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Christianburg Cemetery gets major facelift

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Christianburg Cemetery gets major facelift

On a mission of development and restoration, the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) has begun the rehabilitation of the resting place of the mining town’s fallen, the Christianburg Cemetery....

GFF’S Pre-Season Transfer Window Opens

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GFF’S Pre-Season Transfer Window Opens

Georgetown: The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) pre-season transfer window is open to accommodate player transfers, both locally and internationally. The two-month transfer window opened on June...

Corona Futsal Final Back Circle, Tiger Bay confident in wake of Corona Final

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Futsal Final Back Circle, Tiger Bay confident in wake of Corona Final

With two unlikely teams set to contest the final of the fourth annual Corona Futsal Competition 2019, the showdown is expected to be monumental on Saturday evening. Yesterday afternoon, the captains...

The poetry of fast bowling

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The poetry of fast bowling

Hand-hurled heat seeking missiles that hunt heart and hurry head; concentrated napalm streaking in a blur at over ninety miles an hour. It just might be time to reconsider place in life and take up...

Impeachment— The Disintegration of the Democrats and the American nation

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Impeachment— The Disintegration of the Democrats and the American nation

DEAR EDITOR In the partisan context it has been talked about so much that it is now seen as nothing more than a mere electoral ploy. It is becoming extremely hard to take the issue of impeachment...

Democracy and government-owned and -controlled media isn’t working

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy and government-owned and -controlled media isn’t working

DEAR EDITOR, A question that’s been keeping me company for a long time is: Why does the Government own and control media outlets? Seems we are behaving much like communist countries where the...

The survival of the National Insurance Scheme is critical

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The survival of the National Insurance Scheme is critical

DEAR EDITOR, The National Insurance Scheme (N.I.S.) became a financial entity under the Financial Act in September 1969 under the Forbes Burnham-led People’s National Congress (P.N.C.) Government....

Rubbish in the Essequibo River

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rubbish in the Essequibo River

DEAR EDITOR, I am on the Essequibo River almost every weekend on my boat between Parika and Bartica, visiting my Resort near to Bartica. On every journey without fail, within about 8 miles downriver...

Sister Andaiye was a very principled and courageous person

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sister Andaiye was a very principled and courageous person

DEAR EDITOR, An outstanding African-Guyanese freedom fighter and revolutionary has made the transition. Sister Andaiye was a very principled and courageous person. She was also an example of...

Govt. should seriously revisit the decision to close down the sugar estates

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. should seriously revisit the decision to close down the sugar estates

DEAR EDITOR, The continuing spat between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) and the Special Projects Unit (SPU) would have been laughable were it not for the disastrous consequences it could have...

Unwarranted assumptions and foregone conclusions

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unwarranted assumptions and foregone conclusions

DEAR EDITOR, When I read an article published recently in one of the daily newspapers which contained comments by Dr. Jan Mangal, I was reminded of an apocryphal definition of a category of...

Not a blade of grass or drop of oil

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not a blade of grass or drop of oil

DEAR EDITOR, Just one day before our 53rd independence anniversary, Kaieteur News carried a report that suggested giving up territory to Venezuela is no big deal. Apparently, University of Houston...

“One foot in the grave”: The problem of maternal mortality

Jun 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on “One foot in the grave”: The problem of maternal mortality

(A response to the death of Karen Shondell Reid of Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), and her baby) DEAR EDITOR, Many women in Guyana think about pregnancy and childbirth...

GuySuCo wants to use $30M bond money to buy SUVs – report

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo wants to use $30M bond money to buy SUVs – report

Cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has reportedly made requests to buy sport utility vehicles (SUVs) for its three estates, but it is unlikely that permission to use proceeds of a $30B...

Commonwealth unveils plan for member countries to investigate, prosecute corruption

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth unveils plan for member countries to investigate, prosecute corruption

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has outlined a framework to help member countries investigate and prosecute corruption offences, which cost the global economy around $2 trillion a...

Chronicle’s Chairperson, several members resign -after PM instructs Board to rehire GM who was sacked

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chronicle’s Chairperson, several members resign -after PM instructs Board to rehire GM who was sacked

The state-owned Guyana Chronicle was yesterday rocked by several resignations from Board members, including its Chairperson, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, after they had received instructions that former...

Teen pleads guilty to killing Professor Perry Mars – To be sentenced on June 24

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen pleads guilty to killing Professor Perry Mars – To be sentenced on June 24

Eighteen-year-old Naomi Adams is now awaiting sentencing after she admitted to killing 75-year-old retired professor Pairadeau ‘Perry’ Mars who was found dead at his Lot 395 Bissessar Street,...

GECOM aims to have clean list by October 31 – encountering “serious bottlenecks” with House-to-House procurements – Govt. Commissioner

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM aims to have clean list by October 31 – encountering “serious bottlenecks” with House-to-House procurements – Govt. Commissioner

Government-appointed Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM) Commissioner, Charles Corbin has said the Commission is right on schedule in generating a cleansed list in time for the General and Regional...

CDC monitoring natural gas eruption in Region One

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CDC monitoring natural gas eruption in Region One

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is currently monitoring and investigating an eruption of natural gas that occurred on Monday in Kumaka, Barima-Waini, Region One. CDC Senior Response Officer Salim...

‘Supernatural occurrences’ at Police College create havoc among recruits

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Supernatural occurrences’ at Police College create havoc among recruits

It was chaos and confusion at the Felix Austin Police College (FAPC) over the weekend, after alleged cases of supernatural occurrences saw many recruits reportedly packing and leaving, while some...

If this trend is not brought to an end, the exodus of skills will continue

Jun 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on If this trend is not brought to an end, the exodus of skills will continue

The political parties and coalitions which have traditionally administered Guyana have looked for the right persons in the wrong places. They have come into office and have tried to find competent...

GNBA hosts third Stakeholder Engagement Forum

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA hosts third Stakeholder Engagement Forum

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) recently held its third Stakeholder Engagement Forum at the Herdmansto n Lodge, under the theme, ‘Self Monitoring and Self Regulation. The event...

Oil spill demonstration exercise conducted at Shell Beach

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil spill demonstration exercise conducted at Shell Beach

More than 100 persons participated in a recent Oil Spill demonstration exercise facilitated by ExxonMobil Guyana at Waini Po int, Shell Beach Protected Area in Region One. These representatives were...

Shopkeeper remanded for allegedly murdering customer

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper remanded for allegedly murdering customer

A shopkeeper appeared before a city magistrate yesterday and was remanded to prison on a murder charge. He is alleged to hav e killed one of his customers. Troy Wharton called ‘Strongy’, 46, of...

Man accused of killing attacker from two years ago

Jun 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of killing attacker from two years ago

An aeroplane porter was yesterday arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he was read a murder charge by Ac ting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. Clinton Allen is accused...

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CAREBACO Juniors 2026 Jamaica: Guyana secure four medals with Singles...

Aug 21, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana junior athletes proudly represented the Golden Arrowhead at the CAREBACO Junior Badminton Championships, held in Jamaica from August 14–18, 2026. Guyana captured the...

The students who never turned up

Aug 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A report in yesterday’s Kaieteur News that some 35,000 students across the Caribbean absconded from the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations ought to make every education policymaker sit up and take note. The figure is startling, but before we begin...

Haiti – Stop the money flow to Organised Crime

Aug 16, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...

Loving Exxon

Aug 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is why I like these swashbucklers operating out of Spring, Texas. They know how to keep others on their toes, and to lull their partners in host counties to sleep. There was Big Chief Darren Woods during his 31st July second quarter report breaking open the champagne. ...

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