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May 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Intermediate & Masters Championships receives Fitness Express backing
By Franklin Wilson Fans and athletes are in for a treat come this Sunday when the Fitness Express sponsored Guyana Amateur Power Lifting Federation Intermediate and Masters Championships are...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRO takes services to riverine communities
The General Registrar’s Office took several of its services to riverine communities in the Essequibo. The outreach started during the weekend and has seen a large number of persons being registered...May 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express powers GABBFF Novice C/ship set for tomorrow at Theatre Guild
Some 25 athletes drawn from 13 Gyms across the country will face off tomorrow in the various categories when the 2019 edition of the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation Novice...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard charged with fraud
Akeem Bacon, a security guard, was yesterday granted bail when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on a fraud charge. He was brought to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts...May 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 9th Rainforest water 11-stage cycle race meet set for tomorrow
The 9th Edition of the Rainforest water, formally Powerade, 11-stage cycle race meet is fixed for tomorrow at the National Park. The event is Organised by Hassan Mohammed and sponsored by Banks DIH...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The first step in solving this domestic violence crisis is we must learn to respect life
DEAR EDITOR, Almost every single week we read in the papers – and it seems to be a very reoccurring story – where women are victims of domestic abuse which leads to if not murder, then...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I had a little respect for you, Mr. Kissoon, not anymore
DEAR EDITOR, Freddie Kissoon is unbelievably irrational. He is critical of people living abroad in his comment in an article in the newspaper on 05/16/19, where he says his problem with diaspora...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Create jobs through public infrastructure investments and small businesses, not ‘make-work’ gifting
DEAR EDITOR, I have argued in previous letters, in support of other similar positions, that Guyana has lost thousands of jobs under the APNU+AFC administration due to bad policies/programs. To date,...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some senior public figures have been allowed to serve while ignoring and disobeying the law
DEAR EDITOR, It has been revealed that a very large number of some very senior people holding very important public positions, including Ministers and Parliamentarians, have been allowed by our...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This gesture of our eastern neighbour augurs well for good relations
DEAR EDITOR, We are so pleased to learn that our eastern Dutch-speaking South American country of Suriname says it stands ready to share its knowledge in oil and gas with us, its English-speaking...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An approach to break the cycle of domestic violence in Guyana
DEAR EDITOR, Why did all those victims, our fellow Guyanese women, killed by those who were supposed to love and protect them, most at the hands of their partners, have to die in such brutality? What...May 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Providing clarity on University of Guyana matters
DEAR EDITOR, A wise man once told me “in the absence of credible information, there will be misinformation”. Allow me to provide clarity on the issues cited in letter titled “Appalling...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks $3.4B to prepare for elections
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has estimated that it needs $3,496,496,155 to prepare for elections, and Finance Minister Winston Jordan, yesterday, asked the National Assembly to approve just...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s overdependence on oil revenues in medium term unavoidable- Finance Minister says diversifying economy will take time
By Kiana Wilburg Local Financial Analysts such as Anand Goolsarran and Christopher Ram have often called for the economy to be sufficiently diversified and become more export-oriented in order to...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corpse in shallow grave…Husband lodged gun at police station after shooting wife in head
Thirty-eight year-old Ryan Sugrim killed his wife, buried her corpse, then asked the police to keep the murder weapon. That’s the bizarre story that emerged yesterday as police continue to...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Overpass elevators to be manned ‘round the clock’
While works are said to be in progress to have the overpass elevators along East Bank Demerara operational before May 26, next, the Infrastructure Ministry on Monday informed that the operators will...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Questionable procurement of exercise, text books…We only contracted National Printers- Education Minister stands by press statement
Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, has declined to make any further comments on issues surrounding the so le sourcing of exercise books and textbooks from Guyana National Printers Limited...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. passes six Bills in opposition’s absence… Tullow granted property tax exemption
The National Assembly yesterday passed one motion and six bills in the absence of the parliamentary opposition. The Opposition has refused to return to Parliament until the ruling by the Caribbean...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank confirms customers affected in Visa debit card fraud
Trinidad-owned Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday admitted that several customers who had Visa International Debit Cards have been affected by fraudsters. The admission would come after several...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New CJIA fees now embedded in ticket cost
Weeks after facing long lines and numerous complaints, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) will now instead see new fees being charged at the time of tickets being purchased....May 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The criminals are on top
Not even the schoolchildren are safe anymore. A recent video, which has gone viral on Facebook, shows footage of a schoolboy being set upon by criminals and robbed of his cellular phone while on his...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four years in jail for man, 61, who sexually assaulted child
A 61-year-old fruit vendor, was yesterday sent to prison for four years after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who has a disability. Octavius Williams was given the...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman’s position on GECOM’s readiness for elections in conflict with law — PPP
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has raised grave concerns following publicised positions attributed to Government-nominated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Desmond Trotman,...

Aug 31, 2026
CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...Aug 31, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...Aug 30, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...Aug 31, 2026
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