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Two ‘Nurses of the year’ receive awards in Region Four as Nurses’ Week concludes

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two ‘Nurses of the year’ receive awards in Region Four as Nurses’ Week concludes

As the 2019 Nurses week concluded in Region Four recently, nurses Yelena Doodnauth of Melanie Health Centre and Fazia Bacchus of Timehri Health Centre [in absentia] were adjudged the Nurses of the...

Policemen like shy wood pon woman

May 14, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Policemen like shy wood pon woman

One day, de whole world was singing de praises of women and devoting de whole day to dem. People spend money to mek women happy and de radio play songs playing tribute to mothers. De next day people...

Numerous State entities in breach of Fiscal Management and Accountability Act – PAC

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Numerous State entities in breach of Fiscal Management and Accountability Act – PAC

In a report compiled for 2018, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has highlighted a number of State agencies for breach of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act . In its report, the PAC cited...

NAPS drafts historic nutrition policy to protect HIV/AIDS patients

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS drafts historic nutrition policy to protect HIV/AIDS patients

Guyana has drafted a significant 116-page nutrition strategy targeting the country’s HIV/AIDS patients and others co-infected with tuberculosis [TB]. The document is also a first for Caribbean...

History cemented as FIFA Forward Project Pitch National Training Center officially commissioned

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on History cemented as FIFA Forward Project Pitch National Training Center officially commissioned

Witnessed by a bevy of Presidents, Secretaries and other administrators from the Caribbean Football Union along with FIFA Direct or of Member Associations and Development – Mr. Veron Mosgengo-Omba,...

Bounty – Quicker Picker upper – Outdoor Hockey LeagueSaints on top in both men’s and women’s division

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty – Quicker Picker upper – Outdoor Hockey LeagueSaints on top in both men’s and women’s division

Saints Hockey Club (SHC) finished the first half of the Bounty Paper Towel sponsored Outdoor Hockey League as the leaders in both t he male and female divisions. In the men’s SHC Savages finished...

Brazilian Army Captain duly recognised by GDF

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Army Captain duly recognised by GDF

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has awarded the Jungle and Amphibious Training (JATS) Badge to Brazilian Captain, Bruno Correa Andrade, in recognition of his provision of training of an exceptional...

Pooran to play for Guyana Amazon Warriors

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pooran to play for Guyana Amazon Warriors

Nicholas Pooran has been signed by the Guyana Amazon Warriors as their Marquee Player for the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League which will take place from 4 September to 12 October. The Trinidadian...

A birthday gift to APNU+AFC that exposes our putrid society

May 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A birthday gift to APNU+AFC that exposes our putrid society

On the day in this month that APNU+AFC achieved four years in office, the Caribbean Court of Justice metaphorically handed that government a horrible birthday gift. That generosity came in a package...

Hopetown Flames prepared and ready for Independence track meet

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hopetown Flames prepared and ready for Independence track meet

Hopetown Flames have their eyes set on the Independence Track and Field Championships set for May 18 and 19 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. With a number of phenomenal talents...

A rising sense of vulnerability

May 14, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A rising sense of vulnerability

It is becoming frighteningly apparent that it is just a matter of time; a matter of time and opportunity and circumstance, and that momentary lapse in vigilance. It could be even where the greatest...

Please don’t forget us at the University of Guyana

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please don’t forget us at the University of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, While we continue to lobby for or against the renewal of the Vice Chancellor’s contract at the University of Guyana, let us not ignore the fact that we the students still lack some...

Hand-in-Hand 50-over U-19 Inter County Cricket B’ce beat E’bo in fantastic at mosphereInter-County cricket returns to Albion for first time in 11 years

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 50-over U-19 Inter County Cricket B’ce beat E’bo in fantastic at mosphereInter-County cricket returns to Albion for first time in 11 years

By Sean Devers at Albion Inter-County cricket returned to Albion for the first time since 2006 and on a day blessed with glorious sunshine, defending Champions Berbice beat Essequibo by six...

Demerara overcome Select U17 by seven wickets at Everest CC

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara overcome Select U17 by seven wickets at Everest CC

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara defeated the Select U17 team by seven wickets when the Hand-in-Hand Inter County U19 50-over tournament commenced yesterday. The Select U17 opted to bat on a slow...

Why was Rajendra Bisessar betrayed and under-utilised for so long?

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why was Rajendra Bisessar betrayed and under-utilised for so long?

DEAR EDITOR, In his column on April 27th Freddie Kissoon wrote, “This columnist knows that shortly after 2015, the second-tier leadership of the AFC argued for a junior minister of agriculture....

Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

Dear EDITOR, I have been following the situation surrounding the Vice Chancellor at the University of Guyana. Currently, there are some appalling conditions at Turkeyen. On Friday last at 17:00 hrs,...

Wesley Kirton responds to Freddie Kissoon

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wesley Kirton responds to Freddie Kissoon

DEAR EDITOR, So your columnist Freddie Kissoon could criticise my writing only by resorting to name calling and hypocrisy in his column in Monday’s edition of your newspaper. He says I should...

I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

DEAR EDITOR, I agree with this writer of this letter captioned ‘Don’t Cry for Caribbean Airlines’ (KN 13/05/2019) as he knows what Guyanese go through travelling with Caribbean Airlines,...

A dangerous game for the innocent

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A dangerous game for the innocent

DEAR EDITOR, The man was somewhat peculiar, but Sutton was full of himself and had an aura that attracted girls to him. That day he had taken a long look at the man in the mirror. He was dressed in...

The human race is the only race

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The human race is the only race

DEAR EDITOR, The arrival of a new royal baby in the United Kingdom royal family, reminds us all that not only mixed-race people are the United Kingdom fastest-growing ethnic group; it also underlines...

Direct flights and Non-Stop flights are not interchangeable terms

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Direct flights and Non-Stop flights are not interchangeable terms

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, we have been reading and/or hearing of this or that airline offering, starting or contemplating Direct Flights from Guyana to cities in North America, when the correct...

GTT customers have several payment options to avoid long lines

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT customers have several payment options to avoid long lines

DEAR EDITOR, I write to address a publication made on May 9, 2019 from one of our valued customers, who wrote to express his frustration at the long lines at our stores. To be clear, we share the...

Travails of a centrist

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Travails of a centrist

DEAR EDITOR, It is the quiet of Sunday morning. A pre-CCJ solitude surrounds. A rush of thoughts comes. What am I doing here? What keeps me here? Why do I think I belong? In a time and place of black...

Can the President be divorced from corruption in Guyana?

May 14, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the President be divorced from corruption in Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, A number of columnists, letter-writers, commentators, and the Leader of the Opposition, have lamented the APNU+AFC mishandling of the economy, along with the numerous other ills. The...

National Printers duped Education Ministry on book contracts–supplies 56-page books but got paid for 80-page

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National Printers duped Education Ministry on book contracts–supplies 56-page books but got paid for 80-page

As the Audit Office prepares to probe the questionable procurement of hundreds of millions of dollars in exercise and text books, there are indications that the Ministry of Education got duped on...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

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...

The danger of renting another country’s power

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...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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