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Blaze Regional Women’s T20Dottin’s unbeaten cameo leads Barbados to ‘double’ with 8 wicket win against Guyana

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blaze Regional Women’s T20Dottin’s unbeaten cameo leads Barbados to ‘double’ with 8 wicket win against Guyana

By Sean Devers An explosive undefeated 43 by West Indies Women’s all-rounder Deandra Dottin led two times 50-overs Champions Barbados to an emphatic eight-wicket win over host Guyana in the...

Genequip powers Bartica Easter Regatta 2019

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Genequip powers Bartica Easter Regatta 2019

As the momentum continues to build ahead of what is anticipated to be the biggest and best Bartica Easter Regatta ever, the new Organizing Committee, Town Council of Bartica has been gradually...

Chronicle Board votes in tie-breaker to send GM home

Apr 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chronicle Board votes in tie-breaker to send GM home

The Chairman and Board of Directors of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), which publishes the Guyana Chronicle, yesterday said that it has terminated the services of Sherod Duncan. The...

D’ Andrade wins Harold Suepaul 6km race in T&T

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’ Andrade wins Harold Suepaul 6km race in T&T

Guyanese Lionel D’ Andrade continued his fine showing in Trinidad and Tobago last weekend when he captured the Harold Suepaul 6km race and placed second in the Diamond Dash 5km event. On Saturday,...

Who’s Who in the Fruta Conquerors FC Team for the Caribbean Club Shield 2019

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Who’s Who in the Fruta Conquerors FC Team for the Caribbean Club Shield 2019

Fruta Conquerors Football has been drawn in Group A of the Caribbean Club Shield 2019 being played in Curacao from tomorrow. The GFF Elite League Season 3 champions will open their account...

Confusion galore in the government

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Confusion galore in the government

The government continues to make missteps because of its failure to think through decisions properly. In rushing to satisfy one requirement of the law, consideration has to be given to all of the...

The Ivelaw Griffith interview sickened me to the core

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Ivelaw Griffith interview sickened me to the core

The dual citizens that made laws for my country and initiated policies for my country have resigned. They should not have been there in the first place. My position on the diaspora working in Guyana...

Concacaf Project Manager, McIntosh visits GFF’s Durban Park Project Site

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Project Manager, McIntosh visits GFF’s Durban Park Project Site

Senior Project Manager of Concacaf, Howard McIntosh, is in Guyana for a two-day visit which began yesterday with a meeting with the Executive Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)...

This country needs more like IPED

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on This country needs more like IPED

A constant cry from the ambitious and creative is lack of capital. Many daring individuals find themselves trapped against this immovable wall, and with no way around it. Lack of capital means lack...

Stop the dangerous and divisive game

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop the dangerous and divisive game

DEAR EDITOR, Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is playing a very dangerous and divisive game in this society and is being called on to stop it. On the matter of the Bauxite Company of Guyana...

High GDP means nothing unless it translates to better life for the masses

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on High GDP means nothing unless it translates to better life for the masses

DEAR EDITOR, I listened and watched with keen interest as Minister Jordan talked about the 4+ percent growth rate experienced in 2018 and his prediction for double digits (10+) this year. I don’t...

The Constitution is always the Supreme Law of the land

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Constitution is always the Supreme Law of the land

DEAR EDITOR, The words of yore by Manusmriti (Hindu-Dharma first law maker) as an advice to those who hold the reigns of political power (PNC-led coalition government) of the day, states, “The king...

Some people would not recognize development even if it is hitting them in the head

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some people would not recognize development even if it is hitting them in the head

DEAR EDITOR, The 21st December, 2018 for various reasons would have to go down as one of the most historical day of Guyana. What happened on that date of the passing of the No Confidence Vote. All be...

This recent development did not occur overnight

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This recent development did not occur overnight

DEAR EDITOR, I have read with some humour the recent resignation of the four members of the APNU. I must say that giving the autocratic and dogmatic utterance of Comrade Harmon, I was indeed...

Can the Minister override the role of the GGMC?

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the Minister override the role of the GGMC?

DEAR EDITOR, The issue of mining in the Marudi area continues to be a huge problem and concern for most of the people in the South. This was clearly said at the recently held statutory meeting of the...

BRAIN DRAIN: The continued stigma in the Caribbean

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on BRAIN DRAIN: The continued stigma in the Caribbean

DEAR EDITOR, From Cuba in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south, North America has masterminded the importation of the intellectual minds from the Caribbean. Fast forward to the point that...

We share the dream for a good life and a prosperous country

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We share the dream for a good life and a prosperous country

DEAR EDITOR, I note with great interest a letter written by my good friend Clement Rohee, published in Kaieteur News, March 30, 2019 titled ‘The PPP never claimed Purity.’ Mr. Editor, on a...

Guyana Youth Corps remains a main pillar of national development

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Youth Corps remains a main pillar of national development

DEAR EDITOR, They gathered to launch the Guyana Youth Corps on Thursday, 28th March 2019 at the Kuru Kuru Training Centre, young enthusiastic smiling faces, happy to be part of this grand occasion...

Disgusted by that image

Apr 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disgusted by that image

DEAR EDITOR, On Monday, an image was carried in your news of a deceased man. I find it very disgusting that this is or was the best image of the deceased that the journalist could’ve found, and...

Dual citizenship court rulings…Four Ministers resign as MPs; no longer part of Cabinet

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dual citizenship court rulings…Four Ministers resign as MPs; no longer part of Cabinet

-President Granger to determine their future positions Four senior ministers in the Coalition Government have resigned their Parliamentary seats. The four- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice President...

Opposition signals legal challenge to house-to-house registration-cleaning up list can take two weeks- Nandlall

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition signals legal challenge to house-to-house registration-cleaning up list can take two weeks- Nandlall

The Opposition has written to Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, informing him that a legal challenge will be mounted if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) goes ahead with plans to...

Taxi driver begs magistrate to see dead wife’s face one last time

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver begs magistrate to see dead wife’s face one last time

Appearing at the Albion Magistrate Court before Magistrate Renita Singh, shackled at the feet and wrists was 31-year-old Gavin Gill, a taxi driver of 10th Street, Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice. It...

Centenarian perishes in fiery 24 hours for Bartica – Region 7 Central Stores burns down

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Centenarian perishes in fiery 24 hours for Bartica – Region 7 Central Stores burns down

Yesterday, a fire of unknown nature broke out around 14:30 hrs and completely destroyed the Central Store of the Region Seven Democratic Council. The building was located at First Street and Third...

Businesswoman tied to her bed and strangled four years ago…Co-accused threatens accomplice

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman tied to her bed and strangled four years ago…Co-accused threatens accomplice

It was four years since business woman Sumintra Dinool, 65, was found dead in her home. Yesterday two men were charged for her murder following a break in the case by police investigators. Malcolm...

Ex soldier jailed for 14 years over killing of baby

Apr 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ex soldier jailed for 14 years over killing of baby

A 14-year jail sentence was handed to Mark Angoy, a former soldier, after he admitted to killing 13-month old Arianne Gill, the granddaughter of his ex-lover, Shelly Norton. Yesterday, Angoy, 48,...

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GFF President Forde announces Guyana Junior Jaguars’...

Jun 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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