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ECB name committees

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB name committees

The Essequibo Cricket Board at its first executive meeting in 2013 held on Saturday 19th January at Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo has named its respective committees. Former President of the...

Increased incentives promised as lucrative tournament looms

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Increased incentives promised as lucrative tournament looms

By Michael Benjamin In 2007 the Fruta Conquerors Football Club launched the inaugural edition of their premiere championship; then dubbed, ‘The Guyana Football Festival,’ with exclusive...

Michael Singh is leading candidate for GABA Presidency

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Michael Singh is leading candidate for GABA Presidency

Colts President, Michael Singh is expected to become the new President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) when the association holds its AGM and Elections today at the Cliff...

Kitty youth gets 4 years for assault weapons

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty youth gets 4 years for assault weapons

A 21-year-old Kitty resident has been ordered to spend the next four years in jail together with a fine of $100,000. Cornel Atkinson, who had been remanded on June 1, last, for being in possession...

Shooters Club to stage Pools competition tomorrow

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shooters Club to stage Pools competition tomorrow

Shooters Club will stage a Pools competition tomorrow at Grand Central Pool Bar located at Jerries in Grove East Bank Demerara starting at 3:00pm. The ‘Sharp shooting” competition is open to both...

Church partners with Linden school

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Church partners with Linden school

Harmony Secondary School is located on Burnham drive, Wismar, Linden. There is nothing extraordinary about this school, except perhaps for the fact that although deviant behaviour is prevalent at...

Guyana set to observe World Leprosy Day tomorrow

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana set to observe World Leprosy Day tomorrow

As the world over prepares to celebrate World Leprosy Day tomorrow, local efforts are being intensified to raise awareness about leprosy. According to information emanating from the Leprosy Control...

THE HARASSMENT OF THE GCB HAS NOT ENDED

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE HARASSMENT OF THE GCB HAS NOT ENDED

All Guyana felt proud over the performance of the national cricket team during the recent T20 regional showpiece hosted in Trinidad and Tobago and in St. Lucia. The performance of the team,...

Armed robbery accused denied bail

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Armed robbery accused denied bail

Clyde Forte has been remanded to prison until Friday 15. Forte appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on four charges of discharging a loaded firearm with intent and one charge of robbery...

Score’s Even made tremendous gains on the racetrack, set for 2013

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Score’s Even made tremendous gains on the racetrack, set for 2013

Another animal that had an outstanding 2012 and ended the year on a successful note was Score’s Even, owned and trained by Dennis DeRoop of the Simple Royal Stable of the Upper Corentyne Berbice....

Pakistan’s tour of West Indies split

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pakistan’s tour of West Indies split

ESPNcricinfo – Pakistan will play two Tests in West Indies in July, while the limited-overs leg of the tour has been deferred to a later date in the Future Tours Programmes cycle for which the...

Court action halts Demerara Cricket Board elections

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Court action halts Demerara Cricket Board elections

Roger Harper and Davteerth Anandjit on behalf of the cricket authorities in Demerara moved to the High Court in front of Madame Justice Diana Insanally against a total 19 defendants who hold...

GAPF shortlists 18-member team for 3 Int. Championships

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF shortlists 18-member team for 3 Int. Championships

– 3 reserves also named With a view of maintaining and improving their rating on the Caribbean, regional and International scenes, the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) has...

Badminton Association to stage first tourney for 2013 February 1 and 2

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton Association to stage first tourney for 2013 February 1 and 2

The Guyana Badminton Association will be running off its first tournament for the year. The open tournament is scheduled for February 1 & 2 will be contested at the Queens College Badminton...

Mark Vieira, Stanley Ming Jnr. receive international motor racing awards

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mark Vieira, Stanley Ming Jnr. receive international motor racing awards

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (F.I.A) America hosted a prize-giving ceremony in Panama. The F.I.A is the World governing body for Motorsports...

Three teens charged with sodomy rape in jail

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three teens charged with sodomy rape in jail

Naresh Ramballi, of 26 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, who is awaiting trial for murder; Amas Amzad, of Lot 6 Rosignol, a convicted prisoner; and Rawle La Fleur, of Lot 9 Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Berbice...

Police blamed for inaction as … Mahdia accident driver walks away with slap on the wrist

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police blamed for inaction as … Mahdia accident driver walks away with slap on the wrist

Relatives say that the police action leaves much to be desired. There should be a thorough investigation into the works of the Guyana Police Force especially the police stationed at the Mahdia Police...

Not hopeful of a change in attitude

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not hopeful of a change in attitude

DEAR EDITOR, Peeping Tom, you’ve done a great service bringing to attention the sad fact that Guyana has practically neglected its historical sites, monuments, and buildings. St Barnabas Baptist...

Where are the defenders of the PPP fighting those who have hijacked the party?

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are the defenders of the PPP fighting those who have hijacked the party?

DEAR EDITOR, Three seminal events happened in this country in the past two years. The first was the PPP’s loss of majority power. Not only did this shatter the party’s political invincibility, it...

Renowned medical specialist visits Guyana

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned medical specialist visits Guyana

…focus is on female reproduction and health Dr. Sterling Williams, who is the Vice President for Education at The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), is currently in...

It’s a shame that Georgetown is in such a sorry state

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s a shame that Georgetown is in such a sorry state

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the decision taken by the Ministry of Local Government to come to the rescue of the City Council to rid the city from the piles of garbage that have been accumulating...

GTUC and GPSU sign communiqué

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC and GPSU sign communiqué

Heads of the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) have embarked on a partnership to tackle what the parties indicated are public servant woes. The two unions...

A prisoner in my own home

Jan 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A prisoner in my own home

Dear Editor, It is regrettable that I had to use this medium to bring to light a situation that has been in existence for some time with no relief in sight. First, I must say that I believe our...

Illegal Guyanese migrants, Haitians rescued from disabled vessel

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal Guyanese migrants, Haitians rescued from disabled vessel

Miami (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated ten Haitian migrants who were picked up at sea east of Boynton Beach. Coast Guard officials say the migrants were taken to Cap Haitien in Haiti...

Bauxite companies to present plans for 2013 today

Jan 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite companies to present plans for 2013 today

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will host a strategic review of the bauxite sector in Linden, today, to highlight achievements, challenges and projections for the sector. The...

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The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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