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Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Dottin destroys Guyana bowling with brutal unbeaten 75 Matthews befuddle Guyanese to set up 5-Wkt Bajan win

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colonial Medical Insurance Female Super50 Tournament Dottin destroys Guyana bowling with brutal unbeaten 75 Matthews befuddle Guyanese to set up 5-Wkt Bajan win

By Sean Devers A destructive unbeaten 75 from West Indies Women’s batsman Deandra Dottin followed up Skipper Hayley Matthews’ 4-25 lead defending Champions Barbados to their fourth consecutive...

2nd London and Lambert Classic in Linden O’Selmo, Spencer and Henry are winners

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd London and Lambert Classic in Linden O’Selmo, Spencer and Henry are winners

Seasoned cyclist Rastaf O’Selmo and Christopher Cornelius broke away early to start the 2ndLondon and Lambert Classic Road Race on Phagwah Day and were never caught as they took the top two sports,...

22 Health Facilities receive early licences for 2019

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 22 Health Facilities receive early licences for 2019

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud on Friday issued licences to 22 Health Facilities for 2019, effectively placing the Ministry of Public Health’s grant of approval on those institutions. He...

Jumbo Jet Triple Crown’s second legStage set for anticipated horse race meet

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Triple Crown’s second legStage set for anticipated horse race meet

All systems are set for the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee’s Triple Crown’s second leg which gallops off today at the Rising Sun Turf Club in West Coast, Berbice (45 minutes from...

The Judiciary must be able to work without pressure from any side

Mar 24, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Judiciary must be able to work without pressure from any side

The new American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, seems to have rolled up her proverbial sleeves to continue the job of maintaining the solid relations between the United States of America and...

Ninvalle elected AMBC Vice President

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle elected AMBC Vice President

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle may have just earned himself the title of one of the most powerful men in amateur boxing in the Americas. The GBA boss was on Friday...

United we stand a better chance to fulfil our destiny.

Mar 24, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on United we stand a better chance to fulfil our destiny.

It is clear that Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who now personifies the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) and is the only person allowed to speak for that group is trapped in the ‘old politics of Guyana. Listen...

Appeal Court’s ruling further exposes weaknesses in public discourse

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Appeal Court’s ruling further exposes weaknesses in public discourse

Since the confidence (no-confidence) vote in the National Assembly on 21st December 2018, there were sharp political lines drawn for or against the Government or Opposition. I doubt if the Appeal...

FHC Invitational hockey tourney Team Guyana reaches semifinal

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on FHC Invitational hockey tourney Team Guyana reaches semifinal

On Friday; the opening day of the of the Field Hockey Canada (FHC) Invitational Indoor Hockey Tri-Nation series in Canada, Guyana’s female hockey team played to some mixed results which included a...

Give thanks to the Court of Appeal: They put a break on the farce

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Give thanks to the Court of Appeal: They put a break on the farce

I am glad the Court of Appeal has overturned the No Confidence Vote. Not because I am rooting for the Coalition, but because the whole thing had become a farce. And despite our immense failings as a...

An appeal to Chris Ram…don’t do it

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to Chris Ram…don’t do it

Travis Chase of HGPTV Nightly News shared the same dinner table with me at a function sponsored by the families and relatives of the Lindo Creek massacre victims to honour their names. Chase, with a...

GMR&SC Drag ChampionshipDon’t bet against Team Mohamed’s

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag ChampionshipDon’t bet against Team Mohamed’s

The weather has been kind and it is forecasted to continue today for the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag Championship that will boost off at South...

The simple pleasures of life

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The simple pleasures of life

The politics of Guyana, indeed life, can be extremely depressing and taxing. If it is not one thing, it is the other. We live in a highly polarized society, and this acts as a dagger against...

The Baccoo speaks

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Petty robbers are at large. Armed with homemade weapons they would pounce on a man going home. The man would put up a fight and would be wounded by the robbers who would get nothing. The attacker...

The Story Within The Story…The courts have shown independence but…

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…The courts have shown independence but…

By Leonard Gildarie One has got to love this country. A little more than 50 years old, young still, it is pushing itself to the limits. We have grown remarkably as a people in commerce and...

Immigration INFO What to expect in Immigration Removal Proceedings

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO What to expect in Immigration Removal Proceedings

Removal proceedings (or “deportation”) can be initiated against a lawful permanent resident or undocumented noncitizen (collectively referred to as “noncitizens”). Removal & deportation...

Caribbean: in no one’s backyard

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean: in no one’s backyard

By Sir Ronald Sanders P.J. Patterson, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, recently observed to an attentive audience in Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States, that: “We of the...

Interesting Creatures…Geoffroy’s Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…Geoffroy’s Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)

Although they are one of the most widespread felids in the open areas of South America, Geoffroy’s Cats (Leopardus geoffroyi) are another of the little known, small spotted cats of the...

PSC calls for respect for decision of Court of Appeal on No Confidence Motion

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PSC calls for respect for decision of Court of Appeal on No Confidence Motion

The Private Sector Commission, (PSC) has called for Appellate Court majority decision which was handed down on Friday last to be respected. The ruling effectively said that although 33 votes...

Send the old race curmudgeon packing, my people

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Send the old race curmudgeon packing, my people

By Dennis Nichols March 21 has come and gone, and the sky hasn’t fallen. Our world evidently doesn’t revolve around politics. On Friday morning, after an upbeat day of Phagwah celebrations, the...

Kumaka ‘waterfront’ vendors to occupy new marketing tarmac

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kumaka ‘waterfront’ vendors to occupy new marketing tarmac

Vendors plying their trade at the Kumaka waterfront, in Mabaruma (Region One), can begin occupying the new Market Tarmac as early as this month-end. This is a pioneer project of the maiden Mabaruma...

Book Review… Tale Speaks to Today’s Concerns

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Tale Speaks to Today’s Concerns

Book: Preke Town Author: Gary O. Thompson Critic: Grenville Ashby, PhD Gary O. Thompson’s Preke Town bridges generations while calling for the rebirth of traditions. Thompson assembles four...

MAINTAINING STANDARDS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RICE

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on MAINTAINING STANDARDS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RICE

Farmers across Guyana are preparing to harvest the first rice crop for 2019, and while they are aiming to maximize profits from their yields, millers are aiming to buy paddy at the most reasonable...

Silent Heart Attacks: They happen more often than you may think

Mar 24, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Silent Heart Attacks: They happen more often than you may think

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We often associate having a heart attack with chest pains. Well this is not always the case with heart attacks. There are times...

Shortage of CSEC teachers being addressed aggressively in Kwakwani – REO assures

Mar 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shortage of CSEC teachers being addressed aggressively in Kwakwani – REO assures

Although a grave shortage of teachers is hampering the delivery of education in Kwakwani, Region Ten, Regional Executive Officer [REO], Mr. Orrin Gordon, has vowed to address this shortcoming....

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West Indies Women ready for World Cup Challenge ahead of New Zealand...

Jun 13, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, England – West Indies Women will begin their quest for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory on Saturday when they take on defending champions New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in...

The transportation cash grant

Jun 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Unlimited benefits for former presidents – third go

Jun 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....

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