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GAPLF Senior Championships 2018 Hardcore Barbel Club powers to Best Gym Award

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Senior Championships 2018 Hardcore Barbel Club powers to Best Gym Award

The Rosignol, West Coast Berbice based Hardcore Barbel Club (HBC), home of Overall Male Champion, Vijai Rahim was on Sunday evening last named the Best Gym when the curtains came down on the...

DCC, International SOS Unveil Fruitful Partnership

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC, International SOS Unveil Fruitful Partnership

The Demerara Cricket Club and International SOS have teamed up to aid in the development of the younger players at the club through sport and health. This scheme allows the Club to benefit...

Barnwell, Nedd, Singh rewarded at DCC Annual Awards ceremony

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell, Nedd, Singh rewarded at DCC Annual Awards ceremony

All-rounder Christopher Barnwell and Windies youth players Ashmead Nedd and Sachin Singh were among the top awardees when the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) held its annual awards ceremony on Wednesday...

Concacaf Disciplinary Committee issues decision in the BFA Player Eligibility Cases Guyana moves to 8th in the table

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Disciplinary Committee issues decision in the BFA Player Eligibility Cases Guyana moves to 8th in the table

Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) yesterday announced its Disciplinary Committee has decided to sanction the Barbados Football...

GTU National Schools Championship Champion girl for Swimming Amy Grant Champion takes Javelin gold to make it 5

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTU National Schools Championship Champion girl for Swimming Amy Grant Champion takes Javelin gold to make it 5

Sixteen year-old Amy Grant, a student of School of the Nations in the City won another gold on Wednesday last at the Guyana Teachers Union National Schools Track and Field, Swimming and...

Burnt remains behind temple… Two freed of Corriverton wholesale vendor’s murder

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt remains behind temple… Two freed of Corriverton wholesale vendor’s murder

The two men who were accused of the April 19, 2018 murder of Saeed ‘Sayo’ Hamid at Bennett Dam, D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, were yesterday set free. The matter was set aside against...

Apology

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

Kaieteur News wishes to apologize for erroneous material published in its Wednesday December 5, 2018 edition. Under the headline “Government accused of trivialising importance of JSC,” the...

49 percent of people living with HIV unaware of TB co-infection -UNAIDS says situation undermining treatment

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 49 percent of people living with HIV unaware of TB co-infection -UNAIDS says situation undermining treatment

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death of people living with HIV, accounting for one in three AIDS-related deaths. However, it is estimated that 49 percent of people living with HIV and...

Weeping cop on illegal ammo charge granted bail

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Weeping cop on illegal ammo charge granted bail

A tearful police constable who is attached to the Brickdam Police Station was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after being slapped with a charge of possession of illegal ammunition....

Teen’s mangled body found on highway after night of drinking

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen’s mangled body found on highway after night of drinking

The mangled body of a 19-year-old man was found at around 01:00 hrs on Wednesday on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, near Loo Creek. Police identified the victim as Mark Anthony Jerome of Kairuni, a...

Alleged theft of Law Reports… Nandlall to lead defence on January 25

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged theft of Law Reports… Nandlall to lead defence on January 25

The case involving former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall, was yesterday given a revised date when the matter came up in the...

Despite scathing criticisms… Lawrence insists health sector achieved major milestones for 2018

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Despite scathing criticisms… Lawrence insists health sector achieved major milestones for 2018

By Kiana Wilburg For the year 2018, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence came in for heavy criticisms from the political opposition, which often accused her of managing the sector in a most lax and...

Govt. mulls establishment of Industrial Court – Several labour laws to be amended

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls establishment of Industrial Court – Several labour laws to be amended

While there have been varying views in relation to the establishment of an industrial court, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott has elucidated that a Bill is currently...

New Amsterdam nursing school certifies 117

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam nursing school certifies 117

One hundred and seventeen nurses from the New Amsterdam School of Nursing were, on Wednesday, encouraged to invest enthusiasm into their work and rise above and beyond the call of duty, as they enter...

Copa Airlines adds flight to its Guyana-Panama route

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Copa Airlines adds flight to its Guyana-Panama route

Copa Airlines has announced that it will be adding another flight to its Guyana-Panama route, with onward connections, effective from Sunday, December 9, 2018. The Guyana Civil Aviation...

New salary package for teachers expected in first quarter of 2019 – Union President

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New salary package for teachers expected in first quarter of 2019 – Union President

In a matter of weeks, the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] will be moving to submit a new multi-year salary package proposal for public school teachers. This is according to GTU President, Mr. Mark...

Guerilla warfare in the PNC; Volda versus Joe

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guerilla warfare in the PNC; Volda versus Joe

My reliable source in the PNC hierarchy told me that President Granger, if he wins in 2020, will not sit out the full term to 2025. Things have overrun themselves, since I was given that information....

The Fire Side Grill and Bar is a nuisance to the Kitty Neighbourhood

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Fire Side Grill and Bar is a nuisance to the Kitty Neighbourhood

Dear Editor, About two years ago the Fire Side Grill and Bar on Garnett Street opened for business. There is an enclosed club and an open yard where food, barbecue and drinks are sold. I live a few...

Dr. Jagan and the PPP were forced to Resort to ‘Reverse Racism’ to explain the PNC’s policies.

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Jagan and the PPP were forced to Resort to ‘Reverse Racism’ to explain the PNC’s policies.

Dear Editor, Clairmont Lye’s letter ‘Only Solution to Current Problem…’ in another section of the media (SN) on December 05/18, sought to paint the PPP and PNC as being...

The NIS is complicit in withholding pension payments

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NIS is complicit in withholding pension payments

Dear Editor, I read with sadness, but not surprise, Mr. Rampaul Chetaru’s letter in your yesterday’s edition narrating the delay in the approval and payment of his National Insurance Scheme...

Officials make statements that reduce Guyana to a laughing stock

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Officials make statements that reduce Guyana to a laughing stock

Dear Editor, It has become rather commonplace these days for the government and ruling coalition officials to make statements that serve no other purpose but to make Guyanese a laughing stock...

Guyana is making international waves

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is making international waves

Dear Editor, Guyana is increasingly making waves on the international energy market. With Monday’s announcement from the Department of Energy that a 10th find offshore has raised our proved...

Constitutional Reform will remain a mirage on the distant horizon.

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constitutional Reform will remain a mirage on the distant horizon.

Dear Editor, Recent disclosures by PM Nagamootoo that the present stalemate on Constitution Reform is not solely the responsibility of the Government but rather a concerted effort of the...

Brexit a tough sell even for Guyanese

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brexit a tough sell even for Guyanese

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Y Sam’s “The Brexit Deal and the British Appeal” in which the writer says come Dec 11, Britain will officially exit the EU. Not so fast. It is a tough sell. I...

The four hinterland towns represent an accomplishment

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The four hinterland towns represent an accomplishment

Dear Editor, The fact that there are four new hinterland towns has gone unnoticed. These four new towns, Bartica (Region Seven), Mabaruma (Region One), Lethem (Region Nine) and Mahdia...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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