July 2013

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Workers need a 10% wage increase to cope with inflation

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Workers need a 10% wage increase to cope with inflation

Dear Editor, May Day 2013 has come and gone, but the political, economic and social crisis in Guyana remains. The President was quoted in the pro-government section of the press as saying his...

Regional Executive Officers

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Regional Executive Officers

DEAR EDITOR, At the time of writing enquiries about the incumbents of the post of Regional Executive Officer and their respective competency profiles have not yet elicited a formal response....

I commend Mr. Alexander

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I commend Mr. Alexander

DEAR EDITOR, I commend Mr. Alexander, commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, for doing the noble and righteous thing. I applaud him for demonstrating the fortitude, consciousness, vigilance...

CCJ should be put to a vote by Caribbean leaders

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on CCJ should be put to a vote by Caribbean leaders

Dear Editor, Two Caricom states, St. Lucia and Dominica, stated that they will accept the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final court of appeal, joining Guyana, Belize and...

A brotherhood-of-man mindset

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A brotherhood-of-man mindset

DEAR EDITOR, As the saying goes “Where there’s life, there’s hope”. It was heartening to note from a recent letter that there are still sensitive souls in our beloved country. When I read the...

Global Trends in Binary Trading and Finance

Jul 18, 2013 knews News Comments Off on Global Trends in Binary Trading and Finance

The world of finance is splendidly fascinating, but it can also be scary. There are many different methods and ways to approach this world and one of them is the popular trend of binary trading. This...

Lusignan massacre trial…Witness says accused admitted killing residents

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan massacre trial…Witness says accused admitted killing residents

By Zena Henry Defence Attorney Nigel Hughes took to task a prosecution witness who alleged that his client on trial for the Lusignan massacre admitted being part of a gun-toting crew that...

GECOM blanks Boodoo’s contract

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM blanks Boodoo’s contract

By Abena Rockcliffe Following damning revelations on his “inadequacies” and deliberations as to whether his contract should be renewed, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday, through...

Shot gunmen deny being bandits

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shot gunmen deny being bandits

The two men who are hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot in separate incidents have denied involvement in the robberies they were accused of perpetrating....

IDB funding for Amaila Falls project faces July 30 deadline

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IDB funding for Amaila Falls project faces July 30 deadline

The US$840M Amaila Falls hydro project is facing another major hurdle. This time, unless the National Assembly passes two major bills by a July 30 deadline, it could place in jeopardy a US$175M loan...

Dem boys seh…Bheri giving de party a bad name

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bheri giving de party a bad name

Fuh de first time Bheri, de man who everybody know as Berry Berry, let people see he in he true role. He is nutten but a security guard. He perform he job to a Tee when he lock out dem reporters who...

Narine spins Windies to series leveling win

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine spins Windies to series leveling win

Bravo siblings also contribute By Sean Devers Number one ranked ODI bowler Sunil Narine returned to form with 4-26, while the Bravo siblings, Darren (54) and Dwayne (43*& 2-9) spearheaded West...

It’s a dark day but Coe insists athletics will get rid of drug cheats

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s a dark day but Coe insists athletics will get rid of drug cheats

Daily Mail – In the University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland — a couple of miles from the International Olympic Committee’s glass-fronted headquarters — there are 5,000 blood and...

ICC defends umpires, DRS

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC defends umpires, DRS

ESPNcricinfo – The ICC has defended the performance of the umpires and the DRS after criticism following the Trent Bridge Test between England and Australia, whilst also admitting to errors in...

K&B Mining continues support of Police Athletics Championships

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&B Mining continues support of Police Athletics Championships

K&B Mining and Hardware Supplies announced that it will be continuing its support of the 59th edition of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Inter-Division Track and Field Championships that is...

Digicel is doing is something great for this country – Peneux

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel is doing is something great for this country – Peneux

Manager of Orealla Secondary School, Percy Peneux, speaking with Kaieteur Sport recently showered praise on Digicel for hosting the Nationwide Schools Football Championship. Peneux, whose side failed...

Young footballer rewarded by Digicel

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young footballer rewarded by Digicel

Promising young ball weaver, 12 year old Shemron Stewart, a student of Tagore Memorial Secondary School on the Upper Corentyne and a resident of Scottsburg Upper Corentyne, was rewarded by Digicel as...

Another Powerlifting star is born

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another Powerlifting star is born

Gumendra Shewdas is currently listed as world #1 Sub-Jnr. Berbice is continuing to churn out sportsmen of world class quality in the realms of cricket and most recently, powerlifting. The latest to...

Cuban Coach to conduct seminar for local coaches this weekend

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cuban Coach to conduct seminar for local coaches this weekend

Cuban boxing Coach Francisco Hernandez Roldan will be conducting a two-day seminar for all boxing coaches at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym on Saturday and Sunday. The seminar is the first in a...

Hope Mem. U-20 football tournament underway

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hope Mem. U-20 football tournament underway

The newly formed Hope Football Club (HFC) of Tucber Park, New Amsterdam has launched its inaugural Under-20 football tournament for teams in East and West Berbice. The tournament which kicked off on...

R.K. Security flip-flops on contracts termination threat

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on R.K. Security flip-flops on contracts termination threat

– Pulls only one, undisclosed number of staffers sent home With Government unwilling to increase rates on existing security contracts, R.K. Guyana Security Services was forced to terminate one...

Wife beater collapses after receiving sentence

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wife beater collapses after receiving sentence

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday handed down a 14-month jail sentence to a man who the court heard had battered his reputed wife. Forty-eight year-old Kitty resident Michael Augustus was charged...

Contractors not taking up bids for asphalt road to Lethem

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors not taking up bids for asphalt road to Lethem

Although the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine placed tenders on several occasions for the construction of an asphalt road to Lethem, yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender...

Top Cop, senior officers meet today to discuss spike in serious crimes

Jul 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop, senior officers meet today to discuss spike in serious crimes

Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell will be meeting today with other senior police officials to discuss strategies to stem the recent spate of high-profile robberies. “We will be discussing...

BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER

Jul 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER

It was one of those days when you wished that you could stay indoors. It was steaming hot. The early morning rain seemed to have had no effect at all. The sun came out in all its glory and steamed...

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

Sep 20, 2026

(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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