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Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships YMCA Old Fort Top Form (Men’s), GCC Tigers (Ladies) capture titles

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships YMCA Old Fort Top Form (Men’s), GCC Tigers (Ladies) capture titles

By Sean Devers The 2019 Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships climaxed on Sunday evening at the National Gymnasium with a pulsating Men’s final with YMCA Old Fort Top Form emerging...

Police Service Commission reinstates Supt Simon McBean

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police Service Commission reinstates Supt Simon McBean

The Police Service Commission has made the long awaited decision to reinstate wrongfully dismissed Police Superintendent Simon McBean after 10 years of being out of the force. McBean who was a...

ECCC/Nevil Ramotar Memorial knock-out T20 postponed

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCC/Nevil Ramotar Memorial knock-out T20 postponed

The East Coast Cricket Committee/Nevil Ramotar Memorial T20 competition which was set to conclude yesterday has been postponed due to heavy rainfall which left the Enmore and Lusignan grounds...

Seed paddy to be produced on E’bo Coast for rice farmers

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Seed paddy to be produced on E’bo Coast for rice farmers

A number of farmers on the Essequibo Coast will now be cultivating rice for the purpose of producing seed paddy, in a number of varieties. This publication understands that intuitive is now being...

GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section/Orinduik Development Inc./Four Stage Action Pistol Shoot Chad Melville, Stefan John and Jason Cox are A,B & C Class winners

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA Smallbore Section/Orinduik Development Inc./Four Stage Action Pistol Shoot Chad Melville, Stefan John and Jason Cox are A,B & C Class winners

When the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA), Smallbore Section held the Orinduik Development Inc. sponsored Four Stage Action Pistol Shoot on Sunday last at the Timehri Ranges, Chad...

Let’s not waste the next six months

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let’s not waste the next six months

Six months have come and gone in 2019. What does Guyana have to show for it? From a hard and honest examination: absolutely nothing. Even more disturbingly, there is neither discomfort nor alarm over...

Andrew Lewis National Novice Boxing, July 5-7

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andrew Lewis National Novice Boxing, July 5-7

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will be staging the Andrew Lewis National Novice Boxing Card which is slated from this Friday to Sunday 7 at the National Gymnasium. Young Achievers, Vergenoogen,...

2019 USATF Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships Alpha Harrison cops gold in Boys 8&Under 200m; also snares 2 silver medals

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 USATF Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships Alpha Harrison cops gold in Boys 8&Under 200m; also snares 2 silver medals

Guyanese Alpha Harrison continues to register outstanding performances in the USA. Competing at the just concluded USATF Youth National Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at the Durham County...

I don’t feel sorry for Charlie

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I don’t feel sorry for Charlie

I thought of giving this column, the title, “Why did Charlie do it?” This is in reference to one of the cutest films I saw when I was about 14 years of age. The name is “Charade.” It remains...

Guyanese-born exec who built world’s leading mobile money services dies

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born exec who built world’s leading mobile money services dies

Kenya (qz.com) – Bob Collymore, the Guyana-born British businessman who oversaw the expansion of Kenya’s telecommunications firm, Safaricom, into East Africa’s biggest mobile network...

Freddie’s” likes” soared on Sunday…we can find common ground despite the politics

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie’s” likes” soared on Sunday…we can find common ground despite the politics

DEAR EDITOR, I like reading the papers online. It gives you a chance to see how an article resonates with the readers by checking the amount of “likes” an article receives. As a writer I check...

Where do we as a nation go from here?

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where do we as a nation go from here?

DEAR EDITOR, I use this opportunity to address this most troubling concern that I have no doubt is on the minds of most patriotic Guyanese. And that concern is: Where do we as a nation go from here?...

Let United Nations manage elections

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let United Nations manage elections

DEAR EDITOR, It does not appear that the two sides, President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo and APNU+AFC and PPP, will reach any agreement (consensus) on appointing a Gecom Chair or set a firm...

Supt. McBean’s expertise will be an asset to the GPF

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Supt. McBean’s expertise will be an asset to the GPF

DEAR EDITOR, As Carla Mendonca said in her letter of June 29, in the Guyana Chronicle captioned, “No righting of wrong through the dangerous jaundiced eyes of ethnicity” – “It has to be...

University of Guyana should have high standards

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on University of Guyana should have high standards

DEAR EDITOR, It was a privilege to attend the University of Guyana as a step towards attaining a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), however, my experience in the Department of Law was bitter-sweet. The...

This petroleum contract is not worth the paper it is written on

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This petroleum contract is not worth the paper it is written on

DEAR EDITOR, It is my honest opinion that Kaieteur News should be awarded with the highest honour of the land for their continuous reporting on the massively flawed Petroleum Agreement between the...

Is this just another elaborate election gimmick?

Jul 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this just another elaborate election gimmick?

DEAR EDITOR, Good Hope Phase Three has finally gotten roads, after pleading for help for over four years. Only certain sections have been paved, all the cross streets are still in a disgraceful...

Questions raised over $$$$M in police ‘snitch’ money

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Questions raised over $$$$M in police ‘snitch’ money

The troubles of the police force seem to be piling up. This time the attention is focused on millions of dollars that are allocated to pay informants. Over time, according to police officials, there...

ExxonMobil speeds ahead with another well in Turbo area

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil speeds ahead with another well in Turbo area

On June 28, last, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), commenced a drilling operation at the Tripletail-1 well site within the Stabroek Block. This is...

Jagdeo granted 20 acres to Irfann Ali weeks before leaving office

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo granted 20 acres to Irfann Ali weeks before leaving office

As President, Bharrat Jagdeo granted 20 acres of land to then Minister of Housing, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, in 2011 just weeks before the General and Regional Elections. Kaieteur News is in possession of...

Govt’s interpretation of CCJ ruling… We should also submit names for GECOM Chairman

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s interpretation of CCJ ruling… We should also submit names for GECOM Chairman

The selection of a new chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), in keeping with recent rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) appears to be heading on another collision course....

Land grabbing claims… Opposition Leader welcomes Ceres lawsuit, police probe

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Land grabbing claims… Opposition Leader welcomes Ceres lawsuit, police probe

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that he is not worried about statements made by structural engineer Charles Ceres, and Commissioner at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) that...

Govt approaches World Bank for US$20M – To fund oil related assessments

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt approaches World Bank for US$20M – To fund oil related assessments

Government has applied to the World Bank for financing to the tune of US$20M. The funding is for the Guyana Petroleum Resources Governance and Management Project (GPRGMP). Part of the proceeds are...

Sexual harassment in workplace smacks Int’l labour standard-Policy needed to curb incidences

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual harassment in workplace smacks Int’l labour standard-Policy needed to curb incidences

Outspoken Women and Gender Equality Commissioner, Nicole Cole, is joining the call for the implementation of adequate policies to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. Her comments follow the...

Jagdeo is master of hypocrisy, has proven how dangerous he can be—Dr. Hinds

Jun 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo is master of hypocrisy, has proven how dangerous he can be—Dr. Hinds

With diagrams plastered onto the walls of his Church Street, Office , Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo at his most recent press conference, went into a more than 20-minute diatribe about what he...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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