SC Race of Champions Round 2 First ever ‘Time Attack’ races set for July 21 race date

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Race of Champions Round 2 First ever ‘Time Attack’ races set for July 21 race date

The second-round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) National Race of Champions has been scheduled for July 21st at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri. The competition is expected...

Boat captain accused of fuel theft found with unlicensed gun

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Boat captain accused of fuel theft found with unlicensed gun

A boat captain is in custody after he was picked up for theft and was found with an unlicensed gun. According to the police, the boat captain was wanted for simple larceny of a quantity of fuel which...

Duguid disappointed with turn-out for GCUSA lectures

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Duguid disappointed with turn-out for GCUSA lectures

The low turn-out of Club Captains, Coaches and Players for the ongoing Lectures on the Laws of Cricket organised by the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) every Tuesday and...

Visitors’ arrival rise even more

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Visitors’ arrival rise even more

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced an almost 10 percent increase in the number of visitors. For the first five months of the year, Guyana recorded 122,967 visitors. “This is a 9.2%...

Berbice U-19 Male and Female Senior Teams recognised by BCB

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice U-19 Male and Female Senior Teams recognised by BCB

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) recently honoured their Under-19 Male and Senior Female Teams for winning their respective Inter County Championships. President, Hilbert Foster, on his election as...

Region One communities’ benefit from improved Sanitation – As GWI collaborates with UNICEF

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region One communities’ benefit from improved Sanitation – As GWI collaborates with UNICEF

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is working along with funding partner, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to improve access to safe drinking-water, adequate sanitation and good hygiene...

The philosophical message behind the death of a dog

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The philosophical message behind the death of a dog

When I moved into Turkeyen, next to the Caricom Secretariat, I fell in love with two phenomenally beautiful dogs that belonged to my neighbours. Gizmo was a boy that belonged to the sister of Bibi...

BCB express thanks to Brian Ramphal and other sponsors for Award Ceremony support

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB express thanks to Brian Ramphal and other sponsors for Award Ceremony support

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday June 23rd last hosted their 2nd Annual Award Ceremony at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground which has been deemed a huge success with 32 awards presented to the...

The world has changed, Guyana has not

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The world has changed, Guyana has not

In times before, regime change was brought about by agitation in the streets, or from the army, or through the economy. Well, those heady punishing times are gone. Nowadays, the objectives may be...

All Saints Anglican Church donate Monkey Bars and Swings to Esplanade Recreation Park

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Saints Anglican Church donate Monkey Bars and Swings to Esplanade Recreation Park

The All Saints Anglican Church in New Amsterdam, Berbice which is one of the pillars of Anglicanism in Guyana is presently celebrating its 180th Anniversary. The church, which was consecrated on June...

You should call a spade, a spade, Mr. Kwayana

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on You should call a spade, a spade, Mr. Kwayana

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Eusi Kwayana, in a letter published in the ‘Stabroek News’ of June 22, 2019, stated that the PPP/C government of 2011 to 2015 prorogued the National Assembly ‘without...

APNU+AFC and the PPP need to develop more sustainable leadership behaviour for the ‘New’ Guyana

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC and the PPP need to develop more sustainable leadership behaviour for the ‘New’ Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I believe that the Leader of the Opposition’s land-grabbing claims have opened up a door for frank and honest discussions on inclusivity and equitable distribution of the country’s...

The travelling public needs to be treated with some degree of courtesy

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The travelling public needs to be treated with some degree of courtesy

DEAR EDITOR, Over the last four months I have commented about the culture of lawlessness, and bullyism displayed by the Mini Bus Operators, Conductors and Touts at some of the parks. Sometimes I...

Fly Jamaica has not refunded its passengers “by July 1”

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fly Jamaica has not refunded its passengers “by July 1”

DEAR EDITOR, On May 5, 2019, Fly Jamaica had made a commitment to refund passengers by July 1, 2019. As stated in a report by Kaieteur News, two parties – the Competition and Consumer Affairs...

I trust that the submission to the CCJ included this recommendation

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I trust that the submission to the CCJ included this recommendation

DEAR EDITOR, It is very refreshing to read of the submission of Attorney Lalu Hanuman to the CCJ. We need more visionaries like him in our country. The recommendation of the Speaker of the National...

And the flooding continues

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on And the flooding continues

DEAR EDITOR, I am a long-standing resident of Kingston, Georgetown. I reside one building away from the intersection of Duke & Barrack Streets. I write to once again call attention to the serious...

This is a senseless, fabricated charade to delay the elections

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is a senseless, fabricated charade to delay the elections

DEAR EDITOR, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is now the latest member of the Government’s orchestra synchronizing to distort and obfuscate the Caribbean Court of Justice’s recent rulings, in...

A plea for sanity and good sense to save Guyana

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A plea for sanity and good sense to save Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, The last few days presented a troubling omen which if there is no varying away will take us along a rocky road to self-destruction. The succeeding generation will curse us. We heard the...

Region Four names second batch of pupils for ‘Great Minds’ initiative

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four names second batch of pupils for ‘Great Minds’ initiative

Even ahead of the release of 2019 National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] results today, the Region Four Department of Education has made the bold move of naming the members of its second batch of...

Govt. mourns death of Guyana-born telecoms giant

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mourns death of Guyana-born telecoms giant

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has joined in mourning the passing of Guyana-born Robert Collymore. “A telecoms giant has passed away. Guyanese Robert “Bob” Collymore served...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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